Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-04
RAILWAYS.
Weighing Of Livestock
at Kansas City.
THE NEW RULE HAS GONE INTO
EFFECT THERE.
WISDOM DOUBTED.
KANSAS CITY. PITrsnuRG AND GULF
WILL. run TRAINS INTO
SHREVEPORT FED. l.
Three Surveying Corps Now In the
Field between shreveport and
sabine Puss.
WISDOM DOUBTED.

The new rule applicable TO the ship
ment Of live stock by weight. has just
been put into eject at Kansas city.
and doubt is expressed as to It's work
Ing. The Kansas City star says:
The new Weighing system is a de-
parturc from the old rule OF charging
FOR shipments OK live stock by the car
losd--a rule which has been in force
practically ever since Kansas city be-
came live stock marEet-nnd nutur-
ally there ls u feyorlsh anxiety among
the live stock men as TO what VIII
be the outcome OF it, The commission
men, VINO are sOlicltous for the Wei
fare OF their customers, view tne new
System with ttcpidation. Not only do
they fear that the weighing Of the cars
viii cause delay IN handing live s.ock
ON the market. but they fear also mat
10 Will take a long time FOR the snip
pcrs TO get used - the new tnrihs and
consequently there Is some Likelihood
that the market will be disturbed. IN
der tho old system OF charging by the
car load. which has always proved
satisfactory dealer shipping car
load Of cattle or hogs to Kansas city
could tell exactly what the freight
would be. Under the new system the
shipper only knows how much per
hundred hounds he will have to pay,
but he will have TO be good gueaser
of weights II he can tell how much
the freight VIII he before the car Is
weighed IN Kansas City
The live stock agents OF the railroads
say they win be able to h" 0'ln ~ 'Ne
1--we stock that COMES to Kansas City
without any delay or Inconvenience ia
the market. Some OF the roads have
placed automatic scales on the tracks
leading to the stock yards, by which
they claim the exact weight of car
can be licked of while II is running a
a speed Of five miles an hour Other
roads, natat ly tie Missouri Pac'f', pre-
fer to weigh the cars In the old way.
ns the mechanism OF the automatic
scales Is no complicated that trouble
would cnsue II ever they should get
out Of order.
The weighing of the cars will be
under the supervision Of william Bar
ton Of the Western Weighing assoca-
tion. who established his headquarters
in room No. so Of the Exchange build
Ing yesterday Mr.. Leonard OF Chi
cagJ. who has had charge Of the
weighing OF live stock at the yards
In that city for several years. Will be
hcre FOR two weeks to assist in In
augurnting the weighing system
Concerning the now tariffs, the live
stock agent OF one Of the roads said
yesterday that the shipper would pay
no moro freight by having his cattle
and hogs Weighed and charged by the
hundrNd-weivht than he would nv nay
/ irg freight NJ so much per car load.
The only slippers who wou'1 ~ nf-
tectcl would he those who have been
nce'tptNwed n overlon ding cars by
| crowaing IN 5000 pounds In car
which should only carry 10 900 pounds
| The agent admitted that the new sys.
! TEN would mean more revenue to the
roads but II would be Mt the expens,
| Of those who have heretofore over
| loaded the cnrs