. Book of the Royal blue . rward are so readily observ-able, that no expressions of doubt are heardas to its completeness on the appointed thing that strikes the visitor isthe variety of work being done. Every-thing incident to building operations isbeing carried on. There are excavatorsand pile drivers, graders and tree planters,engineers and landscape gardeners, rail-road builders and operators, carpenters and half a dozen buzz saws grate on the ear,while the shouts of teamsters urge on theiranimals as well as serve as warnings tokeep out of the way. It is hard to gain a correct impr
. Book of the Royal blue . rward are so readily observ-able, that no expressions of doubt are heardas to its completeness on the appointed thing that strikes the visitor isthe variety of work being done. Every-thing incident to building operations isbeing carried on. There are excavatorsand pile drivers, graders and tree planters,engineers and landscape gardeners, rail-road builders and operators, carpenters and half a dozen buzz saws grate on the ear,while the shouts of teamsters urge on theiranimals as well as serve as warnings tokeep out of the way. It is hard to gain a correct impressionof the mammoth size of the buildings, asthere are no buildings of the ordinary sizewith which to compare them. The cor-nices are sixty-five feet from grade, whichis the height of an ordinary four or fivestory building. The purchase of materials is no smalltask. The following items relating to theVaried Industries building will give aninsight into this work: This building willrequire 7,000,000 feet of lumber, 500 win-. ^Mdvi i I-i >r:
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