UNLV Special Collections provides copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Material not in the public domain may be used according to fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law. Please cite us.
Please note that UNLV may not own the copyright to these materials and cannot provide permission to publish or distribute materials when UNLV is not the copyright holder. The user is solely responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and obtaining permission to use material from the copyright holder and for determining whether any permissions relating to any other rights are necessary for the intended use, and for obtaining all required permissions beyond that allowed by fair use.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Transcription
May 28, 1913. Law - - Coal "Weighing---- M r. T. M. Sloan, General F re ig h t Agent. Lear S ir : I have your l e t t e r o f the 27th, My understanding is th at our in te r s ta te t a r i f f s p rovide th at fr e ig h t charges s h a ll be based upon mine w eigh ts. Such being the case, i t seems to me we must observe the t a r i f f on a l l in te r s ta te shipments u n til such time as the t a r i f f s in question may be declared unlaw ful, 0)n in tr a -s ta te shipments, I think we should fo llo w the pract ic e o f the oth er c a r r ie r s . I note that the Attorneys fo r the D. & R, G. think the law is u n co n stitu tio n a l. I am not p repared to pass upon th is p a r tic u la r p o in t, but inasmuch as the only p en alty fo r a v io la t io n o f the act is the r ig h t o f a shipper to recover from the r a ilr o a d company the excess fr e ig h t p a id , I would advise th at we ignore the act and c o lle c t fr e ig h t on mine weights as h e r e to fo r e , I presume i f s u it is brought under the a ct, the roads should co-operate in te s tin g the c o n s titu tio n a lity o f the s ta tu te , I return herew ith i c lo s u re s , Very tr u ly yours,
