Lower Insurance

When the project of a water-work system was being agltatcd one of tli cliicf argumenta in favor of it was tlia it woiild lessen tlio lates ot Insuranci The idea Memed Indisputable Uut, iil a liiiiiilrcil liyilrants scattered througt the streets, from which stroiijj stream cil water could be poured at any ino ment, tire protection would be far mor ampie than formerly. This is now the slluation, and we all feel a thotUMM times safer with our property guarded by a bountiful supply of water near at hand both to the business blocks and to tli residencea. Of course there is no doub about it; henee, as property is nmrl safer, shoukl not Insurance raten now come down ? Many thousandgof dollar are paid out every year by our citizeu lor insurance and thus far we have beci so fortúnate as to receive but little of i back. Now witU increased protection there promises to be a smaller lire loss Therefore the companies, which in tli l:ist have made a great many thousand out of Anu Arbor, should b content t lower the rates. To accomplieh this reduction it wouU !¦ advisxble for property owners to mee together and make a joint request to Iba effect Providcd they do so unitt w have no doubt butthat they can get lowe rates and thus save considerable mone; which yearly goes into the capaiou vaultsof the ten-per-cent dividend fire in surance companies.