LOUISVILLE NINETEEM HUNDRED AMD FIVE JEFFERSON MONU^IENT Facts Regarding Louisville Population, 350,000, within a radius of six miles. Within 50 miles of the center of popula- tion of the United States. Property valuation, $150,000,000. A city of Beautiful Homes. Gas (artificial), $1 per 1,000 feet. Gas (natural), 60 cents per 1,000 feet. 200 Churches, all denominations. A Magnificent Public Library and Art Museum. 60 PubUc Day Schools. 6 PubUc Night Schools. 9 Kindergartens. 8 Medical Colleges. 2 Law Schools. 3 Business Colleges. 4 Theological Seminaries. 1 College of Pharmacy. 1 Dental College. 10 Great Railroads enter here. Steamers reach 33 navigable rivers, and Gulf of Mexico. Three bridges across the Ohio river. Unexcelled transportation facilities. A Racing Center — fast mile track. A Bathing Beach and two Boat Clubs. TAX EXEMPTION TO NEW FAC- TORIES. CHEAPEST FUEL IN THE UNITED STATES. Lowest death rate. Largest banking capital in the South. Grandest Park System in the United States. Is the center of "Kentucky Hospitality" with a social life unsurpassed in the world. Leads the World in Jeans. Leads the World in Farm Wagons. Leads the World in Whisky. Leads the World in Sole Leather. Leads the World in Cement. Largest Tobacco Market in the World. Largest Tobacco Rehandlers in the World. Largest Tobacco Manufacturers in the World. Largest Plumbers' Supply Plant in the United States. Largest Soap Factory in the South. Largest Box Factory in the World. A Marked Social and Club Life. Largest Live Stock Market. Largest Exclusive Organ Factory in the World. LOUISVILLE CITY HAI.I, Louisville is the .gateway to the South, the pride of a proud peojile, and the source of much of their supply and demand. After the war, Louisville, beinj.^ more alile than any other Southern city, gave of her credit and money to the Southern business man and planter. The great help of that act, with her location and business energy and growth, has given Louisville a warm place in the Southern heart and made her the leading business center. Not only is Louisville a leader in the thought and sentiment of the South, but its great advantages in location, its water and railroad connections, gives it a unique place among the cities of the country. To reach the great South's wants and needs, one must do so through the numerous trade avenues of Louisville. No city lives in the minds of the millions of people in that great territory south of the Ohio river as does Louisville. Louisville plows, wagons, leather, tobacco, whisky, cement, (lour, cotton goods, beef, pork, plumbing goods, soap, groceries, hard- ware, clothing, shoes, etc., find markets, by rail and water, wherever people buy and sell. Louisville has nearly |85,O00,0ob invested in her factories, having in operation 3,000 manufacturing establishments, with an out- put of i>()4,U60,823 lbs. in various articles and 8,5SS,4()!( barrels and boxes amounting to $!)0,O00,O00. She employs 40,000 men and women at wages and hours so satisfactory that, since the universal strike of 1877, not a single strike has occurred of any importance. Homes in the suburbs are so cheap, so easily reached, that most workmen own their homes. There is very little or no tenement life in Louisville; fuel, light and water are very cheap. Situated on the greatest coal-carrying river in the world, and near the great gas and coal fields of Indiana and Kentucky, Louisville enjoys the great benefits of cheap fuel and light, with never a famine in either. The largest plow" factory in the country is in Louisville. A wagon factory turns out 140 wagons per day. The largest jeans factory in the world is here. It is also the largest leaf tobacco market and whisky depot. Nearly 7.'),Oo6 tons of cast-iron pipe are made yearly, and large fac- tories of plumbers' goods have their home in Louisville. The stock market is large. One flour mill turns out 1, BOO barrels per day; and 24,000.000 pounds of soap are manufactured yearly. The L. & N. Railroad is now building 'the largest machine-shops in the world in the city limits, where thousands of workmen, at good wages, will have constant work. The bank clearings are over $550,- 000,000 yearly, and the money market is on a firm basis. The jobbing trade is heavy in hard- ware, dry goods, drugs, clothing, shoes, etc. In some of them Louis- ville leads all other cities of the South- west. With her ten great railroads and their numerous branches, and the great waterway, this trade has pecu- liar advantages in Louisville; so much are these things considered that there are now a half million dollars being a.11 .