The San Francisco call., 1906-06-28
Loss Bodies Are Appointed to Investi-
gate and Make Reports as
Soon as Possible.
Very Heart of Financial San Francisco
Reached by This Latest In
Surance Movement.
Treatment Accorded Important Corpor-
atiOnS Concerned Will Be
Closely Watched.

Urged by the pressure of public opinion com
mtee OF fifteen, which stands the executive body OF
the FIRE underwriters has finally brought up the FIRE
insurance companies the necessity OF making ADJUST
the losses of the banking corporations and
great that losers by in this city In
the front of the scene stands the losses of the
Union Trust Company, the German Savangs and Loan
Society the San Francisco Savings Union and the Bank
ers Investment Company
The public gaze is about to be focused these losses
and these losers by the treatment they the
hands of the insurance companies. The first step
consider and to report with as little delay as possible
all the facts necessary for prompt and full eonsdera-
the earthquake damage if any, the loss by FIRE and all
the other factors that count in determining what
are due to the important financial interests represented
in these instances.
The three banks this list and also nearly every bank
ing house IN the city lost largely by the destruction IN
whole or in part OF their buildings The fine building
wreck The German savings Bank building was de-
sroyed down TO the height OF story This story has
old site The San Francisco Savings Union has been
compelled to provide Temporary quarters in the old China
The great structure of the Union Trust Company
stood but the hre destroyed large value in the interior
ing premises in fixtures, The insurance companies
that given the task of making report these
Union property at California and Webb streets, the
Liverpool and London and Globe and the Springfield;
the London Assurance the Aaschen and Munich and the
Hamburg Bremen; the Union Trust Company building
and Orient Fire Insurance companies.
PROPERTIES CONCERNED
The Bankers Investment Company is made up of lead
ing capitalists including l. W. Helman the Magees and
others prominent in the financial and business life in
San Francisco The Ivestment Company some years
bought the Blythe block The property which the
loss is to be estimated at 80 to AZ Geary street. the
Blythe property.
BY the appointment of loss committees yesterday the
committee of fifteen the very heart of financial
San Francisco in number OF directions. Arrangements
were made Tor speedily securing reports the follow
ing great properties;
Brannan street, the properties OF the California Fruit
Gamers Associations the Palace Hotel property of the
Sharon estate the various properties OF Elisa Drexer
IN several localities; the Wells-Fargo stable building; the
Montgomery block, belonging to the Adolph Sutro es-
ate & fhe Marx aopkns institute Of Art the Occidental
Donohoe building Market and Taylor in which
properties, the estate of Mervyn A. Peter Donahue
and Joseph A. Donohoe, Edward Donohoe and Mary E.
Parrott concerned the Flood building Seventh and
Townsend the Flood residence California
street owned by Cora Jane Flood the Flood building
at Fourth and Market streets and the property owned
by James l. Flood and James E. Walsh Mission street.
between Third and Fourth.
Other properties of note that to under
immediate consideration by the underwriters with view
adjustments that will be closely watched by those
conversant with property values and concerned in the
Buckingham, Sutter street near Taylor; the new
winery of the Lachman estate. at 40 46I Brannau
the James de Fremery property I13 to ITO Pine street.
the Riato building, owned by Theresa A Oelrichs on
The Rialto building has been referred to COMMITTEES
consisting of representatives Of the Phoenix of London
the Hartford Insurance Company of North America
ascertain the facts concerning the loss and inquire
into the questions arising
the companies interested of them, do not block
the way with the of obstructive that the pub
lie has learned about since April
BUSINESS HOUSES LISTED.
Names of business houses handed yesterday to loss
committees by the advertising bureau of the
with instructions investigate include the follow
ing:
Gamossi Glove Company at Market street and
IoI Post Columbia Phonograph Company at lex
Geary street; Dietemier Piano Company indianapolis
Furniture Company 766 to 10 Mission street; the
Porto Rico Company at 5S7 TO $50 Howard street, E
Herringhi & Co. Pine street; Cerro, Mower &
Co. 227 Clay street; Louis Taussig & Co. 20 and z8
Main street; J. Noonan Furniture Company at IoIz to
1929 Mission street; the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company
at Col Folsom street. and the Netron Gum Company at
the same place. both owned by Louis Saroni; F. Plumel
& Co. at 81 Eddy street.; Alice Hueter ct al at Bush
and Tones streets; H. Levi & Co. 4z3 43I Brannan
street and Kingan Co. California street
The of the Russ House heads list which also
embraces the following: