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Show WEIGHING THE MAILS. Special Employes Computing Price to Bo Paid the Railroads. San Frnnclsco. Four hundred special spe-cial employes began tho task oi weighing tho mails carried In California, Cali-fornia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah nnd tho territories of Alaska and Hawaii for tho purpose of fixing tho compensation to bo paid tho railroads rail-roads and steamship companies for the service. In this (division tho Southern South-ern Pnclflc company collects about 11,300,000 nnnunlly for this service. Tho work bf weighing will consume about 105 days. |
