A professional who compiles data to prorate cost of lost or damaged goods among interline railroad carriers. Respnsibilities include:

• Receives claim for lost or damaged goods filed by shipper of consignee.
• Verifies records to substantiate claim of shipment and requests customer-complaint clerk to investigate claim and to submit estimate of value of lost or damaged goods.
• Receives estimate and verifies records to ascertain names of carriers involved in transporting goods.
• Computes number of miles each carrier transported goods.
• Prorates and computes cost to be charged to interline carriers according to comparative mileage in transit over each railroad, using calculating machine.
• Records name of each interline carrier involved and amount prorated to each.