, 1874-10-09
pRESS COMMENTS.


reprcsenttnga city devoted to the 'inBurauco
business, says;
The question ut issuo lies III nutshell Nils Chicago
take rcaso1aln rtecamtions to rrotcrt herself fro,
asks, md nothing lesa Should bo accurcd. TIM {,sur-
aneo companies ca,t,ot AFFORD 10 rccetlo frpna iher
Sie u ma esssBG az fsnot t,s sntd No. to ss
who "caaly Wow tho situation, believing tlu coula-
iea will oil returM before tleir policies again oxirr
should DO ate to understand that thu lusranco
panes arc In earnest. Hayig marked ont their course
they ra11sos With safety turn laci. Ther ic,nais
are reasonable, ana will undoubtedly 10 campled
with.
Ne told that I'LL tho Western and Southwestern
insurance companies will continue to take ri4ks il
Dnaon, aud Hartford haYo thus far given uollto ol
withdrawal. IN other woras, none but tho asosilng
uies liko tho Etua Of Ibis city, wllosp osscs III tuo
great Ere foor for mtipns Of dollars oyery cent Of
s %as nronp M pas Ts sSo Is no dDst tat
Htes she don't. Her nsatclana arc much too slart
wcd, after what they have gono through 10 feel aaio
layo no hack-houe aad TO ,Ae ,ho wordA of HART
ford correspondent 1t Tug TRIBUNE. the ghost at
w!ieh could nut 10 fund ufter an ordinary Chicago
T1IE INSURANCE. TINES.
This paper, ouo Of tho foadug insurance pub
llcationB Of Now York, apoaka as follows Of tho
aotiou Of tic National Board Of Undcrwrtors
The action Of tho National board Companies OH tho
s!th Of luly as IN rutti.g forth ~ tl!eir sx require
tho Asness Of nrelusuraco III TIC City of uhtrago.
acen'a at lust to have aroused i!s citizens fro their
city, a brought tllru to lrtai recognition Of ths
Ast that s!sy are themselves to aesuc Oil and afler
s a oe rdr an a asra "a ms
cata from their doors. Tlis IL indeed crisis in tho
history Of that splendid isl slrton Of American energy
anh courage which callcl Chicago from her nslles,
serond only TO that scrriba calamity wrcl hes years
snco evoked tho sympathy and contributions Of tho
HttWcon toso d the threaten tho SAFETY Or Tho city,
aud oty await their opportunity to spring fora into
n snaw CIVIL 81 S wans ss o. fge Of Of
iiti1o o. ~ eoxsiaeratioa. TAsy l.sve, iMlsti
liz Il shag sesa aa a ss 9s dsn comply n eapa ra
1or q reasonable rroloction AZ THEIR bands.
Of eal.n discussion and Just appreciation Of ,4o
true interests Of Glcugo Gas innlged almost 'lnily IN
e ae IL @ e IT, cossu sinsa
josEal!at, aud Il its daily cusions correctly repre-
to say Tint tho ro,npanley pro not ony j'sci IL dis
continuing blancsa but that hcir owt safety, II ,ot
protection already in tlu linda Of tia citizens. Nc 10
nut, and cannot, helteyo that sach IL tho ecutt-
meat a. opivten Of tho pronests'holacrs aud hus
nent!y reslSetahlo a.'d worthy Of sonlitence lnyo
threaten them, NIL lmyo beon iGo SOLO mcas ul:2
u accommodating what ttts!o .as lceu done III
tuo WY Ut fetorf. tnt Ill Hny1hH thla Mp arI nnl
ful OF tho fact ,ti,g wlsu, tho people ia not
.laessta. tho uruso a1l n,otiyea Vt tic Companies
Or the cuIulauutng Importance Of shcEo demands u;
related to the llls and Vitality Ut tcr city. They suo
to ba aboriag adcr tho fta! ellelon that thu con~
lHnca ste nut t earnest an ttat their acon. ns to
tpir future relations to ChIcago, will not be iii aceor.l
uuce with tlle dictates Of their tuagmcntexpccsHel
III the light of 1Mst experience.
It would bn dt!lrult 10 explain tho pledge Of tho
Companies 10 withdraw Oh any otler lAsiA tin.
tat Ut IN ho,egt purpose tn rct!te, 1uutter OF
B4fvIy to bath cuplta and reputation. How do wo tui
Tie case 81 Il Influenced ilo companies IN com,Ig to
requirements wero complied stssA2
NO lind city whicl, thrce years Since Ind been
vlacd with cont!agratton Notaulesl III tho history
illo aa,o Ihsts ot tho pratro which hal failucd tlo
fa,nea Of 1871 tuto uncomfortable fury, without re-.
gard to the experience Of tho past or tllo wnrnga of
tho ulerwrer substance bacrltcca to Alnw, Utility
Ti.o etylo Of architecture, though plraauN to
tlls pSe nf snktr, II, ~ our Judgment,
wlo!!y out Of paco when ,'Ael for s workshops o
."cslantca a'la Tug warehouses of merchants. Tho
invitation 10 tre +. such 1Irneres ~ top npraren
10 rsqN!se argument, immediately following tAo
yseat aa1lagralou frame structures ~ il by
nago n tho burnt district. notwithstanding tho pro-
of Chicago. TIe law regulating iAo erection of
enforced, NIT ncr bcst Of comhustibes was inter-
!area hnsweeM nostto..a at the rebuilt asats!et
qnso to Tho nuriI!al wants Of thu Fjru
nepactnent, 10 tay no'1ng If tho demands OF grnat
coMtagratoN. M ncreasa III tho siZG Ut plpcs was
uhtanrt. No orlinuuces wcra l'asycl BY tho a.hur-
tiles reiutrtuK Faa Shutters mrapet wills, forb-
na WoE'cn sornttH. thC-allarter Of Tho c,tiro a,r-
1ncu Of tho rebuilt portion MAS Hi. IL ,oAy Ut fusB
Whirh pftentiMes forms tlv only peteeton tn ware
11Ga with so cocHtA across alley OF Soma IL fcot
IApso uesse.a III conHtructlou, aud tue Inability at