, 1881-01-07
THE UNDERWRITERS.
Annual Meeting Of the Chicago
Fire.lnsurance Men.
Gasoline q Serious Question for the
Insurers of Property.
Bullwinkle's Brigade Makes a
Very Gratifying Report.

Bullwinkle's Brigade Makes a
Very Gratifying Report.
rho nnnnal meeting Of tho Chicago I'nart
pf UMAer writer's WAS held yesterday attct-
Iloon NJ their atllcc OIL III :salln street, The
President Nir. j. Goodwin, III The cilnir.
The TreasMycr's report fer iw.tr"l uccn1,nt
for six mouths al,a for 1}oartl account for
three mU,flhs was received mid referred to
tlle Financc Committee.
Tho report Ut tllu Flrc.patrol Committee
WIS accepted a,u nrtlurctl printed for tlistri-
button to Interested parties. Following istho
text OF tho moro important portions OF tic
document:
C,!icAao. 1an. 2.-T1 tho. Chicago Hoard Of
UtItterIcrttcra- ESThEMEx, four Ci,mfnittee ..l
rupert for thu year ending .,nn. J, isst. Therp
report Uf Superintendent llnllwtmktc viii fur.
nsh yu,l with tho rot,tlelt Information 1T rtKar,t
Of 3,uililiKs has nout continued during tlio ycar
nrl 10 doubt the cottil'sElcs hHyc lIccn Hrcaty
Is''o''.ei ttnroEn, tI'e e;ors e the pt, 4, n
rn,,snuei III tho future rs ii, tho iast.
The xe,eral nse Yf Eas9,lo ror lights and n
Ssy s9 stsxs 5 / s ssxax x,s ts % spe.ss H Sfy sSs
Your Co,rlnittce ara Of ,he upl,tots that tlo
tion, prohibiting Endorsements permitting its
,,sn III any inltilIGr whateyor. Hut, 4 tnls u
c,rt ~ %otan w S iSn sear"tnry ~ II ti,o
lIonrl Of unlerwrltors nnl :ho Superintendent
q tho Fire ltro! ~ rcst!r'l to permits. an1 thts
action u,MAl tho anblcuItt with q View Of sup
prtsslng tho growing nvil.
sx t to M I'M yes o s
iM,thskl foy Geeptng tho ncscnrHl hlnrtn " l,et"
ter order. tild through tho eEnrts of tho super.
intci,tlunt thls hns been entirely SUCCESSFUL and
I:te tuntn,lttcc aro plud to noto tlle tact that
5 fs!"H1I o ro s oa tae eors @
,s.lc rivalry does exist, 1t Is Of frIchdsy mt
Vii Tic grcat val1o Of tho Fire patro. is evi-
dct,ned by tho fact tint sinco ~ orYnhizutton
l'utrol NJ. hus cxtiugutshed, without tho MD Ut
~ D5s pS5;dSnI iaSoxsd dr H. ss,; s s W.T. Of
loss, nf only sla,s9lad to tho insurance co'n-
l'a.,les. ,,.y. ,
economical III 1t WIS rusebo IL mike thon,, but,
awitlH to tho tnereasc'l cost ut everything re.
Yu!:ea by the patrol, the nrprepriauon nude tn
July last will hnFtly attcD tn curry us through
the next SIX months, leaving NJ, t',arKa for coll
t[ugences; md III thls cun1!cctton tho Cnn'nit.
Will, moro It,ors.lity III t1o future, at,d ps,scn
surplus to ,be exreN'lttl n covers which aru
greatly needed, anu for s,'ci, cxtror.l!nnry tx.
pntlkGs ns may occur from tnU fu time, and not
cui,t'ne tho appropriation to tho t,nrrnw Limits
of running expenses bnsod upon tho experience
III conclusion. your Committee express cntIro
RntIsf4et0n With tho oiflccrB md members OF lu
force for their zeat and untlrlug efforts during
;Il,U following is tho Committees report OIL
receipts md expenditures:
!tcGcfI'ts........
Dlsbnrsomc''ts...:.'. ......'''...-.'..."". saNet'
balance OH hand. d.......................s 3os
ntII.LWtSK1E's IEFO1tT.
!, Following THO rpi'prt Of tug Eo'n"tttee came
tho INSURANCE. l'atfol. which set 1ofIh:
10 ovcresao v Al, t' obstasiu ts With hs ,os, fiji.
WITCH xas, t l1sNo ] .!|.|tr'a! t!''' son!a noi
wutcr.ptoof cover Our sovse supply s inr DC.
HsKeh dor fH eoxsxs: M x wGn TN s ~ Ma5
81: Sis1ny eoyors ., hsad hsva saSp !l ,n!;elh
nSsHG , serseo r 9u nst & 10 ~ ~ St wnipn
do,e owlIR e our limited supply: i!at W @ are
rerfested p!ass by wi,!sa ea.,. il iSq toi1ife,
tMri'sn GoxGrs 70 tM9 E1te lf III 'sae fe-
dr9noH n ,r9fn tno present soss. & ,,.+ ,,o ov,
70 ~ 1inos9 ,,t Wer 1a eenina ps tn lor % 1as M
sdss myself sovotng tho ls.r!st 1ho insp pee,
unn1lG to give proper roper credit T. t9 M ny rcRort, has
been tho % Eigais Of "mppng y i1o ni,u ~ ,iini,ya
fn!9nt hnso eAtenoea, causing AEcat ucstEacup4
to lttu ai,tl property. The prompt At aSllon taketi
yoes res one as i lis sompHeaS M e IL Is
9iau. Ih9 aui0n of mo utiaorwfitera Of, g,sso-
t9 "" a 1s ,,,a, w 1ofn t yii a
n@ain aecII yuur oar,,est ATTENTION tutors wnrti
weator ss.s 4 T. q . S@s;, II lFoi,, Si!:stoyS ::
III ths uity: THO question, or prosecuting deul-
crs for selling OIL TOR iGlu,nnt,nx purposes lcss
ta~M tho atana@rtl test hat hoeM y \ load letter.
took n''d ,a o. anH ws s, seSossfunp pros9t!is
en ~ nrosoc''to " oxc, ,nf't H.,
niis ~ t,hrauns VIII, III raw nrsentnna' ~ te
so or s,.rn uls Is tho irect causo Of tiany lras
In Chluag,,. ~ " ~ w. w. '<'~ ''''''' ''
Noyotn,er, 1881, was mot WITH Konor'll appfoba,;
ton ny Mntierwstor*. Wiiero " " delivered n.
nrlor sovGGsy rSports, wo nW t nave "a acil yen ~
n,Sh 1os ~ ..u n.y. r.s, a's1 NM usce' 10 copan'os
TIC Eieotro. S sierS,irial rIro AIarm compauy
Huarors nun IL INSPECT, test, and oarg for aii
inicrferenecy tfat eauso 90 Huoli aniloy-
now tcstel tho tirst week. III ..ty svory month;
the tnirtt wgGK tao isit!u !'tes. Wieh asn tests