Cornell University Library HE 2705.1920 E2 Public acts, proclamations by the Presid 3 1924 002 271 710 ■ ■ i ' ' . '/ SCHOOL 0F INDUSTRIAL & THE LIBRARY OF THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924002271710 UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS Supplement to Bulletin No. 4 Revised PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS FROM JANUARY 1, 1919, TO FEBRUARY 29, 1920 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1920 CONTENTS. Page. Proclamations by the President relating to the United States Railroad Administration : Proclamation of January 10, 1919 — Appointing a successor to William G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, and defining his powers- 5 Proclamation of December 24, 1919 — Relinquishment of Federal con- trol of railroads and systems of transportation G_ Proclamation of December 24, 1919 — Relinquishment of Federal con- trol of American Railway Express Co 7 Proclamation of February 28, 1920 — Duties and powers of Walker D. Hines, or his successor, conferred by the President — Termina- tion of Federal control 9 Proclamation of March 11, 1920 — Walker D. Hines, or his successor appointed by the President as agent against whom shall be brought all actions at law 10 Executive orders by the President relating to fuel : Executive order of October 30, 1919 — Restoring to full force and effect certain rules, regulations, orders, and proclamations or por- tions thereof relating to fuel 11 Executive order of February 25, 1920 — Relative to Tidewater Coal Exchange 12 Executive order of February 28, 1920 — Director General of Railroads to continue to exercise certain powers described in orders of Octo- ber 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919 13 Executive order of March 5, 1920— Director General of Railroads authorized to make certain rules and regulations relating to fuel 13 Executive order of March 19, 1920 — Suspension of certain orders de- lating to fuel 14 Orders of United States Fuel Administrator : Preference list — Director General Hines issues instructions to regional directors — October 31, 1919 15 Price paid for coal by the divertee in case of diversion — January 14, 1918 1 6 Certain rules and regulations not applicable to bituminous coal — November 12, 1919 16 Sale, shipments, and distribution of anthracite coal — November 21, 1919 17 Diversion of coal dumped in vessels, on lakes, rivers, and other inland waterways — November 22, 1919 18 Director General of Railroads given authority to make certain rules and regulations — November 22, 1919 „ is _ Hauling charges— November 29, 1919 19 Diversion and prices of beehive and by-product coke — December 6, 1919 19 Orders of United States Fuel Administrator— Continued. Page. Director General of Railroads authorized to prescribe certain regu- lations restricting delivery, use, and consumption of coal, coke, or other fuel— December 8, 1919 20 Public announcements : Government policy as to financing permanent improvements esti- mate for Congress of appropriation to meet situation developed by Federal control act — January 15, 1919 , 21 Homeseekers bureau established through agricultural section, United States Railroad Administration — January 31, 1919 22 W. G. MeAdoo to act as special counsel to United States Railroad Administration with reference to matters arising in New York State— March 31, Wig.-,. 23 Purchase of coal — Policy of United States Railroad Administration — April 3, 1919 23 Reduced tariff rates upon road-building materials (stone, sand, gravel, etc.) when for use in Federal, State, county, parish, township, or municipal government road work — April 11, 1919 25 Steel prices — Bids for steel rail, in response to request of United States Railroad Administration — May 23, 1919 26 Letter from Director General Hines to regional directors respecting relations with public bodies as to public projects resulting in charges to capital account, or in charges to operating expenses in connection with capital expenditures, or with respect to taxes or assess- ments — June 3, 1919— 29 Coal consigned to or diverted to- railroads — Certificates issued by United States Railroad Administration — Rediscount of notes drawn by coal shippers— December 3, 1919 32 Losses to United States Railroad Administration on account of coal strike — December 31, 1919 34 Telegram from Walker D. Hines to regional directors— Closing of regional **"*"" offices upon termination of Federal control 37 List of general orders January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 39 General orders issued by Director General of Railroads January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 41-101 List of circulars January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 103 Circulars issued by Director General of Railroads January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 '_ _'_ 105-123 Index to general orders January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 125-144 Index to circulars January 1, 1919, to March 1, 1920 145-154 PROCLAMATIONS. APPOINTING A SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM G. McADOO, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AND DEFINING HIS POWERS." By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by the proclamation dated December 26, 1917, taking over each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the con- tinental United States it was provided " that the possession, control, operation, and utilization of such transportation systems hereby by me undertaken shall be exercised by and through William G. McAdoo, who is hereby appointed and designated Director General of Railroads " ; and Whereas by a subsequent, proclamation dated April 11, 1918, cer- tain other systems of transportation were taken under Federal con- trol; and ' Whereas the said William G. McAdoo, Director General of Rail- roads as aforesaid, has tendered his resignation, which has been duly accepted : f Now; therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in me by law affecting the Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation, and of all powers me hereto enabling, do hereby appoint Walker D. Hines, of New York, Director General of Rail- roads, and authorize him, either personally or through such divisions, agencies, or persons as he may appoint, in his own name or in the name of such divisions, agencies, or persons, or in the name of the President, to agree with the carriers or any of them or with any other person in interest upon the amount of compensation to be paid pursuant to law, and to sign, seal, and deliver in his own name or in the name of the President or in the name of the United States of America such agreements as may be necessary and expedient with the carriers or other persons in interest respecting compensation, or any other matter concerning which it may be necessary or expedient (5) to deal, and to make any and all eontracts, agreements, or obligations necessary or expedient and to issue any and all orders which may in any way be found necessary and expedient in connection with the Federal control of such systems of transportation, railroads, or inland waterways, as fully in all respects as the President is author- ized to do, and generally to do and perform all and singular all acts and things and to exercise all and singular the powers and duties in . relation to such Federal control as the President is by law empowered to do and perform. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-third. [seal.] Woodeow Wilson. By the President: Frank L. Polk, Acting Secretary of State. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. RELINQUISHMENT OF FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILROADS AND SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORTATION. Whereas in the exercise of authority committed to me by law I have heretofore, through the Secretary of War, taken possession of and have, through the Director General of Railroads, exercised con- trol over certain railroads, systems of transportation, and property appurtenant thereto or connected therewith, including systems of coastwise and inland transportation, engaged in general transporta- tion and owned or controlled by said railroads or systems of trans- portation; including also terminals, terminal companies, and ter- minal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses, telegraph and telephone lines, and all other equipment and appurtenances commonly used upon or operated as a part of such railroads and systems of transportation; and Whereas I now deem it needful and desirable that all railroads, systems of transportation, and property now under such Federal control be relinquished therefrom : Now, therefore, under authority of section 14 of the Federal con- trol act, approved March 21, 1918, and of all other powers and pro- visions of law thereto me enabling, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, do hereby relinquish from Federal control, effective the 1st day of March, 1920, at 12.01 o'clock a. m., all rail- roads, systems of transportation, and property of whatever kind taken or held under such Federal control and not heretofore re- linquished, and restore the same to the possession and control of their respective owners. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Kailroads, or his successor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, through such agents and agencies as he may determine, in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of said act of March 21, 1918, to adjust, settle, and close all matters, including the making of agreements for compensa- tion, and all questions and disputes of whatsoever nature arising out of or incident to Federal control, until otherwise provided by proclamation of the President or by act of Congress ; and generally to do and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is au- thorized to do, all and singular the acts and things necessary or proper in order to carry into effect this proclamation and the re- linquishment of said railroads, systems of transportation, and prop- erty. For the purpose of accounting and for all other purposes this proclamation shall become effective on the 1st day of March, 1920, at 12.01 a. m. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President, through Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, in the District of Columbia, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-fourth. Woodrow Wilson. By the President : Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. By the President op the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. RELINQUISHMENT OF FEDERAL CONTROL OF AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS CO. Whereas, in the exercise of authority committed to me by law, I have heretofore, through the Secretary of War, taken possession of and have, through the Director General of Railroads, exercised control over that system of transportation called the American 8 Railway Express Co. and all of its appurtenances and property of every kind or nature, directly or indirectly, owned, leased, char- tered, controlled, or used in the conduct of, or in connection with, its express business; and Whereas, I now deem it needful and desirable that the American Railway Express Co., together with all of its property and ap- purtenances, be relinquished from Federal control : Now, therefore, under authority of section 14 of the Federal con- trol act approved March 21, 1919, and of all. other powers and pro- visions of law thereto me enabling, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, do hereby relinquish from Federal control, effective the 1st day of March, 1920, at 12.01 o'clock a. m., the Ameri- can Railway Express Co. and all of its appurtenances and property of every kind or nature, directly or indirectly, owned, leased, char- tered, controlled, or used in the conduct of, or in connection with, its express business, and restore the same to the possession and control of its owners. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his suc- cessor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, through such agents and agencies as he may determine, in any manner not incon- sistent with the provisions of said act of March 21, 1918, to adjust, settle, and close all matters, and all questions and disputes of what- soever nature arising out of or incident to Federal control of the American Railway Express Co., until otherwise provided by procla- mation of the President or by act of Congress, and generally to do and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do, all and singular the acts and things necessary or proper in order to carry into effect this proclamation and the relinquishment of. said American Railway Express Co. For the purpose of accounting and for all other purposes this proclamation shall become effective on the 1st day of March, 1920, at 12.01 o'clock a. m. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President, through Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, in the District of Columbia, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty- fourth. Woodrow Wilson. By the President: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. 9 By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the act approved February 28, 1920, entitled " An act to provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads and sys- tems of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an act entitled ' An act to regulate commerce,' approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes," contains certain provision with reference to the termination of Federal control of railroads and. systems of transportation, and Whereas section 211 of said act is as follows : " Sec. 211. All powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the President by the preceding sections of this act, except the designation of the agent under section 206, may be executed by him through such agency or agencies as he may determine." * Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in me by said act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby designate and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his successor in office, either personally or through such divisions, agencies, or persons as he may appoint, to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon me by the provisions of said act of February 28, 1920, except the designation of the agent under section 206 thereof; and hereby confirm and continue in him, and his successors in office, all powers and authority heretofore delegated under the Federal con- trol act, approved March 21, 1918, except as such powers and author- ity have been limited in the said act of February 28, 1920. The said Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his successor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, until other- wise provided by proclamation of the President or by act of con- gress, to do and perform as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do all and singular the acts and things. necessary or proper in order to carry into effect the provisions of this proc- lamation, the provisions of said act of February 28, 1920, and the unrepealed provisions of the said Federal control act of March 21, 1918. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President in the District of Columbia this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty, 10 and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. Woodeow Wilson. By the President: Frank L. Polk,-> Acting Secretary of State. By the President of the United States of America. A PEOCLAMATION. Whereas section 206 of the act approved February 28, 1920, en- titled "An act to provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation ; to provide for the settle- ment of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an act entitled 'An act to regulate commerce,' approved Feb- ruary 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes," provides that the President shall within 30 days after the passage of said act designate an agent against whom shall be brought actions at law, suits in equity, and proceedings in admiralty, based on causes of action arising out of the possession, use, or operation by the President of the railroad or system of transportation of any carrier (under the provisions of the Federal control act, or of the act of August 29, 1916) of such character as prior to Federal control coald have been brought against such carrier. Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in me by said act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby designate and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of Rail- roads, and his successor in office, as the agent provided for in section 206 of said act, approved February 28, 1920. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President in the District of Columbia this 11th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty- fourth. [ SEAL -J Woodrow Wilson. By the President : Frank L. Polk, Acting Secretary of State. EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO FUEL. Whereas the United States Fuel Administrator, acting under the authority of an Executive order issued by me dated the 23d of August, 1917, appointing the said Fuel Administrator and of sub- sequent Executive orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, did, on J anuary 31, 1919, and on Feb- ruary 20, 1919, execute and issue^oTcTeriT suspending, until further" order by the President, certain rules,' regulations, orders and proc- lamations theretofore promulgated relating to the fixing of prices, the production, sale, shipment, distribution, apportionment, storage and use of coal, and whereas it is necessary to restore and maintain during the war certain of said rules, regulations, orders and proc- lamations : Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, acting under authority of the aforesaid act of Congress, approved August 10, 1917, do hereby revoke and annul said orders of January 31, 1919, and February 20, 1919, to the extent necessary to restore all of the said rules, regulations, orders, and proclamations therein suspended concerning : (a) Fixing prices of bituminous and lignite coal at the mines ; (5) Fixing or regulating commissions of persons and agencies performing the functions of middlemen dealing in bituminous and lignite coal; (e) Fixing or regulating gross margins or prices of wholesale" and retail dealers in bituminous and lignite coal ; and do hereby restore all of said rules, regulations, and proclama- tions, to the extent herein provided, to full force and effect, as if they had not been suspended. Inasmuch as it is contemplated that it may be necessary from time to time to revoke other portions of said orders of January 31, 1919, and February 20, 1919, and to restore to full force and effect rules, regulations, orders and proclamations, or portions thereof, regulat- ing the production, sale, shipment, distribution, apportionment, storage or use of bituminous and lignite coal, the Fuel Adminis- trator shall, as occasion arises, restore, change or make such rules or regulations relating to the production, sale, shipment, distribu- (11) 12 fcion, apportionment, storage or use of bituminous and lignite coal as in his judgment may be necessary. Woodeow Wilson. The White House, October 30, 1919. Department of State, February 28,1919 (2). The President has issued the following Executive order, dated February 25, 1920 : EXECUTIVE ORDER. By virtue of the power conferred upon me by the act of Congress approved August 10, 1917, entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food prod- ucts, and fuel," and because of the present emergency, and in order to assure an adequate supply and equitable distribution and to f aciiir tate the movement and to prevent locally or generally scarcity of coal, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, do hereby order and direct that the order issued by the United States Fuel Administrator dated November 6, 1917, and entitled, " Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of November 6, 1917, relative to tidewater transshipment of coal at Hampton Roads, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, and for the employment of and co- operation with the Tidewater Coal Exchange as a common agency to facilitate transshipment and to reduce delays in the use of coal cars and coal-carrying vessels," which was suspended by order of the United States Fuel Administrator, dated February 20, 1919, be, and the same is hereby, reinstated from and after this date. It is further ordered that J. W. Howe, at present commissioner of said Tidewater Coal Exchange; Rembrandt Peale, F. M. Whitaker, and J. F. Fisher, are hereby designated and appointed as my repre- sentatives to carry out the provisions of this order ; they may exer- cise the powers reserved to the United States Fuel Administrator by said order of November 6, 1917, and they are further, from and after 12.01 o'clock a. m., on March 1, 1920, vested with the authority now vested in the Director General of Railroads relative to the export of coal from the United States. This order shall remain in force and effect until midnight of the 30th day of April, 1920, at which time, unless otherwise ordered, it shall cease to be operative. Woodrow Wilson. The White House, February 25, 1920. 13 Whereas the United States Fuel Administrator, by orders dated October 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919, conferred certain powers upon the Director General of Railroads and his representatives, act- ing by and under his authority, relative to the delivery, use, con- sumption, distribution, and apportionment of coal; and whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the powers thereby conferred upon the Director General of Railroads and his representatives will con- tinue in effect after 12.01 o'clock a. m., on the 1st day of March, 1920, Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the act of Congress approved August 10, 1917, entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel," and other powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and direct that -the Director General of Railroads and his representatives shall continue after 12.01 o'clock a. m., on the 1st day of March, 1920, to have and exercise the powers described in the aforesaid orders of October 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919. Woodeow Wilson. The White House, February 28, 1920. By virtue of the powers conferred upon me by the act of Congress approved August 10, 1917, entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food prod- ucts and fuel," and of all other powers me hereto enabling, and particularly for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of said act relating to fuel, Walker D. Hines, the Director General of Railroads, his successor in office, and his representatives, in addi- tion to and in continuation of all powers and authority granted him and them in Executive order of February 28, 1920, and the orders of the United States Fuel Administrator dated October 31, 1919, and December 8, 1919, are hereby authorized and empowered to make, diversions of coal in the possession, as common carriers, of railroads operating in the United States, to the extent that it is necessary in the present emergency to provide for the requirements of the country in order of priority set out in the preference list included in the order of the United States Fuel Administrator of May 25, 1918; and are hereby further authorized and empowered to establish rules for the regulation of and to regulate the method of production, ship- ment, distribution, apportionment, or storage thereof among dealers and consumers within the United States: Provided, however. That this order shall not be construed as applicable to the export of coal 14 from the United States power over which was conferred upon J. W. Howe, Rembrandt Peale, F. M. Whitaker, and J. F. Fisher by the Executive order dated February 28, 1920, reinstating the order issued by the United States Fuel Administrator dated November 6, 1917, relating to the Tidewater Coal Exchange. Woodrow Wilson. The White House, March 5, 1920. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of Congress of August 10, 1917, entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel," and other powers thereunto me authorizing, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby order and direct that from and after 12.01 o'clock a. m. on the 1st day of April, 1920, the order issued by me on the 30th day of October, 1919, restor- ing certain rules, regulations, orders, and proclamations therein re- ferred to, relative to the price of bituminous coal and other matters and things therein described, shall be suspended until further ordered, and that all other Executive orders subsequent thereto issued by me, except the Executive order of February 25, 1920, relative to the Tide- water Coal Exchange, and all orders subsequent thereto issued by the United States Fuel Administrator, or any person acting pursuant to authority conferred upon him either by me or the United States Fuel Administrator, shall be suspended until otherwise ordered on and after 12.01 o'clock a. m. April 1, 1920, it being the intent and purpose of this order to restore at 12.01 o'clock a. m. on April 1, 1920, the rules and regulations of the United States Fuel Administration to the status existing immediately prior to the aforesaid Executive order of October 30, 1919, but not in any wise to affect the validity of any act or thing done under any of said orders or regulations prior to 12.01 o'clock a. m. April 1, 1920, or the Executive order of Febru- ary 25, 1920, relative to the Tidewater Coal Exchange. Woodrow Wilson. The White House, March 19, 1920. ORDERS OF UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATOR. United States Railroad Administration, Washington, D. C, October 31, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day authorized the following: Having been informed of the issuance of the following order by the United States Fuel Administrator, the Director General has issued instructions through the regional directors to place in effect immediately the provisions of this order : | ; Washington, D. C, October 31, 1919. Acting under authority conferred on me by the President of the United States under and by virtue of authority conferred upon him by the act of Congress approved August 10, 1917, I hereby revoke the order of the United States Fuel Administrator issued January 31, 1919, in so far as it suspended the order of the United States Fuel Administrator of January 14, 1918, effective 7 o'clock a. m. January 15, 1918, and the portion of the order of the United States Fuel Administrator of May 25, 1918, setting up preference lists, and I hereby restore the said order of January 14, 1918, and said portion of the order of May 25, 1918, to like effect as if they had not been suspended ; and I designate the Director General of Railroads and his representatives to carry into effect the said order of January 14, 1918, and to make such diversions of coal which the railroads under his direction may as common carriers have in their possession as may be necessary in the present emergency to provide for the requirements of the country in order of priority set out in the preference list in- cluded in the order of the United States Fuel Administrator of May 25, 1918, as follows : (a) Railroads. (b) Army and Navy, together with other departments of the Fed- eral Government. (c) State and county departments and institutions. (d) Public utilities. (e) Retail dealers. (/) Manufacturing plants on War Industries Board's preference list. (g) Manufacturing plants not on War Industries Board's pref- erence list. (15) 16 (h) Jobbers. (i) Lake. (j) Tidewater. This order to be effective at once. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of January 14, 1918, Effective 7 a. m. January 15, 1918, Kelative to the Price to be Paid for Coal by the Divertee in Case of Diversion. Washington, D. C, January 14, 1918. All shipments of coal, whether f. o. b. mines or otherwise, and all shipments of coke f. o. b. ovens or at place of storage or otherwise shall be made subject to the diversion of such coal or coke by the United States Fuel Administrator or any persons acting under his authority, to any persons or consumers, and for any of the purposes heretofore or hereafter authorized by him. The title of the pur- chaser, consignee, or consumer, in the case of any such shipments of coal or coke, which by custom or law might become vested at the time and place of such shipment, shall from and after the effective date hereof be subject to the condition that the coal or coke so shipped may be diverted as aforesaid, and that in case of any such diversion the title and interest of such purchaser, consignee, or con- sumer with respect to any coal or coke so diverted shall be completely divested and terminated and his liability to pay therefor shall cease. The person or consumer to whom any such coal or coke is diverted shall become liable as of the time of such diversion to pay to the shipper thereof the price in force at the date of shipment as fixed therefor by or under authority of the President of the United States, plus transportation charges thereon and plus a handling charge of 15 cents a net ton to cover costs of rebilling, collection, and replace- ment. If such handling charge is made, no jobber's commission shall be added to the mine's price. If the coal or coke so diverted was shipped under a valid and enforcible contract, the quantity thereof so diverted shall not be charged against the amount to which the contract applied. Effective at 7 a. m., on January 15, 1918. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. Washington, D. C, November 12, 1919. The United States Fuel Administration, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States dated 17 August, 23, 1917, appointing said administrator, and of subsequent Executive orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that the Executive order dated October 30, 1919, restoring certain rules, regulations, orders, and proclama- tions relative to prices of bituminous coal and lignite, and the mar- gins and profits of middlemen and wholesale and retail dealers in bituminous coal and lignite, shall not be applicable to bituminous coal shipped on or after November 13, 1919, under a bona fide con- tract enforceable at law, entered into prior to October 30, 1919, and coal shipped under any such contract and diverted in transit, shall be paid for by the party receiving the same, at the price at which the shipper would be entitled to bill the same to the original consignee thereof. The regulation of said administrator dated January 17, 1919, entitled " Regulation relative to the making of contracts for the sale of coal or coke by operators, jobbers, sales agents, or purchasing agents of coal or coke," and the order of said administrator dated January 14, 1918, relative to the price to be paid for coal by the divertee in case of diversion, as amended by the order of said ad- ministrator dated November 20, 1918, and each of them, is hereby suspended in so far as said regulatien and order, or either of them, are inconsistent with this order. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. By Cyrus Garnsey, Jr., Assistant United States Fuel Administrator. United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, November 81. 1919. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States dated August 23, 1917, and of subsequent Executive orders, and in further- ance of the purpose of said orders, and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that on and after November 21, 1919, no anthracite coal produced in the United States shall be sold, shipped, or distributed except to dealers or consumers, and for use and consumption within the United States, its insular possessions, and Canada. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. 178857°— 20 2 18 United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, November 22, 1919. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under the authority of an Executive order of .the President of the United States, dated August 23, 1917, and of subsequent Executive orders, and in further- ance of the purpose of said orders and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that coal dumped into barges, scows, boats, and other vessels, on lakes, rivers, and other inland water- ways, shall be subject to diversion in like manner and to the same extent as bituminous coal loaded in cars of a common carrier, under the orders of said administrator now in effect relating to the diver- sion of coal in transit, and coal diverted under the authority of this order shall be paid for by the party receiving the same, in accord- ance with the provision relative to the payment for diverted coal contained in the order of said administrator dated November 12, 1919; and The United States Fuel Administrator hereby authorizes the Direc- tor General of Eailroads, and his representatives acting by and under his authority, to make such diversions of bituminous coal dumped into barges, scows, boats, and other vessels, as aforesaid, as may from time to time be necessary in the order of priority set forth in the orders of said administrator, dated October 31, 1919. This order shall be effective November 24, 1919. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, November 22, 1919. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States, dated Au- gust 23, 1917, and of other Executive orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby authorizes and empowers the Director General of Rail- roads, or his representatives acting by and under his authority, to make such rules, regulations, and orders restricting or prohibiting the use or consumption of bituminous coal for the purpose of produc- ing or manufacturing coke in beehive ovens as may from time to time be necessary, and all rules, regulations, and orders made pursuant to the authority herein granted shall be valid and binding according 19 to the tenor and effect thereof, as and for orders of the United States Fuel Administrator. This order shall be effective November 24, 1919. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, November %9, 1919. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States, dated Au- gust 23, 1917, appointing said administrator, and of subsequent Ex- ecutive orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that the provision of the regulation of said administrator known as paragraph 17 of publication No. 9 of the United States Fuel Administration, permitting a hauling charge to be made in the case of coal from wagon mines when shipped in box cars, be, and the same hereby is, extended to include such coal when shipped in open-top cars. This order shall be effective December 1, 1919. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator. A true copy of the original order in my custody. Cyprus Garnsey, Jr., Assistant United. States Fuel Administrator. United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C, December 6, 1919. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States, dated August 23, 1917, and of subsequent Executive orders, and in further- ance of the purpose of said orders, and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that the order of said administrator, dated January 31, 1919, suspending the operation of certain rules, regulations, orders, and proclamations theretofore promulgated by or under the authority of the President of the United States or by said administrator relating to coal and coke be, and the same hereby is, revoked in so far as said order suspends the orders and regula- tions of said administrator fixing or regulating the prices of beehive coke and by-product coke, or fixing or regulating the margins or commissions of middlemen or wholesale or retail dealers in beehive or by-product coke, and said orders and regulations are hereby 20 restored to like effect as if the same had not been suspended. And ■said administrator Further orders and directs that all beehive or by-product coke in transit on or after the effective date of this order shall be subject to diversion in like manner and to the same extent as bituminous coal under the orders of said administrator relating to the diversion of bituminous coal in effect at the date of this order. The person or consumer to whom any such coke is diverted shall become liable as of the time of such diversion to pay to the shipper thereof the price for such coke as fixed by or under the authority of the President of the United States and in effect at the date of such diversion, plus transportation charges thereon, and the order of said administrator, dated January 14, 1918, as amended by the order of said adminis- trator, dated November 20, 1918, is hereby suspended in so far as said amended order is inconsistent with this order. And said administrator Hereby authorizes and empowers the Director General of Rail- roads and his representatives acting by and under his authority to make such diversion of coke in transit as may be necessary in the present emergency. This order shall be effective December 8, 1919. H. A. Gaefieldj United States Fuel Administrator. December 6, 1919. A true copy of the original order in my custody. Cyrus Garnsey, Jr., Assistant United States Fuel Administrator. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive order of the President of the United States, dated August 23, 1917, and of subsequent Executive orders, and in further- ance of the purpose of said orders, and of the act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs that the Director General of Railroads and his representatives acting by and under his authority be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to make and prescribe such local or general regulations restricting the delivery, use, and consumption of coal, coke, or other fuel or of power generated or produced by the use of consumption of coal, coke, or other fuel as may from time to time be necessary in the present emergency. All regulations made pursuant to the authority hereby granted shall be valid and binding as and for regulations of said administrator. This order shall be effective December 8, 1919. H. A. Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator? \. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. GOVERNMENT POLICY AS TO FINANCING PERMANENT IMPROVE- MENTS—ESTIMATE FOR CONGRESS OF APPROPRIATION TO MEET SITUATION DEVELOPED BY FEDERAL CONTROL ACT. Washington, January 15, 1919. Director General Hines to-day authorized the following: The Railroad Administration has been charged by the Federal control act with two functions which are entirely distinct and which it is very important shall not be confused. One of these func- tions is to render the public service through operation of the rail- roads, collecting of the revenues therefor, and paying the expenses and the rental due the railroad companies. The other of these functions is to require the necessary permanent improvements to be made, including purchases of new equipment, and to aid in financing these expenditures for new improvements in order that railroad companies may not be forced to' offer large blocks of se- curities in the market under circumstances which would unsettle financial conditions and which would interfere with Government financing. The carrying out of this second function may call for the temporary use of a great deal more Government money than is needed for the carrying out of the first function. This second function was one of the controlling considerations for taking over the railroads. Very large expenditures were needed to equip them to perform their war avork. Any efforts on the part of the railroad companies to borrow such sums would have resulted in the offering of such high interest rates as to interfere with the financing of the Government. In many instances it would prob- ably have been impracticable for railroad companies to raise the necessary funds at all. Consequently it was contemplated in the Federal control act that the Government would temporarily carry the expense of these improvements as far as might be necessary. The railroad companies themselves, before there had been any change in their managements, were asked at the beginning of Feb- ruary, 1918, to prepare and send in budgets of necessary improve- ments. As a result, the companies recommended improvements ag- gregating $1,329,000,000. The division of capital expenditures re- duced these proposals to $975,000,000, and they have been since expanded so that the total authorized to December 31, 1918, is $1,277,000,000, of which it is estimated $588,000,000 had been ex- (21) 22 pended up to December 31 and $689,000,000 remains to be expended. It is estimated that the minimum additional budgets for 1919 must be- $350,000,000. This represents a total of authorized capital ex- penditures which must be provided for, for the years 1918 and 1919, of $1,627,000,000. While a substantial part of this total may 'not actually be expended during the calendar year 1919, it is apparent that it will be necessary during that year for the Government and the railroad companies to provide in the aggregate a very large amount of money for these improvement purposes. If the Govern- ment is to pursue the policy upon which it entered when the railroads were taken over and is to provide temporarily the funds for such financing, except so far as they can be satisfactorily financed by the railroad companies, it is obvious that a substantial appropriation must be made. A careful analysis of the situation is on the point of being completed, with a view to preparing an estimate for Congress for the necessary appropriation to meet this situation. While it is impossible at present to make an exact estimate of how large an additional appropriation will be needed, it is possible that it may exceed $500,000,000. The moneys advanced by the Government to the railroad companies to pay for improvements will be repaid with interest (so far 6 per cent has been the prevailing rate), so the mak- ing of an appropriation for such purposes does not mean that the Government loses this money. It is important to avoid confusing this function of financing neces- sary railroad improvements with the entirely distinct function of the current operation of the railroads and the payment of the cur- rent rental to the railroad companies. The point to be emphasized at the moment is that the necessity for carrying out the Government policy as to the function of financing permanent improvements is the reason which will require an early request for a large appro- priation. HOME SEEKERS' BUREAU ESTABLISHED THROUGH AGRICUL- TURAL SECTION, UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRA- TION. Washington, January SI, 1919. Through its agricultural section the United States Railroad Ad- ministration has established a home seekers' bureau, whose function is to furnish information to returning soldiers and war workers generally regarding available land in all parts of the country which can be used for farming, stock raising, dairying, and kindred pur- suits. The railroads of the several States are preparing to distribute a folder setting forth facts with reference to climate, production markets, schools, churches, and other data needed by home seekers in their quest for available land upon which they propose to settle. 