The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-15

the sake of saving A few dollars on car
mileage. We recommend that thcy Initiate
their more progressive neighbors in this
matter, ana We feel assured thut tho re-
duction in claims for damage and short
age VIII FUZZY offset any shrink1sr in the
ear mileage account, and. 10 addition. r'o-
mote moro satisfactory business relations
between al parties, including shipper
Third. raised weights: during recent
years Some OF the most proriBent rail-
roads of Texas worked u ha, !slip on
lumber shippers In the matter Of :lisine
policy WAS two edgei. at the sBms time
strictly one-siaea. II their track scales
showed the car 10 weigh less than the tn
itial line reported, they accepted the orig
inal weights, whereas II their SCALES show
ed the car to weigh more than the origin
ating line claimed the weight was raised
to correspond with that Of th.ir own
scales. ono local freight agent frankly
acknowledged mat he had INSTRUCTIONS
from his superior officers To proceed upon
that basis. Tha matter was brought to
tho attention OF the proper officers o;
thu RAILWAY COMPANY involved. They read
lily sew the iujustice OF the proposition
and Immediately issued orders TO accept
tho weights OF originating line Oh lumber
SHIPMENTS feeling tnnt while some cars
might vary IN weight one way or tho
other. the average on the seasons bust
I'Sf "nNlt bout even ihlnEs IN. pthcr
lines speedily adopted the sumo policy. nli
now II ia 4 rare occurrence 20 receive an
expense bin with the weights different
from those OF tine originating liae. Both
srtt.atSi 1pan this imnro ~. '' con-
Miscellaneous Observations II Viii be
seen from tho foregoing that tho railway
comraW = operating in TeNRs are willing
and ready 20 correct eNlSiirtr abuses when
IL hl l' in ON i @aS aiSe "a, nS.ogs
,, IL ,ref,e,i"i, - ~. lie ',,, i,,ion ~
pNHrs. II Is also pleasing to observe that
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49, l,
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i la''oi a. % ing .lsle-i aNi +"i"e n,
stances A4fn hi"fel s-'u % N'N "'i 10 tme
ori-!ual ~ omot.'R as l" >"r 'wAy pr
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NNHtleN' men .h'7 it'l ."tH you p''h
"NetiFt"A- y '"n =. i"'' " Holus
OF tA' h-nll'f men vi -'NAs' ""'N IA pom
N,ai an hLei ,t,
\ s'.Nlns lt'rit IN 'l 20" ctlile,,
views our pi"seai S,eif ppiPN Vas NoteN
~ me Ilhs - oi'N a uhYH aEo.
y Mea!thN sSnd.'a'1 Is hpilNI'S nDtsn
anh south .tr" pl f'ti iinul Kansas ivy
80 if"p Nairr ~ Sthlne I'ASS lhrF @uAcr
cur state at l,Naf Kama on INC npitni zen
cross over INTO Louisiana ann pFhV.. "NiIN
follow 'Hc l." Helaid s-ir o. t'r 9tn!tf
river s"utn NAtil trey t"anl n POM ~,
mos oNupsl', INC towns pi '''ntf anu
Beaumont when ihey aRain cross over
into texas ON in"ir way Ht"p Mater,
nr stIrFtl hltils-.F "i ~" foal, " ~
asked the cause ot h!T .nmnanS pursuing
THIS policy, rep'iod Nv - MiI' run do"l
nc Lou SARA si1o (,eSthso 'N" VS. an
ioNa5 srr Hr' as 'inpi"- flS \hs j.
dfnri~rt NJ NOR, inan lR mics ut iFiS