The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-26
D0LO co, WILL MEET
10 Talk Over the Building of
the Wichita House.
LOSS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED
Insurance People are Happy
Over Satisfactory Settlement
LOSS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED

The broad smiles on the faces Of the ad-
5uzters for the insurance companies at
the DoId Offices last night told very
plainly the story that their business
meeting with j. C. Do-d Of Kansas city
and FRED Dold Of this city had been
pleasant 1t was lucky for al concerned
that the papers ana books of the big
packing house were All saved from the
fire. This made the adjustment Of the
loss an easy matter In order to find
out the progress that was being made in
The adjustment of the loss a reporter for
the Eagle called last night at The ONCE Of
the Jacob Dold Packing company
He was informed by 1Ir. Edmund Fitz-
gerald 90 Buffalo, II. =. who is in charge
81 the Insurance department Of the firm,
tnat the Insurance loss had been adjusted
and ia the remarkably short time Of
three days.
The adjustment committee consisted Of
about J. Of the best known and most ex-
perieuccd insurance ad5ustors Ia the west.
They met here Monday. having previously
sent the Doids a memoranda of ali de-
tailed Information desired by the adjust
ors and by the most systematicaI
working nights and all day Sunday the
Dolds through Mn Fitzgerald were able
TO hand the ad5gstors a complete and vol
luminous set of reports and statements
upon their arrival Monday morning. These
various Statements were, of course, thor
oaehly investigated both by personal in
~
tailed and screening check Of the books
ana in no instance were any Of the state
ments OF figures presented found 10 be in
correct.
Thus the adjustors were enabled to
practically complete the actual work of
adjusting the loss in three days-the
shortest record ever made on so large
and complicated loss.
The total insurance, Il was learned.
was about So. 099, while the total actual
loss by fire foots UP about ss0Qoj0 not
mentioning OF course, the direct loss TO
their business, which showed every evil
dence OF being in the most prosperous
condition of any time during the estab-
nshment Of their plant in Wichita.
In fact, at the time Of the fire, a large
6-story killing house had just been COM
pleted. while another building, a massive
7-story cold storage warehouse with d
capacity Of 12029 600 pounds of meat. was
in course of construction and would have
been under roof in a few weeks; but IN
fortunately both of these buildings were
destroyed by the fire.
Il is only fair to the Dolds to add that
without exception the adjustors comment
in the highest terms upon the courteous
and exceptionally fair treatment accord
ed them by the two representatives OF the
Dold interests in the adjustment of this
loss. AIr J. c.. Dold Of Kansas City, No.,
and Mr.. Fred Dold, who has the manage
ment of the Wichita plant. Mr.. Fitzger-
Md. having completed his duties, VIII re-
turn to Buffalo
A reporter for the Eagle was author
lied by Manager Fred Dold TO make the
statement that the representatives and
members or the Jacob Dold Packing com
pany viii meet in Chicago next week for
the purpose Of discussing the matter Of
rebuilding the Wichita plant The an
nouncement is not given out that the
house VIII be rebuilt but if it were GER
tain that it would be, this would be the
first step in the proceeding.
Superlntendent Charles DarriErand told
a reporter for the Eagle last night that
he wanted about 100 more men to put to
work on the wreck. lie said the company
intended TO remove all the damaged walls
clean down TO the undergroun- foundation
and if the company determined to re-
build il would be ready for the work.
There viii be a large number of brick
saved that win be all right for indie
,,-,1ls ord 4ha ,r-7e7-r~ro4su1 foundations
viii of course be all right
The people about the Dold plant were
pleased when they learned the extent OF
the loss. as at the time of the FIRE # was
feared the loss would be much greater
than $1,000 That seems to be the loss
above the insurance and that amount Of
money win not cripple the Jacob Dold
company.