23 The information thus obtained is being distributed at ticket offices in the demobilization camps, at the booths of the War Camp Com- munity Service, and at the various Y. M. C. A. headquarters. The railroad agricultural agents, as members of the home-seekers' bureau, have been organized into State groups, and they are now assembling reliable information on soil production, markets, trans- portation facilities, and approximate size of the farms that can be procured. In this work the Railroad Administration is cooperating with the State agricultural colleges and the State boards of agriculture. Hundreds of inquiries have already come to those in charge of the home-seekers' bureau seeking information about farm opportunities, and they are being answered just as promptly as they can be as- sembled. The States of Arizona, Colorado, California, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, North Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming will be looked after by what has been designated as the North and West Committee of Railroad Agricultural Agents. The States of Vir- ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas will be taken care of by the South Committee of Railroad Agricultural Agents. W. G. McADOO TO ACT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION WITH REFERENCE TO MATTERS ARISING IN NEW YORK STATE. Washington, March 31, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, announced to-day that at his request, Hon. W. G. McAdoo, formerly Director General of Railroads, has consented to act as special counsel to the Railroad Administration with reference to matters arising in the State of New York. Mr. McAdoo stipulated, however, that he should not be com- pensated for his services. PURCHASE OF COAL— POLICY OF UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. Washington, April 3, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day issued the following : An interesting fiction appears to be receiving some currency as to the attitude of the United States Railroad Administration in pur- 24 chasing coal. This fiction is to the effect that the Railroad Adminis- tration is conducting its purchases of coal in such, a way as to force producers to sell to it below the cost of production, thus in turn forcing them to increase their prices to the rest of the community. The assertion of this fiction seems to carry with it the suggestion that in order to prevent the Railroad Administration from accomplishing this purpose, it is important to find a way to remove all competition in bidding for such Government business and instead to fix in the respective mining district uniform prices at which all producers would be willing to sell and at which the Railroad Administration would have to buy. The remedy thus suggested for this fictitious evil would, of course, have the result of giving the coal operators the relatively high prices fixed without any competition, which they could use as a basis for selling to the general public, so that the element of competition would fade from the picture and virtually the whole consuming public would be paying prices which in the aggregate would be far in excess of what would be necessary to maintain existing wages and pay sufficient profits. '" While it hardly seems necessary to do so, I wish to give the country the assurance that the Railroad Administration has no such unjust and shortsighted purpose as to force producers to sell below cost or impose a burden on the rest of the public. There is no institution, public or private, in the country' that has a greater interest in the promotion of prosperity than the Railroad Administration has, be- cause the more the business of the country increases, the more net revenues the Railroad Administration will enjoy. At the same time I believe it would be opposed to the interests of the general consum- ing public, as well as of the Government, to forego absolutely all benefits of competition and buy coal for the Government at unneces- sarily high prices, which in turn will immediately become the stand- ard prices for all purchasers. Such a course would have a strong tendency to continue to preserve, in the present period following the war, profits having entirely too strong a resemblance to the ex- traordinary profits which were realized during the war. As an illustration of the caution which the Railroad Administra- tion is observing in this matter, it has established the policy that each railroad shall buy its own coal, thus avoiding any greater con- centration of purchasing power than existed under private manage- ment. It has also instructed that in purchasing coal, railroads must take into consideration the Director General's policy to make as wide a distribution of the tonnage bought as conditions will permit, considering quality, transportation, and price, at the same time con- fining so far as practicable, purchases to producers on the individual 25 roads. It has also directed that no railroad should accept any bid which would involve the cutting of the existing scale of mining^ wages. It has further provided that coal prices actually contracted for shall not be secret, but shall be available for the information of - any interested coal operator and also of the miners. Very few specific instances have been brought forward of failure on the part of any railroad to observe these policies and the complaints which have been brought forward have been and are being properly adjusted. *>f It must be remembered that the purchasing power immediately available of the Railroad Administration with respect to coal is by no means as great as is generally assumed in discussions on this sub- ject. To a large extent the Railroad Administration's current supply of coal must be taken on unexpired contracts which were made many months ago and which have yet several months to run. Again, the volume of coal currently consumed by the Railroad Administration at the present time is decidedly below the normal because in the pres- ent readjustment period the business handled is below normal. A further factor which can not be ignored is that the railroads, like enterprises generally, stored unusually large quantities of coal last April to be prepared for the exigencies of a long-continued war. To meet the present situation the railroads are using this stored coal with caution so as not to interfere unduly with current coal produc- tion, but a considerable storage of coal still exists which eventually will have to be used by the railroads. This general statement is made at this time because the discussion of this subject at the moment is apt to provide a fertile soil for the growth of misconceptions unless the general attitude of the Rail- road Administration is now put before the public. REDUCED TARIFF RATES UPON ROAD-BUILDING MATERIALS (STONE, SAND, GRAVEL, ETC.) WHEN FOR USE IN FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, PARISH, TOWNSHIP, OR MUNICIPAL GOV- ERNMENT ROAD WORK. Washington, April 11, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day announced that he has decided, after consultation with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, to reduce the present regularly published tariff rates upon specified road-building materials when for use in Federal, State, county, parish, township, or municipal government road work. This will authorize all railroads under Federal control to apply rates as shown below on carload shipments of stone (broken, crushed, and ground), slag, shells, chatts, cherts, sand, and gravel shipped 26 during the period from May 1 to December 31, 1919, inclusive, when for use in road building or road maintenance, and when consigned to ' and the freight thereon paid by Federal, State, county, parish, town- ship, or municipal government. The reduced rates to be applied on such material shall be 10 cents per net ton less than the regularly published tariff rates in effect for the transportation of these materials for commercial uses at the time shipments move, but with a minimum charge of 40 cents per net ton except that where the regularly published commercial rate is less than 40 cents per net ton then such regularly published rate shall apply. These reduced rates may be applied on shipments consigned as outlined above but in care of a contractor, provided the freight is paid by the Government, and provided proper certification is made by the Government through its properly accredited representative that the shipments are for the use of and the reduction in the rate will accrue to the Government. The rates authorized are to be applied without publication in tariffs, account Government property, but" each railroad hauling such material is charged with the duty of seeing that the reduced rates are applied only on bona fide Government material where the freight charges saved by the reduction will accrue to the Govern- ment, as indicated above. STEEL PRICES— BIDS FOR STEEL RAIL, IN RESPONSE TO RE- QUEST OF UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. Washington, May 23, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day author- ized the following: When the Industrial Board approved the prices proposed by the steel interests it became at once apparent to me, and I so indicated in various discussions with representatives of the Government, that that approval would encourage the steel interests to stand together on those prices, even though governmental approval was withheld. I felt, however, that even so it would be far more in the public interest for the Government to withhold approval and, if necessary, pay such prices for the time being under protest, rather than in- dorse the prices, and that, too, for the entire calendar year, as was proposed by the Industrial Board, and thereby given an official sanction to prices which were unreasonably high and which would merely serve as a starting point for still higher prices later on. " The result has been in exact accordance with this forecast. Six of the leading steel interests, in response to the Railroad Adminis- tration's request for bids for steel rail, have submitted bids which 27 are uniform in all respects as to prices and conditions of manufac- ture and are in strict accordance with the prices proposed to and approved by the Industrial Board. In view of the immediate need for 200,000 tons of steel rails, orders have been placed at the price thus indicated — that is, $47 per ton for open-hearth rail — for that quantity with the Carnegie Steel Co., the Illinois Steel Co., and the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co., all of which are subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation, and with the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., the Bethlehem Steel Co., and the Lackawanna Steel Co. This action is taken not only without approval of the prices but for the reasons shown below with emphatic disapproval of the prices and the manner in which they have been established. That action of these six steel companies in making uniform bids was taken under the leadership of the United States Steel Corpo- ration is clear from the fact that immediately after the Railroad Administration announced finally that it would not approve the prices fixed by the Industrial Board, Judge Gary for the Steel Cor- poration took the initiative in announcing publicly that the steel corporation was strictly maintaining the prices approved by the Industrial Board, and that it seemed to him that would be the atti- tude of other manufacturers. The subsequent action of the Steel Corporation and the other manufacturers in submitting their bids has accorded completely with Judge Gary's announcement. The Steel Corporation's annual report to its stockholders shows that after paying all wages and other operating and maintenance ex- penses, and allowing most liberally for renewals and paying interest on debt of subsidiary companies, and also taxes other than war taxes and excess-profits taxes, it had net earnings on all rolled-steel prod- ucts of $21.58 per ton in 1916, $35.73 per ton in 1917, and $33.53 in 1918. It is a remarkable fact that in the calendar years 1917 and 1918 the net earnings of the Steel Corporation aggregated approxi- mately $1,000,000,000, being in excess of the annual rental which Con- gress has sanctioned as reasonable for practically the entire railroad mileage in the United States. It is true the Steel Corporation had to pay out of these net earnings heavy excess-profits taxes to the Gov- ernment ; but even after paying these taxes, making liberal allowance for depreciation and extraordinary replacement funds, and after paying interest on bonds and 7 per cent on preferred stock, there re- mained an earning of 39.2 per cent on its common stock in 1917 and of 22 per cent on its common stock in 1918. The fact that excess- profits taxes were paid out of the net earnings in 1917 and 1918 does not in any way detract from the accuracy of those net earnings as a measure of the productiveness of the war prices which were charged by the Steer* Corporation. 28 These figures of actual net earnings per ton on the entire output of the Steel Corporation are much more convincing than estimated costs of rolling a particular steel product at a particular mill. The esti- # mated costs may show the greatest variation, but the ultimate result is an enormous profit to the stockholders of the corporation. The claim that the wages of labor would be endangered by. a reasonable price on steel is therefore not convincing. Heavy profits are not confined to the Steel Corporation. It ap- pears that the net earnings of the Lackawanna Steel Co. were $12.40 per ton in 1916, $24.81 in 1917, and $19.88 in 1918 ; of the Eepublic Iron & Steel were $13.88 per ton in 1916 and $25.92 in 1917, and its profits for 1918 are not yet available ; of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. were $9.57 per ton in the year ending June 30, 1916, and $13.91 per ton in the year ending June 30, 1917. The Bethlehem Steel Co. furnished no reports that give any information as to the profits per ton. In considering all these profits it must be remembered that the reductions from war prices which were proposed by the steel interests and are now being adhered to by them as the greatest reductions they are willing to make, are practically completely offset by the great fall in the price of scrap iron alone (which can be and is used largely as a substitute for pig iron in the manufacture of steel), without regard to the various other reductions in cost which are coming about as a result of readjustment to peace conditions. A seventh steel company, the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co., in response to the request of the Railroad Administration for bids, proposed prices $10 in excess of the prices proposed by the other six companies. It is interesting to note that the company which 'made this proposal showed on all its steel products net earnings in 1916 of $24.62 per ton, in 1917 of $44.23 per ton, and in 1918 of $35.93 per ton. Its apparent position now is that it can not afford to make any reduction in the price of steel rail without reducing the wages of labor. It is important to remember that the present policy of the steel interests in adhering to high prices on the ground that the present high costs necessitate these prices is a policy that does not work both ways. It is a policy to keep prices from going higher as business increases and costs diminish. It will be remembered that the Indus- trial Board announced that the public could not expect prices to be lower during this calendar year, but it gave the public no hope that they would not go higher. The resumption of business in the country will probably result in the substantial diminution in the cost of steel production, but unless the attention of the public is constantly cen- tered on the situation there is danger that the steel interests will take 29 advantage of the increased demand' to increase the prices of steel still further, even in the face of declining costs. The situation in the steel industry is of greatest moment to the American public. The United States Steel Corporation is the largest producer and controls approximately 50 per cent of the output. It takes the lead in maintaining a price which, if its reports" to stock- holders are reliable, indicates a grossly excessive profit, and it does this for the avowed purpose of protecting alleged high-cost pro- ducers, which, however, so far as they make detailed reports on the subject to their stockholders, also indicate large profits. In other words, the Steer Corporation appears to take the position that for the protection of othe* prosperous steel producers it is unwilling to initiate any competition in the steel industry, and naturally these other producers are glad to follow this lead, and incidentally this position enables it to continue the enjoyment of very high profits. This condition operates to suspend the law of supply and demand when it could work in favor of the consumer, but it leaves that law free to operate with the greatest effect when it can work in favor of the manufacturer. This situation also works to deprive the public of the benefits of the increased efficiency due to the great combinations in the steel business. Those combinations are the result of public acquiescence, and yet all the benefits of them go not to the public but to the private owners. The more powerful the combinations become the more successful they are in keeping up prices. These reasons lead me to reiterate that the prices in question are unreasonably high at present and will become progressively more unreasonable as business improves and conditions become more nearly normal. LETTER FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL HINES TO REGIONAL DIREC- TORS RESPECTING RELATIONS WITH PUBLIC BODIES AS TO PUBLIC PROJECTS RESULTING IN CHARGES TO CAPITAL AC- COUNT, OR IN CHARGES TO OPERATING EXPENSES IN CON- NECTION WITH CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, OR WITH RESPECT TO TAXES OR ASSESSMENTS. Washington, June 3, 1919. 'Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, has sent the following letter to the regional directors respecting relations with public bodies as to public projects resulting in charges to capital account, or in charges to operating expenses in connection with capital expenditures, or with respect to taxes and assessments: " The Railroad" Administration is disposed in favor of the re- sumption or development of public works and improvements. In 30 cases where the only objection thereto is to the present comparative cost of labor and material, no protest will be made on behalf of the Railroad Administration. Even where the burden upon the Rail- road Administration in a particular district would be relatively a large part of the total cost, the mere difference between the cost of work beirfg done now and being done somewhat later is not suffi- cient to justify an attitude of opposition by the Railroad Adminis- tration to a policy of resumption or prosecution of public works. " The Railroad Administration should not identify itself with Op- position to proposals looking to such development or resumption of public works, unless the case is exceptional and'- it is clear that the expenditure will be improvident, or that the project is actually in a private interest and involves the public interest only to a slight degree and the private interest involved will not assume the ex- pense of the work. Nothing herein shall be construed to relate to facilities covered by General Order No. 15. "Representatives of the Railroad Administration should at all times make it clear to the public authorities that responsibility for capital expenditures rests upon the railroad corporations and not upon the Railroad Administration, and unless specifically authorized by the Division of Law, shall speak only for the Railroad Adminis- tration in proceedings before public-service or State railroad com- missions or officials of cities, counties, or municipalities. " The Railroad Administration may use its moral suasion to get the railroad corporations to consent to go ahead with public im- provements and to finance improvements. However, no Federal Administration officer should take any action or make any committal the effect of which would be to deprive a corporation of an oppor- tunity to present its objections to the expenditure. " In view of the fact that the amount of money available for capi- tal expenditures is always limited, if a project will not be benefi- cial to the public in proportion to the expense, or can better be post- poned pending the completion of more important capital expendi- tures, the railroad corporation, which will have to supply the capital, should present the conditions to the proper authorities. BOND ISSUES OE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. "Railroad Administration officials will not take any action for or against any proceeding the purpose of which is to authorize a bond issue or special assessment, but will, as fully as practicable, keep the corporate officer of each interested railroad advised, so that if the corporation desires to take any action it may do so. "In cases involving a special assessment chargeable to capital account in which the corporation does not make financial arrange- 31 ments to pay the assessment there is no obligation upon the Director General to furnish the money. In such case the question is one between the public authorities and the railroad corporation. PROJECTS WHICH INVOLVE CHARGES TO CAPITAL ACCOUNT THAT THE COR- PORATION AGREES TO ASSUM.E, BUT WHICH ALSO INVOLVE ■ CHARGES TO OPERATION. "If such a project is agreed to between the corporation and the public body, and the financial arrangements have been satisfactorily disposed of, the Railroad Administration will assume, as to operat- ing expenses, the amount properly chargeable to it, but this policy should not prevent the Federal officer from presenting the objec- tions, if any, which may develop to the project from an operating standpoint, nor from designating, wherever possible, the most eco- nomical method of carrying out any such project whenever there is more than one way of providing the proposed facility or improving the existing facility, or from designating a better method of reach- ing the result if there is one available. DISCUSSIONS WITH OR PROCEEDINGS BEFORE PUBLIC SERVICE OR STATE RAILROAD COMMISSIONS OR OFFICIALS OF STATES, COUNTIES, OR MUNICI- PALITIES. " The general practices in connection with negotiations with or before such public authorities preceding the issuance of an order, either formal or informal, should be along the following lines : "(a) Immediately upon receiving notice that any question affect- ing capital expenditures is to be taken up, notice should be given as information to the proper officer of the corporation, so that the cor- poration may participate in the consideration or hearing before the public authority; and where such projects involve the consideration of existing franchises or charters, unusual care in protecting the rights of the corporation to notice should be exercised. "The United States Railroad Administration representatives should assure themselves that the public authorities have given the corporation the notice required by law. "(5) The representatives of the United States Railroad Adminis- tration will in such proceedings handle to the best advantage all matters involving maintenance, transportation, and other items in- cluded under operation, and may be called as witnesses for the pub- lic or the corporation, as well as for the Railroad Administration. "(c) It will be entirely proper to respond to any requests from a municipality, county, or State for information in regard to material and labor costs and to volunteer such data so that all concerned may 32 get the benefit of the information in the hands of the Railroad Ad- ministration officials. "■(d) Single complete items involving a charge to capital expendi- tures of $1,000 or less should be promptly reported to the corporation to give the corporation the opportunity of handling the matter with the public authority, but in the discretion of the Federal manager the work should not be delayed if, and when, in his opinion, a prompt disposition of the matter will be the proper action under all circum- stances. COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS ISSUED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. "If and when a proceeding before the public authority has re- sulted in a definite order involving a charge to capital expense, the matter should be promptly reported to the division of capital ex- penditures, with the position of the corporation officer clearly ex- pressed, together with the recommendations of the Federal manager and regional director. " Sincerely, yours, " Walker D. Hines." COAL CONSIGNED TO OR DIVERTED TO RAILROADS— CERTIFI- CATES ISSUED BY UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRA- TION—REDISCOUNT OF NOTES DRAWN BY COAL SHIPPERS. Washington, December S, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day authorized the following statement: The United States Railroad Administration is paying promptly, and even on shorter time than under normal conditions, for coal con- signed to or diverted to railroads under Federal control for their own use. But because of some unusually long hauls to supply coal in portions of the country where production of coal has ceased, and because of other diversions there are some inevitable delays in deliv- ery to other consignees or divertees, and consequently there are some delays in payment for coal by the consignees receiving this coal so diverted. In order to remedy this situation, and appreciating the necessity of coal operators who are now producing coal getting their money promptly in order to meet pay rolls and other production expenses, the Railroad Administration has arranged to give such coal operators a certificate, evidencing the fact of the loading of cars and delivery to the railroads for transportation of such coal as they are producing and loading, so that such coal operators can secure such necessary money from banks on the basis of their notes supported by such certificates. 33 This matter having been taken up with the Federal Reserve Board on the question of whether such notes are eligible for rediscount, the Federal Reserve Board has sent the following formal communication to the Railroad Administration : " The Federal Reserve Board has received and considered your letter of December 2, asking to be advised whether or not a Federal reserve bank may properly rediscount a note drawn by a shipper of coal under the following circumstances : " Because of the diversions of coal pursuant to the authority and order of the United States Fuel Administration, issued in conse- quence of the strike of the bituminous coal miners, it appears that shippers of coal are not receiving payment for the coal shipped as promptly as is customary when coal moves in its normal channels. In order to provide funds to cover the current cost of production it is contemplated that a shipper of coal issue his note, accompanied by a certificate of the Director General of Railroads, who is distributing coal for and on behalf of the United States Fuel Administrator, sub- stantially to the effect that the shipper has loaded coal on cars of a specified railroad; that the coal is in the possession of that railroad to be transported, delivered, or diverted by the Director General of Railroads, or his representatives, subject to the order of the United States Fuel Administrator ; and that the shipper is to be paid for the coal by the consignee or divertee as provided in the orders of the United States Fuel Administrator. The proceeds of the note of the shipper are to be used by him for the payment of the current costs of production. " In the opinion of the Federal Reserve Board such a note, the proceeds of which are to be used by the drawer for the payment of the current costs of production is a note issued or drawn for a com- mercial or industrial purpose within the meaning of section 13 of the Federal reserve act and is eligible for rediscount by a Federal reserve bank, provided that it otherwise conforms to the provisions of law and the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board issued in pursuance thereof. The Federal Reserve Board believes that in determining the eligibility of such a note it is immaterial whether or not it is accompanied by a certificate of the Director General of Rail- roads of the kind heretofore described. " In this connection, however, the board desires to point out the fact that under the terms of section 13 of the Federal reserve act a member bank is authorized to accept a draft or bill of exchange which grows out of a transaction involving the domestic shipment of goods, provided that shipping documents conveying or securing title are attached at the time of acceptance. Such a draft when accepted is 178857°— 20 3 34 eligible for rediscount by a Federal reserve bank at the established rate accorded to bankers' acceptances. In view of the fact, how- ever, that the certificate which your letter states that the Director General of Railroads purposes to issue does not purport to be and is not' a bill of lading conveying title to coal shipped, it can not be made the basis of a bankers' acceptance but 2 as previously stated, a note drawn under the circumstances described, whether or not ac- companied by a certificate of the Director General of Railroads, is technically eligible for rediscount if its proceeds have been or are to be used for the payment of the current costs of production of coal and if it otherwise conforms to the provisions of law and the regula- tions of the Federal Reserve Board. " Very truly, yours, " W. P. G. Harding, Governor? The certificate which under the foregoing arrangement will be de- livered by the local railroad agent to the shipper delivering the coal to the railroad will be in the following form : This is to certify that has loaded into cars No. on Railroad, United States Railroad Administration tons of coal, and said coal is in possession of said railroad as a carrier to be transported and or delivered and or diverted by the Director General of Rail- roads or his representatives, subject to and in accordance with the order of the United State Fuel Administrator, dated October 31, 1919, and to be paid for by the consignee or divertee to the above-named shipper as provided for in the said order of the United States Fuel Administrator and in his order of Novem- ber 12, 1919. Agent. Railroad, D. S. Railroad Administration. I hereby certify that no railroad bill of lading or other negotiable receipt has been issued to me by the railroad in respect of the above-described coal. (Shipper.) LOSSES TO UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ON ACCOUNT OF COAL STRIKE. Washington, December 31, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, to-day author- ized the following : It will never be possible to estimate completely the losses which the country has sustained on account of the coal strike. Among the heavy losses are those which the Railroad Administration has sus- tained and will sustain on account of loss of business and the ex- 35 traordinary difficulties which it was compelled to overcome in order during the strike to give the public the most extensive operation of the railroads and the widest possible distribution of the available coal. These costly results will show in large measure in the month of November and again in December and probably to a substantial extent in January and even subsequent months. Undoubtedly there will be a very large deficit in operations in the month of November, most if not all of which would have been avoided but for the losses due to the coal strike. These losses were of many sorts. There was in November a heavy reduction in business due to the sudden diminution of the movement of coal which is the largest single item of traffic, and due in part to the shutting down or slowing down of other industries as they ran short of coal, and yet the temporary character of the loss of business was such as to preclude the possibility of any corresponding readjust- ment of operations so as to reduce operating costs. On the contrary, operating costs were seriously increased in many important respects. Only from 35 per cent to 45 per cent of the normal amount of coal was produced and yet this reduced production had largely to be transported over the most abnormal routes which had never been designed for the handling of coal in the direction and volume tempo- rarily necessitated. Again the handling of railroad fuel was sub- jected to extraordinary burdens. Much coal which had been stored had to be reloaded, hauled to a new destination, and again unloaded. In many instances coal had to be hauled hundreds of miles in order to supply railroad fuel, whereas ordinarily the needed coal supply was close at hand. For example, coal for eastern Kansas and Okla- homa roads ordinarily obtained from southeastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma had to be hauled from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Much of the actual revenues which will be shown for November and also for December were for coal being handled at normal distances for railroad fuel so that the railroads using this coal in addition to handling this coal great and unusual distances on their own lines have to include in their operating expenses the freight received on this coal on other railroads and included in their operating revenues. In many parts of the country the railroads were suddenly confronted with the necessity of burning a character of coal to which the locomo- tives were not adapted and with which the firemen were not familiar, with the result that substantially less efficiency could be secured. It is important to emphasize that these results could not have been avoided by advance storage of coal, because long prior to the strike being seriously threatened the general public demand for coal was so great that abnormal storage of railroad coal could not have been obtained except by depriving the general public correspondingly of 36 coal which it was urgently seeking. The storage of railroad coal was already in excess of normal. In order to meet both railroad necessities and general public neces- sities, coal had to be switched to an unusual extent with resulting heavy terminal costs. These difficulties were seriously accentuated in the latter part of November and throughout the greater part of December by cold and stormy weather of almost unprecedented severity for the time of year in many parts of the country. In addition to the many millions of dollars of loss, imposed in this way upon the public through the increased cost of railroad operation on account of the strike, there is the further unfortunate effect that railroad operations for November and Deceniber, arid per- haps for a substantial period thereafter, will entirely lose their value as a measure of current railroad earning capacity. * INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO CLOSING REGIONAL OFFICES. Washington, February 16, 1920. I am wiring instructions relative to the closing of the regional offices and the disposition of the forces and files. I take this oppor- tunity to express to you my deep appreciation of the loyal and effec- tive service which has been rendered by you and your associates and office force, and I extend to all of you my heartiest wishes for con- tinued success. Walker D. Hines. R. H. Aishton, Chicago, IE. B. F. Bttsh, St. Louis, Mo. Hale Holden, Chicago, III. A. T. Hardin, New York City. L. W. Baldwin, Philadelphia, Pa. N. D. Maher, Roanoke, Va. B. L. Winchell, Atlanta, Ga. telegram. Febrttart 16, 1920. It has been decided that the regional and district offices shall be discontinued effective Match 1, 1920. However, it is desired to keep temporarily the files of the Southern Region, the Eastern Region, the Northwestern Region, the Central Western Region, and the Southwestern Region, and of Mr. Gilman's office, Mr. Worcester's office, and Mr. C. J. McDonald's office in the space they now occupy. Will the regional directors in charge of these offices, therefore, ar- range to have the chief file clerk and such assistants as may be necessary remain in charge of such files until further notice from this office on the understanding that the Railroad Administration will pay necessary salaries and the necessary rental for space neces- sarily occupied. The files of the Allegheny Region and the Poca- hontas Region will be moved to Washington on March 1 and the necessary arrangements for the transfer will be made this week by a member of my staff. Director Thelen, of the Division of (37) 38 Liquidation Claims, will communicate either directly or through you this week in regard to the movement to Washington of mem- bers of your engineering force, and pending the receipt of such word will you please keep your engineering force intact and give no notice of dismissal. Director Spencer, of the Division of Pur- chases, will communicate either directly or through you this week with regard to pertain portions of the Regional Purchasing Com- mittee, which will be desirable to go to Washington after March 1, and pending the receipt of such word will you please keep such force intact as far as possible and give no notice of dismissal. With regard to the remainder of your force, will you please give the necessary notice of dismissal to be effective March 1, making ar- rangements, wherever necessary, for the payment of the transporta- tion of any of your employees who have been brought from other cities, back to their homes except where such officers or employees will be employed by railroads after March 1 and will therefore receive free transportation. Where they will not receive such free transportation and where it will be entirely convenient, please arrange for such employees to leave prior to March 1, so that they can receive transportation from the Railroad Administration. Walker D. Hikes. LIST OF GENERAL ORDERS. Page. G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2 (June 21, 1919), demurrage charges (revoked by G. O. No. 7-A) 41 G. O. No. 7-A (Oct. 25, 1919), national car demurrage rules and charges (Substituted for G. O. No. 7 and Supplements Nos. 1 and 2 thereto). 44 G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2 (July 9, 1919), capital account— work involving charges to (amending G. O. No. 12 and Supplement No. 1 thereto) 54 G. O. No. 15, Sup. No. 2 (Aug. 9, 1919), industry tracks — maintenance of — absence of written contracts 55 G. O. No. 18-B (May 22, 1919), suits against Director General (amending G. O. No. 18) 55 G. O. No. 26-A (May 19, 1919), suits against carriers (revoking G. O. No. 26) 55 (G. O. No. 27 and all supplementary documents issued in separate bulletin.) G. O. No. 31-A (Oct. 3, 1919), hire of freight and passenger train equip- ment — per diem — mileage — rental (canceling in part G. O. No. 31) 56 G. O. No. 34-B (Mar. 29, 1919), auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (amending G. O. No. 34-A) 56 G. O. No. 43-A (Apr. 18, 1919), money in possession of carriers under Federal control — matter of. garnishment to be determined by courts (canceling G. O. No. 43) . 57 G. O. No. 50-A (Jan. 11, 1919), suits against Director General (amending G. O. No. 50) . 58 G. O. No. 51, Sup. No. 1 (Feb. 18, 1919), Russian Railway Service Corps employees included in G. O. No. 51 59 G. O. No. 57-A (Feb. 25, 1919), grain loading — rules governing (amending G. O. No. 57) 59 G. O. No. 58 (Feb. 20, 1919), United States Railroad Administration and State commissions — regulations governing relationship 02 G. O. No. 59 (Feb. 26, 1919), monthly freight reports — data required of Class I carriers (revoked by ,G- O. No. 59-A) 63 G. O. No. 59-A (May 23, 1919), revoking G. O. No. 59 68 G. O. No. 60 (Mar. 14, 1919), universal interline waybilling — new forms prescribed (amending G. O. No. 11) 68 G. O. No. 61 (Mar. 15, 1919), saving daylight — rules governing changing clocks and watches to new standard time — 1919 70 G. O. No. 62 (Sept. 10, 1919), material inventory to be taken by rail- roads—December 31, 1919 71 G. O. No. 62-A (Dec. 26, 1919), material inventory — time extended to February 29, 1920 1 : 74 G. O. No. 63 (Nov. 20, 1919), instructions covering the apportionment of revenues from interline passenger traffic — the rendering of reports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (canceling G. O. No. 32 and G. O. No. 49; canceling in part G. O. No. 20) 74 (39) 40 Page. G. O. No. 64 (Nov. 20, 1919), instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges (canceling G. O. No. 11, . G. O. No. 21, and G. O. No. 55) 75 G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1 (Dec. 30, 1919), instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for- freight charges — joint through rates (correcting section 7-B of G. O. No. 64) 79 G. 0. No. 64, Sup. No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1919), instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges (amending par. 6 of G. O. No. 64) 80 G. O. No. 65 (Dec. 10, 1919), grievances affecting employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in national agreements. 81 G. O. No. 66 (Feb. 24, 1920), accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control 81 G. O. No. 67 (Feb. 24, 1920), accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — carriers by water '. 90 G. O. No. 68 (Feb. 24, 1920), disposition of Federal cash on hand February 29, 1920, cash collections of assets and payment of liabilities arising out of Federal operations gg GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 7. Washington, June 21, 1919. It is ordered that General Order No. 7 be, and the same is hereby, supplemented by amending the provisions of the appendix attached thereto in the manner and to the extent shown in the appendix hereto attached. It is further ordered that the tariffs be reissued as amended by this supplement, effective July 20, 1919, by publishing and filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission, on not less than one day's notice, the tariffs to bear the following legend : " This schedule is published and filed with the Interstate Commerce Com- mission under General Order No. 7 of the Director General, United States Rail- road Administration, dated January 29, 1918, send the supplements thereto dated the 28th day of September, 1918, and 21st day of June, 1919, and is applicable to both interstate and intrastate traffic." Given under my hand this 21st day of June, 1919. Walkee D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. APPENDIX TO SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 7— NATIONAL CAR DEMURRAGE RULES. Rules. Rule 7. — Demurrage charge. Section A. — On cars not subject to rule 9 (average agreement) : After the expiration of free time allowed, the following charges per car per day, or fraction of a day, will be made until car is released: For each of the first four days, $2. For each succeeding day, $5. Section B. — The charges on cars subject to average agreement are set forth in rule 9. Instbuction and Explanations. No change in instructions and ex- planations. (41) 42 Rums — Continued. Eule 9. — Average , agreement. When the following agreement has been entered into, the charge for deten- tion of cars, on all cars, except cars subject to rule 1, section B, held for loading or unloading, shall be computed on the basis of the average time of detention to all such cars released dur- ing each calendar month ; such average detention and charge to be computed as follows : Section A. — One credit will be al- lowed for each car released within the first twenty-four (24) hours of free time. After the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours' free time, one debit per car per day, or fraction of a day, will be charged for each of the first four days. In no case shall more than one credit be allowed on any one car, and in no case shall more than four credits be applied in cancellation of debits accruing on any one car. When a car has accrued four debits, a charge of $5 per car per day, or frac- tion of a day, will be made for all sub- sequent detention and will aply on all subsequent Sundays and legal holidays, including a Sunday or holiday immedi- ately following the day on which the fourth debit begins to run. Section B. — Credits earned on cars held for loading shall not be used in offsetting debits accruing on cars held for unloading, nor shall credits earned on cars held for unloading be used in offsetting debits accruing on cars held for loading. Section C. — At the end of the calen- dar month the total number of credits will be deducted from the total num- ber of debits, and $2 per debit will be charged for the remainder. If the credits equal or exceed the debits, no charge will be made for the detention of the cars, and no payment will be made by this railroad on account of such excess of credits; nor shall the credits in excess of the debits of any one month be considered in comput- ing the average detention for another month. Instruction and Explanations — Con. 43 Roles — Continued. Section D. — A party who enters into this average agreement shall not be entitled to cancellation or refund of demurrage charges under section A, paragraphs 1 and 3, or section B, of rule 8. Section E. — A party who enters into this average agreement may be re- quired to give sufficient security to the carrier for the payment of balances against him at the end of each month. Section F. — An average agreement must include all cars loaded or un- loaded within the jurisdiction of the same station, except that when desired separate agreements may be entered into for each unloading point within the jurisdiction of the same station, but m no case can the cars loaded or unloaded within the jurisdiction of two or more stations be combined in one average agreement, nor shall the cars loaded or unloaded by more than one consignor -or consignee be combined in one average agreement, except that cars consigned, reconsigned, or ordered to a public elevator, warehouse, or cot- ton compress serving various parties may be combined in one average agree- ment. AGREEMENT. Rail Company: Being fully acquainted with the terms, conditions, and effect of the average basis for settling for detention to cars as set forth in , being the car demurrage rules governing at all stations and sidings on the lines of said rail company, except as shown in said tariff, and being desirous of availing (myself or ourselves) of this alternate method of settlement (I or we) do expressly agree to and with the Rail Company that with respect to all cars which may, during the continuance of this agreement, be handled for (my or our) account at (station) (I or we) will fully observe and comply with all the terms and conditions of said rules as they are now published Instruction and Explanations — Con. 44 Rules — Continued. or may hereafter be lawfully modified by duly published tariffs and will make prompt payment of all demurrage charges accruing thereunder in ac- cordance with the average basis as therein established or as hereafter lawfully modified by duly published .tariffs. This agreement to be effective on and after the day of , 19 , and to continue until terminated by written notice from either party to the other, which notice shall become effective on the first day of the month succeeding that in which it is given. Approved and accepted , 19__, by and on behalf of the above- named Rail Company by Approved and accepted , 19 , by and on behalf of the Director General of Railroads by Insteuctton and Explanations— Con. GENERAL ORDER NO. 7-A. Washington, October 25, 1919. General Order No. 7, dated January 29, 1918, together with Sup- plements Nos. 1 and 2, are hereby revoked, and General Order No. 7-A substituted in place thereof. It is ordered that tariffs publishing the rules, regulations, and charges under General Order No. 7 and Supplements Nos. 1 and 2 be canceled, effective December 1, 1919, on not less than one day's notice, and in lieu thereof tariffs shall be published by Agent J. E. Fairbanks for all carriers on November 1, 1919, effective December 1, 1919, providing rules, regulations, and charges as shown in the appendix hereto, and shall be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission on not less than 30 days' notice and bear the following legend : " This schedule is published and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion under General Order No. 7-A of the Director General, United States Rail- road Administration, dated October 25, 1919, and is applicable to both interstate and intrastate traffic." Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 45 APPENDIX TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 7-A— NATIONAL CAR DEMURRAGE RULES AND CHARGES. Rule 1. — Cars Subject to Rules. Note. — The disposition at point of detention determines the purpose for which a car is held and the rule applicable thereto, except where there is specific tariff provision to the contrary. Section A. — Cars of either railroad or private ownership held for or by con- signors or consignees for loading, unloading, forwarding directions, or for any- other purpose (including cars held for loading company material, unless the loading is done by the railroad for which the material is intended and on its tracks) are subject to these demurrage rules, except as provided in section B. Section B. — The following cars are not subject to these demurrage rules : 1. Oars under load with company material for use of and consigned to the railroad in whose possession the cars are held. 2. Gars under load with live stock. This exemption does not include cars held for or by shippers for loading live stock. Live poultry will not be consid- ered as live stock. 3. Empty cars placed for loading coal at coal mines, coal-mine sidings, coal washers, or coke at coke ovens and such cars under load with coal, at such mines, mine sidings, or coal washers, or with coke at coke ovens. This exemp- tion applies only at mines, coal washers, and ovens which are subject to car- distribution rules in lieu of demurrage rules. 4. (a) Private cars on private' tracks when the ownership of the car and track is the same. Note. — Private cars while held under constructive placement for delivery upon the tracks of their owners are subject to demurrage charges after expiration of 48 hours' free time. (See rules 5 and 9.) DEFINITIONS. Private car. — A car having other than railroad ownership. A lease of a car is equiva- lent to ownership. Private cars must have the full name of the owner or lessee painted or stenciled thereon or must be boarded with full name of owner or lessee. If name of lessee is painted, stenciled, or boarded on car, then the car is exempt from demurrage for the lessee only. If name of lessee is not painted, stenciled, or boarded on car, then the car is exempt from demurrage for the owner only. Private track. — A track outside of carrier's right of way, yard, and terminals, and of which the carrier does not own either the rails, ties, roadbed, or right of way ; or a track or a portion of a track which is devoted to the purposes of its user either by lease or written agreement. (6) Empty private cars stored on railroad or private tracks, including such cars sent by the owner to a shipper for loading, provided the cars have not been placed or tendered for loading on the orders of a shipper. (See rule 6, sec- tion D.) Rule 2. — Free Time Allowed. Section A. — Forty-eight hours' (two days) free time will be allowed for loading or unloading all commodities. (See rule 2, section B, paragraph 4.) "Loading" includes the furnishing of forwarding directions on outbound cars. " Unloading " includes : (a) Surrender of bill of lading on shipments billed "to order." (6) Payment of lawful freight charges when required prior to delivery of the car. 46 (c) Furnishing of a "turnover" order (an order for delivery to another party) after car has been placed for delivery and no additional movement of the car is made. When the same car is both unloaded and reloaded, each transaction will be treated as independent of the other. This .will also apply to industries per- forming their own switching service, in which case the industry must notify the carrier date and time car was unloaded. When a car held for loading or unloading is moved by railroad or private power to another point in the same yard or industry to complete loading or unloading, only 48 hours' free time will be allowed, except that when the rail- road makes a charge for such movement the time incident thereto shall not be computed against the car. (See rule 7, note 2.) Note. — If a consignee wishes his car held at any break-up yard or a hold yard before notification and placement, such car will be subject to demurrage. That is to say, the time held in the break-up yard will be included within the 48 hours of free time. If he wishes to exempt his car from the imposition of demurrage he must either, by general orders given to the carrier or by specific orders as to incoming freight, notify the carrier of the track upon which he wishes his freight placed, in which event he will have the full 48 hours' free time from the time when the placement Is made upon the track designated. This " Note " will apply except when in conflict with rule 2, section B, paragraph 1. Section B. — Twenty-four hours' (one day) free time will be allowed: 1. When cars are held for reconsignment, diversion, or reshipment, or held in transit on order of consignor, consignee, or owner. Note. — This will not apply to cars subject to rule 2, section B, paragraph 3. The term " diversion " or " reconsignment " will be applied as denned in the reconsignment tariffs of this railroad, except that under this rule when a car is placed for delivery at destination a " turnover " (or order for delivery to another party) which does not involve an additional movement of the car is not a reconsignment. (See rule 2, section A.) A reshipment is the making of a new contract by which under a new rate the original lading, without being unloaded, is forwarded in the same car to another destination. 2. When cars destined for delivery to or for forwarding by a connecting line are held under tariff regulations for surrender of bill of lading or payment of lawful freight charges. 3. When cars are held in transit and placed for inspection or grading, in- cluding reconsignment or other disposition orders. At stations where grain and hay must be inspected or graded, the consignee agreeing with the carrier in writing for file at the station, to accept the bulletining of the cars as due and adequate notice of arrival, the bulletins must be posted by 9 a. m. of each day, showing the previous 24 hours' receipts, and the free time (24 hours), is to be calculated from the first 7 a. m. thereafter. Where there is no agree- ment for bulletining of cars, the free time must be calculated from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of arrival is sent or given to the con- signee. Exception at Chicago, III, and Kansas City, Eans.-Mo. — On all grain held in transit subject to Federal or State inspection, and on seeds (field or grass), grain screenings or seed screenings, held in transit, subject to recognized official inspection, free time for disposition will expire at 6 p. m. of the day that inspec- tion is reported by the inspection authorities on or before 11 a. m. No addi- . tional free time will be allowed for reinspection or appeal. The bulletin form of notice may be used in lieu of written notice of arrival to the consignee. 47 Exception at St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota Transfer, Camden Place, Du- luth, West Duluth, Minn., Superior, Superior East End, Central Ave. (Supe- rior), Allouez or Itasca, Wis. — On all grain subject to Federal or State grain inspection received on or before 8.30 a. m., and upon which notice of arrival is given by 9 a. m., disposition shall be given not later than 4 p. m. the same day, provided inspection is reported to the office of the Federal or State grain in- spector before 11 a. m. When a reinspection is called before disposition is given, one day additional free time will be allowed, provided local freight agent is notified of the call on day gf inspection and a change in grade is allowed by the Federal or State inspector. If no change in grade is allowed, demurrage will be assessed, provided disposition is not furnished before 5 p. m. of the day car is first inspected. On all cars loaded with grain and inspected (if for inspection) prior to 6 p. m. disposition must be given not later than 4 p. m. the following day, excepting that where reinspection or appeal is called and the grade is changed by Federal or State inspector or appeal board, one additional day of free time shall be allowed. 4. Except as otherwise provided in rule 2, section A, when cars are held to complete loading or to partly unload. Note. — -When a car held for unloading Is partly unloaded and partly reloaded, 48 hours' free time will be allowed for the entire transaction. 5. On cars containing freight in bond for customs entry and Government inspection. Section C. — Cars containing freight for transshipment to vessel will be allowed such free time at the port as may be provided in the tariffs of the indi- vidual carriers lawfully on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rule 3. — Computing Time. Note. — In computing time, Sundays and legal holidays (National, State, and munici- pal), but not half holidays, will be excluded, except as otherwise provided in section A of rule 9. When a legal holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be ex- cluded. Section A. — On cars held for loading, time will be computed from the first ■7 a.m. after placement on public-delivery tracks and without notice of place- ment, but if not placed within 24 hours after 7 a. m. of the day for which ordered, time will be computed from 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of placement is sent or given to consignor. (See rule 6 — Cars for loading.) Section B. — 1. On cars held for orders, surrender of bill of lading, or pay- ment of freight charges, whether such cars have been placed in position to unload or not, time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of arrival is sent or given to the consignee or party entitled to receive same. (See rule 4 — Notification.) Note. — The time between receipt of order and placement of car (not to include the time attributable to the act or neglect of consignor or consignee) will be deducted from the total detention to the car. 2. Orders for disposition or reconsignment, when mailed, wired, or otherwise transmitted by the reconsignor to agent of the carrier at point where cars are held, or to the agent of any carrier named in the bill-of-lading contract or participating in the transportation transaction, unless otherwise provided by tariff, will release cars at 7 a. m. of the date such orders are received by any such agent, provided they are sent or given prior to the date received. Such orders mailed, wired, or otherwise transmitted and received the same date will release cars at the hour the orders are received by any such agent. 48 Date of mailing to be determined by the postmark. Note. — When order releasing a car is sent to this railroad by United States mail and the order is not received by the addressee, the car shall be considered released as of the date the order should have been delivered, provided proof is furnished by the claimant that the order was deposited in the United States, mail properly stamped and addressed on the date claimed. Section C.— 1. On cars held for unloading, except as otherwise provided in section B, paragraph 1 of this rule, time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after placement on public-delivery tracks and after the day on which notice of arrival is sent or given to consignee or party entitled to receive same. If car is not placed within 24 hours after notice of arrival has been sent or given time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of placement has been sent or given to the consignee or party entitled to receive same. (See rule 4, sections A and D.) 2. On cars subject to rule 5, section B, paragraph 2, time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice, as required by rule 5, section B, paragraph 1, is sent or given to the consignee or party entitled to receive same. Section D. — On cars to be delivered on other than public-delivery tracks, time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after actual or constructive place- ment on such tracks. Time computed from actual placement on cars placed at exactly 7 a. m. will begin at the same 7 a. m. ; actual placement to be deter- mined by the precise time the engine cuts loose. (See rule 4, section C, and rules 5 and 6.) Note 1. — "Actual placement" is made when a car is placed in an accessible position for loading or unloading or at a point previously designated by the consignor or con- signee. If such placing is prevented from any cause attributable to consignor or con- signee and ■ car is placed on the private or other-than-public-delivery track serving the consignor or consignee, it shall be considered constructively placed, without notice. Note. — Any railroad track or portion thereof assigned for individual use will be treated as " other-than-public-delivery track." Section B. — On cars to be delivered on interchange tracks of industrial plants performing the switching service for themselves or other parties, time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. after actual or constructive placement on such interchange tracks until return to the same or another interchange track. Time computed from the actual placement on cars placed at exactly 7 a. m. will begin at the same 7 a. m., actual placement to be determined by the precise time the engine cuts loose. (See rule 4, section C, and rules 5 and 6.) Cars returned loaded will not be recorded released until necessary billing instructions are furnished. Wote. — Where two or more parties take delivery from the same interchange track, or where the railroad company uses the interchange track for other cars, or where the interchange track is not adjacent to the plant and the industry uses the railroad's tracks to reach same, a notice of placement shall be sent or given to the consignee and time will be computed from the first 7 a. m. thereafter. Rule 4. — Notification. Section A.— Notice of arrival shall be sent or given consignee or party en- titled to receive same by this railroad's agent in writing, or, in lieu thereof, as otherwise agreed to in writing by this railroad and consignee, within 24 hours after arrival of car and billing at destination, such notice to contain car initials and number, point of shipment, contents, and, if transferred in transit, the initial and number of original car. When address of consignee does not appear on billing, and is not known, the notice of arrival must be deposited in 49 United States mall inclosed In a stamped envelope bearing return address, same to be preserved on file if returned. An Impression copy shall be retained, and when notice is sent or given on a postal card the Impression shall be of both sides. (See rule 3, sections B and C.) In case a car subject to rule 3, section O, is not placed on public-delivery track within 24 hours after notice of arrival has been sent or given, notice of placement shall be sent or given to consignee. Note. — When owner requests that original point of shipment be omitted on recon- signed cars, this Information shall not be shown on notice of arrival at destination. Section B.— When cars are ordered stopped in transit, notice shall be sent or given the party ordering the cars stopped upon arrival of cars at point of stoppage. Section C. — Delivery of cars upon other-than-public delivery tracks or upon industrial interchange tracks, or written notice sent or given to consignee or party entitled to receive same of readiness to so deliver will constitute- notifi- cation to consignee. (See rule 8, section D, paragraph 1(6).) Section D. — In all cases where any part of the contents of a car has been removed by the consignee prior to the sending or giving of required notice, such removal shall be considered as notice of arrival. Section E. — 1. When carload freight is refused at destination, notice of such refusal shall, within 24 hours thereafter, be sent by wire to consignor, when known, at his expense, or when not known, to agent at point of shipment, who shall be required promptly to notify the shipper, if known. 2. (o) When unclaimed perishable carload freight has not been disposed of within two days from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of arrival has been sent or given to consignee, notice to that effect shall be sent by wire as provided in paragraph 1 of this section. (6) When other carload freight is unclaimed within five days from the first 7 a. m. after the day on which notice of arrival has been sent or given to the consignee, a notice to that effect shall be sent by wire as provided in paragraph 1 of this section. ( See rule 8, section D, paragraph 4. ) Rule 5. — Placing Cars fob Unloading. Note. — Under this rule the time of movement between hold point and destination and any other time for which the railroad is responsible will not be computed against the consignee. Section A. — 1. When delivery of a car consigned or ordered to an industrial interchange track or to other-than-public-delivery track can not be made on ac- count of the inability of the consignee to receive it or because of any other con- dition attributable to the consignee, such car will be held at destination or, if it can not reasonably be accommodated there, at the nearest available hold point, and written notice that the car is held and that this railroad is unable to deliver will be sent or given to the consignee. This will be considered constructive place- ment. (See rule 3, sections D and E.) 2. On a car to be delivered to a switching line for final delivery and which consignee located on switching line is unable to receive, and which for that reason the switching line is unable to receive from this railroad, notice will be sent or given the switching line showing point of shipment, car initials and numbers, contents and consignee, and, if transferred in transit, the initials and number of the original car. 3. When this railroad is the switching line and, under conditions set forth in paragraph 1, is unable to receive cars from a connecting line at destination for 178857°— 20 4 50 delivery within switching limits, upon receipt of notice from connecting line it will notify the consignee and put such cars under constructive placement. (See rule 4, section O.) Section B.— 1. When delivery can not be made on specially designated public- delivery tracks on account of such tracks being fully occupied, or from other causes beyond the control of this railroad, notice shall be sent or given the con- signee in writing, or in lieu thereof as otherwise agreed to in writing, that delivery will be made at the nearest available point to the consignee, naming the point. Such delivery shall be made unless the consignee shall before delivery indicate a preferred available point, in which case the preferred delivery will be made. 2. In the event consignee or party entitled to receive shipment serves notice upon this railroad of refusal to accept delivery at the point named in notice sent or given in accordance with paragraph 1, the car will be held awaiting opportunity to deliver on the specially designated track subject to rule 3, sec- tion C, paragraph 2. Rule 6. — Cabs foe Loading. Section A. — Oars for loading will be considered placed when such cars are actually placed or held on orders of the consignor. In the latter case the agent must send or give the consignor written notice of all cars which he has been unable to place because of condition of the other-than-public-delivery track or because of other conditions attributable to the consignor. This will be con- sidered constructive placement. (See rule 3, sections D and E.) Section B. — When empty cars placed on orders are not used in transportation service demurrage will be charged from the first 7 a. m. after actual or construc- tive placement until released, with no free time allowance. Section C. — 1. Cars received from a switching line and held by this railroad for forwarding directions are subject to demurrage charges from the first 7 a. m. after they are received until proper forwarding directions are furnished with no free time allowance and without notice, except that cars received between 4 p. m. and 7 a. m. will not be subject to demurrage if forwarding direc- tions are received prior to the following 12 noon. 2. Private cars which have been loaded on the tracks of their owners, received from such tracks and held by this railroad for forwarding directions, are subject to demurrage charges from the first 7 a. m. after they are received until proper forwarding directions are furnished, with no free time allowance and without notice. Section D.— If an empty car is appropriated without being ordered, it shall be considered as having been ordered and actually placed at the time so appro- priated. If not loaded outbound, such car is subject to section B of this rule. Rule 7. — Demubbage Chabges. Section A. — On cars not subject to rule 9 — average agreement: After the expiration of free time allowed the following charges per car per day, or frac- tion of a day, will be made until car is released : For each of the first four days, $2. For each succeeding day, $5. Section B— The charges on cars subject to average agreement are set forth in rule 9. Note 1.— When through no fault of the consignor or consignee the lading of a ear is transferred by a carrier into two or more cars, or when two small cars are furnished by a carrier in lieu of one large car ordered by the shipper, demurrage will be charged as for one car only, as long as any of such cars are detained beyond the free lime 51 Note 2. — When u car contains two or more minimum carload shipments conslgnud to more than one consignee at the same station, demurrage will be charged the same as if the shipments had been received in separate cars, and each consignee will be allowed a total free time of 48 hours (2 days) for unloading, free of interference by the other consignee or consignees. Rule 8. — Claims. No demurrage charges shall be collected under these rules for detention of cars through causes named below. Demurrage charges assessed or collected under such conditions shall be promptly canceled or refunded by this railroad. Section A. — Weather interference. Nom— A consignor or consignee shall not be absolved from demurrage under section A of this rule if, considering the character of the freight, others similarly situated and under the same conditions reasonably could and did load or unload cars during the same period of time. 1. When the condition of the weather during any part of the prescribed free time (or the adjusted free time provided for in section B of this rule) is such as to make it impossible for men or teams to work at loading or unloading, or impossible to place freight in cars, or move it from cars, without serious injury to the freight, or when, because of high water or snowdrifts (see note) it is impossible, during the prescribed free time, to get to the cars for loading or unloading, the free time will be extended until a total of 48 hours (or 24 hours on cars, subject to rule 2, section B, paragraph 4) free from such interference shall have been allowed. No additional time will be allowed unless claim, stating fully the conditions which prevented loading or unloading within the free time, is presented in writing to this railroad's agent within 30 days after _ the date on which demurrage bill is rendered. Note. — The extension of free lime on account of high water or snowdrifts shall apply to other-than-public-delivery tracks only where there is disability of this railroad. 2. When the lading is frozen while in transit so as to require more than 48 hours to remove it from the car, the total time actually expended by consignee in heating, thawing, or loosening, and removing it will be considered as free time, but no allowance will be made for detention during the time that no effort is made to unload. This rule will not apply to shipments which are tendered in a condition to unload. Under this rule, consignee shall not be entitled to additional time unless, within the prescribed free time he shall serve upon the railroad's agent a written statement that the lading was frozen when tendered. 3. No allowance on account of weather interference shall be made on cars subject to rule 6, section B. Section B. — Bunching. 1. Cars for loading. — When, by reason of delay or irregularity in filling or- ders, cars are bunched and placed for loading in accumulated numbers in excess of daily placing as ordered, the shipper shall be allowed such free time for load- ing as he would have been entitled to had the cars been placed for loading as ordered. x 2. Cars for unloading or reconsignvng. — When, as the result of the act or neglect of any carrier, cars originating at the same point or at intermediate points, moving via the same route and destined for one consignee, at one point, are bunched at originating point, in transit or at destination, and delivered by this railroad in accumulated numbers in excess of daily shipments, the con- signee shall be allowed such free time as he would have been entitled to 52 had the cars not been bunched, but when any car is released before the expira- tion of such free time, the free time on the next car will be computed from the first 7 a. m. following such release; provided, however, no allowance will be made unless claim is presented in writing to this railroad's agent within 30 days after the date on which demurrage bill is rendered and supported by statement showing date and point of shipment of each car. Section C— Demand of overchange. — When this railroad's agent demands the payment of transportation charges in excess of tariff authority. Section D. — Delayed or improper notice by this railroad. 1. (o) When notice of arrival does not contain all the information specified in rule 4, section A, consignee shall not have the right to call in question the suffi- ciency of such notice, unless within the prescribed free time he shall serve upon this railroad's agent a written statement of the omitted information required, in which event the time between receipt of such statement and the furnishing of the omitted information will not be computed against the consignee. (6) When the consignee makes request in writing for the name of the con- signor, point of shipment and (or), if transferred in transit, the initials and number of the original car, to enable him to identify the shipment in a car placed or tendered for delivery on other-than-public-delivery track, such informa- tion will be furnished, but consignee shall not be entitled to additional free time unless such request has been served on this railroad's agent within the pre- scribed free time, in which event the time between receipt of the request and compliance therewith will not be computed against the consignee. (See rule 4, section A, Note. ) 2. When claim is made that a mailed notice has been delayed, postmark thereon shall be accepted as indicating the date of the notice. 3. When a notice is mailed by this railroad on Sunday, a legal holiday, or after 3 p. m. on other days (as evidenced by the postmark thereon) consignee shall be allowed five hours' additional free time, provided he shall send or give to this railroad's agent within the first 24 hours of free time, written advice that the notice had not been received until after the free time had begun to run ; in case of failure on the part of consignee so to advise this railroad's agent, no additional free time shall be allowed. 4. In case of failure by this railroad to send notice in accordance with the provisions of rule 4, section- E, the consignor shall not be held liable for demur- rage charges between the date the notice should have been sent and the date it was actually sent. Section E. — Error of any railroad which prevents proper tender or delivery. — 1. Under this rule demurrage will be charged on the basis of the amount that would have accrued but for such error. This also applies In the case of con- structively placed cars being " runaround " by actually placing recent arrivals ahead of previous arrivals, but allowance will only be made on cars subject to rule 9 — Average agreement that are held beyond the fourth debit day. Section F. — Delay oy United States customs. — Such additional free time shall be allowed as has been lost through such delay. Rura 9. — Average Agreement. When the following agreement has been entered into, the charge for detention of cars, on all cars subject to demurrage, held for loading or unloading, shall be computed on the basis of the average time of detention to all such cars released during each calendar month ; such average detention and charge to be computed as follows: 53 Section A. — One credit will be allowed for each car released within the first twenty-four (24) hours of free time. After the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours' free time, one debit per car per day, or fraction of a day, will be charged for each of the first four days. In no case shall more than one credit be allowed on any one car, and in no case shall more than four credits be applied in can- cellation of debits accruing on any one car. When a car has accrued four debits, a charge of $5 per car per day, or fraction of a day, will be made for all subsequent detention and will apply on all subsequent Sundays and legal holi- days, including a Sunday or holiday immediately following the day on which the fourth debit begins to run. Section B. — Credits earned on cars held for loading shall not be used in off- setting debits accruing on cars held for unloading, nor shall credits earned on cars held for unloading be used in offsetting debits accruing on cars held for loading. Section O. — Credits can not be earned by private cars subject to rule 1, sec- tion B, paragraph 4 (a), but debits charged on such private cars, while under constructive placement may be offset by credits earned on other cars. Section D. — At the end of the calendar month the total number of credits will be deducted from the total number of debits, and $2 per debit will be charged for the remainder. If the credits equal or exceed the debits, no charge will be made for the detention of the cars, and no payment will be made by this railroad on account of such excess of credits ; nor shall the credits in excess of the debits of any one month be considered in computing the average detention for another month. Section B. — A party who enters into this average agreement shall not be entitled to include therein cars subject to rule 2, section B, nor shall he be entitled to cancellation or refund of demurrage charges under section A, para- graph 1, or section B of rule 8. Section F. — A party who enters into this average agreement may be required to give sufficient security to this railroad for the payment of balances against him at the end of each month. Section G. — An average agreement must include all cars loaded or unloaded within the jurisdiction of the same station except that when desired separate agreements may be entered into for each plant or yard within the jurisdiction of the same station, but in no case can the cars loaded or unloaded within the jurisdiction of two or more stations be combined in one average agreement, nor shall the cars loaded or unloaded by more than one consignor or consignee be combined in one average agreement, except that cars consigned, reconsigned, or ordered to a public elevator, warehouse, or cotton compress serving various parties may be combined in one average agreement. Agreement. Railroad. Being fully acquainted with the terms, conditions, and effecf of the average basis for settling for detention to cars as set forth in , being the car demurrage rules governing at all stations and sidings on the lines of said railroad, except as shown in said tariff, and being desirous of availing (myself or ourselves) of this alternate method of settlement (I or we) do expressly agree to and with the Railroad that with respect to all cars which may, during the continuance of this agreement, be handled for (my or our) account at (Station) (I or we) will fully observe and comply with all the terms and conditions of said rules as they are" now published or may hereafter be lawfully modified by duly published tariffs, and will make prompt payment of all demurrage charges accruing thereunder in accordance 54 with the average basis as therein established or as hereafter lawfully modified by duly published tariffs. This agreement to be effective on and after the — day of . 19—--, and to continue until termination by written notice from either party to the other, which notice shall become effective on the first day of the month succeed- ing that In which it is given. Approved and accepted , 19—-, by and on behalf of the above- named railroad by Approved and accepted , 19 , by and on behalf of the Director General of Railroads by . SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 12. Washington, July 9, 1919. Supplement No. 1 to General Order No. 12 in amended paragraph " Fifth " reads in part as follows : No work involving a charge to capital account of $1,000 or more shall be contracted for or commenced unless it be authorized by the Regional Director except in cases of emergency ; and no work involving a charge to capital ac- count in excess of $10,000 shall be contracted for or commenced unless it be authorized by the Director of the Division of Capital Expenditures except in cases of emergency and in other cases where the delay incident to awaiting such anthority on the usual form would be detrimental, in which latter cases preliminary authority should be obtained by telegraph whenever practicable. In view of the early termination of the present Federal control, there is an increasing necessity for supervising capital expenditures and having full information at Washington concerning same at the outset. It is desirable to require uniformly the same authority for items of $1,000 or more as for those in excess of $10,000. General Order No. 12 and Supplement No. 1 thereto are hereby amended to provide so that no work involving a charge to capital account in excess of $1,000 (instead of $10,000) shall be contracted for or commenced unless it be specifically authorized by the Division of Capital Expenditures, or — (a) Unless the corporation agrees to furnish the cash at the outset without calling upon the Railroad Administration in any way for the funds, or — (6) Unless the expenditure is in accordance with a definite pro- gram approved by Director Division of Capital Expenditures, by which is meant such general authority as is covered by his letter of April 5 (capital charges merely incidental to maintenance author- ized by Director Division of Operation) and letter of July 8 (capital charges covering application of safety appliances designated by Director Division of Operation). In cases of emergency, authority may be obtained by telegraph. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads* 5 55 SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 15. Washington, August 9, 1919. General Order No. 15, dated March 26, 1918, is hereby supple- mented, as follows: Paragraph 2 of General Order No. 15 is hereby changed to read as follows: 2. Where existing industry tracks are not covered by written contracts, they shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions stated in paragraph 1 hereof. In the absence of a written contract as to the maintenance of an industry track con- structed prior to March 26, 1918, the practice of the connecting carrier prior to Federal control, as applied to such track of any particular industry from the beginning of its use by such industry, shall be considered as equivalent to a written contract in accordance with such practice. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 18-B. Washington, May 22, 1919. General Order No. 18, issued April 9, 1918, as amended by General Order No. 18-A, issued April 18, 1918, is hereby further amended to read as follows: It is therefore ordered, That all suits against the Director General of Railroads as authorized by General Order No. 50-A must be brought in the county or district where the plaintiff resided at the time of the accrual of the cause of action or in the county or district where the cause of action arose ; or where the cause of action would but for Federal control accrue against the initial carrier (as under section 20, paragraph 11 of the act to regulate commerce), such action may be brought in the county or district where the property was received for transportation. Walker D. Hineb, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 26-A. Washington, May 19, 1919. Ordered, that, effective June 15, 1919, General Order No. 26, issued May 23, 1918, be, and the same is hereby, revoked and set aside. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 56 GENERAL ORDER NO. 3i-A. Washington, October 3, 1919. Effective October 1, 1919, the following rules and regulations shall govern the accounting for the use of equipment of one carrier in Fed- eral operation by or for the account of another carrier in Federal operation (canceling instructions in conflict therewith in General Order No. 31) : HIRE OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN EQUIPMENT. The practice of recording, computing, and paying per diem, mile- age, or rental for the use of freight and passenger train cars of one carrier in Federal operation by or for account of another carrier in Federal operation, and the adjustment of differences, reclaims, etc., between such carriers shall be reinstated, in accordance with such* detailed instructions as may be issued by the Division of Operation, Car Service Section. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 34-B. Washington, March 29, 1919. General Order No. 34^-A is hereby amended to read as follows : Carriers subject to Federal control shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder, without advertisement, carload and less than car- load nonperishable freight which has been refused or is unclaimed at destination by consignees after the same has been on hand 60 days. Consignee, as described in the waybilling, shall be notified of arrival of shipments in all cases, and such notice shall contain provisions that after freight is unclaimed or undelivered for 15 days after ex- piration of free time at destination it will be treated as refused and will be sold without further notice 60 days from date of notice of arrival.- Consignors shall be notified when freight is refused or is unclaimed, as provided above, when the consignor can be determined from the billing or when shipments are marked with the consignor's name and address; such notice to contain provisions that unless proper orders for disposition are received on or before a specified date, not earlier than 60 days from date of arrival and notice to consignee, the shipment will be sold for charges without further notice. Perishable freight may be sold in the discretion of the carrier whenever necessary to prevent waste without notice, except that such 57 reasonable effort shall be made to notify both consignor and con- signee, as described in the waybilling, as the circumstances will permit. Deposit in the mail of notices in accordance herewith shall be con- strued as sufficient notice to all concerned, and a record shall be made thereof by the employee who mails the same. The place of sale of both perishable and nonperishable freight shall be determined by the carrier ; the net proceeds, if any, after de- ducting freight and other legitimate expenses, will be paid to the owner on proof of interest. Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions for notice to consignor of unclaimed or refused shipment of explosives or other dangerous articles, or for telegraphic notice to consignors of un- claimed and refused shipments at his expense and on his request, or other special provisions for notice to consignors, where such pro- visions are contained in the storage rules of the carrier, or other rules contained in tariffs on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission, except that when notice of refusal is given to the consignor under such tariff rules, it shall include the notice of sale after 60 days above provided for, and notice need not be repeated under this order. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 43-A. Washington, April 18, 1919. Whereas General Order No. 43, issued September 5, 1918, provides that no moneys or other property under Federal control or derived from the operation of carriers while under Federal control shall be subject to garnishment, attachment, or like process in the hands of such carriers or any of them, or in the hands of any employee or officer of the United States Railroad Administration; and Whereas questions have arisen as to the enforcement of said order, and it is considered best to leave the question of garnishment to be determined by the courts pursuant to the act of Congress approved March 21, 1918, called the Federal control act, and such State statutes as may be applicable thereto ; It is therefore ordered, effective May 15, 1919, that the said General Order No. 43 be, and the same is hereby, revoked and set aside. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 58 GENERAL ORDER NO. 50-A. Washington, January 11, 1919. General Order No. 50, issued October 28, 1918, is hereby amended to read as follows : It is therefore ordered, that actions at law, suits in equity, and pro- ceedings in admiralty hereafter brought in any court based on con- tract, binding upon the Director General of Railroads, claim for death or injury to person, or for loss and damage to property, arising since December 31, 1917, and growing out of the possession, use, con- trol, or operation of any railroad or system of transportation by the Director General of Railroads, which action, suit, or proceeding but for Federal control might have been brought against the carrier com- pany, shall be brought against the Director General of Railroads, and not otherwise; provided, however, that this order shall not apply to actions, suits, or proceedings for the recovery of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Subject to the provisions of General Orders Nos. 18, 18-A, and 26, heretofore issued by the Director General of Railroads, service of process in any such action, suit, or proceeding may be made upon operating officials operating for the Director General of Railroads, the railroad or other carrier in respect of which the cause of action arises in the same way as service was heretofore made upon like operating officials for such railroad or other carrier company. The pleadings in all such actions at law, suits in equity, or proceed- ings in admiralty, now pending against any carrier company for a cause of action arising since December 31, 1917, based upon a cause of action arising from or out of the operation of any railroad or other carrier, may on application be amended by substituting the Director General of Railroads for the carrier company as party defendant and dismissing the company therefrom. The undersigned Director General of Railroads is acting herein by authority of the President for and on behalf of the United States of America, therefore no supersedeas bond or other security shall be required of the Director General of Railroads in any court for the taking of or in connection with an appeal, writ of error, supersedeas, or other process in law, equity, or in admiralty, as a condition prece- dent to the prosecution of any such appeal, writ of error, supersedeas, or other process, or otherwise in respect of any such cause of action or proceeding. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 59 SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 51. Washington, February 18, 1919. The provisions of General Order No. 51 are hereby extended to include employees in the service of the Russian Railway Service Corps. