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Show "A I AT IIOUI'.S." DUCIIIl'TIUN Of A ;llll-'AT IO.NIH1.1 i.tsTnuiiu.s. IVevi Sala't Jvnrnat A 1 at I,lo)d'a. How few of tho liople who uiu thlarxprciilon linow 11 ally all It meana, that Iho ahl nnd atcamira which leach the highlit claw, llli) A 1 for Iron nnd A 1 for wooden viaaela, havu toundurgi 11 eoveru examination ex-amination nnd careiul aurviyofall tbelr principal parte. It la a kindred niioclatloll callid Iiloyd'a reglalcrof Ilrlliih and foreign Hilpln;t which doea Ihu aurveylng and claiilug. lta cilice la In White Lion court, Corn-hill, Corn-hill, Irfiudon, and lor thebenelllof the umlerwrlleia at Lloyd'a re peclally nnd tho community at large, publlth every yoar A book allowing every detail of each viaul, and It la from thla book, callid "Lloyd'a IlegUier," that the underwriter knona whether tho vn. ael la n good or a bad one, und In aome casta knowa moro than thu captain whucommanda her. "What la Lloydt?" Thla great In- tltutlon, with BSD member, about OVI rubscrlbere, and aneiual niimUrof ofaubatltutea, began lu a veryamall way. In the latter half of the 17th U'ulury, an : I ward Lloyd kept a coffee houae lu rower Btreot, and later In I'ope'a Head ally, nnd to thla rollee houae Hocked tho merchants and broken bro-ken ol London to talk over builnma. There they uied to agiee to share with each other their tuatlne risks, and stinted a neweiiaper willed Lloyd'a List, giving all the latest Intelligence of tlulr maritime venturer; and so this mall body grew lu It limited eur-rounding eur-rounding for almost 100 years, till 1771, when, with 71) mimbera, It ml-Kialed, ml-Kialed, taking with It the oil name, to tbo Hist lloor of thuroialexchuogr, wherelt haa remained cvir since, ai.tf berldis lta membera nnd subaenberr, haa now over 1,501) agents at all the dlllereiitsraporla who take cbarguof Ihu uuilirwrtters' Interrati. Tin agents lire chosen from the moit trustworthy of Ihu merchanla nt oacli place, and tbo nt polniiueiil Is mudicoviltd, for although there Is ns fixed remuneraliou, )et there are a number of emoluments In the way of feet, btsldes the prestige which hell a t) bring more business. Tho "Itooui," aa huliliute call It, la guarded by a barrier bar-rier at which stands u rtd-coatsd Janitor Jani-tor to see that 110 stranger pain a tluouiih, for no onu but membera or etibtcnWra aru allowed toeuter.Theee, however, can Introduce strangui. You aik for the person you wlili to see, an J, after a name quite unintelligible to you haa been called out your frloud ip-man, ip-man, and you walk In at his Invitation Invita-tion and see boforo you u long room with tlmu rows of drsua at which Ihe underwriters and tlulr aubtlltulea alt, Thu glia)s are tilled with brokirs and Ibetr (clerks, showing show-ing to uudirwilttrs shl s un which tho nature of Ibe rlik la written, writ-ten, and, should he like the risk, hu wrilts down Iho umount he wlilua to run thu rlik of loosing should the vei-sel vei-sel bo lost or damagtd, and hla Initials. I Ho from deik to desk tho broker goes, uutll he haa completed the amount he wishes to Iniure, afterwhliha policy la made out, to which thu underwriters nilllx their limits and rest votive "lima." At the end of the large room there la a small aputtmeut where some more undrrwrllite alt. As you paai the barrier you will be struck with n fiar-fill fiar-fill uolie going on, and marvel that Iho mortals rusblug here nnd there should beuble to catch their leipectlve uumes when called; yet bo uccmtouiid dotluy get tolhe butzand so clearly and distinctly don I'utrant, the Jovial cr)er, tall Hum out that tkty very iildom have lo bo repeated. Un the lelt aa 5 ou inter la thesuperlnteudeiit'a room, bulde whlihli the "loss book," lu which li written nil thu serloua casualties, At this book all tho under writers and brokirs look tlrat lu tho morning, and then aa oil lo what Is callid Ibe "chamber "cham-ber of lioirors." llili la a small room, 011 thu valla of which nil tho tuiualtles, gnat and small, are posted, also notion of the lommltliu und all the tilt gtama auuounclug tho u elcomu news of tho safu arrival, Ihe speaking or the di 1 orture of vricU, or the disastrous dis-astrous tlJIngs of a loss, Tho arrivals am pouted Into largo hooka In Ihe ordertbey are telegra hid In fore Lolng poa'.od Into large alphabetical alphabet-ical Index books In which thu Initiated taivtracu tho movements of any vissel on any I articular uatu with taie, 1 lute books ore nil alo lug disks lu the reading room, and aru ojiiitantly being I ostid by a itall of clerka who are kept busy night and da), lu thla reading room aro kept booka In which thu rec-ordof rec-ordof ewryiatulii Irom the time hu Kite hla master's ceitlfkuto Is wrltteu. Ibern urn alio the illnctorlej of thu iMnclpul towns In thu world, unl all liluilpil mwipapera of the world, which aio rrculany lllid and kept for reference, and a hoit of other buoks, ilo., necessary far Ihu Information of those doing bUBlniss there. |
