New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-16
THE PASSING THR0NG.

George L Chase, who has been FOR hfty-six years
identified with the insurance business, and who has
held the position OF president Of the
THE Hartford Fire Insurance Company
AVERAGE OF for the last thirty-six years. ran
FIRE LOSSES down from the Connecticut capital
a few days ago. When seen at the
Murray Hill. he said: The business OF the IRE
insurance companies in 1915 has been very good
The losses have not been excessive ana me SEI
prosperity. OF course when the stocks carried y
ditions that are Incident to good times. there Is
demand for fire indemnity-there is more 70 nslEs
are reduced and business is depressed there IS sss
demand for Insurance.. There IS a PeT Ssgss ~
the conditions that always obtain in the year p
Presidential campaign see nothns n ts SCf
course IRE insurance business cannot be coaIssS--
ance business, Where the average mortality can ;.
definitely determined out Of experience sa. ais
factory l have been TRYING for nfty yeass N
arrive at the basis on which IRE !SsSS s 15f vet
predetermined on the aver9Se oSt n'tS MEASURE
% 8s tsI II is po5 pSssS IL S Sa
Michael ]. Carrigan. owner Of The Port Ansei's
Tribune-Times,' was at the Hoffman HouSS -
other day 1t is q fact with WacH
PORT few people are familiar. SAID MI
ANGELES 4 Carrigan. that Port AnSsiss snA -
NATIONAL with Washington the alsOa'l ~ 80
CITY. being national city. b@eA ~ -
Congress directed President I4ho0-A
To locate town sites on the public domain, tAe pr
Ceeds Of the sales 10 contrhute 70 me @ of ne
revenues Consistent with the pFoVls4u..ss - me
commission made up or an atihSS ~ Intsrior
Department visited the PACING Coa5SS s+Ssntor.
tust then commanding considerable puo4l0 49, san
Francisco up 70 the Puget Sound couA 80 now
selected the spot on which FSt. I-e snyIron-
ments and harbor facilities to be ressySee eidsnes
gible for settlement as city. Ihey sa. ~ s,ItuTe
81 rare prescienCe and penetration OF us S,nani-
The land chosen FOR the town size hss = SSi,i-x al
ing position a landlocked haroOr contA-s,,-ssra
anchOragc OF twelve square miles OF ~ Sss-s Is
depth OF fifteen fathoms. and az the gVS aTfsnded
two miles along the haroOr ana mile 49, Speasd
the shore line. but only traction or ~ SsN ash
ermen and pioneer settlers. numbering - ,ors
three hundred. there was no progress Iot I'm seal
twenty-five wears The Importance 20 N.t9iss had
tie Tacoma and other Washington $50 port
grown in the later SOS called attention 20 ,ss,rts
Angeles and an influx OF s1uetters eessstl" senator
20 get hold of the town site JAILED enss ~ Con-
gress secured the passage Of e IN ~, ne pre-
vided for the survey, appraisal and sale o. 80 The
Viously unplOtted portion % the towE So a.
pointed by Secretary Noble % the IntsrlGs , Bs
partmenJ and We plotted the rest OF tNtao scres.
lots except about onethird OF II or aJ1If,nS lots
passed 90 private ownership IN ISss SlS alton of
geies has grown until IL now has pYpeettcn and
Ave thousand With 3sisPhsrs PseiaS RsToad q
being extended from GIay's ktaro0L 'Iit ana h
OF 1iS miles. Thirty miles have been S,sbs rim
will reach Port Angeles IN eishsas ,ssf that ever
grew OF the ground. covers the SovVIi- fsat 10
tary TO Port Angeles, and six to Ten port Angeles
viii have twenty thousand population ~ 49,, mills
her canneries OF red salmon Win the t. So, MIDI
and export trade, are destined 30 cteiss on shs
Pacific Coast