Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-02-08
Travellers Accident Insurance
Go. of Hartford.

The necessity of an institution Of this
character had long been felt by the Ameri-
can public before this company, which like
every good thing, has been foil owed by va
rious less responsible initators, reduced the
risk of accident to the matter of science,
and added another most benefcent enter
prise to the philanthropic institutions of the
country. How often are cases brought to
our notice where families, which have long
lived, perhaps plainly, but comfortably at
least, where all were well fed and well clad,
Wnere the children were kept at school,
"hefe comfort prevailed, and where want
was never known and never dreamed Of
now often into such homes has an accident,
WHICH olsaoles the father for few weeks
OF months' brought perjury and want A
carpenter, Wnlle In pursuit of his daily avo-
cation, falls from scaffold and breaks a
limb. Immediately the SIS or 500 Nor
week, which formed his entire income ard
| himself, ceases; and, before he is able to
resume his occupation, his family find #
impossible to procure necessary CLOTHING
and fuel, and even food; the children are
| taken from school, and such as are old
enough set to work, and the whole family,
in few weeks, is reduced from comfort to
wretchedness. Every man, be he laborer,
merchant or professional man, whose income
depends on his personal exertions, is liable
at any time to be deprived of this income
by some casualty.
To provide against such misfortune is the
object Of the Travellers Insurance company
of Hartford. BY the payment of q few dol
lars yearly, person secures weekly sa-
larry which will support his family, in case
Of any disabling accident, and in case of
death by any casualty, the payment of
! sum to his heirs which will save them from
poverty and restitution. This company
| was the first in the United States to insure
against accidents, and is now well esta-
| blished and recognized in the east as the
most reliable of all similar organizations.
Within the past eighteen months it has
promptly paid weekly compensation i'll ouer
seUen hundred cases, without contesting q
single one.
AS the reputation of this Company has
extended TO the Northwest, and its bust
ness in this section has become important,
a branch office has been established
in Chicago at which all claims for
losses may be adjusted without reference
to the parent office, thus Offering to us the
advantage of reliable and firmly estab-
lished company without the disadvantages
and delays usually incident to policies taken
in eastern companies. Gen. Julius White
who formerly devoted his attention to null
tiplying casualties among the rebels, has
accepted the charge of this branch office,
assisted by Mr.. j. Goodwin, Jr., formerly
of the Etna Insurance Company of Hart
ford. These gentlemen are well known as
capable and reliable business men, and es-
pecially well versed in matters pertaining
to insurance. That they have been willing
to accept the management of this Office is
sufficient assurance that the company merits
and that it will obtain success 1t is
the intention of these gentlemen to establish
agencies throughout the northwest so that
the advantages of the company may be &C
cessible to all. When we consider the suf-
fering which is so frequently occasioned for
the want of such q provision as can easily
be made by every man through this compa-
ny, it seems that it must Immediately be-
come popular, well patronized and extens-
| lively useful.