The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-25
WORK O N[|GHMASTER
STATE OFFICIAL FILES HIS An
NUAL REPORT WITH Rail-
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
COVERS LAST TWELVE MONTHS
There Were 214,46o Cars Inspected
During the Year, and the Rev
eRues From All Resources
Reached $53, 99S.5o.

State Weighmaster O'Brien filed his an
nual report with the railroad and ware
house commission yesterday. 1t is as
follows:
To the Honorable Railroad and Ware
house Commission, st. Paul, Mimi:
Minneapolis state Weighing department
for. the grain year ending Aug. 81, 1900, is
herewith respectfully submitted: Fifty
tour persons are n9w employed, IN the de-
first assistant weighmaster, two clerks,
chief of claims, scale expert, assistant
scale expert ,, stenographer and forty-six
following, list of mills elevators and rail-
Archer Oil Mill, Cataract, Crown Roller,
Dakota, Excelsior, Galaxy, Humboldt,
Minneapolis, Midland Oil mill, Northeast
Feed mill North Star, Northern Linseed,
burn a. Washburn a- ssB'" Washbur r1
g, Western Oil mill Total, 3
Aana1e p c. SonSolidatsd Crescent
Northern No. 2, Great Western Mol,
Great Western No. 2 Interstate No. i.
Interstate No. 2 Interior No. ]. Interior
No. 2, K, Monarch, Midway No. 1, Midway
No. g. Pi1lsbury, .Piilsbury stB." Pioneer
Steel, Republic, St. Anthony No. I, ST.
An anthony No. 2, Star. STANDARD, shoreham,
No. 2. Total. 81 -.
RAILROAD YARDS.
Chicago. St Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha, Chicago milwaukee, IL St. Paul.
and Minneapolis and St. Louis.
S1Xty-tWo places in all are thus en-
braced IN this service, an increase of four
over the previous year.
in The re-, total number 4 OF 5fo cars wSsiged dur
aceruing, from all sources, was $53, 99S. so.
Covering the same period the. expense ae-
count was $53, 9.25, showing a surplus of
$929; IL The total number of bushels of
grain weighed during the same period.
Bushels.
Oats ........................... II, 945, 2S5
corn .-......-.-..-..-..-...... 4,S90,122
Eye 800. ........-............. 20, 9ls
T FSaE ..........,......' s, Ss5 az
In the different tables accompanying
will be found a more detailed report. Of
the work accomplished.
A comparison of last years figures with
the above will not be out of place here.
Shortly after I came into this Office, in
1899, the duty devoIved upon me of fur
report. In that statement it was shown
tht 2o2,293 cars had been weighed and that
Al. The expense account for that year
was S57, 44S.6S indicating "a deficiency of
S22, 95S.27. Total number of bushels of
grain weighed, 100, $40, 006 In some re-
excellent one, but the large deficiency
was an unpleasant feature to record.
PRICE OF WEIGHING.
Shortly after the beginning of the pres
ent grain year., in October, 1899, your hon
orable board raised the price fer weighing
cars from 15c to CSC, thus adding largely
to the receipts of the department. 1t
was one of the necessities, and though
some fault was found with this the
justice of it soon became apparent to all
The board of appeals created by act of
the last legislature, added from $4,000 to
SIC, COG to the expense of the grain depart
ment, and this, if no other reason existed,
would have justified tn advance. Then,
too there is vast differnce between the
car of ten years ago, or even five years
and that of today. The capacity of the
former would not average but little over
600 bushels, while the latter, built In
these times, will average 200 to 300 bush
els more. The thousand bushel car of
the present time is becoming quite COM
mon. With these changed conditions
the weighing of a car of wheat now, in