The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-08
'W|CCLElWAGGLE'
SCALES BARRED
STATE sEALER BURR n. LINCOLN
RULES AGAINST THE BOB
N BINo INDICATORS.
WILL ALLOW s OR 8 JUMPS

| QUITO oCdte MdkoTS ndNe IHIOTmou
the official That Il Win Be inpos-
sibie to Conform to His Rolling
Others Say They Can.
Lansing. Did you ever notice the
arrow on scale in the stores "wiggle
I-waggle" after the storekeeper has
put the commodity you are buying on
the scale? Did you every try to guess
Just what the exact weight was and
have you ever remarked to yourself
that the storekeeper must be an ex-
pert at reading scales to figure just
where the arrow will stop?
These questions and a few of like
nature are to be made unnecessary
II Burr H. Lincoln. state sealer Of
weights and measures, has his way.
He has ruled that "nonwiggle-waggle"
scales only can be used in Michigan
hereafter and has notified the compa-
MES manufacturing scales that he and
his men will condemn scales hereafter
where the indicator gives more than
six OF eight perceptible jumps after
the commodity being weighed is
placed upon them.
Some of the scale makers have IN
informed Mr.. Lincoln that 1t will be
impossible to make scales to conform
to his ruling but others have notified
him that they can do 1t.
Reports of scales from many stores
throughout the state were that they
were not giving full weight. In most
cases we found that the scales had
been tested by ur and were proper.
Then we watched. In one chain of
stores, against each one of which COM
plants had been made, we found that
the clerks all guessed at the bobbing
Indicator. We found also in those
stores that they had scales which
kept bobbing for fully quarter of
| minute.
| Visits to manufacturers convinced
us that In many cases the bobbing
could be eradicated, or cut down to a
point where the arrow would settle in
a few seconds"
Plan 1850 Miles State Road.
/ Anu yCaA lSAV VIII 10 thO OahhCA
year for good roads in the history Of
Michigan. according to present indica-
tons.
Approximately 1850 miles will be
built during the year. or this. 1000
miles will be built by the counties
under the old reward system. $50
miles by townships in the same man
ner and approximately 1000 miles by
property owners under the Covert act.
passed by the 1915 legislature.
No figures are obtainable as to the
exact amount that will be spent for
roads under the Covert act. Up to
the present time A out Of IS coun-
ties under the county road system
have reported to State Highway Com
missioner Frank f. Rogers. They re-
port available for their roads $685..
600, while the townships so far report.
ing have total of 81. 400. 900 to spend.
December i. 1915, the state had a
total Of 1852 miles of improved
roads. When the work of the present
year is over, there should be approx.
mately 6,732 miles of good roads. SO
per cent gain.
| Michigan began to improve Its
roads with state aid in July, 1905
Since that time the total miles OF
state reward roads. as completed by
years has been: 1905, 18;s1906, GAPS;
1907, 96.5; 1908. 161; 1909, 204.5; 1910
3o4.25; 1911. Ss2.75; 1912. 523; 1918
| 6s6.25; 1914. 1874.
i Between July. 1915, and December
1, 1916. S84 miles more were com
pleted, making total of 4,0S2 miles
Il Recently the state highway depart
ment wrote to county and township
officials to ascertain the road work
contemplated for the coming season
To date "A counties have reported that
! they have money available from the
sale of road bonds amounting to 81,
056,000. and from county road taxes
amounting to $2,175.000. making to
tai Of 1921 .00O
| With this money the counties pro
pose to build sos miles OF trunk line
road and $40 miles Of single reward
road. making total OF 845 miles. In
asmuch as only four-fifths of the coun
ties have reported. It is evident tina,
at least 1000 miles will be built By
counties under the county road sys
tenn. 81
Last year the townships built two
thirds as much road as was built b,
the counties. Estimating that tha
proportion will be kept up this year
they will swell this total Of / 1000 mile,