The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-21
IN ELEGANT NEW QUARTERS.
Van Arsdale & Osborn Now Occupy
the Entire Ground Foor of the
Fletcher Block.


Van Arsdale and Osborne have moved
their insurance Office from their old loca-
ton in the Whine building to the first
floor of the Fletcher block. For some
time they have been crowded for room.
Their large office force and rapidly in
| creasing business necessitated their seek
| ing more comodious quarters, and they
| now occupy the entire ground floor Of
the Fletcher block, corner of Second and
Main streets.
a reporter for the Eagle visited their
new offices yesterday and was shown
the arrangement and conveniences OF
their new quarters and Mr.. Van Arsdale
explained TO him the perfect system OF
their office force.
Van Arsdale & Osborne are general
agents for the St. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance company, their territory being
Kansas Oklahoma and Indian territory
They located in Wichita four years ago,
at first employing four people, and they
now employ a regular office force of six
teen people and in busy seasons this
force is increased to twenty-five besides
some idea of the immense volume of
business done by this firm by the in
formation furnished the Eagle man, that
the premiums that will go through this
office this year will amount TO about
a half million dollars Messrs Van Ars-
dale & Osborne stated that the premiums
passing through their Wichita office
would amount to from $4,000 to $4,000,
and possibly more.
They have over 400 agencies scattered
throughout their territory which report
regularly to this office. They probably
do the largest postal business of any
firm in Wichita, using hundreds of dollars
worth of postage stamps every week.
Their new elegant offices are unques-
tionably the finest in the city. The room
was built and arranged for a bank dur
ing boom times and is nicely arranged
and appointed for their large force. The
main office occupied the corner room.
This is divided by their office system into
three sections, the business department,
bookkeeping department. The daily re-
port examiner occupies the first desk in
the business department and it is his
duty TO examine the daily reports All
business approved by him is passed to the
policy writer's desk and on the mailing
department.
The bookkeeping department is located
at the back part of the office on the north
side and convenient to the large vault.
which is very much need for STRONG their
large stock of stamped envelopes, postage
stamps, BOOKS and valuable papers.
Adjoining this department il the col.
lecting department, which occupies the
balance of the north side of the main
office to the front Of the room, where
the managers desk is located in the win
dow alcove.
Just north of the collecting department |!
another large room opens and iE here IS /
kept the stock for supplying their many /
offices. At the present time they havN
enough stock to start a good sized sta
tionery house. Just north of the managers +
desk another door opens into a large /
private Office. This is very well located. /
having an outside entrance and also con-
nected with the main office by door
The private Office is nicely carpeted with 4
velvet carpet and is given "A cosy ap-
pearance by a handsome manteI and
CRATE The only furnishings In this Office
is the managers desk and handsome
library table with half dozen comfort 4
able chairs.
Their offices occupy the entire ground
floor and are steam heated All the wood
work is in natural cherry. very elaborate
" finished with pannels and heavy mould
ngs. The front of the main office has a
tile floor. This room Is carpeted with
nlaid linoleum. with pattern to match
the thing. II is an ideal location for
Van Arsdale & OsboInes large force Of
office people, fronting on Main and Sec
md streets. with large plate glass win
lows on both streets. giving them plenty
II light, sunshine and ventilation.
The Eagle compliments this firm on
heir pronounced success and in securing
such fine quarters for their new home.
Phone the Holland Yeast Co