, 1874-09-26

Thlrooeh street, Houston hfeSt ieafl eieet, funN
avenue sn the DowerJ 10 Fourteenth street to ave.
ssettaa se :safh Hii Tho A ssysts '0
sS s sS,,f i si Es a s1g an .d f.S onn s owa
Through Eighth, and Ninth avuntes 10 1hlr-
teu sn f,o h ,osgfa a"a ,c,,3s ssG;
10 Tll]rd aycnno, and down Third nrcnae e
Fourteenth e.rsot eoneeng With tho eoHsrsl so,'nSn IN
now receiving resorsor 10 Fourth avc'ue theneo 10
tle distr,buIng rssoryor In 1871 ginsh n,a,
ssst a s ssoa S III rpna ss ase ss At ave
sisii straot: Third avtno, p'cceter treet. Att
streut NV powsry New C'anhorn Hrcet, to ohn,.
sss s'ss s1eo t. 1a% nn'5 Ton s' IL sae' 1
se sosdrsY wh %s 'h 1ane RPs lt and :s isch
William sttrct, y 3o-inch IN broadway, . u,
sa IN e. s9 ana s{rss sa9 H.
tho n.trpy by 1?tnch connections for tho aoretal
large benorfo hylraata az csen street ctHsea zen
fro o chre ci sh' sireet Ii is4 han boen com:
peted new . main from o n neM ~, rssStypRg
strs to Th s
aoyrntyafb. sovcnsyarat, scvonticth. sixty-third'
sn kortyogh,h, e,rses nna MI 29tach sSn
;;:s ss MI; f. S nv
Troawny, si1th anl Fifth avenues, and Win tho 90
inst 1aaln OIL Fortysccou ntrcos aud With tho ~.
fur,'ishes tlio ,nesus, vii 10y IN additional 4sinel
% s es srec e m
with tho seyora crosstovn iatns. a 3o-tnch haitt
fran Forty.sccoud kroet to Sixth aren',c. through
Sixth asenNe, Thon.iBen Rttoot, and Weat uroeuway
to Chaubora street.
Thomas II. Montgomery, tho General Agent Of
tho National Donrl OF Firo Underwriters, stated
today that there seemed TO DO fcolinE in CHI
cago that tho insurance companies represented
in tho board
WE'VE NOT n rAnHE8T
In thoiy intontiou Of tnkiug no moro riskg thero,
but the companies Wero decidedly In oarnoBt,
aud tho univorsallty Of scntimont a1nong tlo'n
III that regard was eyon greater thsn he bad hnd
reason to oxpoct. Tho question had boon rataod
draral Of thoir insurance OIL Chicago property,
that it would DO disastrous to tho trade and
crodit Of tho city. but ho anaworcd thht 1t wns
nothing moro thnn nloas,,ro Of aolf-protocsion
and tho samo requirements would be necessary
in any other city. Communications recolycd
from largo nunbcr Of companies III
diGoront parta Of tho country, mcn-
bors Of tho 1soartl, showed not only
recommendation of tho Executive Committee,
hut that several Of tlcm
HAD ASr1c1rATED TIE BudoEsTioH
mud Ind already declined to du my further busi-
puniea following tho recommendation Of
tho Committee, tho Committee Ind only
givon voico to tho opinions OF tho companies.
1t waa hoped, however, that tue citizons Of Chi
cago would soon aeo tho necessity Of tho procnu-
tionary rncasuroa required bE Tho companies, aud
would proceed to uarry thom into effect rs specu~
lily as possible when they ssw tho companies
represented by tho Donsd
WE'RE PRACTICALLY Il UNIT
IN their determination to withdraw If radical ro
n5nts}n1 Et.t f,st5ar n nrfat.
ing circumataucos, tho Executive Committee
would havo been faithleus to its trust it it had
not Issued It's recent recommendations.
Nssga sH5y a. noa orA'T stee xFe1sgs 2sstsrS Of 1 aS
replies to the accommodation Of tho Doarl had
been received from lnrgo number Of tho out
of-town companies, aud tlloy woro, without c1-
coption, in favor OF withdrawing their buslnosa
from chlcngo. Among tloac Which lla hatl
companies, aud tloso Of tho smaller Connecticut
cilica Ho also said that, by referring to II lato
copy Of THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ho raw that tho
ordinance establishing The tro-limitB OF Chicago
had passed by o baro naiority--21 to 14-just
WIS Tho President Of tho Fire board.
optN1oSH.
Tho following are tbs sentiments Of tho ofilcors
Of some Of the principal conlpanlcA:
The President OF QUO Of Tie principal iusur-
nnco companies In this city gayo n confident OK
preesiou to tlo optuion that nno-tonthA Of tho
trustworthy conlranics had already discon.
tiuucd husiuouy in Clirago. aucll was tic
distrust attached to comlanics insurine in
Chicago tlat their general business was
bcinr iniurioasiy affected bv It, son,o people
actunly rcfusiny to ins1,ro in sych comnnn;es !:
no tint tho duty and tic interest Of those com
panicB compelled thoin to adopt these measures
Of Belf-t1nfenHo,
TIE FAn1,Aour 1NaunAScE COMPANY
doos not belong to tue National Doar1
Ita officers thouEht TINT tho Doard
lad hcop too hasty In its action,
though thoy sympathized with the desire for tlo
hcttcr protection Of Chicago property. Thoy
already Ind somc risks thoro, should not With
draw and would continue to receive good risks
They did not tliuk tho 1Doard companies u
would goncrally riYo IN business thoro Thoro
were plenty Of colnpancs WHO would atill accept
risks thcrc. Tloy woro perfectly satisfied 10
contipuo there,
~e T,x Hanover INSURANCE COMPANY
annonncod their intontion Of suyponding all
business with Chicago from Oct. 1. In nrcord-
ancn with .ho rcconmoudatione Of tic Roard,
In for M Tho robuilt district Of tho CITY
woa & ,onoerned. they Ind niroady rofuaod 10
toko INV rsl;s. Tto object Of tho action
~ tha i,u,,ronrn conn,nina WA aimptv to ir-