-^ HmTH1< OUR RETAIL TRADE. A short walk through thoroughfares lined with manifold "emporiums of trade" of every description of commercial en- deavor will soon convince the vistor that Louisville is a mercantile center of no mean importance. We can justly say that in few cities can there be found so com- plete and excellent a business complement and that in our stores can be found every variety of goods, from every quarter of the civilized globe. That trade is brisk and constantly increasing in volume is evi- denced by the frequency with which new institutions are established here and the rapidity with whch they e.xpand and grow. The value of the city as a business loca- tion is becoming daily more widelj- rec- ognized and taken advantage of. LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE OUR AGRICULTURE. The foundation for the establishment and successful growth of the city of Louisville rests on a substantial bed rock of natural resources, as surrounding it for hundreds of miles are lands of sufficient area to fur- nish homes for all of the population that can be engaged in its development, with soil as fertile and as choice for fruit and farming as can be found in this or any other State. Kentucky is truly a farmer and home land. Its grains are the heaviest, its grasses the most nutritious and its fruits the most delicious. She is the banner to- bacco State of the Union, having sold through our local markets last year about 200,000,000 pounds of tobacco, and also she is a leader in the whisky industry of the country, and her products are in the mar- ket far beyond its borders, because of their excellence. One may have seen the valley of the Nile, for ages "the granary of the world." He may have roamed amid the rich plantations on the Caribbean shores, where the wondrous soil yields almost spontaneously every grain, grass, vegeta- ble and fruit necessary for human sus- tenance and luxury; he may have trav- ersed the famous Scioto valley, the paradise of Ohio, and the far-famed Red river valley of Dakota, with its mighty wheat fields stretching away till all around the blue sky meets the heads of golden grain. He may have grown familiar with all the so- called garden spots of earth, but there are still amazements for him in Kentucky. No more overflowingly bounteous golden grain fields or heavier laden vines and fruit trees ever gladdened the heart and pocket of sun-browned husbandman with hundred- fold harvests. No greener pastures ever feasted the frolicsome colt, or fatted the festive gentleman calf. FRATERNAL. Our fraternal and social orders are the pride of the city and add much to its met- ropolitan prestige and standing. They com- prise every form of high-class politcal, re- ligious, social and secret societies, whose ensemble includes the pick of our best and most public-spirited citizenship and busi- ness manhood. Their many excellent en- tertainments and social functions are a source of much enjoyment and credit to our city and their influence on the general character of our public and privat-" )'fe is potent and beneficial. THE THREE BRIDGES TH.\T SPAN THE OHIO RIVER AT I.OUISVII^I,E LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. Louisville's school system is one of her chief glories. The school buildings are roomy, well built, modern houses, some of . them architecturally handsome. There are four high schools, two normal schools, one commercial school and forty-nine district schools; of these one high, one normal and eleven district schools are exclusively for colored children. The boys' high schools are equal in management and all facilities for instruction to simlar institutions any- where. In addition to the above, there are provided for children of school age, who have to work, six night schools, four for white, and two for colored children. There is a free kindergarten association main- tained by some benevolent ladies, which, be- sides maintaining a number of kindergar- tens, has fitted many teachers for kinder- garten work through its training class. There are several good private schools for boys and girls respectively, mainly de- voted to preparing their pupils for college, and three well equipped business colleges furnish opportunities for young men and women to acquire a business education. Among the most noted of Louisville's insti- tutions of learning are the medical colleges, of which tliere are five, and the law school. COI^UMIUA lini^DING Cl"ST(>M IIOVSH AND ro.ST ol'l ICI-: There are also a college of pharmacy, a dental college and two theological semi- naries. Two hundred churches and mission houses afiford facilities for worship for all creeds, and a number of excellent infirm- aries are maintained by them. The Young Men's Christian Association owns a fine house with a well-equipped gymnasium at- tached, and the Business Woman's Club, which looks after the interests of young women who earn their living in business liouscs, is a flourishing institution. The Industrial School of Reform, the City Hos- pital and the Home for the Aged and