The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-14
FIRE PROTECTION.
Insurance Union Managers on
SeattIe's Needs.
HOW 70 BRING DOWN THE RATES
Fire B~ss - - AAesssse
Water ssvvgy.
PROTECTION.
HOW 70 BRING DOWN THE RATES

The Ysrsse IEssranes Unson regulates. ~ IL
nans Implies. tie rates 81 Gre insurance IN 81
essi<s snd spwas ca the Pocsec ecas1 iss sarss
daessen siso exsxnis 10 ne territories Of wyssz'
inx and EfaA. - we'll - sac state Of AonfsnA
AEsred sffilmAn and ". b DHval. hcth repre-
seuftrg ne powerful eomnlnafson- are ~ pre-
senf II ssassze. The torzer has sor yezrs been
- manager He VIII se saeceeiea in hss posi-
Ron ApS.l b. Mr.. prvsa, whosn be b zt present
tsktag over bis territory Tor The purpose ct Initial
M n5u .afo the duties ~ his Eew position
REPRESENTATIVE Of tbs PoerIsrxLLssExeEn
49, both seassensn .. the Rainier last evening
Asisb<Y wxa adverse 70 expressing himself upon
the auhSetz Of what sfeTs should DC taken y
se1tfse Tor The purpose OF insarsng % the city
sas<s supply which viii ~ able 20 cope sgatas'
NY and al fasurs cosasgrafIcna
whas seassse neeik.v said Mr. Stillsaan- ~
~ extsnsson OF Ire IRE iinnfis. 6rsboaf snd lott
Of wa$rr Of easy sccess by those who fight IRE.
Tue refes Of Insurance here, ~ we'll - q IL
coma snd Spokane Fails, are almost usuriossiy
high. bat 1Ae board OF underwriters - com
p<ssed. for the sake Of self protection. % main
tain lie psesent rates uatsI such time - yous
eosncii gives your city water system which ia
Importance demands"
what the rrdscsien in the present rates would
b, Continued the gentleman. .couid not Be
given IN definite hgnees, beesu<e OF the pecn-
iar method We adept In making up our general
fsrfds- can best illustrate taas OF stating that
the RATES In San Francisco are 10 per cent less
tsaa they ara here In Sacramento they are
- pr cant, in Oakland they are ., per cent. IN
Los Angsiea they are > per eenx. At AsrJsyisls,
California. they are Is per cent. and so might
conftnue 10 the End 81 the ehspter Seattle
gould probably rank with sacramento.
II ID very remarkable thing about Spokane.
! had recommended that the rates in that city
be retaeed when over there about . year ago.
The union were going 10 act fAyosabsy upon my
suggestion. ard an adsuster was already on bis
way with that end 10 view. when the great FIRE
overlook the city. aud II is now where Mr.. Me-
6lnty IL pining in misery"
Your city e0unrll makes great mistake.
hers suggested Mr. Duval, ..in permitting frame
baiidings 10 be erected within the district
bounded By the four blocks from Bel street
south 10 Pine IL viii not be long before this Is
: city OF Ia. coo. when . great deal OF what Il
now the residence portion will be- utilized fol
business purposes. whea il Will be too late 10
remedy these evils.
.sAnd that reminds me what growth Seattle
has hsd Within the last two years. was here
In the spring OF iss-. and where the Boston
block now stands was considered out OF town.
II had only bought properly Them concluded
The gentleman effectively.
Tho city OF Portland resumed Mr.. stillmsn.
has cheap aud 81 the came time effective aid
10 re Gre department, and one which sesstle
might with profit eopy-s private company
keeps Z system Of hydraulic hydfxnss in repair.
These II permits the city 20 use for monthly
rental ot tsev
Questioned - 10 the best Of the proposed sys-
lems OF waferworks. Mr.. stillman expressed him
self In favor OF Lake Washington. ~ least for the
preseut That system was, in his opinion. good
Tor city al II least Co. 900 people. and should be
adopted temporarily. He Is also In favor OF a
paid Gre department. claiming that experience
has proven that tho loss by ares 10 over 30 PEI
cent less where such departments exist.
10th gentlemen leave today for Tacoma
The Only two insurance companies not mem
bers Of the union upon the Pacific coast are the
Cascade and the Seattle Insurance Company,
tho lafter Of which has recently gone into the
hands Of receiver. The frst-named Is ex-
pectcd 10 soon Join the organization.