74 ACCOUNTING. 



ACCIDENT REPORTS. 



In case of accident on the railway or on the property of the 

 company, resulting in death or personal injury, either to em- 

 ployees or others, employees must telegraph the facts imme- 

 diately to the general claim agent at St. Paul and to the 

 division engineer. This telegram must be confirmed by writ- 

 ten report on the blank provided for the purpose and for- 

 warded by first mail to the division engineer, who will trans- 

 mit the same through the office of the chief engineer to the 

 general claim agent. 



If the injured employee is allowed compensation for time lost 

 on account of injuries or other payment therefor, release of 

 damages should be taken on form 256. Such allowance or pay- 

 ment should be made only on authority first obtained from the 

 chief engineer. 



Copy of special instructions issued by the general claim 

 agent relative to use of release blanks will be furnished to en- 

 gineers on application to the division engineer. 



TELEGRAMS. 



Messages should be sent by wire only when the mail service 

 will not answer the purpose. There is a tendency to use the 

 telegraph for communicating matters of small importance, sim- 

 ply because there is less care and time involved to the sender 

 in one form than the other. 



