The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-23
FIERY TALK.
Hudson County Underwriters
Eat a Dinner and Dis
1o6ss Rates.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. CONGRATULATED


Territory and Taking
Away Business.
Last night in the Hotel Washington the
members of the Hudson County Fire
Underwriters Association held their
seventh annual meeting and third annual
banquet, at which were aired the
grievances against the New York Tariff
Association for greedily sticking its
| fingers into the Hudson County pie, in
which it clearly had no business.
Presiding at the repast was Mr.. Thos.
M. Gopsill, and near him sat f. O..
Affeld, manager of the Hamburg Bremen
Insurance Co.; Col. Paulding, president of
the Delaware Insurance Co., Philadelphia;
I. G.. Rogers, secretary, standard Co. of
Trenton; SpecialS Agent e. Rowell, of the
Aetna Insurance Coz; re. Christopher,
Caledonian; M. b. Jones, Queen; H.
| Nicholl, C~aledoniar;y Fred ,Ackerman,
American; R. M, .Wickham, National, and
VIM. Royce, of the New York Underf
writer's Association; Fire Commissioners
John Brennan, TT. D.. Mills and Clerk
Charles Esterbrook. Among the local
| agents were-Messrs. Frank Stevens,
John E. Muller, A. A. Franck, c. H.
Slater, W.. G. Meyer, Fred Klein, Russell
w. woodwork, J.. D.. Almar Williamson,
| Edwin Van Houten, Louis Sherwood, i.
Rowlands, P. A. Gaddis, s. Rowland, John
H. Ward, Adam Muller, Jas. Gopsill, j..
| Hough, J. C. Lowy, E. Magee of Hobo
| ken, H. Robertson and j. M. Johnson of
Bayonne.
The menu served was as follows:-
Blue Points on Half Shell
Clear Green Turtle Sherry
RELISHES
Sailed Almonds
Celery RadisheS Olives
FISH
Filet of Sole, a la Joinyille
Bermuda Potatoes
ENTREE Punch
Tenderloin of Beef. with Mushrooms
French Peas Potato Croquettes
Broiled SQUAD on Toast Currant Jelly
Lettuce Salad
DESSERT
Tortoni Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
RoQuefort Cheese Water Crackers
Fruits Black Coffee
Chairman T. NJ. Gopsill, when the
SDeGClIlu AluR WAS edCucu, pIOcccucQ ~
give sly digs at the New York Tariff As
ISOLATION and its policy. He said that
they were all thankful that they lived
particularly close to the Metropolitan Dis
trict. Gaughter.) The present condition
of insurance men in Hudson reminded
him of the dog in the baggage car. which
chewed himself not only loose, but chew
ed up it's tag, and no one could tell whers
it was at. sfRenewed laughter.) New
Workers like New Jersey so much, and
why not? There was Jersey milk, while
if desired Jersey lightning could be added
and finally there was Jersey justice
should too much be taken. Mr.. Gopsill
said that the trouble in Hudson County
was that New York was taking away
business which did not belong to it ana
was writing policies in territory not their
own. The underwriters here, he claimed,
should have a representative in the New
York association. Mr.. Gopsill's speech
was loudly a~pplauded.
Colonel T. Padding congratulated Hud-
son County underwriters on their success
and said that the prospects for the future
were bright and encouraging.
Mr.. F. o. Affeld, of the Hamburg
Bremen Co, congratulated Jersey City on
its fire alarm system, which, he thought,
could not be surpassed. Insurance men,
he continued, owed a duty to the COM
munity by giving it the benefit Of their
experience in matters pertaining to fires.
Much of the legislation against under
writers was caused by not taking the
public into their confidence. He suggest
ed that there should be in Jersey City
an accurate record of fires.
Ed. Rowell of the Aetna Co., had also
congratulations for the Hudson Co. I'M
derwriters who, he said, had shown good
judgments in the matter of low rates.
The last six months to him had been a
bugbear, an insane asylum, and he didn't
know whether he was a foot or on horse.
Laughter.) He thought, however, that
there was a silver lining in the lark cloud
and he hoped that the good friends ON the
other side who footed the bills would re-
pent in sackcloth and ashes. (Laughter.)
Messrs. Wickham, Christian, Jones,
Royce and Alderman each having spoken
briefly on the trials and tribulations of an
underwater, Fire Commissioner Mills was
in error called on in the place of President
Brennan.
Mr.. Mills said he was opposed to insur-
ance men because he wished to keep rates
down while they desired to push them up.
BY improving the Fire Department in any
city that meant lowering of rates. Mr..
Mills said that a new steamer and chemi-
cal engine nave been added to the Jersey
City Department and soon there would be
five extra men appointed to look after it.
He told a piece of political history con-
corning the purchase of the engine, of
course, at the expense of those dreadful
Democrats. JERSEY City's department,
he closed, was in a good condition and he
was proud OF it.
Mr.. T.. o.. Affeld, in response to a ques-
ton. said underwater must. have accu-
rate information from the Fire Depart
ment respecting losses. The responsibility
of high rates rested with the Fire Depart
ment in the absence Of accurate iEfor-
nation concerning fires.
Mr. Charles Smith during the dinner