NOVEMBER, 1959
THE PIEDMONITOR
PAGE FIVE
Cincinnati^ O/i/o, Is Self-Contained City
Industry, Attractions Seen
At Station Of The Month
CINCINNATI — A familiar
melody floats across the rooftops
from chimes at the Union Cen
tral Building. Coal barges churn
along their heavy loads down on
the Ohio River; and, as thou
sands of people hurry into the
city from Kentucky and Ohio
suburbs, the city “closest to
America” begins an Odtober day.
The closeness of Cincinnati to
America is three-fold. It is close
to industrial and manufacturing
markets, since 40 per cent of the
entire U. S. population is concen
trated within a 400-mile radius.
It is close to industrial needs
such as aluminum, sheet steel,
electric power, coal and manu
factured parts and components.
The third “closeness” is found
in the people—originally skilled
German and dedicated Irish im
migrants—and their contribu
tions to the American concept of
harmony and stability.
Stable City
The stability of the city was
evident as long ago as 1933,
when the depression shattered
most of the American financial
picture but failed to close a sin
gle bank in Cincinnati.
This stability is more or less a
direct result of greatly diversi
fied industry, which has been
a prime “drawing card” for the
city for many years.
Cincinnati leads the world in
producing machine tools and the
nation in producing soap. Other
enterprises are concerned with
jet engines, chemicals, petroleum
products, foods and beverages,
graphic arts, packaging products
and automobile assembly.
New Industry
In recent years the city has
been enhanced by an even
greater variety of industry.
From 1954 to 1959 there have
been 77 new industries begun
and expansions made by 353
others.
This diversity in industry has
enabled a wider distribution of
wealth. For many years, so peo
ple of the city say, all wealth
was in the hands of a very few.
Consequently, Cincinnati lacked
progressiveness in using the
money for city improvement.
Not so, nowadays. The Cincin
nati Master Plan, drawn up in
TEAM SPIRIT is the keynote for CVG personnel. Operations and
reservations workers are standing (left to right) Frankie Brock, Peg
Pequignot and Walt Jacobs. Sitting (left to right) are Bobbie Collins, Ed
Wisnieski and District Station Supervisor Tom Cowen. Not present for
the picture are Janice Somers and H. Baker Slater of the district sales
office and station personnel Eve Semiklose and Barbara Baur.
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SPIRIT OF WATER fountain dominates Cin
cinnati's Fountain Square in heart of city. The foun
tain designed by sculptor August con Kreling, was
given the city by Henry Probasco In 1871.
1948 after four years of study,
is a design for total civic de
velopment in the way of streets,
parks, buildings, etc.
Already begun is a modern ex
pressway from the heart of the
city across the Ohio River
About six city blocks were
leveled in the project.
Conservative City
Despite such progress, many
Cincinnatians still call the city
“conservative.” George Cramer-
ding, public relations director for
the city chamber of commerce,
makes a few exceptions to the
“conservative” theory.
“If conservative means back
ward, then certainly the word is
a poor choice to describe it (Cin-
c i n n a t i). But if conservative
means that the people of the city
have been cautious in their at
titudes, investigating new ideas
carefully before embarking, the
word is a good choice,” he says.
“We have our fair share of
progressive elements, as well as
stability.”
Other people around the city
affirm that Cincinnatians are
generally cooperative and there
fore feel that an attitude of prog
ress is coming up in the near
future.
A company typifying growth,
progress and diversity within its
own doors is Proctor and Gam
ble. Beginning here in 1837 as
SPIRIT OF TODAY is expressed in the lobby
of Proctor and Gamble's general offices. A different
type of Italian marble is used on each floor in the
contemporary-designed building opened In 1956.
C
SPIRIT OF DIXIE abounds in the Delta Queen, last of the river
steamers used for pleasure cruises. Operated by the Greene Line Tours,
the boat was brought from California shores to the Ohio River.
a candle and soap maker, it has
grown from a two-man operation
to an employer of about 30,000
persons.
Proctor and Gamble was a pio
neer in research (the first to
produce a hydrogenated all-vege
table shortening and a synthetic
detergent), marketing techniques
and employee relations.
As a center of industry, cul
tural attractions and education.
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SPIRIT OF TOMORROW has been Incorporated into the remodelling of the Greater Cincinnati Airport
Cincinnati is a self-contained
city. Here are the Cincinnati
R e d 1 e g s, professional baseball
team, three museums, a world-
renowned city symphony orches
tra, numerous parks and fine
hotels and restaurants.
McGuffey’s Readers
William H. McGuffey wrote
his famous “Readers” in Cincin
nati, the University of Cincin
nati was the first municipally-
owned university in America
and Xavier University is the
oldest Catholic university in
Ohio.
One of the most unusual at
tractions is the Delta Queen, the
last of the river pleasure steam
boats. Operating 18 cruises each
spring-to-fall season, the Delta
Queen travels to such points as
New Orleans, Chattanooga and
Pittsburgh.
As in any metropolitan area,
most Cincinnati travel is gene
rated by visitors rather than by
citizens. Much of this traffic
comes through the Greater Cin
cinnati Airport in nearby Boone
County, Kentucky.
The terminal, which accom
modates six scheduled airlines
and two air cargo lines, is being
expanded and modernized. A re
cent explosion in one wing has
extended the expected comple-
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