. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . of thousands and millions ofdollars. * * * We read that the Baltimoreand Ohio paid 160,914 claims, amounting to$2,072,216 and simple calculations tellus the average amount paid per claimwas $ * * * Thus we have reducedthis thing to a simple game of pennyante with a ten cent limit, so that we canall afford to sit into the game so to dare say that tl^^ere is not a man amongyou who could not prevent a $ claim insome manner and induce others workingunder you to do the same. Mr. Charles then introduced GeneralSuperintendent Stevens, who sa
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . of thousands and millions ofdollars. * * * We read that the Baltimoreand Ohio paid 160,914 claims, amounting to$2,072,216 and simple calculations tellus the average amount paid per claimwas $ * * * Thus we have reducedthis thing to a simple game of pennyante with a ten cent limit, so that we canall afford to sit into the game so to dare say that tl^^ere is not a man amongyou who could not prevent a $ claim insome manner and induce others workingunder you to do the same. Mr. Charles then introduced GeneralSuperintendent Stevens, who said: D. F. Stevens I think it is only fair to that departmentto mention that the best piece of freightclaim prevention work has been done byMr. Youngs department and I think heshould be credited for it. Mr. Stevensfurther said that it did not make anydifference how much Mr. Charles knewabout the work, or how much those presentknew about it, but he wanted to suggestthat when they returned home they calla similar meeting of their own forces. Complimenting a man on his care inhandling potatoes, Mr. Glessner was toldThese are my potatoes. Handle allfreight as if it were your own and claimpayments will be reduced and pass the information received downto the man who seals cars, checks freight,etc. He said: It wont do you any good to keep it toyourself—you should bring it home to theman you have really got to reach if yourclaim prevention work for 1924 is to becfTcctive. I am going to take it upon my-self for 1924 to see if we cannot cut damageto lading and cars 50% on my territory. F. B. Mitchell General Superintendent I\ H. Mitchell,the next speaker, said that every employeon the railroad has some responsibility inclaim prevention work. (Jur job is toaccept shipments from sliippers and our re-sponsibility starts from that moment. * * *A great deal of loss and damage is caused byderailments, so that the trackman has hisduties to perform, the operator has his, andin fact everyone on
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