CHAPTER III.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION.

The object of its organization — A unique and highly advantageous system of free advertising — How the world
has been informed of all the details of the commencement, progress and completion of the gigantic work
— A perfect system of distribution of information of daily happenings conceived and matchlessly executed
— Quarter of a million documents mailed in a single week — Thirty thousand electrotypes of buildings sent
out — Ninety thousand lithographs judiciously given away — More than a hundred thousand dollars worth
of postage stamps used — Stupendous advantages derived therefrom — Graphic sketch of the distinguished
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