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C - b C b X*C.C, — Weights - nasis o i Cnurg.es, May 4 th, 1910» ^r« R, H, Loomis, General S o lic it o r U. I,R ,R ,G o* , Qmunu ,j he b rusliUB Dear Sxr:- Two years a6o three claims were presented, against this Com­pany by the American feme!ting & Refining Company ior overcharge and for tile value of coal not delivered on shipments from Rook. Springs t© Garfield g taut is to say, tne tariff enlarges will oh. were collected at destination we re based on so—called mine weignts« Tne Siueating Com­pany now prefers a claim for tne amount of coal lost as shown by the difference between destination weights and mine weights, and also for freight money paio. on tne same los t coal. Voluminous correspondence has accumulated showing the unreliabil­ity of the so-called mine weights, of which, doubtless, your Company is fully advised. These claims have now come up again, and I enclose you a letter from Mr,Reeves relating thereto. When these claims originally cam© up, 1 dictated a letter to you on this subject, supposing tnnt the controversy would grow active at once, but it seems to nave slept a good while, and 1 now forward you that letter for your consideration, 1 understand that a practical settlement nas been reached, accord­ing to tne tenor of Mr.Reeves* letter to Mr. Sloan, copy of wnioh is enclosed, by which tne Coal Company pays for tne coal and the Railroads refund the ovcreharge on the Dasis of destination weights, X am per— iectiy willing to nave our Company join in the settlement on this