. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . FIRE OP 1835.[From Coenties Slip.] denoe will be generally felt. In order to extend assistance the State Treasury should beauthorized to loan on all the good securities, bonds and mortgages, etc., in the possession ofthe insurance companies, to afford them an immediate opportunity to pay the amount oftheir indebtedness on their policies of insurance, without which they will have to depend onthe dilatory course of law, and, in the operation, necessarily increase the distress by e
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . FIRE OP 1835.[From Coenties Slip.] denoe will be generally felt. In order to extend assistance the State Treasury should beauthorized to loan on all the good securities, bonds and mortgages, etc., in the possession ofthe insurance companies, to afford them an immediate opportunity to pay the amount oftheir indebtedness on their policies of insurance, without which they will have to depend onthe dilatory course of law, and, in the operation, necessarily increase the distress by extend- jing the embarrassment to others, and thus, independent of the procrastination, defeat thevery object in contemplation. In the panic of 1832 the Bank of England advanced on titledeeds, bonds and mortgages, etc., with a promptness and vigor at once honorable to thatnoble institution and to the government which sanctioned the assumption of such a re-sponsibility-. These negotiations were made on tho character of the applicants, free fromall petty cavilling, which saved Great Britain from bankruptcy. It was
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