Note 365 — Chapter IX · FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION[315]
Reading edition
The following wide variations as between the different classifications appear in these excerpts alone, varying from 40,000 to 12,000 lbs. in the Southern Classification, for instance.
Official Classification—
Scrap zinc 36,000 lbs.
Acetic acid in carboys 24,000 lbs.
Western Classification—
Advertising matter 24,000 lbs.
Advertising racks, iron 30,000 lbs.
Southern Classification—
Zinc concentrates 40,000 lbs.
Fodder shredders 12,000 lbs.
Harvesters 15,000 lbs.
Search through the entire list would doubtless disclose a far wider range, with coal or iron at 90,000 lbs. or more, and feathers at the foot of the list.