Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-03-21 | Page 18 | Barlow Gives up Fight on Weights

BARLOW UP FIGHT ON I Police Chief Says He Will Not I Prosecute the Coal i Dealers I I One of at the many recent reform movements movements movements move move- ments Instituted by Chief Chic of Police I I S. S M M. Barlow and concerning which much publicity was given on I to tho tiro utterances utterances utter utter- rances r- r ances of ot tho tro chief seems scorns to have died 1 For 01 reasons that are aro not given prosecution pros pron- did not follow tallow Chief Barlows Barlow's up hold-up of at city coal wagons and the tho discovery of at a shortage In weight ht amounting to many hun hundreds reds of ot pounds on a n few lew wagons Yesterday Chief Barlow said no further action Is 18 contemplated contemplated contemplated con con- on his part palt In connection with the tho In Investigation made saying that persons to whom whore tho coal was being beIng being be be- be- be ing delivered had seen fit to take no stops steps In the tho matter At the thc time of tho Investigation the lite chief asserted that ho would prosecute dealers eal r selling short weight coal and that he would proceed in tho the matter on his own Initiative Since Sinco that time on demand from the public and anti secoal several several sev sev- eral coal companies Involved ho he rave gave out figures on the weights found Cound on wagons o of companies not Involved In inthe tho the shortage e. The weights on the wagons of or two oth other r companies were not given gUen It was promised that the these c 1 i weights would be given to tho the I Ii as i soon as a consultation could bo be bIH IH held III r with tho the officials J of tho time two compa compa- nies Yesterday Chief Barlow arlow quietly passed over tho the question of ot t what b it he intended doln doing and Intimated that so 90 far aa as he Is concerned there will ho no further action Tho The promise that hayand hay hayand and anti feed wagons would undergo a 0 similar investigation has hOB not been kept up to tho the present