, 1874-10-01

AT HOME.
Iho insurance agents Of this city Tcro II
state OF auapense and npxioty a.l day ycster1ay.
no be or not to bo y was tho Gus stion Which
agitated tllor minds, md tho Withdrawal Of tho
ansaranco companies was the only topic Of con-
yorsatlon among thom> 1t was gcnorallY be-
llovcd that tue compansos intoauin: to rith-
draw would give notice to thor agents during
tlo day, ind tell ttem to ccaBo doing buy;noss
Tor them horoaftor, but. contrary 10 expectation,
BUT FEW NOTIFIES
Of TINT kind vera received. Although 1t ras
| currently reported on tic street during tho
afternoon that sixty-eight companies had signed
an agroenlent to Withdraw from tho city still
! 1t cauAed worry little excisemcnt, aud no
Quo seemed to care T. whit abo,,t
It, Tho idea that panio will follow tho action OF
these companies il bcing rapidly dspelcd, auA
there is not tho ioaBt annSer that our merci,ant4
will not 10 ablo to got us m,sch credit as they
did heretofore. It ii PROBABLY not generally
known that moBt OF o,1r merchants nro
FULLY INSURED FOR THE NEXT yEAn,
bus such is tho {act. During tho las. voek thu
! agents Of tic principal Board companies, and
! enpocia''y Of thoao TINT intonti to Withdraw,
| hnyo boon buBy day and night renewing tho po1.
iceH Of all their oupto1ners which expire during
tho month OF October. Thousands of pocics
|
| did not como for thorn bad them
mailed to their houses. THUS it comes that our
| merchants can calmly viow tho gtlation bo!loy.
ing thsr tile companies will ali return before
| tlcir policies oIpito Ngain.
| 13oRldoA thia, tue city haa been
FLOODED WITH oiRcuLAns
from insurance brokcrh Of Nun York, offering Il
affect insurance on CLlfcago risAs at reasonable
companies vii! continue to do buslnegB ~ l,ero
toforo, and nono but companies from New York
| Boston, and Hartford have thus far given ANY
notice Of thor withdrawal, aud tllcse companies
will probably be bacE III short tiino. They
Hoeln to hayo weakened considerably since they
first Issued their pronlncamento, and aIl they
now ask III tho reorganization OF tho Fire Do.
1ertmont. Az tile people OF this city arc ali
aGtaed that this Department needa rcorganfza-
tlou Ard will do 1t III soon as it can possibly ba
aono, ssero is no dnnGor that tho companies wiil
romaln a*uy long.
Thoro ca bo no doubt tat somo of tho aeonta
withdrawal or llcir con1pnnieB lIayo btch uotifl-
cation IN their posaoseiOn, WalIlng to concoa
in the regular
MEETING OF rnE 1oaA1 BOARD
Of Underwriters to.day. THIS meeting vii!
undoubtedly be q very lmportaus aud exciting
reprcasnting companies no< be1ongipg to the
National board 10 suspend rates mud lei
eacll company decide for itself MINT rates should
ho cllargcd. Tho agents representing National
[ II. It,.
SHOULD it become known that their corpauiei
haro Withdrawn before tho board moots. thoy
win hayc no voice in tue proceedings. a mteiou
will also be introduced to oNst Mr. Ayals FROM
hlB position M Tire Commissioner, AZ tho co1a-
pany wAcA Lo represented IN thia city haa E lreads
withdrawn Tho fa2, QUO which hir. Ayars has
hcen receiving will thou bo sdded to don.
| ShaIer'B Balnry. should tint gentleman be ou-
poyod to rooEEauzo our Fire Department.
| TIE SOUTHWESTERN COOPERATIVE COMMITTEE
is still in session, but nothing haa yet boen tono
III rssard to Ch'caHo n:1assb. numnef .aa a. taa
managers Of New York companies 2ro expected
here to-slny, and they fnay prnoaoly DECIDE 70
continue to do bu,incss, "a all 0thers who llava
| lntely boon hero hive tluno.
The companies TINT arc ltnown t2 t9 have given
New York Observation-Disclosures. Hong, How
ar', ctzona Ma.hats.n NogH.a; ncxn lamovGs, us t,
Undorwrtora' Agency,-Star' lsylns Arctic.
Firomsn'A Fund, Drewcrs' d 9lastdto's', Loril~
lard, Now York d Yonkcrs. and Standard
| Hartford Conlpanie6-Phmnix. Etna, Hart
ford Orient, Connestlcnt nnd Meriden.
Misccl1snooap-- Springfield, Springfield, Masa;;
North American, lhi!adclphia; and ponnsyl-
| Yaiia, at PHILADELPHIA
Foreicn CompanleH - London, Liverpool /
| Cilobo, London Assurance Imperial. bcottibh
Commercial, Lancashire, Commercial Union, mud
hamburg T. l}rcmon, North Drtlul1 l. Mercantile
trhoro il but ono foreign company that viii
coutinuo to do bnsinoss horo, and that is tha
IloynI, Of Liverpool.
a. statcd beioro. all tho Woatarn and South.
orn companies haTc lleccd to remain.
REMAINING.
or tho Now York compAllics that haya decided
to col,till1o 10 do bsineBA arc the FArragut. En-
uhange, WeBtchestor, st. Nicholas, 0ton'H Falls,
trrutleatnen'n, Hoffman. La1unr, and A.iriatio
OF other Eastern companies that remain tllorc
ara tho MuuufectuEers. Of Newark; Prescott.
Of Boston; National, Of llUtford; FnnoulE
: Hall, Of Boston; Fira,nonA, OF Now
ark Black nisor, Of Wnlertowni Sum-
u CloyeInud; lloGer Williams. Of rfoNaonoo
i Ihode Island, of Proy!donco; Oswo$o q 9;
, Nuwurk; pooplo's, OF Newark; aud Rochester
. Of Rochester. ,,,
, There aro about 160 companies doing business
In thjs city, 10J OF which belong ~ tho Natsoaa1
Donrd. Ii will therefore be heon THAT, H tno TO.
mort that sixty-eight companies havo aoc'neo 70 20
,y,th,isnty sho,ld Hroye correct, thora Would still
ren,nln oirhty-two Which wilt continue 70 ~ bus1-
< | naEn IA Hrra!oforo. As u!aat af tho Qcthper
, ! nulicos hnye been renewed III tue NitHuta~lnS
| ccon>runicn tiuis u,tM1cr would DO ante1oh1 lor
4 | ntl psosent do!nands
rpD HARTFORD INSURANCE COM.
FANIES.
II GDfttM tprfeSp0'dthrs VI iAs thttaob 1T1ptthf>
u HARTFORD, Cants., 6er4- 70, lS7a.
: yonr correspondent Ida Inquired carefully
), on,opr all tho !sse.ls.auraneo companies OF ths
oily, and fluids thosn
or tho su,jeot Of underwriting III Chicago. Iii.
j. lIoplce, Proaident Of tho iEtna, aail ho lad
! uoyor Known 10 great unannalsy on any question
/ fEpn 1ttrhkh pu6B.t