The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-12-03

ming order. YOu will n..tiee that all
the officers are now on this floor 1.-THE
third, which ia much more conve-
ni"nt. Colonel Williams m with
the experience of last year, and. out
side of the collector, has the highest
advisory authority, and his sugges-
tons and corporation are of the
greatest benefit to the work
Inspector Fletcher was placed at
the head of the different divisions,
and all returns and reports are made
through him. /
Inspector Norton is reserved for
special dnty-to straighten on nil
complicated case arising in the c"ui,-
try.
inspector Clements has charge Of
the classification room, while In~pec-
tors Harm, Ross aud Hays make in
spections anu have advisory duties in
the country parishes. That is the
way the chief offices are arranged.
what is the average number of
weighers on duty OF the leyee and
in the country, and which is the most
advantageous to the government. to
eIteh III kLC NOuit VI Vii AiHt
leyeefn
There are to-day 14O wcigliers in
the country and Is for the levee. al
of whom make daily reports ra the
Office of the chief weigher. Besides
these. there are q weigiiers d, tailed
a. clerks in the various diyisi ,Ils.
The highest number of weigtiefs i'm
the country last ear was los. In The
office of the cl.ief weiglier IL men
examine and verify the Docks and
returns of weighers, aud the average
number of packages verified daily in
the past few days is 1880. The
auditory division has Ii men detailed
as clerks.
"As to whether it is for the ad-
vantage of the government t o have
sugar weighed on the levee or in the
country, | should say that the cost of
weighing ID less in the country. Five
days ago 5000 h~ogsheads and bar
rels of sugar arrived, of which all but
1000 packages had been weighed.
The crowded condition of the levee
and the very limited room in the
depots made 1t difficult for the
weigiers to reach their lots. Two
days ago a weigher sampled and
weighed $40 barrels in two hours
because he had a clear field. Another
weigher did not complete 40 packages
in the same time because the lots
were scattered and time was taken i'm
getting them together again, and lav-
ing them identified. Such delay is ex-
pensiye to the government
What do you think viii be the
amount of the crops as compared with
last year n
"That can be answered only as an
estimate. Much depends upon the
weather. Some of the danger points
are now passed. If / remember righ.-
IL, the yield last year was about &c.,
100000 pounds. 1t is safe to say that
it will be over 400, OOO, 900 this year.
Many planters will have an increase
of 20 per cent"
"Have the notifications in your in
structions had the effect of expanding
your work. IL, 10
Yes, upon several points. Last
year the producer sent his samples
seperate from the weigher's returns
and often at a different time. The
returns anne to one department and
the samples to another, and much
time was lost before the two came
together again for Identification. The
regulations now require that the re-
turns be placed in the box with the
samples which they owe The box
comes to the classification room, the
returns and samples are compared
and the returns are sent to the chief
weigher's room TO be verified with the
weigher's book. Yet a number of
producers continue to bundle their
samples and returns together and
send by mail. 1t is to be hoped that
they will soon realize the advantages
of complying with the regulations in
the futnre."-Picayune.