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Form 39-7 100 M 1.1-21-1.2 QQ Sa n P e d r o , Lo s A n g e l e s a n d Sa l t La k e Ra i l r o a d C o m p a n y Los Angeles, C al., May 27, 1913, F i l e 2 * 1 0 - 2 - 2 ---U ta h Law - Coal Weighing ---- - Mr. A. S. Halsted, General Counsel, B u i l d i n g . Dear S ir:- The Legislature of Utah recently passed Senate B i l l No. 259, copy attached, providing that railroad freigh t charg­es on carloads of lump coal delivered within the State of Utah shall "be "based upon the weight of the coal at point of delivery, where railroad track scales are maintained at such points. I am attaching copy of le tt e r of Mr. Fred Wild, J r., of the D. & R. G., quoting decision o f the D. & R. G. Legal De­partment with regard to this law. W ill you please advise i f it w ill "be proper and legal for this Company to disregard in a sim­i l a r manner th$ law in question? I t has "been a matter of dispute fo r a long time between the coal people and the carriers as to whether the mine weights should govern, or the weights secured at destination, and so fa r, carriers have maintained that owing to the shrinkable character of the freigh t that the transportation companies are properly en­title d to the weights secured at point of origin, provided that no reasonable doubt exists as to the correctness of such scale weights. With return of a l l papers, please le t me have your views