The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-07
REwEICnING OF COTTON.
Railroads Want II Under the Direction Of
Car Service Association.
SOME SHIPPERS uNDERBIll THE STAPLE
And . Loss Has Resulted IN IN.
Ronds-Mntor Peck Went to Aus
tin-Rate Meeting I'm session.

A special meeting OF the Texas Car
Service association was held at the Office
OF Major Charles 3. Peck, general man
ager OF the organization, yesterday az
ternoon, which was attended by Colonel
L. j. Polk. general manager, and p. II.
Goodwin, general freight agent, of the
santa Fe; X. II. lines. superintendent of
transportation Of the san Antonio and
Arkansas Pass; G. l.. Noble, assistant gem
eral superintendent, and Horace Booth,
general agent, Of the International and
Great Northern F. NJ. Richardson of the
Fort Worth and Denver; j. W. Allen,
general freight agent and J. l.. West, as
sistant general freight agent of the Katy;
w. f. McMillin. general freight agent of
the Texas Central; w. II. Taylor, general
freight agent of the Houston East aud
West Texas; H. HELEN, general manager
OF the Fort Worth and New Orleans; W.
w. Kent of the Bay Shore line and H. A.
Jones OF the Central route. Major Peck
represented the Southern Pacific lines.
This meeting was called as result of a
meeting recently held In Dallas attended
by the officials OF various Texas lines
The subject of reweighing of cotton ten
dered for transportation was discussed.
and every road had some objection to the
system of no weight, as has been in vogue.
While all shippers do not underbll cotton.
some do and 1t has reached a serious mat
ter. There was a general discussion and
reports by various officers regarding con-
dition on their lines. and it was the gen
eral agreement that there was loss OF at
least forty pounds to the bale. One case
was cited OF a shipment of 225 bales
wherein the weight furnished by the ship
per was so light that the agent doubted i,s
correctness, took steps to ascertain the
correct weight. and finding the weight
furnished to be wrong, demanded the bill $
of lading back from the shipper, Issued
new bills of lading al the correct weights,
and collected s236.s1 in excess of what
would have been paid on the shippers
weight.
A resolution was adopted at the Dallas
meeting that 1t was the sense of those
present that the weighing of cotton Re
put under the direction OF the Car Service
association. The meeting held yesterday
was in accordance with that action at
Dallas.
The meeting yesterday considered the
matter further and 1t was the unanimous
vote of those present that the rewegh-
ing of cotton should be under the au-
spices of the Texas Car Service association,
where it formerly was. by and with the
consent of the Texas railroad commission,
and resolution was passed that the man
ager of the association, Major Peck. be
requested to go at once to Austin ami
submit the matter to that tribunal Major
Peck Immediately telegraphed asking the
commission for an audience. and left
last night to present the matter to them
today.
The Car Service association had charge
of the weighing at one time and 1t was
done satisfactorily to all concerned, and
the expense Incident thereto was about
cent per bale. If the commission grants
the request, the weighing will become eff
fective next Monday.