The San Francisco call., 1906-09-12
Ready to Pay ST. 800, 600.
Will Sue for $28, 100000.
Fireman's Fund First
Coin Disbursement
to Begin To-Day.

More than s2,300.000 will be paid out
at once by the Fireman's Fund Insur-
ance Company to it's policy holders who
lost by fire in April. Today at 8
o'clock the officers of the company will
meet their licy-holders at California
and Sansome streets, in the old offices
of the company. and will start opera
tions looking to the speedy disburse-
rnent of the sum indicated
There are 1900 policy holders of the
Fireman's Fund who represent more
than 5000 claims. Payments can be
made possibly at the rate of $50 a day.
TO get into close touch with all policy
holders the officers of the Fireman S
Fund company have arranged to give
out numbers to all who visit the offices
as policy holders and payments will
be made in order of precedence.
The Fireman's Fund, Home Fire and
Marine and Pacific Underwriters owe
s1l.50o.oo0 on account of fire losses.
The $a.3o6,00o TO be disbursed as a
first payment is estimated as 20 per
cent. The losses of the several allied
companies are reported officially by the
officers of the F1reman's Fund as fol-
lows: Fireman's Fund. in gross. $6.700.-
900: Heme Fire and Marine. gross,
sl.7o0. 900. The Home Fire and Marine
also is liable for 100000 for unearned
premiums. The stockholders have
agreed to put in s2,000,0o0 by an as
sessment on their stock. The sum of
81 600. 600 In losses is expected to be
paid in stock to be accepted upon terms
previously mentioned in this paper.
The assets are estimated also to in
clude So. geo, 600 Belonging to the Fire
mans Fund, s1.500.o00 belonging to the
Home Fire and Marine, and collectable
insurance that is estimated at
s2.5o0,000.
When policy holders visit the offices
of the Ffreman's Fund they will be
asked to sign an agreement TO accept
the plan that has been prepared by the
directors and officers under which they
believe that the best possible results,
considering the circumstances, can be
reached. A list of large interests that
have signed the agreement was given
ont nv the Fireman's Fund yesterday.
The list of signers includes the follow
ing:
Henry T. Scott, Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. the
Crocker heirs, Crocker Hotel Company,
White Investment Company, En 5a GTockes Eerries
Railway Company, Union Trust. Com
pany. iuggenhirne & Co.. Baker &
Hamilton. Carson Glove Company. Mack
& Co, Jean McGregor BOYD, Palace ALAG
Il
Murphy. Grant & Co, estate OF Adam
Grant. Jennie NJ. and Abbie B. Blair.
Durham, Carrigan & Co, A. Zeilerbacf n
8 Sons. estate OF Trying NJ; Sect Sect Cal Cal
pany. Williams, Dimond & Co., NJ. H.
de Young. w. g. j. Sloane & Co. Main
winchester Stone COMPANY, John Nj.
Klein Electric Company, San Francisco
Hotel Company. II: s. Crocker CO.,
Weinstock. Lubin &. Co, John Breuner
Company. John A. Roebling Sons Com,
pany. A. Schiling g. Co.. l.. Dinkelspiel
& Co. Ire NJ J. Brandenstein & Co.
California Wine Association, Abby M
& Co. Calm. .Nickelsberg & Co. Bone.
stell Richardson Company. Merchants
Exchange, First Congregational Socie-
ty. James Carolan, Mrs. H. e. Van Win.
kle. s. Biho & Co, California Optical
Company. Baldwin & Howell w. NJ.
Bunker. EhrBan Bros; & Co. jane 5.
button. Emma Bernice Dunham George
L. Bishop. trustee). Christensen Lum-
ber companys Charles G. Moore Z Co,
estate of Josiah Belden, Alaska ack-
-ers' Association, oireenebaum, We'll &
Nichels, Crown Paper Company. Henry
Harris & Co.. San Francisco National
Bank, W., w. Montague Co.