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Show pnrlug blanks to be used In recording the weight. For a long time the railroads have been endeavoring to have the methods of weighing mails chauged, so that compensation will he fixed annually Instead of every four years. WEIGHING OF RAILROAD I MAILS t Quadrennial weighing of the mails hv the postofflce department over the railroads west of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers for the purpose ot apportioning the compensation which will b paid for the transportation of mail inattor for four years fvom July j, in scheduled to besln next Thurs-rtav. Thurs-rtav. On that dav, and for a period of 105 days following, every pouch and sack of mall on every train and at every postal station will be weighed bv governmctn clerks On tbe average aver-age weight thus ascertained, the rate of pay received by each road for tho lour year period will be based Tho roads have ben bl8-v for hCV" cral days shipping tscal 8ni pr;' |