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. * ' C-305 I.C.C* - Weights - B&sXfi of Charges* ’ U Qct, 2? th, 1908* Mr, 8, H, Loomis, (tenoral S o lic it o r U,J>,R,R,C©., Omaha, Refer, Lear s i r : - An exceed in gly d i f f i c u l t problem is presented An reaj^eot to the shipment o f coal f r om framing to the A,S.& R.Go, sm elters at G a r fie ld , Utah, X in v it e your a tten tio n to the statement h ereto attached o f c e rta in cars o f coal r e c e i v e at G a r fie ld , which shows the ear i n i t i a l , car number sh ip p er*» w eigh ts, time o f shipment in t r a n s it , and weights a t ‘dostAna-a* » tio n as shown by Western Railway Weighing A sso cia tio n w eights, Mots f i r s t th at the time in tra n s it and the season o f the yea r was such that but l i t t l e i f anything can be sa id about the coa l drying out and lo s in g weight by evaporation between shipping tin e and the Aim* o f r e c e ip t a t the Sw elters, C arefu l in v e s tig a tio n was made and i t was found that but two or th ree cars were box c a r s , and that p r a c t ic a lly none o f them were so sealed (as there were no s e a l rec o rd s ) to show that the cars wore received a t d estin a tio n in t a c t, o r that there had been no p i l f e r i n g enroute, <*4 Assuming Rock Springs to be the i n i t i a l p o in t, the ra te on coal to G a r fie ld is $X*7b, under the fo llo w in g t a r i f f s : C .P .G .P.0,10498} G,S,L,;sg, 216?~A; ShL.fuRo.4o, and l.C,C,X99fe, which provide as fo llo w s ; 5* .34 “Minimum weighta M i l bs the marked cap acity o f the ca r, except when tne same exceeds space ca p a city in which event a ctu a l weight w i l l Severn I f f i S S l f t * / f r S . ® i JpaoAty * Q>000 p0URd® w il1 be considered ca fa c ity o f feO,cwO, box oars of /sarked capacity o f 100,000 pound so fw Mialrlk ebde eoneidered o f m.rJc»d capacity o f g o ,000; except on shipments o f alack coal wxieii ca rs a re loaded to t h e ir f u l l v is ib le capacity actu al weight w i l l §m v&rn» On a l l the above, the maximum weight must not exceed 10 per cent above the marked weight ca p a city , + *, * * * * be assessed fey using weights obtained by weighing over tra ck sca les a t p oin t o f o r ig in , su bject to minimum weights as provided