, 1881-10-15
TIE RAILROADS.
The Important Necessity Of
Weighing Car Load
Freights,
A Bitter Fight lIctwcon lilo Wander.
hlIt Lines ani Grand
Trunk.
Dissatisfaction IN Georgia Over an appoint.
fauns on Tho Railroad Com
mission.

'fl,e b!l!clal rrIturt of tllu proceedings Ut
tho l1tcetlnx OF tho General Freight Agents
uf tliu sOa.ls west Ut l.ulfalo, ritsburg, nrat
Whrulng, mud ,,sst Of Chicago nlltl st. l4ol,;s
hold ut Cleyclultl, Wednesday,, Oct. II, for
tho purIsUso Df fOrluitlg MI organization sisl-
liar to the Western Hallway Weighing Assu-
eatlotl. which IS tn tuko ctINrge Of md Insure
The weighing ind way-hiIing 1T nil freight
between MI points oil thoir several roatls ut
actnal weiE1It Inns just been received. Tho
proceedings wcru Of much moro ftlpor-
tanea TIM. 1t tirst REPORTED, md fucts alul
stty for such tilt ttssocfaitun ,Yitict! nrdye
quite. Interesting rGittlEng Commissioner
tgley, Utter statiE the nblectS Of tlin ltitDt-
ing. urss;.. tl'e a,ylsnbii!ty "t forming y,
see Tint tEle EUo.l Intentions declared ut
sinillnr conference lleld n!tn yellr ugn, when
i WIS resolved e. stop tlse 1mrlllciuns prac-
tsso ot ,,nacrl!l't'flig, wsre carried ont, enl
slins III car-lot freight tro!n 3,90D to nUD
pounds pcr eur To s,lbstantfate this cf,lrge
he Ind drAwlt oE from thu transfer sl,eets 1T
so wy s delivered Ss GfHs ts cs'cr V w roas sts
hy tllo Baltimore Il OHIO. .CI!iengo y Grnl!d
l'itts1urg y Fort Wnyns, it'd l'lttsburg,
pctlo,ls during last May, jung, md July. :,
Five cnrs Of wnR9ns destined to points In H.
lluu9. Missouri. Huu knHy1ik. Wur{. llttCt hr
nrs Enst thrt,, cNra III tfgil pn.,ui3s nnt.ti M,
nj fl tW pounds, ,lntl io Uther ut s;l1 pu.,,1lls.
IOtHi weight cIl,,rvrtI fur fuif1i n,,,lMis Whri
trp,lsfurrti nj Clinnro nii.i wnlu1tui IN Inn
WciEhnu tssOcuttnn. Tho ears wrru fol,t,,i in
wnIrh .I.0N. .iUkj. ii. lu). I.tIEj, and Ill (sSl
t,oiiits rsuciycIy: tItmi tn JNsl f,n,ii,ls nr m
unliurblillnK Ut st5u0 pu,lnls in i've curs!
Tnlse tlItn cnrs II nwrgit{tI,rul l,nnIrmouts.
rlyS cars wcre bii,c;t by ;s.o Iincs cmst Of iii.
cago Ut su.u!t' pouu.la each. they TGIHi,ul IL
sD, sd,6t, Il 6Ou, atOo, md a;WO lA,ll!ils ru-
spsetlvcty fhreu ears woro b!liei ut :!t5u,; r.
ot'. sna !i Sl'oo nns e. ~. cnst,; They we!g,led ~;
~, 1I'n rti"' o hi,t" # " N. s,, ,v,h" n
- III, n,,1,ds Fiji Easfnrn ia w,,.,;ts ~,
ti,o t,nu ,,mrs turrc1atnG iMi;EI nn,,us ,rI,n ,
uctu,.l woiXhts wesa :srLHU puuMds,~utl Under.
billing Oh iilha ours Vi idAN lN,nt}st FJVu ears
were transferred to ono roi,1 1T Ghfcngo July Il,
contnnIng w,,Rntis and uRrlcu1t,ltu ltnpplnot,ta
b1!le Ut u. D pnunds eneh, wn1ch, wtio!t Weighed
| by tho Weighing Association, stowud IN UNDER
| billing Ut III. .tsUl Doll,ssi
| Take IL few n,tssetlAnrous articles: Two cars
| Of stAv1s In.1 hca4lllx, luts, uno Ut sJ,UN
pnitilsis, wcIghc,t .i,iUU punIs, aIl tito otilur,
billed 1t 4iukl. weighed a ttN Guillnts. rwD uilrs
uf tr1stcullB, bctl to EnIrn9i NJ :500O bounds
and .t.D pul1flsls e.lvh, Weighed .8,0I mud AJMN
tbitflls respectively. i1ru fIr nf rD4l- scrlporS
billed vt a}U, weighed .s.tHW hounds: /; chr OF
hardwood lumber. bllch nj ri, ,utS, Weighed ~
| UW pUttls; und two c,lrs OF hickory, billed Ht
2LUl pplt,t!s oaeh-prestlt,lnb(y d tnt1im,,,u
| wsight--wpIghcd 2i,1Gu and JVt00 mounds ro-
| speotiytay. -