Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-02-19

EDwENTY-FIvE YEARS AGO, LIFI
1 ics now equal two thousand ,niiiioi
/ - OF d0iiars, made very allow progress
Tor u encountereg ignorance, prsyhdice
centric persons were found here and there
| who, IL was reported with wonder by tht
| goshps,. :" had got their Hives insuredf bu
Stood sHa aioo Ss saa ft senS
cred, and Columbus requires no, defender
and the teiesraphic lever clicks stepheS.
son and Fulton and Morse need no certifi,
Cate or good Intellectual character now
Life Insurance has also proved itself, and
copftng more and more like afarthins
light held mp to show the sun. Ten OF
twenty years hence, the uninsured man
the question asked Will not then be wheth.
er he left any life insurance, but how much
DID ne leave; and the man WHO thru neg
lects or refuses to inssire hls life VIII b
WIN Be able 70 save X Is nume nom deserved
reproach when he is gone. al lIt ~
The slow progress of Life Insurance for
many years was doubtless partly owing u
the idea OF forfeiture. 80 lately as dS60
feiied,ths wh6Is ;lbas IN sSs, ssaf the New
YorlSs. Life, met the difficulty by boldly
srs, SeSfer Enown Is tHss. Tsn! Ysar Plea.
by this step in advance, n policy may be
w waSd rsarmn 9 so VIZ e ss Sa
on the contrary yielding the owner an in
S9%s xails liy!hg Ths sSet e shs m
said ID It's Ptaise further than that livery
other company without exception then or
sincs established, has been compelled TO
Yet, while quick TO discover nnd apply
anything really an Improvement, the New
wards Conservatism ~ and caution. II doss
not oifer Cheap" Insurance, and docs not
countenance any OF the recent inventions
styled improved plans, which ARE either
worthless or else are only old ones called
by new names. There Is nothing doubtful
about the assets OF the New York every
dollar Is solia!x INVESTED; ~ oilesr OF
ON personal security are made and all In
vestments and transae ions are ! n the name
Of the Corporation. Prior to each monthly
With whose CONSENT also f iii loans ana In
vestments must be made-suhject the as
sets 70 a IN ost skihul and searrlhng exam
inotlon, ana report 70 the fuif Boaru, win
suggesti o MS ZION, time to tine. Nothing Is
taken for granted; ali the iohds aid other
representatives OF value are actually seen
and handled by this Committee monthly,
~ well as the entries of them checked on
the books. Besides these various SAFE
guards, there Is n Anal one In the cireum-
stantial report made by the Company an
which speeifies In detail all recei PTS dis,
bursements, habititics, items Of aSiets and
loans, particulars of new business done,
etc, M OF this fnformation being OFFICIALLY
During Its tArecr, the New York has
passed undisturbed through two severe
commercial crises and the recent war.
the war, u dealt libefplly and fairiy, Dur
ing thetwenfy ~ We Years. long perl ,fs
have arisen and ALLEN, ana many financial
bubbles have burst; and now, especially
since one OF the dangers of to-day Is the
te en,I 20 try experiments Apu qsTe UNI
gers Of the New York are less than ever
disposed TO leave tho straight line Of
safety.
nj II s XXX ,Sss " ss
formerly occupied as a wholesale silk
warehquss by Messrs.. Bowepi kipNapee 4
Co. This purchase was looked upon asduite
very commodious and elegant for that
bscosn ssbersa and more Ina dsg1ais Tor fhs
gr1wth ss sna u sg The
ground at the corner OF broadway and
Leonard street, for which an advance OF
thereafter. About the same, time, the old
building was disposed of at nm advance OF
nearly s2WOoO upon the original cost: Up
on the new site magnificent marble odi-
nce has been erected, ~ "a cost Of about 81 =
10000; yet, large as this amount seems, Il
Is ex pecfud that the Income from the other
portions of tho building win enable the
Company g occupy Its own commodious
All this suoces~ IA the past, md all the
cheering prospects for the future, owe moth
ing 10 tho atd Of stock capital, The New
York Iilc IN for It's members only. The ei-
tire assets, and the new bu lidlnK. belo M
10 the policy holders, who
alone ara the Company Fairly In 1870, the
tor-centenary In the new Offices: but should
the astonishing growth OF the past zen
years eontinus. wen this stately edihns
may becon,s Inadequate before the semi
~ rtf .r -.'fT.--.
Be guided ny the dictates OF reason. Ex-
amino aud be convinced. 10 not go else
whero, but get yoar policies OF
q. ~. JONES, Agent,
Sev York l.iN Insurance Company.