, 1877-09-20
THE UNDERWRITERS.
e;ohth Annual Meeting of the
Association Of the North.
west.
rha Presidents Address Calls Attention
to 1ncendiary Fires by
Tramps.
rirc. Insurance q Profcsston...Aldrcss
BIZ Dr. Dombaugh.

TDR kfnliIH ANNUAL MEETING
- .ho Ftro Underwriters Association Of The
Nottnwcst opened yesterday morning at IL
o,clock In the ladies' ordinary OF tho Grand
Pacific, Mr. C. F. Hltycn, nj Toledo, tho Prcst-
a,nt. In the chair. Among those present were
George ". Adams, Chicago, General Agent
Counect!cut c.1nsuranco Company, Hartford;
George ". Ila'l, Chicago, Genera! Agent lsc-
,en. rlrc-Ins,1sanco Company. Boston; George
u. 1IuIcs, Milwaukee, Special Agent franklin
Nre.Insprancc Company, Philadelphia; Muj.
G. +, Dliscn, Toledo, General Agent Howard
insurance Company, New York; r. c.
Roy.c, Secretary GirasJ Firc-lnsurancc
Company, philadelphia; ]. 8. Gadsdcn,
Chicago, General Adjustcr Etna Fire
Chicago, tI Manager Flrcncn's Fund Insurance
Gml,any, san Franctcu; j. .. Wilson,
Chicago. MANAGER, stobils un'lerwritcrs'; J.
ist 5"sn ce,e Ssags 9esete cttss Axsr. G!s G!
~, General Agent Mcthlen Insurance Con,l'a-
~. sterulcn. Conn.,; JlusCo Cary. Chicago,
jlanager tierH1an. American insurance tom1H-
~, New Yo.k; ". E. Cornell, .,lIi CIiicnco, suicF-
dat dru HUNS Insurance Company, Cninn.
bus, O.; T.; T. Foreman, CLEVELAND, srectal
kss,i kksi,eo,i f;n"aa j. tstssS sp"si tessi. tGe."S,
Gs,'eH caneIai Hecnt Faneuil Ilai Insurance Compa'
NJ, H"..on; i: ". alarstail, uriana, o., state
Iseut Ii.,lnc Insurance Cul'paty. New Yufk;
4. 6, Blt.!est; Philade'pl,!a, General Agent
W,nt, Secretary Mubllc Underwriters; Z. ii.
Cue, Ctaen, Manager Royal Insurance Cou-
pany; GcorEu {. Clarke, Chicago, Manager
j.o,.doE Assurance Corporation; Il. j. etnill1,
Ce;Ep Secretary T,aasrs ,saranSo G9nps.
icnt Fire-Insuranee Company, Hartford: l. W.
Human, Milwaukee,, Special Agent lnsuraMu .
Company Of North America, philadelphia; ".
q. Ferguson, Chicago. General Agent Lancashire
Iusura,Iec Cotnpany. Manchester, England; II.
il. Walker, indianapolis, Stale AErnt OF thu
Iln,no Insurance COMPANY Of New York; and
others. The insuranee Dress waR represented
by Dr. c, U. Bo1ilaugh. editor 0i the baltimore
mraaee Journal, Hartford: e, e. llIac, iasar-
ouee Jfonlior, New York; Matthew Griffin, IN
suramee Ar. New York: II. l.. Alir!ch. Ilesttrn
IusuraHce At,;eE, st. Louis; Z. D. Bist,op, .Stsc
fdfvr, New YuEk s. II. Davis and Il. Il. West,
the @ Argus, Chicago; and Dr. j. b. blooming.
es0t, tic Investigation, Chicago.
NEW MEMBERS.
The report OF the Executive Committee
recommended the following named for n,clnl,cr.
slip: lleury ". Brooks, Cleveland, 0cneral
Agent OF tue London ASSURANCE Corporation;
7. W. Icttut,, General Agent vi thr rhn.nix In
surancu Cnmpauy, st. I.u,s: George VI. Lyon,
Chicago, sa0ugcr Of the Home INSURANCE Com
stute Agent u tile Ce.tine',tais Iusur.
