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 Containing a List of all the Fire, Fire- Marine, Life, 
 
 and Miscellaneous Insurance Companies doing 
 
 business in the City : with Name, Location, 
 
 Capital, Assets, and Surplus of each; a List 
 
 of Philadelphia Insurance Agents and 
 
 Companies represented by them ; 
 
 " '^ and a List of all authorized 
 
 Insurance Brokers; 
 
 Information concerning the Fire Department, Insurance 
 Patrol, Fire Alarm TelegrapJ>fM^nd Local Boaj;ds ; 
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 •^Philadelphia 4§trect ^guide. 
 
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-<Penn6|^lVania'6 -^gi-gcntcnnial. 
 
 ^Pp'HE celebration of the 
 
 'fjIj^HE celebration of the Bi- Centennial 
 ■rJIIg) Anniversary of the settlement of Penn- 
 <£• l"^ sylvania, will begin on Sunday, October 
 f^l^ 22d, and continue until Friday evening, 
 October 27th, and will include religious 
 ceremonies, military, trade, and civic displays, 
 music, fireworks, regattas, etc., etc. The whole 
 will be conducted on a scale of grandeur and 
 magnificence. Among the numerous visitors who 
 will participate in this great celebration, are the 
 President of the United States and members of 
 his Cabinet, and m.embers of both Houses of 
 Congress, the Governors of States, eminent 
 naval and military officers of the United States, 
 and many other prominent and distinguished 
 gentlemen representing the various departments 
 of commerce, manufactures, literature, science, 
 and art. 
 
 THE FOLLOVVING IS THE 
 
 GENERAL FORM OF CELEBRATION 
 
 Adopted by the Bi-Centennial Association of the 
 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for Observ- 
 ance IN the City of Philadelphia. 
 
 Sunday, October 22d, 1882.— Introductory religious 
 services recommended to be held by the various religious 
 bodies throughout the Commonwealth, in their respective 
 places of worship, with the delivery of sermons on the 
 principles of religious and civil liberty introduced into 
 Pennsylvania by William Penn. 
 
 Tuesday, October 24th. — Representation of the landing 
 of William Penn, at the Blue Anchor Inn (now Dock street 
 
PENNSYLVANIA'S BICENTENNIAL. 
 
 wharf), with decorative display of the ocean and river craft 
 in the harbor of Philadelphia. 
 
 Procession of civic organizations, National, State, and 
 City departments, and firemen of the State, consisting of 
 the old firemen, the present steam fire-department of Phila- 
 phia, and the fire companies generally throughout the State, 
 w ith their apparatus, to form adjacent to the site of the Blue 
 Anchor Inn, and proceed to Fairmount Park. 
 
 Grand display of fireworks in Fairmount Park in the 
 evening. 
 
 Wednesday, October 25th. — A Trades' display, ex- 
 hibiting in procession the industries of Pennsylvania, 
 
 (On this day the Welsh will give their competitive singing 
 at Wm. C. Allison's building.) 
 
 In the evening, moving historical tableaux, through the 
 streets of the city, representing striking scenes in the history 
 of Pennsylvania; also allegorical, classic, and poetical 
 tableaux and legends, with exhibition of electric lights and 
 torchlight parade. 
 
 Thursday, October 26th. — Grand musical festival, by 
 the various singing societies of the City and State, includ- 
 ing the Welsh and Germans. 
 
 Grand display of the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania 
 and other States, under the auspices of the Commanderies 
 of Philadelphia, and the Grand Commandery of Pennsyl- 
 vania, Parade in the day and reception in the evening. 
 
 Grand regatta on the Schuylkill, grand bicycle-meet and 
 review in Fairmount Park. 
 
 Also, displays of the national sports of the nations that 
 settled Pennsylvania ; prizes to be oflFered to the most 
 successful participants. 
 
 Friday, October 27th. — Military display, with grand 
 review of land and naval forces — infantry, cavalry, and 
 artillery. Grand reception in the evening at the Academy 
 of Music and Horticultural Hall, and general illumination. 
 
 The route of the Processions has been fixed as follows : — 
 Form on Broad street south of Chestnut— move down 
 Chestnut to Third, up Third to Market, up Market to 
 Broad, up Broad to Columbia avenue, and from thence to 
 point of dismissal. 
 
 ALEXANDER P. COLESBERRY, 
 General Manager, 
 N. E. Cor. Tenth and Chestnut Streets, Phila. 
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•^Philadelphia: i^hat it i6. 
 
 ■♦ 
 
 '^HEN William Penn, late in October, 
 1682, landed on the margin of Dock 
 creek, Philadelphia, he could have 
 formed no conception of the growth 
 and magnitude of the State which 
 was to bear his name, and the city — 
 then just laid out — whose designation 
 embodied one of his cardinal princi- 
 ples — Brotherly Love. In his instructions, given 
 in 1 68 1 to the commissioners who were to locate 
 the city, he wished " it may be a greene Country 
 Towne w'ch will never be burnt, and allwayes 
 be wholsome." To those ends, he desired that 
 the open space from Water street to the Dela- 
 ware and the view eastward from PVont street 
 might remain open and unbroken; and with a 
 sort of intuition of a greater after-growth, most 
 of the streets of the new town were laid out at 
 right angles and widths much exceeding the 
 streets of European cities, or of the previous 
 American settlements. This was doubtless 
 prompted chiefly by the desire of safety against 
 fire and diseases. 
 
 Many of the first settlers of Philadelphia dwelt 
 for years in small huts of unhewn timber, and in 
 excavations made in the bold banks of the Del- 
 aware; but from the first progress was rapid — 
 there being six hundred houses erected by June, 
 1685; and for some of the earliest brick houses. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS, 
 
 bricks were already made and burned on the spot 
 in 1683. The town increased steadily, and faster, 
 for those days, than any other place in the colonies. 
 After the Revolution it exceeded any city of the 
 United States in population, until the year 1810 — 
 and was the cliief commercial emporium until 
 1830. 
 
 In October, 1782, Philadelphia had a population 
 of only about thirty thousand, which has increased 
 to fully nine hundred and twenty thousand at the 
 the present date. It has superfices of one hundred 
 and twenty-nine and one-third square miles, being 
 about twenty miles in the longest, and ten miles 
 in the widest part, and has a number of large open 
 squares in the thickly built portions — now hand- 
 somely improved and adorned. It has a grand 
 Park of nearly three thousand acres, one of the 
 largest public pleasure grounds in the world; and 
 its natural diversified beauty is enhanced through 
 being traversed by the Schuylkill river, on whose 
 banks are located handsome boat-houses. 
 
 Of the fifteen bridges which span the Schuyl- 
 kill river at Philadelphia, the two finest are in this 
 park, i. e., the Spring Garden street bridge, of 
 iron, double-decked, carrying two streets, forty- 
 eight feet in width, and having a length of two 
 thousand seven hundred and thirty feet of spans 
 and approaches ; and the Girard Avenue bridge, 
 also of iron, one thousand feet in length, and one 
 hundred feet wide. The latter bridge is light in 
 appearance, highly ornamental, but very substan- 
 tial; it cost $1,600,000, and is wider than any 
 other bridge in the world. 
 
 There is also comprised in the Park, a narrow 
 strip of land, extending for four and a half miles 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 in length on both sides of the Wissahickon, which 
 stream enters the Schuylkill at the northern part 
 of the East Park. This reservation is intended to 
 preserve the purity of the potable water of the city. 
 The Wissahickon runs through a most romantic 
 glen; and besides its natural beauties this valley 
 has some interesting reminiscences of legends 
 connected with the Revolution. 
 
 In this Park was held the wonderful Centennial 
 International Exhibition of 1876, which first 
 opened the eyes of all the world to the greatness 
 -of Philadelphia ; and of the vast and numerous 
 buildings then erected, there remain the stately 
 Memorial Hall, containing a museum of antiqui- 
 ties, and the beautiful Horticultural Hall, filled 
 with rare tropical plants, and from one of its 
 fronts overlooking a long range of sunken gardens 
 adorned with fountains and all the art of the 
 horticulturist. There are also landscape views of 
 great beauty, and many large pieces of marble 
 and bronze statuary. 
 
 The Zoological collection, whose ample enclo- 
 sure containing numerous handsome buildings is 
 a feature of the Park, on the Schuylkill, just below 
 Girard avenue, is considered by those capable of 
 judging on the subject, as superior in size and 
 arrangements to that of the Zoological Garden of 
 Lond<5n. 
 
 Independence Hall — " The Cradle of American 
 Liberty" — finished in 1733, and where 'the Decla- 
 ration of Independence of the United States was 
 first promulgated, July 4th, 1776, is located on 
 Chestnut between Fifth and Sixth streets, and has a 
 handsomely improved open square on the southern 
 side. This old, but well-preserved building is too 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT 
 
 well known to most persons to need much com-, 
 ment. The steeple and the two square buildings 
 at the corners of Fifth and Sixth streets were 
 erected some years after 1733. In the building 
 at Sixth and Chestnut streets the United States 
 Congress sat from 1790 to 1 800; and in it Wash- 
 ington and Adams were inaugurated presidents, 
 respectively in 1793 ^^^ 1797- 
 
 Further east on Chestnut street, and near Fourth, 
 is the United States Custom House — built for the 
 United States Bank in 1824 — an edifice of white 
 marble, pure Doric architecture, and at the time 
 of its erection, the grandest in the Union, ex- 
 cepting the Capitol at Washington. Just below 
 Fourth street, and back from Chestnut street, 
 stands Carpenter's Hall, sacred to many Revolu- 
 tionary recollections, and where the first Congress 
 assembled. 
 
 At the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, 
 and extending to Market street, there is in course 
 of erection an extensive granite, three-story, fire- 
 proof building for the United States Post Office 
 and the United States Courts. On Broad street, 
 extending north from Market street, are the 
 imposing Masonic Temple, of granite (the finest 
 Masonic building in the world, cost $1,300,000), 
 a number of costly and beautiful churches, Acad- 
 emy of Fine Arts, Armory of First Re^ment, 
 several immense industrial establishments, etc. 
 
 Second street is opened, paved, lighted, and 
 closely built for about six miles, and is almost 
 entirely occupied by retail stores in its whole 
 length. It is the longest street in the world 
 devoted to such specialty. Fronting on Second 
 street above Market is the venerable Christ Church, 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 having a lofty and very handsome steeple, in 
 the tower of which there is a full chime of 
 large bells. There are three other sets of chimes 
 of bells in churches of this city. 
 
 Girard College, located on lots comprising 
 forty-one acres, has a main building of white 
 marble, one hundred and sixty-nine by one hun- 
 dred and eleven feet, and ninety- seven feet in 
 heighth, entirely surrounded by tine Corinthian 
 columns fifty-five feet high, and nine feet three 
 inches in diameter at the base. From its mode of 
 Construction, this building may be called really 
 fire-proof, the floors being all supported by massive 
 brick walls and groined arches, the roof by circular 
 brick arches, and the roof itself formed of large 
 slabs of marble eight inches in thickness. The 
 weight of this uuparalleledroof is nine hundred 
 and sixty- nine tons. This edifice is one of the 
 most stately and beautiful that can be found 
 anywhere in the world, and it is equalled by none 
 in America. It is surrounded by various accessory 
 buildings — also of white marble, but plainer in 
 style — and within them all, there are sheltered and 
 educated an average number of eleven hundred 
 orphans. The endowment funds are very large, 
 and were the gift to the city of one of Philadel- 
 phia's princely merchants, Stephen Girard. 
 
 The University of Pennsylvania, dating from 
 1749, occupies six acres at Thirty- fourth and 
 Spruce streets. The department of Science and 
 Arts occupies a main building of green serpentine 
 and grey stone, two hundred and fifty-four by one 
 hundred and twenty-four feet, and four stories 
 high, in the collegiate Gothic style, presenting a 
 very attractive appearance. It is bounded on the 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 west and south by three large accessory buildings, 
 the Medical Department, University Hospital, 
 and the Dental and Veterinary Departments. 
 
 Laurel Hill is certainly the largest and most 
 elegant cemetery to be found anywhere in the 
 world. In its newer portions, there is nothing in 
 Europe or the United States that exceeds the 
 splendor of its monuments. 
 
 The United States Navy Yard, at League 
 Island in the Delaware is one of the chief 
 naval stations of the nation. From opposite 
 League Island, Broad street extends fourteen 
 miles, almost due north, with a width of one 
 hundred and thirteen feet. It is opened for 
 travel for eleven miles, and paved with cubical 
 stone blocks for six miles of its length. Near 
 Broad street, on Chestnut street, is located the 
 United States Mint, the machinery in which is 
 remarkable for its efficiency and beauty. 
 
 At the intersection of Broad and Market streets, 
 the latter having a width of one hundred feet — 
 is located the new City Hall, commenced in 
 i87i,and still unfinislied. It is of white marble, 
 most elaborately adorned with numerous pieces 
 of statuary and carvings, outside and inside. 
 The edifice is four stories in height, having a 
 mansard roof, with square elevations at the four 
 corners; and in the interior is an extensive 
 courtyard. The dimensions of the building are 
 four hundred and eighty-six by four hundred 
 and seventy feet — area four and one-half acres — 
 and there will be, arising from the north front, a 
 square ornamented tower five hundred and thirty- 
 five feet in height. This is the largest building 
 in America, except, perhaps, the Capitol at 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Washington, and one of the largest of the great 
 edifices of the world; its cost when completed 
 will be about ;^2o,ooo,ooo. 
 
 There are numerous charitable, benevolent, 
 literary, and scientific institutions in Philadelphia, 
 some of which have very large buildings and 
 libraries. Only a few of the principal ones can 
 be here mentioned, viz. : Pennsylvania Hospital, 
 Pennsylvania Insane Asylum, Friends' Insane 
 Asylums (two), institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, 
 and the Blind, Philadelphia Library and its Ridg- 
 way branch. Mercantile and Apprentices' Libra- 
 ries, Franklin Institute, Spring Garden Institute, 
 Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Scien- 
 ces, Historical Society; and there are many other 
 notable public buildings. 
 
 Philadelphia has long been renowned for its 
 educational facilities. Besides the ample number 
 of public schools, including two high schools, a 
 polytechnic college, and very numerous private 
 academies, business colleges, etc., there are a 
 number of medical and surgical colleges, having 
 very high reputations. 
 
