The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26
TWO DAYS ALLOWED
LOCAL SAMPLERS
Demurrage Question Has Been
Settled by Extending Time
to Consignees.
ALL ORE SHIPPERS
WILL BE BENEFITED
Railroads Issue a Comparative
Statement That Shows Very
Interesting Facts.

The meeting OF the smelter, sampling
and railroad officials on Friday for tho
purpose OF pushing away the smoke
created by the mailing OF tho famous
circular No. S. referring to the time al
lowed the smelters and samplers on ores,
waa productive OF sudden and agreeable
fruit, and the action of the Utah Car
Service association Saturday morning
viii meet with general approval This
decision was to allow the samplers and
smelters extra time on ores, the samplers
TO be given forty-eight hours free time
and the smelters seventytwo hours free
time.
This privilege, however, Will extend
to all shippers OF ore. whether the same
is to be consigned to local smelters af-
ter passing through the samplers or
elsewhere. The railroad companies COM
posing the Utah Car Service association
felt when circular No, s was issued that
IT was merely a means to an end and
not the end itself The association has
prepared quite an interesting table. COM
pairing the number OF cars received, bear
ing all sorts OF commodities, and those
bearing ores from 1903 TO July 81, 1906
and this shows that while the samplers
and smelters have received liberal por-
tion Of these shipments, they have paid a
very small proportion of the demurrage
collected
In 1903 there was 4 total of 30 1853 cars
handled by the association. OF these.
1928 cars were consigned TO the samp-
lers and smeNers, or "a per cent Tho
amount OF demurrage paid by the
samplers and smelters during this year
was S56S9. or 81 per cent of the entire
amount paid TINT year. In 1904. 96,351
cars were handled. OF which 4S,7T9 cars
went TO the samplers and smelters. or 81
per cent OF the whole. A total demur-
rage OF $23,267 so was paid during the
year to the association. Of which s6i94
was paid by the samplers and smelters.
or 20 per cent of the whole.
Record After 1905.
During 1905 n total OF 1858 rs3were
handled by the association, 90, ,962 cars
were sent to samplers and smelters or
80 per cent. Yet out OF total OF $40
sS5 received by the association as de-
purrage, smelters and samplers paid
$327o, or 1G per cent. Up TO July 81 OF
the present year q total OF ST. 70S cars
have been handled, 80 629. or 40 per cent,
going to smelters and samplers, and out
of total demurrage of $27 500 paid. the
smelters and samplers paid S93lS. or 81
per cent. In all. since the first o. 1903
and until July 81 OF the present year, a
total OF 3S5r345 cars have been handled
by the association. of which 1S4 ,65S cars
MeIc COH5iGucu 10 SuSllcCS ana SamD-
lers, or As per cent. 4 total OF $50 221
has been paid in demurrage in this time,
OF which the smelters and samplers have
paid s24 I'll. or 81 per cent
In other words, the railroad companies
show that although the smelters and
samplers have received IS per cent of all
the cars handled during this period. they
have paid only 27 per cent of the demur-
rage collected during this time, During
the past three months the shipments
have been extraordinarily heavy and the
smelters and samplers have paid almost
as much demurrage in this time as they
have during the past four years. Another
very interesting lesson learned by these
comparative figures is that while tho
smelters and samplers handled 81 per
cent OF the total amount OF shipments
during 1909. they have handled only As
per cent of the total car shipments dur
Ing the first seven months OF the pres
ent year.