, 1874-02-20
GRAIN.
The Warehouse Commissioners Fa-
vor Reduction Of In
speotion Fees.
Thoy Have Ordered the Railroads to Put
In Track-Scalos-.-lts ,Noces.
sity 'aul Cost.
Their Opinion Of the New Ware.
house Bill.

THE proacnce in Chicago OF majority Of tho
sthto Board of naroad aud Warehouse Com.
nalssioners, htessrs. David A. Brown aud Judge
Steele, Afforded an opportunity for ali interview
on tho genolal subject Of railroad and warehouse
matters, and accordingly Tn1nusE reporter
waited upon those gentlemen yesterday. The
conversation which ensuod wds carried OIL JOINT
ly by tho Commissioners On their part.
WEIGHING alA1N.
Tlo reporter inquired what BtspB had beon
takon to enforce the law requiring railroad COM
phnios to oroot aud maintain ttaok-Hcales for
weighing grain at tho points Of shipment. =.
The Doard-That Is not new provision of tho
law, as your question would imply, though It
was allowed by tho preceding Board Of Commits
stoncis to remain a dead lottor, There Was no
special demand for its cntorcement, and wo did
not determine upon enforcing it until fow
dnys ago, whom, in consequence OF various lot
ters OIL tho subject, We issued circular to tho
different railroad companies, calling their atom
tion to tho fact that thoro was In existence law
requiring them to supply track-scalos
for. the Weighing ofs grain, and
giving them nosicc that NO should
require compliance will tho Inv. We wished to
mako no threat, but merely Expressed tho hope
that the railroads would at once proceed to COIN
ply with tic Inv.
Rcportcr-navo any Of the companies taken
stops to aecodo to your request7
Tho Doard-Not TINT We know Of. It is al
most too eoou rs yet. We expect no trouble
Aboilt 1t, but we moan to enforoo the law so long
aS 1t romans Inv.
IMPORTANCE oT THE PROVISION.
R.-Iou regard 1t as vory important that graip
should DO weighed At the first point Of ship
ment
The Doard-It ia of great Importance that
grain should 9o weighed in tue car, and that tho
shipper should got d receipt for the actual
responsible for the amount named in tho rccoipt,
mud would do away with much Of tha trouble and
annoyance which now arise from SHORTAGE vast
Ago, stehlaGp, etc., because 1t would mako it
nattcr OF State regulation, and the railroad
companies would faye to pay for deficiencies,
without compelling individual shippers to oitler
onter upon expensive avnuits for small amonuss,'
Or olao to lot It go BY default and gire tho Com
pany TIC pohoht or It..
:, K-ln What othor respects would tho ostah-
tshmens OF track scales prove benohcial
DtsolIAlaAr1oks.
1n9 noala-1s wouia no o. great scfV1ce H.
stopplne up ioopaolo when 1s now used Us a
a1inn o. o. aye nyolong & io iAW dissanl
natoa ~ .atcs H1.noas sne scaos LUG Compa-
ny t can erowa tnto ees nn ana carry tor ono man
Or M ieom one STATION o,uoo pounds moro grain
% shan IL carIles IT.; TOT some queer enlpper VINO IS
enassua tuo sa.ne Fnso Go oop per car' gram oaf "a
tho seelea, INC company can put IN 1ust " much
moro as tno CIT VIII no!q. instances haVo becn
NnoWn ,3 NJ OF care nliea 70 pursuing "itn gTan,-so
'a s"' 'no Anspecepr eeu.ans ses III n1e '1Soe'
So0hEA AND cosT.
h.-HaVe you haoe my estuhaeo as 70 tno
nu1nool anu cost VI tno ecales WHICH "oulo os
te4uliou u uuuor tnc law.
Ihe ooaIa-Ne naYo naao nosh1ne hRo IN Las, a.
1ufase estlmate,-naIe oniy guessed as IL. INC
law Io4ulIes t4at scalcs sla!t pe put IN a. every
saaei0n n eno at WHICH, anlng 1uoA proeeans yeaf,
ou,oou ousnsls q gram were sulppea' u "oula
aake so!ae t'lae 60 ascerta'n w e1act NUMBER q
et suoa s;atnb' ~ W. 10 ~ pfooane tuas Noua
t u III 19u, H. ~ tcas' a , a i ot m ~ W
pus ~ a. sno sca'ss; Iuot 'nulo "ou4a w tuo
expense OF extra n!1e,as. saao tracks, .< oIc:
I'm. t,,, s',,n..;n,, ~ ~ t1,a -o1u,t;,, -
~ go. ;uo ea " W. a =. 1nes ~
~ na,l6s 6tMt4 'oopoeA'A ooon ooAo1aoieu W sao
m1o n,.ra w. 1,.- .,,,o ~ +,,o oox,o,..,o>
thai the feea o'rht to ba 1 reca and snll anun
aaont ' ne3. ,eSs acSd,a ~ "na '@1 HULL
:. - not!cd saat ~ ono ~ .nu onacago Guu!sa
~ nus peon aelu, ~ enect, snaS t1e onsoL dra'a
anopassol chllaot ~ conleleo u sulu ofol
o"spaan ~ lc9o osot oApenaes.
tauBe 9lce!e-ouc4 "aa tuo aeelHlon IN tao
enaa s " to!nrAlas, wv II WIS because oi' tle
Iotn OF tno uoclnlatlon, ana nos On account oI
any aolect III tho law. we holu the inspector
resRohsioio 1or ila surplus ices, and air. Aaf-
t.. t.. uoAa o1pioss4S olas alM 20 turn over 20
and n aueGgSaos ~ ;a ~ oco gu; 1ees remaining On
t.t .oot,.ne tr .l to ~ pona u'hetns, IN
~''' WAREHOUSE 1no1zn.r1os.
RI. thara r,nt rov ,anlrtr IL, f,,o rorto,.
trre a bill which coitemula1oa imnnrtnnt