 There are many places of amusement in 
 Philadelphia; and the Walnut Street Theatre 
 is the oldest in America, dating from i8oS. 
 The Academy of Music has the largest audi- 
 torium and stage of any lyrical building on this 
 continent, being exceeded in size by only two 
 theatres of Europe. 
 
 The hotels of Philadelphia are too numerous 
 to be mentioned ; in general, their characteristics 
 are solidity, comfort, and excellence of arrange- 
 ment and fare, rather than glitter and magnificence. 
 
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 PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT 
 
 Large insurance interests, fire, marine, life, and 
 casualty, centre in Philadelphia, and some of 
 the companies have erected very costly and prom- 
 inent buildings, among which should be mentioned 
 those of The Mutual Life, Provident Life and 
 Trust, Insurance Company of North America, 
 Girard, Commercial Union, Royal, of Liverpool, 
 Union, with its large clock and electric time-ball. 
 Reliance, Spring Garden, Jefferson, and United 
 Firemens'; and a number of new buildings for 
 insurance companies are just finished or in course 
 of erection, the principal of which is the new 
 building of the Liverpool and London and Globe 
 Insurance Company, on Walnut below Fourth 
 street, which will be one of the handsomest in 
 Philadelphia. There are many large and elegant 
 edifices belonging to the National and other banks, 
 the guarantee, fidelity, and saving institutions, 
 the Merchants' Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, 
 Board of Stock Brokers, etc. 
 
 The Pennsylvania Railroad — the most gigantic 
 railroad corporation in the world — is distinctly a 
 Philadelphia enterprise [commenced there in 
 1847], though it now controls by ownership or 
 leases roads all over the United States. The 
 capital under its control in roads, buildings, 
 bridges, rolling-stock, and materials, reaches 
 about ^700,000,000 ; and its own special capital 
 is ^77,672,750. The miles of its own road and 
 those leased and controlled by it amount to seven 
 thousand two hundred and sixty-seven. It? 
 elevated road, with the new station of carved 
 brick-work at Broad and Filbert streets, is in all 
 its appointments a model of elegance and thorough 
 excellence of arrangements. At this elevated 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Station are received and dispatched daily, two 
 hundred and sixty passenger trains, to and from 
 all portions of Pennsylvania, to and from New- 
 York and Baltimore; and connecting with all 
 the roads west, south, and north. This great road 
 possesses two thousand one hundred and thirty- 
 three locomotives and tenders, and sixty-one 
 thousand five hundred and twenty-one passenger, 
 freight, and construction cars — which, if all con- 
 nected together, would reach from Philadelphia 
 to Chicago, or over eight hundred miles ! 
 
 The Reading Railroad is one of the important 
 lines centering iir Philadelphia, with connection to 
 New York, and especially with the anthracite coal 
 regions of Pennsylvania. It has extensive passen- 
 ger and freight stations in this city. The magnitude 
 of the anthracite coal trade — most of which coal 
 is either used in, or shipped from Philadelphia — 
 is indeed very great. Nearly twenty-eight million 
 tons of it were produced in the State in 1881, 
 value about $100,000,000; and of bituminous 
 coal there were mined in the State in 1881, nearly 
 sixteen million tons, worth $70,000,000. The 
 two railroads mentioned have each an immense 
 edifice for offices on Fourth street below 
 Walnut; that of the Pennsylvania Railroad, built 
 of granite, is very extensive and imposing The 
 road last-named has also numerous coal-shipping 
 tracks and facilities for such business in the southern 
 portion of the city at Greenwich Point, on the 
 Delaware, with a branch also to Girard Point, on 
 the Schuylkill, for shipments of grain and petro- 
 leum. Here are two of the largest grain elevators 
 in the world. This road has also tracks along 
 the west shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 rivers, forming a complete belt around the 
 business portion and outlying wards of the city. 
 
 The North Pennsylvania Railroad should be 
 mentioned as one of the most important of 
 Philadelphia. It has connection with all the 
 principal places of eastern Pennsylvania, the 
 roads north and north-west, and a direct line 
 of its own to New York. 
 
 Philadelphia was one of the first, if not the 
 very first of American cities to adopt a large system 
 of public water-works; and this establishment has 
 been since greatly extended and much improved. 
 There are several large reservoirs on a lofty 
 natural hill at the Fairmount works; and other 
 .works at Kensington, Manayunk, Frankford, 
 Germantown, etc., vS^ith reservoirs at George's 
 Hill, in the West Park; and one, very extensive, 
 in the East Park, and not yet completed, is in- 
 tended to store seven hundred and fifty million 
 .gallons, and will cover one hundred and twelve 
 acres of land. 
 
 The American Steam^hip Company, located at 
 Philadelphia — and having steamers, running to 
 Liverpool and Antwerp, is the orijy American 
 line of foreign steamships in the United States. 
 
 The petroleum interest of Pennsylvania with 
 its many refineries and extensive storage yards, is 
 of vast magnitude and importance in this city. 
 This interest, in its various forms, aggregates 
 about ^100,000,000 annually. The production 
 for 1 88 1 was eleven hundred million gallons. 
 
 Exclusive of the American Line of steamers, 
 Philadelphia has a large foreign and coastwise 
 trade, with an aggregate tonnage of one million 
 seven hundred and three thousand. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 There are many extensive and very convenient 
 enclosed market-houses in Philadelphia, which 
 was the first city of the Union to inaugurate this 
 very great improvement in one of the most im- 
 portant of domestic arrangements. The environs 
 of the city for twenty miles north, west, and 
 south-west, are closely dotted with elegant villas 
 and extensive pleasure-grounds. These especially 
 abound at and near such places as Germantown, 
 Chestnut Hill, Holmesburg, Bryn Mawr,etc.,etc., 
 and there ax-e some suburbs almost entirely de- 
 voted to manufacturing of various kinds, as in 
 Kensington, Frankford, Manayunk, Darby, and 
 the near towns of Chester, Conshohocken, and 
 Norristown. 
 
 The Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of the 
 greatest of Philadelphia's great manufacturing 
 establishments, occupies nine acres, at and near 
 Broad and Spring Garden streets, of which 
 between six and seven are under roof. 
 
 It is almost needless to say that this vast estab- 
 lishment is, in its line, unequalled by any in the 
 United Stales; and although there are larger 
 general mechanical works such as that of Krupp, 
 at Essen, and a very few in England, it is doubtful 
 if there is anywhere so large a manufactory of 
 locomotives. The number of men, when the 
 works are fully in operation, averages three thou- 
 sand, and two entirely finished locomotives and 
 tenders per day, both averaging in value $12,000 
 to $15,000, or six hundred locomotives and six 
 hundred tenders form the yearly production. The 
 excellence of the locomotives made by the Baldwin 
 works, is attested by the fact that they are now 
 receiving orders for them from all parts of the 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 world, outside of the United States, in competition 
 with, and in preference to, nearer establishments 
 of England and Continental Europe. 
 
 Next in importance, should be mentioned the 
 extraordinary large freight-car and wrought-tube 
 establishment of W. C. Allison, established 1835. 
 This is one of the largest (perhaps the very largest) 
 manufacturing concerns in the United States 
 having only one proprietor. 
 
 J. G. Brill & Co., whose works are located on 
 lots extending from Thirtieth to Thirty-first streets 
 below Chestnut street, do a large business in 
 building railroad passenger and tramway cars. 
 The increase of railroads and the wide extension 
 of tramway roads in cities, causes a constant in- 
 crease in their business; and they also send cars 
 of their make, not only to all parts of the United 
 States, but to Brazil, Europe, and Australia. They 
 employ three hundred and fifty workmen, dis- 
 •tributed over two and one-half acres of floor- 
 surface; and produce annually three hundred and 
 fifty passenger cars of all descriptions. 
 
 The great machinists' tool-works of William 
 Sellers & Co., covering the block bounded by 
 Pennsylvania avenue, Hamilton, Sixteenth, and 
 Seventeenth streets, is the largest mechanical tool- 
 works in the world. Their annual business is 
 immense. The firm has an office in New York, 
 and controls and operates the Edgemoor Iron 
 works near Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
 William B. Bement & Sons' Industrial Works 
 at Twenty ■ second and Callowhill streets, is 
 second in size to the one just noticed. While the 
 general character of the tools made is also similar, 
 their specialties run more on lighter kinds of 
 machinists' tools. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 The Keystone Railway Car-spring Works of 
 Chas, Scott, on New Market street near German- 
 town avenue, has, within only a few years, de- 
 veloped in this specialty an extensive business. 
 
 A new industry which has begun to assume 
 large proportions in this country is the manufac- 
 ture of gas engines. These motors require no 
 boiler, steam, coal, pumps, gauges, or engineer, and 
 the dangers incident to steam engines are thereby 
 avoided. They are always ready to give out their 
 full power at once and are started instantly with 
 a match. The establishment of Schleicher, 
 Schumm & Co., at Thirty-third and Walnut 
 streets, for the manufacture of the new " Otto " 
 Silent Gas Engine, commenced in 1877, ^s now 
 turning out six hundred of these engines, of 
 from one to twenty-five horse-power, per year. 
 This establishment, the first as well as the largest 
 in the United States, is run by gas engines ex- 
 clusively, and its production is increasing at the 
 rate of thirty-three per cent annually. 
 
 The city of Chester, on the Delawai-e, fifteen 
 miles south from Philadelphia, has extensive 
 cotton and woolen mills and dye-wood works, a 
 large portion of the capital for which establish- 
 ments is from Philadelphia, and there also, are 
 sold most of the goods, and thence all the mill 
 supplies are drawn. Many of these concerns have 
 main offices in Philadelphia. The large iron 
 ship-building works of John Roach, second only to 
 those on the Clyde, and employing two thousand 
 men, is virtually a Philadelphia establishment. 
 
 The extensive dry-docks and the iron ship- 
 building establishment of W. Cramp & Sons, on 
 the Delaware, above Norris street, form one of 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 the chief shipyards of Philadelphia. Its reputa- 
 tion is national and world-wide. 
 
 The great tube works of Morris, Tasker & 
 Co., has now a branch at New Castle, Delaware. 
 The main office is at Philadelphia, and there 
 most of its production is sold and its finances and. 
 contracts arranged. This is one of the largest 
 establishments in the United States. 
 
 The vast saw and tool manufactory of H. Disston 
 & Sons, at Philadelphia, employs seventeen hun- 
 dred workmen, and its annual production amounts 
 to several millions. There is not anywhere in 
 the world an establishment for this specialty, which 
 can equal this one in extent and excellence of 
 manufactures. 
 
 Among the greatest of the manufacturing estab- 
 lishments of Philadelphia should be especially 
 noticed the immense laboratories of Powers & 
 Weightman. This is not only one of the largest 
 works of the city, but was established there as 
 early as i8i8; and it was the first to manufacture 
 sulphate of quinia, a pharmaceutical article now 
 of vast importance, and always of very difficult 
 manipulation. Sulphate of morphia, the new 
 sulphate of cinchonidia, mercurials, and many 
 other fine chemicals are liiade at the main works, 
 which are 360 x 190 feet in extent on Ninth street, 
 between Brown and Parrish streets. At a branch 
 eslablishment, occupying twelve acres at the Falls 
 of Schuylkill, all the principal acids of commerce 
 are made on a very large scale — besides alcohol, 
 alum, Epsom salts, and blue vitriol. The numerous 
 products and specialties of this house have a 
 reputation for excellence unequalled by any, and 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 There are now published in Philadelphia, 
 twenty-one daily newspapers, of which thirteen 
 are morning and eight evening, — two tri-weekly, 
 two semi-weekly, fifty-two weekly, eight semi- 
 monthly, thirty-six monthly, and two quarterly. 
 One of the dailies. The North American and 
 United States Gazette, is the oldest newspaper in 
 this country. The first two newspapers published 
 in the colonies, were the Boston News Letter, 
 April 24th, 1704, and the Boston Gazette, Decem- 
 ber, 2151,1719, the third in order was the American 
 Weekly Mercury, published in Philadelphia by 
 Andrew Bradford, December 22d, 17 19. 
 
 Philadelphia was one of the first American 
 cities to enter most spiritedly into the develop- 
 ment of electric telegraphy — the germ of what 
 has grown to an immense interest. 
 
 With the simple mention that it has a well- 
 equipped and ample police force, fire department, 
 fire patrol, and many steam fire-engines, there are 
 here exhibited, in conclusion, some of the principal 
 industries which have made Philadelphia one of 
 the chief manufacturing centres of the world. 
 Not to discuss the subject, we only remark, that 
 there is no doubt that in the completed census 
 report, the manufactures of Philadelphia will 
 exceed in value those of any city of the Union. 
 As it is, they are reported in the census of 1880 
 [and such report is only a partial one — see note 
 page 21], as the second in value of productions; 
 but in amottfii of capital invested, as per same 
 report, Philadelphia largely exceeds any city of 
 the United States. 
 
 The data appended from this census, are of some 
 Philadelphia industries, whose annual production 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Philadelphia has been deservedly celebrated 
 for textile, woolen, and cotton goods for one 
 hundred and twenty years ; it was the nurse of 
 that infant art in the struggling colonies. An 
 English magazine of August, 1764, mentions 
 having seen " beautiful samples of the cotton 
 manufactures now carried on at Philadelphia." 
 There was also here, at Ninth and Market 
 streets, about 1778 (destroyed by incendiarism 
 two years later), a woolen factory belonging 
 to the first joint-stock manufacturing company of 
 the United States. Benjamin Franklin and all 
 the principal citizens held stock in it, and took a 
 great interest in the new project. There was 
 also about the same time a cotton goods printing- 
 works established here by S. Wetherill; and in 
 1 79 1 William P. Sprague started at Philadelphia 
 the first carpet factory in the new States. In 1810 
 the United States census gives nine thousand 
 nine hundred and eighty-four as the number of 
 yards of carpets made in that year, of which 
 quantity, seven thousand five hundred and one 
 yards were from Philadelphia. Since then the 
 carpet business has increased to a total an- 
 nual production of over thirty-three millions 
 yards.* 
 
 Of textile goods other than carpets and carpet 
 yarns, there are now made in Philadelphia, in 
 vast quantities, woolen and worsted yarns, woolen 
 and worsted and fancy and plain cassi meres and 
 dress goods, cotton and woolen fancy and plain 
 
 *In view of this and some following statements intended 
 to throw light on certain discrepancies in the last census, 
 see again remarks on page 19, and note on page 21; also 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT 
 
 goods, jeans, tweeds, etc, etc. There are also 
 here extensive cotton mills, making cotton yarns, 
 printing cloths, and muslins, pant stuffs, dress 
 goods, ginghams, checks, stripes, ticking, etc., 
 etc. To the notice of these should be added 
 the numerous establishments for the manufacture 
 of silk and silk mixed goods, woolen and 
 cotton hosiery, upholstery goods, gimp, fringes, 
 tapes, cords, embroideries, laces, etc. ; also 
 manufactures of linen and hemp. ' In connection 
 with these interests are several large printing 
 works for textile goods, and dyeing establishments 
 for yarns and cloth, too numerous to mention 
 in a work so contracted as this; some of these 
 latter establishments, it should be here stated, 
 are of immense size, and have been specially 
 built for the requirements of the business. 
 
