, 1870-09-06

cAREFEL COMPILATION
It ts with considerable plclture.-shaftd. no
axis thai ths 1rures 81 insurance eashsresi nT
THE TRtHCSE retort0Tsal stan uaiin3 the hewti-
tletinc Excitement OF The confagratloa. dl1et by
semrslsd ~ t. he G snsarance agents of the civ
yesterday. Cntier the circumstances. si09,9s0
ort Of the way would hare been crcitsao'y COT
rect
TIE tSsrRAScE AGENTS.
The insurance agents OF chicago presented
solemn ccuntcnances yesterday. The only graft
rhc contemplation that his hrcthsen ln .hc busi-
1css hail fated equally bad, OK wore. Few Chi
yaeo companies or agencies vent scot free, and
few suffered qute severely. None, however, arc
risced hort du combat. or even crippled. And 80
TIT Is brslnesS Is e0ncesnea, Al! are cTeEcfo%d-
H. Tse main effect 81 ss lrsscs VII BE-
least, twentJ 1--WE rer cent Some f1ska Will IL, lr-
creased % PER cent. There Is no apparent con-
.. Gn W far t e T a @
clare that the insurance business In the United
States ln1inR the past yt:ar has keen conducted at
vii, he to increase the fasrs Of clnsr up their
rcsns. Al the aee.Icles. Yesterday, were ovtHnn
bs Eattles anxious to place risks; few wesc uc-
ceptet except at i1clease.i rates.
MEETING OF 1SscRlSct Men.
Yesterday morning the Insurance agents held
meeting for the pn1pose Of taking steps tonaru
adjusting tosses- $. II. Moore, Esq, Was called
On motion, I. was i!eci.,c, that !. Y. Farwe!i
%. take an inyentery Of ait goods NOT damaged,
fsr removal 70 the new store; also m inventory
highest bidders on behalf Of <he Insurance Com
nl.ttee.
IL casc. J. t. James, % sa IL i. w.nnssss. ii va =
appointed on Iasscs,
The meeting then adjourned.
LNesoS OF THE FIRE
Tr Tie Edtor a The Chka4o Tftbstn<,
TIE BARRING Of the Drake and farwel F'locl
teaches The l.ul1dlnE putllc several very itu-
Eettant lessons, First. the Necessity Of heavy
INST ne A. from Lsnta pu.ler's enss1ed Fa1.
Eeus o1laing through The Weil where the joists
OF bItcllsyes had failed TO I'LL n mo,tsr.
\ srark passing through doobns:s l2ht-i
/ hu.tltle material VIII sll Difference 10 afchi.
i even In upper stories, should be nut lsss than
sixteen inches IN shsceness. ant even then the
te1sts Should resi- on ledges. Otherwise. the wall
second. Ii demonstrates The folly Of the Nansatd
u our cty. Is composed larssy q laas~Haa, r.
The a.cn:tect. Nit. van osdel, seems /, have nsei
every rvecautlon aeatnst nse: The pa-tt,,on wall
Thatcher and Fa1well buildings, and jet II would
not bare ,een impossil,le to have savest
Hss:' Of A'' ,as NE . Il ~ en'f a,s /;
there is 50 much wood about these roofs
| that theY arc ttke wooden roR. and As they are
le}oud the reach of the nrcmen, the mr.
mntt 20 through them. Third II fs htgh
tine for the hu.ldine public to begin to
lhuk about deyistnC some me:hod for e1tinGn!sh'
Ing 1fts In the root OF Htx and seven stofy huilt
tugs. About a rear ago plan was proposed It
the -insfrto1n ButI'1 for flooding ih~ec upper
ncoTs, which could not prove otherwise thar
efficient The plan was simply. to run up Sc
r1es ef txo and a half or three inch pipes. hav
ing an opening on tho outer face OF the wal
below by connecting the Eseamer8 With tht
ritt mains and these pipes, the upper door
ceatt' te Hooded. and the Ire ci1ectuaMy pre-
vented from coming downward.
| CuAS D. LAKKr,
| Editor 4 lMfFttdA Builder,
| CR1cAGo, Sept ). $50.