Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-02

will often happen, or elie Prefently we
fhould not have houfc Handing. The
premiums average ABOUT ; per cent. then
one out of every thirty-three hou!es mutt
burn before the fab(cribsrs can be called
upon for {econd prer,ium-which not
withdrawing the mott extraordinary loaes
that ever have been known in this fate,
has been the cafe only once in fix years,
and may NOT be again for many to come.
As thole who inlure abroad pay from
to I ! per cent yearly, then the eighteenth
part ofthe property i. this fate mutt burn
every year before cur quotas will come up
to thoie annual premiums, which would be
at the rate Of 81 houfes out Of thofe 5000
iubfcribed for and 5000 in the ltate-ls it
probable tina. 70 many ihould be defroyed
annually 1t never has been, and am
confident that it never viii! be the cafe =,
as in my opinion, on al average Of years,
only one cut of every ten thouland houfes
in this fate burns, and as the infnrance be-
comes now more general, it is probable
that the fubferibtrs will iehom, or per-
haps never b. called upon again; for the
interea Of the premiums will bear, that
one out of every five hundred may annual
ly be paid for then if the lofes are not Tex.
rraordinary great the interee will be fufh-
Gent. as has been the cafe for better than
theie two years paf. As the houfes in
the towns pay. high premiums, iome 3,
fome 5 hundred per cent. more than thoie
in the country, there are great many not
injured here, Of courie the greatea lois that
politely can befall this lociety, one pre-
MUM will b iu6icient to diicharge-a
proof Of it is, that one premium has been
enough to pay for the greatea loiles that
ever have been known in this fate.
1t is held OUT by Gsme people, that it is
fafer to infure abroad. The idea is ridi-
culous to luppofe that few fpeculating
individuals abroad lhould be more capa-
bic, and tina. their lecurity (hould be bet
ter than that of fevesal hundred wealthy
citizens Of this country--but their aherti-
ons will always come to uought when op-
pofed by truth, which experienced has
proved.
1t is devoutly to be wi(hed that citi-
zens would lend an aAifting hand and ex.
plain the nature of the Mutual Infurance
to thoie who do not underRand it, and par
.icularly to thofe whole minds have been
prejudiced by lome people unfriendly to
this inRitution, unfriendly to any thing
done here, unkind to humanity. We ihall
than get foon to that deGrabre end of a
General In(urance, when the annual con-
,ribution of each houle would hardly ever
be more than 20 cents per annum becaule
| think there are at leaf four hundred
thodand buildings in this fate, then lohes
mutt annually happen to the amount of
100, 900 dollars, before each houle's fhare
will be twenty-five cents per annum.
it is no doubt practicable that all the
hou(es in this State may be injured, then
why don't the citizens ltep forward at
once and effect it good things ought me-
yer to be delayed.
Under tie ConRHution THE Premiam'
mzf be paid to tie Cg6isr- Gene,al here,
and to n. ether tr,1an.
w. +. Asst.
Richmond, z,d November, 1901.
~ The Members of the
| Mutual Infurance Company, againf Fire
I on Goods and Furniture in the State Of
| Virginia, are hereby requefed to attend
| their annual general meeting to be held at
| their general Office in the city of Rich.
| mon,l, on the fecond Wednefday of Janu-
| airy next ibeing the 18th day of the faid
month"; by ten O'Clock, A. M. agreeable
| to their contribution.
w. F. Asst,
Principal Agent, M. l. c.
Richmond, Nov. Is, 1901.
| JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE BY
| EDWARD RUSSELL,
| Abu fore is Uxion F'eft,
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