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 57-A. Washington, February 25, 1919. RULES GOVERNING THE INSPECTION, SELECTION, AND COOPERING OR RE- JECTION OF CARS FOR BULK GRAIN LOADING, THE RECORDING OF LOSS OF GRAIN FROM CAR BT LEAKAGE (IF ANT) DURING TRANSIT, AND THE DISPOSITION OF CLAIMS FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE OF GRAIN. General Order No. 57, issued November 28, 1918, is hereby amended to read as follows: Claims on grain shipped in bulk constitute a large proportion of loss and damage claims. Some of the widely varying practices of both shippers and carriers with respect thereto are of doubtful pro- priety, and in many cases result in undue preference and unjust dis- crimination. This condition may be attributed largely to the great number of intricate factors entering into the 'grain business; the condition of scales and weighing practices, which, in many instances, result in weights of doubtful accuracy. Grain in bulk is sometimes loaded at large terminal elevators where so-called official weights are obtained; in other instances at country elevators where weights are obtained on small scales in many drafts; and in other instances where scale weights are not used but loading weights obtained on measurement basis; and at some points where no elevators are located grain is weighed over wagon scales, loaded into cars, and the sum of the wagon-scale weights used to represent the amount shipped. Destination weighra are arrived at in as many different ways as the loading weights, but, as a general rule, the bulk of the grain shipped is destined to terminal markets where official weights are secured, and the differences between those loading and destination weights constitute the basis of claims, although losses resulting from the taking of samples for inspection purposes and the failure of con- signee to unload all the grain and other wastage, over which the railroad has no control, are not taken into consideration or accounted for. At the present time there is a lack of uniformity in the disposition of grain claims. It is intended to clear up this situation and to die- 60 pose promptly of such claims as come within the rules hereinafter set forth. The following rules shall apply until superseded by others that may be adopted as a result of investigation and study of the subject now being carried on by carriers and shippers in connection with the Interstate Commerce Commission. These rules are adopted as administrative regulations, and they are not intended in any way to change or alter any existing rule of law. Rule 1. — Selection oe Cars for Loading. Suitable cars will be furnished for bulk grain loading. (See defi- nition.) Definition.— A suitable car for bulk grain loading is one that is grain-tight and fit or can be made so at time and place of loading by ordinary and proper care in use of cooperage material and by a reasonable amount of cleaning. Rule 2. — Rejection bt Shipper. While carriers are expected to furnish suitable equipment, the shipper should reject a car which is manifestly unfit for the loading intended. Shippers should not load bulk grain in. a car with door post shat- tered or broken, or with other defects of such character as to render car obviously unfit, or with inside, showing the presence of oil, creo- sote, fertilizer, manure, coal or other damaging substance of like or kindred character. Rule 3. — Cooperage. Grain doors, or grain-door lumber of proper quality and dimen- sions, to cooper side and end doors and other openings of cars used for bulk grain loading, and accessories such as nails, paper, cheese- cloth, burlap or similar material for calking or lining cars, required to prevent loss of grain by leakage, shall be supplied by the carrier, installation to be in accordance with existing rules and practices until changed by competent authority. Note 1. — Carrier's agent at loading station 'will ascertain the number of temporary sectional grain doors, or the number of feet (board measure) of grain-door lumber used to cooper the car and the approximate weight thereof, and note same on waybill. Note 2. — Should the carrier's supply of grain-door material run short, local agent will promptly notify his superintendent, who will immediately send the required material or authorize local agent to purchase a supply to take care of the emergency. Note 3. — Shippers or consignees must not appropriate carriers' grain doors or grain-door material, neither shall they use the same without specific authority from the carrier. 61 Rule 4. — Consignor, Consignee, or Owner Required to Load and Unload Carload Freight. Except as otherwise provided by tariff, owners are required to load into or on cars grain carried at carload ratings, and consignee or owner is required to unload the car, which includes the removal of entire contents, including sweeping of the car. Loading includes adequate securing of the load in or on car, also proper distribution of the weight in the car by trimming or leveling. Rule 5. — Shipping Weights. Where shipper weighs the grain for shipment, he shall furnish the carrier with a statement of the car initials and number, total scale weight, the type and house number of the scale used, the number of drafts and weight of each draft weighed, the date and time of weigh- ing, and state whether official board of trade, grain exchange, State, or other properly supervised shipping weights; also state number and approximate weight of grain doors used. This information shall be furnished as soon as practicable, forwarding of car not to be delayed for this record. Rule 6. — Destination Weights. Consignee shall furnish the carrier with a statement of the car initials and number, the total scale weight, the type and house num- ber of the scale used, the number of drafts and weight of each draft weighed, and date and time of weighing, and state whether official board of trade, grain exchange, State, or other properly supervised unloading weight. Rule 7. — Leakage or Damage Record. If damage to or leakage of grain is detected while in carrier's pos- session, the necessary repairs must be made to prevent further loss or damage, and a complete record made thereof. In case of a dis- puted claim, the records of both carrier and claimant on said car shall be made available to both parties. If shipper, consignee, owner, or his or their representative should discover leakage of grain from car, he must immediately report the facts to carrier and afford reasonable opportunity for verification. Rule 8. — Claims tor Loss. (a) Clear Record Cars. — If after thorough investigation by the carrier no defect in equipment or seal record is discovered, such record shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that the carrier has delivered all of the grain that was loaded into the car. If, however, evidence is produced by the claimant showing a defective record, such evidence shall be investigated, and where sustained the car shall be considered a defective record car. (See par. b.) 62 (b) Defective Eecord Cars.— Where investigation discloses de- fect in equipment, seal or seal record, or a transfer in transit by the carrier of a car of grain upon which there is a difference between the loading and the unloading weights, and the shipper furnishes duly attested certificates showing correctness of weights, and the carrier can find no defect in scale or other facilities and no error at points of origin or destination, then the resulting claim will be adjusted subject to a reduction of one-eighth of 1 per cent of the established loading weight as representing invisible loss and wastage. Note 1. — Transfer in transit, as referred to in section "6 " of this rule, is a transfer for which the railroad is responsible and not a transfer because of a trade rule or governmental requirement or because of orders of consignor con- signee, owner, or their representative. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 58. Washington, February 80, 1919. In order to clarify the relationship between the United States Railroad Administration and the State railroad and public service commissions all officers and employees of the United States Railroad Administration shall be governed by the policies and regulations herein set forth : 1. Transportation systems under Federal control continue subject to the lawful police regulations of the several States which were and are applicable to privately operated transportation systems in such matters as spur tracks, railroad crossings, safety appliances, track connections, train service, the establishment, maintenance, and sanita- tion of station facilities, the investigation of accidents, and all other matters of local service, safety, and equipment. It will be the policy of the Director General to cause the orders of the State commissions in these matters to be carried out. 2. In all proceedings of the character specified in paragraph 1 hereof, formal or informal, officers and employees of the United States Railroad Administration shall recognize the jurisdiction of the State commissions and shall assist them in developing the facts and in applying such remedy as may be necessary and shall fully cooperate with them. 3. In all formal proceedings of the character specified in para- graph 1 hereof to which the Director General may be a party he will consider service as having been made on him if made on the Federal manager or general manager, as the case may be, of the transportation system affected, or on such official as the Federal manager or general manager, respectively, shall designate, and whose name he shall file with the State commission for that purpose. The 6S Federal manager, or, if none, the general manager, shall designate to each State commission an officer conveniently located on whom such service may be made. The legal officers of the United States Railroad Administration are directed to appear in such proceedings and to present fully the facts. 4. The Federal control act empowers the President to initiate rates, fares, charges, classifications, regulations, and practices by filing the same with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and em- powers said commission to review the justness and reasonableness thereof. The State commissions take the position that the intrastate rates are nevertheless subject to their jurisdiction, and it will be the policy of the Director General to expedite in every way a final deci- sion by the appropriate tribunal of the question thus raised. 5. The Directors of Traffic and Public Service of the United States Railroad Administration are directed, before authorizing advances of any importance in rates, fares, or charges, either interstate or State, to submit the same to the State commissions in the States affected for their advice and suggestions. 6. It is important that the records of the State commissions be continued intact. Transportation systems under Federal control shall file with the State commissions, for information, all their rate schedules heretofore or hereafter issued during the period of Federal control and annual and other reports and information as to matters within the scope of Federal control requested by State commissions according to the provisions of State statutes. 7. All officers, agents, and employees of the United States Railroad Administration are directed to supply information and render assistance as requested by State commissions, in accordance with the provisions of this order. 8. This order shall be effective on and after its date. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 59. Washington, D. C, February 26, 1919. 1. To the end that the Division of Traffic may be fully advised in respect to the movement of freight traffic, it is ordered that, effective with waybills settled after the closing of December, 1918, accounts, Class I carriers shall compile and render during the period of Federal control monthly reports showing the following data : (a) Number of carloads. (b) Number of tons (of 2,000 pounds). (c) Total revenue, point waybilled from to waybill destination. 2. The data specified in paragraph 1 shall be reported separately for each of the 59 commodities on forms similar to that attached and 64 made part hereof. Items 1 to and including 58 relate only to car- loads, provided, however, that shipments moving under "any quan- tity" rates shall be counted as carloads when they weigh 10,000 pounds or more. All other shipments shall be classed as " all less carload freight " and reported under item 59. 3. A " carload " for purpose of this report shall consist of a ship- ment of one commodity consigned to one or more consignees at one destination. If a shipment made by one consignor consists of two or more classes specified in the annexed schedule, such shipments shall be classed as " less carload " and reported as item 59. In cases where a carload of one commodity received at one destination is the result of the so-called "pick-up " loading, and it consists of shipments from two or more shippers from two or more points of origin, consigned to one or more consignees at a common destination, it shall be classed and reported under item 59. 4. The number of cars for " less carload " shipments, reported as item 59, shall not be stated on the report. 5. The tonnage and revenue to be reported shall be the tons and total revenue shown on the waybills. The data will be compiled by each carrier from the audited records, covering local traffic (including shipments rebilled at junctions with other than Class I roads) and inbound interline traffic, including traffic moving to other than Class I roads, to Canada, to Mexico, and to all other countries, when such traffic is waybilled to the junction points of delivery to other than Class I or foreign carriers. When such traffic is waybilled through, the carrier delivering to other than Class I or foreign carrier will compile the statistics from the interline settlements pre- pared by other than Class I or foreign carriers. The data thus de- termined and reported must not be adjusted to agree with corrections subsequently made. 6. The reports are required for the purpose of developing the vol- ume of carload freight traffic by specific commodities and the total volume of " less carload " freight, and the revenue on both classes, interchanged between points within the same State; between each State and the District of Columbia and each other State; between each state and the District of Columbia and Mexico; Canada; and with all other foreign countries (in one item). Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Kico, and the Philippines will be included in the item "All other countries." Note.— Traffic having origin and destination in one State but moving beyond State lines in transit will be reported as from and to the same State. Traffic having origin and destination in the United States but moving beyond the international boundaries in transit will be reported as from the State of origin to the State of destination. 65 7. The reporting carrier shall include the statistics on traffic which is destined to points on its lines or which it delivers to other than Class I roads, or delivers to Canadian or Mexican lines, or delivers to foreign water carriers. Typewritten statements shall be rendered by each reporting car- rier, for each commodity separately, showing the following group- ings with States arranged in alphabetical order : a. Domestic traffic, including Canadian and Mexican traffic. Freight originating in each State and in Canada and Mexico, each sepa- rately. Destined to points within the same State or to each other State and to Canada and Mexico, each separately. &. Export traffic. Freight originating in each State and Destined to " all other countries ' in Canada and Mexico, each sepa- rately. showing State via which exported. c. Import traffic. Destined to each State and to Canada and Mexico, each separately. Freight originating in " all other coun- tries " showing State via which im- ported. Statements are to be rendered on paper 8^ by 11 inches, in accord- ance with attached sample statement (Form TS-1) with heading in full and information arranged in the manner indicated. A summary, showing for each commodity the cars, tons, and revenue in the aggre- gate, and a grand total for all commodities, without reference to the, States of origin and destination, is also to be prepared by each carrier. 8. Freight having both origin and destination in the same State shall be reported by the destination carrier as from and to that State. 9. To place necessary information in the hands of destination car- riers, waybills for shipments rebilled at Canadian or Mexican border points, at ports of entry for freight from other countries, or at junc- tions with other than Class I roads should be plainly stamped by billing agents in " station from " block as follows : " From Canada " — "From Mexico," " Import Freight " of " From (State) ," respec- tively. 10. To serve as a corrective of the statistics above provided for, a special report will be required from carriers accepting and for- warding carload grain from terminal elevators (large elevators at important points, not country elevators) , indicating the total number of cars and the total number of tons (2,000 pounds) in the following form : From Nebraska: Cars. Tons. Elevator wheat 300 9,000 Elevator oats 60 2,100 178857°— 20 5 66 11. Until further advised, no adjustment of revenues or tonnage •will be required on account of transit privileges at intermediate points. 12. The reports shall be compiled monthly and shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission, Wash- ington, D. C, on or before the last day of the second month succeed*- ing that for which they are compiled. 13. No freight traffic statistics shall be compiled by accounting officers other than the report herein prescribed, except by special permission from the Director of Accounting, provided that the sta- tistics required by the Interstate Commerce Commission annual re- port shall be compiled as heretofore. To provide the factors for the accumulation of both the Director General and Interstate Commerce Commission commodity statements, the items should be subdivided when necessary. 14. These instructions shall also apply to Federal-controlled steam- ship and boat lines ; provided that on port to port business a separate report should be prepared which shall not show the number of cars. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Fbeight-Tbaffic Movement, peimaey groups. Products of agriculture : 1. Wheat and buckwheat. 2. Corn, including Kafir corn, etc. 3. Oats. 4. Barley. 5. Eye and spelt. 6. Rice and rice products. 7. Flour and meal. 8. Other mill products. 9. Hay, straw, alfalfa, and their meals. 10. Cotton. 11. Cotton seed, flaxseed, and their products, except oil. 12. Tobacco. 13. Fresh citrous fruits. 14. Fresh deciduous fruits. 15. Dried fruits and vegetables. 16. Beans and peas, dried. 17. Potatoes and onions, fresh. 18. Other fresh vegetables. 19. Canned goods (all canned food products). 20. Other agricultural products. Products of animals : 21. Horses and mules. Products of animals — Continued. 22. Cattle and calves. 23. Sheep and goats. 24. Hogs. 25. Fresh meats. 26. Other packing-house products. 27. Poultry, game, fish (fresh and dry), dairy products, and eggs. 28. Wool and mohair. 29. Hides and leather. 30. Fertilizer (all kinds). 31. Other products of animals. Products of mines : 32. Anthracite coal. 33. Bituminous coal. 34. Coke. 35. Iron ore. 36. Other ores and concentrates. 37. Bullion and matte. 38. Clay, gravel, sand, and stone. 39; Crude petroleum oil and as- phalt. 40. Salt. 41. Other mineral products. 67 Fbeight-Teaffio Movement — Continued. Products of forests : 42. Logs, ties, posts, poles, props, cordwood, etc. 43. Lumber, timber, box shooks, staves and headings, and other forest products. Manufactures : 44. Refined and manufactured oils. 45. Sugar, sirup, glucose, and mo- lasses. 46. Naval stores. 47. Iron, pig and bloom. 48. Rails and fastenings. 49. Bar and sheet metal, struc- tural iron, and iron pipe. 50. Other castings and machinery and boilers. Manufactures — Continued. 51. Cement, brick, plaster, and lime. 52. Agricultural implements and tools. 53. Vehicles, all kinds, including self-propelling. 54. Household goods and emigrant movables. 55. Furniture and musical instru- ments. 56. Liquors and beverages. 57. Empty packages. 58. Other manufactures and mis- • cellaneous. Merchandise : 59. All LCL freight Sheet No. . United States Railroad Administration. director general op railroads. Freight traffic received at destinations on North and South Railroad (includes traffic delivered direct to noncontrolled lines, to Canadian and Mexican car- riers, and to foreign water carriers). Month of January, 1919. 15. Dried Fruits and Vegetables . (Insert name and number of commodity.) State or country of origin. State or country of destination. Cars. Tons. Total waybill revenue. Domestic: California. California. California. California. Colorado. . Colorado . . Colorado. : Oregon. . . Oregon. . . Export: California. Indiana. . . New York. Ohio Canada Indiana. . . New York. Ohio New York. Ohio Colorado. Oregon. . Import: Other countries via New York. Other countries via New York. Other countries via New York. Other countries via New York. Other countries via New York. New York. Ohio 100 300 150 10 10 30 15 25 10 100 5 10 25 10 4,000 12, 000 6,000 400 400 1,200 600 1,000 400 4,000 200 400 1,000 400 $ 100, 000. 00 300, 000. 00 150, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 30, 000. 00 15, 000. 00 25, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 100, 000. 00 5,000.00 10, 000. 00 5, 400. 00 3, 000. 00 Total. 800 32,000 773, 400. 00 Form TS-1. (To be printed on sheet 81 by 11 inches.) 68 GENERAL ORDER NO. 59-A. Washington, May 23, 1919. Ordered that General Order No. 59, issued February 26, 1919, be, and the same is hereby, revoked and set aside. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 60. Washington, March H, 1919. General Orders Nos. 11 and 21 provide for the adoption of uni- versal interline waybilling. A standard form of waybill was pre- scribed in General Order No. 11, which it has now been considered advisable to amend. To further facilitate the movement of freight and promote economy in waybilling four forms of waybills are herein prescribed. They are to be used in waybilling. A. Single consignments. B. More than one consignment. C. Astray freight. D. Live stock. 1. Waybill form AC-506 (sample attached) shall be used for all single carload or less-than-carload consignments, whether local or interline; provided, however, that a single waybill may be made to cover a special train moving at a lump-sum charge for the train or for shipments which, on account of their length, require more than one car. The size of this waybill shall be 8J by 11 inches, but for special classes of traffic requiring a larger waybill the form may be 8£ by 22 inches. This waybill must be printed on paper equal to 60-pound (or heavier) No. 1 manila, 24 by 36. 2. Waybill form AC-507 (sample attached) shall be used in cases where blanket waybilling of more than one consignment of less-than- carload freight, whether local or interline, is desirable or necessary to promote economy or efficiency. The size of this waybill shall be 8£ by 11 inches, but for special classes of traffic requiring a larger way- bill theform may be 8£ by 22 inches. This waybill must be printed on paper equal to 40-pound (or heavier) No. 1 manila, 24 by 36. 3. An astray freight waybill form AC-508 (sample attached) is prescribed for waybilling astray freight. The size of this waybill shall be 8£ by 11 inches, and it must be printed on paper equal to 40-pound (or heavier) No. 1 manila, 24 by 36. 4. Waybill form AC-509 (sample attached) is prescribed for- waybilling carload consignments of live stock when special stub is required at destination stockyards. The size of this waybill shall be 8£ by 11 inches, to be printed in two parts ; the additional part is for the use of destination agents at live-stock centers in collect- 69 ing transportation charges. It must be printed on paper equal to 60-pound (or heavier) No. 1 manila, 24 by 36. 5. Necessary copies of waybills may be made on forms similar to the waybills or on plain paper; in either case the copy shall be on paper lighter in weight than the original; 6i All waybills must be prepared with typewriter, pen and ink, or indelible pencil. 7. The practices and blanks used by carriers in preparing under- lying forms at the time of making the waybill shall be adjusted to meet the arrangement and requirements of the waybill forms herein prescribed. 8. At each point where freight is transferred from one car into another, the agent making the transfer shall appropriately stamp or indorse the waybill as follows : Transferred to At North and South E. K. [Stamp, if used, must be 11 inches by i inch.] 9. Paster scale tickets, if used, to indicate weight, shall not be larger than 2 inches by 4 inches, and shall show length of the car, capacity of the car, stenciled weight of the car, and any other data considered necessary. Such tickets shall be pasted on the face of the waybill in the space below the line provided for the shipper's name and above the revenue columns. 10. The use of these waybill forms shall be inaugurated by each 'carrier under Federal control not later than June 1, 1919, but where the stock of the forms heretofore used becomes depleted or exhausted, or it is otherwise practicable or economical to begin earlier the use of the forms herein prescribed, carriers shall forthwith utilize them. The use of astray freight waybill forms shall be inaugurated as early as possible, and in no case later than June 1, 1919. 11. In the event that stocks of waybills of the old forms are on hand and can not be conveniently used prior to June 1, 1919, such waybill forms shall be used after that date in waybilling local less- than-carload shipments until the supply thereof is exhausted. 12. Proper weight for the assessing of freight charges must be shown on waybills. In cases where an authorized weight or rail- road track scale weight of a carload shipment is not known at time of making waybill, and it is desired to complete waybill by using an estimated weight, 110 per cent of marked car capacity should be used, showing thereon " 110% of capacity." In all such cases the waybill must indicate in proper space the point where car is to be weighed. 13. Nothing herein contained shall be considered as requiring the discontinuance of the so-called mani-bill, uni-bill, or the consolidated 70 billing and abstracting plan. These forms of billing when they are economical and efficient in their operation may, until further advised,, be continued in use for less-than-carload local traffic. Walker D. Hikes, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 61. Washington, March 15, 1919. The Committee on Transportation, American Railway^Association, having, at the request of the Director General, submitted a report in connection with the Federal statute " To save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States," which became effective at 2 a. m., Sunday, March 31, 1918, the following instructions, based on such report, are hereby issued : First, (a) At 2 a. m., Sunday, MaFch 30, 1919, and on the last Sunday in March of each year thereafter, all clocks and watches in train dispatchers' offices, and in all other offices open at that time, must be advanced one hour, to indicate 3 a. m. (b) At 2 a. m. of the last Sunday in October of each year all clocks and watches in train dispatchers' offices, and in all other offices open at that time, must be turned back one hour, to indicate 1 a. m., and regular trains must be held to conform to schedules after change in time. Employees in every open office must as soon as the change has been made compare time with the train dispatcher. Clocks and watches in all offices at the first opening, at or after the time the change be- comes effective, must be advanced (in March) or turned back (in October) to conform to the new standard time, and employees, be- fore assuming duties in such offices, must, after the change is made, compare time with the train dispatcher. Second. Each railroad will issue necessary instructions and arrange for such supervision and check of the watches of its employees as to insure that they have been properly changed to conform to the new standard time. Third. Owing to the varying conditions which will prevail on the railroads of the United States, it is not advisable to issue a uniform rule or ordeiNto cover the details involved in the movement of trains at the period the change in standard time becomes effective. 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HAS 36-HOUR REQUEST BEEN SIGNED AND FILED AT POINT OF ORIGIN? (YES OR No) NUMBER OF HEAD AND DESCRIPTION OF STOCK Note— Ordinary Live Stock Unless Otherwise Specified ESTDN&TTDdDM UVE-STP 1(0) WOT lETMi FEEDING AND REST RECORD WEIGHT TRANSFERRED TO AT TRANSFERRED TO AT DATE WAYBILL NO. FROM- (STATION) (STATE) SHIPPER (Show Original Point of Shipment When Rebilled) Length of Car Ordered Ft. In. INDICATE BY SYMBOL IN COLUMN PROVIDED HOW WEIGHTS WERE OB- TAINED. R— Railroad Scale. A— Weighing Bureau or Agreement. T— Tariff, Classifica- tion or Minimum. S— Shipper's Agreement or Tested Weight. E— Estimated (weigh and Correct). Attendant in Charge (yes or no) Govt. Cert. Attd. No.- WEIQHED AT. GROSS TARE ALLOWANCE NET HOW WOT. OBTAINED RATE FREIGHT ADVANCES PREPAID unload: . j r ;o ;D reloading record Dead & feed date TIME .Crippled count Remove.! AMT - 1 KINP PRICE CWT. OR BU. TOTAL (For Destination Agents Use Only) Size Six II Form no.. (to be inserted) General Order 60— D 178857°— 20. (To fjce p. 70.) No. 44. YARD 8TAMP8 MUST BE SHOWN ON BACK OF THIS WAYBILL NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD Standard Form No. A, 0. S09 Approved; 0. A. Pr6uty LIVE STOCK United States Railroad Administration Director General of Railroads NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD LIVE-STOCK WAYBILL STOP THIS CAR AT FOR GROSS WEIGHT OF CAR AND CONTENTS FOR ENGINE RATING CAR INITIAL AND NUMBER TRANSFERRED TO AT ROUTE (Show Each Junction and Carrier in Route Order) TO— (STATION) (STATE) CONSIGNEE AND ADDRESS (Show Final Destination When Beyond) TIME LOADED - M. DATE HAS 36-HOUR REQUEST BEEN SIGNED AND FILED AT POINT OF ORIGIN? (YES OR No) NUMBER OF HEAD AND DESCRIPTION OF STOCK Note— Ordinary Live Stock Unless Otherwise Specified WEIGHT FEEDING AND REST RECORD TRANSFERRED TO AT TRANSFERRED TO DATE WAYBILL NO. FROM— (STATION) (STATE) SHIPPER (Show Original Point of Shipment When Rebilled) Length of Car Ordered Ft. In. INDICATE BY SYMBOL IN COLUMN PROVIDED HOW WEIGHTS WERE OB- TAINED. R— Railroad Scale. A— Weighing Bureau or Agreement. T— Tariff, Clasbifi ca- tion or Minimum. S— Shipper-s Agreement or Tested Weight. E— Estimated (Weigh and Correct). Attendant in Charge (yes or no) Govt. Cert. Attd. No.- WEIGHED AT . GROSS TARE ALLOWANCE NET HOW WQT. OBTAINED RATE FREIGHT ADVANCES PREPAID UNLOADING RECORD DATE TIME COUNT RELOADING RECORD TIME COUNT Dead It Crippled Removed PRICE CWT. OR BU. TOTAL (For Destination Agents Use Only) Size 34 x i I Form No -, (to be inserted) General Order 60— D 178857°— 20. (To face p. 70.) I'.o. 4a. YARD STAMPS MUST BE SHOWN ON BACK OF THIS WAYBILL NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD standard form no. a. c. 609 Approved: C. A. Prouty 71 provide standard time for the United States," shall be repealed or amended in such way that this order will become inconsistent there- with. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 62. Washington, September 10, 1919. On each and every railroad or other system of transportation under Federal control and operated by the Director General of Rail- roads an inventory shall be taken during the month of November or December, 1919, by actual count, measurement, weight, etc., of all new, second-hand, and scrap materials and supplies received and on band, whether in material stock or charged out to any other accounts, and such inventory shall be adjusted by additions and deductions to midnight of December 31, 1919. In general, the inventory methods described in rules for store department operation, which have been distributed by the Division of Purchases, should be followed. Care should be taken, however, to see that all unapplied material on hand is included in the inventory. In those cases where weather condi- tions require the inventory being taken earlier than the date named, such inventory shall be taken during the month of October, 1919, in the manner prescribed above and adjusted by additions and de- ductions to midnight of December 31, 1919. After adjustment, the inventory shall be summarized, on the form annexed hereto, exhibit B, to show the total quantity of each item of material and supplies on hand, arranged in the order and accord- ing to the United States Eailroad Administration standard material classification, except that a road may use such other classification as may on application be approved by the Division of Purchases. The Hnits on this summary should be in the same order as, and compara- ble with, the summary of inventory taken as of December 31, 1917. The quantities as of December 31, 1917, as taken from the sum- mary of that inventory, should be shown in the proper column and the difference between the two inventories indicated in space pro- vided on blank. The inventory and summary shall be sent to the Director of the Division of Accounting. Copies thereof shall be furnished to the corporation if it desires. The materials and supplies listed on the inventory of December 31, 1917, shall be summarized on form annexed hereto, exhibit A, so as to show the total quantity of each item of material on hand, ar- ranged in the order prescribed in the United States Eailroad Admin- istration standard material classification, and forwarded with the 72 said inventory to the Director of Accounting not later than October 15, 1919. A road may use such other classification as may on appli- cation be approved by the Division of Purchases. Copies of the summary shall be furnished to the interested corporation if it desires. A separate statement of materials and supplies which have been shipped prior to December 31, 1919, but not received and taken into stock on hand as of midnight of that date, shall be listed with suf- ficent reference to purchase orders for identification and the lists sent to the Director of the Division of Accounting. Inasmuch as such materials and supplies will reach destination after midnight of December 31, 1919, they should not be included in the inventory herein provided for. Before inventories and summaries are sent to the Director of the Division of Accounting they should be bound in convenient sized books by using substantial backs, and each book plainly marked. They should be securely boxed and marked " Director Division of Accounting, United States Eailroad Administration, Washington, D. C, Inventory of Railroad." Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. EXHIBIT A. summary of inventoby matemals and supplies as of december 31, 1917, on Railroad. Inventory sheet number. Description. State whether new, second- hand, or scrap. Unit. Quantity. -li" • Size: 8i by 14 inches. 73 CO I-Hf Pi H U a Q o o g| * -s< - 2 os (5 «P5 « H B S H m O a o S h-t ft O s ■< >> 1 A I 3 li *l o It ^ t gg B o Is 3<1 1) 8* £ fl s ° 11 ' i §5 si 4* 9 »H F OS 3 ' ' . t t». OS 2 - CO Efc <0 w° s .S > / a eft n 1-1 OS EOn £ 5 ** Hfe w° > - „_ V > On dfl) i-H t>> - VH ^3eo *?" 1° §0 ' ^ s; <§§> tx . *S 2' ^ 9S ' . ■+J ■a rt & ' is i (i sis & ° W JO" 1 ^ " e="-2" « e S d 08 t0"j3 pi o * & ■c eo w 1 ft ' M o g p. CJ £+* 1 ' fl* 1 JO 1 CO 74 GENERAL ORDER NO. 6£-A. Washington, December 26, 1919. The material inventory required by General Order No. 62 shall be taken as of February 29, 1920, instead of during the month of October, November, or December, 1919. Eoads which have already taken an inventory in October, November, or December, 1919, under General Order No. 62 will be permited to adjust such inventory by addition of receipts and deduction of issues of material to February 29, 1920, when in the judgment of the Federal manager accurate results may thus be obtained. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 63. Washington, November 20, 1919. instructions covering the apportionment of revenues from inter- line passenger traffic, the rendering of reports by ticket agents, and accounting incident thereto. Effective December 1, 1919, it is proposed to reestablish the prac- tices of carriers in rendering reports by ticket agents, the accounting incident thereto, and the apportionment between carriers of revenue from interline passenger traffic that were in effect at December 31, 1917. To the end that these changes may be put into effect the fol- lowing instructions shall be observed : 1. Effective December 1, 1919, the provisions of General Order No. 20, in so far as they relate to passenger accounts, are hereby can- celed. 2. Effective with the business on and after December 1, 1919, Gen- eral Order No. 32 and Accounting Circulars Nos. 12, 12-A, and 106 are hereby canceled. On and after that date all bases and practices in effect December 31, 1917, as published in the Official Digest of Passenger Fares and Divisions, circulars issued by the various terri- torial passenger associations, division circulars issued by individual carriers in effect December 31, 1917, and the recommendations of the Railway Accounting Officers' Association, as published in 1917 synopsis and as subsequently amended, shall govern the division and apportionment of interline passenger revenue, excess baggage col- lections, and other analogous revenues derived from interline pas- senger service between roads under Federal control. 3. The preparation of division slips on a revenue basis shall be started at once in order to facilitate the work of making apportion- 75 ments for the month of December, 1919, and to permit reports to carriers to be rendered not later than the last day of the succeeding month. 4. Adjustments made in the accounts for December, 1919, and sub- sequent months covering tickets sold prior to December, 1919, and settled on " passengers carried 1 mile " basis shall be made by ap- plying the average revenue per passenger per mile that was used by the issuing carrier in the apportionment of interline ticket sales for November, 1919. 5. Adjustments made in the accounts for December, 1919, and sub- sequent months on account of excess baggage collections prior to December, 1919, that were apportioned on a mileage basis shall be made by applying the average revenue per mile that was used by the issuing carrier in the apportionment of interline excess baggage col- lections for November, 1919. 6. In rendering reports of interline passenger traffic, carriers shall use the forms prescribed by the Railway Accounting Officers Associa- tion as published in 1917 synopsis and as subsequently amended. 7. Claims, shall not be rendered nor adjustments made for errors developed in interline passenger traffic reports for the period of Fed- eral control, but errors shall be brought to the attention of the initial carrier. Tracers for unreported tickets shall be rendered and ad- justed and revenues allocated by each carrier in accordance with the practice in effect at the beginning of Federal control. 8. Effective December 1, 1919, General Order No. 49 and Account- ing Circulars Nos. 42 and 43 are hereby canceled. The use of the forms and the application of the methods set forth therein are, however, left to the discretion of the individual carrier, except that the present uniform forms and methods shall be continued at the consolidated ticket offices and union stations. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 64. Washington, November 20, 1919. INSTRUCTIONS COVERING INTERLINE WATBILLING OF FREIGHT AND ACCOUNTING FOR FREIGHT CHARGES. [Paragraphs 2, 7 (6), 9, 10, 12, and 13 revised.] In order that the freight revenues at the end of Federal control may be stated and allocated between the Director General and the corporation in a manner comparable with the stating and allocating 76 of freight revenues at the beginning of Federal control, General Orders Nos. 11 and 21 are hereby canceled, and the following in- structions are made applicable to the waybilling of freight on and after December 1, 1919, and the apportionment and settlement of freight revenues thereon : 1. The waybill forms and the methods of waybilling described in General Order No. 60 shall be continued. 2. Interline waybills shall be made for all freight moving on joint through rates except as limited by the restrictions contained in Accounting Circular No. 38. Freight moving on combination rates shall be waybilled to the junction pcfint at which the rate breaks. Arrangements for waybilling through on combination rates, if in . effect prior to Federal control, may be restored if now considered desirable. An exception to the above rule is made in case of ship- ments moving under commodity rates in combination when an arbi- trary increase has been authorized applying to the through charges, as outlined in Agent Eugene Morris Freight Tariff No. 228, 1. C. C. No. U. S. 1. Shipments moving on basis of rule in this tariff or similar rule, published in individual lines' tariffs, shall be way- billed through to final destination, and total charges, including arbitrary, allocated to interested carriers through interline account on rate pro rate. If one or more factors of the combination rates used are through or proportional rates covering movement over more than one line, established divisions shall be used for such factor if available ; otherwise a mileage pro rate shall be applied to such factor as provided by section 7 (c). 3. Complete routing must be shown on each waybill, when made, in the space provided therefor. Each forwarding junction agent must stamp each waybill in the space provided therefor' and in the order there shown. Such stamps must show the name of the for- warding carrier, the date, and the junction station. To illustrate : North & South E. R. Date._ Jamestown, N. Y. [Stamp must not exceed size 1 by 1J inches.] 4. Waybills for carload freight must move with the cars ; waybills for less carload freight must move with the cars when practicable ; otherwise they shall be mailed in accordance with the requirements of each carrier to junction, transfer, break-bulk, or destination station. When waybills for a solid car of less carload freight are mailed, a separate waybill for the car movement must be made on 77 standard form, in duplicate, showing destination and complete routing, and bear notation: "Merchandise car, Waybills mailed to " The original car movement waybill shall accompany the car, the duplicate shall be placed on top of the revenue waybills, all securely fastened together and mailed as outlined above. Agents receiving merchandise waybills without car shall take immediate action to locate car and iorward waybills in accordance with the information obtained, and connecting carrier's requirements to junction, transfer, break-bulk, or destination station. Single waybills which become separated from the freight shall be promptly mailed to destination. Forwarding junction agents must stamp car movement waybills in the manner provided in paragraph 3. 5. When miscellaneous charges of any character collectible from consignee accrue in transit, they shall be covered by "Advances only " waybills, which shall clearly describe the services for which the charges are made. Such waybills and regular waybills shall be cross referenced to each other, and the amount and character of the charges shall be noted as information on the regular waybill in the lading column; the "Advance only" waybill shall be securely at- tached to and move with the regular waybill when possible. 6. All waybills shall be stamped as of the date of arrival of freight at each junction. Settling carriers in preparing interline accounts shall make separate abstracts for all waybills dated prior to January 1, 1920, and shall show, immediately under each waybill entry, the name of junction through which shipment passed and the date such shipment reached each junction, as indicated by stamps on waybill. Separate division statements and interline summaries need not be made for waybills dated prior to January 1, 1920. The total of ab- stracts covering such waybills should be included on division state- ments with total of abstracts covering waybills dated subsequent to that date. Interline accounts shall be analyzed in audit offices, and revenues from less carload freight that would have been rebilled or settled in junction settlement accounts under practices in effect in December, 1917, and which arrived at junction stations before mid- night December 31, 1919, shall be allocated to Federal account. There shall also be allocated to Federal account the revenues on all carload freight which arrive at junction stations before midnight December 31, 1919, provided such an allocation was made as of December 31, 1917. 