Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-01
AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.
A New System Of Accounting Adopted
BV The ULi0n Pacific Road.
Various Railway Matters OF Local and
General Interest,

With the first of the month there goes
into effect over the entire Union Pacific
system a new system Of keeping accounts
In tho freight department. The old cum.
beraome system formerly in vogue is to
be done away with entirely, anda new
one adopted entirely different in Its char
acter and workings. The new system is
one which Is used, for the most part, on
the eastern roads. A gentleman in the
freight department has kindly furnished
an account of this important move, for
press publication.
"'The change to be made to-day Is not
an office change, but a complete change
in the msnner of keeping the accounts
In the freight auditors department.
Under the old system agents at the
stations send in their way bills receiv-
ed" as they report them with the money
as they receive 1t.
The new system will have the forward.
Ing agent send an impression of the way
DILL to the freight auditors Office. The
original way bill goes with the car to its
destination, where the receiving agent
keeps the bill on file, to refer to in the
future, and the freight agent has the tbs.
sue copy on file In his Office,
80 that In case any difference
occurs II can readily be found. Here
tofore the agents have made q daily
abstract, and would close their accounts
at the end Of each month and o great
deal of business dated during the current
month, that did not reach them until the
following month, would come in the next
month; while our new way is to hold
open the accounts until all of the bust
ness dated during any month, shall reach
the office and the Office and thus have
each months business complete IN our
abstract. We are her able to refer to
the accounts and at q glance can see how
It stands, while under the old system 1t
might be months before we could
tell how an account was running, owing
to some Of the months business being
put In with another month. From an
econ1micsl standpoint there is very little
saved in point of work except to the
agents, who will make four reports and a
recapitulsting statement each month, In
stead of o daily report as formerly.
The new system places a better check
on the agents for the reason that we can
L6ll llOEo JdblJ JuSb CA1SbtI INV OIL
account atands and whether they have
RENTED cash enough to balance.
The through business will BIO reported
as heretofore, except that reports will be
made weekly instead of daily. Under
the old system in reporting prepaid
charges a ''double entry" statement was
made, while the new plan simpli6es mat
ters aud thus saves q great amount of
work on the part of the agents. There
are 10S men employed in the freight
auditors office and although the new
plan will save considerable work, there
will be no clerks discharged, as there is a
large : mount of wcrkto be done in clean.
ing up the past years business.
The system was %inauguraued by Mr..
D. D. Davis and is the same system used
on tho Michigan Central, with slight
modification.
T. L. Kimball, assistant general man
ager; j. w. Morse, general passenger
agent; @. S.. Stebbins, general ticket
agent, and P. P. Shelby, general freight
agent, the U. P. officers, who went to
Kansas City to attend the meeting of the
Colorado Traffic association, returned
yesterday morning. The business of the
meeting was harmonious and unsventful.
The outcome was satisfactory to the rep
resentatives of the various roads which
sent delegates, the Denver & Rio Grande,
Atchison, Topeka g. Santa Fe, the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the
Union Pacific. A pool agreement relative
to Colorado business was signed, which
will remain In force until March 31st,
1885.
w. +. MCMILLAN, who has been chief
clerk in the general freight department
for three years, was yesterday appointed
assistant general freight agent. Mr.. Nc
MILAN has been In the employ of the
company for thirteen years. His promo
ton has been a well earned honor.
w. H.. Griffsts, assistantgeneralfreight
agent of the Pennsylvania Central, was
also appointed assistant general freight
agent. The entire superiLtendency of
the freight business of the road will be
divided between Messrs. Griffetts and
MCMILLAN. The road LIS to be divided into
two actions, and one section will be az
signed to each.
The snow blockade in Oregon has moi
yet been lifted. Union Pacific W. st
bound passengers are still held, as they
have been for the past four days, al
hunJlt Soop, ore', 1ne Hentern Ierliina
connection of the Union Pacific road.
c.ngratulatory telegram on the oc-
casion of the advent of the new yeai
will be sent out by General Manager
Galloway to-day to all the heads of de-
partments on the Union Pacific lines. A
general observance of the day will take
place throughout the system, and the
local headquarters, as well as that of the
B. 81 NJ, will be closed for the day.