 In 1880, as a private enterprise, Mr. Lorin 
 Blodget, editor of the Textile Record, Philadel- 
 phia, compiled wath the greatest care, and by 
 actual application to establishments and counting 
 of machines, etc., statistics of the textile interests 
 of Philadelphia. From this valuable publication 
 it will be found, that at a fair average approxima- 
 tion of values, the textile interest of the city 
 proper has an annual value of ^100,000,000; 
 and besides there are textile works in places near 
 by in the adjacent counties, owned and operated 
 by citizens of Philadelphia, or mainly by Phila- 
 delphia capital, producing annually, value of fully 
 $19,000,000. The grand summary from page 
 68 of 'the said work, is as follows : Many of 
 the establishments have very large and nume- 
 rous buildings, with the best and latest styles of 
 machinery. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 There were in Philadelphia, in i8So, asshownby 
 Mr. Blodget's tabulations, of carpet manufacturers 
 alone, two hundred and sixteen establishments, 
 having four thousand one hundred and thirty-two 
 hand and one thousand three hundred and 
 forty-six power looms, and making two million 
 seven hundred and fifty-six thousand and four 
 hundred yards of carpets per monih, or annually 
 thirty-three million and seventy-six thousand and 
 eight hundred yards. The principal of these 
 factories are as follows, biit some have largely 
 increased their machinery since this report: — 
 
 Principal Philadelphia Carpet Mills. 
 
 Firjfts and Names. 
 
 J. & J. Dobson, 
 
 T. L. Leedom & Co., . . 
 Alex. Crow & Son, . . . 
 Ivins, Dietz & Magee, . 
 
 Judge Brothers, . . . 
 John Bromley & Sons. 
 
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 Produc- 
 tion in 
 Yards. 
 
 Description of 
 Carpets. 
 
 Bromley Brothers, .... 
 
 Horner Brothers, .... 
 
 Boggs & White, 
 
 James H Gay, 
 
 IV^cCallum, Crease & Sloan, 
 Dornan & Brothers, . . . 
 W. Hogg, Jr., & Son, . . 
 James Kitchenman, . . . 
 James Pollock & Sun, . . 
 Robert Carson, ...... 
 
 Alex. Beck & Son , . . . . 
 
 200,000 
 
 104,000 
 93,000 
 91,000 
 
 90,000 
 85,000 
 
 77,000 
 
 65,000 
 
 65,000 
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 51,500 
 50,000 
 50,000 
 50,000 
 44,000 
 40,000 
 40,000 
 
 Axmlnster, Tapesty, 
 
 Brussels, Wilton, 
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 Bruss., Ingr., Damask 
 Brussels and Ingram. 
 Tapestry, Ingrain, 
 
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 Ingrain and Damask. 
 Tapestry, Ingrain, 
 
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 Turkish, Brussels,and 
 
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 Tapestry, Brussels, 
 
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 Ingrain. 
 
 Ingrain and Damask. 
 Bruss , Ingr. , Damask 
 Ingrain and Damask. 
 Bruss., Ingr., Damask 
 Ingrain and Damask. 
 Ingrain and Damask. 
 Ingrain. 
 Ingrain and Damask. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT 
 
 Principal Philadelphia Woolen Mills 
 (other than for Carpets). 
 
 Firms and Names. 
 
 J. & J. Dobson, . . . 
 
 Seville Schofield, . . . 
 Wm. Wood & Co., . . 
 Thomas Dolan & Co., 
 
 John Brown & Sons, . 
 
 [Owners now changed 
 
 Geo. Campbell, . . . 
 
 Wm. Arrott & Co., . . 
 James M. Preston, . . 
 S. B. Stitt, 
 
 Fitzpatrick & Holt, 
 Tracy Woolen Company 
 Fiss, Banes, Erben & Co 
 
 M. Landenberger, . . 
 
 Callaghan & Bros., . 
 Besswick & Kay, . 
 
 Thomas Schofield, . 
 W. A. Griswold & Co 
 
 S. J. Solms 
 
 G. & J. Bullock, . . 
 Gruntly Bros. & Campi 
 C. S. & J. P.Jones, 
 E. Hey & Bro., . . 
 T. Kenworthy & Bro. 
 P. Von Amsberg, . 
 Bard.-^ley & Craven, 
 S. R. & M. Fleischer, 
 Scheppers Brothers, . 
 
 Swin- 
 dles. 
 
 Description of Goods. 
 
 22,500 Blankets, cassimeres, etc. 
 
 4,300 Blankets, beaver cloths. 
 12,000 Cottonades, dress goods. 
 
 2,ooo|Worsted shawls, cassi- 
 meres, knit goods. 
 n,6oo Doeskins, cassimeres, etc. 
 
 8,420 
 
 7,700 
 7,200 
 6,600 
 
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 ! 6,464 
 6,340 
 6,032 
 
 5,800 
 
 5,750 
 5,600 
 
 4,360 
 4,320 
 4,038 
 3,800 
 3,800 
 3,600 
 3,450 
 3,200 
 3,170 
 2,880 
 2,400 
 318 
 
 looms 
 
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 Dress goods and worsted 
 yarns. 
 
 Woolen yarns, sundries. 
 
 Doeskins, jeans, etc. 
 
 Cassimeres, dress goods, 
 etc. 
 
 Doeskins, coatings, yarns 
 
 Fine worsted yarns. 
 
 Fine worsted and woolen 
 yarns. 
 
 Hosiery, yarns, German- 
 town knit goods. 
 
 Cottonades, etc. 
 
 Woolen yarn and fancy 
 Jacquard goods. 
 
 Yarns, doeskins, etc. 
 
 Fine worsted yarns. 
 
 Doeskins, army flannels. 
 
 Beavers, chinchillas, etc. 
 
 Fine worsted yarns. 
 
 Cotton mixed goods. 
 
 Fine yarns. 
 
 Carpet, mixed yarns. 
 
 Woolen cassimeres, etc. 
 
 Worsted delaines, alpacas 
 
 Braids, gimps, trimmings. 
 
 Fine worsted dress goods; 
 dye and finishing works. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 There are numerous large Philadelphia cotton 
 factories making yarn for sale, some which 
 weave all their own yarn, and some, having 
 many looms, use purchased yarn, which is dyed 
 and woven into fancy cottons. The largest 
 cotton mills of the city are given below; and, 
 besides there are dye-houses, hosiery mills, silk 
 manufactories, fringe factories, and many affiliated 
 works which cannot here be mentioned for want 
 of space. Among the latter, however, there 
 should be especially mentioned the very exten- 
 sive and old establishment of Wm. H. Horstmann 
 & Sons, running 300 Jacquard looms and 350 
 braid machines, making all kinds of military 
 goods and great quantities of worsted knitting 
 yarns. There should also be noted the extensive 
 dye-woods works of John M. Sharpless & Co. — 
 capacity, 100 tons daily. 
 
 Principal Philadelphia Cotton Mills. 
 
 I spindles 
 
 David S. Brown &Co., 
 
 Robert Patterson & Co. 
 
 [Now estate of] 
 Washington Mills, . . 
 R. D. Wood &Co., . 
 D. Trainor & Sons, . 
 A.Campbell Mfg. Co., 
 John Farnum & Co., . 
 James & John Hunter, 
 Richard Garsed, . . . 
 Randolph & Jenks, 
 S. Riddle & Son, . . 
 Wm. Simpson & Sons, 
 Porter & Dickey, . . 
 
 James Long 
 
 Joseph P. Murphy, . 
 John B. Nelson, . . . 
 
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 51,000 
 
 46,000 
 40,000 
 30,000 
 27,000 
 24,536 
 19,000 
 16,000 
 12,000 
 11,500 
 10,056 
 Looms. 
 
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 Print cloths, muslins, 
 
 ginghams. 
 Tickings, pant -stuffs, 
 
 ging. , sheeting, drills. 
 Print cloths, fine warps. 
 Bleached cottons. 
 Fine yarns, tickings. 
 Ginghams, shirting. 
 Ticking, sheeting. 
 Printing cloths. 
 Cotton warp-yarns. 
 Cotton yarns, cass. 
 Yarns, ticks, stripes. 
 Printing cloths. 
 Linseys, checks, etc. 
 Ginchams, checks, etc. 
 Shawls, dress goods. 
 Cass., cheviots, ging. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 The large number of extensive manufacturers 
 of various specialties in Philadelphia, other than 
 those already given, is so overwhelming, that in 
 a contracted space, like this notice, only the prin- 
 cipal ones can be mentioned. Many of the estab- 
 lishments shovi^n below are of truly vast dimen- 
 sions, and have annual production ranging in 
 value from ^1,000,000 to $5,000,000; and there 
 are but few whose production and sale does not 
 exceed $100,000 per annum. 
 
 Steam Engine and Boiler Manufacturers. 
 I. P. Morris & Co. I Peoples' Works (Jacob 
 
 Neafie & Levy. Naylor). 
 
 James Moore. j Harrison Boiler Works. 
 
 Machinists' Tools, Machinery, Steam Hammers, etc. 
 Kelley & Ludwig. | Geo. C. Howard. 
 
 Wood-working Machinrey. 
 London, Berry & Orton. | Smith H. B. Machine Co. 
 
 Iron Founders. 
 Phoenix Iron Works. Barrows-Savery Co. 
 
 Morris, Wheeler & Co. Samuel J. Cresswell. 
 
 Boiler, Rivet, and Bolt Man7ifacturers . 
 Hoopes & Townsend. | Welsh & Lea. 
 
 Steel Manufacturers. 
 Morris, Wheeler & Co. 1 Midvale Steel Co. 
 
 Gautier Steel Co. | Bessemer Steel Co. 
 
 Sugar Refineries. 
 Harrison, Havemeyer & Co. I McKean, Newhall & Bone. 
 E. C. Knight & Co. | Harkness & Thompson. 
 
 Publishers and Book Manufacturers. 
 J. B. Lippincott & Co. I Porter & Coates. 
 
 E. Claxton & Co. > | J. H. Butler & Co. 
 
 T. & J. W.Johnson & Co. i Cowperthwait & Co. 
 
 Wrought Iron Pipes and Fittings, etc. 
 R. D. Wood & Co. I Pancoast & Maule. 
 
 Iron Rolling and Sheet Iron Mills. 
 llentown Rolling Mill. I Alan Wood & Co. 
 S. Robbins & Son. 1 McDaniel & Harvey Co. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Car WJieels and Springs. 
 A.Whitney& Sons (wheels). ) Middleton&Co. (springs 
 Cotton and Woolen Machinery, Looms, Shafting. 
 Bridesbnrs; Mainif 'g Co. I Thomas Wood. 
 M. A. Furbush & Co. | James Smith & Co. 
 
 Chemical Laboratories. 
 Charles Lennig. ' Rosengarten& Sons. 
 
 JVIoro Phillips. 1 Pennsylvania Salt Co, 
 
 White Lead Factories. 
 
 Wetherill & Brother. | French, Richards & Co. 
 
 Harrison Brothers & Co. John T. Lewis & Brothers. 
 
 U. S. White Lead Co. I John Lucas & Co. 
 
 Glass and Hollow Glass Manufacturers. 
 
 Whitall, Tatum & Co. j Burgin & Sons. 
 
 Whitney Brothers. H. H. Benners. 
 
 Cohansey Glass Mfg. Co. j Gillinder & Sons. 
 
 Carriage and Coach Makers. 
 
 William D. Rogers. I Joseph Beckhaus. 
 
 D. M. Lane & Son. | Charles McCaffrey. 
 
 Dental Instruments. 
 
 S, S. White [estate of]. | Lukens & Whittington. 
 
 Gas Fixture and Chandelier Makers. 
 
 Cornelius & Co. I Thackara, Sons & Co. 
 
 Gibson, Shaw & Co. | Eagle Gas Fixture Mfy. 
 
 Lead and Brass Tube Manufacturers . 
 Tatham & Brothers. | Merchant & Co. 
 
 Tajtners and Curriers. 
 Keen & Coates. I McNeely & Co. 
 
 W. F. Forepaugh, Jr. & Bro. | E. A. Smith & Brothers. 
 
 Type Founders. 
 MacKellar,Smiths&Jordan. j Collins & McLeester. 
 
 Stove Makers and Founders. 
 Leibrant& McDowells. Co. I Isaac A. Sheppard & Co. 
 Charles Noble & Co. | Stuart, Peterson & Co. 
 
 Otto Silent Gas Engines, Schleicher, Schumm & Co. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Rope Manufacturers and Ship Chandlers. 
 Edwin H. Fitler & Co. | Jno. T. Bailey & Co. 
 
 Paper Hanging Manufacturers . 
 Howell & Brothers. | Howell & Bourke. 
 
 Paper Manufacturers. 
 
 iessup& Moore Paper Co. I J. G. Ditman & Co. 
 lartin & M. H. Nixon | Megargee Brothers. 
 
 Seedsmen and Nurserymen. 
 David Landreth & Sons. I Henry A. Dreer. 
 Robert Buist, Jr. | P. B. Mingle & Co. 
 
 To give ah idea of the size of the city of Phila- 
 delphia, some of its chief features are here 
 grouped : — 
 
 Area of surface, I2gy^ square miles. 
 