78 7. In apportioning revenues between carriers the following shall be observed: (a) When joint through rates and agreed published divisions or per cents are in effect, such divisions or per cents shall be used. (5) When joint through rates are applied, for which divisions or per cents have not been arranged by interested carriers, the revenue shall be apportioned on the basis of a rate pro rate, the first-class rates in effect December 1, 1919, being used as factors. (c) When freight is moved via routes not authorized by tariffs, all revenue shall be apportioned between carriers on basis of actual mile- age, allowing to originating and destination carriers an additional 20 miles each, recognizing established arbitraries. 8. Destination carriers shall completely revise waybills as to rates, classifications, extensions, footings, weights, etc., thus insuring cor- rectness of the revenues based on tariffs applicable, and they shall account to interested carriers for their respective proportions of such revenues in the manner herein prescribed. If flagrant or continued errors are observed by destination carriers the attention of way- billing carriers must be called thereto. Waybill correction notices shall not be issued to waybilling carriers unless advances or prepaid charges are involved. 9. All waybills dated prior to December 1, 1919, which are in- cluded in settlement for December, 1919, or subsequent months, shall be subject to the provisions of this order. Waybills for freight in transit on December 1, 1919, moving on combination rates shall be suppressed at the first junction reached after midnight of November 30, 1919, at which the rate breaks and the freight delivered to con- necting line on junction transfer. The revenue on such waybills which have accompanied shipments to destination or to junction stations where they were suppressed shall, if divisions are not avail- able, be apportioned on the basis of road to road per cents. 10. Accounting Circular No. 85, dated April 5, 1919, is hereby canceled, and effective with accounts for December, 1919, the plan of audit office interline freight settlement prescribed in 1917 synopsis of the Railway Accounting Officers' Association shall govern, except as hereinafter provided. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Where corrections are made on waybills, correction notices shall not be issued unless advances or prepaid charges are involved. (i) The correction minimum between carriers shall be $1 instead of 25 cents. (c) The settling carrier shall retain original abstracts and divi- sion statements, sending first carbon copy to waybilling carrier and legible copies to each intermediate carrier, in time to reach them not later than the 18th of the succeeding month. 79 (d) Tracing for unreported waybills by intermediate carriers shall be limited to carriers whose methods of accruing revenue make such action necessary. (e) For all carload shipments, car initials and numbers shall be shown on the interline abstracts ; if transferred en route, the ex-car initials and number shall also be shown. (/) The forms prescribed in Accounting Circular No. 85, adapted to the requirements of the plan, shall be used. 11. Interline freight accounts shall be audited, records shall be checked to establish unreported waybills; abstracts shall be checked against division statements; arithmetical calculations and bases of apportionment, including arbitraries, shall be verified. 12. Junction settlements shall be made periodically on gross or net basis in accordance with practices in effect December 31, 1917. Such settlements shall be effected through the accounting depart- ment, as provided for by General Order No. 30. 13. General Order No. 55 and Accounting Circular No. 76 are hereby canceled. Effective with overcharge and agency relief claims paid or settled on or after December 1, 1919, apportionment between carriers shall be made in accordance with the rules of the Railway Accounting Officers Association, published in the thirty-fifth report. For the purpose of settling claims arising during Federal control, road to road per cents will be considered to be agreed divisions. 14. Interest payments shall be apportioned between carriers on the same basis as the overcharges. 15. This general order shall not be construed as affecting the re- lations between the public and the carriers. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 64. Washington, December 30, 1919. INSTRUCTIONS covering interline watbilling of freight and ac- counting FOR FREIGHT CHARGES. Section 7 (&) of General Order No. 64 will be corrected to read as follows: (&) Where joint through rates are applied,, for which divisions or per cents have not been arranged by interested carriers, the reve- nue shall be apportioned on the following bases until other divisions can be arranged by mutual agreement of the interested carriers: (1) Where joint through rates were in effect in December, 1917, but have since been increased or otherwise modified, the revenue 80 shall be apportioned on the basis effective in December, 1917, per cents to be used when divisions are so stated, otherwise the propor- tion for each carrier being increased or modified in proportion to the change in the joint through rates. (2) Where joint through rates are now in effect and none was ef- fective in December, 1917, the revenue shall be apportioned on basis of a rate pro rate, using first-lass rates in effect December 1, 1919, as factors. (If due to insufficient accounting forces, it is not found to be possible to make apportionment of revenue for December, 1919, on the basis prescribed in this paragraph, road to road per cents may be used. It is not desired that December accounts be delayed.) Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 64. Washington, December SI, 1919. INSTRUCTIONS COVERING INTERLINE WAYBILLING OF FREIGHT AND AC- COUNTING FOE FREIGHT CHARGES. Paragraph 6 of General Order No. 64 is amended to read: Beginning February 1, 1920, all waybills shall be stamped as of the date of arrival of freight at each junction. Settling carriers in preparing interline accounts for March, 1920, and subsequent months shall make separate abstracts for all waybills dated prior to March 1, 1920, and shall show, immediately under each waybill entry, the name of junction through which shipment passed and the date such shipment reached each junction, as indicated by stamps on waybill. Separate division statements and interline summaries need not be made for waybills dated prior to March 1, 1920. The total of ab- stracts covering such waybills should be included on division state- ments with total of abstracts covering waybills dated subsequent to that date. Interline accounts shall be analyzed in audit offices, and revenues from less carload freight that would have been rebilled or settled in junction settlement accounts under practices in effect in December, 1917, and which arrived at junction stations before mid- night February 29, 1920, shall be allocated to Federal account. There shall also be allocated to Federal account the revenues on all carload freight which arrive at junction stations before midnight' February 29, 1920, provided such an allocation was made as of De- cember 31, 1917. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 81 GENERAL ORDER NO. 65. Washington, December 10, 1919. Grievances affecting employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in national agreements which have been, or may be, made between the United States Railroad Administration and employees' organizations will be handled as follows : (a) Grievances on railroads not having agreements with em- ployees, which grievances occurred prior to the effective date of any national agreement, will be handled by railroad officials in the usual manner with the committees and officials of the organizations af- fected, for final reference to the Director of Labor as provided in Circular No. 3 of the Division of Labor. Grievances on railroads having agreements with employees, which grievances occurred prior to the effective date of any national agreement, will be handled by railroad officials in the usual manner with the committees and officials of the organizations with which the agreement was made, for final reference to Railway Boards of Adjustment, as provided in general orders creating such ..Boards. Decisions made, as the result of such reference will apply to the period antedating the effective date of such national agreement and from the effective date of that agree- ment will be subject to any changes that are brought about by the national agreement. (b) Grievances which occurred on the effective date of any na- tional agreement, and subsequent thereto, will be handled by the committees of the organizations signatory to such national agree- ment, for final reference to the appropriate Railway Board of Ad- justment, except on roads where other organizations of employees have an agreement with the management for the same class of em- ployees, in which case grievances will be handled under that agree- ment by the committees of the organization which holds the agree- ment, for final reference to the Director of Labor as provided in Circular No. 3 of the Division of Labor. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 66. Washington, February %£, 1920. To provide accounting procedure incident to the termination of Federal control and to reestablish as of the end of Federal control the instructions relative to allocation of revenues and expenses as between the United States Railroad Administration and the corpora- 178857°— 20 6 82 tions, applied as of the beginning of Federal control, it is ordered that the following regulations be observed in accounting for trans- actions relating to the Federal control of transportation systems: 1. BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS. The separate books of account, such as the Federal treasurer's cash book, the general and the necessary subsidiary ledgers and jour- nals, and all supporting books and records relating thereto, upon which are recorded transactions incident to Federal control and which have been designated as " Federal books," shall be continued in use after February 1 29, 1920, for the purpose of recording therein Federal control transactions after the period of Federal operation ceases and until further ordered. Transactions arising out of oper- ations subsequent to February 29, 1920, shall not be entered on the Federal books, but should be entered on the corporate books; like- wise all transactions not previously accounted for either on the Federal or corporate books relating to the period prior to Federal control should be entered on the corporate books and shall be omitted from the Federal books. 2. cash. (a) The Federal treasurer's cash book, in which is recorded the balance of cash on hand February 29, 192Q, shall be continued in use after that date until further ordered, and all Federal control cash transactions arising after the end of Federal control shall be entered in such cash book in accordance with instructions here fol- lowing. (5) The total of the amount of cash, if any, transferred to the cor- poration from the cash in the hands of the Federal treasurer in accordance with General Order No. 68 shall be charged on the Fed- eral books to a deferred asset account styled "(Name of corporar tion) — Federal cash February 29, 1920." The amount of such cash transferred should be entered in the corporate cash book, and on the corporate general books should be debited to the appropriate ac- count or accounts and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government— Federal cash, February 29, 1920." (c) The balance in the account appearing on the Federal books representing cash in transit applicable to accounts for the period prior to March 1, 1920, shall be charged on such books to a current asset account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal cash in tran- sit, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books corresponding entry should be made, debiting the appropriate account or accounts and crediting a current liability account styled " TJ. S. Government — Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." When such cash is 83 received by the corporation it shall be paid over daily into the Fed- eral cash account and entered on the Federal books as a credit to the account styles "(Name of corporation )— Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books corresponding entry should be made debiting the account " U. S. Government — Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." (d) When cash is realized from assets of the Director General the amount thereof shall be credited through the Federal cash book to the proper accounts. This refers to assets recorded as of February 29, 1920, and those subsequently recorded on the Federal books. This cash shall not be entered on the corporate books in any manner, except as provided in 2 (c), 2 (/), and section 7. (e) All authorized payments of liabilities of the Director General made out of Federal cash shall be charged on the Federal cash book to the proper accounts. Such payment should not be entered on the corporate books in any manner, except as provided in section 7. (/) On and after March 1, 1920, all remittances (except those deposited in the Federal cash and accounted for as applicable to the agents' and conductors' accounts for February, 1920) received from agents and conductors shall, in the first instance, be entered in the corporate cash book and credited to the appropriate accounts on the corporate general books. To the extent that items standing in the account " Agents' and conductors' balances " as of February 29, 1920, are included in such remittances, the amount shall be reported to the accounting department and the aggregate paid over daily into the Federal cash. Such payments should be charged on the cor- porate books to the account " U. S. Government — Agents' and conduc- tors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the Federal books the payments shall be charged to " Cash " and credited to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." This method of daily settlements shall apply to agents' and conductors' unremitted cash on hand at midnight February 29, 1920, and to all collections made by agents and con- ductors during the month of March, 1920, applicable to balances of February 29, 1920. The balance in the account "(Name of cor- poration) — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," after such collections have been credited thereto shall be treated as an open account, includible on quarterly settlement Form AC-510. 3. agents' and conductors' balances. (a) The total of the accounts representing amounts carried as due from agents and conductors appearing on the Federal books as of February 29, 1920, shall be transferred to the corporate books and debited on the Federal books to an account styled "(Name of 84 corporation)— Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such balances should be debited to the appropriate account or accounts and cred- ited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Governments Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." (&) Any portion of the balance in the account representing agents' and conductors' balances at December 31, 1917, credited on the Federal books to the account "(Name of corporation)— Agents' and conductors' balances, December 31, 1917," which was subse- quently transferred from the agents' and conductors' accounts to accounts receivable, or other asset or liability accounts, other than those prefixed with the name of the corporation, or is in the balances carried to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents' and con- ductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," and is uncollected as of February 29, 1920, shall also be transferred on the Federal books to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents' and conduc- tors' balances, December 31, 1917." On the corporate books the amount should be debited to the appropriate accounts and credited to the account "U. S. Government— Agents' and conductors' bal- ances, December 31, 1917." (c) If amounts representing advances and prepaid charges on waybills outstanding December 31, 1917, were transferred to the Federal books, the balances in the advances and prepaid accounts shall be transferred to the corporate books, and on the Federal books included in the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount should be carried to the proper account or accounts and should be included in the account " U. S. Gov- ernment — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." If amounts of advances and prepaid charges on waybills dated prior to January 1, 1918, transferred from the corporate 1 to the Federal books and included in the account "(Name of corpora- tion) — Agents' and conductors' balances, December 31, 1917," are outstanding as of February 29, 1920, the amounts thereof shall on the Federal books be transferred from the aecount "(Name of cor- poration) — Agents' and. conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents' and con- ductors' balances, December 31, 1917." On the corporate' books such amounts should be transferred from the account "U. S. Gov- ernment — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," to the account " U. S. Government — Agents' and conductors' balances, December 31, 1917." The amounts to be transferred to the account "(Name of corporation)— Agents' and conductors' bal- 85 ances, December 31, 1917," provided in paragraphs (5) and (c) of this section shall be reported on Form AC-510 as for the first quarter of 1918. (d) In the event that amounts included in the account "U. S. Government — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," set up on the corporate books as provided in paragraph 3 (a) hereof are later found to be chargeable to such accounts as " Material and supplies," "Additions and betterments," " Individuals and companies," or other accounts on or properly includible on the Federal books, entry should be made on the corporate books charging the account " U. S. Government — Agents' and conductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," crediting the amount thereof to agents' and conductors' accounts. On the Federal books an entry covering such items shall be made charging the appropriate account or accounts and crediting the account " (Name of corporation)— Agents' and con- ductors' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." Amounts relating to material and supplies shall be, on the Federal books, charged to the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920," instead of to " Material and supplies." An addi- tional entry on the corporate books should be made in respect to the amounts chargeable to " Material and supplies " account, debiting " Material and supplies " account and crediting " U. S. Government — Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920." 4. MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES. (a) The total of the account " Material and supplies," appearing on the Federal books as of February 29, 1920, shall be transferred to the corporate books and debited to a deferred asset account on the Federal books styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such balance should be charged to the appropriate account and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Govern- ment — Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920." (&-) All material and supplies received prior to March 1, 1920, shall be accounted for in the Federal books. All invoices for such material and supplies referred to in the previous sentence as are vouchered after the close of the accounts for the month of February, 1920, shall be covered by Federal form of vouchers and the cost of all such mate- rial and supplies shall be added to the account "(Name of corpora- tion)— Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such vouchers should be charged to appropriate account for material and supplies and credited to the account "IT. S. Government — Federal material and supplies, Feb- ruary 29, 1920." 86 (c) Amounts paid prior to March 1, 1920, for material and sup- plies not received at midnight February 29, 1920, shall not be included on the Federal books in the account representing stock of material and supplies or in the account "(Name of corporation)— Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920." Neither shall material represented thereby be included in the inventory taken in accordance with the provisions of General Order No. ,62. Such amounts shall instead be charged on the Federal books to an appro- priate deferred asset account. When the material and supplies therefor are received, or used by the corporation, the amounts shall, on the Federal books, be charged to the corporation through a deferred asset account styled " (Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected," and should, on the corporate books, be charged to the appropriate account and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government-Federal assets collected." (d) Material and supplies ordered prior to March 1, 1920, received and paid for by the corporation subsequent to February 29, 1920, shall not be entered in the Federal accounts in any manner. 5. OTHER ACCOUNTS TRANSFERRED. (a) In addition to the asset accounts above specified, there shall be likewise transferred to the corporate books other asset accounts of the Federal administration similar to those sundry asset accounts which were taken over on the Federal books in the separation of accounts at the beginning of Federal control or subsequent thereto. The items here referred to are such as : Insurance premiums paid in advance, taxes paid in advance. Additional items of miscellaneous assets (for example, material loaned or leased) or liabilities should be similarly transferred as may be mutually agreed upon. Subsequent to February 29,. 1920, cash vouchers should not be made for reimbursement of working funds expended during Feb- ruary, 1920, and previous months, but if such expenditures are approved the amounts thereof shall, on the Federal books, be charged to the appropriate accounts and credited to the working-fund ac- count. It is suggested that the corporation take over the balance of cash in working funds by paying the aggregate amount therepf into the Federal cash. Hospital and other funds for which the railroad is custodian shall be disposed of in accordance with General Order No. 68. If during the period of Federal operations amounts representing overcharge freight claims paid out of Federal funds, affecting traffic, the revenues ' from which were included in corporation revenue or credited to it as lap-over revenue on the Federal books, or amounts 87 representing loss and damage claims paid out of Federal funds chargeable to the period prior to Federal control, were carried on the Federal books in suspense accounts pending adjustment thereof with other carrier corporations, or pending receipt of additional information wherewith to dispose of the amounts carried, and such amounts are carried in suspense account as of February 29, 1920, they shall be charged to the corporation. Such amounts shall on the Federal books be charged to the account "(Name of corporation) — Corporate transactions " and on the corporate books should be charged to an appropriate suspense account and credited to the ac- count " U. S. Government — Corporate transactions." (b) The value of mileage scrip introduced during Federal control, sold on or prior to February 29, 1920, and honored subsequently, shall be credited on the Federal books to the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal mileage scrip " and entry should be made on the corporate books charging " U. S. Government — Federal mile- age scrip." Such scrip collection should not be destroyed until the account has been audited by administration accountants, or unless permission is obtained from the Comptroller t>f the Railroad Ad- ministration. If in the establishment of accounts at the beginning of Federal control the mileage liability on. the corporate books was made subject to an equitable adjustment when it appeared that no further mileage would be presented, a similar arrangement will be made as to the balance on the Federal books as of February 29, 1920. 6. ALLOCATION OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a) Railway operating revenues and taxes shall be allocated to the period of Federal and corporate operations in accordance with the provisions of the standard agreement. (b) Railway operating expenses, reparation, and other claims, hire of equipment and joint facility rents, and any other accounts, except as provided in paragraph (a), which constitute the basis of the standard return, shall be allocated with reference to the time when incurred as between the period of Federal control and the period prior and subsequent thereto. 7. RECORDING FEDERAL CONTROL TRANSACTIONS AND LAP-OVER REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a) There shall be entered currently after February 29, 1920, upon the Federal books referred to in section 1 hereof, record of all transactions arising out of Federal control. (6) Bills for accounts collectible and vouchers for accounts pay- able covering all transactions arising out of Federal operations shall 88 be prepared, respectively, on United States Railroad Administration bill and voucher forms, recorded in the appropriate Federal bill and voucher registers, and charged or credited on the Federal book? to the appropriate accounts. (c) It is desired that transactions arising out of Federal control should not be entered in the corporate books in any manner; like- wise it is desired that corporate transactions should not be included in the Federal accounts. However, it may be necessary in excep- tional cases, as in the case of interline freight and passenger trans- actions, to include Federal transactions in the corporate accounts or corporate transactions in the Federal accounts. In such cases the amounts due to or from the Federal management should be credited on the corporate books to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government — Federal assets collected " or debited to a deferred asset account styled " U. S. Government — Federal liabilities paid," as may be appropriate. In the Federal books such amounts shall be in- cluded, as may be appropriate, in a deferred liability account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal liabilities paid" or in a deferred asset account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets col- lected." The net amount of cash realized or paid in settlement of lap-over revenues and expenses of the Federal period should be ascertained and appropriate cash settlement made monthly. The amounts thereof shall be entered on the Federal cash books and shall be debited or credited as may be appropriate to the accounts "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected" or, "(Name of corpora- tion) — Federal liabilities paid." Corresponding contra-entries should be made on the corporate books. (d) If Federal revenue and expense items are reported and in- cluded in the revenue or expense accounts stated on the corporate books, as in the case. of interline freight accounts, such amounts shall be accumulated in monthly totals from the corporate book records and accounted for as follows : The total credit to the Federal income accounts should be charged on the corporate books to the appropriate primary revenue accounts and credited to the Federal management through the account " U. S. Government — Federal assets collected." On the Federal books the same amounts shall be charged to the corporation through the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected" and credited to the appropriate primary revenue account. The total debit to the Federal income accounts should be credited on the corporate books to the appropriate expense or other accounts and charged to the Federal management through the account " U. S. Government— Federal liabilities paid." 89 On the Federal books the same amounts shall be credited to the corporation through the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal liabilities paid" and charged to the primary operating expenses or other accounts. (e) In order to preserve the continuity of the income accounts and statistics of carriers, that such income accounts and statistics may be complete, and that there shall not be omitted therefrom amounts which would have been included in the appropriate ac- counts had there been no Federal control of railroads, at the end of each audit month the total of the amounts appearing on the Federal books charged and credited to the accounts forming the basis upon which the standard return was determined should be charged and credited on the corporate books to the appropriate primary revenue, expense, or income accounts and debited or credited to subaccounts of income accounts" Nos. 519 and 551, as the case may be, styled "Revenues Federal" or "Expenses Federal," as may be appropriate. No corresponding adjusting entry shall be made on the Federal books of the individual carriers. Such an entry will be made in Washington based on the aggregate totals of the monthly reports made in response to the provisions of Account- ing Circular No. 82. 8. MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REPORTS. Monthly and quarterly reports in accordance with provisions of Accounting Circulars Nos. 55 and 82 shall be rendered until the accounts on the Federal books are completely liquidated or ad- justed, or until otherwise ordered. The balances on the Federal books in all accounts prefixed with the name of the corporation authorized by this order shall be closed monthly to "Administration ledger control account" in accordance with Accounting Circular No. 82 and, except as to the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal material and supplies, February 29, 1920," shall be reported on Form AC-510, in accordance with Accounting Circular No. 55. 9. GENERAL. Where the property was taken over for Tederal operation at a date subsequent to December 31, 1917, the date as of which such property was taken over should be substituted for December 31, 1917, wherever mentioned in this order. The foregoing instructions shall not apply as to those lines of railroads in the United States under Federal operation at midnight February 29, 1920, that are operated thereafter as parts of a com- 90 mon carrier system or systems in countries adjacent to the United States, and whose treasurer and accounting officer and general accounts are located in those countries. In such cases special in- structions will be given by the comptroller. Inquiries as to the interpretation and application of the provisions of this order and the procedure to be observed under the require- ments shall be addressed to Mr. George H. Parker, comptroller. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 67. Washington, February 24, 1920. As it is necessary to provide accounting procedure incident to the termination of Federal control and to reestablish as of the end of Federal control, the instructions relative to allocation of revenues and expenses, as between the United States Railroad Administration and the corporations, applied as of the beginning of Federal' control, it is ordered that the following regulations be observed in accounting for transactions relating to the Federal control of carriers by water. 1. BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS. The separate books of account, such as the Federal treasurer's cash book, the general and the necessary subsidiary ledgers and jour- nals, and all supporting books and records relating thereto, upon which are recorded transactions incident to Federal control and which have been designated as " Federal books " shall be continued in use after February 29, 1920, for the purpose of recording therein Federal control transactions after the period of Federal operation ceases and until further ordered. Transactions arising out of operations subse- quent to February 29, 1920, shall not be entered on the Federal books, but should be entered on the corporate books ; likewise all transactions not previously accounted for either on the Federal or corporate books, relating to the period prior to Federal control, should be entered on the corporate b6oks and shall be omitted from the Federal books. 2. CASH. (a) The Federal treasurer's cash book, in which is recorded the balance of cash on hand February 29, 1920, shall be continued in use after that date until further ordered and all Federal control cash transactions arising after the end of Federal control shall be entered in such cash book in accordance with instructions here following. 91 (6) The total of the amount of cash, if any, transferred to the cor- poration from the cash in the hands of the Federal treasurer in ac- cordance with General Order No. 68, shall be charged on the Federal books to a deferred-asset account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal cash, February 29, 1920." The amount of such cash trans- ferred should be entered in the corporate cash book and on the cor- porate general books should be debited to the appropriate account or accounts and credited to a deferred liability account styled "U. S. Government — Federal cash, February 29, 1920." (c) The balance in the account appearing on the Federal books representing cash in transit applicable to accounts for the period prior to March 1, 1920, shall be charged on such books to a cur- rent asset account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books corresponding entry should be made, debiting the appropriate account or accounts and crediting a current liability account styled " U. S. Government — Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." When such cash is re- ceived by the corporation, it shall be paid over daily into the Federal cash account and entered on the Federal books as a credit to an ac- count styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal cash in transit, Feb- ruary 29, 1920." On the corporate books corresponding entry should be made debiting the account " IT. S. Government — Federal cash in transit, February 29, 1920." (d) When cash is realized from assets of the Director General, the amount thereof shall be credited through the Federal cash book to the proper accounts. This refers to assets recorded as of February 29, 1920, and those subsequently recorded on the Federal books. This cash shall not be entered on the corporate books in any manner except as provided in 2 (c)-2(/), and section 7. (e) All authorized payments of liabilities of the Director General made out of Federal cash shall be charged on the Federal cash book to the proper accounts. Such payments should not be entered on the corporate books in any manner except as provided in section 7. (/) On and after March 1, 1920, all remittances except those deposited in the Federal cash and accounted for as applicable to the agents', pursers', and stewards' accounts for February, 1920, received from agents, pursers, and stewards should, in the first instance, be entered in the corporate cash book and credited to the appropriate accounts on the corporate general books. To the extent that items standing in the account " Net balance due from agents, pursers, and stewards " as of February 29, 1920, are included in such remittances, the amounts shall be reported to the accounting department and the aggregate paid over daily into the Federal cash. Such payments should be charged on the corporate books to the account "U. S. 92 Government— Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the Federal books the payments shall be charged to cash and credited to the account (Name of corporation)— Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." This method of daily settlements shall apply to all collections made by agents, pursers, and stewards during the month of March, 1920, applicable to balances of February 29, 1920. The balance in the account "(Name of corporation)— Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," after such collections have been credited thereto shall be treated as an open account, includible on quarterly settlement Form AC-510. 3. agents', pursers', and stewards' balances. (a) The total of the accounts representing amounts carried as " Net balance due from agents, pursers, and stewards " appearing on the Federal books as of February 29, 1920, shall be transferred to the corporate books and debited on the Federal books to an account styled "(Name of corporation) — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances,, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such balances should be debited to the appropriate account or accounts, and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal February 29, 1920." (b) Any portion of the balance in the account representing the net balance due from agents, pursers, and stewards at December 31, 1917, credited on the Federal books to the account "(Name of cor- poration) — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917," which was subsequently transferred from the agents', pursers', and stewards' accounts to accounts receivable, or other asset or liability accounts, other than those prefixed with the name of the corporation, or is in the balances carried to the account " (Name of corporation) — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," and is uncollected as of February 29, 1920, shall also be trans- ferred on the Federal books to the account " (Name of corporation) — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917." On the corpo- rate books the amount shall be debited to the appropriate accounts and credited to the account "U. S. Government — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917." (c) If amounts representing advances and prepaid charges on waybills outstanding December 31, 1917, were transferred to the Federal books, the balances in the advances and prepaid charges accounts shall be transferred to the corporate books, and on the Federal books included in the account "(Name of corporation) — 93 Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount should be carried to the proper account or accounts, and should be included in the account " U. S. Government — Agents,' pursers', and stewards' balances, Fed- eral, February 29, 1920." If amounts of advances and prepaid charges on waybills dated prior to January 1, 1918, transferred from the corporate to the Fed- eral books and included in the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917," are outstanding as of February 29, 1920, the amounts thereof shall on the Federal books be transferred from the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917." On the corporate books such amounts should be transferred from the account "U. S. Govern- ment — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," to the account " U. S. Government — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917." The amounts to be transferred to the account "(Name of corporation) — Agents, pursers, and stewards, December 31, 1917," provided in paragraphs (6) and (c) of this sec- tion, shall be reported on Form AC— 510 as for the first quarter of 1918. (d) In the event that amounts included in the account "U. S. Government — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," set up on the corporate books as provided in paragraph 3 (a) hereof are later found to be chargeable to such accounts as "Materials and supplies," "Additions and betterments," "Individuals and companies," or other accounts on or properly includible on the Federal books, entry should be made on the corpo- rate books charging the account "U. S. Government — Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920," cred- iting the amount thereof to agents', pursers', and stewards' accounts. On the Federal books an entry covering such items shall be made charging the appropriate account or accounts, and crediting the account "(Name of corporation) — : Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances, Federal, February 29, 1920." Amounts relating to mate- rials and supplies shall be, on the Federal books, charged to the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920," instead of to "Materials and supplies." An . additional entry on the corporate books should be made in respect to the amounts chargeable to " Materials and supplies " account, debit- ing " Materials and supplies " account and crediting " U. S. Govern ment — Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." 94 4. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. (a) The total of the account "Materials and supplies," appearing on the Federal books as of February 29, 1920, shall be transferred to the corporate books and debited to a deferred asset account on the Federal books styled "(Name of corporation)— Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such balance should be charged to the appropriate account and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government— Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." (5) All materials and supplies received prior to March 1, 1920, shall be accounted for in the Federal books. All invoices for such materials and supplies referred to in the previous sentence as are vouchered after the close of the accounts for the month of February, 1920, shall be covered by Federal form of vouchers, and the cost of all such materials and supplies shall be added to the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." On the corporate books the amount of such vouchers should be charged to appropriate account for materials and supplies and credited to the account " U. S. Government — Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." (c) Amounts paid prior to March 1, 1920, for materials and sup- plies not received at midnight February 29, 1920, shall not be in- cluded on the Federal books in the account representing stock of materials and supplies or in the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920." Neither shall materials represented thereby be included in the inventory taken in accordance with the provisions of General Order No. 62. Such amounts shall instead be charged on the Federal books to an appro- priate deferred asset account. When the materials and supplies therefor are received or used by the corporation, the amounts shall, on the Federal books, be charged to the corporation through a deferred, asset account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected," and should on the cor- porate books be charged to the appropriate account and credited to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Government — Federal assets collected." (d) Material and supplies ordered prior to March 1, 1920, received and paid for by the corporation subsequent to February 29, 1920, shall not be entered in the Federal accounts in any manner. 5. OTHER ACCOUNTS TRANSFERRED. (a) In addition to the asset accounts above specified, there shall be likewise transferred to the corporate books other asset accounts of the 95 Federal Administration, similar to those sundry asset accounts which were taken over on the Federal books in the separation of accounts at the beginning of Federal control or subsequent thereto. The items here referred to are such as: Insurance premiums paid in advance, and taxes paid in advance. Additional items of miscellaneous assets (for example, material loaned or leased), or liabilities should be similarly transferred as may be mutually agreed upon. Subsequent to February 29, 1920, cash vouchers shall not be made for reimbursement of working funds expended during February, 1920, and previous months, but if such expenditures are approved the amounts thereof shall on the Federal books be charged to the appro- priate accounts and credited to the working fund account. It is suggested that the corporation take over the balance of cash in working funds by paying the aggregate amount thereof into the Federal cash. Hospital and other funds for which the carrier is custodian shall be disposed of in accordance with General Order No. 68. If, during the period of Federal operations amounts representing overcharge freight claims paid out of Federal funds, affecting traffic, the revenues from which were included in corporation revenue or credited to it as lap-over revenue on the Federal books,. or amounts representing loss and damage claims paid out of Federal funds chargeable to the period prior to Federal control, were carried on the Federal books in suspense accounts pending adjustment thereof with other carrier corporations, or pending receipt of additional information wherewith to dispose of the amounts carried, and such amounts are carried in suspense account as of February 29, 1920, they shall be charged to the corporation. Such amounts shall on the Federal books be charged to the account "(Name of corporation) — Corporate transactions," and on the corporate books should be charged to an appropriate suspense account and credited to the account " U. S. Government — Corporate transactions." 6. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES. (a) Water-line operating revenues and taxes shall be allocated to the period of Federal and corporate operations in accordance with the provisions of the standard agreement. (6) Water-line operating expenses, reparation and other claims, hire of equipment, and any other accounts, except as provided in paragraph (a), which constitute the basis of the standard return, shall be allocated with reference to the time when incurred as be- tween the period of Federal control and the period prior and sub- sequent thereto. 