Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-06-18 | Page 2 | Uncle Sam to Scan Railroad's Weighs

t UNCLE SAM TO SCAN RAILROADS' RAILROADS WEIGHTS r I Gov Government nf Inspection of Scales Will Ill r I In the East EILt Jui July Jul 1 Washington D D. C C. June 1 17 The i-The The bureau of ot standards d department o of commerce expects to begin Je ln soon after July 1 I the inspection of railroad scales starting with some of ot the scales s sot of ot tho the eastern roads This test will b ba be ma made e as a result of complaints from rom shippers as to tho weight ht charged char ed for by b railroads which have havo recently drawn rawn attention to th the necessity for some governmental o su supervision supervision su- su p over o railroad track scales as aswell aswell aswell well a as scales used b by shippers doing 1311 an an Interstate bu business n s