 [London has an area of 122 square miles.] 
 Streets — total length 2,100 miles; paved, 900 
 
 miles. 
 Sewers, 390 miles in length. 
 Water-pipes (mains), 750 miles in length. 
 Number of fire-plugs, 5,654. 
 Gas pipes (mains), 733 miles in length. 
 City passenger railways (tramways), 337JE^ miles. 
 Population in October, 1882 (estimated from 
 
 census of 1880), 920,000. 
 Dwelling houses, 160,000, of which, about 
 
 110,000 are owned by occupants. 
 Bath rooms, 65,000. 
 Water rent ^1,500,000 per annum. 
 Daily consumption of water 62,249,366 gallons. 
 Gas assets, ^15,201,314. 
 
 Number of city street gas-lamps in 1881, 12,697. 
 Gas made during 188 1, 2,209,145,000 cubic feet. 
 Maximum used in one day, 10,108,000 cubic feet. 
 Number of gas-meters in use 99,236. 
 Building associations, 650, capital ^55,000,000. 
 
PHILADELPHIA: WHAT IT IS. 
 
 Places of worship, over 600. 
 Estimated accommodation therein, 450,000. 
 Public schools, 461,- value ^6,000,000. 
 Public school teachers, 2,113. 
 Pupils, average attendance, 102,185. 
 Number of factories over 10,000. 
 There are 3,200 engines, 4,057 boilers, horse- 
 power of 170,000. 
 Capital employed in manufacturing, $200,000,000. 
 Value of manufact'd goods, annually, $375,000,000. 
 Exports of Philadelphia, 1881, $41,162,957. 
 Imports of Philadelphia, 1881, $29,764,278. 
 Real estate valuation, $600,000,000. 
 Debt of the city, $70,970,042; with actual assets 
 • in excess. 
 
 Death-rate, 21 to 22^ per 1,000. 
 Tax-rate for 1883, $1.85 per $100. 
 
 The coastwise trade of Philadelphia exceeds 
 by 351,495 tons that of all the American vessels 
 engaged in the foreign trade in the United States, 
 viz. : 
 
 Coastwise trade of Philadelphia, 1,703,000 tons. 
 All American vessels in foreign trade (official), 
 1,451,505 
 
 Some of the principal points of elevation in 
 Philadelphia above the Delaware at high-tide, are 
 as follows : — 
 
 Twenty -second Ward — Summit street and 
 Chestnut Hill turnpike, four hundred and forty feet. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Ward • — Belmont avenue and 
 City avenue, two hundred and ninety-two feet. 
 
 Twenty-eighth Ward — Thirtieth and Coulter 
 streets, two hundred and fifty-five feet. 
 V 
 
b6urance in i^hiladelphia. 
 
 ^WNSURANCE, fire, life, and marine, in 
 
 America had its origin and first practice 
 in Philadelphia, and the first office for 
 the transaction of business was estab- 
 lished on High street, by John Copson, 
 May 25th, 1 72 1. Mr. Copson's aim 
 seems to have been the encouragement 
 of home underwriting, but commendable 
 as was such a purpose, it does not appear to have' 
 met with much success; for at least seventy years 
 later marine insurances were effected abroad. At 
 this period no indemnity could be had in the 
 colonies for loss by fire; neither was there any 
 organization for the suppression of fires. To 
 Philadelphia, also, is due the credit of organizing 
 the first fire company in America — the "Union," 
 instituted December 7th, 1736. 
 
 Up to 1752 not a single building in the city or 
 the province was protected by a policy of insurance. 
 On February i8th, 1752, there appeared in the 
 Pennsylvania Gazette, published by Benjamin 
 Franklin and David Hall, a notice that "All 
 persons inclined to subscribe to the articles of 
 insurance of houses from fire, in and near the city, 
 are desired to appear at the Court Hou'^e, where 
 attendance will be given to take in their subscrip- 
 tions every seventh day of the week, in the 
 afternoon, until the 13th of April next, being the 
 day appointed by said articles for electing twelve 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Directors and a Treasurer." James tiamilton, the 
 Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Pennsyl- 
 vania, was the first to subscribe, giving to the 
 enterprise a kind of official sanction. Subscriptions 
 sufficient to warrant the undertaking were obtained, 
 and at a meeting held at the Court House on the 
 13th of April an organization was effected under 
 the title of "The Philadelphia Contributionship 
 for the Ensurance of Houses from Loss by Fire," 
 and a board of twelve directors was elected. 
 Mr. John vSmith vi^as chosen treasurer. Thus 
 was organized the first fire insurance company in 
 America. 
 
 The Contributionship transacted a mutual busi- 
 ness; its policies were issued for a term, of seven 
 years upon the payment of a deposit, the interest 
 of which during the continuance of the policy 
 belonged to the company. At the end of the 
 first year the sum insured under its policies was 
 j^io8,36o, and the deposit premiums amounted to 
 ;^i,29i.63; average premium, $1.17. At the end 
 of the first ten years the sum insured was but 
 ^67,773; deposits, only ^982.29; average pre- 
 mium, ^1.44. The war of the Revolution some- 
 what embarrassed its operations, but did not 
 seriously affect its financial standing, as at that 
 day, as at the present, its investments were chiefly 
 in mortgages. This company was more familiarly 
 known as the " Hand-in Hand," from its having 
 adopted as the symbol on its badge and seal four 
 hands united. 
 
 As Philadelphia was the first in the colonies 
 to adopt a system of indemnity for loss by fire, 
 so was she the first to provide in this mode a 
 pecuniary relief for the domestic evils of death. 
 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 In 1759 a charter was granted on the petition of 
 the Synod of Philadelphia to "The Corporation 
 for the relief of poor and distressed Presbyterian 
 ministers, and of the poor and distressed widows 
 and children of Presbyterian ministers." This 
 title was, in 1875, changed to "The Presbyterian 
 Annuity and Life Insurance Company." 
 
 Following this came "The Corporation for the 
 relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen 
 of the Communion of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in America," incorporated February 7th, 
 1769. 
 
 In 1783 a house of one of the members of the 
 "Contributionship" having caught fire from a 
 burning shade tree, the company refused to insure 
 buildings with trees contiguous, liable to take fire, 
 without an additional premium therefor. This 
 caused much dissatisfaction among its members, 
 and resulted in the creation, in 1784, of the 
 "Mutual Assurance Company for the Insurance 
 of Houses from Loss by Fire." The badge 
 adopted by this company, a "Green Tree," was 
 significant of its origin. Its policies were issued 
 for a period of seven years, but on August 12th, 
 1 801, they were made perpetual, and it confines 
 itself to this class of business at the present day. 
 
 On November 3d, 1792, a body of subscribers 
 met at the State House for the purpose of organiz- 
 ing a company to be known as the " Universal 
 Tontine" — a kind of insurance then much in 
 vogue in Europe — but upon consideration of the 
 necessity of a company to effect marine insurances, 
 it was resolved that the character of the proposed 
 organization be changed, and a society be insti- 
 tuted called the " Insurance Company of North 
 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 America," with a capital of $600,000. At a 
 stockholders' meeting on December loth, 1792, 
 fifteen directors were elected. J. Maxwell Nesbit 
 was chosen President, and Ebenezer Hazard 
 Secretary. Application was made for an act of 
 incorporation, which was not approved until 
 April 14th, 1794 This was the first joint-stock 
 company created in the new world, and is the 
 historical office of the land. Throughout its long 
 career of nearly a century it has been a prosperous 
 office, and its management -has been distinctively 
 marked for intelligence, integrity, and judicious 
 liberality. In 1798 it wrote nearly the entire 
 marine business of the country, its premium re- 
 ceipts being nearly $1 ,500,000. It is to-day one of 
 the largest in the United States; its assets aggre- 
 gate nearly $9,000,000, and its surplus over all 
 liabilities of capital and re-insurance exceeds that 
 of any American company. 
 
 The " Insurance Company of the State of Penn- 
 sylvania" also a stock company, was incorporated 
 in the same month as the "Insurance Company 
 of North America." 
 
 The Union Insurance Company was organized 
 in 1804 with a capital of $500,000; it had 
 chartered privileges to transact all kinds of in- 
 surance, but in its early history confined itself to 
 the writing of marine risks ; later it began a 
 conservative fire ])usiness ; but upon the advent 
 of the present management, it took new life and 
 entered upon an active and progressive course. 
 It is steadily and surely advancing to the front 
 rank as a fire and marine underwriting institu- 
 tion. Its premium receipts for the present year 
 will aggregate a million of dollars. 
 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 The American Fire Insurance Company, in- 
 corporated in i8io, was the first joint-stock fire 
 insurance company in the United States. Its first 
 president was Captain William Jones, a dis- 
 tinguished naval officer and afterwards Secretary 
 of the Navy under President Madison. The 
 American has been intimately associated with the 
 business interests of Philadelphia for more than 
 seventy years, and has always occupied a high 
 position in its insurance circles. In the agency 
 field the company is making rapid progress and 
 ranks with the best in the country. Its assets are 
 ^1,620,307, net surplus, ^$661,233. 
 
 Up to the year 1812, no public life insurance 
 office existed. The only species of life assurance 
 known in the United States, was the relief and 
 annuities granted by the two corporations before 
 mentioned. But on March loth, 1812, the Penn- 
 sylvania Company for Insurance of Lives and 
 Granting Annuities was incorporated, with a 
 capital of $500,000. The issuing of life policies 
 was discontinued a few years ago by this comi any. 
 
 In 1813, there were but three offices doing a 
 fire business exclusively, four marine offices and 
 one life office — eight in all in Philadelphia; but 
 in the twelve years following, six more were 
 organized, of which number, but two are in ex- 
 istence, viz. : the Fire Association, organized 
 in 1817, and the Pennsylvania Fire, organized 
 in 1825. The " Pennsylvania" transacted a local 
 business until 1867, when it entered the agency 
 field. Its capital was $400,000. Its prosperity 
 has been continuous — marred slightly by the great 
 Boston fire in 1872, for which it paid over $500,000; 
 and on January ist, 1882, it assets was nearly six 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 times greater than its capital, ^2,227,616, while 
 its riet surplus amounted to 5933.J>46. 
 
 The Franklin Fire Insurance Company was 
 incorporated in 1829, with a capital of ;S400,ooo. 
 This company soon became conspicuous for the 
 extent of its business, and contributed in no small 
 degree to the prosperity and growth of the city by 
 advancing money on bonds and mortgages to 
 builders and property owners, thereby enabling 
 them to continue the development and improve- 
 ment of the city. 
 
 Of all the fire, fire-marine and life insurance 
 companies, and "their name is legion," organized 
 since 1829, only the following survive, viz : — 
 
 County, 1833; Spring Garden, 1835 ; Delaware 
 Mutual. 1835; Girard Life Insurance, Annuity and 
 Tru>-t Company, 1836; Reliance, 1S41 ; Frank- 
 ford Muual, 1842; Mutual, of Germantown, 1843; 
 Penn Muiual, 1847 '■> American Life, 1850 ; Girard, 
 1853; Mechanics', 1854; Jefft-rson, 1855; Mutual 
 Fire, 1859; United Firemen's, i860; Pnwident 
 Life and Trust, 1865; Teutonia, 1870; German, 
 1 87 1; Sun, 1873; Lumbermen's, 1 873; Phila- 
 delphia Manufacturers Mutual, 18S0. 
 
 The Girard Fire Insurance Company of 
 Philadelphia, was founded in 1853, and from 
 a small beginning has become one of the most 
 conspicuous fire insurance institutions in the 
 country. Throughout its whole career it has 
 shown remarkable ability in avoiding the dis- 
 astrous exigencies which beset fire underwriting. 
 Its ratio of loss evinces a thorough knowledge of 
 the fire risk, and the financial judgment displayed 
 in the care and investment of its constantly 
 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 increasing funds, has been of corresponding ability. 
 Its last dividend was the sixty -fourth in order. 
 
 The first foreign insurance company to establish 
 an agency in Piiiladelphia, was the Phoenix 
 Fire Office of London, early in i8io, but its stay 
 was of but short duration owing to the passage on 
 March loth of the same year, of an act prohibiting 
 foreigners from issuing any contract of insurance 
 under a penalty of ^5,000; and any citizen who 
 was a party to such insurance was liable to a 
 fine of $500. In 1879 the Phoenix again opened 
 an agency in this city. Organized in 1782, it 
 has, during its existence of a century, paid over 
 ;^65,ooo,ooo for losses and ^21,000,000 in 
 dividends to its stockholders. Its assets were on 
 December 31st, 1881, $5,364,500, and its net 
 surplus $3,288,935. 
 
 The Liverpool and London, now the Liverpool 
 and London and Globe Insurance Company, 
 established an agency in this city February 1 8th, 
 1 85 1, under the management of Richard S. Smith, 
 at that time the president of the Union Mutual 
 Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Smith 
 continued in charge of the agency until April, 
 1 86 1, when he was relieved at his own request, 
 and the company appointed as his successor his 
 son, Mr. Atwood Smiih, its present agent. The 
 Liverpool and London and Globe is not only a 
 great fire office, but it is also a great factor in 
 American fire insurance. It does the largest fire 
 business of any company in America, and its 
 United States assets largely exceed those of any 
 foreign office. Under Mr. Smith's management, 
 its progress has been sure and steady; its premium 
 receipts in Pennsyl v^ nia for the year 1 88 1 amounted 
 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 to nearly $200,000. The profits of the Philadelphia 
 agency are now in excess of $500,000. 
 
 The Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, 
 established an agency in this city in April, 1852, 
 under the able manngement of George Wood, Esq., 
 who has, by his intelligent, judicious, and courteous 
 administration, won the respect and confidence 
 of the community for himself, and built up the 
 largest agency business in Philadelphia for his 
 company. 
 
 The Commercial Union was the first foreign 
 company to identify itself with the local interests 
 of Philadelphia, and to inaugurate a line of im- 
 provement that has resulted in greatly beautifying 
 and enhancing the value of property on Walnut 
 street, by the erection of a large and elegant 
 building for business pui poses. 1 his company 
 established a branch in this city in 1871 under 
 the management of its present agent, Mr. Tattnall 
 Paulding. The Commercial Union is one of the 
 staunch and respectable foreign companies trans- 
 acting business in this country. It has a capital 
 and surplus affording ample security for all the 
 liability it assumes. 
 
