The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-02

See that every merchant ana
= peddler with whom YOU trade uses
> only weights and measures bear
= ing the city stamp. All others
Z are Illegal and may be fraudulent
If YOU see the city seal IS alb =
. sent help protect the public by >
= notifying The Herald of the viola
= ton of the ordinance The infor-
= nation viii be transmitted TO the =
= proper authorities
Eli L. Price, grocer at Is South
Main street. was convicted on two
counts by Judge DiehI yesterday. one
charged him with having weights and
measures in his possession that were
not officially stamped and sealed by
the city seaIer OF weights and meas
uTes. The other charged him with hav
ing on his premises measures that
failed to comply with the law On each
count Mr.. Price was fined SO Attor-
ney James Ingebretsen. representing
the defendant, Immediately filed no
tiCe Of appeal to the district court He
deposited the appeal bond Of $40
Yesterdays conviction follows a case
which has consumed nearly six weeks.
Mr.. Price was charged by City Seaier
H =. Richards with having violated
city ordinance 500. in that he had in
his possession measures not bearing
the stamp Of the city sealer and that
did not conform with the city stand
ard.
The court. in passing judgment.
stated that there was doubt in his mind
as 10 the validity IF the ordinance I'M
der which Mr.. Price was prosecuted
The ordinance Judge Diehl OBJ
served, "has been framed for the puT-
pose Of protecting the public, which
might otherwise be made the prey of
INSCRIPTIONS dealers The measure
has the effect, but not the sole intent,
of filling the city Golfers.
That the defendant is guilty under
the ordinance, however. there is no
doubt While the violation might not
have been willfUl the courts one
course is to impose a penalty"
After the Ice Dealers.
The ice dealers are being closely
watched by City Sealer Richards and
the merchants. The Salt Lake Ice
company has for the first time this
year placed scales upon at least a part
of its wagons. Every family can now
demand that the ice be weighed be
fore having for it. Some of the board
ing house Iandladfes said yesterday
that they were now compelling the ice
peddIers TO weigh every pound of ice
they purchased. As one woman ex-
pressed if:
''Oh. what a difference Why, I am
getting twice as much ice as / used
To get. 1t cost me 80 cents to have
my ice chest filed a few weeks ago,
and now 10 or 20 cents worth VIII
more than fH it."
Another woman remarked. Since 1
read of the swindle that the ice dealers
We're giving us I have made every man
weigh his ice. / have scales of my
own and they have to place the ice on
these before they can charge 1t up
against me. 1 am watching them and
my ice bill for June wiz be but little
larger than it was in May, though I
have used double the amount of ice"
How to Measure Ice.
A foot rule. coupled with a little fig
uFinE viii inform one OF any shortage
or excess that amounts 10 anything.
A pound Of ice contains S016 cubic
inches. In order 10 find out, approx
mately how many pounds there are in
a given piece. lay the foot rule along
one edge of the chunk. Jot the num-
Der of inches down on a sheet Of paper
Then. going around the corner OF the
piece. measure the length of the end
Put the number of inches down under
the first set Of figures and multiply
them by IT, Inzn turn the piece OF Ice
up on its side and measure its thick
ness. Put the number Of inches under
the result Of the multiplication, and
multiply it by this measurement. Now
divide the result by SOLO. the number
Of cubic inches IN d pound of ice, and
the result Of this operation VIII be the
number Of rounds in the chunk
For instance. suppose the piece Of ice
to be Q inches long. s inches wide and
inches thick Multiply Q by S. This
equals -. Multiply the = by s. The
result is 422- Divide this by 30-16- The
result VIII show that there is almost
exactly Il Is pounds in the piece
For the convenience Of those who
would like 10 fasten on the side of
their refrigerator q table Of the dimen-
siOns Of number Of different shaped
pieces of ice Of the weights which are
ordinarily sold this wear at retail Tor
and 20 cents-ffteen pounds and
thirty pOuRds-aud of a fifty-Dound
piece. the following is given, the first
figure in each case being the thickness
4 the cake of ice.