Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-23
THE CITY OF DETROIT
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tinent and is one of the few Ameri-
can cities that has been under three
| flags-two CT them twice The
French flag waved until 1860, when
the English became masters, and
with the defeat of Tecumseh at the
battle of the Thames they were
/ firmly established and remained I'M
| til 1896 when General Wayne con-
quered the region for the new Amer
lean republic. 1t again passed I'M
der control of the English in 1913,
but the occupancy was very short,
as the victory of Commodore Perry
on Lake Erie gave the whole North
west territory to the United States.
But modern Detroit, the ''City of
Today" is what most interests trav-
elers and pleasure seekers now. They
want to know something about that
Detroit that is being talked about in
the business world; the points that
attract temporarily and permanently
people from all parts of this CONT
nent.
The excellent railroad shipping
| facilities, water transportation and
other features appeal to manufacture
ers; also low taxes, excellent fire
and police protection. Then the art
isan, laborer and mechanic, the in
dustrial brain and muscle, is appeal
ed to by the fine home districts,
schools and churches, parks, play
grounds and numerous recreation
points, which originated the popular
slogan-In Detroit Life is Worth
Living.
Detroit has an area of Al square
miles; about 700 miles of improved
streets and 200 miles of sewers;
owns both it's water works system
and electric light plant with a total
valuation of eleven million dollars.
There are twenty-nine public parks
on which the city expends more than
half a million dollars annually for
maintenance and furnishing plea
sures for the people. One hundred
modern public school buildings are
the training places for the young,
while there are a great many private
educational institutions.
All visitors to Detroit investigate
/ the great automobile industry, >and
/ to understand it's extent it may be
stated as fact that approximately
three out of every five cars manu-
+ featured in the United States halls
/ from this city.
But do not think for a minute,
dear readers, that autos are the only
output in this modern industrial
city. Here are a few more remind
ers:
Detroit has the largest rubber
works in the world, the largest NAL
leable iron plant also; the largest
sheet copper mill; largest cigar fac
tory; largest aiding machine fac
tory, and is one of the great car
building centers of the country.
Detroit leads the world in the
manufacture of stoves; produces
one-third of the entire drug Supply
of the United States; is the third
city of the country in the manufac-
ture of perfumes and makes one
half of the capsules of the world. All
of which is going some.
Detroit has the largest seed house
in the world leads in the manufac-
ture OF salt and soda products; is
the foremost in the brass and copper
industry; is very large wholesale
and jobbing center as well as manu-
featuring point.
Every visitor must see the De-
troit River, for it is as important to
the city itself as clothes to the mod
ern human being. A larger freight
tonnage passes the port of Detroit
than any place in the world. Dur
ing the season of navigation, which
is about eight months of the year,
there is an average of a boat every
eight minutes going either up or
down the river. The excellent wat
err shipping facilities gives Detroit
manufacturers cheap freight rates
and is one of the business attract
ions to the city.
During the season of 1910, ac-
cording to the government reports,
more than nine million people left
the port of Detroit on the great fleet
fleet of passenger and excursion
which was more than twice as many
as all of the other great lakes ports
combined, wonderful testimonial
as to the popularity of the water
routes rereabouts. With the finest