Montrorti., S New York. Genersl Agent
fierlnnnIl Fire. Insurance Company, New York;
Alfred Rowsll, t'e.cral AEsgt 1!cp1his M ,s Err
President Equitable Fire.tnsurancc Company,
lr1ylt!cncc. Il. L.; ". s. Icnnsy, President
sl.uwmut Firu.lns,lrancc Company, l,Dston; j..
}. licfne, ch!sag; Aan1get E'npirn Firs:lns'!r'
J, n. Whitehead, Chicago, General Agents, unl
,,nhts T. Swertlanl, Chtenvr. spcc,al Agent,
AiN!viIle lnsuralSe Company, Nllltyl!c. N. j.;
Fred :. lanes, Chicago, .;cnctal Agent Boston
couu.; 4. i. Allen, Chicago, Assist.
ant General Agent North Drttltl,
4; Mercantile INSURANCE Con,pany; A.. T..
Northern Insurance. COMPANY: Henry Z. Duw.
crs. New iutk, Manager Guardian Insurance
Company, Engiasnl; l.. F. lllre, Clunciunati,
General Adjustcr 1Etna FIrc-lnsuEance Com:
XJlistcr Royal Canadian Insurance Company /;
Gtorgu ". burvkall. New York, stnte Agent
Ih.rstx, Insurance Company, Hartford; =. +.
pa!gn, EiNcl,amtol't n. L., state Agent 1npe-
Gha!icr,, Ii'ngnml''1: \. y, statu Agent
Hartford Insurance Company; L. y. Morgan,
saranre COMPANY, New, York; C: u.
nn Mh, Sy1nssGc Gonnsv M n ss9s Ypk; AEsnt Sha
4. Rice, Albany, N, \, General Adjustcr; Il.
l.. irvluu, Gu. .ins,atl, General Ad,usier rlcuix
INSURANCE Company. Hartford; Howard slaso,i,
rhnnix Insurance Company. ilArttor1: J. n.
Insurance Company, Cincinnati; Ii. Ii. Hall,
eccrrtayy National Insurance. Company, New
Yurk; II. N. Williams, Ch!cago, spetial Agcat
British American Insurance Company.
Tho rtport stated that IS assessment had
pcusest aud recommended that tho editurs ot
tle insurance prcss ne made honorary members
Of tic Association, and that tho Secretary bo
thhtructea to drop from tl1s rotl oil mr.heFs Ia
utrtar1scs tor Two years. Tho report was
aunpted,
Letlcrs nere read from Mcssrs. A. q. Baker,
President, r. II. Montgomery, General AgeEt,
and cx-e President Oakley, ol tlIo Naisunai poar,l
President of thu Continental fire-1nsuranee
Company, New York; and fru1n tho officers Of
tho various stata Associations, all expressive Of
sympathy with tho Association and its 0blects,
aud regrets al tE..ir iEat, lEtt to be present.
ANNUAL AopItxss. -
The President tutn fcau Ills annual address.
. very long document, devoted 10 tho subjects
Of thG National Board, Tue State Associations,
rates. losses, !io obleets and a!tns o. the Assu-
State, aud The duty VI tho State tu insurauec,
etr, According to the address, tbs Htata
should grant tue business tlis sa1.iu tights mud
privileges granted tU every other kind VI bust.
meas; shouId see that " was MI burdcncd With
ta1es not legally Imposed upon olLer oegautza'
ttuns; Should prevent the organization Ut iusoy.
cnt. .rompanles; should .proyidc for the enact.
ment and enforcement Ut well -eonttlered build
origin Of nTes, and oi more stringent laws foi
tbs punishment Of tncendiaslsn,. Nesttles al
this, the state owed tu iusutanre ~ we'll ~ tc
The pu1,ls a,as,.a an "a sas!y abatement u th.
Gus losses 10 insurance companies, q
wei! n communities. The address
called upon the members TO urge upon lhelr re-