Central Railway Club Proceedings
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 262
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...I say in regard to this is absolutely the truth, yet knowing these things, what I desire to know is what is being done to correct it, and what would you suggest. This is certainly one weak point, yet of great importance, and if we can in the course of our discussion point out a way to improve these conditions, my efiort to bring this to your attention will have been worth while. By S. C. Roth, Freight Agent, Pennsylvania System, Buffalo, N. Y. I believe the question of "Errors in Billing" should be approached from three angles--cause, effect and remedy. PRATT & LETCHWORTH CO., Malleable & Steel Castings THE CAUSE Under the caption of cause, you find many contributing factors, such as illegible and improperly prepared shipping orders, which is a shipper's responsibility, transposition of figures in using mechanical devices, omission of specific routing instructions shown on shipping orders, omission of items shown on shipping orders, excessive speed operations nearing closing periods to avoid train delays, dispatch of cars from industries before shipping instructions are available, move ment and delivery of cars in switching service before shipping instruc-' tions are in the possession of road haul carriers, application of rates not in conformity with routing instructions and failure of billing clerks to properly transcribe information shown on shipping orders. These failures result in the following. ' Traffic is improperly loaded and dispatched resulting in delays, extra handling costs and increase of the susceptibility of certain classes of commodities to damage. When the number of items is improperly shown, exceptions reports must be prepared and investigations made before such errors are rectified. If specific...