The San Francisco call., 1906-06-27
Sewers Connection With
Hamburg-Bremen
Company.
Does Not Sanction Meth
DDS Of Adjusting
Losses.
Refuses to Sacrifice His
Standing in Busi-
ness Circles.

Rudolph HeroId, one of the old
est and best known of the Pa
Cific Coast fire insurance men,
has thrown up his hands in dis
gust and quit the Hamburg
Bremen Fire Insurance Company.
Yesterday ne turned in his resig=
nation as general agent to Man
ager Bucilenberger of New York
and it was accepted.
Heroid was driven to sever his
connections with the Hamburg
Bremen because of its actions,
unwarranted to his mind, in adj
iusting- and settling its San
Francisco losses. HeroId num-
bers his Pacific Coast friends by
the thousands and in the thirty
four years he has spent building
up the business of the Hamburg
Bremen he won the confidence of
every one. Naturally, he expect
ed 10 be allowed TO adjust the
San Francisco losses after the
great April disaster, just as he
had always done after other fires.
Much 10 HeroId's surprise the
Hamburg Bremen sent out {. E.
Mitchell from New York to adjust
all claims. He superseded HeroId
in everything pertaining TO Ham
burg Bremen affairs. Herold was
unable TO deal with the business
friends OF q lifetime, and to their
complaints of bad adjusting meth
DDS he could but turn a help
less ear.
Finally HerOId sent word to the
New York office of the company,
asking that he be allowed to ad-
just all losses here. His position
was not sustained. Convinced
that he could do nothing toward
aiding his business friends in Sc
curing proper settlements and
satisfied that in justice to himself
he could not continue as agent
under the circumstances, HeroId
yesterday presented his resigna-
tion TO the company.
Speaking Of his action, HeroId
said last night:
The reason for my resignation as gen.
eral agent is that the company, through
the United States managers at New
York, and without conferring with me,
placed all matters in connection with the
San Francisco confagrstOn losses in the
hands of their agency secretary at New
York, c. E. Mitchell, who arrived here
with full power and, together with his
associates, also from the East, estab-
lished an adjusting bureau at 17l9 Pine
street in thus city. Under instructions
received from the United States mans-
gers, I was compelled to refer anything
and everything aPPertaining to these
losses to the aforesaid bureau, and the
decision there reached to be final.
Being thus deprived of dealing with
my friends and Old-time patrons in the
adjustment of their loss claims, which,
under the terms of my contract formed
part of my duties, and which have al
ways been performed by me in the past
and for the further reason that many
complaints were made to me by claim
ants because they were compelled to
deal with strangers and because of the
methods adopted at the adjusting bureau
in the adjustment of their claims,
brought the matter to the attention of
the New York office, declaring that the
differences between Mr. Mitchell and
myself were irreconcilable, and request
ing that one of the managers come here
for the purpose of a personal investiga-
ton, as ! could not consent to have
matters so continue. In response, United
States Manager Buchenberger arrived