 The Home Insurance Company of New York 
 opened an agency in Philadelphia at the begin- 
 ning of the company's career in 1853. It insures 
 now over twelve million dollars of Pennsylvania 
 risks. This company has a yearly income of 
 premiums and interest approaching three million 
 dollars, and its total assets July, 1882, were 
 $6,838,719, at market value. 'Ihe Home has 
 paid fire losses throughout the United States in 
 the last twenty nine years, to the amount of 
 thirty-three million dollars. It is to-day one of 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 the best exponents of what judicious underwriting 
 should be, and is inherently strong in all the 
 elements requisite to constitute a great fire office — 
 which includes financial ability as well as under- 
 writing skill. 
 
 The Philadelphia Branch of the ^tna In- 
 surance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, was 
 opened in 1847. This company was the first to 
 enter largely into the general agency business, 
 and its present position in the front rank of fire 
 underwriting institutions in the United States is 
 mainly due to an adherence of nearly three- 
 quarters of a century to ihe sound commercial 
 principles upon which it was started — security to 
 its policyholders, and the prompt payment of 
 legitimate losses. It has received since organiza- 
 tion to December 31st, 1881, $87,362,354 of fire 
 premiums, and paid $53,402,048 for fire losses. 
 Its annual premiums in Pennsylvania exceed 
 those of any other fire insurance cfompany. 
 
 There are about seventeen hundred fire and fire 
 and marine insurance companies (stock and mutual) 
 doing business in the United States, insuring about 
 $11,500,000,000 annually, at an averaije rate of 
 about seventy cents on the $100, producing an 
 annual premium income of about $80,000,000, 
 at least sixty per cent., or $48,000,000 of which 
 goes to pay fire losses. These ct)mpanies are 
 possesssed of capital [including United States 
 capital of foreign companies] amounting to 
 $99,737,808; assets, $210,000,000, net surplus 
 (stock companies only) of $149,586,600. The 
 above figures are an approximation. Statistics of 
 only a small portion of the above seventeen 
 hundred companies are to be had. 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 The average annual number of fires in Phila- 
 delphia is (in the decade 1871-1881) seven 
 hundred and sixty-five, involving an average 
 property loss of $1,280,000. 
 
 The American Life Insurance Company, began 
 an active business career from the day of its organ- 
 ization, and at one time was in receipt of the largest 
 annual income of any Philadelphia life company 
 —over $1,000,000. 
 
 The two representative life companies of 
 Philadelphia, to-day, are the Penn Mutual and 
 the Provident Life and Trust Company. 
 
 The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 
 was organized in 1847, and its career has been 
 marked by a steady growth. Its statement for 
 1881, its thirty-fourth year, is the best in its 
 history, representing assets, December 31st, 1881, 
 of $7,871,138.01, and a surplus of $1,726,933.72, 
 
 The Provident Life and Trust Company was 
 organized in 1865. Its career has been one of 
 uninterrupted succe>s. From small beginnings 
 its transactions have risen to large proportions. 
 Its two departments of life insurance and the 
 management of trusts have gone on step by step 
 until the amount of joint assets has reached a 
 sum of over ten millions of dollars. At the close 
 of June, 1882, the amount of insurance outstand- 
 ing was over $30,000,000; its insurance reserve 
 over $4,791,000; its surplus belonging to the 
 insured $697,000; in addition to which capital of 
 $1,000,000, and a surplus belonging to share- 
 holders brought the total sum applicable to the 
 payment of losses to the large aggregate of nearly 
 $7,000,000, exceeding the net liahiliiies by some 
 $2,000,000. Never in the history of life insurance 
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INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 have seventeen years of experience produced 
 belter results. The integrity and intelligence of 
 its management have commended it to the confi- 
 dence of the community. Sul^ject to the control 
 not only of the insurance department of the State 
 of Pennsylvania, but of the various courts of the 
 commonwealth which take cognizance of the 
 administration of trusts, its record has been 
 scrutinized in the most exhaustive manner. We 
 need not say that an unsullied name has been 
 added to the list of corporations of which 
 Philadelphia has long been proud. 
 
 The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New 
 York, the largest insurance company in the world, 
 established an agency in Philadelphia in 1849; 
 and in 1856 appointed F. Ratchford Starr its 
 General Agent for the States of Pennsylvania, 
 Delaware, and Ohio, — this being the first general 
 agency of a life insurance company in this country. 
 Under the management of Mr. Starr, and of his 
 successors, Messrs. Bates & Lambert, who have 
 long been connected with the company, a large 
 business has been secured, and for many years 
 past the annual premium income of Ihe Mutual 
 Life in this State has exceeded that of any other 
 life company, home or foreign; and that, not- 
 withstanding the fact that the premium rates on 
 life policies in this company were, in 1879, re- 
 duced 15 per cent. The premium receipts of the 
 company in Pennsylvania during 1 88 1 were 
 ;?I,097,I27.76, and the amount of claims paid in 
 the State since organization over $6,000,000. — 
 The premium receipts of the company for 1881 
 were $12,196,624.62; the total amount of claims 
 paid since organization to October, 1882, was 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 ^5170,000,000. In 1873 ^^^ company erected at 
 the corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets an 
 elegant building — the finest for business purposes 
 in the city — thus still further identifying its.elf 
 with the interests of the State in which it has over 
 14,000 policies. On the first of January, 1882, the 
 number of policies in force in this company was 
 101,499; amount of insurance $315,900,137. 
 
 As a prominent representative of industrial life 
 insurance, The Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- 
 pany of New York, fills an important place in 
 Philadelphia, where the particular insurance with 
 which it is identified, is a need of the great body 
 of the manufacturing population. It has about 
 sixty thousand policies in force in the city. 
 
 The growth of this great beneficient interest 
 during the last forty years, staggers the financial 
 'mind with the magnitude of its results. It is one 
 of the marvels of this wonderful age. It has and 
 is quietly making its way into every palace and 
 cottage in the land. The rich and the poor alike 
 share its benefits, and humanity has been made 
 better by its existence. To-day one-tenth of the 
 population of the United States is interested in its 
 success, and it will secure indemnity against the 
 "domestic evil$ of death " through its instrument- 
 ality. The good being accomplished daily by 
 life insurance appeals to the noblest instincts of 
 humanity, and it should receive as it deserves, the 
 support of all. To write its history and tell the 
 " old, old story" of the good accomplished 
 would require many volumes. We give an 
 aggregate summary of the business of the leading 
 companies of the United States, and also their 
 premium receipts and losses paid in 1881, 
 
INSURANCE IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Premium receipts in 1 88 1, . . $60,444,996.00 
 
 Death losses paid in 1881, . . 48,388,283.00 
 
 Total amount of insurance in 
 
 force at close of 1 881, , . . 1,649,484,953.66 
 
 Total premiums received since 
 organization to December 
 3i^t, 1881, 1,154,739,618.5s 
 
 Total amount paid to policy- 
 holders for death losses, en- 
 dowments, dividends, and 
 surrender values, 823,899,315.55 
 
 Total assets December 31st, 
 
 i88r, 468,541,788.93 
 
 The various kinds of insurance being practiced 
 at the present day furnishes indemnity and gives 
 relief for nearly all of the misfortunes of life, viz. : — 
 
 Indemnity against loss by fire. 
 Indemnity against the perils of the sea. 
 Indemnity against the domestic evils of death. 
 Indemnity against the dishonesty of man. 
 Indemnity against the improvidences of humanity. 
 Indemnity against the casualties of life. 
 Indemnity against the ravages of insect life. 
 Indemnity against the elements of nature and 
 the thunderbolts of God. 
 
 In the celebration of this Bi-Centennial Anni- 
 versary of Philadelphia, there will he no material 
 interest represented that has d(me more towards 
 advancing the general prosperity of the land than 
 has Insurance, and in no city in the United States 
 do insurance companies more deservedly com- 
 mand the confidence and esteem of the community 
 than in the city where it had its origin and first 
 practice. 
 
•^ghiladelphia -IgompanicA. 
 
 DATE OF INCORPORATION, TITLE, AND LOCATION. 
 
 -♦ 
 
 -^ gtock gompanie6. h 
 
 AMEEICAN riEE INSUEANCE CO., 308 Walnut St. 
 
 jg J DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSUEANCB CO., 
 \ S. E cor. Third and Walnut Streets. 
 
 181 7 { riEE ASSOCIATION, 34 North Fifth Street. 
 
 ^7" ( >iee~insueance1ompany or the c^ntt ir 
 
 ' ^^ 1 PHILADELPHIA, no South Fourth Stj-eet. 
 
 1829 { FEANELIN FIEE INSUEANCE CO., 421 Walnut St. 
 
 1871 ] GEEMAN FIEE INSUEANCE CO., 41* Walnut St. 
 
 ^g " raiEAEDHEE AND MAEINEINs'mNCE COMPANY 
 
 \ N. E cor. Seventh and Chestnut Streets. 
 
 \ ^7~INSUE'ANCECCMPANf"0Fl:HE STATE OF PENN- 
 
 ^^^^ t SYLVANIA, 4 and 5 Exchange Building. 
 
 ( INSURANCE COMPANY OyNOET¥AMEEIC A, 
 ( 232 Walnut Street. 
 
 1855 \ JEFFEESON FIEE INSUEANCE CO., 425 Walnut St. 
 
 1873 -I LUMBEEMEN'S INSURANCE CO., 427 Walnut St 
 
 ¥echanics'1nsueanceTompany^ 
 
 ^^^ ' S. W cor. Fifth and Waln ut Str eets. 
 
 ^g ( PENNSYLVANIA FIEE INSUElNcTcOMPTNYr 
 
 ( 510 Walnut Street. 
 
 1841 { EELIANCE INSUEANCE CO., 429 Walnut St. 
 
 ^g^l SPEING &AEDEN FIEE~INSUEANCE~COMPANY, " 
 ^ ^^ 1 43X Walnut Street. 
 
 1873^ 
 1^1870 
 
 1873 { SUN FIEE INSUEANCE CO., 434 Walnut Street. 
 1870 { TEUTONIA FIEE INSUEANCE CO., 424 Walnut St. 
 
PHILADELPHIA COMPANIES. 
 
 ^g^ f UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
 ^ °'^ t S. W. cor. Third and Walnut Streets. 
 
 i860 { UNITED FIEEMEN'S INSURANCE C0.,4i9WalnutSt. 
 
 -^^utual gompanic6. ^ ' 
 
 ^ g ^^ fl^NEFOED MUTUAlItIEeInSUEANCeToMPANY, 
 ( 4610 Frankford Road. 
 
 f MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY FOE THE INSUE^ 
 1784 j ANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIEE, 
 
 ( 526 Walnut Street. 
 
 ^g 7I1UTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
 ( 4820 Germantown Avenue. 
 
 1S59 { MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., 813 Arch Street. 
 
 f philTdelphiaIontributionship for" the" IN- 
 
 1752 \ SURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIEE, 
 
 [ 212 South Fourih Street. 
 
 gg f PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTUEEES MUTUAL FIEE 
 ' °\ INSUEANCE COMPANY, 4" Walnut Street. 
 
 -^gife §ompanie6.h 
 
 1850 
 1836 
 1847 
 
 AMEEICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
 S. E. cor. Fourih and Walnut Streets. 
 
 aiEAED LIFE INSUEANCE, ANNUITY, AND TEUST 
 
 PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSUEANCE COMPANY, 
 
 921 Chestnut Street. 
 
 [ ^PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOE INSUEANCE ON 
 812 \ LIVES AND GEANTINQ ANNUITIES, 
 
 [ 431 Chestnut Street. 
 
 ' PEESBYTEEIAN ANNUITY AND LIFE INSUEANCE 
 COMPANY, 329 Chestnut Street. 
 
 „, , PEOVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY, 
 
 I5DS 
 
 5- i 
 ^ \ 409 Chestnut Street. 
 
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■^Philadelphia ^gompanicA. 
 
 NAME. LOCATION. CAPITAL, ASSETS, SURPLUS, NAMES OF PRESI- 
 DENTS AND SECRETARIES. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Hioint.§tock f irc.^- 
 
 AMERICAN, 308 Walnut Street. 
 
 Thos. H. Montgomery, Pres. A. C. L. Crawford, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $400,000. Assets, $1,620,207. Surplus, $662,683. 
 
 FIRE ASSOCIATION, . . 34 North Fifth Street. 
 
 A. Louden Snowden, Pres. Jacob H, Lex, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $500,000. Assets, $4,219,047. Surplus, $893,718. 
 
 COUNTY, 110 South Fourth Street. 
 
 James N . Stone, Pres. J.Welsh Dulles, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $200,000. Assets, $403,533. Surplus, $102,303. 
 
 FRANKLIN 421 Walnut Street. 
 
 Jas. W. McAllister, Pres. Ezra T. Cresson, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $400,000. Assets, $3,163,729. Surplus, $862,742. 
 
 GERMAN, 412 Walnut Street. 
 
 Chas. P. Bower, Pres. E. J. Durban, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $100,000. Assets, $214,679. Surplus, $53,928. 
 
 GIRARD, N. E. Cor. Seventh and Chestnut Streets. 
 
 Alfred S. Gillett, Pres. J . B. Allen, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $300,000. Assets, $1,132,486. Surplus, $464,410. 
 
 JEFFERSON, 425 Walnut Street. 
 
 Wm. McDaniel, Pres. Philip E. Coleman, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $100,000. Assets, $277,940. Surplus, $127,521. 
 
 LUMBERMEN'S, 427 Walnut Street. 
 
 Jos. H . Collins, Pres. George G. Crowell, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $250,000. Assets, $534,630. Surplus, $125,414. 
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 PHILADELPHIA COMPANIES. 
 
 MECHANICS', S. W. Cor. Fifth and Walnut Sts. 
 
 Francis McManus, Pres. John H.Davis, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $250,000. Assets, $488,491. Surplus, $80,726. 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA, 510 Walnut Street. 
 
 John Devereux, Pres. John L. Thomson, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $400,000. Assets, $2,227,616. Surplus, $933,846. 
 
 RELIANCE, 429 Walnut Street. 
 
 Thos.C. Hill, Pres. Wm. Chubb, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $300,000. Assets, $712,176. Surplus, $277,966. 
 
 SPRING GARDEN, 431 W^alnut Street. 
 
 Nelson F. Evans, Pres. Jacob E. Peterson, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $400,000. Assets, $1,146,505. Surplus, $419,053. 
 
