The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
DETROIT GOES AHEAD
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
IN THE NEW CENTURY
Population Increases O. Per Cent
In Eleven Years and Bank
Clearings Nearly Double.
DEPOSITS BOOSTED, TOO
Trade Returns Show Big Expan-
sion and City Comes To Front
AS Manufacturing Center.

column show al glance WHAT phe
nomenal progress Detroit has MADE
since The Times was born in 1900.
The city has simply gone ahead by
leaps and bounds, all branches OF Its
industrial tree thriving like the pro-
verbal green bay. In Its triumphai
march Il has passed Milwaukee, Gin
cinnati. San Francisco, Buffalo, New
Orleans and Washington. Detroits
gain In population was greater
than that OF any other city In It's
class on this side of the Atlantic, and
Il is figured that II 1t enjoys similar
prosperity during the next 10 years
the population In 1920 will exceed
$4,000, giving the Michigan metropo-
lis sixth place among the cities OF the
country, provided that the others con-
tinue the same growth they have
shown In the past Detroit is now
ninth In point of size. The present
population figures. 552,276, are those
given by r. l.. Polk & Co. In the new
city directory. They cover some out
lying districts beyond the city limits
as well as the city itself.
Bank clearings and deposits have
nearly doubled and figures on imports
and exports show tremendous expan-
sion.
That Detroit will continue to forge
ahead Is the firm conviction OF the
substantial business men Of the city.
They point out that capital which has
been accommodating through half GEN.
fury Of commercial and industrial sue
cess Is now available In larger guam
titles than ever before; the spirit OF
the people more aggressive and enter
. prising than in times gone by, and the
city possessed OF the largest body or
highly skilled mechanics In America.
In view of these conditions, Detroit
has more reason to expect an in
crease In growth OF So per cent In the
next ten years than she had to acquire
SO per cent increase in the past
decade.
AS a manufacturing center. Detroit
is looked upon as standing in class
by itself so far as the manufacture OF
automobiles Is concerned, at least. As
an evidence OF the importance and
extent or the auto trade in Detroit, 1t
need only be mentioned that the In
dustry in 1908. with a capital Of So
100000, employed $3.50 wage earners
and built 1920 cars. valued at $22,-
600 900. In 1910. with a capital Of
$35,425,000 and 27.300 employees, 114,-
0CJ cars we're put out, valued at $134,-
$4,000. This year the industry has
shown even greater gains, and the
city Is now the leading automobile city
I'm the world in regard to the building
OF motor cars.
Autos, however, are not the only
90 rtf 20 xrhl thu
city Is famous. 1t Is manufacturing
adding machines on large scale. this
Industry giving employment to thou
sands Of men, and its pharmaceutical
laboratories enjoy a worldwide repu-
lation. Then We enjoy pre-eminence,
as ever. In stoves. paints, furniture.
flour, cigars, pickles, pneumatic tools
(. etc. In 1900 the new manufacturing
concerns Incorporated /, totaled Sc
while the number that incorporated In
1910 was 207. In 1910 over 100000
was spent on factory buildings.
The value OF the product OF Detroit
factories in 1900 was $8S. sac ,6S5, while
that of 1911 is expected to go over
$3.50, 100000. There were 3S,4S1 wage
earners employed in the factories in
the city in 1900. and this number Is
now increased to over 100000.
Detroit as commercial center Is
also greatly favored by its beautiful
river. The tonnage passing through
Il I'm the nine months OF navigation
each year is almost FIVE times as great
as that which goes through the Suez
canal In twelve months. The tonnage
Is even greater than that OF the New
York and London harbors combined
The river Is also an important consid-
Grafton in the matter OF shipbuilding
In the city, as many as IL freighters
having been launched In a single year.
The river also gives the city big ad-
vantage as pleasure resort. Last
year s,109,405 passengers left the
docks in the city. larger number
than those reported from all the other
lake ports combined.
Detroit Is also regarded as the lead
ing convention city In the United
States. There were 1872 state and ma
tional conventions held here during
Z 1910. with an attendance OF $4,000
delegates and visitors, who. Il is fig.
ured, left over a million dollars in the
city.
Another strong indication OF the
prosperity of the city is shown in the
number OF building permits issued in
1910 over those OF 1900 In the latter
year only 1864 were issued for build
'ings to cost s4.142.400. while In 1910
there were 5.49s permits for build.
ings costing $17.415.950. The detailed
showing for the past year follows:
1921 single residences. s5.529,250: 529
double dwellings GLOSS apartments),
$1,677 $50; 240 apartment houses,
three apartments or more s1,504.910:
1877 manufacturing plants. including
shops, s2.4l5,0s0; 20 public buildings,
s2,547 .255; $40 barns, etc, S176,790;
$50 stores and dwellings, t1,274,S20:
80 garages, $217.S00; rs warehouses.
s264,600; 95 miscellaneous. including
green houses. bump the bumps, roller
coasters, merry-go-rounds, etc. s129.-
900: total OF 1919 new buildings at a
cost OF $15,73s,3 1896. and $40 additions,
at a cost OF s1.677.555.
Were each building placed on a lot
with 30-foot frontage. the line of
buildings would equal an unbroken