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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of the American Railway Bridge and Building Association, Successor to the Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings: Held at Detroit, Mich., October 19-21, 1915 The President - It is very fitting that we should be welcomed to this fine city by its chief executive. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the mayor of Detroit, the Hon. Oscar B. Marx. The Mayor - Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the American Railway Bridge and Building Association: In behalf of the people of the city of Detroit I desire to extend to you a most hearty welcome. I am glad, gentlemen, to see that you brought your chaperons along. No convention is a success unless you have the ladies with you, because they always make things pleasant for all of you. I am very glad, indeed, that you came here at this time, be cause we may ask for your assistance. Last year we had the mis fortune to have our bridge connecting the mainland with our beau tiful park, Belle Isle, burn down. I do not know and I do not think the people know exactly what they want in the way of a new bridge. If you gentleman can make any suggestions to us on this subject, you can rest assured that we will be a pleased public. 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.