 SUN, 434 W^alnut Street. 
 
 Nelson F. Evans, Pres. John Crawford, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $150,000. Assets, $182,544. Surplus, $17,715. 
 
 TEUTONIA, 424 Walnut Street. 
 
 E. Franssen, Pres. H. A. Birch, Sec. pro tern. 
 
 Capital, $200,000. Assets, $273,255. Surplus, $41,735. 
 
 UNITED FIREMEN'S, .... 419 Walnut Street. 
 
 Jos. L. Caven, Pres. Robt. B. Beath, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $300,000. Assets, $621,113. Surplus, $26,640. 
 Hi- ffoint- Stock Sire and Marine. -•- 
 
 DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY, 
 
 S. E. Cor. Third and Walnut Streets. 
 
 Thos. C. Hand, Pres. Henry Lyiburn, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $360,000. Assets, $2,022,838. Surplus, $377,994. 
 
 INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF 
 PENNSYLVANIA, 4 and 5 Exchange Building. 
 
 Henry D. Sherrerd, Pres. Jos. H . Hollinshead, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $200,000. Assets, $706,641. Surplus, $228,238. 
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PHILADELPHIA COMPANIES. 
 
 INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 
 
 AMERICA, 232 "Walnut Street. 
 
 Chas. Piatt, Pres. Greville E. Fryer, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $3,000,000. Assets, $8,818,805. Surplus, $3,461,627. 
 
 UNION, . . S. W. Cor. Third and Walnut Streets. 
 
 Colson Hieskell, Pres. • John B. Craven, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $500,000. Assets, $925,334. Surplus, $68,056. 
 
 FRANKFORD MUTUAL, 4610 Frankford Avenue. 
 
 Sam'l Bolton, Pres. H . St. Clair Thorn, Sec 
 
 Total Cash Assets, $78,007. 
 
 MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE 
 INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS 
 BY FIRE, 526 Walnut Street. 
 
 Samuel Welsh, Pres. Clifford Lewis, Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets, $1,463,010. 
 
 MUTUAL, Germantown, Phila. 
 
 Spencer Roberts, Pres. Wnn. M . Emhardt, Sec. 
 Total Cash Assets $448,477. 
 
 MUTUAL, 813 Arch Street. 
 
 Calvin Taggart, Pres. T. Ellwood Chapnrian, Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets $18,081. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR 
 THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM 
 LOSS BY FIRE, . . 212 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Chas. Willing, Chairnnan. Jas.Somers Smith, Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets, $2,705,929. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURERS 
 
 MUTUAL, 411 Walnut Street. 
 
 Henry W. Brown, Pres. John W. Miller, Jr., Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets $11,431. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA COMPANIES. 
 
 ififG. 
 
 AMERICAN, S. E. Cor. Fourth and Walnut Sts. 
 
 Geo. W. Hill, Pres. John S.Wilson, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $500,000. Assets, $3,189,619. Surplus, $256,959. 
 
 GIRARD LIFE INSURAFiCE, ANNUITY AND 
 TRUST COMPANY, ." 2020 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Thomas R idgway , Pres. Henry Tattnall, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $450,000. Asssts, $2,987,056. Surplus, $1,121, 6?3. 
 
 PENN MUTUAL, 921 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Samuel C. Huey, Pres. Henry C. Brown, Sec. 
 
 Assets, $7,858,619. Surplus, $1,693,772. 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSUR- 
 ANCE ON LIVES AND GRANTING AN- 
 NUITIES, 431 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Lindley Smith, Pres. - L. H . Steel, Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets, ....._ $12,133,985. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN ANNUITY AND LIFE 
 
 INSURANCE COMPANY, 329 Chestnut Street. 
 
 J. W. Dulles, Pres. N . L . Upham, Sec. 
 
 Total Cash Assets, $247,304. 
 
 PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY, 
 
 409 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Sam'l R. Shipley, Pres. Jos. Ashbrook, Manager Ins. 
 
 Capital, $500,000. Assets, $6,053,955. Surplus, $697,605. 
 -#-^idcel]ancouA.-0- 
 
 REAL ESTATE TITLE INSURANCE COM- 
 PANY, N. W. Cor. Tenth and Chestnut Streets. 
 
 Craig D. Ritchie, Pres. Jos. S. Siddall, Sec. 
 
 UNITED STATES PLATE GLASS COMPANY, 
 134 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Jos. S. Chahoon, Pres. Isaac Rindge, Sec. 
 
 Capital, $100,000. Assets, $102,120. 
 
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■Igirc 'Iin6urancc -Ipgcncic^. 
 
 LIST OF AGENTS AND LOCATION ; NAMES OF COMPANIES REPRE- 
 SENTED BY THEM — CAPITAL, ASSETS, AND SURPLUS. 
 
 igirc and-igirc and-4^arine. 
 
 WILLIAM ARROTT, 
 
 115 and 117 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Gorman-American, N. Y., . $1,000,000 $3,453,748 $1,415,240 
 National, Hartford, Conn., . 1,000,000 1,704,803 461,928 
 Orient, Hartford, Conn., . . 1,000,000 1,419,522 178,798 
 Metropcle, Paris, France, . . 1,000,000 1,339,774 17,242 
 City of London, London, Eng., 1,000,000 1,299,655 91,997 
 
 J. B. ALVORD, 
 
 N. E. Cor. Seventh and Chestnut Sts. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Franklin, Columbus, Ohio, . . $200,000 $279,338 $45,492 
 
 FRANK OLCOTT ALLEN, 
 
 224- Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Sjirplus. 
 
 Queen Insurance Co., England, $874,000 $5,396,615 $581,315 
 
 Manufacturers' F.&M., Boston, 500,000 1,055,629 117,331 
 
 "Boston Underwriters," . . .1,500,000 3,281,589 853,538 
 
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FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 BOSWELL & CO., 
 123 South Fourth Street. 
 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Howard, New York 
 
 $500,000 
 
 $851,448 
 
 $120,044 
 
 Lancashire, England, . . . 
 
 1,350,000 
 
 4,006,374 
 
 888,918 
 
 National, New York, . . . . 
 
 200,000 
 
 452,016 
 
 100,177 
 
 Phoeniz, Hartford, Conn., . . 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 4,309,973 
 
 1,119,284 
 
 Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 745,562 
 
 330,328 
 
 HENRY W. BROWN, 
 
 4-11 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Star, New York, $500,000 
 
 $896,001 
 
 $17,165 
 
 Mercantile Marine, Boston, 400,000 
 
 765,989 
 
 180,470 
 
 Guardian, England, .... 5,000,000 
 
 15,086,018 
 
 2,063,135 
 
 Niagara, New York, . . . 500,000 
 
 1,735,563 
 
 640,327 
 
 JOHN W. BUCKMAN, 
 
 4-04 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Bowery, New York, . . . 
 
 . .$300,000 
 
 $913,885 
 
 $445,440 
 
 Qerman, Pittsburgi, Pa., . 
 
 . 200,000 
 
 388,036 
 
 100,263 
 
 Eutgers, New York, . . . 
 
 . 200,000 
 
 420,323 
 
 170,888 
 
 Merchants', New York, . . 
 
 . 200,000 
 
 429,513 
 
 155,011 
 
 Mechanics', New York, . . 
 
 . 250,000 
 
 483,714 
 
 166,006 
 
 Pacific, New York, .... 
 
 . 200,000 
 
 713.963 
 
 385,007 
 
 Long Island, New York, . 
 
 . 300,000 
 
 511,000 
 
 115,748 
 
 Armenia, Pittsburgh, Pa., . 
 
 . 250,000 
 
 310,101 
 
 22,936 
 
 National, Pittsburgh, Pa., . 
 
 . 100,000 
 
 152,397 
 
 34,803 
 
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 JOHN W. CHENEY, 
 
 150 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Westchester, New York, . - 
 Buffalo German, New York, 
 Watertown, New York, . . 
 
 Capital. Asst'ls. 
 . $300,000 $902,092 
 . 200,000 900,956 
 . 200,000 1,068,775 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 $175,042 
 457,892 
 115,341 
 
 THOMAS CHAMBERLIN, 
 
 148 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Manufacturers', Boston, . . 
 
 Buffalo, New York 
 
 Queen, Liverpool and London, 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 $500,000 $1,055,629 
 200,000 293,599 
 874,000 5,396,615 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 $117,331 
 29,130 
 581,315 
 
 ETTING & CO., 
 
 327 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Williamsburgh City, N. Y., 
 Commercial, New York, . . 
 
 Star, New York, 
 
 Standard, New York, . . . 
 Firemen's Trust, New York, 
 Eenton, Covington, Zy., . . 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 $250,000 $1,074,005 
 200,000 501,614 
 500,000 896,001 
 200,000 442,088 
 150,000 265,780 
 200,000 307,555 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 $500,187 
 89,928 
 17,165 
 156,030 
 57,303 
 15,943 
 
 E. FRANSSEN, 
 
 4-24- Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Irving, New York, .... 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 $200,000 $252,835 
 
 Surplus. 
 $2,974 
 
 THOMAS 
 
 131 South 
 
 C. FOSTER, 
 
 Fourth Street. 
 
 V 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 
 Fire Ins. Association, Eng., $1,000,000 $1,573,292 $199,355 
 Tradesmen's, New York, . . 300,000 533,490 49,336 
 
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^ FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 ^ 
 
 WILLIAM C. GO( 
 
 4-03 Walnut St 
 
 DDRICH, 
 
 reet. 
 
 Assets. Surplus. 
 $8,902,273 $3,114,390 
 
 ^na, Hartford, 
 
 Capital. 
 
 $4,000,000 
 
 R. EMOTT H 
 
 4-15 Walnut St 
 
 ARE, 
 
 reet. 
 
 Assets. Surplus. 
 
 $3,598,46« $1,605,111 
 
 339,374 94,200 
 
 6,835,298 260,255 
 
 1,055,629 117,331 
 
 Norwich Union, England, . . 
 Park Fire, New York, . . . 
 La Confiance, Prance, . . . 
 Manufacturers', Boston, . . 
 
 Capital. 
 
 $560,000 
 200,000 
 800,000 
 500,000 
 
 SAMUEL 
 14-8 South 
 
 D. H/ 
 
 Fourth 
 
 >iWLEY, 
 
 Street. 
 
 Assets. Surplus. 
 
 81,017,507 $501,013 
 
 873,727 162,568 
 
 259,921 ■ 20,005 
 
 1,056,280 230,035 
 
 352,550 112,537 
 
 1,150,545 233,511 
 
 13,292,691 494,105 
 
 Citizens, New York, .... 
 St. Paul F. and M., St. Paul, 
 auardian, New York, . . . 
 Northwestern Nat 'l,Milw'kee 
 Albany, New York, .... 
 American Central, St. Louis, 
 Scottish Union and National, 
 Scotland, 
 
 Capital. 
 
 $300,000 
 400,000 
 200,000 
 , 600,000 
 300,000 
 600,000 
 
 1,412,855 
 
 DAVID B. HILT, 
 
 114- South Fourth Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Farragut, New York, . . . $200,000 $436,991 
 Exchange, New York, . . . 200,000 337,428 
 
 Surplus. 
 $124,071 
 74,125 
 J 
 
^ FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 "N 
 
 J. E. HYNEMAN, 
 
 
 142 South Fourth Street. 
 
 
 Capital, Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Hanover, New York $1,000,000 $2,565,141 
 
 $832,745 
 
 Merchants', Newark, . . . 400,000 1,128,994 
 
 450,051 
 
 Newark Fire, Newark, . . 
 
 250,000 726,442 
 
 287,399 
 
 Providence- Washington, E.I 
 
 , 400,000 390,503 
 
 114,760 
 
 Glens Palls, New York, . 
 
 200,000 1,169,919 
 
 594,157 
 
 Fireman's Fund, California, 
 
 750,000 1,239,916 
 
 100,815 
 
 Union, California, .... 
 
 750,000 1,036,398 
 
 112,920 
 
 Beading Fire, Pa., .... 
 
 200,000 317,513 
 
 86,919 
 
 Teutonia, Allegheny, Pa., 
 
 125,000 173,413 
 
 29,062 
 
 -Qerman-American, Pa., . 
 
 100,000 132,686 
 
 16,854 
 
 J. N. JACKSON, 
 
 
 152 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Lion, England, $998,500 $1,250,967 
 
 $13,911 
 
 J. B. KREMER, 
 
 
 121 and 123 South Fourth Sti 
 
 -eet. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Farmers', York, Pa., . . . Mutual. $362,477 
 
 $116,129 
 
 Union, Pittsburgh 100,000 132,546 
 
 15,476 
 
 THOMAS J. LANCASTER, 
 
 312 Walnut Street. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Niagara, New York, .... $500,000 $1,705,563 
 
 $640,328 
 
 SeUef, New York, 200,000 305,456 
 
 17,684 
 
 Mercantile, New York, . . . 200,000 249,482 
 
 20,270 
 
 Mercantile, Boston, .... 400.000 765,989 
 
 180,470 
 
r FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
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 LOUIS C. MADEIRA & SC 
 
 322 Walnut Street. 
 
 )NS, 
 
 Surplus. 
 $27,502 
 230,605 
 
 172,493 
 83,756 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Sterling Fire, New York, . . $350,000 $419,750 
 United States Fire, N.Y., . 250,000 501,237 
 Manufacturers and Builders' 
 
 Fire, New York, .... 200,000 435,259 
 Montauk, New York, ... . 200,000 352,529 
 
 MATHER & CO., 
 231 Walnut Street. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 $7,780 
 
 132,334 
 
 27,401 
 
 502,276 
 
 2,419,727 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 LONDON AND PSOVINCIAL, $499,635 $598,036 
 Clinton, New York, .... 250,000 493,387 
 Lorillard, New York, . . . 300,000 406,123 
 Pheniz, Brooklyn (Marine), . 1,000,000 2,826,875 
 British and Foreign Marine, 960,000 4,068,153 
 
 AMOS T. NEWBOLD, 
 
 14-4 South Fourth Stre( 
 
 2t. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 $38,791 
 74,478 
 77,087 
 
 230,035 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Virginia F. & M., Eichmond, $250,000 $478,960 
 
 Prescott, Boston, 200,000 411,787 
 
 Boatinen'sF.&M.,Pittsburgh, 250,000 378,045 
 Northwestern Nat. (Marine), 600,000 1,056,280 
 
 WILLIAM C. O'NEILL, 
 
 4-18 Walnut Street. 
 
