Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-06
A NEW POSITION.
General SlOats Coming Departure for
 New York City.

General SlOats Coming Departure for
 New York City.
 General Frank D. Sloat returned Saturday from Watch Hill where he has been spending his vacation. He leaves for New York some time this month to assume the duties of his new position as general manager of the Citi- zen's Life Insurance association of New York home office No. 115 Broadway. The news of his change of base to New York causes pub lie regret, General Sloat having long been one of our foremost and influential citizens, man whom our public and business interests can i'll afford to lose, and whose friends are legion. General Sloat's many prominent and important public and business positions in the last twenty years, are well known in the city and State, he having had charge of various private business interests of financian impor- tance, asf we'll as public stations such as town clerk of New Haven, and paymaster general, quartermaster general, and Comp troller of the State of Connecticut, and Su- preme dictator of the Supreme lodge, Knights of Honor of the United State. He brings to the duties of his new position most valuable business and fnanical knowl- edge, a thorough knowledge of men and of fcers and rare executive ability. The company is to be congratulated upon having
 
 company he is to take charge of as general manager is MT. L. M. Bates, senior partner in the noted dry goods house of Bates, Reed & Cooley, New York city. The New York Times, under the head Gan admirable choice," says of General Sloat's appointment:
 It is a fact beyond dispute that men who have achieved success in life are largely in debted to their ability to choose the right kind of men for co-workers. No better illus tration of this can be cited than the case of President Bates of the Citizens Mutual Life Insurance association, of No. 115 Broadway He is to be congratulated in securing Gener- al Frank D. Sloat as general manager Of his association. This gentleman is widely and favorably known as without reproach-hon- orable and high-minded. He is also &C., knowledged to be possessed of rare execu- tive abilities and untiring energy. This young association has made the most won derful progress in securing members, doubt less owing to the excellent character of it's management and system, and with this new accession we confidently look for enviable results to MT. Bates and his associates.-Ex- change.
 Of the company with which General Sloat is to be connected the New York World of August 10th says as follows:
 ''One of the officers of this infant prodigy, which commenced business May 1 last, in- formed a representative of the World yester- day afternoon that up to date the association had received applications for over $4,000,- GOO of insurance, or an average of $1 ,OO0, 900 per month.
 That wise, equitable plan, with honest, efficient management, is sure of success, has rarely been sooner or more emphatically de- monstrated than in the case of the Citizens Mutual Life Insurance association, 115 Broadway, of which MT. Levi M: Bates is president.
 This association, less than three months in the field, has developed an inherent strength of which many old companies would be proud. Evidence of it's popularity was shown by applications for $127, ,000 of insurance se- cured by one agent in one weeks work in an interior town. Life and accident insurance is furnished at about half the rates of other companies, and reliable insurance solicitors are reaping harvest by connecting them selves with MT. Bates's company.