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Show American Builders Week at San Francisco San Francisco, Oct. 13 More than CO.000 builders representing every department de-partment of construction work from excavating to roofing nnd all lines of business dependent upon building operations, are coming to this city to tako part In Americnn Builders Week, October 18 to 23. From tho opening day to the last, tho celebration celebra-tion of the achievements ot tho modern mod-ern builders will contlnuo without Interruption. In-terruption. It will bo tho first gathering gath-ering of its kind ever held nnd builders build-ers nro coming from the Atlantic coast, from tho stntes of the South, from tho Northwest and middle west to tnko part In tho mammoth demonstration. demon-stration. Special trains will begin to nrrlvo on October 17 bringing delegations del-egations from all parts ot the country coun-try nnd nearly every visiting builder has rcsorved hotel accommodations for tho entire week. Tho main feature of the elaborate program will "bo the colossal street pageant In which four miles of floats will tell the story of tho progress of building from the hut of the pioneer to the sky semper of todny. Furthermore Further-more tho pageant will portrny every stngo In building construction today and will reveal In actual operation nearly every process used In modern building. It Is predicted that tho American Builders' Week pageant will bo tho greatest Industrial parade pa-rade over held on tho streets of an American city. So many branches of building work nlrendy havo signified signi-fied their intention of taking part In tho hugo pageant that It has been necessnry to divide It Into thirty divisions. di-visions. E. T. Thurston, secretary of Americnn Am-ericnn Builders Week, 57 Post street, San Francisco, requests all thoso who Intend to come to San Francisco to tako part In tho celebration to notify him, giving tho nnmo of their business, busi-ness, tho orgnnlzntlon they represent tho number In their party nnd tho day nnd hour of their' arrlvnl. m |
