The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-31
HEARING ON GRAIN RATES.
Commission Asked to Charge Mini
mum Carload Weights.
PROPOSITION OPPOSED BY SHIPPERS
The Railroad Men All Favor the Proposed
Chanoe-Commission Took the Mat
ter Under Amusement.

+NN'N'", 'oAds' July 3V7-The railroad com
mission convened in open hearing TODAY to
take up and consider propositIon 10
change The minimum carload weights on
shipments of grain between poInt. In
IcSas. II was proposed that the foilnyving
minimum carload weights he established !.
YIN oats 10000 pounds corn 10000 pounds
aud wheat 5000 pounds per car
Major Charles u. Peck OF the car service
association wrote to the commission favor.
Ing the change on account Of the enhrre
ment OF tho freight cars. as the FORMER
minimum weights do not at present mi
the cars.
letter was read from the Texas Mia.
land road favoring the change, also from
Freight Traffic Manager Jones Of the
southern Pacific system, in fact, all Of the
roads favored the proposed change
Il. II. Crenshaw of Temple opposed tho
change, and so did s. Edwards OF sey
mour. W. ii Griffith OF Bartlett wanted
the present weights to remain
Hunt Bros OF Wichita Fails also on
posed the change and suggested minimum
weight of 10000 on oats aud wheat.
Mr.. II. II, Farrell OF the Cotton Belt
Lux cars Of 5000 pounds capacity, anu
asked that the proposed change be put
in. He said that some shippers wonld
use fifteen cars when five cars would au-
swer. and therefore deprive some other
shipper Of the other ten cars.
Major l'eck read n statement to the
commission, In which he raised the point
un petAonul examination OF severn i,s,ils
the following shortage 10 grain shipments
was discovered
Southern Pacific 46s cars. average load
$4,000 pounds, car capacity Of Go,000
st. Louis and Southwestern 2a4 cars
average load 34,O8d pounds, car capacity
international and Great Northern aver
age load 3s,22l pounds, car capacity TO-,
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fee 1890 cars
average load $4,000 pounds, car capacity
houston and Texas Central 26l0 cars,
average load $4,000 pounds, car capacity
5000,
San Antonio and Aransns Pass sos cars,
average load $4,000, car capacity $1,000
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1881 cars,
average load 4l,uT3, car capacity 10000
He Iurther stated that wheat came nearer
being NJ 70 the ear capacity and corn the
least THE value Of traffic is SO great that
whatever RELIEF we get Will be upprc.
clated Grain shipments are only ex-
ceeded by lumber and coal.
Secretary Dorsey Of the Grain Dealers
association opposed the change. on account
Of the shqrt crop this year, and II would
work hardship ON the farmers and grain
dealers alike. The small dealers In the
small towns will also suffer, as at times
they can not afford 10 buy big carload
OF grain, He said the crops We're short
In all the grain States, and the shipments
of grain into the small towns would work
hardship on the dealers, II will also
he impossible to gather a large carload
of wheat in the small towns In Central
Texas this wear, and farmers will be COM
PEELED to haul their wheat thirty or forty
miles. We want protection and what
ever is right is the way Mr.. Dorsey
put It.
Corn on the cob is bulky and you can
not put 3oOO0 pounds Of 1t in a car He
also 'said that n majority Of the members
of The grain dealers association were on
posed to the change.
MIR Allen of the Missouri Kansas and
Texas said that there We're other things
10 consider besides the farmer and small
dealer in this proposed change. and II
was Just as easy FOR small dealer to
accumulate 1000 bushels Of grain as 500
bushels, ana ns easy for the small buyer
to purchase t. He did not think the
proposed change was unreasonable With
reference 10 the short crop he asked Mr..
Dorsey who was responsible for the green
hug, the commission ar the railroads?
The question was taken under advise
ment by the commission
Major Charles r. Peck Of the ear service
association who asked Cor the change,
read an exhaustive statement to the com
mission in behalf of the change.