Show MEETING OF THE INSURANCE MEN Distinction Will Be Drawn Be Between Between Between tween Fire Losses and Those Caused by Earthquake LATER WILL NOT BE PAID USE OF DYNAMITE WILL CAUSE LITIGATION Oakland April 21 An important meeting of the San Francisco board of fire underwriters began this morning at what will now be ue its permanent head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters at Reeds hall hail at and Harrison streets The sense of or that meeting was that thit the impression should not be given out that insurance companies had money I Ito to throw away or that any In ny r losses i would be paid Daid until they had been properly adjusted and only such losses as the companies are responsible for fOI w will ill be paid This matter was brought to the at attention attention of the board by Rolla Kolla V Watt manager of the Royal and Queen In Insurance Insurance Insurance companies He said Will Pay What They Have To ToI hI I met Phelan on the street yesterday and he asked me to get some sort of a notice out to the public that their losses would be paid I J do not believe that this is is the proper thing thin and I told him so The companies I represent will pay what they are arc lia ha liable liable hable ble for and no rio more and it Is better for tor those whose spirits are drooping to allow them to droop rather than to I buoy them up with false hopes The sentiment was generally con concurred in From Prom the remark made there is no doubt that the companies will draw a fine distinction between the loss by bv earthquake and that by b me fire and will wi will I Ionly only pay pa for what was actually burned The question of property devastated by d dynamite was not touched upon and will il probably bp he h the cause of endless litigation 1 f Chimney Inspection I I IThe The queston of It f chimney inspection I throughout the clUes cities of Oakland Ala Alameda Alameda meda and Berkeley was another matter brought up by Watt who stated that he was confident that the San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco board of supervisors would pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of an any chimney until it hd been inspected People are using chimneys s through throughout out the cities on this side of the bay that are dangerous and liable at any time to start a conflagration he said and I will vilI make a motion now that our inspectors be put to work inspect ing ng chimneys and also notifying ing all an of our policyholders that the companies will not rot be responsible for any an fires un until til UI such time as ass their chimneys have been beci properly passed paired 1 a sed upon Suggestion Laughed At AtThe AtThe The rhe suggestion of notifying the pol polIcyholders Ic holders bi brought ought forth a general genera l laugh and an 1 he was asked how this was to be bedone done with their books all burned burnell Oh well I thought you had your you youri lists he rejoined I 1 have mine and andall i i I IaU all aU com letE The Thc matter of or Inspecting chimney however was considered important and aid It was wa moved mOed and carried that this action should be taken and this work will be immediately inaugurated A committee made a report recon recommending mending the establishment of or head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters here rather than in San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco |