Fire Insurance And How To Build PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...Methodist and Baptist Churches. In the large cities, however, some of these, especially Episcopal churches, are ornate in their fresco work and finish. The organ in the church should not be separately insured, unless by some other company than the one who furnishes this Instruction Book. The most equitable way of insuring the organ, which is particularly liable to damage, is to distribute the insurance on it among all of the companies taking the building. Cigarette Manufactories. These should be declined at ordinary rates. They need full rates, the most careful inspection, and any company insuring them will want full advice on all points of danger. Cigar Manufactories. These are seldom found outside of towns. They ought not to be hazardous, with reasonable care, but the stock is particularly liable to damage. If cigar boxes made, inspect and report as for woodworking. Dust explosions are incidents of these risks and should be guarded against. Sweat room hazard; inspect carefully, especially as to setting of stoves, &c. An explosion occurred in the shavings vault of the William "VVieke factory in New York, destroying large values. Another in the cigar box factory of Shcip & Co., Philadelphia. In the latter case the door at the Iwttom of the shavings shaft was directly facing the furnace doors of the boilers. In this risk the hazard was improved after the explosion by carrying the explosive Cyclone Separator dust through metallic conductors to a tank of water on the roof of the factory. Cleaning and Dye Works. These use naphtha and benzine in such quantities as to make them undesirable. There are exceptions to the class, however, and there is no reason why they should not be so constructed and the dangerous processes so...