The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-14
BREWERS BEHIND
SCHEME TO annex ]
HIGHLAND PARK
Anxious To Hitch Village To Dstroi1(
So As To Open To saloons Rich
Territory Which Now Bazs
Them.
Ants" Argue That Taxes Are Low
and General Conditions satisfao-
tory Under Present Status.

Are certain Detroit brewers be.
hind the plan to bring about the an
nexation OF Highland Park to De- 4
troit?" is question the anti-annexa-
uonists in the village are nowadays
asking. a
The belief that Detroit brewery I'M,
terests are actively interested in the
campaign TO bring about the proposed
annexation has gained a strong foot
hold In the village and has served 70
spur the anti-annexationists on t0
greater effort At the present time
there Is not saloon in the village.
but II Is limited that II annexation
should be brought about, number
will be established by Detroit brew
ers.
The anti-annexationists, however,
are determined that no SALOONS shall !!
come into their midst, and they are
now working harder than ever to pre-,
vent the village from being hitched
on to Detroit. They beat the scheme:
by majority OF "a when 1t was voted
on last fall. and they are positivei
they can roll upsa greater adversei
majority II the matter should be re-:
submitted In the coming spring cleo
ton. The annexationists are now cir-i
cu]ating a petition In the hope OF
getting a sufficient number OF names.
to warrant the supervisors in allow
ing another vote to be taken next
April, and they predict that they will
win II given another chance at the
polls.
"The sentiment against annexation
is growing stronger every day. said
Wilbur Il. Campbell, real estate
agent. who lives at No. IS Cottage
Grove-ave.. Highland Park .Tho
people who live in Highland Park
are beginning to see that they have
really nothing to gain and much to-
lose by becoming a part OF Detroit.
One of the worst features of the pro-
posed annexation would be the e..
tablishmept OF saloons In our teyrj~|
tory. The Warner Cramton Law pro-
vides that one saloon shall be a.
lowed for every 500 inhabitants. We
have upwards OF 5000 people In High
land Park, so you see what the saloon
law would mean for us. Our present:
village laws keep the saloons out, and
that's the kind Of law we want to live
under. The fact that we have MOI
saloons is one OF our big assets
Those In favor OF annexation argue.
'that We need better fire protection,
and that annexation would give It.
Well. our village council = now nego-I
tiating for an auto fire engine and
when that comes we shall be pretty
we'll protected against fire. Then, we
can always rely on Detroit to help us
II we have very serious fire. The.
Detroit department would help Wind
sor in case of big fire, and II Is only
reasonable to expect that the same
helping hand would be extended to usl
In case OF emergency. Our council has,
also added more police protection andi
Is establishing system OF garbage
collection. Our taxes as village arol
also lower than they would be were.
we part of Detroit. So, all in all. wei
are much better of in our present
position than we would be were we
annexed TO Detroit.
AS villagers we have unity OF pur-
pose in striving for better citizen
ship and making our community O.
gc ID place I'm which to live. We are
high /; dry out here. lmost on q
level with the ton OF the Majestic
building in Detroit. and the cir is 30
pure that tho village is becoming more
popular every year as "a residential
section. We want 10 maintain the In
dividuality OF Highland Park. and we
shall fight to that end as long as we
have to-"
Many Of those who are opposing an
nexation are members OF the Highland
Park Civic club, OF which Thad Z.
Leland is chairman. This club Is
holding meetings once week and
nj each meeting steps are taken 10
fortlfy the defenses OF the anti-an-
nexationists.