, 1875-07-10
W. H. CuNNIN CHAM & co.

When ono has mAds up hts mind To inaute, II
Is very important that ho talect Responsible"
Agoncy In which to place his rielia. MtBt toop!H
lose sight of lhe fact that the aguucy II nlnre
important confederation to ttaesn than tile cotn-
pAnr, for III tsatto, OF fact very fow people
hAvn an opportunity of Judging ~ to the ttas,d-
ing or condition Of : cn1npauy. They hAvo to
plsce confidence In eomabody to a certain OK
tant, aud It In groat deal better to place it in
tue agency Which i,us 9ood loca! repntation
ard wl,ose 4tant!lny ran he fuit1 our. tlan In q
company w'iote Aotna oitica may ho located :
thousand tulles away. and whose condition NUT
Ia indgod from clEtent repnrk. 1u the irHt
plLco It may DO net down * II TACT thas
AN UDSOKANLK AGENCY
will not reproasnt a cu,npaiy whose rtaud-
ing IN not known to bt good, hhl the Agency
has bostor opportunity, of Judging ssn 10 tito
atandlng of co,niauy tha.t thu individual. Two
Of ths tnuut thoroughly podte1 gentleuun IN tru
and T. $. Cunaughatn. whD coHHtIttto she irNt
nf ". II. Cunningham It to, locx'cd in koDmn
III. II, and ~. III 'l,e N..on DuimE coruer ut
3tonsoe and La9a!,e strtets, Ntr. ". II. Cuu-
n,n8ham, tho pe,iior ,neniner nf the firm. III
pcnnsylyhnixn by birth. lilo tlaa devoted tho
greater part Of his tl;s tn tho study mud practice
OF fire insurance, aud during tho FaAt tfsifteon
yours has had tho Western management OF soMe
Of the leadinK lI4nraE:e c0tltlahta OF tin cohtI.
try. and lie III now the Gsus!sl Agent for t!Ie
Northwest for tho two largest co,uparias in TIM
counttv--the Fro AEsn:iRt1on OF America. aud
the American Fire Insurance Company. both of
Philadelphia. Tan fnrAlcr he representa- in the
Blates Of Illinois. Michigan, Iowa, and MINNESOTA
and tho latter III tho hanl1 b:atcs all Indi1ua ~
vol. Tho four Eas!"r,i COMPANIES iu hlH agency
ho introduced III Chic1go IN 1871 ttleT p,tor be-
fore having done bAHlues. wet Of tho AEe5l.huy
Mountains. although nono Of than arc less tha's
half century old.
The acouey hua acquired an enristle rcputa-
tlol. among losu1ancn tn;n for good Judgment
md caution in the t,iaciug of r1nks-an opinion
which the racord Of tue companies IN Cb:cago
fully tust.tias. Thor aggregate 10 \ liz tue lu!y
tire OF Que year ago was less than SEQ. .uuo. bein:
entirely east Of State Atrsoi AMI upon htr:-c!ass
buildings This '.l'lst no especially gratifying to
tho Companies. for notwithstanding the July
lire they III largely aliaal I'll tho!e bualuass III
Chicago. A nora tabular inanson OF
THE cuMrAsira ..
represented by this ngeucs will bc sufficient. ~
t!eir strength a.1t excellent standing are vel
known. They arc n fnl!o"s:
American Fire Insurance Company, I7Iila1ef.
rrs rs. Al l petph
Insurance c"u,nny II tic St.:o of Ti1.s,syl.
v4,.ts. pht!slspai4, or9allIed !7'4 xs-.a. eoo.oN
1te,ttnx rtra Insurance Company, head-nk,
"a. organkcI 1I'7, asssts. s......:-:.... aoo,doo
Commercial Insurance Company, 81. Louis,
organized less, hssatA. bIu,o0o
Tho Company laAs named IL now the largest in
the Vest, with onD EXCEPTION. 1t was or.nnizcd
| III 1885 will, a15H,9j0 capital. Hnd Bsartcd out
will the intention cf doing l,usluess outside Of
| 81. Louis 1t however, found Its capital i,1suh-
| oont to do blsiue.A on the scala intended. and
being determined to make tbs Company y ss,c-
cess, paul ut its capital tn s'u 0J0, auu docided
to do bu.i,ets in tic City OF st. Louis vol as
! in tho country. II now !lus surplus capital Of
$40 Utlu. besides tho A,aouut OF capital nanell.
II haA come here with It's new rolic1. aud III tho
lIauds Of Messrs. Cunnlughatn + Co. will take
4 LEADING POSITION
! among 1nxnranco companies.
| Tho four Pennsylvania companies are long eR-
| tabliahed, and have accumulated millions by
| coao md conservative management. There are
| mono kafer In Chicago.