ARR Will Speed Freight Claims
Failure to properly make out
freight claims and failure to
diiject claims to the responsible
party are chief causes of delay
in payment of those claims, Bill
Mulcahy, auditor for The Al
aska Railroad, told Valley mer
chants last week.
Mr. Mulcahy said Alaskan
merchants were not bothered
as much by shipments or damag
ed goods as they are by short
ages in goods. In most cases
these shortages are not the res
ponsibility of the railroad, he
pointed out. Shortages due to
pilfering usually can be traced
to *1 source prior to delivery of
shipments to railroad cars at
Seward.
However the railroad is at
tempting to iron out the problem,
even though it is primarily a
steamship company responsibili
ty, he said. A brief is being pre
pared for presentation to the
Department of Justice which will
go far toward eliminating pilfer
age, it is believed.
»In regard to proper direction
of freight claims, Mr. Mulcahy
outlined these instances when a
carrier is not responsible for
goods:
Losses due to an act of
God (blizzards, floods, earth
quakes, etc.); acts of public
enemy as war, strikes and
riots; quarantine losses; acts
of default of shipper or own
er; inherent nature or defect
of goods, as in perishable
ifems; natural shrinkage as
in common grain.
Neither is the carrier res
ponsible for losses when goods
are improperly packed or placed
in unsuitable containers; car
load lots improperly packed;
failure to give proper shipping
instructions or to mark pack
ages.
The carrier is liable for loss
caused by wrecks or fires (not
an act of God); disappearance of
freight; delivery to wrong con
signee; damage in handling
freight; damage caused by use
of unsuitable cars; damage in
curred through excessive delay,
failure to provide temperature
protection; failure to care for
live stock at proper intervals.
A new procedure in making
claims was announced by Mr.
Mulcahy. Effective at once,
all claims will be filed with
the local station agent, rather
than with the railroad claims
agent in Anchorage. The local
agent will check claim papers
and return them if they are in
correctly made out. Time limit
for filing claims is nine months
from the date of the bill of
lading.
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It was explained that the'
maximum recovery possible for j
loss and damage claims is $500
for each shipping unit. More
costly goods must be shipped at
a higher freight rate in order to
insure greater payment in the
event of loss.
Freight claims may be made j
out on standard printed forms, |
or may be incorporated in a let- i
ter, Mr. Muleahy stated. In j
either case, four copies are nec-,
essary. Every loss and damage;
claim must be accompanied by:
A detailed statement of the
loss, the original bill of lading, 1
the original paid freight bill
and the original invoice or a
certified true copy.
It is imperative that these
claims be consistent with ship
ping invoices in itemizing da
mage claims. It was pointed out
that if materials are listed in
case lots on the invoice, they
must also be listed in this man
ner on claims.
Cases of concealed damage or !
loss must be reported to the
local station agent immediately
upon their discovery. No con
cealed damage claim will be con
sidered later than 15 days after
date of the bill of lading. All
such cases must be inspected by
the station agent before claim 1
is made.'
Local station agents have
been made disbursing offices
instead of collecting agents
only, Mr. Muleahy said. This
is expected to speed claim i
payments.
In conclusion, it was urged
that all claims filed give com
plete and pertinent information
in order to expedite payment.
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Hospital
Ins and Outs
New patients admitted to the
Valley hospital by late Saturday
afternoon were:
Mrs. J. R. Elmore, Arleta
Goodrich, Evelyn Foster, Mrs.
John McDonald, all of Palmer,
and Mrs. George Venne of
Wasilla. i
Patients who returned to their
homes last week included:
Joy Pendleton and Margery
Kilogh of Wasilla. Ralph Good
rich, Arleta Goodrich, Evelyn
Foster, Ronnie Meehan, Ray-1
mond Nikolaski, Earl Onkka, j
Mrs. Otto Peterson of Palmer
and Gary Johnson of Wasilla. i
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