Show WILL NOT GET TOGETHER That is the Situation With Coast Insurance Companies There Is no immediate prospect of the various insurance companies doing do-ing business on the Pacific coast getting get-ting together again and reorganizing the BQard of Fire Underwriters of the I Pacific but on the other hand the companies have come to the conclusion conclu-sion that conditions cannot become any worse and they have about resigned re-signed themselves to the situation and are prepared to lose money on their coast business this year As a matter mat-ter of fact one of the greatest companies com-panies holding a standing in the United States has made the threat that the Home and Phoenix will be forced by it to write business during I the coming year at the present cut I i rates This would indicate that the r is to be no cessation of the present i i cutting of rates for some time t I l come i I This was the information yesterday i brought back from the coast by General I Gen-eral Manager Gilbert of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the state of Montana I I tana who spent several days In San Francisco and was In a position to I learn all inside information All of the i California cities are now wide open i and as a result the cutting of rates is tremendous I took a long time to break the Stockton and Sacramento t boards but they went to the wall during dur-ing the past week Mr Gilbert left for the north last evening accompanied by Mr Park hurst who has been in the Salt Lake office of the Pacific board for a num ber of years but who will now go into I the office of tne Montana board Be fore their departure the local Board of Fire Underwriters romplimentcd Underwriers ompImentld i the gentlemen with a vote of thank 1 for their past services to the local insurance I in-surance people On the 20th of the present month the northern board will wI get down to real business with every insurance company in the compact At the meeting of the local Board of Fire Underwriters held yesterday afternoon little else but routae busl ness claimed the attention of jle members The discussion on inside questions friendly were prolonged but entirely |