The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-07-19
ASHLAND.

have been the most enJOyaDle meet
ing within the history of the Ken
tucky Press Association was held at
Ashland. KY, four days of last week,
beginning Monday. The attendance
was large and every hour of the
meeting was replete with interest
and pleasure. Five big railroad
companies traversing various Sec
lions of the State were very gener-
Gus in their courtesies to the press,
affording its members free transpor-
tation in honor of the event. These
roads were: The &. q o., Illinois
Central, L. q ~, Henderson Route
and Queen 4 Crescent. The kind
ness of the officials of these roads
will be remembered by every men,
Der of the Kentucky Press Associa-
ton.
Like a happy dream that has
passed into vivid memory, yet whose
main features stand out in inefface-
able detail, it is hard to give an adj
equate account of this press meet
ing and all that went to make it
enjoyable and unforgetable. The
main feature Of the time spent IN
Ashland was embodied in the free
hearted and enthusiastic efforts put
forth by it's citizens to show the
press folks their city and make them
have a good time. In this nothing
was omitted or forgotten.
Ashland was indeed a revelation
10 nearly every member of the Ken
lucky Press. Most Of them had
heard of the place, but in a vague
sort of way. That a little city of
between 1900 and $4,000 popula-
aiop should contain so much of en-
terprise and thrift-more than many
cities of three times its size-such
handsome buildings and beauties Of
natural environment, such immense
and costly manufactures, and such
a universal spirit of progress con-
Terted into actiol-no pencil-pusher
in the crowd had dreamed of a scene
like this Ashland has over thirty
miles of paved streets-paved from
curb to curb-cOsting over a mil
lion dollars, and they are building
this kind of streets as fast as the
town grows. Central Park-in the
city-contains fifty-five acres, prin-
cipally of virgin forest. There are
several avenues over three miles
long. The annual payroll of Ash
land is more than five millions Of
doliars-mostly IL sold. She has a
S2.0OG,OG0 steel plant and another
just like it in course of construc-
zion. Here is what is said to be the
second largest tannery in the United
States.
There are more than thirty big in
dustries here. These include open
hearth and Bessemer steel plants,
rod mill, wire mill. nail mill, blast
furnaces, sheet mill, tin-plate mill,
by-product coke oven, whose great
sheets of fame light up the sur
rounding hills like the glow of a
burning city. Bee Hive coke even.
fire brick plant, red brick plant.
leather company, shoe factory. cigar
factory, -four mills, lumber mills,
plant, pop factory, &C.
ment block factory, and other indus
tries AMI plants. ali employing over
seven thousand men. Besides its
manufactures, and wholesale houses,
Ashland is a city of beautiful homes,
good schools and splendid churches.
Its citizenship is composed of big
hearted, well-behaved, wholesouled
people who love to live in Ashland
and want more folks to come and
join in their content and prosperity.
The Elks Home, a beautiful for
ty-thousand-dollar modern building
provided with everything for pleas
ure and comfort, was thrown open
for the headquarters of the editors.
The Second National Bank, a large,
elegant. new building, with the most
courteous officials. presented itself
for Information headquarters.
The Ashland Board of Trade is
the pivotal point around which re-
wolves the real business and ad-
vancement of the city. This is the
institution which does things in the
largest meaning of the phrase. I'M
der its auspices the press folks were
afforded various pleasures. on, of
which was an automobile ride to
,Catlettsburg, Kenova and Hunting
ton. Arrived at Huntington CIV. Va
the members OF the editorial crowd
were received by a delegation of cit
liens headed by Mayor Sehon and
entertained In their splendid $685.
900 City Hall. Here speeches were
m AIDE and iced refreshments served