The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-06
RAILROAD NEWS.
New Freight Code Of Instruc-
tions Issued by Santa Fe
For Use of Station Agents and
Accounting Freight Officials.
TO BE READY ON JULY 1
tn Third me ". j. Healy Has
Prepared Code.
Special Editions For Santa Fe's
Texas Lines.
TO BE READY ON JULY 1

On July /, the Santa Fe freight
agents VIII begin work under a ne"
book of rules and instructions which IS
now being prepared by W. j. Healy'
auditor of freight receipts.
The book is still in manuscript 1oEln'
but viii 60 to the printer within rev
DAYS. 1t will consist OF about 50 pages
and will be sent to station freigh agents
on all parts of the Santa F'e system. II
comprises complete rules for the &C
counting of freight receipts and Tor the
handling of freight. Some of the rules
are for the assistance OF conductors OF
freight trains
This is the third time that the Santa
Ee has issued a code Of instructions lo1
freight agents The first book was IS
sued in 1880 and was prepared by Mr.
Healy while he still held a SuDOrdlndle
position in the freight department. IN
the title page however the credit Tor
the authorship is given to j. W. Rlne-
hart at that time one OF the wee p1esl-
dents of the Santa Fe road
The next edition of the code was IN
1898 when c. S. Sutton was auditor OF
freight receipts at Topeka MI Healy
also did the work Of preparing thls
book for publication.
The new code of rules is therefore the
third which has been prepaid by MI
Healy for the Santa Fe railway In form
it win be similar to the 1898 book, and
will comprise a comprehensive index OF
IS pages, enabling the freight agents TO
find quickly the regulation on any de
sired point of procedure In speaking
of the book Mr.. Healy said;
There are no very important changes
in the rules but it is necessary to have
the book revised every few years to keep
the agents posted on the various changes
which occur. A copy Of this book Will
be sent to every freight agent on the
system. A book Of rules is also to be
issued by A. L. Conrad, auditor of the
Southern Kansas railway of Texas ana
George 3. Gallon of the Gulf, Beaumont
& Kansas City for the use of freight
agents in Texas"
Under the laws of Texas all such
books Of instruction must be issued by
the state officers Of the various lines,
and not by the officials of the general
system. This is one OF the freak rail-
road laws of the Lone Star state.
1t is interesting to note that since the
last book of Instructions was issued IN
1893. there has been complete change
in the freight accounting officials Of the
Santa Fe system. w. ]. Healy has sue
ceeded C. S. Sutton as auditor Of freight
receipts; A. s. Jennings has succeeded
w. w Pope as auditor of the G. c. &
S. F.; j. W White has succeeded c. E
Crazy as auditor Of the Santa Fe Pa
cihc, A J.. Conrad as auditor of the
Southern Kansas in place Of J. N. Free
man, and George 3. Gallon has a newly
created place on the Gulf, Beaumont &
Kansas City H. c. Whitehead. the
general auditor Of the Santa Fe system
IS the only old official still on ule list.
The new freight code does not become
the property of the agent to whom it
is sent. It must be receipted for AMI
turned over with the Office in case of
change. This is the way in which the
code book of the operating department
of the road is managed.