The "sparkling" Rhine, the "still" Moselle, the far-famed "Dutchess,"
the German of Freeport, the Traders of Chicago, the Austrian Phoenix,
the Calumet, the American of Boston and others soon after sought the
seclusion which a receiver or cessation of business in California
grants, and like the Arab, they folded their tents and silently stole
away.
At the termination of the meeting, President Chase of the Hartford,
President Damon of the Springfield, Chairman Spencer and several others,
all leaders in dollar-for-dollar ranks, some of whom are alive and some
of whom are gone, gathered around and congratulated the California upon
its attitude. Individually, it gave me a feeling of pride and
satisfaction to be the representative of a company which manfully stood
up to the rack with the best traditions of American fire insurance. It
may be well to recall to mind as a historical fact that it was at this
meeting the term "dollar-for-dollar" companies was born.
Coming Back to San Francisco
Early in June we made arrangements to vacate our quarters in Oakland in
the Blake and Moffitt Building, and on the 5th of that month the
California was moved to an office in San Francisco. This was a temporary
frame structure erected on identically the same site which the company
had occupied prior to the fire, and where the magnificent new skyscraper
known as the "Newhall" Building now stands.
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