The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-02
BIG CITY in THE
WAKE OF STEEL
/. PLANT IS VISION
People Across River Sure Wind
sor and Sandwich Will
Grow Rapidly
LAND VALUES BEGIN
TO MOVE SKYWARD
Prices Practically Double in An
ticipaiOn of the Coming
Industrial Boom

Excitement continues TO reign
among the people OF Windsor and
Sandwich over the announcement that
the United states Steel Corporation
has decided 10 establish Canadian
branch OF its steel mills In Sandwich
West township. just below the town
OF Sandwich Land values have about
doubled since the announcement was
made. and the citizens OF Sandwich
and Windsor expect the district 10 be-
come one OF the busiest spots In Can
ada They also anticipate that the
building OF the steel mills VIII give
them city of az least $4,000 people
within few years, one OF the largest
cities In tho Dominion.
or course, II is understood that the
steel corporation plans q city OF It's
own, mapping out It's own streets,
building its own sewers and water
mains, furnishing its own lighting and
water systems and even erecting the
houses for It's employees, but the pres.
ent Inhabitants OF Windsor and Sand
wich are convinced that the coming OF
the steel workers vii. work TO the
benefit OF the surrounding territory,
ali classes of trade feeling the effect
o. an inevitable boom.
Steel City," the proposed name OF
the new municipality. has, as matter
of fact, already been partly surveyed
and laid out, the work having been
started in 1907. few years after the
steel corporation purchased its 1900
acres Of land Inst when the work
was well under way, financial de-
preston came along and the corpora
ton suspended operations, since then
nothing further has been done towards
completing the surveying plans, but
the people OF Sandwich and Windsor
never gave up hope that the plant
would come, despite rumors TO the
contrary. Now they feel that they
the corporation.
Here and there Doubling
Thomas" can be found-one who fears
that the steel corporation is only kid
ding the Canadians. having some SELF
ish and Interior Inotive in making the
announcement The doubters argue
that the announcement may have been
made as a sort OF retaliatory slap at
the Canadian steel manufacturers for
trying TO get the Dominion govern
ment TO raise the duty on rails and
other steel products. The Canadian
government abollsh the bounty on
steel manufactured in the Dominion,
about a year ago, and the Canadian
manufacturers have since been trying
10 boost up the duty on American inn
portations. in the hope Of keeping out
Uncle Sans products and increasing
their own sales. The duty on steel
products imported into Canada from
the United States Is now 80 To 30 per
cent, ad valorum, a minimum of about
Sc per ton, according 10 DR.. j. A.
Smith, collector of customs. Windsor.
But even after avoiding this duty by
locating in Canada. the steel corpora
ton will still have tariffs TO meet, for
IL will be obliged TO use American coal
and ore, there being but little OF these
products available In the Dominion.
On American ore there IL duty OF 80
a ton, and 50 cents ton on bitumin-
GUS coal. In addition to these duties
there will be a cost of from 35 to As
cents a ton for the transportation OF
American ore from the noEthern mines
and about 20 cents ton for coal.
Despite these expenses. the steel
corporation seems satisfied that there
is much to be gained from having a
plant in Canada, believing that 1t will
rot only be able to supply the Can
adam market to advantage, but those
OF a number of British colonies, in
Guiding Australia, South Africa and
New Zealand.
That Detroit is also going to expert
ence an industrial gain through the
location OF the steel plant in Sand
wish is the firm belief or George M.
Black, identified with a number OF
commercial concerns; Antonio c.
Pessano, president Of the Great Lakes
Engineering works; Thomas II. Simp-
son, president OF the Michigan Male
able Iron Co., and others.