96 (c) Revenues and expenses resulting from or account of vessels sailing prior to midnight February 29, 1920, shall be considered as revenues and expenses in the period of Federal control. 7. RECORDING FEDERAL CONTROL TRANSACTIONS AND LAP-OVER REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a) There shall be entered currently after February 29, 1920, upon the Federal books referred to in section 1 hereof, record of all trans- actions arising out of Federal control. (5) Bills for accounts collectible and vouchers for accounts pay- able covering all transactions arising out of Federal operations shall be prepared respectively on United States Railroad Administration bill and voucher forms, recorded in the appropriate Federal bill and voucher registers, and charged or credited on the Federal books to the appropiate accounts. (c) It is desired that transactions arising out of Federal control should not be entered in the corporate books in any manner ; likewise it is desired that corporate transactions should not be included in the Federal accounts. However, it may be necessary in exceptional cases, as in the case i»f interline freight and passenger transactions, to include Federal transactions in the corporate accounts or corporate transactions in the Federal accounts. In such cases the amounts due to or from the Federal management should be credited on the cor- porate books to a deferred liability account styled " U. S. Govern- ment — Federal assets collected," or debited to a deferred asset account styled " U. S. Government — Federal liabilities paid," as may be appropriate. In the Federal books such amounts should be in- cluded, as may be appropriate, in a deferred liability account styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal liabilities paid," or in a deferred asset account Styled "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets col- , lected." The net amount of cash realized or paid in settlement of lap-over revenues and expenses of the Federal period should be ascertained and appropriate cash settlement made monthly. The amounts thereof shall be entered on the Federal cash books and shall be debited or credited as may be appropriate to the accounts "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected," or "(Name of corpora- tion) — Federal liabilities paid." Corresponding contra-entries should be made on the corporate books. (d) If Federal revenue and expense items are reported and in- cluded in the revenue or expense accounts stated on the corporate books, as in the case of interline freight accounts, such amounts shall 97 be accumulated in monthly totals from the corporate book records and accounted for as follows: The total credit to the Federal income accounts should be charged on the corporate books to the appropriate primary revenue accounts and credited to the Federal management through the account " U. S. Government — Federal assets collected." On the Federal books the same amounts shall be charged to the corporation through the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal assets collected," and credited to the appropriate primary revenue accounts. The total debit to the Federal income accounts should be credited on the corporate books to the appropriate expense or other accounts and charged to the Federal management through the account " U. S. Government-Federal liabilities paid." On the Federal books the same amounts shall be credited to the corporation through the account "(Name of corporation) — Federal liabilities paid," and charged to the primary operating expenses or other accounts. (e) In order to preserve the continuity of the income accounts and statistics of carriers, that such income accounts and statistics may be complete, and that there shall not be omitted therefrom amounts which would h&ve been included in the appropriate accounts had there been no Federal control of carriers by water, at the end of each audit month, the total of the amounts, appearing on the Federal books, charged and credited to the accounts forming the basis upon which the standard return was determined, should be charged and credited on the corporate books to the appropriate primary revenue, expense, or income accounts and debited or credited to subaccounts in income accounts Nos. WI 13 and WI 27, as the case may be, styled " Revenues Federal " or " Expenses Federal," as may be appropriate. No corresponding adjusting entry shall be made on the Federal books of the individual carriers. Such an entry will be made in Washington based on the aggregate totals of the monthly reports made in response to the provisions of Accounting Circular No. 82. 8. MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REPORTS. Monthly and quarterly reports in accordance with provisions of Accounting Circulars Nos. 82 and 55 shall be rendered until the ac- counts on the Federal books are completely liquidated or adjusted or until otherwise ordered. The balances on the Federal books in all accounts prefixed with the name of the corporation authorized by this order shall be closed monthly to "Administration ledger control account" in accordance 178857°— 20 7 98 with Accounting Circular No. 82 and, except as to the account "(Name of corporation)— Federal materials and supplies, February 29, 1920," shall be reported on form AC-510 in accordance with Accounting Circular No. 55. 9. GENERAL. Where the property was taken over for Federal operation at a date subsequent to December 31, 1917, the date as of which such property was taken over should be substituted for December 31, 1917, wher- ever mentioned in this order. Inquiries as to the interpretation and application of the provisions of this order and the procedure to be observed under the require- ments shall be addressed to G. H. Parker, comptroller. This order has no application to the Division of Inland Waterways of the United States Railroad Administration, for which special pro- vision will be made. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. GENERAL ORDER NO. 68. Washington, February 24, 1920. The return of properties operated by the United States Railroad Administration to their owners at midnight February 29, 1920, necessitates the issuance of instructions in reference to the disposi- tion of Federal cash and securities on hand February 29, 1920, for the proper handling thereof, and for cash collections of assets and payment of liabilities arising out of Federal operations. The word " corporation " hereinafter, used refers to the corporation, receiver, or operator of the property to whom the property is returned at mid- night February 29, 1920. The corporation whose property is under Federal operation at midnight February 29, 1920, is hereby authorized after midnight February 29, 1920, to receive for the account of the Director General of Railroads cash realized in liquidation of the assets outstanding on the Federal books as of midnight February 29, 1920, belonging to the Director General of Railroads or arising subsequently from the operation of the property of the corporation under Federal control prior to midnight of February 29, 1920, and to pay out of Federal funds Federal liabilities outstanding at midnight February 29, 1920, or expenses arising out of Federal operation of its property not stated as of February 29, 1920, subject, however, to the following limitations and instructions: 99 FEDERAL TREASURERS' AND PAYMASTERS' CASH ON HAND FEBRUARY 29, 1920. Cash on hand and in banks charged to the accounts of Federal treasurers and paymasters and their assistants at midnight Feb- ruary 29, 1920, shall be transferred to the corporation in trust for the Director General of Railroads. Federal treasurers in conjunction with Federal auditors shall arrange for the transfer of said cash as of midnight February 29, 1920, from the respective Federal officers having such funds to the corporation and shall take its receipt therefor in quadruplicate, one copy to be left with the corporation treasurer, one to be filed with the Federal cash records, one to be mailed to the Director of the Division of Finance, and the other to be filed with the audit of the cash accounts in this paragraph referred to, which should be in accordance with the form of reports referred to in P. S. & A. Circular No. 54. If in the transfer of funds to the Director General of Rail- roads at the beginning of Federal control postage and revenue stamps were included as cash items, if on hand at the end of Federal control they should be similarly treated in the transfer to the corporation. Corporate officers shall be instructed to continue the funds on deposit in the banks in which they now are and cash received, not on deposit, shall be placed on deposit in the same banks, and all deposits shall be carried in the name of the corporation, in trust, as trustee, for the Director General of Eailroads. Federal treasurers in conjunction with Federal auditors shall also arrange to transfer to the corporate treasurers all securities, notes, and other evidences of indebtednesses in their possession and belonging to the Director General of Rail- roads, taking receipts therefor in quadruplicate and distributing same according to provision in the preceding paragraph. Instruc- tions for subsequent disposition of such securities, notes, and other evidences of indebtednesses will be given by the Director of the Division of Finance. CASH IN HANDS OF AGENTS, CONDUCTORS, PURSERS, AND STEWARDS. Cash in hands of agents, conductors, pursers, and stewards at mid- night February 29, 1920, and except as otherwise provided in General Orders, Nos. 66 and 67, section 2 (/), cash thereafter collected apply- ing on accounts outstanding as of their balance sheets, or accounts current for February, 1920, when remitted to and received by the corporation or by banks credited to the corporation, shall be paid into the funds and deposits in banks held in trust by the corporation as trustee for the Director General of Railroads. 100 CASH IN WORKING FUNDS. The cash remaining as of midnight February 29, 1920, in working funds and cash in transit February 29, 1920, to such funds in the hands of officers, agents, employees, and others, if not used during the month of March, 1920, to pay Federal expenses and liabilities, shall be remitted to the treasurer of the corporation and be paid into the- funds and deposits in banks held in trust by the corporation as trustee for the Director General of Railroads. CASH FROM OTHER ASSETS. Cash collected in liquidation of Federal assets and cash collected by the corporation from employees by pay roll deductions for Liberty Loan bond subscriptions, overpayment of wages, etc., due " Federal operations " shall be paid into the funds and deposits in banks held in trust by the corporation as trustee for the Director General of Kail- roads. PROVISION FOR PAYING OUT FEDERAL FUNDS BT CORPORATIONS. Federal funds in the custody of the corporation in trust as trustee for the Director General of Railroads shall not be subject to check of nor paid out by the corporation except as trustee for the Director General of Railroads in payment of Federal liabilities and expenses : Provided, however, That except upon specific authority of the Di- rector of the Division of Finance payment of Federal liabilities and expenses herein below mentioned shall not be made : 1. Any "amounts due or claimed to be due from the Director Gen- eral of Railroads to said corporation or to any corporation, receiver, or any other person owning, controlling, or operating prior to Feb- eral control the properties relinquished from Federal control at midnight, February 29, 1920. 2. Payment for invoices for materials and supplies ordered prior but received by the carrier subsequent to February 29, 1920: Pro- vided, however, Payment may be made to the corporation in settle- ment of the monthly amount paid out of corporation funds in settle- ment of lap-over expenses or refunds of overcharges particularly referred to in section 7 of General Orders Nos. 66 and 67. Subject to such further directions as may hereafter be issued, no payment for the Director General of Railroads herein authorized shall be made unless on voucher or draft properly approved by the corporate officer or officers having authority to approve like pay- ments for the corporation out of its own funds, and the corporation shall exercise the same care and adopt the same safeguards in con- 101 nection with payments from Federal funds as it employs in respect to its own funds. Nor shall payment be made in respect to any item concerning which, during or subsequent to Federal operation, objec- tion has been or shall have been made by the Director General, a director, or the general counsel of the United States Eailroad Ad- ministration, the comptroller, a regional director, a Federal man- ager, a Federal treasurer, a Federal auditor, or the subordinate officers of the last three officers named, where the objection of such subordinate officer has not been overruled and removed, unless spe- cially authorized subsequent to February 29, 1920, by the appro- priate division of the Eailroad Administration or by the comptroller. Payments to persons or corporations, other than carriers, feder- ally operated prior to March 1, 1920, shall comprehend the offset of any indebtedness that may be due from such companies; other- wise such payments shall not be made unless otherwise ordered by the Director Division of Finance. No payment shall be made for material and supplies purchased and delivered prior to midnight, February 29, 1920, based on prices in excess of contract stipulations entered into prior to February 29, 1920, or prices at which the material was ordered, unless authorized by the Director of the Division of Purchases. FEDERAL FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. Beginning March 1, 1920, chief executives of corporations should advise the Director of the Division of Finance at the beginning of each week of the Federal cash situation for the forthcoming two weeks. Such advice shall indicate the cash on hand, the probable amount of receipts from liquidation of Federal assets, and the approximate payments to be made during the first and second weeks separately. The Director of the Division of Finance will endeavor to keep the corporation in funds for Federal purposes, but in the event of pay rolls or other significant indebtedness of the administration coming due and insufficient Federal funds are on hand, chief executives should telegraph the Director of the Division of Finance therefor in time to allow action thereon to be taken. The foregoing instructions shall not apply as to those lines of rail- roads in the United States under Federal operation at midnight, February 29, 1920, that are operated thereafter as parts of a com- mon carrier system or systems in countries adjacent to the United States and whose treasurer and accounting officer and general accounts are located in those countries. In such cases special instruc- tions will be given by the Director Division of Finance. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. LIST OF CIRCULARS. Page. Cir. No. 22-A (Mar. 15, 1919). Appointment of W. A. Webb as member of Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1, vice John G. Walber : __ 105 Cir. No. 70 (Jan. 10, 1919). American Railway Association changed to American Railroad Association ] 105 Cir. No. 71 (Jan. 13, 1919). W. T. Tyler appointed Director Division of Operation, succeeding Carl R. Gray 106 Cir. No. 72 (Jan. 16, 1919). T. C. Powell appointed Director Division of Capital Expenditures, succeeding R. S. Lovett 106 Cir. No. 73 (Jan. 24, 1919). Division of Public Service and Accounting discontinued — Creation of Division of Accounting, Charles A. Prouty, Director, and Division of Public Service, Max Thelen, Director 106 Cir. No. 74 (Jan. 28, 1919). Liberty bonds — Sale or exchange for other securities 106 Cir. No. 75 (Jan. 29, 1919). Appointments — Brice Clagett, Assistant to Director General, in addition to Oscar A. Price — H. A. Taylor, General Assistant to Director General — G. H. Parker, Financial Assistant to Director General 108 Cir. No. 76 (Feb. 1, 1919), Transfer of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad from Eastern to Pocahontas Region 10S Cir. No. 77 (Feb. 7, 1919). Division of Public Service to have jurisdiction over Bureau for Suggestions and Complaints and Short Line Section 10S Cir. No. 78 (Feb. 21, 1919). Income tax — Railroad employees 108 Cir. No. 79 (Mar. 1, 1919). Railroads transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region — From Central Western to Southern Region — From Southern to Southwestern Region 109 Cir. No. 80 (Mar. 15, 1919). Division of Finance and Purchases discon- tinued — Creation of Division of Finance and Division of Purchases 110 Cir. No. 81 (Mar. 15, 1919). Finance Committee created — John Skelton Williams, chairman 110 Cir. No. 82 (Mar. 15, 1919), Advisory Committee on Purchases created — John Skelton Williams, chairman 110 Cir. No. 83 (Mar. 21, 1919). Victory Liberty loan — Methods of payments for subscriptions — Forms for reports 111 Cir. No. 84 (May 28, 1919). Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad transferred from Northwestern to Allegheny Region 117 Cir. No. 85 (June 2, 1919). Appointment of A. T. Hardin as Regional Director of Eastern Region 117 Cir. No. 86 (June 6, 1919). Mail — Form to be used in printing return address on envelopes 118 Cir. No. 87 (Aug. 12, 1919). Appointment of E. Marvin Underwood as General Counsel, succeeding Judge John Barton Payne, resigned 118 Cir. No. 88 (Sept. 27, 1919). Appointment of L. W. Baldwin as Regional Director Allegheny Region, succeeding C. H. Markham, resigned 118 Cir. No. 89 (Oct. 27, 1919). Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad transferred' from Southwestern to Southern Region 119 (103) 104 Page. Cir. No. 90 (Jan. 7, 1920). Accounting Division— Resignation of Charles A. Prouty as Director — Appointment of George H. Parker, as Comp- troller , , 119 Cir. No. 91 (Jan. 7, 1920). Appointments— George H. Parker as Comp- troller Accounting— J. L. White as Statistician to Director General — 119 Cir. No. 92 (Jan. 22, 1920). Transfer of Southern Pacific Lines north of Ashland from Northwestern to Central Western Region 120 Cir. No. 93 (Jan. 21, 1920). Appointment of Ralph Blaisdell as Treasurer of United States Railroad -Administration 120 Cir. No. 94 (Jan. 31, 1920). Income tax— Railroad employees — 120 Cir. No. 95 (Feb. 5, 1920). Capital Expenditures Division discontinued- Creation of Division of Liquidation Claims 121 Cir. No. 96 (Feb. 16, 1920). Resignation of Hale Holden, Regional Direc- tor of Central Western Region '. 121 Cir. No. 97 (Feb. 21, 1920). Discontinuance of Divisions of Operation and Labor — Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 121 Cir. No. 98 (Feb. 26, 1920). Office of General Assistant discontinued effec- tive March 15, 1920 122 Cir. No. 99 (Feb. 26, 1920). Divisions of Traffic and Public Service discon- tinued — Appointment of Max Thelen as Director of Division of Liqui- dation Claims 123 CIRCULARS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS. CIRCULAR NO. 22-A. Washington, March 15, 1919. Effective this date, Mr. W. A. Webb is appointed a member of Rail- way Board of Adjustment No. 1, vice Mr. John G. Walber, assigned to other duties. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 70. Washington, January 10, 1919. To provide, during the period of Federal control, a responsible channel through which the Director General may obtain recom- mendations for the advancement of railroad practice, the American Railway Association has revised its articles of organization and by- laws and will change its name to the American Railroad Association. The scope of the association has been enlarged and will cover the former activities of the — American Railway Association, American Railway Master Mechanics' Association, Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents, Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers, Freight Claim Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Railway Signal Association, Railway Storekeepers' Association, and will consist of five sections, viz : Section 1 — Operating. Section 2 — Engineering. Section 3 — Mechanical. Section 4 — Traffic. Section 5 — Transportation. Railroads under Federal control are members of the association and are directed to be represented and participate in the activities of each section through their proper officers. W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads. (105) 106 CIRCULAR NO. 71. Washington, January 13, 1919. Effective January 15, 1919, Mr. W. T. Tyler, heretofore Senior Assistant Director, Division of Operation, is appointed Director Division of Operation, succeeding Mr. Carl R. Gray, whose resigna- tion has heretofore been announced. "Walker D. Hines, Director General of Ruilroads. CIRCULAR NO. 72. Washington, January 16, 1919. Effective this date, Mr. T. C. Powell, heretofore manager Inland Traffic, Division of Traffic, representing the Railroad Administra- tion on the War Industries Board, is appointed Director Division of Capital Expenditures, succeeding Mr. R. S. Lovett, whose resigna- tion has heretofore been announced. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 73. Washington, January &j, 1919. Effective February 1, 1919, the Division of Public Service and Accounting is discontinued and in lieu thereof the Division of Ac- counting with Mr. Charles A. Prouty as Director and the Division of Public Service with Mr. Max Thelen as Director are created. The Director of the Division of Accounting will prescribe the ac- counting practices to be observed by roads under Federal control. The scope of the Division of Public Service will primarily be to deal with the relationship between the public, including shippers, and the Railroad Administration, and the railroads under Federal control. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 74. Washington, January 28, 1919. To all officers and employees: It has come to my attention that employees who have bought Liberty bonds are disposing of them, or their equities therein, at 107 prices below the current market value of such bonds or equities. "It is important for the protection of employees in all such cases that a clear understanding of these matters should be had. The cash value of the various Liberty bond issues depends upon the amount for which they can be sold on the stock exchange, and the prices fluctuate to some extent each day. None of these bonds can at present be sold for the full face value, because the number available for disposition exceeds the demand to an extent which depresses the selling price somewhat below the face value. All the prominent city papers print quotations showing the prices paid for Liberty bonds on the stock exchanges the previous day, so that by reference to the papers, it is possible to determine about what price should be received for any issue which circumstances may make it necessary to sell. The retention of bonds should, how- ever, be s'tirongly urged, because they are the safest kind of an invest- ment and yield a rate of interest considered by bankers consistent with the maximum safety of principal and interest. When for any reason circumstances require that a bond be sold, arrangements can undoubtedly bei made with local banks to make the sale for a small fee, representing not more than the actual cost of the transaction to the bank. If sale is made through a stock exchange, a few days are required to conclude the details. It should be remembered, too, that except on regular interest dates when a coupon has been detached, some interest has accrued on the bond, so that the total amount received from any sale should be the market price of the bond on the day of the. sale plus the accrued interest as of the date of the sale less the fee charged by the bank for the transaction. It is a patriotic duty for citizens to continue to hold these bonds wherever it is not absolutely necessary to dispose of them. There- fore, employees should look with suspicion upon the motives of any persons who endeavor to persuade employees to exchange their bonds for securities of other character; because the purpose of all such offers is to put these bonds upon the market, although this is dis- tinctly contrary to the interest of the Government. Another pur- pose of such offers frequently is to persuade employees to give up a perfectly good bond for some security of far less value, or possibly without any value, although accompanied with promises of large returns. Employees, therefore, should be carefully on their guard against such proposed exchanges and should retain their bonds both to aid their Government and protect themselves, except when neces- sity compels a sale and then they should be sure they get good value. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 108 CIRCULAR NO. 75. Washington, January 29, 1919. Effective this date: PERSONAL STAFF. In addition to Mr. Oscar A. Price, Assistant to the Director Gen- eral, Mr. Brice Clagett, heretofore private secretary to the Director General, is appointed Assistant to the Director General. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION STAFF. Mr. H. A. Taylor, heretofore assistant to the Assistant Director General, is appointed General Assistant to the Director General. Mr. G. H. Parker, heretofore assistant to the Assistant Director General, is appointed Financial Assistant to the Director General. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 76. Washington, February 1, 1919. Effective this date the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of Indiana is transferred from the Eastern Eegion to the Pocahontas Eegion. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 77. Washington, February 7, 1919. Effective February 1, 1919, the Bureau for Suggestions and Com- plaints is Iransferred to the jurisdiction of the Division of Public Service. The Short Line Section is under the jurisdiction of the Division of Public Service. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 78. Washington, February 21, 1919. Every person having a net income for the calendar year 1918 of $1,000 or over if single, or of $2,000 or over if married and living 109 with husband or wife, is required to file an income-tax return. The return must filed in the office of the collector of internal revenue of the district in which the employee has his legal residence on or before March 15, 1919. Blank forms may be obtained by communi- cating with the collector, or in many cases from banks. It is represented that numerous railroad employees who are not paid fixed annual salaries, have not kept accurate records of their earnings for the calendar year 1918, and therefore find it difficult to make an accurate return under the income-tax law. The railroads are required to make to the collector of internal revenue a report as to each employee who received $1,000 or more for the calendar year 1918. It is therefore requested that each employee, who does not re- ceive a fixed annual salary, and who is included in the report to the collector of internal revenue as having received $1,000 or more for the calendar year 1918, be given a statement as to the amount of compensation which has been or will be shown in such report as hav- ing been so received by him, in order to facilitate the making of accurate income-tax returns of such employees. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 79. Washington, March 1, 1919. Effective this date : The St. Louis-San Francisco Eailroad (between Memphis and Bir- mingham) is transferred from the Southern to the Southwestern Region. The Illinois Central Railroad (north of Cairo and Paducah) is transferred from the Central Western Region to the Southern Region. The Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf ; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (from St. Louis to Kansas City, Herington to Salina and all lines south and east of main line between Herington and Tucumcari) ; Fort Worth & Denver City; Wichita Valley ; Wichita Falls & Oklahoma ; and Abilene & Southern are transferred from the Southwestern to the Central Western Region. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 110 CIRCULAR NO. 80. Washington, March 15, 1919. Effective March 15, 1919, the Division of Finance and Purchases is discontinued and in lieu thereof the Division of Finance and the Division of Purchases are created. Mr. Swager Sherley is appointed Director of the Division of Finance and will assume active charge on or before April 15, 1919. Meanwhile, the Division of Finance will be in charge of Mr. Charles B. Eddy, associate director. Mr. H. B. Spencer is appointed Director of the Division of Pur- chases and is in charge of the Division of Purchases from this date. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 81. Washington, March 15, 1919. Effective at once, a finance committee is hereby created, consist- ing of— - Mr. John Skelton Williams, chairman, Mr. Franklin Q. Brown, Mr. Harry Bronner, Mr. Frederick W. Scott, Mr. James N. Wallace. This committee will submit to the Director General from time to time its advice on matters of financial policy and will also make to the Director General preliminary reports on any proposed railroad reorganizations which may require his approval. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 82. Washington, March 15, 1919. Effective at once, an advisory committee on purchases is hereby created, consisting of — Mr. John Skelton Williams, chairman, Mr. Kobert S. Lovett, Mr. Henry Walters. This committee will submit to the Director General from time to time its advice regarding matters of policy with respect to purchases, Ill and for that purpose is authorized to make the necessary investi- gations. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 83. Washington, March 21, 1919. I earnestly urge that officers and employees on railroads under Federal control subscribe as liberally as their means will permit to the notes of the Victory Liberty loan. During the campaign for the sale of these notes, lasting from April 21 until May 10, every employee will be solicited by railroad committees, but I hope officers and employees will subscribe without waiting to be solicited. Subscriptions may be made as follows : 1. Through any local bank — (a) By full payment at one time, but not later than May 10, 1919 ; (6) On the Government installment plan; (c) On any installment payment plan offered by local banks ; or 2. Through railroad Federal treasurers — On the 10-month installment plan, by deductions on pay rolls, beginning with rolls for the month of May. Subscribers through Federal treasurers may at any time pay up the unpaid installments and interest due by them in full and receive the notes as promptly thereafter as may be practicable. Whichever plan subscribers may choose, they are urged to hand their subscriptions to their local railroad committees that proper credit may be given to the railroad as well as to the communities in which subscribers reside. Interest. will be allowed at the rate borne by the notes on all in- stallment payments, from which will be deducted the earned pro- portion of current coupon on notes when finally paid for resulting in a small payment to or collection from subscribers, as the case may be, when notes are delivered. As interest is allowed on installment payments interest coupons falling due before notes are paid for will be detached before delivery of notes, the adjustment mentioned above being made on delivery of the notes to subscribers. Should employees leave the service before completion of the pay- ments, the amount paid will be refunded without interest. The money to be raised-by these notes is urgently needed to defray the expenses of the war. We carried our part of the hostilities to a victorious termination, and now we must be equally successful in paying our part of the money cost. I appeal to every officer and 112 employee to do his utmost in this remaining part of the task just as he did his utmost during the fighting. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. DRAFT OF LETTERS FROM REGIONAL DIRECTORS TO FEDERAL MANAGERS. , 1919. Dear Sir: The Victory Liberty loan is to be a success. That rail- road officials and employees may complete their part in the task, it is of marked importance that all committees and workers sharing in the railroad organization fully comply with the plans set forth by the Director General of Railroads. The necessary literature for the carrying on of this campaign uniformly by all carriers in this region is being sent you. All com- mittees should cooperate fully with regularly constituted committees of the Liberty loan organization. Their support may be secured to assist in the successful operation of an organization as herein outlined. I. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Headed by the Federal manager or other executive officer desig- nated by him, who will issue necessary instructions and who will select other officers and employees to serve on this committee with him. II. GENERAL OFFICE COMMITTEE. A general officer to be designated by the Federal manager, who will be assisted by a committee made up of general officers and em- ployees who necessarily must devote a portion of their personal effort to this work. This committee in turn shall appoint captains under their jurisdiction in the various general office departments. III. DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES. Three or more representative division officers and employees. While these officials and employees can devote only a portion of their personal time to this work, they must realize the importance of the ultimate success of this Victory Liberty loan campaign, and should follow up daily the work of such captains and leaders under their supervision in the several branches of the service as they may think it wise to appoint. It is suggested that representatives of the various crafts and classes of employees be utilized to the fullest extent in the furtherance of this campaign. 113 The divisional committees shall see that all classes of employees not specifically covered by other committees provided herein are properly organized under their supervision. IV. TERMINAL COMMITTEES. These committees should be composed of three or more officers and employees. V. SHOP COMMITTEES. A committee should be established at each shop composed of three or more of the officers in charge and employees. It may be necessary that further subcommittees be appointed in the mechanical depart- ment to cover all outlying shops, and numerous subcommittees and captains thereof should be appointed in all large shops and repair yards. It is the intention that every employee of the railroad should be personally urged to subscribe for as large an amount of Victory Lib- erty loan notes as possible. It is important that no employee should be overlooked, and that each be solicited repeatedly by the captain or leader in charge until such subscriptions as eaeh employee may be willing to make have been secured. In all solicitations of subscriptions, observe carefully the intention of the Director General as contained in Circular No. 83. While it is desirable to urge employees earnestly to subscribe, every employee should be allowed to feel that he is a free agent and that his action is not being influenced by the fear of coercion or the fear of criticism. DAILY REPORTS. Each captain or leader should make a daily report (in triplicate) to his committee chairman, showing the amount of subscriptions re- ceived during the day, showing — (a) Total number of subscriptions secured. (5) Total amount of subscriptions. (Both (a) and (i) divided as to subscriptions made through banks and through Federal treasurers.) Using Form No. 1. Captains and leaders should deliver all original subscriptions with these daily reports to their committee chairman. As these rec- ords are turned in from day to day, renewed efforts should be con- centrated upon all employees not making subscriptions or not making sufficiently large subscriptions. On receipt of such reports committee chairmen should — (a) Segregate the subscriptions as to number and total amount of subscriptions secured in each town lying in their respective territo- ries, divided between subscriptions made through banks and through 178857°— 20 — -8 114 Federal treasurers, and list subscriptions accordingly in triplicate on Form No. 2. (5) Forward to Federal treasurers (or as directed by them) one copy of report on Form No. 2 with original subscriptions made through Federal treasurer. (c) Forward to chairmen of county Victory Liberty loan organi- zations one copy of report on Form No. 2 with original subscriptions made through banks located in each county. (d) Forward one copy of report on Form No. 2 to the chairman of the railroad general committee. (e) Keep one copy of report on Form No. 2. Before forwarding original subscriptions, committee chairmen should tabulate subscribers as to their various occupations and show on Form No. 3 the total number of subscriptions and the total amount subscribed by each class of employees. The foregoing plan of reporting is offered as a suggestion and may be amplified to meet the needs of individual railroads, provided its essential features are preserved; viz, that the total subscriptions of the officers and employees are promptly made known to the gen- eral committee of the railroad and to the county Victory Liberty loan organizations in such detail as will enable the latter to allocate the subscriptions to communities. Daily telegraphic or telephone reports should be made by the gen- eral committee of each carrier as to the results being secured on their respective lines to the undersigned, and for that purpose it will be necessary that all of the committee chairmen, captains, and lead- ers should make daily reports by wire to the officers under whose supervision they are working. In this manner, all concerned will be thoroughly acquainted with just what progress is being made and what further efforts are essential to bring about the desired results. Federal treasurers are authorized to arrange with one or more banks in each Federal reserve district to subscribe for such notes as are necessary to meet the subscriptions of the officers and employees made under the pay roll deduction plan, at the rate of interest which the notes bear. Where it can be done, deferred installments should be paid by the Federal treasurers as installments are received from officers and employees. In cases where banks insist upon an initial payment before the first installment may be collected by deductions on pay rolls, Federal treasurers are authorized and directed to make such initial payment, not exceeding 10 per cent from Federal funds. It is suggested that a different form of subscription blank be used far subscriptions through banks from that used for deductions on pay rolls. 115 Federal managers are requested to address appropriate circulars and other directions to officers and employees, and otherwise to en- courage hearty cooperation in this necessary patriotic work. Regional Director. Form No. 1. United States Railroad Administration, director general of railroads. Victoet Liberty Loan. Date Location To Committee Chairman : Captain or leader's daily report of subscriptions received during the day as follows : THROUGH FEDERAL TREASURERS. Number of subscribers. Amount. THROUGH BANKS. Captain or Leader 116 Form No. 2. United States Railroad Administration, director general off railroads. Railroad. Date Location Victoet Liberty Loan. Daily Report of Committee Chairman, through federal treasurer. Number of subscribers. Town residence. County. State. Amount in dollars. THROUGH BANKS. (Not to be included in notes to be subscribed for by Federal treasurers, but to be included in report of total subscriptions.) (On copy.) To chairman of each county Victory Liberty loan committee of each county appearing on this report: This information is not to be considered a subscription, but is only for your information. 117 Form No. 3. United States Railroad Administration, dieeotob gbnebal of bailroads. railroad. Victory Liberty Loan. Date Location Classification of Subscribing Employees. Amount. A. Name of road B. Officers and general office employees. C. Agents and station employees D. Engineers and firemen E. Conductors F. Other trainmen G. Mechanical department employees... H. Roadway employees I. Miscellaneous employees J. Total amount of subscriptions K. Total number of employees on roll... L. Total number subscribing M. Percentage of employees subscribing. (Chairman.) CIRCULAR NO. 84. Washington, May 28, 1919. Effective June 1, 1919, the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad is transferred from the Northwestern Eegion to the Alle- gheny Region. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 85. Washington, June 2, 1919. Effective June 1, 1919, Mr. A. T. Hardin, heretofore assistant regional director, Eastern Region, is appointed regional director, Eastern Region, succeeding Mr. A. H. Smith, resigned. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. 118 CIRCULAR NO. 86. Washington, June 6, 1919. So much confusion has resulted in the past in returning mail, which could not be delivered to the addressee by the Post Office Department, that it is .deemed necessary to give specific instructions relative to printing the return address on envelopes. In every case not less than 3£ inches of clear space should be left at the right end of the address side of all envelopes, in order that there may be ample space for postage stamps, postmarking, address, directions for forwarding or return, etc. The following form, in size type shown herein, should be used in printing the return card on envelopes : UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS in five days return to North and South Railroad Office of General Manager WILKESV1LLE, N. Y. The present supply of envelopes should be used; but when new supply is printed, form suggested above should be followed. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 87. Washington, August 12, 1919. Judge John Barton Payne has resigned as general counsel on account of assuming the positions of chairman of the Shipping Board and president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Mr. E. Marvin Underwood is hereby appointed general counsel. Judge Payne has consented to act as special counsel, giving such advice and assistance as his new duties will permit. Effective August 15, 1919. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 88. Washington, September 27, 1919. Effective October 1, 1919, Mr. L. W. Baldwin, heretofore operat- ing assistant to Regional Director Allegheny Region, is appointed 119 Regional Director Allegheny Region, succeeding Mr. C. H. Mark- ham, resigned. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 89. Washington, October 27, 1919. Effective November 1, 1919, the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad is transferred from the Southwestern Region to the South- ern Region. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 90. Washington, January 7, 1920. Mr. Charles A. Prouty having resigned as Director of the Division of Accounting, becomes an advisory member of the Director General's staff and as such will give attention to the larger accounting problems of the Railroad Administration and particularly to the accounting features of the maintenance question under the standard contract. The work of the Division of Accounting is hereby transferred to the office of the Director General and will be in charge of Mr. George H. Parker, who is hereby appointed comptroller for that purpose. Correspondence of the character heretofore addressed to the Division of Accounting shall hereafter be addressed to the comptroller. Effective January 7, 1920. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 91. Washington, January 7, 1920. Mr. George H. Parker having been appointed comptroller in charge of accounting, the position formerly held by him as financial assistant to the Director General is discontinued. Mr. J. L. White is hereby appointed statistician to the Director General. Effective January 7, 1920. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroadp. 120 CIRCULAR NO. 92. Washington, January 22, 1920. Effective February 1, 1920, the Southern Pacific Lines north of Ashland is transferred from the Northwestern Eegion to the Central Western Eegion. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 93. Washington, January 21, 1920. Effective February 1, 1920, Mr. Ralph Blaisdell is appointed treasurer of the United States Railroad Administration, vice Mr. Charles A. Lutz, treasurer, resigned. