Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-11
ARMY OF CLERKS
AUDIT FREIGHT
ACCOUNTS
Possibility Of Mistakes Re-
duccd to Minimum by Hav-
ing Several Go Over the
Work in Every Depart
ment.

Auditing freight bills " an import
ant mart OF railroad work. requiring
the services Ut q small army Of clerks.
There are nearly 400 people employ
ed In the freight auditing department
OF the Atchlson, ropckn 4 santa re-
Railway company. They check tnc
millions Of bills issued from the Z, 100
stations Oh tho sansn re. and from
the citations OH connecting lines. In
80 great "A volume 81 freight business
as that handled by the santa ~.
there are sure 20 be some mistnksA.
When "a MISTAKE ia found In favor ~
the company. statement 81 the
amount n sent L. the snlpper. ~ the
nistaAe Is Ia the shippers favor, tho
company sends him draft without
waiting for him 10 pat In a claim.
The way0in and the bin Of iading
are tho two documents upon which
all tie vast fabric Of railway freight
reports il founded, says ]. y, farrell.
publicity agent la the "itrd Bail" The
Waybni plays the larger part by far.
ordinarily Il ~ printed form on
tough paper 10 stand the many hard
knocks II receives both Indoors and
out before Il Il safely fled away. u
Is "a inches Wide by 10 inches Ions.
ON its back IL printed In detail var
iuua Instructions for its use. II IN tnc
connecting link between tho pOiEt
from whlca the goods are shipped aud
tho point of delivery.
II ~ an nimlxed statement OF each
consignment. Where THE contents OF
II Ill l...Ia nIt In
same point, but 10 several different
consignors. there wiz be several bills
but IL N. carload IL for onls ccnsign'
or. only one waybili IL used.
Each car must have NJ least ons
way OH. II forms the Initial blank ~
,.e system of freight accounts, as tbs
chcck does In bank accounts. u is az
order on the freight conductor to carr
the property and On evidence that tn
transaction has 0ccn recorded.
Each wayhlll must be numbered ~
the agent who ISSUES u. These mum
hers generally run consccutiveiy be
ginning each month with number one
N a cnrfoad OF freight IN loaded NJ
point where there are no track scales
| ,ac estimated weight II inserted b
the forwarding agent The car
then weighed al the hrat wclghln
point and the actual gross. tarc an
net weights are entered
Pcrishablo freight. ore. coat. cok'
and other things that can be mOve'
by the tralnload have special form
and sizes 81 bills
ne conditions under which prop
criy II shipped must be- carefully re-
corded on the wa, bills, such as own
ar'e risx." Carriers risk. released.
strapped" Corded and sealed.
"Kuocked down" 'sct up. and 80 or
Thcac are much abbreviated. *. u.
for knocked down. and -, a." for -
Ny.
The possession OF an original bil
Of iading by o properly identified IN
~ .nss .ssHRDI.U SHnpi.r cMFca
cividual establishes that person
right 60 claim tho property u ceser
when II reaches ita destination. tn
original bill OF lsdlns N sherenpo
surrendered TO tho raliread company
The charges paid and the consigno
removes the goods.
That IL the reason why ccriai
classes or bills % lnding are used a
collatctal upon which 10 borrow mos
jfy. they being Endorsed IN that even
a. bank draft would he. CcrtHt
lclsa@es Of oils - lsdine are neeotlabi
THAT Is, they may be bniRhi aud sels
the title Of ownarHhip ~ the propcrt
covered passing to the person VIII
buys the bill Of lhdinr. and TO whom
lt IN therefore lndorscd