In- firm are well conducted institutions that do credit to the city. Louisville has five tiicaters, several social clubs and a large number of first-class hotels. It has long been noted for the beauty of its residences, also a notable feature which adds greatly to its attractiveness as a residence city, is its admirable and extensive system of parks. Louisville and Kentucky at THE WORLD'S Fair A CROWNING triumph for Louisville in 1904 was Kentucky's participa- tion in the St. Louis World's Fair. The movement looking to the State's representation in this greatest of all expositions had its inception in Louisville, which, joining hands with every section of the Commonwealth, builded a monument to the State's commerce and arts and natur- al resources that dying years can not crum- ble. Adding glory to Kentucky's glory, fame to Kentucky's fame, it made a place for itself in this year book — chronicle of the success of the Falls City for the twelve- month period that brings us to the good year 1905. Thirty-odd thousand dollars was raised by private subscription by the Kentucky Exhibit Association, organized in Novem- ber, 1902, with Arthur Y. Ford, of Louis- ville, now a 'director of the Commercial Club, as president, which amount was sup- plemented by a State appropriation of $75,000 in January, 1904. With this joint fund, Kentucky erected an attractive State Building that easily became the most popu- lar — the Missouri Pavilion excepted — on the World's Fair grounds, and collected, in- stalled and maintained fifteen praiseworthy exhibits in the department palaces. The Kentucky building and each of the State's exhibits spoke an invitation to the home-seeker, the laborer, the capitalist; spoke of the opportunities of a new State with the home life of an old State; spoke of fertile soil, splendid climate, varied pro- 4 i i 1 i m ^ KENTUCKY'S BUILDING, WORI^D'S FAIR, 11104 FEMAI^E HIGH SCHOOI, ducts, cheap fuel, contented labor, good schools, good colleges, good roads, good people, cheap timber lands, oil lands, coal lands, clay deposits, rich lead and zinc, cheap raw material, low taxes, cheap trans- portation, growing industries. Kentucky's exhibit pointed to the fact — - That with an area of 41,283 square miles there are less than 1,500 square miles unfit for agriculture. That this solid sheet of farming surface is, in large part, underlaid by mineral stores of great value, the rare association of fertile soils with mineral deposits of notable ex- tent and value. That in acreage of hardwood forest the State still stands among the first, and it is rich in some of the softer woods. That the State has an aggregate of 15,680 square miles of coal-bearing measures, per- haps a larger area of persistently workable high-grade bituminous coal than has any other State. That coking coal (one to four scams) occurs in not less than ten counties of the Eastern field, eight of them containing as high-grade coking coal as is known to this country. That in the Western Kentucky field two coking seams, remarkably persistent in thickness and quality, are found in seven counties. That in the number, size and quality of its cannel coal pockets, Kentucky stands first among the States. LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FI\^E THK WAI.NUT ST. BAPTIST CHURCH That there are four definite iron ore hori- zons in the State. That rich deposits of lead, zinc and fluor- spar have been found in widely separated parts of the State, and development is going on rapidly. That Kentucky has stone — gray, buff and cream-colored — admirably suited for struct- ural and certain sculptural purposes, in in- exhaustible quantities; in quality equal to the best in the world; in varieties greater than found in almost any other section, and as yet practically untouched. That Kentucky is rich in a great variety of clays, including potter's and fire-clays of exceptionally high quality, and vitrifying brick clays of proved excellence, and that comparatively little attention having been paid to such deposits in the past, the State is practically a virgin field for the clay man- ufacturer. That in number of productive oil hori- zons, Kentucky is fortunate, with reason to believe that the petroleum industry will eventually become one of the most impor- tant in the State. That Kentucky has enough of the finest rock asphalt to build a street sixty feet wide around the world, its value having been demonstrated in many cities. That the forests of Kentucky have been fortunately preserved by the barriers of naliux', hul tlic improvement of the water- ways and the penetration of the territory by railroads rapidly opening up to the out- side world these rich forests, make the present a most propitious time for investors to investigate. That Kentucky's forests offer a solution to the problems confronting the