Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-27
STATE HOUSE.
Record Breaking Receipt Of
Nominating Petitions.
Insurance Commissioner Havey
Issues Fire Bulletin.
Laws Governing Weirs Building.
Farmers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The following bulletin was issued
from the insurance department, Friday
by Insurance Commissioner Andrew
p. Havey:
Information has reached this depart
men that circulars are being mailed to
citizens of this State for the purpose
of obtaining purchasers of stock in the
First National Fire Insurance Com
pany OF Washington, ID. c. This COM
pany is in process of organization and
the insurance superintendent of the
District of Columbia advises us that
his department has no supervision
over the company until it begins to
assume risks and transact a regular
insurance business. From such in
formation as we have, we advise the
citizens of this State against invest
ing in the stock Of this company.
Companies Admitted-Miehigan Fire
& Marine Insurance Company. Detroit,
Michigan. Admitted March s, 1912.
Admitted assets $1,459.462.97. Total
liabilities, except surplus including
(sa00. 000) cash capital 81, 092, S4S.4S.
Companies Discontinued-Th Mer>
camille Fire & Marine Insurance Com
pany of Boston, Mass, reinsured its
entire outstanding liability with the
American Central Insurance Company
of st. Louis, Missouri, on March IL
1912.
Agencies Licensed-Maine Mutual
Fire Z: Fire and Marine SIS; Life co.
Miscellaneous 80; Assessment and
Fraternal IS; Brokers s.
E;nsno;aI S+,t.~An+
Receipts for March. 1912: Received
from companies, $4,000: licenses to
brokers, $4,000; service of writs, $500;
total receipt, s6l76o. Fees returned,
$500. net receipts, $4,000. Salary of
commissioner and deputy. $275.00;
salaries of clerks, $4,000; total. $414.00,
Investigation of fires. $4,000; total ex-
penditures. s454.00.
Investigations of Fires-As result
of an investigation of several appar-
entity ineendiary fires in the city of
Saco. under the direction of this de-
partment and the city officials of Saco,
Ellis McKenney of that city was
placed under arrest and on April II
was bound over under $4,000 bonds to
the next term of the grand jury of
York county.
Fires reported during March-Esti-
mated value of buildings. $T90.506.00;
estimated damage. $107,S27 90; insur-
ance upon, $69S, 052.00; insurance paid,
$50. 255. 90; estimated value of contents.
$277. 920.00 estimated damage $780,
$500; insurance upon, sl97.565.00;
insurance paid, s56, $4,000.
Causes of fires-Ashes, 3; back fire,
1: boiling over of kettle of fat. !
burning out of chimney, s. caught
from alcohol lamp, l; caught from
chimneys and flue, IL; caught from
gas fatiron. /. caught from gas jet.
3; caught from gas stove, 1: caught
from lamp. q caught from oil stove
l. caught from stove, 10: caught in
picker, /: children playing with
matches, .; detective chmneys and
fiue, 90 electric light, L. explosion of
lamp, 2 matches. 6; overheated CHM
ney. 5; overheated oil stove, /: over
heated furnaces and heater, g. over
heated stove, 4: overheated stove fun
mel. / overturned lamp. 3 overturned
oil heater, /; overturned stove, / rats
and matches. l. smoking. IL. spark
from chimney, 3 spark from fireplace.
1; spark from gasoline engine, /:
spark from locomotive, .; spark from
match. 2; spark from molten iron, /;
sprak from stove, 2: thawing pipes. l:
unknown, 80.
IL.