The Washington times., 1906-07-09
FIVE MORE ICEMEN
Hailed To COURT
FOR SHORT WEIGHT
Three Drivers Arrested
Saturday Each Forfeit
Five Dollars.

Following up his determined move 10
break up the practice by ice men Of sell
ing snort weight 10 customers, which re-
suited on Saturday In the arrest Of three
Offenders. District Seaier Of Weights ana
Measures Haskell received the report
from Assistant Sealer Howe this morn
ing Of the arrest OF four additional ice
men charged with the odeusei and one
OF them with having incorrect scales.
The arrested men are William Tyner,
Of lZs3 Fourth street, Frank Wells. a
Company; William d. Webster, ar inde-
neudent ice dealer, of s23 FOur-and-a-
half street southwest; William Weaver,
white. also an independent. Of 5lS7 NJ
street northwest, and George Luckett,
colored driver. They we're taken to the
First precinct station, where s. collateral
was deposited in each case for their
appearance In the Police Court tomor-
row
Law to Be Enforced.
Mr.. Haskell declared his intention of
n1rsulng this method against the offend
ing ice men and haling them into the
police court until a permanent check
ha6. been put on their practice "f selling
short weight. After an investigation Of
the matter. in which ne had put the
managers of the local ice companies
through a rigid questioning. Sealer
Haskell is satisfied. he says, that the
ccmpanies are not at fault, but tnat
the drivers themselves are guilty OF
nretended ignorance or Intentional dis
honesty. Pursuing the matter on these
lines he has instructed his inspectors
to focus their attention on the drivers
and 10 make arrests whenever they are
detected I'm either selling short weight
~. dac1i1e 10 weigh the ice at the re
quest of the customer.
I'VE are thoroughly aroused 10 the
need of stopping this short-weight sell
ing, declared Sealer Haskell this morn
ing 'and mean TO make arrests when
ever the law is violated Because IL
works its greatest hardship on the poor
people. on those whose necessities com
neI them 10 conhne their purchase 10
a five-cent or ten-cent piece, the prac-
flee cannot be condemned too roundly-"
TrOt Out Their Scales.
That the vigorous methods pursued by
saaler Haskell will have salutary et-
feet or the men could be seen today
In the number who appeared al the
district building TO submit their scales
for examination and test.
some of the men complained to Sealer
Haskell that the blow he was aiming
al them had already been severely felt
and threatened to work considerable
bardshin to many innocent dealers.
They seemed satisfied, however. that the
Sealer is working within strict accord
ance of the law, and, further, that Ger
tain among them were deserving OF the
p1nlshrne I already meted out
Forfeit Their Collateral.
Collateral deposited by three drivers
arrested Saturday for violating the
weights and measures law. was forfeited
hv them in the Police Court today. The
men were James West. James Heaney
and Guerra Sanders. Each left s. at a
police station as a guarantee of his an
pearance for trial in court today. When
their names were called they failed 10
respond. and the money was declared
forfeited.
Asked II the Government was satisfied
with the forfeiture OF this amount, As
sistant Corporation Counsel James Pugh
replied that the matter was left entire
" TO the Sealer OF Weights and Meas
ures, and the latter was the person 70
be satisfied or dissatisfied.
West is said to have been eight pounds
shy on a block of ice he sold to a GUS
toner under pretense that 1t weignv,
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