The history of the National board of fire underwriters: fifty years of a civilizing force

Harry Chase Brearley, Daniel N. Handy

Frederick A. Stokes company, 1916 - Fire insurance - 323 pages

Contents

• The Beginning of the Story: 1
• Bringing Order out of Chaos: 14
• The Old Quarters at 156 Broadway: 22
• The Stimulus of Adversity: 27
• The Dangers of Prosperity: 36
• Removing the Bone of Contention: 51
• Henry A OakleyGeorge L ChaseAlfred: 52
• Ebb Tide and Low Water: 60
• The Return of the Tide: 70
• The Growth of Fire Prevention: 78
• The National Board as a Balance Wheel: 84
• Daniel A HealdD W C SkiltonE A Walton: 85
• An Enlargement of Engineering Activities: 87
• Henry W EatonE C IrvinGeorge P Sheldon: 92
• Baltimore and San Francisco: 95
• Grappling with the Firewaste Problem: 104
• An Era of Legislative Investigation: 115
• Alonzo W DamonGeorge W BabbWilliam: 118
• Present Phases of the Work: 133
• The Executive Committee in Session: 136
• Field Work of the Fire Prevention Committee: 144
• The Main Room of the Actuarial Bureau: 154
• A Corner of the Quarters of the Committee on Fire: 158
• Fire Prevention Today: 162
• Practical Lessons in Construction: 166
• A Visit to the Underwriters Laboratories: 178
• Studying Fire Hazard: 186
• The Hydraulic Laboratory: 190
• Fire Insurance in its Relation to the Policy holder: 197
• Fire Insurance in its Relation to Business: 206
• Fire Insurance in its Relation to the State: 212
• The National Board as a Civilizing Force: 226
• Appendices: 233

Bibliographic information

• Title: The history of the National board of fire underwriters: fifty years of a civilizing force
• Authors: Harry Chase Brearley, Daniel N. Handy
• Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes company, 1916
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Dec 11, 2008
• Length: 323 pages
• Subjects: Fire insurance; Fire prevention