Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Convention of the American Railway, Bridge and Building Association: Successor to the Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings, Held at St. Louis, Missouri, October 17-19, 1911 The mayor of the city is not able to be present, because this is the day of the annual police parade, and I want to say right here that I hope you will not connect the parade of the police with your convention; it is an annual custom and is simply a coincidence. I do not believe it will be necessary to call on the police during your presence here, on account of the great number of ladies that are present (laughter). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.