 Surplus. 
 $38,622 
 46,347 
 J 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 AUemania Fire, Pittsburgh, $200,000 $311,024 
 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, . 200,000 268,037 
 
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FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 TATTNALL PAULDING, 
 330 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Commercial Union, London, . $1,250,000 $7,143,835 $3,172,164 
 Fire Ins. Associat'n, London, 1,000,000 1,573,292 199,356 
 American, New York, . . . 400,000 1,042,899 520,119 
 
 CHARLES PLATT, Jr., 
 303 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Continental, New York, . 
 
 $1,000,000 $4,207,206 $1,405,792 
 
 Lancashire, England, . . 
 
 1,350,000 
 
 4,006,374 
 
 888,918 
 
 •British America, Toronto, 
 
 500,000 
 
 1,322,692 
 
 143,682 
 
 Watertown, New York, . 
 
 200,000 
 
 l,0e8,775 
 
 115,341 
 
 Commerce, Albany, N.Y., 
 
 200,000 
 
 418,657 
 
 144,319 
 
 American, Boston, . . . 
 
 300,000 
 
 580,267 
 
 127,461 
 
 Sun Fire, London, .... 
 
 
 
 
 PREVOST & HERRING, 
 
 N. E. Cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Northern, London, . . . . $1,500,000 $14,286,900 $3,029,572 
 Imperial, London, .... 3,500,000 8,727,000 3,208,257 
 
 Phenix, Brooklyn, 1,000,000 2,826,875 502,276 
 
 aermania, New York, . . . 1,000,000 2,471,061 823,369 
 
 A. F. SABINE, 
 506 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Firemen's, New York, . . . $204,000 $318,208 $54,499 
 
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 W. D. SHERRERD & CO., 
 
 222 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 North British and Mercantile, $2,500,000 $10,211,885 $4,894,722 
 
 Firemen's, Newark, N. J., . 
 
 500,000 
 
 1,237,055 
 
 607,537 
 
 Home, New York, 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 6,995,509 
 
 1,806,181 
 
 Hartford, Hartford, .... 
 
 1,250,000 
 
 4,072,575 
 
 1,332,864 
 
 Manhattan, New York, . . . 
 
 250,000 
 
 652,117 
 
 63,362 
 
 Louisville Underwriters, Zy. 
 
 300,000 
 
 636,637 
 
 248,335 
 
 WM. A. SIMPSON & SON, 
 428 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Traders', Chicago, . . 
 
 . $500,000 $1,031,598 
 
 $263,557 
 
 People's, New York, . . 
 
 . 200,000 358,009 
 
 100,284 
 
 Niagara, New York, . . 
 
 500,000 1,735,563 
 
 640,327 
 
 Lafayette, New York, . 
 
 . 150,000 318,292 
 
 100,116 
 
 ATWOOD SMITH, 
 341 Walnut Street. 
 
 Liverpool and London and Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 
 Qlohe, England, .... $1,228,200 $12,587,625 $6,299,257 
 
 Hamburg-Bremen, Germany, 300,000 1,400,843 362,060 
 
 SPRUNGK & LANCE, 
 
 462 North Fourth Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets, Surplus. 
 
 Union, Philadelphia, .... $300,000 $894,561 $68,056 
 
 Standard, London, 555,500 998,372 .17,555 
 
 Niagara, New York, ... . 500,000 1,735,563 640,327 
 
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FIRE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 WILLIAM L. TETE, 
 129 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 
 Zings County, New York, . $150,000 $403,620 $205,784 
 City, Pittsburgh, 100,000 186,783 39,235 
 
 TRADE INSURANCE CO., 
 
 lis South Fourth Street. 
 
 Capital, $200,000. Assets, $259,137. Surplus, $15,543. 
 
 AGENT FOR 
 
 GERMANIA INSURANCE CO., 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 
 Capital, $200,000. Assets, $236,151. Surplus, $11,161. 
 
 CHARLES TREDICK, 
 
 138 South Fourth Street. 
 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 Transatlantic, aermany, . . 
 
 $300,000 $1,034,876 
 
 $168,819 
 
 New Hampshire, N. H., . . 
 
 250,000 618,193 
 
 183,109 
 
 First National, Mass., . . 
 
 200,000 284,083 
 
 19,949 
 
 Jefferson, New York, .... 
 
 200,010 540,334 
 
 299,085 
 
 Ohio Fire, Dayton, Ohio, . . 
 
 200,000 284,941 
 
 26,552 
 
 LOUIS 
 
 WAGNER, 
 
 
 218 Walnut Street. 
 
 
 
 Capital. Assets. 
 
 Surplus. 
 
 American, Newark, N. J., . 
 
 $600,000 $1,538,378 
 
 $774,757 
 
 Merchants', Providence, E. I., 
 
 200,000 407,950 
 
 100,230 
 
 Equitable F. and M.,Prov.,E.I. 
 
 , 300,000 468,051 
 
 81,511 
 
 AtbnticF.andM.,Pro7.,E.I., 
 
 200,000 253,765 
 
 9,177 
 
 Franklin, Boston, . . 
 
 200,000 241,279 
 
 2,501 
 
 North German, Hambur.g, l,500,000m. 2,285,489m. 
 
 604,161m. 
 
LIFE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 GEORGE E. WAGNER, 
 
 417 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 Phcenk Assurance, London, . $353,600 $5,613,408 $3,310,748 
 Western Assurance, Canada, 400,000 1,389,179 237,087 
 Mutual, Germantown, Pa., . ... 448,477 229,116 
 Eochester-German, N. ?., . 200,000 493,786 134,891 
 Firemen's, Ohio, 250,000 424,009 52,339 
 
 ALEXANDER W. WISTER, 
 
 405 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus, 
 London Assurance, England, $2,241,375 $7,459,317 $3,810,477 
 
 Springfield F. and M., Mass., 1,000,000 2,255,808 436,117 
 
 Standard Fire, England, . . 565,500 838,372 17,555 
 
 Security, Connecticut, . . . 200,000 345,687 26,392 
 
 GEORGE WOOD, 
 
 306 Walnut Street. 
 
 Capital. Assets. Surplus. 
 
 Royal, of Liverpool, Eng- 
 land, $1,441,725 $12,631,799 $3,3i:,748 
 
 London and Lancashire, 
 Liverpool, England, . . 926,000 2,628,069 374,C73 
 
 WILLIAM W. ALLEN, 
 
 14-2 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Travelers, Hartford, Conn., Assets, $6,115,862 
 
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LIFE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 BATES & LAMBERT, 
 
 N. W. cor. Tenth and Chestnut Sts. 
 
 MUTUAL, New York, Assets, $34,702,958 
 
 Prudential, Newark, N. J Assets, $246,741 
 
 4-30 Walnut Street. 
 
 C. H. BRUSH, 
 
 121 South Fourth Street. 
 
 MtnA, Hartford, Conn., Assets, $25,777,708 
 
 L. C. BURT, 
 
 524- Walnut Street. 
 
 Charter Oak, Hartford, Conn Assets, $8,219,419 
 
 J. B. CARR, 
 
 414 Walnut Street. 
 
 Manhattan, New York, Assets, $3,977,949 
 
 J. H. CRANKSHAW, Sup't, 
 
 229 North Sixth Street. 
 
 W. 6. ROBERTS, Sup't, N. C. Cor. Third and Chestnut Sts. 
 
 Metropolitan Life, New York. Industrial Department. 
 Assets, $1,741,371 
 
 RICHARD FISHER, 
 
 4-26 Walnut Street. 
 
 Washington, New York, Assets, $5,826,712 
 
 R. C. FLOYD, 
 
 420 Walnut Street. 
 
 Brooklyn, New York, Assets, $1,460,504 
 
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LIFE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 H. G. FREEMAN, Jr., 
 
 113 South Fourth Street. 
 
 United States, New York, Assets, $4,727,418 
 
 S. S. HAMMOND, 
 
 520 Walnut Street. 
 
 Uaion Mutual, Portland, llaine, Assets, $6,024,023 
 
 F. A. HOWARD, 
 
 4-30 Walnut Street. 
 
 State Mutual, Worcester, Mass., Assets, $2,711,259 
 
 D. A. KEYES, 
 
 522 Walnut Street. 
 
 Mutual Benefit, Newark, $33,189,622 
 
 LONGACRE & EWING, 
 
 334 Walnut Street. 
 
 Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, Wis., . . Assets, $18,300,955 
 
 MARSTON & WAKELIN, 
 132 South Fourth Street. 
 
 New England Mutual, Boston, Assets, $14,403,476 
 
 R. J. MILLER, 
 
 4-32 Walnut Street. 
 
 Phcenis Mutual, Hartford, Conn., Assets, $10,372,970 
 
 MORE & VANUXEM, 
 S. E. Cor. Sixth and Walnut Streets. 
 
 New York Life, New York, Assets, $44,159,558 
 
 National, Montpelier, Vermont, Assets, $2,919,068 
 
 919 Chestnut Street. 
 
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LIFE INSURANCE AGENCIES. 
 
 RUDOLPH POTT, 
 
 422 Walnut Street. 
 
 Gemania, New York Assets, $3,198,792 
 
 READ &, CAVENY, Gen'l Agents, 
 
 S. W. Cor. Fourth and Chestnut Sts. 
 I. L. REGISTER, Financial Agent, 828 Cliestnut Street. 
 
 The EquitaUe Life Assurance Society, New York, 
 Assets, $41,511,949 
 
 E. C. RYER, District Agent, 
 
 JAMES P. HALL, Superintendent Prudential Department, 
 
 530 Walnut Street. 
 
 John Hancock Mutual, Boston, Mass., .... Assets, $2,399,677 
 
 SMYTH & FITZWATER, 
 4-01 Walnut Street. 
 
 Massachusetts Mutual, Springfield, Mass., . Assets, $6,461,530 
 
 WILLIAM STEFFE, 
 
 1004- Walnut Street. 
 
 Union Central, Cincinnati, Ohio, Assets, $1,645,310 
 
 W. H. TILDEN, 
 
 530 Walnut Street. 
 
 Connecticut Mutual, Hartford, Conn., . . . Assets, $48,778,093 
 Connecticut General, Hartford, Conn,, . . . Assets, 1,314,975 
 
 The Lion Life Insurance Company of London, U. S. Branch, 
 
 New York, 445 Broad\A^ay. 
 J. B. THOMAS, 4-04. Walnut Street. 
 
 CHAS. G. WEIGHTMAN, 
 
 1307 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Homoeopathic Mutual, New York, Assets, $649,0! 
 
MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES. 
 
 A. B. WELLS, 
 
 4-04- Walnut Street. 
 
 Home, New York, Assets, $4,875,711 
 
 WEST & PLUMMER, 
 512 Walnut Street. 
 
 Berkshire, Fittsfield, Mass., Assets, $3,508,096 
 
 ITational Life, United States of America, . . Assets, $3,542,220 
 14-0 South Fourth Street. 
 
 Continental, Hartford, Conn., Assets, $2,439,401 
 
 4-30 Walnut Street. 
 
 ORTON & TITUS, 
 
 427 Walnut Street. 
 
 Accident Insurance Co. of North America, Montreal, Canada. 
 Capital, $5 00,000 
 
 A. H. MOORE, 
 
 lis South Fourth Street. 
 
 Fidelity and Casualty, New York, Capital, $250,000 
 
 A. F. SABINE, 
 
 506 Walnut Street.' 
 
 The Guarantee Company of North America, . . Capital, $300,000 
 
 CORBIN & GOODRICH, 
 4-30 Walnut Street. 
 
 Hartford Steam Boiler Company, Capital, $200,000 
 
 WILLIAM C. O'NEILL, 
 
 4-18 Walnut Street. 
 
 Metropolitan Plate Glass Insurance Company, New York. 
 
 Capital, $100,000 
 
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SYNOPSIS OF LAW. 
 
 ^Pcnn6ylvanici 4jn6urancc -fPcpartment. 
 
 J. M. FORSTER, Commissioner. 
 EMERSON W. PEET, Actuary. 
 
 Abstracts of laws relating to admission of outside 
 companies, and insurance brokers : — 
 
 Companies must file with Commissioner certified copy of 
 charter; also, sworn statement of officers giving financial 
 condition of company ; also, written stipulation appointing 
 an attorney to accept legal service, this authority to con- 
 tinue while the company has any liability in the State. 
 Agents must file resi'lution of board of directors appointing 
 them, in order to procure certificates of authority from 
 Commissioner. Fire and marine companies must have 
 paid-up capital of $200,000, or $100,000 and surplus together 
 amounting to $200,000. Life companies must have assets 
 equal to the net value of all policies in force. Annual state- 
 ments must be filed in January. Foreign companies must 
 furnish annual statements other than those relating to busi- 
 ness in the United States, on first day of July. 
 
 Fees. — For filing copy of charter, ^25 ; for 
 annual statement, ^20; for each certificate of 
 authority, $2 ; valuation of life policies, not ex; 
 ceeding three cents for every ^1,000 of insurance 
 value; for official examination, the actual expenses. 
 Companies must furnish Commissi* mer with sworn 
 statement of premiums received, which must pay 
 a tax of three per cent, per annum. Reciprocal 
 legislation. 
 
 Penalties. — For failing to furnish statement 
 $100 fine for every day's neglect, and a further 
 fine of $500 for every month's neglect. 
 
 Insurance Brokers are required to obtain a 
 certificate of authority from the Commissioner, 
 which certificate must be renewed annually. Fee 
 for furnishing certificate, ;^io. 
 
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 Poard of Jirc gnderv^ritcr^, 
 
 (Organized, April i6th, 1852), 
 
 17 Merchants' Exchange. 
 
 THOMAS C. HAND, JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 
 President. Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 ^oard of garine gndcr\j\rritcr6, 
 
 (Organized, July 3d, 1844), 
 17 Merchants' Exchange. 
 
 THOMAS C. HAND, CHARLES PLATT, 
 
 President. Vice-President. 
 
 HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 ^irc pnAurancc §ccrctaric6' ^66ociation 
 of Philadelphia, 
 
 (Organized in May, 1882). 
 GEO. C. CROWELL, GREVILLE E. FRYER, 
 
 Chairman. Vice-Chairman. 
 
