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GENEBAL l\1A ~AGER

Omaha - May 23, 1931.

Mr. G. :a. Pryde:
Yours of May 21st regarding further pa:1Inent of $26.13

to James Kontakis, injured at Winton Noo l Mine, November 21, 1930.
It will be satisfactory to voucher Mr. Kontakis in above
amount.

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�nook Springe .. Uny 21 1 1931

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,.,~_.r~e:_Konte.l~J.¢1,.1 99!: ot our e!:1ployes a:t , into~-;, .
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Tho r.!iotcl:o cv.ida1'l.il.Y orit;iuated t.•ith tho looul doctor

.tr it ia ~recu.blo to you ·, uould like to I10.vo c. vouoher

&lt;mtitlc...' to t: ia or:o-ant o! co1tt,.1onsG:',.;io11 .

Orlgint\l Rlgtied~

GEORGE B. PRYD£

�Rock Springs -}.I~~-Y 20, 1931 o

J ar.es Konte, ki s, emp l oyed at ·vinton }Tool Mine, who vrn.s
inj u re d on lfo v ember 21,1 930, is ma k ing cla im for a dd itional
c ompens a tion due t o err or on re p ort of s u r g eon a,t -ilinton,
D_~ o Ko E o _rrett&amp;;e r , v;ho made e.n error i n stati n g in FJnal

.:. e port of Pe r s on 2.l Inj u r y t l'11:,t t he 0.2,te of recovery was December 5th ins t e ad of Dece.mb e r 1 5th o
On :i:i'e b ruaxy 24 , 1 931, u e p re p a r ed a form of joint sti p u la tio n for t ,1e r.ro r lcrnan ' s si gna t u1~e , vrhi ch ca lled for
of ;)1 4 073 f or t em:;io r a r y tot cJ. l disabilityo

2.11 a'ii a1~d

The v1orkr.'l2,n signed.

t } e s ti pulat ion an d a n aY.a r d na s 1118.d e o n 1Iarch 4, 1931. Later
t}1e uor ]art2n di sc ov e r ed th2.t h e had been underpe.id and called
the m2.tte r to om· att ention, Dr. Kreuge r stating that the
u orlrn~n Das correct in h is claim.
I s :p oke t o Il r. Ta li af e:rro about the matter of re-opening
the case.

He did not think it 1.'J ould be. good policy for us to

asl;: for a re-opening a nd recommended that if we felt that the
vrnrkrnan' s cla im Yras just, a. voucher for the amount_ due him :) 26.13 - should be given him, if this arrang ement was a8reeable
;1i th :Llr . llcA:c:_l if f e.

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A copy of Mr. Taliaferro's letter, herewith.

�STANl&gt;Al!D
IHH0,000

FORM 2103
SUBJEc,;.,

THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY
Ho ck Sp rings ,

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/y oming o

IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO

OFFICE OF

lfay 15th , 19 31 o
L~t

NO.

t orne y

E r o Ho J . I-Io.1~r i n g t on
City

It a1J e ars t?:ta t J ames 1,.ont &amp;.ki s 9 by the erro1~ of t h e
c mnp s"'2 r ,_e on , - receive o. o.. fi n a J. awar d for ~11 4 073, beinz a t the
r o.. te of ,) 50 . 00 a ~1011-tll f or n i ne de.ys ; t h e sti pulation havin g
becrn siGned in :i!'e"bruary 9. l 9 3L
I n .L\_n r il 9 1 931 9 ru1othe r t e r m of the cou rt c ommenced,
e,nd the c ou rt lo st j ur i s d i c t i on on i t s o·rm motion to cha ng e of
ame nd its f i n a l or de r h e r e in o

It n o··: appe['..rs t :i12.t tl1e ca mp su r g eon a dmits tha t he
t h e i nj u r ed .;r orkrna n could not g o to
·wo r k on t : e 5th d.ay of Dec emoer, 1930, or until the 16th d.2.y of
:Jec eriibe r, 19 3 0 ? or t e n cb.ys ·2,fter t h e c alilJ surg e on re 11o r ted
th2.t ·t h e 1~.ro1~1a,1an r:as d isch a r g e d c:.n d re ad y to g o to vrork.

m2,d e n. mi sta ke , an d t ha t

I u ou l d s U[iGe st t hat i f t h e no r lmw,n i s reli a ble t he.t
t h e d if f e re n ce be _:sive n h i m in a vo u c h er s h o'.'tinG up on the
ir ou cher t hc&gt;.t the e-quiva lent i r3 i n the c ::imJ ens.a tion fund of '.i'he
Union Pacific Coa l Comp any, and there f ore the company is not
p rejudice d .
Yours trul y ,
(Sgd) T.
TST: g a

_C_O_P_Y_

s. Tali a ferro, Jr.

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