The San Francisco call., 1906-05-17
Underwriters
Hold Meeting
Assign Number of Losses in
Business Section to
AdjuSterS.
DeprecatG the Employment
Of COmpfOmisers by
Fire Victims.

Three meetings were held by the
Fire Underwriters Adjusting Bureau
in Reed Hall. Oakland. yesterday. The
drst was that of the representatives
of companies interested in the losses
at Santa Rosa A committee had been
previously named to investigate and
report upon the damages in the So
noma County town, but that body had
rot finished its work and was unable
20 submit complete findings yester-
cay. The final report of the commit
Zee is 10 be used as a basis for ad-
5usting the losses in Santa Rosa.
AT the meeting Of the general or
ganization Of the Fire Underwriters
adjusting Bureau the employment of
attorneys by policy holders to collect
claims and the operations of profess
sional spectators and adjusters were
discussed. The bureau has taken cog
Hfzance OF the impression that has
some abroad that the underwriters are
opposed 10 policy holders retaining
lawyers 10 look after their interests.
This impression is declared by the in
surance men 10 be a false one, and T.
q. Coogan, attorney for the Fire I'm
oerWriters Bureau, says that the
companies will be pleased to deal
with lawyers in matters relative to
claims.
The underwriters deprecate the en-
ployment ytimid policy holders Of
professional adjusters and compro-
misers who profit off Of discounts
and commissions. The bureau adopt
cd a resolution declaring that the
companies preferred to deal directly
with the assured In settling losses
rather than with spectators who are
preying and proiting upon the fears
uf the policy holders.
The bureau also decided to CO.
operate with Insurance Commissioner
Z. Myron Wolf in obtaining the names
and addresses Of persons who may
have had policies destroyed in the fire
The general adjusting committee
yesterday assigned the following
losses 10 be adjusted:
Deere Implement Company, 1S1s-24
Townsend street
The Family Club, Inc, 22s Post street
VI The Stanley Taylor Company, 656
= issiOn street
C A. Hug, 3Os-lo Bush street.
Otis Elevator Company, 500 Howard
street and 1913 Tehama street.
c. A. MurdOck, 5S2 Clay street.
DOlliver < Bro, GIG Mission street.
J. 3 Haggin. southeast corner Taylor
and Washington.
Federal Security Company. 534-44
Howard. 37-z5 Natoma.
I3ehlOw Estate Company, Geary street,
between Stockton and Powell.
The Western Meat Company, Sixth
and Townsend streets
Isaac Uphsm building, Pine and Bat
tery streets.
r. a. Howard & Co.
COrCcS building.
Alcazar building. 1920 o'Farren
street
Mission street.
g. Miglivacca Investment Company,
526-32 Turk street.
Eagleson, Hawkins Company. sos-1o
!. p Degen Betting Company, 1857
Mission street.
American BOX Factory. S25 Brannan
street.
sinmonds Saw Company
Claus Wreden Brewing Company,
southeast corner Taylor and Lombard
streets.
Anern. Pein & Bullwinkel. Inc. $685.
a Post street.
Arnstein. Simon & Co.. Market and
Iuda Bros 800 Market street
z, G. Lyons & Raas Company, stock,
5fs-5l Mission street.
z. @. Lyons 4 Raas Company, 1881
c. F. Weber & Co, 524-2s Market
, treet
United Railroads. Howard and Tenth
streets
Durham. Carrigan & Hayden Com
pany. 2I-2S Beale street
Neustadter Bros. Sansome street.
Gundlach- Bundschu Vine Company.
A Aronson building, Third and Mission
81 eets
Gorham Rubber Company. 457-5s Mis-
on street.
Berry Bros. 500 Mission street
Estate julius c. Buckbee, 1716-22 Mis-
sion street.
". P Fuller & Co. various locations.
Claus Spreckels, Stevenson street, be-
tween Third and Fourth.
Claus Spreckels, Bush street. east Of
claus spreckels 727-2s Market street
Claus Spreckels, 935-951 Market street.
Metropolitan Hotel. Third street, be-
tween Minna and Sherwood place
9ehgsSier r9Si tllt n GeaTy s1Iee
Board Of State Harbor Commissioners
r Refs & Son, 24-2e Sansome street
st. Dunstan Hotel Van less avenue
American Cream Tartar Company,
North Point and Dupont streets.
Lwis. Anderson, Foard Co., 24-2e
n. Eisenberg. 1884 Market street.
A. J. McNichol Elevator Company, 2o7-
2079 Second street.
California Ink Company, 411-15 Com
John b. Spreckels. Stevenson street, |
between Third and Fourth.
John A. Roebling & Sons Company, 25- |
p Fremont street.
Properties Of Roman Catholic Arch
b bshop-St. Roses Church, ST. Patricks |
hurch St Josephs Church.
The Louvre Eddy and Powell streets. 1
California Saw Works, 20S-l2 Mission |
street.
W. R. S. Foye, Fremont street, near
Market
scott & Van Arsdale, Stockton street, /
hefwean Sufter and Bush
scott e. Van Arsdale, southeast cor I
ner Stockton street and Union Square /
avenue.
scott e. Van Arsdale, 6S7 Bush street.
SCOTT e Van Arsdale, 300-l2 Sutter /
street.
United Cigar Stores Company, 47-ls
First street.