The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-25
DoCKAGE UNCLAIMED WHEAT.

Out of 21O, 917 carloads of wheat inspected
at st. Paul, ST. Cloud, Minneapolis and Du-
luth 1875, 451 cars were subjected to dockage
on account of the foreign matter contained
therein; 72,075 carloads were locked one-half
pound per bushel; 1850 one pound; 2S146
one and one-half pounds; 1884 two pounds;
1883 two and one-half pounds; /, 1853 three
pounds, and LOO over three pounds per
bushel, and at an average Of four pounds.
There were received Il, 466 cars on which
no dockage was placed. OF these 3,11O con-
tanned wheat which had been suitably cleaned
at interior points before shipment, and II 356
contained grain of a low grade or sam
ple'' grain, which is always sold on its mer-
its and on which no dockage was imposed.
At St Paul. the average dockage for the
season was seventeen ounces per bushel, at
st. Cloud seventeen and one-half ounces, at
Minneapolis sixteen ounces, and at Duluth
fifteen and one-quarter ounces per bushel.
The slight variations in dockage between
differences in quality and condition Of wheat
tributary to each market. The net average
dockage at all points was fifteen and three
quarter ounces per bushel.
REINSPECTIONS AND APPEALS.
Out of total Of 298,747 carloads of grain
inspected into and "out'' of store there
were 1929 calls for reinspection; in $685.
cases the original inspection was sustained.
In 5567 cases the grade was raised in 233
cases the grade was lowered, and in 494 cases
the dockage was changed. Appeals from the
decisions in these reinspections were made to
the railroad and warehouse commission in
cisons of the chief deputy inspector were
changed and sustained in seven cases. The
number of errors made in the inspection
work of the past year, as indicated by the
changes above stated, was 6,311, or at the
rate Of one error in forty-one cars inspected.
Considering the character of a considerable
portion of the crop and the difficulties en-
countered in consequence. the above showing
may Justly be regarded as favorable
THE DEPARTMENT FORCE.
The average number of employees engaged
in all branches of the department during the
season was 14S, classified as follows: One
chief inspector, four chief deputy inspectors,
two first assistant deputies, sixteen deputies
six sub-deputies, two fax inspectors, five as
sistant fax inspectors and twenty helpers in
the inspection department. In the weighing
department., four state weighmasters, sixty
eight deputy weighmen and two scale ex-
perts. In the registration department, one
warehouse registrar and two assistant regis
trars. The clerical force in all departments
consists of eleven clerks and three stem
ographers. There Is also one supervisor of
country elevators. The number of persons
employed during the year ranged from 100 to
158 the force being largest during the heavy
movement of grain in the fail months and
curtailed when the rush of business was over.
One feature Of our work which has at
tracted attention and given great satisfaction
to grain shippers, receivers and the railroad
companies, is rapid service. However large
the receipts may be, the inspection is
promptly performed each morning and all
reported at the general offices before IL
o clock a. m. This permits sale and DISPOSE
ton on day Of arrival, early remittances to
country shippers, rapid return of empty cars
to country points, and prevents expensive
demurrage charges.
We feel warranted In asserting that in
this respect, the record of the department Is
not surpassed, If equaled by any other similar
department in the country Our relations
with the producers and with all branches of
the trade have been unusually pleasant and
satisfactory during the past season; criticism
and complaint has almost entirely dtsaD-
peared.
STATE SEALING.
The sealing system is in successful opera
ton at st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth.
That this measure of safety and protection
for grain lying in railroad yards at terminal
points awaiting disposition, is practical and
in large measure eficacious, admits of no
question. Complaints of differing by track
thieves have been reduced to a gratifyine
extent. A careful examination and repcdH Of