The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-14
THE PASSING THRONG.
How the Insurance Compact
Was Formed.
The NEW ORLEANS VENDETTA
News and GossiP Gathered From the
Hotel Corridors-Talk Of Harbor
Line compromiss.

Line COmprOm1oos
Mr. William J. Dutton. vice president OF the
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, of San
francisco. Is at the Rainier ell II suppose
ne said iast evening, shat you in Seattle regard
the insurance compact Is N association for
raising insurance rates, but that ID mistake.
can speak with some knowledge of the com.
pact, for 1 have served on its executive commit
tee, Aud the secretary of our company Is now GU
the commit ea
In old days we had the boari Of underwrit-
ers. composed Of the leading eompani do
Ing basin - In Saa Fra CISCO tn hoard,
OF course, fixed rates. but there were
number of compa les which would
mol join the board. Thy were cutting
rates. and As their number incfeas d the
competticn was keener. Finally there we're
nearly as mahy companies out OF the board az
ere were In ii, and 70 save themselves they
formed second board or association whose
rates were nom;nally the same q the old
board, but with percentage OF. Things went
on this way for while till fnafly we had Q
third lot o. companies connected with neither
orsanization who cut rates on both Thus what
little profit there had been in the Insurance.
business was nearly des royed.
AS way out Of this difficulty Q new associa.
ton was formei, the Pacific Insurance Union,
commonly known as the compact" This in
- SN~SN - shU CtAu pdHiee OoxhS 0uSlueSS on the
Coast. Under this union matters have gone fairly
well. Ra'es were fixed by IL 10 or
10 per cent lower than the old board Of under
writers male. yet little higher tnan those of
the men who had been in neither OF the old
boards The compact has aimed to reduce the
IRE hazard by using ali its influence toward re-
curing bet er IRE protection for the cities
where IT does business. All the companies work
ing tosether n accomplish consid eraoe in
nav.ng the build ng laws enforced, aud 6rs de-
partms nts well equipped The compact mas
Also offered prem nm for cool fire protection
oy towering Rates wnere Z is afforded. And al
though our company, for example, insures ct
lower rates than IL used to. still we feel that we
can afford TO insure for less because we are run
ming smaller risk.
BY insisting upon the Observance OF build
ing avs and the maintenance of good Ere de-
partments the compact has materially increased
tae value of properly IN the cites wnere it OPP
seattle has responded promptly and
generously to the demand for bet
ter fire protection, and I have no
doubt that ss soon as your areboat is in work
ing or Ter and thus your water trout receives
additional protection, the rates here will be
lowered. l shall be in favor OF SUCH action,
aud know that the other officers of our COM
pany will agree with me. and see no reason
way the compact snould not take the same
ground in the matter"
I'VE yet have hope that without litigation we
shall be able TO reacn some agreem or COM
promise with the harbor liue commissioners
which ali be satisfactory To all concerned"
said Mr. J. B. Net alfe yeslerd y. II think that
both -idas VISA to be reasonable in this matter,
and SO avo d dragging to the cour the ga $
ton OF the determination OF the Inc. So ! am
working In hope OF q comprom SO which shall
sari.iy every requirement OF the statutes ana
nj ri mi NH tyrfa of uafa
trout owners are duly protected"
This murder out al Lake Washington, COM
ing as it does on the heels OF several highway
robberies. teems 10 have wrought Peep up to
q state Of considerable excitement" said Mr..
Charles n. Kittinger, yesterday. II came to
tie city just after the vgilantes had finished
their former work, aud pretty good order pre-
vailed then l don't care 70 make inf ANNA
tory speeches bat really think that hanging
two might materially improve the moral
tone OF tnis community"
"The plan of building Masonic temple ie In
stntH quo ante" said Msjor J. r. II .yden yester-
Gay. sit mas been proposed that We Include an
opera nous or theater in the building which
we snail erect As 10 this point ,tnins definite
has been done. We are waiting Tor finite pro.
posals OF some Kind rom those now interes ed
in the schemes for building an opera.house in
the city"
II understand that Mr.. John Collins would
like to have the Chamber OF Commerce, If it is
going to hire business offices for its regular
quarters, look over some of the rooms in the
O cidental block" said Mr.. Joshua N. Wrestling
last evening. "He would probably be willing
to m axe some tpecial terms for suits of rooms
there, rs Mr.. Lowmsa has for quarters in the
Pioneer block"
Mrs. E. p. Ferry, wife of Governor Ferry, and
Hon. and Mrs Wellington Clark, of Walla Wa.la,
Sare visi lug at the home Of Major j. K. n iyden.
Mr. Clark, WI o is Major Hayden's sou-in.law,
form riv lived in this city aud Vas at one time
,epeaker in the territorial legislature.
Mr. John Michel, of La Crosse, Wis, was at
the Rainier hotel yesterday, but has gone to
Victoria He one of the leading brewers in
the state from which he comes He will prob
ably return to Seattle within few days
by next summer" said Father F. X Prefon-
taine, i've hope to bu Id Catholic church out
near Lake Washington, and we shail also try to
put churches in other parts of the city where
they may be needed"
Mr. and Mrs w. Z. Josyn. Of Victoria are ct
the Raini hotel Mr. Joslyns connection
with the Victoria Times makes him one of the
bes known men in British Columbia.
Mr.. H. N. Turner. of Portland, is at the Rain
Ter MOTEL Mr.. Turner is connected with the
Thoms n-Hous.on Electric Company.
Mr. C. Wall, first vice president of the R.
A. Patterson Tobacco Company, of & chmond,
Va is at the Rainier hotel
TRYING TO BLOW Up THE DUPoNTs.
Ipcendiaries Set Fire to Barn Near
Powder Works at Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, Del. Nov. I2.-fspccisLI-Th