Show 1 Home Eire Insurance t SALT L A1 CITY Feb ail8S3 Ediorsjrera Why dontsome competent person or persons go to work and establish a home fire insurance company It seems to me there is abundant reason rea-son for such a step True we have several agencies for great insurance companies in this city but that is not the thing They tell us that they have millions on hand for any emergency but consider moment These companies are established in the great cities where large fires are frequently indulged inlarge factories facto-ries large hotels large theatres large mercantile establishments whole city blocks ships piers care c-are almost daily or weekly devoured by the firs fiend No wonder therefore there-fore that these companies must charge high premiums and one insuring in-suring in them assists in defraying defray-ing their enormous expenses But a company established exclusively for Utah would not need to charge onefourth or fifth of the amount others elW2et because our cities and settlements are laid out on a grander and safer plan houses are more scattered they are not six or eight stories high our factories are not so expensive as down east Inmost In-most of our cities we have good water supplies which taken altogether alto-gether makes an extensive fire next to impossible A plan should be adopted that would allow every farmer and owner of a small house to insure his property without feeling feel-Ing the premium as a crushing burden bur-den Will some abler pen take up this subject and ventilate it through the press for mutual enlightenment enlighten-ment A SALT LAKER |