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Seventh, if the claim? cc'ver damage to grain from leaky roof or 

 other causes, they should be accompanied with all information bear- 

 ing on the subject. 



"The mere statement of 'leak}" roof by some one at a destination 

 is not sufficient, by any means,'' writes Mr. A. Kirkland, Claim Agent 

 for the Illinois Central Railroad. "We should have more than this, 

 and furthermore, inspectors or others should call the attention of the 

 railroad company at destination to the discovery of a leaky r'Oof. so 

 that proper investigation may be made by the railroad company. The 

 great trouble and reason for delay in the adjustment of some claims 

 is want of information." 



Mr. R. C. Richards, Claim Agent for the Chicago & Xorthwestern 

 Railway Company, writing in the same vein, states that "if, in the 

 presentation of claims, the claimants would furnish complete infor- 

 mation, their losses could be promptly iuA-estigated and adjusted." 



STOPPING LE.\KAGE OX THE SIDE OF 

 A GRAIN CAR 



TERMINAL MARKETS. 



Strictly terminal markets are pcmits of exchange, specu- 

 lation, storage, and distribution. Such markets are necessary 

 to facilitate the handling of large quantities of grain. Their 

 growth has been due not only to increased production, but to the 

 development of complexity in systems of distribution. Many of the 

 so-called termnial markets are also ])rimary markets where grain is 

 insfiected. 



