266 CORN 



Ear corn will be subject to the following minima, but not to ex- 

 ceed the marked capacity of the car. 



In cars not over 28 feet in length (inside measurement), 4,000 

 pounds less than marked capacity of car, but not less than 30,000 

 pounds. 



In cars not over 34 feet in length (inside measurement), 46,000 

 pounds. 



In cars not over 36 feet in length (inside measurement), 56,000 

 pounds. 



In cars over 36 feet in length (inside measurement), 66,000 pounds 



Corn Shelled in Transit. Shipments of ear corn to be shelled in 

 transit must be loaded to full visible capacity, but not to exceed car- 

 rying capacity of car. If the weight of the shelled corn from a car 

 so loaded is less than the minimum weight on shelled corn for the 

 car in which the same is loaded, actual weight of the shelled corn 

 may be accepted, if the ear corn is not loaded to visible capacity of 

 car, the minimum weight on the out-turned shelled corn will be 30,000 

 pounds. 



Agents will carefully examine all shipments of ear corn to see if 

 cars are loaded to their full visible capacity, but not above carrying 

 capacity of car, and make notation on way-bills, whether or not cars 

 are so loaded. 



Shortages and claims as viewed by the Claim Agent of a large 

 western railroad. 



"It has been my observation that most of the losses of grain are 

 due to carelessness and insufficient coopering of cars by the shipper. 

 When grain begins to move, a shortage of equipment usually follows. 

 The roads are therefore obliged to furnish any kind of a car that will 

 pass a mechanical inspection. The result is fhat old cars with bad 

 doors, sides and floors are set in for the elevators, and it requires 

 something more than ordinary coopering to make these cars safe 

 against leakage. The shippers apparently do not realize this. They 

 feel that if they put in the grain doors they are doing everything nec- 

 essary. The fact of the matter is that a great deal of the leakage 

 is around the center pins and over the draft rigging of the cars, and 

 particular attention should be given to coopering such portions of 

 the car. The railroad companies furnish grain doors and grain door 

 lumber in abundance, and the shipper should be willing to place his 

 labor in recoopering the car against the company's expense in fur- 

 nishing the material. 



