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Y  l. ilk INTRODUCTION.
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  V   I R. L. Polk & Co., the publishers of the Lexington, Ky., city
 [_   1 directory, herewith present to the patrons of the city the eleventh
 j .y{·g· edition of that publication.
I   F FACTS ABOUT LEXINGTON
  PREPARED BY C. F. DUNN,
    Secretary-Manager Board of Commerce
    Population, 41,534.
l   [ —· Altitude 954 feet.
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» It I `*__ _ _ Thirty-four churches. ~
L gk  I Three high school (two white and one colored), I3 public
 ii   `. schools and 2 parochial.
 ii   Ten colleges, including University of Kentucky, Transyl- `
  ·   · vania, Hamilton and Sayre Colleges. Annual enrollment of 3,000
J,   · students from Kentucky and elsewhere.
}_ if A Model community school, with outdoor classes, vocational
    courses, gymnasium, swimming pool and other educational and
 1,   development facilities.
  ;¤ Two fine hospitals, also tuberculosis sanitorium and Eastern
  gl State Hospital for Insane. ‘
 { *`·i{,_ Commission form of government, with five departments,
Q   over which the Mayor exercises general supervisory control.
  . Handsome public library building. Free circulation of
  ,li,` 69,998 books during 1920.
gpl   Electric light and power, cheap coal and natural gas, piped
  · wil, from the Eastern Kentucky fields, for all purposes. Light and
  ff power furnished to surrounding communities.
`i ‘,l,“'i Five modern nreproof office buildings, from eight to fifteen
    stories. Daily observations made by the U. S. Weather Bureau
  . __y from highest building. `
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 4 __ jt,4 Assessed valuation: Realty, $24,477,801 , Personal, $7,963,-
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    Fire Equipment; Three triple combination motor engines, ‘
 "i   one two—way combination motor engine, one gas—electrical_ aerial
  ,_ ,1} truck, one motor car for chief, three horse—drawn combination
,· Y._ll chemical, two horse—drawn hose and line·man’s wagons, IQ,OOO
A-   feet of 2% inch hose, 1,100 feet of chemical hose, six stations,
  4 l eighty-two men.
 ` .f_ ll i Parks and playgrounds: Four parks for white and two for
'     colored, three of which are equipped for playgrounds. Band con-
'  ~ ii certs furnished b cit durin summer. Three athletic fields and
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I 'l_·Q.l a summer amusement park with dance hall, amusement conces-
.5 !` sions, boating and swimming facilities.
r   Post Office receipts for 1920: International and Domestic
  ·` Money Orders issued, $489,531.48; Surplus Money Order funds
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