The morning call., 1895-02-13
DOWN At DEL MONTE.
Insurance Men Are Having a Good
Time.
The New Constitution will Not Differ
Very Much From That Of the
Pacific Union.

HOTEL DEL MONTE, Feb. 1.-THE adop-
ton of some trifling amendments to the
constitution and general discuss sion OF
various rules to put in effect the constitu-
ton was all that the members of the Board
of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific accom-
plished at three sessions held to-day.
Thirty-four of the leading insurance men
of San Francisco were present at to-day's
sessions, and Hugh Craig joined the body
this evening.
The trip of the underwriters was purely
business one and by no means of
junketing variety. The morning session
was held from to II, the afternoon from
2 to and the evening from to 10. In the
members present and the number of prox-
les there was a representation of forty
agencies.
The fact that the work of to-day was
merely preliminary and that the conven-
ton will not get down to solid work until
tomorrow shows the necessity of the trip.
The members found that they were so
much interrupted by business engagements
in San Francisco that they despaired of
ever coming to an understanding for
weeks, if at all. So Del Monte was Sc
lected for the reason of suitable accommo-
dations being securable and far removed
from the influences of local insurance sur
roundings.
The ladies' billiard parlor of the hotel
was converted temporarily into secret
debating chamber of the underwriters, who
are attempting to agree upon rules which
will be satisfactory to all concerned. 1t
rained nearly all day long, few rays of
sunshine coming out just before the sun
sank into the ocean.
To-dav's sessions were devoted to the
discussion and adoption of a few amend
ments and general talk of rules to be
founded in connection. The amendments
were only changes in phraseology and were
not material. Certain features, which are
somewhat crude in form in the hastily pre-
pared constitution, were perfected.
AT the evening session all the rules re-
ported by the committee were taken up
and discussed. though no conclusion will
be reached until tomorrow in regard to
any of them.
The session will last at least tomorrow
and may run into Thursday. The new
constitution and rules for enforcing the
same will not differ materially from those
of the defunct Pacific Insurance Union, but
there is already a spirit of harmony and
disposition to adhere to such rules that
was not manifest in the old organization.
All the members here say they hope that
when the new rules and the intention of
the majority is thoroughly understood and
appreciated others who have not joined
the new association will be induced
to cast their fortunes with their brother
underwriters In fact the members of the
new board claim to throw out the olive
branch to Magill, Duval, Turner and Pat
ton and hope it will be accepted.
Unless something unforeseen happens,
the insurance men will feel, after this
meeting: that their business is in a more
settled condition than far many years.
One very advantageous feature of the
meeting occurring away from the cares
and Interruptions is the increased broth
erly feeling engendered among the mem
bers. Over pleasing dinners and with
after-dinner cigars those who have not
known one another, except in disagreeable
business engagements, become more
sociable, and friendships are being formed
that otherwise would have been impossi-
BILE. Confidence in one another is being
established, and disposition to rely on
one another's pledges is being rapidly
secured.
The delegates now here are having as
Jolly lovefeast as could be desired, and are
mutually swearing they will never give
another rebate or suspect another brother
of having been guilty of any such viola
ton of agreement.
The party of insurance men now here
consists of the following: c. A. Stuart,
Charles R. Thompson, G. F. Mullins,
L. Cutie, n. r. Mann, George F.
Grant, William 1. Dutton, N. T. James,
Rudolph Herold Jr., George E. Butler,
Robert Dickson, Cesar Bertheau, V. G.
Driffield, A. G.. Dugan, W. H. Lowden, A.
G. Voss, James B. Bailey, Charles D.
Haven, Franz jacob, Colonel William
Macdonald, Walter Speyer, Frank Devlin,
Rolla v. Watt, Alfred Stillman, George w.
Spencer, George G. Boardman, J. w. C.
Cofran, Major Charles Christensen, E. F.
Mohrhardt, Charles T. Parker, William J.
Landers, J. ]. Purcell, Edward Brown and
Hugh Craig.