Excerpt from Guide to the Exhibits of American Wool Manufactures, Including Hosiery and Knit Goods, Groups 103 and 104: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A., 1893; Department of Manufactures, Section P The committee held many meetings; sent a number of circulars to all the wool manufacturers of the country; received and forwarded allthe applications for exhibiting space; prepared plans for cases; made contracts for their construction, and superintended their erection oh tained from the authorities an allotment of space, 133 by 155 feet in dimensions, in the most eligible section of the building devoted to manufactures, and, in a word, attended to all the preliminary details of the exhibit. Which were endless in number and involved a voluminous correspondence. The manufacturers' committee was most heartily seconded and assisted by the New York Commission House Committee, and especial mention Should be made of the enthusiastic and efficient labors of Mr. George IV. Bramhall, its secretary. The plans of the committee, as they matured, were submitted for approval to meetings of the exhibitors, Which were held in New York on April 14 and May 12, 1892, and January 13, 1893. These meetings were well attended by exhibitors, and the plans for the cases, for their painting and their arrangement within the space allotted, were approved with practical unanimity. 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.