, 1880-02-15

[u6 heaviest 1USE1S7 udfnE AlAC4~ WV
rels OF different brands Of Whiskies- IN The
value of the lot is estimated at between slz;2,- =;
600 and S15,op while the insurance IS IN ina
neighborhood OF s1Oo, 600. .oo
The Phenix Distiliing Company y ygG aaa 1r5.b hGJb
they were holding. for speculative PURPOSES. poses
E. F. Howell & Co. had g. lot OF nou''
FeStsS3 S3S s. Lee & Co., -four and Seeds valued
sp1agne, Warner d Co.. dried fruits and
Lawrence d Martin, Whistles, 81 $780,
A. ". Cobb, sundries, 81 5W
O. F. Gibbs a. Co.; seeds, SSuU
The total value OF the contents Is roushlyy
estimated at $4,000, the greater pa1s o.
which is, Of course, coyered % ran an aG.
Proclamation Of the amount, SO many dlfferent
firms being losers.
WALLACE KNaMAN.
4 reporter started at once Tor ne reslaeace esse
Of Mr. Kjnrman, one of the seed-men, VINO
lives at N0. E3 West jackson, near the
jumping-oH place. The gentleman, nan, was was
oaSfa nS9T yG@ Xsy nc de-
bgneddo' pegaede Ae te to asaf what bis ' STOCK was
worth, he! could only ~ roughly M y est estimate nars
nr .1s less , confident that it was insured pretty
well up to its full value, For further; par{lc-
lars he advised the reporter to call on ms
boo; bookkeeper, Mr.. John J. Kneeiand, though
where that gentleman lived he hadn't the
remotest idea, outside Of the very general
understanding that 1t was "someWnere' up
nei After a a. good deal Of hunting around, the
reporter found, Mr. Kneeland's house, No.
H5 West Ohio street, and 1abored diligently
at the front door until he awakened him
out Of a very. deep slumbeF: WIN WIN
out the books before s,,aat nm ,osttars Mr:
As far as he was able, and through
his valuable assistance, the reporter obtained
the following information, which IS as 1ull as
can possibly be had until the books are got
ten at this morning and the exactest details
obtained. .a- ooo
worth Of timothy seed and clover owned by
the firm, but in the care OF the Warehouse
Company, and stored on the second noor OF
Empire Warehouse Company B. The tlrm
held the Warehouse Companys reeeeipts e ,s t1a tSa
seed BY the Canadian Bank Of Commerce,
with whom they kept their accounts;
There was also on the same, floor about
$4,000 worth Of tax-seed Gwned ed St by kooghrs IT
Wallace s. Kingman for them: 1t vas being
held here until the opening Of navigation, i'll
order to ship it at lake-freight rates.
On the first floor, which was occupied en-
ureiy BY Wallace s Kingman, there were M
Gowan Brot6ers l. Co., Of Stenbenville, O.,
who had bought it Of Wallace s. Kingman,
and had it held awaiting the opening OF nav
igation.
timothyoseed belonging to Conklin & Keeler,
1900 bushels Of It altogether, worth
about S2.75 bushel, and this stuff was
also awaiting the advent o Of lake ffe1gnts II Z Ets
grass on this floor, worth about Is cents
bushel, and owned by firm in Lexington,
Ky, who had left it with Wallace q King
man on consignment
Then there were about 500 bags OF clover
from day to day, and four or five carloads OF
timothy. The clover and the timothy to
gether were worth about $40 000 In addi.
hon to this, they had about s, 00o worth Of
bags Of timothy, belonging to Elmendorf =
Co., George 4. Sldwel1, George III. How, =.
D. Foss d Co., and a Mr.. Erskine, and worth
altogether about 5000, made up the seed
stock on hand
AS TO THE INSURANCE,
the firm had $4,000 on its own seeds, the
seeds which it held on commission for other
parties and 81 900 on machinery, Office furni-
ture, and fixtures. The machinery was
worth some $500, and WAS consequently
somewhat under-iusured- The risk was in
the Liverpool IL London g. Globe.
The bank had an insurance Of about $780,,
600 on the seed, On which they had advanced
money to the firm. What companies it was
in Mr. Kneeland was unable to state, though
he remembered that the Liverpool d London
& Globe had had the placing OF it.
The insurance on McGowen Bros, & Co.'s
S9, ZOO worth Of seeds was also PLACED by the
same Company, and as to what the amount
was, or in what companies it was placed, Mr.
Kneeland could not tell. -
Conklin g. Keeler's seed is probably in
sured for $4,000, though the exact figure
cannot be learned until they are communi-
Gated with.
The Chicago commission men above named
managed their own insurance matters, and
the firms bookkeeper on that score. Robert
Colgate & Co. also looked after their own in
surance, and as to the other risks they were
all included in the firms open policy cover
ing the stuff held On commission.
It is perhaps worthy Of note in this con-
nection thai, when Mr.. Kneeland called on
the L. &L- & G. folks a week ago to see if they
could take any more insurance, they replied
that they were already full on the stock in
the building, and didn't care to assume any
THE AGENCY OF MEssRs. MOORE JAMES
had placed s2o, 1000 on the building, but it was
only the south portion which was covered
by the poltcies,-.2sso,o 900 in the North
British, and $500 in the Hartford Of
Wits m cea9 oore the cod 5f5 IN not fecoey
This insurance was put on by Wadsworth,
who originally owned the building. He
mortgaged it to the Connecticut Mutual
Life-Insurance Company, and then
leased it to Wadsworth, Dickinson d
Co., and the insurance was placed
In the interest Of the mortgages Both
buildings were Of heavy stone and regarded
as No. l risk. The loss on. stocks Mfr.
Moore regarded as very large, and his agency
has placed insurance for Field, Letter & Co.
and Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.,-which, how
ever, were not damaged,-as follows:
North British and Mercantile Of London. $4,000
n1LIosa 1go ooo
German. american, New York. 5000
Irving, New York. Observation-Disclosures 5000
American, New York 1k............ 5000
ST. Paul Fire g. Marine. ine.....-............... 5000
Total $4,000
As TO THE ORIGIN OF The FIRE,
it is mystery. There was an engine and
boiler In the basement, but the fire In the
latter had been 'banked'' about o'clock.
There were only two stoves in the bui1ding.-
one in Wallace & Kngman's Office, and the
other in that OF the Empire Company,
both Of which were remote from
the place where the flames were. first
seen. 4 theory that the fire started near the
engine and went up the eleyator-shaft, was
laughed at BY those familiar with the ware
house, they saying that there was nothing
of1ns., o(,t nd hat