Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-17
CHANGES GOOD FUR REDUCED
 POLICY RATES
indications All Point to a Lowering of Premiums Because Of Better
 Conditions
AGENTS VISIT CITY AND
 MAKE FAVORABLE REPORT
New Survey Is Completed and in Hands oi the Board of Fire Underwriters
 for Action

That there will be a generous re- auction in fire insurance rates in Bis
 bee as early as the first of the next year, is the belief of Fire Chief Bar ney Norton. who has been quietly working to that end, with the cooper ation Of Bisbee insurance agents, for a number Of months.
 During the months Of October and November there were a dozen spe- cial agents Of fire insurance compan- ies in Bisbee, inspecting conditions. water system and Ire fighting ap- paTatus Fire Chief Norton held pro lOnged seances with each and every one Of these special agents and-took them on personally conducted tours Of the whole city. pointing ont to them the improvements in the city's fire fighting system.
 Agents Report FavorabIy
 Every one of these agents are known to have reported favorably to the insurance companies that they represent and assurance has been given to Chief NortGl that these companies. through their general managers, will report favorably upon the matter Of a reduction in Bisbees rate to the Pacific board of underwrit. CTS, which fixes the rate for this ter. ritory
 The effort that the fire chief has been making and is still making Is separate from the plan started sew eral months ago which involved an enlargement of the water supply through giving a franchise to the local water company. Mir. Norton has had the cooperation of the fire ir- surance agents Of Bisbee and both are working for the same end. SO that the prospects for a reduction in the rate are bright.
 4 New Survey Is Made.
 B new survey of the local field was recently made by a surveyor attached 10 the Pacific board of underwriters and his report detailed the improve ! ments that have been made in the local system.
 Assurance of support in the matte Of obtaining a better rate was given 1 4. C. Olds, general manager Of the l insurance firm of Conroy & Olds, of 1 San Francisco, representing four of . the largest fire insurance companies doing business on the coast.
 The fire loss record for the pres ent year has been phenOmenally low and figuring the average from the number of alarms and the size of the city. it is probably the lowest record Of any city in the whole territory The fire losses for 1911, to date. amount Co but S6.500. The largest single loss was the fire at the Le more residence on Tank Hill, which vas damaged to the extent of s1 300 damage to contents. but the york Of the department in putting ont his fire was in itself ar argument If the fire-fghting ability of the de lartment The residence is only ew feet below the level of the water ank on the hill
 Years Record Is Good.
 The number Of alarms responded O by the department during the year s 3S, which makes the average loss rom each fire only s170.
 The city reservoir has been filled O the brim every day in the past ear as have all of the tanks During he year fifteen hundred feet of new ose has been added to the depart nent's apparatus, the fire line has , cen extended on Naco road and a ! lew hydrant installed. giving added rotection to the Naco road section; he fire line on School Hill has been . xtended and a hose rack containing co feet of hose has been installed: , he fire line has been extended in 1, Wood Canyon and three new hydrants ! lstalled. Hose racks and additional | ose will be placed at the Lincoln 7 chool and in Wood Canyon ss soon l, g the hose arrives. It has been '