, 1877-09-20

nnrc Company; y. Il. l!olHtn tImaCn, Eiht"
Insurance Company: j. ii. II. Morris. l.u'siS.
yilic. State Agent Underwater: Agency: Ismsi'
E"t,csn, CnS" Sn Hss sn
]. ". Ncwtcrgrr, 1.aportr, l,nl:t State Agent
German Amcrrnn insurance Company, NV
fork; A. +. flc'Grll, Chtag,, State Agent
Rnot. DcKnl!. i'l., State Agent Il. i'aui Fire
an! Marine Insurance Company; J. i: s'cfyc,
Chieago, General Ascnt Imperial and Northern
~ Ssnt g9'Tpnss pnfd T. % Gef;s %
statc @ Agent NORTH ls't.li and ii, rsantte ia.ar..
ancc ComFany;. Q; \. .snalthmayi. Miiwnu-
pany. @ Wniertown, N. &: !. il. son,hwick, Chi-
eag6, General Agent un,on Insurance Company;
Insurance Company, l.h!1aslcipl.ia; 1t, ).
l,at!.n am! Mercantile Insurance Company; i.
II. Walker, Indtanapnlis, State Agent ll.'1lc In
Cllmago, uc,.cral Agent llambure-Brcmcn In
eura,,ye Company; v. ]. Atwcll. Lafayette.
lmI., Special Agent National Insurance t:nul-
pany, Hartford; G. " ,kncy, 1s ,1"r.,,lle' r W.T..
auco Com pany: Henry Lye, Montreal, ,sccretary
National insurance Cninpanv; W. A. Markham,
g.. i+9nis, epce!nl Agent conmsrstal
men. ~'a" e"9s ses xes; Spc o*
Union Insurance Company: H.. n. Williams,
Chicago, Special Agent british America 1nsnr-
ance Company; Ko!rrt Zcncr,, bloomington,
insurance Company; ". II. Ilul1atd, st. LOUIS,
General Agent Amazon Insurance Company.
COMMITTEES.
The President announced the following conf
milltcs on tue euhjeCts treated or In his au-
1retn:
State noarle-Me.srr: 4. !, Waters, II. L.
Naet. and A. tW.; spaaI'!tnF. i, >,
pret sases s aid i"s.mii,' Enstno G.ry. " e''s' a.
+ Tha A'.cc'sti"a -s!r.trs. c. W. Marshall. A.
pu Mont. t'sotre v. A.la.ns. - =, st.
oS'!"s;; NSee e k;ss; a; Hewitt: late editor
g rotee sas E. .;tc ssT snG T. .s d. smith,
Atlanta Convention Of tile Gtnterwrltrrs' A.
suxia,t,n Of tho South, which lie tad the
Assv4tatIun Mr. Tl,aytr, Of Charleston, Frcst-
dent nj, thu Association of the sOuth. Mr.
rla} }er rD accorded waTln wcc,nie &ty Lie
iie.'ent "t tho Asso'st'on and briefly ,'1 sstn5n-
Secretary Of thc siohilr l'nderwrl,ers' Agency,
WIS given az equally hearty welcome aad re-
turtlet Ills thsnks.
puurr I on "Fie!d E1per,cuse, ah,th was iuii oi
practical suggestions fur tho agents and al
slr. William Asl,wostl,, a1so Of ihIs city. read
& st.lls!* Rs'sF oa "''s Fire N'1'fa Of "0'''''
The fallfrc Of the eecrctary, Air. Haywood, to
have his 1,arcr on l.,caI Huar,lsh ready,
brought forth Il wul1 from Mr.. a. J. Waters, ot
ClevrlAn't, who di,lut wanl thu Local board.
cnrpec buried without At lsxst somc show Ut
Alr Underwood. of Lafayette, ]nd., replied III
the following rararhratc Ut the Buria! nt Sir
T!luIuas Alure," pteAeunr 1t with tho statc-
neut that le Was 4 representative OF local
boarl:
+ Not snund was heard. not \ word about rates,
g. ~ cotps to nc rfase. .yatJ 20 hurrifd:
81 Il. spee raere ill., a. W. vi" as5
The sad fata of Mr. underwooAs Local
Hua'd, thus told, gave rise to considerable
laughter, besides putting stop 10 tho dsscus-
George Cfooke on "Furna;es ami Heating
.Apparatus." The paper cxposel lilo dangers
atl;!ns for carrying sseau..plpes al',uE
uu1cr floor. noors & too near tl!e woodmork
as could he employed ly tho use OF Il ioncor-
ducttng material between ths pfpts aud tho
Woodwork. The paper nlso commented IN tho
danger VI fire from supcrllcatcl Btram. Several
to express similar vieWs, and 10 Impress Upon
tug Association tho Importance of tho subject.
Tho President read o telegram OF greeting
fEoufthe Fire. c-Cnticrwriters' Association Of the
| up suitable repty.
Dn. noMpAu0u's ADDRESS.
Tho Association then hal tho pleasure OF
listening to an able attdrPss by I}r Il. z. Bon.-
balR1i, ctlitor Of t'lu Baltimore Undrrmriffr, on
'Tho Claims of Fire-lnsurance Practice to lro-
icsh.oual Rank"
Tho address, although quito long, was received
with cvtnent marks Of nrprteatio, nrtl, at lis
| elesc, was warmly Arp1Autel. Alr. c. II. Case,
Of this city, expressed bis own appreciation Ut
| tho paper, and muycd ttiat tho thauks OF the
Association ba erteus!ed to Dr. Bon,l,augll for
hts able presentation Ut the subject aud lts ell
! 'gouraglng words IL tho underwriters Of tho
| country. Tho tuution was carried upaniniuusly.
| NKTEASlSl 1REkTla0a.
Mr.. A. c. B'Wlgtt, Of tho committee ap-
potntc'l to prcparc q reply to bo scnt by teic-
Graph to Lilo Fret Underwriters Association Of
tho Pacific. rcpnrtc.l tho following, which WAS
adopted aud ordered sent:
The Fire Undcrwrftcfs' Association Of the North.
west cordially acknowledge and tho pro.
ftsfiunul greetings Of thelr sister Association OF tho
raci!c Coast-no fur and 3ot 10 near. May God
bless them.
BY request, the President appointed Mcssrs.
j. kiahbrt Brown and IIcmrY n. ur0uha hd-
dItoaal members Of tliu Committee Oh State
| Buafua.
Tho Association thOn adjourned until o:3o
thls morning.