The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-05
WILL SEND A COMMITTEE.
THE REQUEST OF THE LOCAL IN
DERWRTTERs ACCEDED TO.

The Increase in Rates Deferred 10
Await the Result OF the Commit
tees VisIt-The Committee Not
Yet Appointed-The Local Under
writer's Discuss the Matter, But
Are Wary About Giving Out InfOr-
matiOn--A RumOr That the Assoc
citation VIII Demand to De AL
lowed to Name the Fire Chief, and
VIII Oner to Pay One-HnIf His
salary.
The increase in insurance rates ordered
for Savannah by the executive board of
the Southwestern Tariff Association some
time ago. has been indefinitely postponed
and the association will send a committee
to Savannah at an early date to investi-
gate the state Of affairs here as regards
insurance conditions. and recommend
such Improvements in the fire department
as it may deem best.
This Is the report brought back by the
committee of the local underwriters, con-
ssting Of Messrs. c. F. Prendergast, r.
NJ. Hull and ]. D. Carswell, who return
ed from Atlanta yesterday morning
The committee made it's report at a
meeting of the local underwriters held at
noon at the Office OF bearing & Hull. Some
time was spent in discussing the report.
For some reason it was decided that no
information should be given out concern
ing the action of the meeting except by
the chairman of the meeting, Mr. W. d.
bearing. Just why this was done, it is
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nothing was done beyond receiving the re-
port of the committee and that
this was as already stated.
The committee from the Southeastern
Tariff Association to visit Sa-
Vannah has not yet been
appointed, he said, and he had no idea
when it would be appointed, though he
supposed it would be at an early day. The
committee will be appointed by President
3. Y. Topper of the associa ton who will
probably himself be one of the visiting
committee. A committee will also be APP
pointed by the local underwriters when
they are Informed of the appointment of
President Tuppers committee, to confer
with the later and to arrange for a con-
ference with the city authorities.
Mr.. bearing said he had no idea what
demands the visiting committee would
make, nothing Of this kind having been
decided upon at the meeting In Atlanta.
This will probably be left to the discre-
ton of the visiting committee. The local
underwriters, Mr.. bearing SAID have form
ulated no suggestions to submit to the
visitors, but will. of course, acquaint them
fully with the situation here.
"A Morning News reporter was informed
last night that the main proposition which
the insurance men will make to the city
authorities, and which was in all
probability the subject of discus
sion at yesterdays meeting
is that Fire Chief Mcguire be retired and
that a chief to be named by the insurance
men be brought here to take his place,
and that he be given full control of the
department. In case this condition Is ac-
cepted the insurance companies will pay
one-half the salary of the fire chief named
by them. 1t is not positively known that
such a proposition is under consideration,
but if 1t should be made by the insurance
men as a requisite condition to the main
tenance of the present rates, 1t need Gre
ate no surprise. The man whom the in
suranee men have in mind is said to be
a chief Of one of the battalions of the
New York fire department.