La Junta tribune., 1915-07-24
RAILROAD COLLECTION BUREAU

RAILROAD COLLECTION BUREAU
Orsanisatioa fur Freight Colleceioas
- PlAA 6lnilar 10 Clearing
Hose for Haaks.
In . recent issue Of the Tribune
mention was made Of the recent ap-
pointmeat Of John English. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. English. OF this
city. - assistant manager OF the
Kansas City Railroad Collection
Bureau. This In an organization that
10 something new under the sun. and
NO doubt . great many Of our read
ers have wondered what Il really is
Mr.. English has sent US description
OF the workings Of this organization.
and as It was an original idea Of u
former resident OF this city. and is
being adopted In most Of the big cit
les Of this country. the description
will probably prove Of interest to
most OF our readers. MIR. English
says:
The Kansas City Railroad Coliec-
ton Bureau was organized and es-
tablished by the credit officers OF the
railroads entering Kansas City.
Its purpose Is to collect all charges
on freight shipments and systemize
the handling Of credits on such charG-
es In such way that not only the
railroads will be benefited but the
shipping and receiving public also.
To do this several plans were from
time to time submitted and discussed.
but the plan being followed In the
bureau today was the original idea
Of Mr. H. ". Myers. the prsssat man
sser. his idea havias first bssa sub
mitted some twelve years ago.
The Organization was established
the firss day Of last September and
occapiss IN. Office in the heart OF the
business district where II ID easily
reached by not only all the local
frsight effless. but the ssasssl pub
~ ~ ~ In il employ thirty pso-
.SSs.
rAses arr fourteea local freight
Offices In Eaasas City and svegy
nisht sose = thess sfftess ssaA -
- taskH - eRulGhe M as0egonE
loDsalB S6svisaG1v 1e0lsess1 o. -
rses1vs1 froo firms .haviae sssdit ar.
raagsasat. fst
TIE bills are thea assembled. dis
tributsd 70 the various conslgness or
conslsnors and collections made
through the bureau. the bureau In
turn remittins each day to the roads.
for whom they have made collections.
From this ! believe you can zee
how the office IL merely IN orgsnisa-
tion for freight collections aud IL 70
the railroads what = clearing house
IL 10 the hanks.
In . single month collections have
bssn made on - high ~ two hundrsd
and forty thousand bills. such bills
amounting 70 three and . half nit.
lion dollars.
I could 30 more into detail bat I
think the above will give IN idea u
what the coscsrn 10 and ~ pusposs.
A. stated before NJ. n. W. Msysrs
II manager Of the buresu asd IL veil
ksova In La Junta. haviss st oas
tins beea agent for the Santa -
there.
TIE vosk 10 szessdinsly Interest.
lag aaa important sad hes Drevsa Q
SUCCESS. bsssfltins bosh The railroads
aad he Dublie. - much % that at
The pesssst tine similar offices are
% - opeasd u the asss fsesss 10
q. Jospsh. No.. q. Paul aa1 l1isss-
apolis. Misa.. o. lIouis. No.. Omaha.
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later % II ell The inportaat large
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