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 94. Washington, January 31, 1920. Every person having a net income for the calendar year 1919 of $1,000 or over, if single or if married and not living with wife or husband, or of $2,000 or over, if married and living with wife or husband, is required to file an income-tax return. The return must be filed in the office of the collector of internal revenue of the district in which the employee lives or has his legal residence on or before March 15, 1920. Blank forms may be obtained by communication with the collector, or in many cases from post offices or banks. It is represented that numerous railroad employees who are not paid fixed annual salaries* have not kept accurate records of their earnings for the calendar year 1919, and therefore find it difficult to make an accurate return under the income-tax law. The railroads are required to make to the collector of internal revenue a report as to each employee who received $1,000 or more for the calendar year 1919. It is therefore requested that each employee who does not receive a fixed annual salary and who is included in the report to the collector of internal revenue as having received $1,000 or more for the calendar year 1919 be given a statement as to the amount of compensation which has been or will be shown in such report as having been so received by him, in order to facilitate the making of accurate income- tax returns of such employees. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. • 121 CIRCULAR NO. 95. Washington, February 5, 1920. Mr. T. C. Powell, having been elected vice president of the Erie Railroad Co., has tendered his resignation, effective February 15, 1920, as Director of the Division of Capital Expenditures and as chairman of the Claims Committee of the Eailroad Administration. The Division of Capital Expenditures is hereby discontinued, effec- tive February 15, 1920. In view of the necessity for making continuing provision for the settlement of questions arising out of Federal control, the Division of Liquidation Claims is created, effective February 15, 1920, with Mr. Max Thelen as director, in addition to his present duties as Di- rector of the Division of Public Service. The Division of Liquidation Claims will have jurisdiction over capital expenditures and claims relating thereto, and also claims re- lating to maintenance, and will include the necessary technical force. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 96. Washington, February 16, 1920. Mr. Hale Holden, regional director Central Western Region, has resigned, effective February 15. Temporarily the jurisdiction of Mr. R. H. Aishton, regional direc- tor of the Northwestern Region, is extended over the Central Western Region. All communications from railroad officers or others relating to matters in the Central Western Region should be addressed as fol- lows: Mr. F. E. Clarity, Assistant Regional Director, Central Western Region, 547 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. All instructions from Central Western Region will be issued over the signature of Mr. Aishton. w ^. „ b Walker D. Mines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 97. Washington, February 21, 1920. The Divisions of Operation and of Labor as such are hereby dis- continued, effective March 1, 1920. Mr. W. T. Tyler, Director of 122 ' Division of Operation, has been elected vice president of Northern Pacific Railroad Co., and Mr. W. S. Carter, Director of Division of Labor, has arranged to resume his duties as president of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Questions now pending involving the interpretation of national agreements between the Director General and railroad labor organi- zations and involving the interpretation of the various supplements to General Order No. 27, will be handled to a conclusion between rep- resentatives of the Director General and of the railroad labor organi- zations affected. In view of the necessity for making continuing provision for the disposition of labor matters other than those involving wages aris- ing prior to March 1, 1920, Messrs. C. S. Lake and J. A. Franklin are hereby appointed assistants to the Director General to supervise the disposition of such matters after March 1, subject to the approval of the Director General. Eailway Boards of Adjustment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 will continue to receive and hear questions which would ordinarily come to them for settlement under existing wage agreements, and in accordance with the provisions of General Orders Nos. 13, 29, and 53, as to matters arising during Federal control. In addition, Eailway Boards of Adjustment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 will consider and recommend to the Director General for final disposi- tion matters referred to them by him through Messrs. Lake and Franklin affecting classes of employees coming under the general orders establishing such Boards of Adjustment even though such matters are not referred in the method contemplated by such general orders. Labor matters not affecting employees covered by the agreements creating such Boards of Adjustment, but arising prior to March 1, shall be considered by Messrs. Lake and Franklin, and recommenda- tions thereon will be made to the Director General for final decision. Walkek D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 98. Washington, February 26, 1920. The office of the General Assistant to the Director General has been discontinued, effective March 15. Mr. H. A. Taylor, General Assistant to the Director General, has been appointed general so- licitor of the Erie Eailroad Company, effective that date. Any duties of the character now performed by the General Assistant to the Director General which will remain to be performed thereafter 123 will be performed by the Assistant to the Director General, Mr. Brice Clagett. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. CIRCULAR NO. 99. Washington, February 86, 1920. The Divisions of Traffic and of Public Service, as such, are hereby discontinued, effective March 1, 1920. Mr. Edward Chambers, Director of the Division of Traffic, has been elected vice president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, and Mr. Max Thelen, Director of the Division of Public Service, has been appointed Director of the Division of Liquidation Claims. Such portions of the work of the Divisions of Traffic and Public Service as remains to be completed after March 1 will be under the flirection of the Division of Liquidation Claims Wai/ker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. INDEX TO GENERAL ORDERS. Page. Account, capital — Work involving charges to (July 9, 1919, G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2) 54 Accounting — Carriers by water — Instructions relative to termination o- Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Accounting Division to receive inventories as of December 31, 1919 — Mate- rials and supplies— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Accounting for freight charges and interline waybilling— Instructions covering (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Accounting for freight charges — Interline waybilling — Instructions cover- ing—Amending par. 6 of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 31, 1919, G. O. No. 64, sup. No. 2)^ 80 Accounting for freight charges — Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue— Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, sup. No. 1) , 79 Accounting — Interline passenger traffic — Rendering of reports by ticket agents (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, ,1918, G O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Accounting — Transportation systems — Instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Accounting for use of equipment — Rules governing — Hire of freight and passenger train equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Administration ledger control account — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Administration ledger control account — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Advance in rates, fares and charges — Jurisdiction of State commission.* (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) ^ 62 Agency relief and overcharge claims — Apportionment between carriers — Rules of Railway Accounting Officers' Association (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Agents' and conductors' balances — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) ___ 81 Agents, conductors, pursers and stewards — Cash on hand — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Agents', pursers', and stewards' balances — Carriers by water — Account- ing instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 (125) 126 Page. Agents, ticket— Interline passenger traffic reports— Apportionment of revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G O. No. 20) 74 Agreements — National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A ; substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7 ; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No.. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919; G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2)— 44 Agreements, national— Grievances affecting employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in agreements (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Agricultural products— Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Allocation of revenues and expenses— Carriers by water — Accounting in- structions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) "- 'JO Allocation of revenues and expenses — Transportation systems — Account- ing instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Animal products — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 1 63-68 Apportionment of revenues from interline passenger traffic— Rendering of reports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Assets — Cash collected by pay-roll deductions for Liberty loan bond subscriptions, overpayment of wages, etc. — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) _ 98 Assets and liabilities — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Assets and liabilities — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Association, railway accounting officers — Rules governing accounting for freight charges — Overcharge and agency relief claims (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Association, Railway Accounting Officers — Rules governing apportionment and division of interline passenger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Attachment or garnishment — Money or other property in possession of carriers under Federal control — Matter to be determined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43)— 57 Auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 50 Audit office interline freight settlement — Instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges (Nov. 20,' 1919, G. O. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Baggage collections, excess — Apportionment and division of interline pas- senger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, ,;; 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 127 Page. Balances — Accounting Instructions relative to termination of Federal con- trol (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Balances — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal con- trol — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Books and accounts — Carriers by water — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67)__ 90 Books and accounts — Transportation systems — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Bulk grain loading— Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Canadian and Mexican traffic — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59; canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63 Capital account — Work involving charges to (July 9, 1919, G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2 ) 54 Capital expenditures — Work involving charges to capital account (July 9, 1919, G .O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2) 54 Car Service Section, Division of Operation — Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part, June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Carload freight — Interline waybilling (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, cancel- ing Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Carload shipments — Auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Carload shipments — Monthly freight reports required of Class I car- riers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A ) 63 Carrier corporations — Suits for which they are not responsible, to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Carriers — Apportioning revenes — Instructions covering interline waybill- ing of freight and accounting for freight charges (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Carriers — Apportioning revenues — Instructions covering interline pas- senger traffic (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Carriers — Apportioning revenues — Joint throught rates — Instructions cov- ering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Carriers, Class I, to compile monthly freight reports — Data required (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A)_ 63-68 Carriers under Federal control — Money or other property in possession of — Matter of garnishment to be determined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43) 57 Carriers— Law suits against (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Carriers — Suits against (May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Carriers by water — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 128 Page. Cars for bulk grain loading— Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Cars— National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. Noi 7-A; substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2)__ 44 Cashbooks— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Cashbooks— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Cash and securities on hand February 29, 1920— Disposition of— Account- ing instructions (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Charges, demurrage — National car-demurrage rules (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 Charges, fares, and rates — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Charges, freight— Instructions covering accounting (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling March 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Charges, freight — Instructions covering accounting and interline waybill- ing— Amendment paragraph 6 of G. O. No. 64. (Dec. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 2) 80 Charges, freight — Instructions covering accounting — Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Charges — Work involving charges to capital account (July 9, 1919, G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2) 54 Claim for death or injury — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Claims — Errors developed in interline passenger reports (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Claims, freight and damage — Suits against carriers (May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Claims, freight — Overcharge, loss and damage — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66 )_ 81 Claims, freight — Overcharge, loss and damage — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 . Claims for loss and damage of grain — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Claims— National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 Claims, overcharge and agency relief — Apportionment between carriers — Rules of Railway Accounting Officers Association (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No, 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) J ' 75 Claims — Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Classifications — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 129 Page. Clear record cars — Claims for loss of grain (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Clocks and watches — Changing of, to new standard time, 1919 — Saving daylight (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) 70 Collections, cash, or assets — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Commissions, State — Regulations governing relationship with United States Railroad Administration (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Commodities (59) named — Data required for monthly freight reports — Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Common carriers— Laws and liabilities to which subject (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Common carriers — Laws and liabilities to which subject — Suits' against (May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Conductors' and agents' balances — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Conductors, agents, pursers, and stewards — Cash on hand — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Consignments — Forms prescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Consolidated billing and abstracting plan — Forms prescribed for uni- versal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11)—. 68 Consolidated ticket offices and union stations — Forms for monthly ticket and excess baggage reports (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 1 74 Contracts, absence of — Maintenance of industry tracks (Aug. 9, 1919, G. O. No. 15, Sup. No. 2) 55 Coopering of cars for bulk grain loading — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, .amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Corporate books — Carriers by water — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Corporate books — Transportation systems — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) __ 81 Corporate cash — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Fed- eral control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Corporate cash — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Fed- eral control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Corporations — Paying out Federal funds — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68)__ 98 Damage claims— Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919,. G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Damage and freight claims— Suits against carriers (May 19, 1919, G. Q. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Damage and loss claims — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Damage and loss claims— Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O, No. 67) 9° 178857°— 20 9 130 Page. Damage and loss of grain— Claims for (Feb. 25, 1919, G. <\ No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Daylight saving— Rules governing changing clocks and watches to new standard time, 1919 (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) 70 Death claims— Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) B8 Defective record cars— Claims for loss of grain (Feb. 25; 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Demurrage charges — National car demurrage rules (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7 ; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 Destination weights— Grain loading (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Director Division of Accounting, to receive inventories as of December 31, 1919 — Materials and supplies— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 74 Director Division of Finance — Reports to — Financial requirements of corporations — Cash on hand — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Director General— Suits against (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Director General— Suits to be brought directly against (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Directors of Traffic and Public Service — Advances in rates, fares, and charges — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) -, ' 62 Disposition of claims for loss and damage of grain — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) I 59 Disposition of Federal cash and securities on hand Feb. 29, 1920 — Ac- counting instructions (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Division of Accounting to receive inventories as of Dec. 31, 1919 — Mate- rials and supplies— Extended to Feb. 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Division of Finance — Reports to Director — Financial requirements of corporations — Cash on hand — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Division of Labor — Circular No. 3 — Method of handling grievances affect- ing employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in national agreements (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Division of Operation, car service section — Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Division of Purchases — Rules for summary of inventory as of Dec. 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads— Extended to Feb. 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) ._ "_.. 71-74 Division slip — Apportionment of revenues — Interline passenger' traffic (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) '. 74 Division statements — Instructions covering interline waj filing of freight and accounting for freight charges (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 131 Page. Divisions or per cents — Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Instructions governing accounting for freight charges — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, 6. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Domestic traffic, including Canadian and Mexican traffic — Monthly freight reports required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, can- celed by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63 Employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in national agreements — Grievances (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Employees' organizations — National agreements — Handling of grievances (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Employees in service of Russian railway service corps included in G. O. No. 51 (Feb. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 51, Sup. No. 1) 59 Equipment — Hire of freight and passenger equipment — Rules governing accounting for use of (Oct 4, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part "June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Excess baggage collections — Apportionment and division of interline pas- senger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32, Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Expenditures- — Work involving charges to capital account (July 9, 1919, G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2) / 54 Expenses and revenues, allocation of — Carriers by water — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Expenses and revenues, allocation of — Transportation systems — Account- ing instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Explosives or other dangerous articles — Auction sale of refused or un- claimed shipments (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. -34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Export traffic — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I car- riers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63 Fares — Official digest of passenger fares and divisions — Apportionment and division of interline passenger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32, Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Fares, rates, and charges — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Federal books — Carriers by water— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Federal books — Transportation systems — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Federal cash — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) '. 81 Federal cash — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Federal cash and securities on hand February 29, 1920— Disposition of— Accounting instructions (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Federal control act of Congress — Money or other property in possession of carriers under Federal control — Matter of garnishment to be deter- mined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43) : 57 132 Page. Federal control act In regard to rates, fares, and charges— Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) -, Federal control— Termination of. (See Termination of Federal control.) Federal funds paid out by corporations— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) .- 98 Federal treasurers' cashbook— Accounting instructions relative to termi- nation of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Federal treasurers' cashbook— Accounting instructions relative to termi- nation of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Federal treasurers' and paymasters' cash on hand February 29, 1920 — Ac- counting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Financial requirements of corporations — Cash on hand — Reports to di- rector of Division of Finance — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Forest products— *Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919; G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Form for monthly freight traffic report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Form for summary of inventory — Materials and supplies as of December 31, 1919— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Forms — Interline passenger traffic reports (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, can- celing in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Forms — Interline waybilling of freight (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, can- celing Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No." 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Forms prescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) L 68 Freight, astray — Forms prescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Freight claims — Overcharge, loss, and damage — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 1 81 Freight claims — Overcharge, loss, and damage — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) „" 90 Freight and damage claims — Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Freight and damage claims — Suits against carriers (May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Freight — Interline waybilling and. accounting for freight charges — In- structions covering (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Freight — Interline waybilling and accounting for freight charges — In- structions covering — Amending par. 6 of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 31, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 2) ^ '_ 80 133 Page. Freight — Interline waybilling and accounting for freight charges — Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Freight and passenger train equipment — Rules governing accounting (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Freight and passenger transactions, interline — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66 )_ 81 Freight and passenger transactions, interline — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920. G. O. No. 67) „ 00 Freight, refused or unclaimed- — Auction sale of (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Freight traffic, movement of — Data required in monthly reports from all Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Freight, transferred — Forasstprescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) _ 68 Garnishment or attachment — Money or other property in possession of carriers under Federal control — Matter to be determined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43)___ 57 General Order No. 51 extended to include Russian railway service corps employees (Feb. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 51, Sup. No. 1) 59 Grain loading — Rules governing Inspection, selection, and coopering or rejection of cars for bulk grain loading, the recording of loss of grain from car by leakage (if any) during transit, and disposition of claims for loss and damage of grain (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, .amend- ment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Grievances affecting employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in national- agreements — Handling of (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Hines, Walker D., Director General. (See Director General.) Hire of freight and passenger train equipment — Rules governing ac- counting (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Hospital and other funds — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Hospital and other funds — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Import traffic — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) , 63-68 Industry tracks — Maintenance of — Absence of written contracts (Aug. 9, 1919, G. O. No. 15, Sup. No. 2) 55 Injuries— Suits account (May 19, 1919, G. 0. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) _ 55 Injuries— Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amend- ing Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) ' 55 Injury claims — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Inspection of cars for bulk grain loading — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to N6v. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 134 Instructions covering apportionment of revenues from interline pas- Page. senger trafflc-The rendering of reports by ticket agents and account- ing incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49; canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) ~ — "~ ' = Instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. N.o. 55) - 75 Instructions covering interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges (amending par. 6. of G. O. No. 64) (Dec. 31, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 2) 80 Instructions covering interline waybilling for freight and accounting for freight charges— Joint through rates— Apportionment of revenue- Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Insurance premiums paid in advance— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, a O. No. 66) __ 81 Insurance premiums paid in advance— Accounting nistructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 192,0, G. O. No. 67) - 00 Interline excess baggage collections — Apportionment and division of inter- line passenger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49 ; canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Interline freight and passenger transactions— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. Jfo. 66 )_ 81 Interline freight and passenger transactions — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 00 Interline passenger traffic — Apportionment of revenues— Rendering of reports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49 ; canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20 )i 74 Interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges— In- structions covering (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges — In- structions covering — Amending par. 6 of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 31, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 2) ^ 80 Interline waybilling of freight and accounting for freight charges-rJoint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) ! 79 Interline waybilling, universal — Four forms prescribed (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Interstate and intrastate traffic — National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7 ; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1 ; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) . 44 Intrastate and interstate traffic — National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7 ; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1 ; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 135 Page. Inventory to be taken by railroads — Materials and supplies as of Dec. 31, 1919— Extended to Feb. 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Instructions governing accounting for freight charges — Correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 'joint through rates — Waybills for freight (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 'Labor, Division of — Circular No. 3 — Method of handling grievances affect- ing employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in na- tional agreements (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Lap-over expenses — Settlement of — Paying out Federal funds by corpora- tions — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal con- trol (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Lap-over revenues and expenses — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Lap-over revenues and expenses — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Law actions — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Law suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Laws and liabilities to which carriers are subject (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18 ; May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Leakage of grain from car during transit — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Less carload freight — Interline waybilling (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) A 75 Less carload shipments — Auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A)_ 56 Less carload shipments — Monthly freight reports required to Class I car- riers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Liabilities arising out of Federal operations — Payment of — Accounting in- structions relative to terminaton of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Labilities and assets — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Liabilities and assets — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Liabilities and laws to which carriers are subject (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18 ; May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Liberty bond subscriptions — Cash collected from employees by pay roll deductions — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Liquidation of assets and liabilities outstanding on Federal books, February 29, 1920 — Accounting instructions (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68 ) 98 136 Page. Live stock — Forms prescribed for universal Interline waybilllng (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11)— 68 Loading of grain — Rules governing inspection, selection, and coopering or rejection of cars for bulk-grain loading, the recording of loss of grain from car by leakage (if any) during transit, and disposition of claims for loss and damage of grain (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Loss and damage claims — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) _ 81 Loss and damage claims — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Loss and damage of grain— Claims for — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Loss and damage to property — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Loss of grain from car by leakage (if any) during transit — Rules govern- ing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Maintenance of industry tracks — Absence of written contracts (Aug. 9, 1919, G. O. No. 15, Sup. No. 2) 55 Mani-bill — Forms prescribed for universal Interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Manufactured products — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Material classification — Rules for inventory as of December 31, 1919 — Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Materials and supplies — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Materials and supplies — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Materials and supplies as of December 31, 1919 — Inventory to be taken by railroads— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Materials and supplies — Paying out Federal funds by corporations — Ac- counting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Merchandise — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I car- riers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) ^ 63-68 Mexican traffic — Data for monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63 ^ 8 Mileage— Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Mileage, scrip— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Fed- eral control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Mine products— Data for monthly freight report required of Class I car- riers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23 1919 G O No. 59-A) , ;__J 63 _ 68 137 Page. Money or other property in possession of carriers under Federal con- trol — Matter of garnishment to be determined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43) 57 Monthly and quarterly reports — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Monthly and quarterly reports — Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) __, 90 Monthly reports required of Class I carriers — Data showing movement of freight (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A)__: 63-68 Movement of freight traffic; — Data required in monthly reports from all Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 National agreements — Grievances affecting employees belonging to classes which are or will be included in agreements (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1919, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 New materials and supplies — Inventory as of December 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Nonperishable freight — Auction sale of refused or unclaimed shipments (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A)_ 56 Official digest of passenger fares and divisions — Apportionment and division of interline passenger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, can- celing in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Operating officials — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) _ 58 Operating revenues and taxes — -Accounting instructions relative to termi- nation of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Operating revenues and taxes — Accounting instructions relative to termi- nation of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Operation, Division of — Car service section — Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Organizations, employees — National agreements — Handling qf grievances (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 Overcharge and agency relief claims — Apportionment between carriers — ■ Rules of Railway Accounting Officers Association (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Overcharge freight claims — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Overcharge freight claims — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) ^ 90 Overcharges, refunds of — Paying out Federal funds by corporations — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 138 Page. Overpayment of wages-Cash collected-Accounting lnst ™f on * rela " 98 tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No 68) Passenger and freight train equipment-Rules governing accounting (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) - 56 Passenger and freight transactions, interline-Accounting Ructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. 0- No. 66)_ 81 Passenger and freight transactions, interline-Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control-Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) ~ ; — - Passenger traffic, interline— Apportionment of revenues— Rendering of re- - ports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. 0. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918 ; G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Paying out Federal funds by corporations— Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Paymasters and treasurers, Federal— Cash on hand February 29, 1920— accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Payment of liabilities arising out of Federal operations— Accounting in- structions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Pay-roll deductions for Liberty loan bond subscriptions— Cash collected- accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) . 98 Per diem — Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Perishable freight— Auction sale of refused or unclaimed shipments (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Personal injuries— Suits account (May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Personal injuries — Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Pleadings in all law actions — Suits against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Postage and revenue stamps — Transfer of funds — Accounting instruc- tions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Premiums, insurance, paid in advance — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Premiums, insurance, paid in advance — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Proceedings in admiralty — Suits to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) , 58 Property loss and damage — Suits to be brought directly against Direc- tor General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A,. substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 58 Property or money in possession of carriers under Federal control — Mat- ter of garnishment to be determined by courts (Apr. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 43-A, canceling Sept. 5, 1918, G. O. No. 43) 57 Public auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) , 56 139 Page. Public service directors — Advances In rates, fares, and charges — Juris- diction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Purchases, Division of — Rules for summary of inventory as of Dec. 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads — Extended to Feb. 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Pursers', agents', and stewards' balances — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) ^ 90 Pursers, stewards, conductors, and agents — Cash on hand— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O.-No. 68) _,_ 98 Quarterly and monthly reports — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, 'G. O. No. 66) 81 Quarterly and monthly reports — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Railway Accounting Officers Association — Rules governing accounting for freight charges— Overcharge and agency relief claims (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Railway Accounting Officers Association — Rules governing apportion- ment and division of interline passenger revenue (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49; canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Rates, fares, and charges — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Rates — Freights covered by joint through rates — Waybills for (Nov. 20, 1920, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Rates, joint through — Apportionment of revenue — Instructions govern- ing accounting for freight charges, correcting sec. 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) 79 Recording Federal-control transactions and lap-over revenues and ex- penses (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Recording Federal-control transactions and lap-over revenues and ex- penses — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Recording of loss of grain from car by leakage (if any) during transit (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) „_„ _ 59 Refunds of overcharges — Paying out Federal funds by corporations — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Refused or unclaimed freight — Auction sale of (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Regulations — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Regulations and rules governing accounting for use of equipment — Hire of freight and passenger train equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June ]2, 1918, G. O. No. 31) 56 Rejection of cars for bulk grain loading— Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Relationship between United States Railroad Administration and State railroad and public-service commissions — Regulations governing (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 140 Page. Rental — Rules governing accounting for use of equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A, canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) — 56 Report, monthly, required of Class I carriers— Data showing freight movement (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) ea-es Reports, quarterly and monthly— Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Reports, quarterly and monthly— Accounting instructions relative to ter- mination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) ^ 90 Reports by ticket agents — Interline passenger traffic — Apportionment of revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) -— 74 Revenue and postage stamps — transfer of funds — Accounting instruction relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68 )_ 98 Revenue and tonnage on waybills — Monthly freight reports required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) ^ 63-68 Revenues and expenses, allocation of — Carriers by water — Accounting in- structions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Revenues and expenses, allocation of — Transportation systems — -Account- ing instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Revenues, freight — Apportionment and settlement of — Instructions cover- ing accounting for freight charges and interline waybilling of freight (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Revenues, freight — Apportionment and settlement of — Joint through rates — Instructions covering interline waybilling and accounting for freight charges — Correcting section 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) :. 