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SUBJECT: F ailu re to Weigh NYC 707304 and PLE 48591 - Band V Steel Consigned Boyle Manufacturing Company. Los Angeles, C a lif., A p ril 23, 1942. / ? ' ? ? Mr. E. E. Bennett: P ile A-155- Attached is copy of b i l l of lading dated A p ril 6 1942, covering two ears of band ste e l, shipped by the Pennsylvania Iron & Steel Company, located on our ra ilro ad , to the Boyle Mfg. Company, located on the Santa Pe at Los Angeles. You w i l l note the following notations appear on b i l l of lading: and consignee cannot arrive at a weight for settlement o f th eir charges, due to the fact that steel in question is odd sized, in various shapes, lengths, and thicknesses. The consignee states they have no way o f weighing shipment, and shipper advises the only way that a weight can be arrived at is for them to load up about 200 tons of stee l that is le f t In th eir Yard, have cars weighed, and then unload th is steel. They say by th is operation they can determine the weight of the ste e l in the two cars in question, due to the fa c t that they have a lump weight on a l l o f the steel that was in th eir Yard p rio r to the time these two cars moved, and advise that i t w i l l cost approximately #500.00 to so handle. I have explained to them that i t was an oversight on our part in not weighing these cars, and advised them that weights that we secure are f o r the assessment of fre ig h t charges only, and not for the benefit of the shipper in arrivin g at the weight of his commodity so that consignee might be rendered an invoice based on ra ilro a d scale weights* However, they in s is t i t was our res­p o n sib ility to weigh these cars and furnish them with a weight c e rtific a te , and have asked me to handle matter and secure a def­in ite decision as to what our f i n a l action w i l l be in regard to assuming the cost of securing weight of the stee l in question. These cars were ordered out to your Mr. Peterson at 4s30 P.M. A p ril 6th, with instructions to weigh, but apparently cars "Oars must be weighed heavy and also weighed lig h t. "C e rtified weight c e rtific a te s in t r ip lic a t e to be mailed to us." The Yard fa ile d to weigh these cars, and the shipper W ill you kindly advise me your opinion in th is regard? cc :Mr.E.Marksheffel