Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
DETROIT MAKES
MOST MOTOR CARS
Thousands of Acres of Floor
Space Devoted to Coun-
try's Big Industry
MILES CONCRETE BUILDINGS
One-Third Of City'S Population
Supported by Auto
Making
MILES CONCRETE BUILDINGS

tam llldI bNlIdCIS OF Now lb'ttli'H 4H
Detroit, having Ho rocks upon which
10 build, decided t. construct the fac
tories substantially and Of rock forma-
tion. a visitor ia Detroit not long ago
IA man who has written ON automo-
bila topics for Hears-Was asked t.
take a. ride. Every new factory. and
they numbered twouty-tour. WAS the
object Of The journey. Tmrty-siX miles
covered the trip. and when il had been
completed The visitor said.
"WoL what Of all these reports we
hear that things are GOiug wrong i'm
Detroit? surely these men are not
spending millions of dollars to put up
such buildings as ] have seen today
without a. decided opinion regarding
the future. I ann really and uuqudu-
ticdIy surprised at what I have seen
today; it has been revelation. Why
is it the ueWspaper5 Of Tins country
lave not given To the world at large
some idea of the magnitude of the
building operations alone ia Detroit!
Why is is the world has not been ac-
uuaiutod with the real magnitude O'
TN" automobile industry as typitied i'm
the Detroit WanufHcturng field ] am
completely beWildcred and startled.
gud win surely leave Detroit with a
lt1ltI lifi OF liit lilItnllN IIi NIlIi II 1
nm engaged than I had before. 1t is
marvellous. atUpcudous, aud words can
not express what 1 would like to say
He did not express am opinion differ
ent from that expressed by others who
have visited Detroit without seeing
the city i'm its magnitude. Men come
and spend days and oven weeks in
travelling by street ear tp factory after
factory. aud at the conclusion Of their
trips tho fail 10 SUM it, all up and
realize all that has been seen. To real
ly gain am idea of Detroit and its man
1facturiug Industries and the maEn-
fude of the building operations of the
last year sight seeing trip is ueccs-
sary. A man well posted IN tile field
viii be able hy Il short trip of thirty
six miles to snow the real extent Of
things, will be able to show building
after building constructed of cement
and iron to stand forever; Will be able
to show buildings that are not put up
for a fly-by-uight industry, but for
am industry that viii last for years.
There are so many new buildings of re-
cent construction that words almost
fail to express their maenltude Ar
ranged I'm a line, they would extend
for miles.
Detroit is the center of the motor car
industry, ii took mp the automobile
and the automobile made Detroit what
it is today the eighth city in popula-
ton.
capital to the amount of $4,000 o01
has been invested and $4,000 men are
already employed meaning that nearly
20o.uoo of the total population Of over
half ii million depend upon this indus
Try alone.
There are thirty manufacturers turn /
Ing out automobiles iu Detroit today. ,
and more are coming.
D 7r-# E4s1 o..
accessories according tl the lists OF
1He board of commerce
There are 1a6 Dealers sales agencies, .
garages, repair shops and accessory /
dealers.
over ouo-tnrd Of the population of .
Detroit draws its livelihood from the
automobile In one way and another.
This is six fines the number of mon
Detroit furnished flr the civil Wan.
And yet they are blldug, building.
building day 10y day and more men are
coming, Ilr the many now Factories
ryilI have to employ thousands Detroit
has been forced 10 so abroad for meu
and AS the uaW factories open up it VIII
Ia forced 90 so again. over $3.50 000
goes TO vorEmen every week i'm Detroit.
lt is estimated that Detroit viii produce
this year more than 10000 cars I'M it,
various factories. The value OF this
product will toe over S25Q0O0000. of
which S59O0g0g1 is the value OF access
aorlce All of ttis development i'm the
motor car industry has come within the
last five years
Thirty new factories have been or are
being constructed today, and majori-
~ OF these VIII cost more than 100000
caal. New companies are being formed
5ar the building of automobiles Tor
pleasure purposes. and especially Tor
the construction of trucks Of every de-
scriutiou. Tie latter field is growing
steadily and 1t is firmly believed by
wise men I'm the field that motor trucks
alone win require more factories more
men and more capital lLau have been
required for the pleasure CAR f1eld. The
automobile has practically forced the
Iorsc-IHaNn rleaslr. gacle off the
streets of Detroit a.t 'H a# the same
timing with business vehicles viii surely
require ten times tH. n. 1ar uf cars
There is U1 record of "a growth i'm any
commercial industry as rapid as that ~
Detroit aud Ills autom. la interests
chic total capita llz-t.u. tl sixteen au-
rru0r.a companies -I ONO wear was
50 saH Uul and t1e-.-..E parts COM
.ar SlU1lu0a Tuma"-. increases I'm
rehabilitation Of e=tah..ad oesuiza
fane 1.aro made
r.lr. Factories. garages and ...a.-
g11ue maintained I'm b0ra.# r.r tIl .
s4Te and manufacture OF motor rrol- /
uots.
or the tucnly-folr factories n n-- .
froit that naEe been carrying oa tg'u- .
H@ aprr.tIo. either hulaiH4 new fa..
tories of r.-Ha additions 10 tie "r4.-.
mai actor information has aa.u .1.
tanned nu Anf1s gim.e la-U#. H order
taat 81 may ha shown iu IT'S FIRST I-.ur
th# Ettul of these building operation. .
These tWCuly-Iour factories egurr
1o& Buildings covering "a total of -
acres. THE floor Space rus r nl ..
meu4o total NJ 11-l&2oo square f.t
These faclo .es Will employ g. 80 r..-
pic This total cannot .ow tho r..
gain compared ra estimates given n.-
by the board o1 commerce AuGust
last. At that fua rh7 board on cuu-
merce stated positively that tlero Wrr.
rs ono employees In t.C various f..-
tories II is not improbable that wN..
the new Factories 5re .lf completed and
in working operation. 11's total Of 5s.-
900 viii be raised 10 C0 400. 1T is Csti-
mated that 112571 cor, viii 5a placed
on the market by thc .ew factories. I
and by these factorice fhlt have been
on building operations
These additions to the immense output
of tho great factories already con- .
should bring the Detroit total |
10 very near 100000 cars including /
aars and trucls.-AEotor Times !