The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20
MANY EXPERTS
NOW At WORK
AdiuStGrS From Europe and
the East Are in San
Francisco.
Insurance Headquarters Are
Moved to This Side
Of the Bay.

One hundred OF the leading fire ad-
Justing experts of the world, hailing
from the larger Eastern cities and
from Europe, are now at work here.
They came directly from the home Of
fees Of the Insurance companies, and,
because of their astuteness and ex-
perience. are clothed with extensive
authority. These men Will practically
determine how many millions of dol
lars are 10 be paid on losses resulting
from the conflagration. Many of them
assisted in adjusting claims after the
historic fires Of Chicago, Boston and
Baltimore. The Eastern and European
adjusters have staffs of local adjust
ers working with them and are in
creaslng these every cay. The ad-
-susters from abroad who have regis
tered with the Fire Underwriters Ad-
5usting Bureau and the companies
they represent are as follows:
H. F. Atwood Rochester German;
H F. Avery. American. Of Newark;
Frank N. Avery Fire Association: A.
3. Andrews. sun Insurance Company;
J. ". Brooks. Delaware Insurance
Company; J. A. Burpee, New Hamp-
shire: C. " BENJAMIN. Teutonia; w.
\. Bament. Home Of New York; L.
Y. Ba5Cock, St Paul Insurance Com
l.
Tnsura nee Company: ". H. -Boutell.
Equits BILE Fire and Marine; Arthur
Bell. Individual underwater; W. r.
Briggs. Independent; J. G. Corbett,
Northern Assurance; r. c. Chris
topher. Csle1onian; Sheldon Catlin,
Insurance Company Of North America;
Charles II. Coates. Germania: J. H.
Casweik. Germania; W. H. Clemons,
Phenix Of Brooklyn; c. H. Comm. Ger
man American: J. T. Dargan and j.
T. Dargan Jr.. Atlanta Birmingham.
George B. Edwards, Germania-
r w. Foulkes. Phenix of Brooklyn.
Charles A. Georger. Buffalo German;
G. B. Greenslet. Glen Falls; D. L.
Gardiner. Calumet Insurance Com
pany; H. c. Geiger, Atlanta Birming-
ham; o. z. Greeley, Phenix Of Brook
lyn-
c. ". Highley. Hanover; A. w.
Haight, Calumet: S. K. Hatfield,
American of Newark; Herbert c. Hill,
American of Newark: r. E. Hall. Con-
tinental Insurance Company; Fred A.
Hubbard. Hanover; A. R.. -Hosford.
Royal; A. H. Harris, Girard; Myers NJ.
Hodges. Duchess.
H. \. Kelsey. Sun Insurance Com
pany; z. H. Kraus, Agricultural; H.
{. Kemple. CALIFORNIAN: William B.
and Munich: Ger. E. Kendall, North
British and Mercantile.
H Letton, Prussian National; H. W.
Letton, Prussian National; A z. Lar
ter, Continental; H. R. Louden, Lon
don and Liverpool and Globe: c. H.
Lacy. Agricultural: d. ]. Lewis, Mich
igan; Hans Lund. American Central;
]. H. Lenihan, Phenix Of Brooklyn; j.
]. lie Boucki.
Frank A. Mccarthy. European Un-
derwriters'; c. Mitchell, Hamburg
gee. National Union; r. r. Manners.
Eagle Insurance Company.
Edward c. North, Royal Exchange;
". J. Nichols. North British and Mer-
camille: w. S. Nevins. Hanover.
W. I. Osborne, Calumet.
r. L. Pollard, Atlanta Birmingham;
T. @. Pieper. American Of Boston; Z.
r. Pearce, Sun Insurance Company.
L. H. Quackenbush, Aachen and
Munich.
S. c. Rothermel, Traders; Fred w.
Ransom, Svea Insurance Company; L.
B. Rogers. National and Springfield.
+. c. Sturtevant, Providence, Wash
ington; H A. Smith. National, Hart
ford and Colonial: W. B. Seaman
London and Liverpool and Globe; T
II. Smith, Connecticut Insurance
Company; H A Smith, National;
Charles Sewage. Independent: ]. P
Singleton. Independent; D. ]. Sweeney
United Fireman's; sF. c. Stone, Ma
tional and Colonial; T. c. Shankland
Independent.
William Thompson. Atlanta Bir-
mingham.
w. Williams, Spring Garden; ]. w
Williams. Prussian National; F. L
Wilson. Continental; Ira Welsh. Svea;
D. s. Wagner, Concordia; Henry w
White. European Underwriters: E. NJ
Wesner. American Of Newark: ]. NJ
Wallace, National and Colonial;
Charles F. Ward, Continental Insur-
ance Company.
NJ. 3. Yates. Atlanta Birmingham.
The general adjusting committee oi
fifteen Of the Fire Underwriters Ad-
justing Bureau moved its headquartert
yesterday from Reed Hall. Oakland
10 rooms on the second floor OF the
ferry building. Secretary z. r. Mohr-
hardt. with his ONCE force OF clerks
and stenographers. came to this side
OF the bay and occupied the new quar-
ters. An information bureau similar
20 the one conducted IN Reed Hall will
be opened In the ferry building. The
general adjusting committee will hold
its meetings there. but the regular ses-
sions OF the Fire Underwriters Ad-
5usting Bureau viii continue to be held
in Reed Hall.
Many companies are paying of small
losses where there was no difficulty
encountered in adjusting the claims
One OF the prominent underwriters
said yesterday that there is now $780,
Ooo, 900 on the way from Europe and
the East 10 be used In settling Sar
francisco fire losses.