Year: 1872

| Message Of the GOvefnor-InoA As"s'


Fire.
BosroN, November l9-The specla
session OF the Legislature convened q
noon to day and received q message
from the Governor, who referred tc
the fire. and says: "Our ties are such
that this calamity affects even those o
US who live in the remotest parts OF the
State, and what your honorable boliet
can do to mitigate its severity l doubt
not you are ready to do with willing
alacrity. The municipal government
OF the city and a large number OF its
most eminent men think q few meas
ures of immediate legislation are ne
cessary. While the aggregate loss by
the fire is very great, those who
have suffered are undaunted in
spirit and no pecuniary aid will be
asked of the State. So far as am in
formed or can learn the universal senti'
ment OF those who reside or do business
here is that they are abundantly able
to meet the stress oil the time from re-
sources at their command. if they can
have the assent of the State for such
steps as require it's sanction The Gov.
ernor says that it is Of the utmost i'm
portance that the burnt district should
, be rebuilt at once and is in favor Of an
issue ol city bonds, running not less than
ten years, with interest at the rate o'
five per cent in gold.


At the special session Of the Legisla
ture this afternoon several petitions
we're pr scented in the Senate from par
ties for acts OF Incorporation as insurance
com panies, and an order was adopted
that the Insurance Committee consider
the expediency OF limiting, by law, the
dividends OF insurance companies.


In the House, the petitions from the
Senate in reference TO insurance were
referred to the committee on that sub.
iect. 4 bill from the Senate concern
ing general insurance was opposed as
opening up general legislation on the
subject OF insurance, and tending to
prolong the session till the opening OF
the new year.


A petition was received from the city
of Boston Tor leave to issue bonds. Also
for law regarding the erection OF
buildings.


Board Of Trade.


A special meeting OF the Boston
Board Of Trade was held this afternoon
to take into consi leration such recon-
mendations as it may be desirable to
make to the Legislature at the extra
session in connection with the com
mercial neces>ite es of the city growing
out OF the late fire. A committee was
appointe! to consider the exped Iency OF
amending the law regulating insurance
com panies, proviiing that when com
panv becomes bankrupt all outstanding
policies except those on which losses
have been made shall end at given
date except the holders thereof shall
elect to continue them in force; also to
consider whether said law ought not to
be 80 amended as TO provide that the
assets OF all insurance companies that
NAV be erioined or become bankrupt
shall be first held for the payment OF
losses and second for the pro rata repay
ment OF their promise on unexpired
policies.
Funeral Of q Fireman.


The funeral OF William Farrav, a
member of Hook and Ladder Com pany
No 4, who was killed at the late fire,
took place to day and was largely at.
tended by firemen, members OF the city
government and others.


The citizens Committee Of Relief
have made report, in which they
state that the number OF applicants for
aid thus far has been about 1000, three
iourths that number being the heads OF
families and the whole number OF per-
sons represented being about 5000, all
OF whom are being furnished with the
nece ssaries Of lite. The committee find
that the number OF mechanics and
laborers who suffered by the fire is
much larger than was expected, and
from this class the number OF applcs-
tions appear to increase daily. The
committee estimate that when the ap,
plications already in hand shall have
been helped the sum OF $4,000 will
have been expended 1t is evident that
the loss in the departments Of labor has
been underrated.


The Burnt District


to-day presents no material change,
but the work of clearing up goes stead
ily on. Thousands OF laborers are en-.
gagged ip pulling down tottering walls
and dangerous looking chimneys, while
Others are clearing up the streets and
overhauling the huge piles OF brick and
stone in search OF saf=s or goods buried
up in the cellars The scene is a busy
one all through the devastated territory


Insurance.


The total report about the insurance ls
that all foreign companies will pay 10
full; all companies out Of the State
will ray in full, with the exception of
the Equitable, of Providence, which
pays sixty per cent; the Humboldt, Of
New York, forty per cent, and the In
ternational, of New York. seventy FIVE
per cent. All the Massachusetts mu-
tusl companies will pay in full, except
the Union, of Boston. which will pay
seventy.five per cent. OF the Masss-
chasetts jo mt stock companies. the
Mercantile, OF Boston; Trust National
OF Worcester; Gloucester OF Springfield,
and Traders & Mechanics, OF Lowell,
will pay all. The Boston companies
will pay from twenty-five to ninety per
cent.


The Coliseum.


1t is said that the Coliseum is to be
taken down 10 a few days


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