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Chicago at the Coliseum and First Eegiment 

 Armory during the week of September 22, and 

 as usual there will be a number of society 

 meetings held jointly with it. 



The Journal of Industrial and Engineering 

 Chemistry states that the movement to Chi- 

 cago was decided unanimously last September 

 at a meeting of the advisory committee of the 

 exposition with the managers of the exposition 

 for two reasons : The U. S. Army commandeered 

 the Grand Central Palace immediately upon 

 the close of the last exposition, to be converted 

 into a receiving hospital, use for which has 

 now, happily, nearly ceased. The Chicago Sec- 

 tion of the American Chemical Society had 

 been active in its interest in the exposition 

 and was keenly interested in having it held in 

 the city of Chicago ; the Association of Com- 

 merce felt a keen interest in welcoming the 

 exposition; it was the thought of all that the 

 exposition would stimulate development along 

 chemical lines in the Chicago district and the 

 adjoining states. 



, The Advisory Committee of the Exposition 

 consists of: 



Charles H. Herty, Chairman, editor, Journal 

 of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 



Eaymond F. Bacon, director, Mellon Institute. 



L. H. Baekeland, member, ISTaval Consulting 

 Board. 



W. D. Bancroft, president, American Electro- 

 chemical Society. 



Henry B. Faber, Industrial Filtration Cor- 



, poration. 



Ellwood Hendrick, president. The Chemists' 

 Club. 



Bernhard C. Hesse, General Chemical Com- 

 pany. 



A. D. Little, president, Arthur D. Little, Inc. 



Wm. H. Nichols, president, American Chemical 

 Society. 



R. P. Perry, vice-president. The Barrett Com- 



, pany. 



H. C. Parmelee, editor. Chemical and Metal- 

 lurgical Engineering. 



G. W. Thompson, president, American Insti- 

 tute of Chemical Engineers. 



■f. B. "Wagner, United States Food Products 

 Corporation. 



M. C. Whitaker, president. United States In- 

 dustrial Alcohol Co. 

 Charles F. Eoth. 

 Fred W. Payne. 



There is also added a special Chicago ad- 

 visory committee consisting of L. V. Redman, 

 W. D. Richardson, A. V. H. Mory, Carl S. 

 Minor, F. "W. WiUard and Wm. Hoskins. The 

 managers, as in the past, are Charles F. Eoth 

 and Fred W. Payne, and the general office is 

 at 417 South Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 



When the move to Chicago was first planned 

 it was decided to use the largest available ex- 

 position building there, the Coliseum, which is 

 conveniently located for the business, hotel, 

 residence and industrial centers of the city. 

 It soon developed that the space in the build- 

 ing was inadequate and shortly after the sign- 

 ing of the armistice when government property 

 again became accessible, the management made 

 arrangements to engage the First Regiment 

 Armory for exhibits and meetings of some of 

 the societies. The armory faces the next 

 parallel street, which is Michigan Boulevard, 

 and is separated from the Coliseum by only a 

 narrow alleyway. The managers report that a 

 considerable part of this space is already en- 

 gaged, much of it by Chicago concerns, prom- 

 ising a creditable showing for Chicago indus- 

 trial progressives. 



The number of exhibitors is already larger 

 than at the same time last year and includes 

 many new companies who have not formerly 

 exhibited. There are also on the list the names 

 of regular exhibitors who have become insep- 

 arably connected with the exposition and who 

 have become established as the bulwarks of the 

 American chemical industry. 

 I Of the meetings to be held in connection 

 .with the exposition a program is in prepara- 

 tion which includes the general meetings of 

 ,the American Electrochemical Society, the 

 American Institute of Mining Engineers and 

 ;the American Ceramic Society. The Tech- 

 nical Association of the Pulp and Paper In- 

 dustry is planning to meet with the exposition 

 ,in several technical sessions. The Chicago 

 Section of the American Chemical Society 

 will have headquarters at the exposition 



