The New York herald., 1872-11-13

sns directors ana ssocxnolaers held meet.
ing
made up, and an affirmative decision resulted II
resolved to MAKE up ss Losses: One
half Of 1t on the spot, to make up the deficiency.
This puts the company on arm footing tor the
future. rt
was also reported to be In very bad way. Upon
inquiry 1t was found that from total assets amount
BY the boston Hre In this case also the directors
resolved to make mp the deficiency and 60 on:
There Is therefore. no truth in the suspension y
fered severely rom the Chicago 1re and was Obliged
to suspend for time. ultimately resuming pusl-
ness -
was said TO be in danger OF suspension. ON total
assets OF $340 their losses by the IRE nave been
ana the stockhoiders have pledged themselves to
subscribe 500, 900 more TO make UP the denclency
in the capital SO this company also Is all right
THE NASSAU
escaped unhurt by the foresight OF its President.
He heard Mr. Oakley make his address over year
time resolved to take no risks in Boston on this &C.
count. AS the result has proved ne was Tlgnt, anu
now comes out not one dollar the ,oser wnere 30
evening an agent went into the Peoples, Of New
York, and wanted to insure Stewarts Boston prop
sand but this seemed TOO low to the company and
they refused It, This saved them from large loss.
ths Ss ot
under s1's this terrible M ordeal for them Many have
out Of town, and one-tne St. Nichoias-by the fact
that its Boston agent was much more
than ST m vs anS e
reasons for feeling grateful 20 him. This g why
largest M sums Complain bitterly that not only have
they been too easy In giving tnsurances, but that
the rates are altogether too low for the class oi
property insured. Thus large sums have been lost
where they should not have been and altogether
the companies nave learned a lesson from Boston
which they but imperfectly understood when the
MEETING OF THE FIRE UNDERWRITERS
A meeting Of the underwriters was held yester-
day Mr.. GarriQue, OF the Germania, in the chair.
The question Ofpremium rates was referred to the
Committee on Rates and Survey with view OF
rules Of 1863 and 1870 which rule at present. in the
meantime these rates are to be tue standard
for all risks. From the Secretary, Mr.. Hens
rates to ono per cent does not meet
na s sS t
Mansard roofs was referred to the same committee
for report, and committee Of FIVE was appointed
erection OF these c0mbustibe structures. The
officials appear much alarmed at the increasing
number OF Mansard roofs being constructed, and
many companies decline to insure them except ut
a high rate OF premium.
MANsARD ROOFS.
At meeting Of the Board OF Fire Underwriters
held yesterday afternoon, the members OF the
press were requested to mention, for the enghten-
ment OF the reading public, the report on Mansard
roofs made to the Board OF Fire Underwriters in
the month Of November, 1870
This committee, composed OF experienced civil
engineers reported that In the prosecution or their
several large buildings that had been erected in
and that they had selected the buildings
stitutes % Mansard roof 1t win be seen
that the list includes stores, dwellings, hotels
occupied as asyinms, hospitals ana for public
purposes which will hereafter be spoken Of The
Mansards on these buildings are constructed en-
slate, fastened to wood bur leaving considerable
surface OF wood exposed, and much more so than
would be the case with an ordinary wooden
No. 200 Broadway, northeast corner Of Twenty
ninth strcet.This hOuse Is used as hotel, and has
o roof "a feet high, all Of wood.
Nos. 1852 to I, ,ls2 Broadway, southeast corner
of Twenty ninth street-roof 10 feet high.
Nos. ,i0l and l,11s Broadway, northwest corner
OF Twenty-seventh street-rOOf 16 feet high.
Nos. 661 to 667 Broadway-roof II feet high, or
21a stories.
Nos. ss5 to 9o1 Broadway southwest corner OF
Nos. 1s4 and 1876 Grand street-roof IS feet high.
Nos. 1873 and l4o Grand street-roof ls feet.
Nos. lis and III Worth street, northwest corner
OF Elm strcet-rO0t 16 feet high.
Nos. 6s and 70 William street, northeast corner o.
CEDAR Street-fOOI IL Iect nlRn.
Buildings on the east side Of Lexington avenue
bounded by FOrty-frst and F0rty-second streets
and Lexington avenue-roof IA feet high.
Nos. l2s to l3s East Sixteth street-roofs 10 feet
nos. 125 to 13s East sixtieth street-roofs feet
Nos. l4o to l4s East sixtieth street-roofs Z feet
high.
Nos 141 to III East Sixtieth street-roofs IL feet
high.
On receiving this report the "select committee"
was convinced that their had been great neglect
OF duty on the part OF the officials charged with
the supervision OF the erection OF buildings, but on
referring to the law they found the following, Sec
tiOn Is Of the laws OF 1866
corniced, and where gutter IS required any build:
Al least twelve inches above the root and shall be
hst Mafs
TSos roo are built over hotel Or block Of houses
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he ends sides q SAID plankine nliea up 70 the
n Eo m and the Stating
This they consider equivalent to doing away with
COPIED or fire walls upon every building with a
Mansard roof They reported that they could see
nothing in the law to prevent one from building
three, four or even five stories OF wood on top ol
their houses, provided they were covered with
slate.
The committee further state that when they con.
slider the fact that majority OF roofs are put on
houses without having the safety wall run up to
their full height, they see no way OF protecting
the buildings rom destruction should one o.
them take fire. They also state that those who
roofs in Paris, where they originated. know that it
Is required in all cases that the walls should extend
above the horizontal and also the slope Of the
roof and are never allowed TO be uncoped. Wood
is never allowed to be used In their construction,
except as inner planktng. The plea that has been
destroys the architectural beauty OF the
building can be most easily refuted by
examining such buildings as the National Park
NEW YORK HERALD and several Others all highly
ornamental, and where the copings have been
made to add to the architectural effect and at the
OF oil these buildings are entirely constructed Of
iron and stone, without any woodwork being used
the plastering even being on iron lathing.
In speaking OF the economy OF building cheap
Mansard roofs the report OF the committee says
False economy has more to do with this nimsy
class n huildinUq ala