The Boom Town That Rose from the Ashes

The fire of a year and a half ago was the great furnace in which the institutions of Seattle were tried. The great disaster acted as a refiner and strengthener to the solid and business-like men of this community. It will be remembered that the total insurance on the property destroyed in that memorable fire was nearly two and a half million dollars. Of this amount, about one-third, or eight hundred thousand dollars, was carried by the companies represented by that old and reliable firm, Burns & Atkinson. This amount was readily paid by these companies, the prompt payment being perhaps the chief factor in the rapid rebuilding of the city and the speedy resumption of business on even a more prosperous basis than ever before. With this array of strong companies, any insurance agency would prosper, but when represented by such well-known and substantial men as Messrs. Burns & Atkinson, prosperity is doubly assured. The firm has been in existence for fifteen years, and has seen Seattle grow from a small town to its present metropolitan proportions.