immigrant with little means, who is in search of a home, as in many counties timber land may be purchased, cleared and the logs sold for more than enough to pay for the land, which maj'- then be cultivated successfully. That Kentucky raises more tobacco and a larger variety of types than any other State in the Union or any country in the world. That for chewing and smoking purposes, Kentucky tobacco is admittedly the finest that grows, a statement eloquently attested by the fact that almost every nation upon the globe comes to it for some type or other of tobacco. That with a school system that has con- stantly improved for a century and a quar- ter, Kentucky may invite immigration with the assurance that the children will find schools the equal of those in any State. That ninety per cent, of the hemp of the United States is grown within her borders. That farming methods in Kentucky are steadily on the advance, within the past ten ItHKTH Avi-:Nri LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE MANUAI, TRAINING SCHOOL, years scientific agriculture having been greatly promoted through the efforts of the State Experiment Station. That Kentucky's live stock has no supe- riors and few equals. That Kentucky offers unusual attractions to those who desire to engage in manu- facture. That Kentucky is not a tax-ridden State, her citizenship being of the highest type, and hers being a peace-loving, home-loving, enterprising people. The awards secured by Kentucky tell the truest story of the success of the State's representation. She received a total of 588 prizes and medals. Of these, 318 — repre- senting a total of $21,646 in premiums — were on Kentucky live stock. Twelve grand prizes were voted Kentucky by the Inter- national Jury of Awards; and 52 gold med- als, 81 silver medals, 131 bronze medals. Fifty were given on tobacco, 66 on minerals, 85 on agriculture, 10 on whisky, 16 on horti- culture, 15 in education, 23 on forestry, etc. "Louisville Day" at the exposition was celebrated on September 21 in the Kentucky Building, special trains carrying the com- mercial organizations of Louisville. The attendance was large, and the event in every way successful. ABOUT KENTUCKY Kentucky may be said to comprise in its po- pulation the most distinctive bod}' of English- speaking people of the Anglo-Saxon stock, not GAVIN COCHRAN SCHOOI^ THK STANDARD CI^UB only of any State in the Union, but of any civil division in the world. Out of a population of 2,147,174, as shown by the census of 1900, there are only 50,249 persons of foreign birth, most of whom are confined to the cities and a few counties, many of the counties having none. The white population is principally of English and Scotch descent, with a fair proportion of Irish blood. The State has contributed largely of its population to the settlement of the States to the north, south and west, and both in the emigrants and in the home stock, as shown by the long list of distinguished names which have filled the roll of men in all stations of life — in field, forum and pulpit — ithasbeen demonstrat- ed, that the conditions in the State are as favor- able for the development of mental and moral qualities as for physical excellence. ^^■>^>^ii^'-vm.-, . LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE »«gHH l-l |fS| . , \\ Mi! '^■—' -'^^ ■, _.j> -"-^ ^Eb^^ti ^jji^: 1 Pn^r^^ -^ ^ ||^^ .^^i^k LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FI\^E AS A FINE WHISKY MARKET. Nearly a halt million barrels! In actual figures, 436,013 barrels of whisky were siiipped from Louisville last year. Reducing this number of barrels to gal- lons the shipments amounted to about 21,- 000,000 gallons, showing that Louisville handles one-sixth of the total consumption of the United States and that this city is now by far tlie largest market for line wiiiskies in the United States. Estimating the value of these shipments at $80 per barrel, a low valuation, the money value of these shipments was $36,- 881,040. The following table shows total ship- ments from this market for three years, and illustrates the growth of the business: 1904. 1903. 1902. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. January 31,439 31,450 31,281 February 34,225 March 38,479 April 35,488 May 32,633 June 26.861 July 25.323 August 30,714 September 39,088 October 45,130 November 50,454 December 46,179 30, 1904, was 23,070,162 gallons, of which 11,598,394 gallons were produced in the Louisville internal revenue district. Ohio Falls. 