, 1865-01-27
Ql)iraQo Gribn11e.:
FRIDAY, JANUARY p, ISIS.
FROM SPR!H0:lELD.
The Insurance Inbrog}io in
the Legislature.
Freeport as an Insurance Point
and Long as an Insur-
ance Corporation.
Merchants Exchange Of
Chicago.
The New Chicago Gas
Company.

II ,ooks sa ,f the r.ron1c of r,linoi. verc
.,..,;.o A. Tes,,,.o,,o 1,,s;-,,s. .s
f1huis ~ LAY on .ne tnsm1usc :, 1'.onsse a.
6omeotnel etatss arc On sue Oh uusIaess.
insurance Companies have been introdsced
into the two Houses of tho General Assem-
b,v m to this honr. They coyer 1nsurauce
for alnost anvfhfn.r that n vivid ;u,arinat,on
w. oa,,a.,.a ~ ,,o-;.,. 1;f a.s;5'.at. ~
- ' NV, as w
sal!foaos, STEAMBOATS, ana aa1ans Vessels
Lightning, hurricanes, tornadoes, horse
thieves, potato rot, hog cholera. tho draft,
dc. The accassions to the number I haye
,,a,,,.d M, ho .o,,., ~ ,,o,,t ~. dsr ,rt,1
o "'' " e4ua. ~ A''.1 M 80 1aJ ua'u
TIC Close OF the session. What Influences
have created this mania for insurance char
tcrs 1t is hard to say from IN outside look,
hut IN inside and critical view develops the
ani1nus. There are class Of people in at
tendance in the lobby, and sometimes in the
seats Of members. whom shall dcnominatc
insurance jumpers "nen q eharter tof
an Insurance Company nom any locality In
the State is presented by member, raferr4d
and passed to tic Clerk. thess eiumpers''
.,,s,, IN The fyerr,. deal gct ;, cov,r and
a...1;.st. :. s.aon.,,ts - 5 = s'F'' ~. 49, 49,
oulaleAte ~ ~ ~ Aaeuu4e u'noss. put lne
names OF ne" corpofators tn, some real and
tome fictitious, sometimes add some Of the
ro,nes II fhc nrfo1pa1 hi11 which thev s+..1
A tN-. ' .r-sN.y '1e'AA'
some Of the members. who are either ,rccn
..:.,,..:. -. .1,a-o .ta1. 49,.
OF Fd11se:Pes e7msa's, sct lnsee stolen cna1-
tcrs through the General Assembly, whletllc
ol'eA eAtA ~ ~ "usu e"pt]0. - eseAtns
Investment, will be utterly neglected, and
perhaps remain in the pigeon holes Of the
Commlt1ee, never morc 10 DC seen. NEen
passed, the =" Jumpers get possession Of tleIr
charters, and then hawk them for sale In the
Market places, al prices varying from maxi
mum Of 81 COO. down to 800 each, have
my oye on man who is said to be getting
rich nt this business. ~ I daro ba sworn that
full three qnartsrs Of the insurance charters
nstfef 6e Of s
fai,,inr not the remotest idca 81. .syor puiti,,e
tns,n nh nnesntinn And this IL whara 1
1..a 49, X +;.ie ;r,,na1.o rn,n,.a- - -,
!arge sn9re oI lnls na1s nnInense naanoer Q! cnaF
1er3 LOT 4nsu1tncs Colupsu1es eoue lfom.
FrEEtroRT AS Ay INSURANCE POINT.
FreepoIt beats the Arabs on n .' insurance.
f!eylous . tne necomnleheeihento 1nls Session
Of tic Legislature, tnls peasant ana amol-
a dozen Insurance. companies. Al this hour
The eamc Freeport hxs about twenty charters
before the two houses ior s neM companies, aud
frevrort men ylen1e l93t uey snatl MI ~
through the mill. This il no reflection upon
the Chairman Of the Committee on Banks and
Cnr,o, nations. Mr. Burchard, who resides st
Eraa,nrt md I. n Centleman not only of a
1,;c1, nr'rr Of ahility. but above susnicion :
nsn o.1et - ~ T-co,nr+ ~ ~,
| be! II SHOWS 1nat Iieelost' ~ aa 1oauaaueo
| point, leads the column.
LONG Is An ENDURANCE coEroRAToR.
1a..;.r, ,,.~ ~, yn,,o,,z ch,r+ -ra which
have been introduced 10 me Genefal 0ssem'
| bly,, find tie name OF A. Z. Long as lncor-
| porator On about twenty companies. more OF
| less. He resides In Freeport. I understand