The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-22
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The railroad facilities of Detroit
nave also expanded 10 meet the In
creased commercial needs. Within
he decade IL has been found neces-
sary To build a new belt line railroad
around the city to provide side-track
! ABILITIES for Detroit shippers. Con.
slant improvements have been made
n the terminal facilities for the
handling OF freight and passengers.
The Michigan Central has under
way vast improvements TO the facili-
ties for handling passenger traffic In
connection with the great tunnel
which has just been completed under
he Detroit river This tunnel Will
undoubtedly divert large portion OF
the traffic which formerly went via
Cleveland and Toledo TO the more
direct route via Detroit. adding 10
the importance OF this city as rail-
road point. Before the tunnel was
built. trafic was frequently seriously
lmpeded during the winter by Ice In
the river blocking the passage OF the
car-ferries. Millions of dollars are
being put into these terminal i'm
provements to provide adequate facili-
ties for Detroit's rapidly growing
travelling public.
Has Water Facilities, Too.
Detroit is fortunate, however, in
not having to depend entirely upon
railroad service for transportation.
! The beautiful Detroit river, which
1ows majestically past the city, is or
soI h.
ing a matchless ornament TO the city.
For more than eight months OF the
year navigation with Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Toledo and the other cities OF
the great lakes is open. and much or
the freight for these cities and the
territory adjacent TO them goes by
last daily vessels to these ports.
The development Of the lake feet has
been as great as the development OF
the ocean liners. each year seeing an
other vessel larger and more COM
modious than the one that preceded
her, launched upon the lakes. The
passenger fleet that plies from De-
troit. taken as a whole, is the finest
IN It's class in the world and compares
tayorably with the vessels in the
transatlantic traffic Besides the
vessels that make the longer trips
here are magnificent day boats that
carry crowds OF excursionists to the
resorts along the river and lakes
every day during the summer season
The growth of the city along indus
trial lines has not been confined TO
he development OF the automobile
industry and allied lines. While the
older lines OF manufacture which have
long been conferred in Detroit, do not
show the phenomenal growth that
aas been shown by the motor car In
fustry still there has been a substan-
ial growth In practically every line
n which Detroit figures prominently.
Center Of Stove Industry.
While the automobile has some
what obscured the fact, Detroit for
many years has been the leading GEN.
.er OF the stove industry In the United
States and produces more than one
bird or the drug supplies made In the
country. These Industries have OK
banded rapidly within the past ten
years, adding big extensions to their
plants and putting on more men every
year.
Detroit is also a large center OF
paint and varnish manufacture and
under the development OF the automo-
ollie this industry has grown almost
as fast as the industry which fostered
Il. Within the past decade Detroit has
added to Its other factories the larg-
est manufacturer OF sdding machines
N the world. In the manufacture OF
radiators and heating apparatus De.
roit stands In the front rank, ard Il
% also one OF the largest centers OF
the manufacture OF freight cars.
These industries have constantly
been growing in Importance and add
ing more men to Detroit's army OF
workers.
Could Supply World With Salt.
Detroit leads the world In the man.
ufacture OF soda and salt products
and there is a enough salt In the
vicinity Of the city to supply the
world. In the manufacture or brass
goods and in rolling copper and brass
sheet and tubing Detroit is one OF ne
Leading cities in the country. II Is
also large cigar manufacturing cen.
ter and has one OF the greatest cast
steel foundries in the west.
luebo are only Few OF the many
industries In which Detroit Is
leader There are many other lines,
80 many that It would take a volume
to describe them properly. For in
stance there are overalls, corsets, fur
niture, especially fine tables AMI
chairs, pickles and preserves, seeds,
rubber goods, coin machines, go-carts,
furs, organs and plano-players, alum
mum, capsules-these are some or the
lines In which Detroit stands promin-
emit When one adds to the industries
enumerated the immense automobile
business that has grown up around
Detroit the importance OF the city as
an Industrial center can be realized.
All these Industries require Two
things OF the city-ground upon which
they may build their factories, ground
upon which the workmen whom they
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