29,412 31,615 32,249 31,236 29,513 28,714 26,406 28,584 27,183 23,502 22,686 21,223 27.920 21,019 37.994 32,108 45,574 36,282 40.078 31,213 41,176 36,419 Tht State 436,013 391,641 352,196 total production of whisky in the )f Kentucky for the year endini; June ■Union Railway Station. NoUTUN IMIKMAIIV. Forty New Factories in One Year Nothing illustrates more potently the fact that Louisville is rapidly becoming an in- dustrial center than the announcement that fort}' new factories were started in Louis- ville during the past year, while many an old one largely increased its capacity. There were 6,000 more persons employed by manufacturers than in 1903. the new cap- ital invested amounted to $5,000,000, and there were $3,000,000 more paid out for wages than in 1903. The excellent railroad facilities and con- venient river location are two matters that appeal to manufactuerrs, who are all ship- pers, of course; the cheapness of fuel, to- gether with the never-failing supply, have great weight; the five years' exemption from local taxation is of interest, although it is a temporary advantage; while the hope of an equable taxing system under the con- stitutional amendment recently adopted is an attractive feature and will be permanent; the nearness to raw material of nearly every description, v\'ithout the necessity of re- moteness from the markets, throw much weight on the scales in favor of Louisville. Undoubtedly Louisville is the ideal loca- tion for manufacturers, and every day this is being realized more and more fully all over the continent. And these factories are humming along to their fullest capacity to keep up with their orders, many of them operating throughout both the day and night. The jobbers of Louisville are enjoying the big- gest seasons for sales they have ever known; her bank clearings show what a vast amount of money has been handled by her merchants, a large increase over any Bathing Beach, Shawnee Park. previous year; railroad earnings are on the increase; revenue collections have been greater than ever before, being surpassed in only one district in the United States, and fewer proceedings in bankruptcy (either voluntary or involuntary) have been insti- tuted than in any other like period. All of these things point to the one fact that the motto of the city of Louisville, "Progress," is to-day being exemplified in the highest degree. St. Anthony's Hospital. THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY. As a packing-house center, Louisville is rapidly growing in importance. She now ranks well at the top. At least 400,000 hogs, representing a cash value of $4,000,000, and about 25,000 head of cattle, value over $1,000,000 to raisers, were packed in the Louisville market last year. Something like 40 per cent, of the meat and lard thus pro- duced was sent to foreign countries. Local packers ascribe the remarkable growth of the industry chiefly to the quality of cattle and hogs secured for this market, although it is admitted that Louisville's ex- cellent shipping facilities are a prominent factor. Louisville's supply of live stock is drawn from Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee, thus benefiting a wide ter- ritory. The cattle raised in this section, especially the "Bluegrass," are unsurpassed. Pork packed in Louisville is known through- out the world as the highest grade. East- ern buyers come into this market and pay a premium on live stock raised in this section. The total number of hogs packed in Louis- ville for the year ending March 1, 1904-05, was LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FI\X 4U4,87i», as compared with 81!»,il(>i) iti l'.l(i;!-(»4 ; an increase of SJr.illO. "Hio superiority of the Iiogs packed liere," (pioting a local packer, "is due to the fact that growers in tills part of the coun- try mature their JK^gs at about 200 pounds, producing in this way a clean, meaty animal, devoid of liie lu'a\-y fat found on the West- ern and Xorth western hogs that are ma- tured at from 300 to 350 pounds. Our rej)- resentatives in England and on the con- tinent report an increasing demand for the meats from this market. In most of the larger restaurants and cafes in Chicago, the center of the packing industry, Louisville- cured meats are included on the bill of fare." ONE .AND .A .QUARTER .MILLION HEAD OF LIVE STOCK MAR- KETED IN ONE YEAR. During the past j-ear over 1,250,000 head of live stock were marketed in Louisville, representing a valuation of nearly $25,000,- 000. The receipts of cattle were, in round numbers, 125,000 head;' hogs, 850,000 head, and sheep and lambs, 275,000 head. Louisville is a good market for all grades of cattle, and, being a great distributing point for feeding cattle, farmers and stock men from all the Ohio Valley States come here everj' year to buy their feeding cattle. Between 30,000 and 35,000 cattle are fed in Kentucky every j'ear on distillery slop, and this particular branch of the industrj'^ seems to be increasing each year. There was scarcely a day in 1904 without orders here from h'astern packers, wdio bought on this market during the year 350,000 hogs. Louisville has made more