Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-11-02
STATE WElGHMAS7ER
Renorts on the Efficient Work of
the Department For the
Past Year.
Shows a Big Surplus in Contrast
10 Heavy Deficiency of Pre-
vious Year.
Increase in the Number of Cars
Weighed and a Decrease in
Expenses.

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| house Commission,
st. Paul, MINI.
Gentlemen:
The fifteenth annual report of the
Minneapolis State Weighing Depart
ment for the grain year ending August
! 81, 1900, is herewith respectfully SUBJ
| mitted:
Fifty-four persons are now employ
| ed in the department, as follows:
Weighmaster, First Assistant Weigh
master, two clerks, chief OF claims,
! scale expert, assistant scale expert,
stenographer and. forty-:lx we!G1ers.
The State service Includes the fell
lowing list of mills, elevators end Rail
road Yards:
Archer Oil MIL, C?t2-~~ H., Crcra
Roller. Columbia, Christian, Do:c:l ::
Oil Mill, l}7kota. Excelsior, C2iax*
Humboldt. Mime apclis, Midland Gil
Mill Northeast Fe3d Mil Eo2th S.,
Northern Linse:l, Occidental, Pts
bury a." Pillcl;i"y &C." Pal;sA1o
Standard: St. An;i>o1y W<si burn "a
Washburn II" flash burn &C." West.
ern Oil MI. Tatc'-25
ILEVATCRG.
Atlantic 3. c. Consolidated, Ores.
cent, D:;,~>c":', Great Northern No. 1.
| Great - ..'::; -. 2, Great We:tc:'::>
No. l, ':cc-' Vs=se~n Nc. 2, Int2-'
State No ! 1~+eT-stcte .>o. 2. I2t5~::.
or No. i ':'*' :o,' no. 2, X, Ef3n@"c::
Midway - :. ?!:Ivay 10. z, - :
bury, +: !s;>'>~' B." E';o..?:~~ Steel ="
public, 6: ::cry No. l, - ..::?:.e:,':':ii.
No. 2, :: Standard. <:.o.c..-- -:
TRANSIT" j, Tra:.sSer 10. ?. III
ion, V:r'c.: !"cclwUrth 70. /, Wood
worth ~. . y. Tctol-34
RAILROAD YARDS.
Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha. Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
and MINI ea@olis & St. Louis.
Sixty-two places in all are thus en-
braced in the service, an increase of
four over the previous year.
The total number of cars weighed
during the year was 214,490 and the
| revenues accruing from all sources
was $53,998:50. Covering the same
period the expense account was $685.
O69.23, showing surplus of $929.27.
The total number of bushels of grain
weighed during the same period was
liz, 81 $3.50, as follows:
Bushels.
Wheat neutrality-suspicious. las, O61 ,23C
Oats NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10,945, 265
Corn 4,89O,722
Rye ................... S59,712
Barley ........'....... 5'o55,olz
Flax NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8,021 ,433
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 devolved
upon me of furnishing you with the
fourteenth annual report. In that
statement it was shown that 202,293
cars had been weighed and that the
revenues from all sources was 1884,
1854. The expense account for that
year was $57, 448.6S, indicating de-
fciency of $22,95s.27. Total number
Of bushels of grain weighed, 160,940,-
O06. In some respects the showing
thus made was an excellent one, but
the large deficiency was an unpleasant
feature to record.
Shortly after the beginning of the
present grain year, in October, 1899,
your honorable board raised the price
for weighing cars from Is cents to
rs cents, thus adding largely to the
receipts of the department. It 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 $751;
600 to $4,000 to the expense of the
grain department and this, if no other
reason existed, would have justified
the advance. Then, too, there is a
vast difference 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 6v0 bushels, while the latter, built
in these times, will average from 200
Bushel Car of the present time is be-
changed conditions the weighing of a
car of wheat now, in reality is almost
as reasonable as it ever has been.
The year just closed, it is gratifying
to state, sees the Department self-sus-
tanning. The deficiency of almost
| $23 900 in 1899 has been turned to
surplus, small though it be, of 1929. 27
| in 1900.
Going back to the birth Of the De-
partment in 1885 but one year has ex-
celled this in the number of cars
weighed. That was the big crop year
of 1897. desire to say, too, that
while the number of cars weighed
during the past year was 12,197 more
than during the previous year, still
the expense account of the department
| was less by $4,269.45. To be more ex-
| plicit, the. year ending Aug. 81, 1899,
| showed an expense to the department
of So, 33S.68, while the year which
| closed Aug. 81, 1900, showed an ex-
expense of $53,069.23.
One of the needs OF the Depart
ment is better police protection. The
faoilroad yards of Minneapolis are very
extensive, mainly outside of police pa
troll and but little protection is offered
against the evil of pilfering. There is
! room for Improvement in this direc-
ton and the railroads should do their
| part in rendering better service. Dur
| ling the past year your honorable board
has given attention to this matter by
sah especial appoint ment for this Kind
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