79 Revenues from interline passenger traffic — Apportionment of — Rendering of reports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49 ; canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Routing of freight — Interline waybills (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Rules governing changing clocks and watches to new standard time 1919— Saving daylight (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) 70 Rules governing inspection, selection and coopering or rejection of cars for bulk grain loading, the recording of loss of grain from car by leakage (if any) during transit and disposition of claims for loss and damage of grain (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Rules— National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7; Sept. 28, 1918^ G. O. No. 7; Sup. No. 1, June 21, 1918; G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) i 44 Rules of Railway Accounting Officers Association — Accounting for freight charges— Overcharge and agency relief claims (Nov. 20, 1919, G O No 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G O No 21- Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) _ - ' ' ' 75 141 Rules of Railway Accounting Officers Association— Apportionment and ae8 ' division of interline passenger revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, cancel- ing in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Rules and regulations governing accounting for use of equipment — Hire of freight and passenger train equipment (Oct. 3, 1919, G. O. No. 31-A canceling in part June 12, 1918, G. O. No. 31) _, 56 Rules for summary of inventory as of December 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Russian Railway Service Corps employees included in G. O. No. 51 (Feb. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 51, Sup. No. 1) 50 Sale, auction, of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Saving daylight — Rules governing changing clocks and watches to new standard time, 1919 (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) 70 Scrap materials — Inventory as of December 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) ._ 71-74 Scrip, mileage — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Fed- eral control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Second-hand materials and supplies — Inventory as of December 31, 1919, to be taken by railroads — Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71-74 Securities and cash on hand February 29, 1920 — Disposition of — Account- ing instructions (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Selection of cars for bulk grain loading — Rules governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Seniority rights — Russian Railway Service Corps (Feb. 18, 1919, G. O. No. 51, Sup. No. 1) 59 Settlement of lap-over expenses or refund of overcharges — Paying out Federal funds by corporations (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Shipments— Auction sale of refused or unclaimed freight (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Shipments, carload and less carload — Monthly freight reports required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Shipping weights — Grain loading (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amend- ment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Stamps, postage, and revenue — Transfer of funds — Accounting instruc- tions, relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Standard time — Daylight saving — Rules governing changing clocks and watches, 1919 (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) 70 State commissions — Regulations governing relationship with United States Railroad Administration (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 State railroad and public service commissions — Regulations governing relationship with United States Railroad Administration (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 1 62 Statistics — Monthly freight report required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Steamship and boat lines — Data for monthly traffic report required of Federal controlled lines (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) ,. 63-68 142 Page. Stewards', agents' and pursers' balances — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) »0 Stewards, pursers, agents, and conductors — Cash on hand — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Suits against carrier corporations for which they are not responsible, to be brought directly against Director General (Jan. 11, 1919, G. O. No. 50-A, substituted for Oct. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 50) 5S Suits against carriers (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18; May 19, 1919, G. O. No. 26-A, revoking May 23, 1918, G. O. No. 26) 55 Suits against Director General (May 22, 1919, G. O. No. 18-B, amending Apr. 9, 1918, G. O. No. 18) 55 Summary of inventory to be taken by railroads as of December 31, 1919 — Form for— Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) 71_ 74 Supplies and materials — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Supplies and materials — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control— Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 00 Supplies and materials as of December 31, 1919 — Inventory to be taken by railroads-^Extended to February 29, 1920 (Sept. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 62; Dec. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 62-A) '_ 71 _ 74 Supplies and materials — Paying out Federal funds by corporations — Ac- counting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) '_ 98 Tariffs— Freight moved via routes not authorized by tariffs — Revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16. 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) ' 75 Tariffs— National car demurrage rules and charges (Oct. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 7-A, substituted for. Jan. 29, 1918, G. O. No. 7 ; Sept. 28, 1918, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 1; June 21, 1938, G. O. No. 7, Sup. No. 2) 44 Taxes— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal con- trol—Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Taxes— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal con- trol — Transportation systems (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Termination of Federal control — Accounting instructions — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Termination of Federal control— Accounting instructions— Transportation systems (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Termination of Federal control — Cash and securities on hand Feb. 29 1920— Disposition of (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) " _' 98 Through rates, joint— Apportionment of revenue— Instructions governing accounting for freight charges— (Correcting section 7-B of G O No 64) (Nov. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) '__ ' ' 7g Through rates, joint— Waybills for freight (Nov. 20, 1919, G. ONo 64 canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O No 21 • Nov' 14, 1918,' G. O. No. 55) ' '_ ' 7 _ Ticket agents' reports — Interline passenger traffic — Apportfonmentof revenues (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No, 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G.O No 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21) ', , ' 143 Page. Tickets, unreported — Tracers for (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Tonnage and revenue on waybills — Monthly freight reports required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Tracers for unreported tickets (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling ' June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23. 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Tracers for unreported waybills (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55)___ 75 Tracks, industry — Maintenance of — Absence of written contracts (Aug. 9, 1919, G. O. No. 15, Sup. No. 2) r 55 Traffic directors — Advances in rates, fares, and charges- — Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Traffic, freight — Movement of — Data required in monthly reports from all Glass I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, canceled by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Traffic, interline passenger — Apportionment of revenues — Rendering of reports by ticket agents and accounting incident thereto (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Transfer of accounts to corporate books — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1930, G. O. No. 66) 81 Transfer of accounts to corporate books — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb, 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Transfer of cash on hand February 29, 1920 — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68 )_ 08 Transfer of grain in transit — Regulations governing (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Transportation systems — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Transportation systems under Federal control— Jurisdiction of State commissions (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Treasurers, Federal — Cash books — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Treasurers, Federal — Cash books — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Treasurers and paymasters, Federal — Cash on hand February 29, 1920 — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) 98 Unclaimed freight— Auction sale of (Mar. 29, 1919, G. O. No. 34-B, amending Oct. 1, 1918, G. O. No. 34-A) 56 Uni-bill — Forms prescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Uniform forms— Monthly ticket and excess baggage reports (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Union stations and consolidated ticket offices — Forms for monthly ticket and excess baggage reports (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32; Oct. 23, 1918, G. 6. No. 49, canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 144 Page. United States Railroad Administration and employees' organizations- National agreements— Handling of grievances (Dec. 10, 1919, G. O. No. 65) 81 United States Railroad Administration and State railroad and public service commissions — Regulations governing relationship (Feb. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 58) 62 Universal interline waybilling— Four forms prescribed (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Unreported tickets— Tracers for (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 63, canceling June 29, 1918, G. O. No. 32 ; Oct. 23, 1918, G. O. No. 49, canceling in part, Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 20) 74 Unreported waybills— Traces for (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) . 75 Wages, overpayment of — Cash collected — Accounting instructions rela- tive to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68) __ 98 Watches and clocks, changing of, to new standard time, 1919 — Saving daylight (Mar. 15, 1919, G. O. No. 61) ^ — 70 Water carriers — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Fed- eral control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) _ 90 Waybilling of interline freight and accounting for freight charges — In- structions covering (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, canceling Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11 ; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21 ; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) __ 75 Waybilling of interline freight and accounting for freight charges — In- struction covering (amending paragraph 6 of G. O. No. 64) (Dec. 31,' 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 2) .__. 80 Waybilling of interline freight and accounting for freight charges — Joint through rates — Apportionment of revenue — Correcting section 7-B of G. O. No. 64 (Dec. 30, 1919, G. O. No. 64, Sup. No. 1) \ 79 Waybilling, universal interline — Four forms prescribed (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11) . 6S Waybills — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Waybills — Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) 90 Waybills settled after closing of December, 1918— Monthly freight re- ports required of Class I carriers (Feb. 26, 1919, G. O. No. 59, can- celed by May 23, 1919, G. O. No. 59-A) 63-68 Waybills, unreported — Tracers for (Nov. 20, 1919, G. O. No. 64, cancel- ing Mar. 16, 1918, G. O. No. 11; Apr. 22, 1918, G. O. No. 21; Nov. 14, 1918, G. O. No. 55) 75 Weight for assessing freight charges — Forms prescribed for universal interline waybilling (Mar. 14, 1919, G. O. No. 60, amendment to Mar. 16,*1918, G. O. No. 11) 68 Weights, shipping and destination — Grain loading (Feb. 25, 1919, G. O. No. 57-A, amendment to Nov. 26, 1918, G. O. No. 57) 59 Work involving charges to capital account (July 9, 1919, G. O. No. 12, Sup. No. 2) '_ 54 Working fund accounts— Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 66) 81 Working fund accounts — Accounting instructions relative to termina- tion of Federal control — Carriers by water (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 67) _ 90 Working funds — Cash on hand— Accounting instructions relative to termination of Federal control (Feb. 24, 1920, G. O. No. 68 )_ 98 INDEX TO CIRCULARS. Page. Abilene & Southern Railroad — Transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Accounting— Appointment of George H. Parker as comptroller (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90; Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Accounting Division, Charles A. Prouty appointed director — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Accounting Division— Resignation of Charles A. Prouty as director — Ap- pointment of George H. Parker as comptroller ( Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) 119 Address on envelopes— Printed form (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 Adjustment Board No. 1 — W. A. Webb appointed member, vice John G. Walber (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 Adjustment Boards Nos. 1, 2, and 3 — Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Advisory Committee on Purchases created — John Skelton Williams, chair- man (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) _- 110 Advisory member of Director General's staff — Accounting — Charles A. Prouty (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) - 119 Agreements, national — Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Aishton, R. H. — Temporary jurisdiction of Central Western Region (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) 121 Allegheny Region — Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad trans- ferred from Northwestern Region (May 28, 1919, Cir. No. 84) 117 Allegheny Region — L. W. Baldwin appointed regional director, succeeding C. H. Markham, resigned (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) ^ 118 American Railroad Association — Scope of association enlarged (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 American Railway Association changed to American Railroad Associa- tion — Will consist of five sections — Scope of association enlarged (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 American Railway Master Mechanics' Association — Activities covered by American Railroad Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 Appointments : Baldwin, L. W., as regional director, Allegheny Region, succeeding C. H. Markham, resigned (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) 118 Blaisdell, Ralph, as treasurer of United States Railroad Administra- tion, vice Charles A. Lutz, resigned. (Jan. 21, 1920, Cir. No! 93) 120 Franklin, J. A., as assistant to Director General to supervise disposi- tion of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Hardin, A. T., as regional director of Eastern Region, succeeding A. H. Smith, resigned (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Holden, Hale, elected president of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. and Colorado & Southern Railroad Co., resignation as regional director of Central Western Region (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) — 121 178857°— 20 10 (145) 146 Appointments — Continued. Page. Lake, O. S., as assistant to Director General to supervise disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) — 121 Parker, George H., comptroller in charge of accounting (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90; Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Prouty, Charles A., advisory member of Director General's staff, accounting (.Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) 119 Sherley, Swager, as director Division of Finance (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) " 110 Spencer, H. B., as director Division of Purchases (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Taylor, H. A., as general solicitor of Erie Railroad Co., resignation as general assistant to Director General, United States Railroad Ad- ministration (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) 122 Thelen, Max., as director of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95; Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 121, 123 Underwood, E. Marvin, as general counsel, succeeding Judge John Barton Payne, resigned (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87) 118 Webb, W. A., as member of Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1, vice John G. Walber (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 White, J. L., statistician to Director General (Jan; 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Ashland— Southern Pacific Lines north of— Transferred from North- western to Central Western Region (Jan. 22, 1920, Cir. No. 92) 120 Assistant to Director General, in addition to Oscar A. Price, appointment of Brice Clagett (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 108 Assistant, General, to Director General, office discontinued, effective March 15, 1920 (Feb. '26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) 122 Assistants to Director General, appointment of C. S. Lake and J. A. Franklin to supervise labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents, activities covered by American Railroad Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers — Activities covered by American Railroad Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) _ 105 Baldwin, L. W., appointed regional director of Allegheny Region, succeed- ing C. H. Markham, resigned (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) 118 Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad transferred from North- western to Allegheny Region (May 28, 1919, Cir. No. 84) 117 Blaisdell, Ralph, appointment as treasurer of United States Railroad Administration, vice Charles A. Lutz, resigned (Jan. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 93) 120 Board of Adjustment No. 1, W. A. Webb appointed member, vice John G. Walber (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 Boards of Adjustment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 — Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) „ 121 Bronner, Harry, member of Finance Committee (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 Brown, Franklin Q., member of Finance Committee (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) _ 110 Bureau for Suggestions and Complaints under jurisdiction of Division of Public Service (Feb. 7, 1919, Cir. No. 77) 108 Capital Expenditures Division discontinued — Creation of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 147 Page. Capital Expenditures Division— T. C. Powell appointed director, succeed- ing R. S. Lovett (Jan. 16, 1919, Cir. No. 72) 106 Capital Expenditures Division — Resignation of T. C. Powell as director (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Carter, W. S. — Resignation as Director of Division of Labor (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Central Western Region — Illinois Central Railroad (north of Cairo and Paducah) transferred to the Southern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Central Western Region — Lines transferred from Northwestern Region — Southern Pacific Lines north of Ashland (Jan. 22, 1920; Cir. No. 92) __ 120 Central Western Region — Railroads transferred from the Southwestern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Central Western Region — Resignation of Hale Holden as regional di- rector — Temporary jurisdiction of R. H. Aishton (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) 121 Chairman of Claims Committee — Resignation of T. C. Powell (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Chambers, Edward — Resignation as Director of Division of Traffic (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of Indiana transferred from Eastern to Pocahontas Region (Feb. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 76) 108 Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railroad transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (from St. Louis to Kansas City, Herington, and Salina, and all lines south and east of main line be- tween Herington and Tucumcari) transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 3919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Clagett, Brice, appointed assistant to Director General in addition to Oscar A. Price (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 108 Claims Committee— Resignation of T. C. Powell as chairman (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Claims — Division of Liquidation Claims created. (See Division of Liqui- dation Claims.) Committee — Advisory Committee on Purchases created— John Skelton Williams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) 110 Committee on Claims— Resignation of T. C. Powell as chairman (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Committee, Finance, created — John Skelton Williams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 Committees for obtaining subscriptions to Victory Liberty Loan (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) ' 111 Comptroller in Charge of Accounting — Appointment of George H. Parker (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90; Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Creation of Advisory Committee on purchases — John Skelton Williams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) 110 Creation of Division of Liquidation Claims — Max Thelen, director (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Creation of Finance Committee — John Skelton Williams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 Director Division of Accounting, Charles A. Prouty appointed — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Director Division of Accounting — Resignation of Charles A. Prouty — Ap- pointment of George H. Parker as comptroller (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) 119 148 Page. Director Division of Capital Expenditures— Resignation of T. C. Powell (Feb. 5, 1920, Oir. No. 95) 121 Director Division of Capital Expenditures, T. C. Powell appointed— Suc- ceeding R. S. Lovett (Jan. 16, 1919, Cir. No. 72) 106 Director Division of Finance— Swager Sherley appointed— Effective April 15, 1919^-Charles B. Eddy, associate director, in charge pro tem (Mar. 15. 1919, Cir. No. 80) 11° Director Division of Liquidation Claims— Appointment of Max Thelen (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95; Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 121,123 Director Division of Operation— W. T. Tyler succeeding Carl R. Gray (Jan. 31, 1919, Cir. No. 71) -"- 106 Director Division of Public Service — Max Thelen appointed — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Director Division of Purchases — Appointment of H. B. Spencer (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Director of Eastern Region— Appointment of A. T. Hardin to succeed A. H. Smith, resigned (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Director General Hines cautions employees against sale or exchange of Liberty bonds for other securities (Jan. 28, 1919, Cir. No. 74) 106 Director General Hines makes special appeal to railroad officers and em- ployees for subscriptions to Victory Liberty loan — Methods of pay- ment—Forms for reports (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) lit Director General's staff — Charles A. Prouty advisory member — Account- ing (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) 119 Director, regional. (See Regional director.) Discontinuance of Division of Capital Expenditures — Creation of Divi- sion of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Discontinuance of Division of Labor and Division of Operation effective March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Discontinuance of Divisions of Traffic and Public Service March 1, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Discontinuance of office of General Assistant to Director General effective March 15, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) 122 Division of Accounting — Charles A. Prouty appointed director — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Division of Accounting — Resignation of Charles A. Prouty as director — Appointment of George H. Parker as comptroller (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) _ ^ 1 19 Division of Capital Expenditures discontinued — Creation of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Division of Capital Expenditures — Resignation of T. C. Powell as di- rector (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Division of Capital Expenditures— T. C. Powell appointed director— Suc- ceeding R. S. Lovett (Jan. 16, 1919, Cir. No. 72) 106 Division of Finance created — Swager Sherley appointed director, effective April 15, 1919— Charles B. Eddy, associate director, in charge pro tem (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Division of Finance and Purchases discontinued — Division of Finance and Division of Purchases created (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Division of labor discontinued — Effective Mar. 1, 1920 (Feb. 21 1920 Cir. No. 97) ' "_' ' ]21 Division of Liquidation Claims created— Appointment of Max Thelen as director (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95; Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 121, 123 149 Page. Division of Operation discontinued— Effective Mar. 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920,. Cir. No. 97) 121 Division of Operation— W. T. Tyler appointed director, succeeding Carl R. Gray (Jan. 31, 1919, Cir. No. 71) 106 Division of Public Service an Accounting discontinued — In lieu thereof Division of Accounting, Charles A. Prouty, director, and Division of Public Service, Max Thelen, director, are created (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Division of Public Service discontinued Mar. 1, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Division of Public Service to have jurisdiction over Bureau for Sugges- tions and Complaints and Short Line Section (Feb. 7, 1919, Cir. No. 77 )_ 108 Division of Public Service, Max Thelen appointed director — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Division of Purchases created — H. B. Spencer appointed director (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) HO Division of Traffic discontinued Mar. 1, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99 )_ 123 Eastern Region — Appointment of A. T. Hardin as regional director, suc- ceeding A. H. Smith, resigned (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Eastern Region — Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of Indiana transferred to Pocahontas Region (Feb. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 76) 108 Eddy, Charles B. — Associate director of Division of Finance — In charge pro tern (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Employees, railroad — Income tax (Feb. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 78) 108 Employees, railroad — Income tax (Jan. 31, 1920, Cir. No. 94) 120 Envelopes— Instructions relative to printing return address on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 Exchange of Liberty bonds for other securities — Director General Hines cautions employees (Jan. 28, 1919, Cir. No. 74) 106 Finance Committee created — John Skelton Williams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 Finance Division created — Swager Sherley appointed director, effective April 15, 1919 — Charles B. Eddy, associate director, in charge pro tern (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Finance and Purchases Division discontinued — Division of Finance and Division of Purchases created (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Financial assistant to Director General — G. H. Parker appointed (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 108 Financial assistant to Director General — Position discontinued— George H. Parker appointed comptroller in charge of accounting (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90; Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Form to be used in printing return address on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 Forms for reports — Subscriptions to Victory Liberty loan (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Fort Worth & Denver City — Transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Franklin, J. A. — Appointment as assistant to Director General to super- vise disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, ;Cir. No. 97) 121 Freight Claim Association — Activities covered by American Railroad Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) _ 105 General assistant to Director General — H. A. Taylor appointed (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 108 150 Page. General Assistant to Director General— Office discontinued effective March 15, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) 122 General counsel — Resignation of Judge John Barton Payne — Appoint- ment of E. Marvin Underwood (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87) 118 Hardin, A. T. — Appointed regional director of Eastern Region, succeed- ing A. H. Smith, resigned (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Holden, Hale — Resignation as regional director of Central Western Region— Temporary jurisdiction of R. H. Aishton (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) 121 Illinois Central Railroad (north of Cairo and Paducah) transferred from Central Western to Southern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Income tax— Railroad employees (Feb. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 78; Jan. 81, 1920, Cir. No. 94) 120 Installment payments on Victory Liberty loan — Methods of (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Instructions relative to printing return address on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 Interest coupons — Installment payments on Victory Liberty loan (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83)__ 111 Labor Division— Discontinuance of, effective March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Labor matters — Disposition of, after March 1, 1920 — Appointment of C. S. Lake and J. A. Franklin as assistants to Director General (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Lake, C. S. — Appointment as assistant to Director General to supervise disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Liberty bonds — Sale of, or exchange for other securities — Director Gen- eral Hines cautions employees (Jan. 28, 1919, Cir. No. 74) „ 106 Liberty loan, Victory — Director General Hines makes special appeal for subscriptions — Methods of payments and forms for reports (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Lines transferred from Northwestern to Central Western Region — South- ern Pacific lines north of Ashland (Jan. 22, 1920, Cir. No. 92) 120 Lines. (See also Railroads.) Liquidation Claims Division — Appointment of Max Thelen as director (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Liquidation Claims Division — Appointment of Max Thelen as director (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) ', 123 Lovett, Robert S. — Member of Advisory Committee on Purchases (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) _' no Lutz, Charles A. — Resignation as treasurer of United States Railroad Administration — Appointment of Ralph Blaisdell (Jan. 21, 1920 Cir No. 93 ) '_ '_ 3 20 Mail— Form to be used in printing return address on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) ]18 Maintenance claims — Jurisdiction of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Markham, C. H. — Resignation as regional director of Allegheny Region Appointment of L. W. Baldwin (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) 118 Master Car Builders Association — Activities covered by American Rail- road Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 Methods of payments for subscriptions to Victory Liberty loan (Mar 21~ 1919, Cir. No. 83) '__ ' m 151 Page. National agreements — Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Clr. No. 97) 121 Northwestern Region — Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad transferred to Allegheny Region (May 28, 1919, Cir. No. 84) 117 Northwestern Region— Transfer of Southern Pacific lines north of Ash- land to Central Western Region (Jan. 22, 1920, Cir. No. 92) 120 Operation, Division of — Discontinued March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97 ) 121 Parker, George H. — Appointed comptroller in charge of accounting — Posi- tion as financial assistant to Director General discontinued (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90 ; Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Parker, George H. — Appointed financial assistant to Director General (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 108 Payments, installment — Methods of — Victory Liberty loan (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Payne, John Barton (judge) — Resignation as general counsel — Appoint- ment of B. Marvin Underwood (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87) 118 Pocahontas Region — Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of Indiana transferred from Eastern Region (Feb. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 76) 108 Powell, T. C. — Appointed director Division of Capital Expenditures — Suc- ceeding R. S. Lovett (Jan. 16, 1919, Cir. No. 72) 106 Powell, T. C— Resignation as director of Division of Capital Expenditures (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Printing return address on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 Prouty, Charles A. — Appointed director Division of Accounting — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Prouty, Charles A., having resigned as director of Division of Accounting becomes an advisory member of Director General's staff (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) 119 Public Service and Accounting Division discontinued — Created in lieu thereof, Division of Accounting, Charles A. Prouty director, Division of Public Service, Max Thelen director (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Public Service Division discontinued March 1, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Public Service Division, Max Thelen appointed director — Duties (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Public Service Division to have jurisdiction over Bureau for Suggestions and Complaints and Short Line Section (Feb. 7, 1919, Cir. No. 77) 108 Purchases Division created— H. B. Spencer appointed director (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Purchases — Advisory Committee on Purchases created — John Skelton Wil- liams, chairman (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) 110 Railroad employees— Income tax (Feb. 21, 1919, Clr. No. 78; Jan. 31, 1920, Cir. No. 94) - 108,120 Railroad transferred from Northwestern Region to Allegheny Region- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (May 28, 1919, Cir. No. 84) 117 Railroad transferred from Southwestern to Southern Region— Vicks- burg, Shreveport & Pacific (Oct. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 89) 119 Railroads transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region— From Central Western to Southern Region— From Southern to South- western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1— W. A. Webb appointed member, vice John G. Walber (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 152 Page. Railway Boards of Adjustment— Disposition of labor matters after March 1, 1920 (Feb. 21, 1920, Oir. No. 97) 121 Railway Signal Association— Activities covered by American Railroad As- sociation (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) 105 Railway Storekeepers' Association— Activities covered by American Rail- road Association (Jan. 10, 1919, Cir. No. 70) • 105 Refund — Victory Liberty loan payments (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Regional director, Allegheny Region— L. W. Baldwin appointed to succeed C. H. Markham (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) U 8 Regional director— Central Western Region— Resignation of Hale Holden— Temporary jurisdiction of R. H. Aishton (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) 121 Regional director— Eastern Region— A. T. Hardin, appointed to succeed A. H. Smith, resigned (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Report forms— Subscriptions to Victory Liberty loan (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) — ■ 1U Resignations : Carter, W. S.— As director of Division of Labor (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Chambers, Edward— As director of Division of Traffic (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Holden, Hale — As regional director of Central Western Region — Temporary jurisdiction of R. H. Aishton (Feb. 16, 1920, Cir. No. 96) 121 Lutz, Charles A.— As treasurer of United States Railroad Adminis- : tration — Appointment of Ralph Blaisdell (Jan. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 93) 120 Markham, C. H. — As regional director of Allegheny Region — Appoint- ment of L. W. Baldwin (Sept. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 88) 118 Payne, John Barton (judge) — As general counsel — Appointment of E. Marvin Underwood (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87) 118 Powell, T. C— As director of Division of Capital Expenditures (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Prouty, Charles A. — As director of Division of Accounting to be- come advisory member of Director General's staff (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 90) ,. 119 Smith, A. H. — As regional director of Eastern Region- — Appointment of A. T. Hardin (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Taylor, H. A. — As general assistant to Director General — Effective March 15, 1920 (Feb, 26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) J 122 Tyler, W. T. — As director of Division of Operation (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Return address— Instructions for printed form on envelopes (June 6, 1919, Cir. No. 86) 118 St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (between Memphis and Birmingham) transferred from Southern to Southwestern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Sale of Liberty bonds or exchange for other securities — Director General Hines cautions employees (Jan. 28, 1919, Cir. No. 74) 106 Scott, Frederick W., member of Finance Committee (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81 ) 110 Sherley, S wager, appointed director Division of Finance, effective April 15 (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) HO 153 Page. Short Line Section under jurisdiction of Division of Public Service (Feb. 7, 1919, Cir. No. 77) r_ 108 Smith, A. H., resignation as regional director of Eastern Region ; ap- pointment of A. T. Hardin (June 2, 1919, Cir. No. 85) 117 Southern Pacific Lines north of Ashland transferred from Northwestern to Central Western Region (Jan. 22, 1920, Cir. No. 92) 120 Southern Region — Illinois Central Railroad (north of Cairo and Pa- ducah) transferred from Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Southern Region — St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (between Memphis and Birmingham) transferred to the Southwestern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Southern Region — Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad transferred from Southwestern Region (Oct. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 89) 119 Southwestern Region — Railroads transferred to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir, No. 79) 109 Southwestern Region — St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (between Mem- phis and Birmingham) transferred from the Southern Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109, Southwestern Region — Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad trans- ferred to Southern Region (Oct. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 89) 119 Special counsel, Judge John Barton Payne (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87)___ 118 Spencer, H. B., appointed director Division of Purchases (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 80) 110 Statistician to Director General — Appointment of J. L. White (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) ' . 119 Subscriptions to Victory Liberty loan — Director General Hines makes special appeal to railroad officers and employees for subscriptions — Methods of payment and forms for reports (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) _ 111 Tax, income — Railroad employees (Feb. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 78 ; Jan. 31, 1920, Cir. No. 94) 108,120 Taylor, H. A., appointed general assistant to Director General (Jan. 29, 1919, Cir. No. 75) 10S Taylor, H. A., resignation as general assistant to Director General (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 98) 122 Thelen, Max, appointment as director of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99) 123 Thelen, Max, appointment as director of Division of Public Service (Jan. 24, 1919, Cir. No. 73) 106 Thelen, Max, director of Division of Liquidation Claims (Feb. 5, 1920, Cir. No. 95) 121 Traffic Division discontinued March 1, 1920 (Feb. 26, 1920, Cir. No. 99)— 123 Transfer of Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad from North- western to Allegheny Region (May 28, 1919, Cir. No. 84) 117 Transfer of railroads from Southwestern to Central Westertf Region — from Central Western to Southern Region — from Southern to South- western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Transfer of Southern Pacific lines (north of Ashland) from North- western to Central Western Region (Jan 22, 1920, Cir. No. 92) 120 Transfer of Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad from Southwestern to Southern Region (Oct. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 89) 119 Treasurer of United States Railroad Administration— Appointment of Ralph Blaisdell, vice Charles A. Lutz, resigned (Jan. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 93 ) 120 154 Page. Tyler, W. T., appointed director Division of Operation, succeeding Carl R. Gray (Jan. 31, 1919, Cir. No. 71) 1Q 6 Tyler, W. T., resignation as director Division of Operation (Feb. 21, 1920, Cir. No. 97) 121 Underwood, E. Marvin, appointment as general counsel, succeeding Judge John Barton Payne, resigned (Aug. 12, 1919, Cir. No. 87) 118 Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad transferred from Southwestern to Southern Region (Oct. 27, 1919, Cir. No. 89) 119 Victory Liberty Loan — Director General Hines makes special appeal for subscriptions — Methods of payments and forms for reports (Mar. 21, 1919, Cir. No. 83) 111 Walber, John G., member of Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1, as- signed to other duties (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 Wallace, James N., member of Finance Committee (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 Walters, Henry, member of Advisory Committee on Purchases (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) 110 Webb, W. A., appointed member of Railway Board of Adjustment No. 1, • vice John G. Walber (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 22-A) 105 White, J. L, appointed statistician to Director General (Jan. 7, 1920, Cir. No. 91) 119 Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railroad — Transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) 109 Wichita Valley Railroad — Transferred from Southwestern to Central Western Region (Mar. 1, 1919, Cir. No. 79) , 109 Williams, John Skelton, chairman of Advisory Committee on Purchases (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 82) 1 10 Williams, John Skelton, chairman of Finance Committee (Mar. 15, 1919, Cir. No. 81) 110 o Cornell University Library HE 2705.1920 E2 Public acts, proclamations by the Presid 3 1924 002 271 710