The Detroit times., 1913-06-07
kndred Thousand Population
! Few Years." is the Conf
dent Prediction Of En-
thusiastic Citizens
bPERTY VALUES GO UP
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
in Location Are
|apidly Developing City as
Manufacturing Center

yindsor will nave 100000 popuia,
In four years"
hat il what real estate dealers
tradesmen across the river are
letting.
heir hopes are based on the fact
Windsor. VAUDEVILLE. Ford City
Sandwich are enjoying u phenom-
growth. and in spite OF the fact
great efforts are being made to
pace with the demand for prop
and for houses, the utmost that
estate men and builders have
able TO do Is far behind the ex-
ations and the hopes OF new resi-
>.
,ere il a house famine all along
river. A house Is almost worth
weight In gold, 80 strong Is the
and. Old houses which in Detroit
ID be worth little or nothing are
xing big prices across the river.
real estate man says that a 7-room
e on lot 37Xll5 feet. some dis
,e from the business section or
dsor, is being held at $4,000.
could buy a better house In To-
%. at the same relative distance
the center Of the city. and two
htas from a car line, for $4,000,
laid. Il know another house, one
must be 45 years old, and looks
II hadn't been painted since II
kbuilt, on a 30-foot lot, that Is held
900"
Ford City, the demand for houses
'ar exceeds the supply that the
Motor Co has asked permission
rect 100 tents To house its opera
thousand houses are needed in
Slsor and vicinity at the present
lent" said another real estate
IF we had that number OF va
houses. we could fill them all
lin one month.
here was time when many peo-
went from Windsor TO Detroit to
every morning Now the tide
Rversing. and residents OF Detroit
using the ferries every day to
to their work on this side.
siness property III windsor ID
eng. Sites on Ouellette-ave. which.
years ago. changed hands slug.
1y at $500 a foot. now bring $l,2Oo.
are in active demand A real es-
Arm which bought property on
outskirts at $3.50 an acre. in jan
has lust refused an offer OF 500
kcre for 1t.
Alliam Yawkey. part owner OF the
oit Baseball club. who owns a
Ire mile of property just north, OF
Enew steel trust city OF O1ibway.
another piece of 200 acres near
said to have refused 5000 900 TO.
e00-acre tract
here are two main reasons FOR this
n. One Is the action OF the Wind
Board OF Trade in inducing the
TO set aside a factory district
re sites may be procured at low
re. The other Is the United States
n corporation announcement OF
blans for a steel town at Ojibway,
miles below Windsor. which VIII
10 It's business In Canada what
" Is in the United States.
hce the announcement OF the
dsor plan OF selling factory sites.
k,iries have been coming In from
barts Of the United States and Can
y Last week, according to real
Hte men. the Board OF Trade receiv-
33 Inquiries from factories looking
Canadian site. Within the past
weeks, nine factories have nego-
I'D sites In the new factory dis
chis part Of Ontario Is bound TO
bme Canadas manufacturing CEN
said "A real estate man. 1T bears
7same relation to the Dominion that
'Oit does to the United States, IN
Ition, and the same reasons that
e made Detroit outgrow the cities
were in It's class dozen years
must have the same effect when
lied to Windsor The tariff is caus-
big American industries to look
factory sites In Canada; and Wind
with It's fine water front and Its
Il railroad facilities. Is the logical
DRY city. VAUDEVILLE. Ford City
Sandwich ought to share In the
IN, so that a great community VIII
NJ up opposite Detroit within a
few years"
he prospect of securing business
caused the Canadian Northern
BROAD to seek an entrance to Wind
and another boom IN real estate
come when its route into the
I'm has been chosen.
he hotel situation has become
Ute. Windsor is withou, hrst-class
|telry. Those that exist have more
| De than they can handle.
1.-THE hotel where I stay turns away
4ozen or 10 people every night.
= one man who came TO Windsor
he months ago and has been unable
lind a house.
The Manning house, abandoned Tor
|.el purposes, has changed hands
pc or four times recently, and may
mutually give way to big hotel
Ilding. Apparently, those who are
3tempiating hotel projects are wait
= until the avenues OF trade become
re definitely marked.
70 relieve the housing situation,
estate concerns are planning the
! ction of buildings as soon as they
= open ND their subdivisions. One
Eh Is planning the erection OF about
homes. to be sold at $4,000 to
boo each. and II will probably erect
.. a number of homes for mechan
= at lower price.
he OJfbway proposition has exc,t
the real estate men. One Arm
ch recently opened a subdivision
outside the limits OF the steel
st property. has sold nearly every
and is preparing to open still 9th