Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-05-05
Mutual A0urance ag0lyE Ere on
BUILDINGS.

Is thoie VINO were OPpOled 70 thlS
philainhropic infisution it has ocea held out,
that if large f.ewas to haFpea ., NoEfo.k, il
" oui RUN tie members Of the f,cie.y. Now
there has as great a f,e as pofihly could 5c ex.
petHed, taken Place and including tie frverM
fires which !'ave occurred il Berkeley, Fee
rick, Spotfy iyapia, Louifa, Plnce G2c!ge ED
Glouc,fc7, fa on goa, that is, CT. pscmi-
IN, the fame as paid on entering. is ltRicIeat TO
srpcrh shr tpnus: this ihcws ~: wat they
advance is iallacious. NotwithAandirQ III. enor.
lno1s d,ltrucGsn at Norio}k. the facie,y has
iunds enough TO pay every oas OF HE iufcle.s:
and the quoia which til: members pay now ferns
complete fund Go solwer againa future loiT,s-
which may inare ihem Tor many yea, - con,ss
perhaps for ever. rs the. l!iiuraace is nc,.sfins
the fusds will be 70 ltrong, that great lylts in.
deed matf happen bsfe:e ahotherGaota be nseeGa-
ry ; the intefeit will b. % coniicrahle, that f
in few years no great lolts happta, il viii
augment the funds Eapidy. independent OF tbs
new iriurances winch ne doubt viii be rDe5c
Thc foeieiy has been extfsordins,ily un:ortu-
nate; II all the hcufrs il the fac hid Been
Affected in the fame ratio. If would be az the
rate Of upwards OF S, 600 houfrs per arnrm in
this fate. Now as ii is we'll known, ,hs, on an
avefage throughout the fats, hardly more than
fifty buildings per an0um bssn--thss News that
this iociety has in the mof extraordinary m,p-
n.r been Afflicted theteeorc it is Reasonable 70
hope, thar in future the ioIes will nogbe 70 grcst
as they have been, But ;ha. they viii be much
lels. AS the lyi}cu: is now, and viii be better
undcEitood the inturancc no daobt vii! keep in-
creating. 1t is deyoaly 10 be wifh-d that tho
people would rife ca n aas and nfure all (which in
time thsy viii there o-ing upwards Of four
hundred thoufand buidiae: IL this fta,e. the CON-
tribution would then be 2 merc tg;Ae, ps,haps
not more than ten c. Fifteen cents fer each houie
per annum. On an average OF years klsdly
r2ore than one out OF every Ten thouf4nd hou{cs
is yearly, in this fate dehroyed by ise--thea 10
as he insurance increases, the funds augment
az ore to thirty three and the rilk increafcs ony
as one 20 tea hdu,2nd.
Some coa1plain OF paying quou, but thew
ough. to conEder that we Cannon always prevent
hr:s, and that their OVID houies might hsve been
included. Notwithstanding the enormous asH
extraordinary loAss. | canrot fee the great hard
lhip complained oi-whcn a man who OWE q
brick houfe in the country, worth one thouiand
dollars, VINO cn'escd IN the beginning OF The IN.
fi'ution, PAID or entering nine fhillings per
100 dollars then he has hgen injured going on
uinc years, ofcou1e az the rate OF one Milling
per 100 dollars year for the Quota he paia,
Is 0. will only be abicnbsdhy the ffe which he
psned laa February wbcn ahro,d it wou,a
have colt bn, upwards offfry four fittings du
ring thst period. Then tsking even The prcmi
um and quota togethcr makes it only three per
cent. wien abroad lie would have pad per ctnt.
and how mach more pIeafng is it thar xe keep
the money here, and iuecaur our unf3rtUaa,c
fellow cIizcns. ConGdcying the dreadful calan;.
" which ragged at Norfolk, wSe.e is the
tender heart who would nos cheertuliy cofsribul.
TO aid thofe unfortunate people, and tie mca
70 WHEN by thai contribution they do charta
Die at, and fecure az the ian- time their own
property.
W.T.. Asst.
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