progress in the way of becoming a lamb market than in any other branch of the live stock industry dur- ing the past few years. Enthance to Canal. PECULIAR TO LOUISVILLE. The Government maintains at Louisville a marine hospital for river men. At the falls of the Ohio the Government maintains the only life-saving station on the inland waters of America, outside of the Great Lakes. At Shawnee Park, on the western limits of the cit}% there is a magnificent bathing beach, and during the summer months hun- dreds of citizens daily take a plunge in the river. The beach is a long, sandy stretch and furnishes an excellent play-ground for the children. It is cared for under the auspices of the Board of Park Commis- sioners, and each year sees it grow in pop- ularitj'. The curious wdio visit Louisville are often taken to beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery for the express purpose of viewing the grave of "Jim" Porter, the physical giant, whose home was in Louisville. Porter w-as nearly eight feet tall, and the house in wliich he resided still stands in Shippingport, the sec- tion of the city wdiich marks the site where General George Rogers Clark landed in Louisville and built the first houses. Tobacco Warehouses. Many Business Organizations Thirty-odd commercial, industrial and Imancial organizations in Louisville insure the citizen adopting this as his future home that he will find a body of energetic, enter- prising men formed to promote in a general way the particular business in which he may be engaged or hopes to engage. The Com- mercial Club may truthfully be called the parent body — the organization that com- bines in one the energies of all; that fights for all the battles of progress for the entire city. In it are united the business and profes- sional interests of the city, and the per- sonnel of its membership represents an ag- gregation of "hustlers" in which the city may well take pride. The membership of the club is over 1,500, and the battle cry of the Membership Committee is "On to 3,000." The President of the Club is Mr. R. A. Mc- Dowell, a leading attorney; Mr. W. T. C. Cross is first Vice-President, Mr. R. W. Bingham, second Vice-President and Mr. R. E. Hughes, Secretary. Mr. Fred Levy is Chairman of the Publicity and Promotion Committee. Within recent years scores of new indus- tries have been brought to the city, and credit for this excellent showing is due in a very great measure to the Commercial Club. The organization is striving continually to advance the interests of both the city and State. It was the chief factor in securing the legal provision for the exemption from taxation of infant industries, and its influ- ence has brought about excellent and mod- ern laws, which now govern business in the Commonwealth. At the present several large plants are imder construction, and these will give employment to thousands of persons. The Commercial Club was the guiding hand which steered them to Louis- ville. Conspicuous among these is the new plant for the manufacture of Portland cement. Over a million dollars is being expended in building the plant, while ad- joining this factory another company is es- tablishing a plant for the manufacture of con&rete building blocks. The Club holds open meetings monthly at the different large hotels for the public discussion of live topics. At these meetings the social side of business, peculiar to Ken- tucky, is freely introduced between pufifs from good cigars — Louisville made — and light refreshments. Many big improve- ments of the city have grown out of these open meetings. LOUISVILLE'S FORTUNATE TAX SYSTEM. In addition to the advantageous offer made by Louisville to exempt entirely from taxes for a term of five years all new fac- tories locating here; under a recent act of the Kentucky Legislature the city is author- ized to assess local taxes either ad valorem, as at present, or by a license system-. This makes it possible to relieve the wholesale trade and manufacturing firms of nearly all of the burden of taxes, and city ordinances now being drawn will result in making Louisville probably the most advantageous point in the entire country for the location of factories and similar big enterprises. BEAUTIFUL-LY SITUATED. The Gatewaj' to the South — Louisville — is situated on a high plateau which gives it ample room for expansion. There are many miles of paved, well-drained and beautifully shaded streets, regularly laid out, and a series of magnificent parks encircle the city. Here the hardy trees of the North grow side b}^ side with much of the more delicate forestry of the South. In this proof Louisville Medical College. LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE is given of tlic delightful and equable cli- mate. Exertmes* of temperature are rare. The air is pure and wholesome. The