The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-04
FORREST WILL Nor FIGHT FOR II.
Position Of ~hIngle " eigher Not Worth
it-Drigiu OF the BIZ.

The attitude of the railroads ard some
OF the shingle shippers IN opposing the
new isw relative to the appointment Of
state Eeisgfsrs 81 IuTnlser and shingles
destined for pants out Of the state. over
sne Northern Fan and Great Northern
railroads. was 10 surprise 20 w. X For
reTt, the welgher appointed by the gov
ernor for the Great Northern railway so
Tar a. that road l. concerned. for he says
that the biH vas weakened ~ amend
mems. Said he
u told the governor when he appointed
me 20 the position that thought the laE
would DE- declared unconstitutional. for
believed the anne ndHae MS had 50 weak
eued it that ID would not stand In tho
event is legality Nas ever questioned. /
dId not care especially for the position. for
Il wlll only mean about so month Al
present for me. bat II might have worked
up 10 a very nice position la the course
OF time for you know. the appointment
was for four years. ! viii lay the matter
before the attorney general and. n he
wants 10 fight It, ali well and good. but
won't DO anything IN the matter. There
Is not enough in u for me and can't at
ford 20 spend any money hghting the case.
I think II wtii fall through. anyway. II
the railroads don't want II and the shin
gle men don't want II, that sstties r. and
proves that the bill Is on its face vicious
and should never be enforced.
The bin was fathered and introduced
by Representative Moore. OF Skag-it eoun-
~ and | believed that Ii was asked for
~ the sflngle mill men Of that county.
the small mill men who did not sell direct
and who depended upon the job5ere and
the scaipers 20 place their orders for them
and sell their product. Al that time, so
~ Is said. the shipments we're weighed At
kalispeI ard he shippers had 10 wait
some time before they received cer1ih-
cate OF theiH weights. which worked
hardship on them But that is nOy done
away with. for the Great Northern now
has scales at Lowell. six miles from Ev-
sre.t where the slf3ngle and lambcr prod
tlct % SkaEit county - now weighed. As
far as am concerned. / am not worry
ing about the mater az all, and h really
does not make much difference 10 me how
IL ends
4 ven known shingle man. who is in
terested in a small mill In Snohomish
cpunty says that the principal objection
20 the old system Of the shippers accept
ang the railroad weights was that the
cars we're oysrweighed. While not Xix
ing the general tenor OF the bill, he said:
The intent Of the bill was not vicious
az all. You see. I'm the winter time. when
shingles were shipped the cars were
taken over fhs mountains. and on the
greatest Ia passing rhrough the noun
g4aans the cars wonld accumulate great
deal Of ice and snow. aud at Eiienshurg
were we4gher. the several hundred pounds
Of Zee and snow being weighed and
checked up. which at times made very
damaging increase in weight for on the
furniture ears the Ice and sBow on the
trucks and on top If the car would
anfYFut 10 considerable. Then. too. l
have been old that the overweights were
sometimes several thousand pounds 10 he
car. for I have been told that many times
one car has been weighed while the two
tracks 81 the adjoining car we're on the
scale tracks the trains being weighed
without being broken az all"
The railroad officials deny that any COM
Tla8nt has been registered as 20 the
method of weighing cars and declare
that all trains have heen broken. and that
the weights have been accurate and hon
est