Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-27
RAILROAD WILL
SETTLE JUST CLAIMS
RY. OFFICIALS AND TRUCK
GROWERS ASSN CONFER.
Claims Account of Truck Losses
Charged to Car Shortage Classif-
ed, and Arrangements Made for
Settlement of the Same.

terday by The Herald is Of special
interest to those truck shippers who
have claims against tho railroad
company growing out Of the temp
orary car shortage during the shi1-
ping season:
To he Editor:
Dear Sir
1t will be a matter Of much inter-
est to most of your readers to know
that the following officials of the
Frisco Lines met with the officers Of
the Rio Grande & Coast Assn, on
Saturday evening, June 22nd, when
The subject of the claims against the
railroad acIpany vas gone into. The
following were present: w. l.. Win
chell, president Frisco Lines, w. G..
Nixon yice-prcsident, J. s. Pratt,
vice-president and assistant mana
ger, Ed. Levy, assistant manager,
VIM. Dohcrty, assistant general man
ager and Mr.. Jonah, chief engineer
of the Frisco Lines and l.. s. Ross,
treasurer and Lindsay Waters, sec
re.ary of the Rio Grande & Coast
Assn. The officials were invited to
make a plain statement on the set
Element OF their claims, and when
it might be expected, in order that
their rely might be laid before the
farmers in crested, and tauS 50 far
as possible enable the association
officers to know and advise the
shippers what might be expected. Mr..
Winthell and Mr.. NiX0I made il
very clear that 1t would be the policy
of the railroad to settle rs rapidly
as possible just claims, and none
Crande & Coast Assn. II reorircs,
hoS c, CT, certain papers II &c -
lected on each claim and tbs : ~
ing done with the utmost dispatch.
both by the railroad and association.
I'll re are what may be called three
g. Of claims
t Those cars hat were wreck
ca. Tor other reasons turned over
to eilroad company.
1Those ears that were dcliv-
cred t.. desi nation along lines Of
the Frisco system.
81 Those cars that went out
over the Frisco System and vent
to tncir ultimate dc tnat.on over
other lines.
Glass No. Mr. Wirchell stared
could be settled practically as soon
as a list was compiled and facts
proven. This class, however, COM
priscs but a few cars.
Glass No. 2.-Those cars delivered
along the Frico Lines proper. These
Mr.. Winchcll stated there was no
reason should not be settled as fast
as the claims are properly prepared
and filed and investigated by the
railroad OF necessity it takes sore
time to collect all the necessary pa
pers and information to base the
amount of the claims, such as mar
ket values, condition on arrival. ETC..
but as the railroad on its side has
been working on this information
for 60 days they should be fairly
prepared, and a reasonable line, Is
therefore the time only that it needs
to get these papers. and those The as
ISOLATION has and is collecting as
rapidly as replies can be received
to communications.
Glass No. 3.-Thosc cars delivered
to the connecting lines no. in the
risco system. This is the class on
which the longest delay may be eX-
pected, but II is not by any means
the largest class. There are two
courses of settlement here. One by
which tho Frisco Lines may mae
settlement with the association and
collect from connecting lines their
pro rata. The other. and by far the
longest. where the Frisco would col
lect the pro ra-a from other lines
and then settle. Mr.. Winchell init
mated that it might he possible TO
ADOPT the first course mentioned.
Throughout the en- ire interview
Messrs. b. l.. Winchcll and Nixon
were plain in their language that
honest claims tand none other will
be fieldl would be settled by the
road as ra idly as possible. and as
fast as the proper papers were fled
ana amount agreed on We feel on
WINGED tfirt the gentlGnen meant
jus what they said, and are fully
alive TO the fact that the growers
are waiting not only for the money
to which they are justly entitled, but
also to see whether or not il is
N-nr,b vrhfl, ornminr frpfk IN tho