 SAMUEL W. KAY, Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Object: To promote sociability among its members, an«l 
 to secure a general interchange of views on matters per- 
 taining to fire insurance. Meetings monthly. 
 
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Uhc Philadelphia glrc gcpartmcnt. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS, 
 
 Corner Juniper and Race Streets. 
 
 JOHN R. CANTLIN, Chief-Engineer. 
 
 The present Paid Fire-Department was organized De- 
 cember 29th, 1870, and is under the control of a board of 
 seven commissioners. The department consists of a chief- 
 engineer, five assistant engineers, and four hundred and one 
 men ; 33 .steam fire-engines, wiih hose carts, and 10 hook 
 and ladder trucks. Number of feet of hose in use, 44,100. 
 
 WILLIAM R. HEINS, Fire Marshal, 
 Office, S. W. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets. 
 
 lire gelarm f clegraph. 
 
 CENTRAL OFFICE, 
 S. W. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut Streets. 
 
 WILLIAM J. PHILIPS, DAVID R. WALKER, 
 Superintendent. Assistant. 
 
 girc |n6urance patrol. 
 
 (Organized in 1870), 
 
 511 ARCH STREET. 
 
 ATW^OOD SMITH, J. W. McALLISTER, 
 
 President. Treasurer. 
 
 THOMAS C. HILL, GEO. R. STILLMAN, 
 
 Secretary. Captain of Patrol. 
 
 SYLVESTER B. PEAK, WM. McDEVITT, 
 
 Assistant Captain. Inspector of Buildings. 
 
Authorized 4|n6urancc 4proker6 
 
 IN PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Allen, W.W., 142 S. Fourth Street. 
 
 Allen, F Olcott, 224 Walnut " 
 
 Arrott, Wm., 117 S. Fourth " 
 
 Alkins, Wm H 121 S. Fourth " 
 
 Ash, Wm. H., 6ii Chestnut " 
 
 Ash, Jos. P., 611 Che-stnut " 
 
 Allison, T. N., 727 Chestnut " 
 
 Adams, C. H., 121 S. Fourth " 
 
 Acker, Jas. D., 148 S. Fourth " 
 
 Baldwin, B. K., 303 Walnut " 
 
 Buckman, Jno. W., 404 Walnut 
 
 Barnes, Paul H , 138 S. Fourth " 
 
 Beidler, E. R , looi Chestnut " 
 
 BoswELL, Wm. L., 121 S. Fourth 
 
 Bennett, W. C 138 S. Fourth " 
 
 BiGELOW, Geo. A 133 S. Fourth " 
 
 Beath, R. B., 419 Walnut 
 
 Brown, Wm , 123 S Fourth " 
 
 BiCKLEY, Lloyd W 201 Wal. Place. 
 
 Birch, H. A 424 Walnut 
 
 BouTCHER, Frank, Roxborough. 
 
 Butler, Chas., looi Che>tnut " 
 
 Berkheiser, Wm., 290 E. Cumberl. " 
 
 BuNDiCK, Geo. G., Camden, N J. 
 
 Beverlin, Jas. H, 1602 Passyunk Ave. 
 
 Baymore, Jos. Jr., 234 Hine Street. 
 
 Brande, H. W., 41b Walnut 
 
 Barker, ^L M 1921 Walnut " 
 
 Corlies, Wm. H., 230 S Fourth " 
 
 Carr, Jas. B , 414 Walnut "' 
 
 Crowell, Geo. G., 427 Walnut •' 
 
 Creth, John E., 225 Dock " 
 
 Corson, S. F , 222 Walnut " 
 
 Chamberlin, H. F., 518 Walnut " 
 
 Chamberlin, Thos., 148 S Fi-urth " 
 
 Caraher, E. J., 53 S. Ihird " 
 
 Crane, Robert, 319 Walnut " 
 
 Coleman, P. E. Jr 425 Walnut " 
 
 Condit, D. H., Camden, N. J. 
 
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AUTHORIZED INSURANCE BROKERS. 
 
 CoYLE, Jas. H., 434 Walnut Street. 
 
 Crawford, John, 434 Walnut " 
 
 CoxF.Y, John H., 117 N Forty-first 
 
 Craven, Frank, 1545 N Seventh 
 
 Cooper, VVm F., 139 S. Fifth 
 
 Courtney, S. P., 1549 N Sixth 
 
 Clark, Henry, 3( 9 Christian 
 
 Close, Edwin A., 333 Rfed 
 
 Crothers, S., 314/^ Walnut 
 
 Carpenter, W. H., 430 Library 
 
 Campbell, Jno. H., 740 Sansom 
 
 Dulles, A. C, 314/^ Walnut 
 
 DuY, Chas. A., 134 S. Fourth 
 
 Donaldson, F. A 53 S Third 
 
 Donley, J G., 428 Walnut 
 
 Elmes, Chas. E., 116 S. P'ourth 
 
 Etting, Reuben, 327 Walnut 
 
 Evans, M. D 323 Walnut 
 
 Ewing, Maskell, 324 Walnut 
 
 Evans, Chas. T 532 Walnut 
 
 Evans, Robert E., 133 S Fourth 
 
 Fry, Paul, 405 Walnut 
 
 Franssen, E., 424 Walnut 
 
 Floyd. R. C, 420 Walnut 
 
 Fries, S.F., Camaen, N.J. 
 
 Foster, Thos. C, 131 S. Fourth 
 
 Farnum, C. S 413 Walnut 
 
 Fisher, Richard, 426 Walnut 
 
 Freundenbrkg, S., Ill N. Fifth 
 
 Garrett, Wm. L , 230 S. Fourth 
 
 Goodrich, Wm. C, 403 Walnut 
 
 Gibson, John, 133 S. Fourth 
 
 Gray, Andrew, 3*3/^ Walnut 
 
 Godwin, Jos. B., 53 S Third 
 
 Graves, Wm. H , i8i6 Frankford Ave. 
 
 Gaskill, James, 224 Walnut Street. 
 
 Griffith. Wm. C, 123 S Fourth 
 
 Gross, Geo. H., 412 Walnut 
 
 Hare, R. Emott, 415 Walnut 
 
 Hilt, Samuel R., 114 S. Fourth 
 
 Hilt, David B., 114 S. Fourth 
 
 Herring, Chas. P., N E. cor. 4th& Wal. 
 
 Harper, T.E., S W cor. 4th & WaU 
 
 Howell, J. A. Jk 200 Walnut Place. 
 
 Hawley, Samuel D., 148 S. Fourth Street. 
 
 HuLTs, E. H., ii^S.Srcond " 
 
 Hyneman, J. E., 142 S. Fourth " 
 
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AUTHORIZED INSURANCE BROKERS. 
 
 Harmer, D., 430 Walnut Street. 
 
 HiGHLEY, F. M., 218 Walnut " 
 
 Howell, Z. L., 1921 Wallace " 
 
 Hamer, J. W., 921 Chestnut " 
 
 Harrison, A. W., 108 Queen st.. Germ. 
 
 Hausmann, Peter, 609 N. Third Street. 
 
 Harkness, S., 147 S. Front " 
 
 Hill, Oliver H., 427 Walnut " 
 
 Hill, Edward, 224 Walnut " 
 
 Haug, Adolph, 728 N. Third " 
 
 Hedley, D. B 38 S Third 
 
 Hancock, G. W., 623 Walnut "• 
 
 Haines, Wm. H., 140 S. Third 
 
 Jenks, a. S., looi Chestnut " 
 
 Jackson, AS., 813 Arch 
 
 Jones, John, 515 Market " 
 
 Jeffries, H. B , 
 
 Kase, J. H., 138 S. Fourth " 
 
 Katz, Marcus, looi Chestnut " 
 
 Lincoln, H. E., 413 Walnut " 
 
 Lieder, Alex., 702 N. Third " 
 
 Longacre, Jas. M 324 Walnut " 
 
 Lange, Max 462 N. Fourth " 
 
 Lancaster, Thos. J., 312 Walnut " 
 
 Langenheim, W. P 129 Bank " 
 
 Loughrey, B. a , 223 Dock " 
 
 Logo, Frank, 340 Dillwyn 
 
 Lutz,Wm. E., 1350 Wood 
 
 Little, F. V., 53 S. Third 
 
 Miller, Crawford, 339 Walnut " 
 
 Madeira, L. C, 322 Walnut " 
 
 Madeira, Henry, 322 Walnut " 
 
 Mather, Chas. E .' . . . . 231 Walnut " 
 
 Moore, J. C , 125 S. Fourth ' 
 
 Montgomery, H. R., NW cor. 5th & Race 
 
 MiCHENER, J T., 719 N. Tenth Street. 
 
 Middle! ON, R. T., 703 Walnut " 
 
 Miller, R. R., Camden, N. J. 
 
 Myers, J., 204 S. Eighth " 
 
 Morris, W., 
 
 McManus, J. v., 341 Walnut Street. 
 
 McIlvain, H 425 Walnut 
 
 Maule, J. C, 1510 N Twelfth 
 
 McCormick, E. P 520 Walnut 
 
 Newbold, Amos T., 144 S. Fourth 
 
 Nyholm, C J., 478 N. Third 
 
 O'Neill, Wm. C, 418 Walnut 
 
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AUTHORIZED INSURANCE BROKERS. 
 
 Ogden, Chas. S., 138 S. Fourth Street. 
 
 O'Brion, B. F., 231 Walnut 
 
 Peirce, G. H., 404 Walnut 
 
 Peterson, J. E., 431 Walnut 
 
 Plummer. E. H., Jk., 512 Walnut 
 
 Platt, Chas., Jr 303 Walnut 
 
 Paulding, T., 330 Walnut 
 
 Pfeffer, M 424 Walnut 
 
 Pott, Rudolph, 420 Walnut 
 
 Potter, S., 627 Walnut 
 
 Reakirt, E. L., 218I4 Walnut 
 
 Reeves, H. A , 522 Walnut 
 
 Rodgers, J. J. S., 514 Walnut 
 
 RiSLEY, 1>. Somers, Camden, N.J. 
 
 Reichard, C. a.. 125 S. 13th Street. 
 
 Serrill, Henry, 4811 Woodland Av. 
 
 Simpson, B. M., 428 Walnut Street. 
 
 Stocker.Geo. R., 116 S. Fourth 
 
 Smith, Atwood 341 Walnut 
 
 Shackelton, C. D., 50b Walnut 
 
 Sweeny, Dan'l W., 329 Walnut 
 
 Shields. Jno. J., 421 Walnut 
 
 Squire, Francis, 4106 Spruce 
 
 Sprungk, Wm., 462 N. Fourth 
 
 Sandberg, Jos., 424 Walnut 
 
 Stelwagon, H. G 205 Walnut Place. 
 
 Smith, Jere., . . 205% Walnut Street. 
 
 Stirling, Jos., 727 Walnut " 
 
 Simpson, J. B., 129 S. Fourth " 
 
 SoMMERS, Harry, 341 Walnut " 
 
 Sullivan, J. T., 225 Dock " 
 
 Smith, Jacob, 716 Master " 
 
 Steffe, Wm., 1004 Walnut " 
 
 Stonf, S S , Ji; 224 S. Fourth Street. 
 
 Smith, H. O , 419 Locust " 
 
 Tete, W. L., 129 S Fourth " 
 
 Tredick, Chas , 138 S. Fourth " 
 
 Truscott, J. Lynn, 420 Walnut " 
 
 Thomason, E. J., N. E. c. 7th & Chest. 
 
 Trewendt, Theo., 312 Stock Exchange. 
 
 Titus, Alex. H., Jr., 427 Walnut Street. 
 
 Voss, A., 121 S. Fourth 
 
 Vaux, J. Waln 144 S. Fourth 
 
 Woltjen, John, 23 S. Third 
 
 Williams, Chas., 330 Walnut 
 
 Wallace, Thos., 144 S. Fourth 
 
 Wolf, Isaac, 418 Walnut 
 
INSURANCE JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION. 
 
 WiSTER, Alex. W., 405 Walnut Street. 
 
 Wilson, VV. D., 117 S. Fourth " 
 
 WoRTHiNGTON, A. C, 404 Walnut " 
 
 Wagner, Louis, 218 Walnut " 
 
 Wood, B H., 306 Walnut 
 
 Wright, E. 1304 S Fourth " 
 
 WiNEBRENNEK, D. S., 129 S. Fourth " 
 
 Wilson, Jno., , ■ . 2230 Memphis " 
 
 Wallace, Jas. F , i Merchants' Ex. 
 
 Walmsley, Wm., 
 
 Wilson, A. S., 2034 S. Sixth Street. 
 
 Wilkinson, C. B., 112 S. Fourth " 
 
 West, G. A., 512 Walnut " 
 
 WiLMER, I R., 205 Walnut Place. 
 
 Wilson J. W., 224 Walnut " 
 
 Wetzell, G W., 1953 N. Fourth Street 
 
 Wightman. C G., 121 S. Fourth " 
 
 Wagner, Geo. E, 417 Walnut " 
 
 Williams, John, 17 Merchants' Ex. 
 
 Wood, C. J , 658 Franklin Street. 
 
 Whiting, J. H. C, Jr., 506 Walnut " 
 
 Jn6urance ^ournalidtd' gAAOciation of the 
 gnitcd gtatcA, 
 
 (Organized October, 1881). 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 
 
 J. A FOWLER, Chairman. 
 
 C. C. BOMBAUGH, J. S. BLOOMINGSTON, 
 
 STEPHEN ENGLISH, SAM'L H. DAVIS, 
 
 C. C. HINE, CLIFFORD THOMSON, 
 
 Treasurer. Secretary . 
 
 Members, October 1882 : American Evchange and 
 Review, Philadelphia; Argus, Chicago; Baltimore Under- 
 writer, Baltimore ; Coast Review, San Franc sec ; Chronicle, 
 New York ; Insurance Age, New York; Insurance Monitor, 
 New York; Insurance and Real Ksiate Journal, New York; 
 Insurance Times, New York ; Insurance World, Pittsburgh ; 
 Investigitor, Chicago ; Record New York ; Review, New 
 York; Spectator, New York; Standard, Boston; United 
 States Insurance Gazette, New York ; United States 
 Review, Philadelphia; Western Insurance Review, St. 
 Louis. 
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