win- ters arc short and comparatively mild and the autumns are long and delightful. Epi- demics and miasmatic fevers are unknown. Proof of the healthfulness of the place is found in the low death rate. The drainage system, including some ninety miles of sewers, has no little to do with this report of the city's healthfulness. SOCIAL SIDE OF LIFE. From a social standpoint Louisville is without a superior in the country. Many of the foremost families of the Bluegrass State reside here, and the broad avenues of the residence districts are lined with mag- nificent houses, where Kentucky hospitality holds full sway. There are numerous clubs, whose rosters contain names of men known to the social circles in cities from the Atlan- tic to the Pacific. In this connection may be mentioned Louisville's Horse Show As- sociation, whose annual exhibition may be termed the opening of each social season. This function in many respects rivals the annual event at Madison Square Garden in New York. There is a delightful Country Club, and in addition there are two boat clubs, a golf club, a tennis club, a gun club, etc. Taken all in all. no more delightful city can be found in the country as a place of residence. None offers more advantages to the wealth}' man or the man with limited means, who is seeking a new location. The lii.\ LLL'IS. city's growth is rapid and the field of activ- ity of the business man is widening. Every possible inducement is held out to bring the non-resident here and opportunities such as no other center affords are oflfered by the metropolis of Kentucky. About two hundred churches and mission houses of worship make Louisville a leader in this direction. Many hospitals and in- firmaries are maintained by the different church organizations, besides those owned by the city. There are five theaters. LOUISVILLE'S PARKS. The system of recreation spots which surround Louisville has probably not an equal in the entire country. Three mag- niticent reservations are found on the out- skirts, and these are now being connected by a beautiful boulevard which will encom- pass the entire land side of the city. There are quite a number of breathing spots in the i'LMil-.N.M> ( i.l i;. Galt House. LOUISVILLE— NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FR^E interior of the city, the most prominent of which is Central Park, located in the heart of the fashionable residence district. The park occnpies a space equal to two city squares and is filled with native forest trees. In addition to these parks there arc a num- ber of well-kept play-grounds for the chil- dren of the city. The children's play-ground movement, when it started some years ago, found liberal support in the citizens of Lou- isville, and this city is recognized as among the first in the movement to make life pleasant for the little ones who are unable to go to the country during the summer months. FEW OF KENTUCKY'S POINTS OF INTEREST. — John Fitch, tlic inventor of the steam- boat, lies buried at Bardstown. — The grave of Zachary Taylor is located in a picturesque spot not far from the cor- poration line of Louisville. — In the Frankfort Cemetery is the grave of Daniel Boone, the most picturesciue of pioneer Americans. It is marked by a monument. — Some of the most beautiful mountain scenery t(j be found in x^merica is encoun- tered at Cumberland Gap, in the southeast- ern extremity of the State. — Frankfort, the capital of the State, is I'jcated in a section noted for its picturesque scenery. Frankfort was laid out in 1787. The State has made appropriations for a new million-dollar Capitol. — ^The Bluegrass region of Kentucky has long been a source of interest to strangers. It covers an area of about 10,000 square miles, and is located near the geographical center of the State. — .\aron Burr lived for a season in Frank- fort, and the site where some of the details of his conspirac}'^ for the Union of the South and Mexico in a single empire were worked out is now occupied b}' a handsome resi- dence. — An excursion up the Kentucky river carries one through scenery that is unsur- passed. Boats make the trip each week from Louisville, and the long, narrow, deep stream has been characterized as "the Hud- son of the West." ZACILUIY TAYLOU jNlOXUMiiNT. Confederate Monument. OCT 5 1905 Where the trees grow majestic and yraceful. is^ji^^s^ ■ ;*\^ Where the brook winds and waters flow softly. 1 P^ 1 ' ' Wf" m "p- 1 1 L -^ 1 " 1 ^^^QHPPlj 1 r 1 Wl ■ »iB Where the bridge is mirrored in the pnid bdow, and where lonrs cut thi.ii )i nit Where the road winds beneath ovcraichinu treca. (Photos, by W. G. Buschemeyer.) LIBRARN OF CONGRESS illlilillillllliiilllilill 014 432 876 ^ For further information regarding I^ouisville or KentucRy, address j^ j^ j» j^ COMMERCIAL CLUB R. K. HUGHKS ^ iLOUISVILLK: SECRETARY