The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-02
BELLE ISLE,
SANS AUTOS,
REAL JOY
Continued from rsSe on~l

time. for fear they would stray into
one OF the wide avenues where auto
mcbAes coUrsed up and down Bu,
With the bridse burned. and the auto
7oad 10 the island cut or. the little
people can wander az VIII and be
perfectly safe. And they know IL.
ANY difference In the island this
year.
difference" should say there
is" answered Capt. julius Hlins. IN
charge % the Belle Isle police sta
ton Il used 10 DE able 20 run our
machine about the island without,
any trouble, buJ now--say, the PEG
pie Won't set oay OF my way They
have oyerruu the roads. and when
they see me coming. they jus, laugh.
have 10 90 slow al the time. The
people seem 70 think the whole isl.
and belongs 70 them. instead OF only
the grass.
And I'm glad 81 10 I Ike 70 see
EN- usiux The roads II would please
me first rate ~ never another auto
mobile came here.
Bur that's a little 700 much 10
be expected. so when they pat Up
new bridge. | hope they'll make h.
Wide enough 20 carry all the ma
chimes that want 20 use IT.. The old
bridge used 20 make ~ all kinds OF;
trouble, I've seen machines blocked
all the way 20 The bath house. be-
cause the bridge was crowded. And
most OF the fault Was az Jefferson
ave. where the trasl- from ,h.
bridge mTt The ea-tand-west travel
on the avenue Something ought 20
De done 20 change ,ha, situation
I've seen DAYS when .' took half an
hour 20 get across re bridge with a
machine.
when ths new bridge Is built. TT,
In favor OF an sHfo1t drive all The
way around the outside O, he isl
and Let the machines use thar. ard
CeE'ralavo, and - all he otae-
ffcrogghsa-ps Teen people would
know where they are safe. an!
where they would have 70 look or,
Besides, IL would en-, down the cy-
pense ot keeping up The roads.
"But il pieases me- the way ere
people are making 'Ee whole island
their own. this year Crowds
never saw a bigger crowd than was
here Memorial day Five ferry boa.
running, and = itt!e craft from JET
ferson-ave. And they had the whole
island 70 them elves No dodE.ns.
no footing. TO smell ot gasoline.
The sightseeing cars run up orc
side Of the island and down Central
are, but people know their r1g'e.
and the cars are slow and can Dee
seen coming q mile away. so there
no danger from them. The island
has been turned over 20 the People
FOR a playground. and they re- ind
Ing IL out and they appreciate IT,
The police admit. horevar that
accidents have been few.
in past years. The people vho are
hurt come 20 grief Ou tic athletic
fields. or in The swings. they say.
7, Is easy for q younEster 20 toddle
in front oE a swing and get Knocked
down by someone who H. performing
100 yiEorou.ly And on 'ha athletic
field, it isn't always the umpire vho
Is injured
Belle Isle Is now AZ its fleat The
trees are In flll foliage. the spring
flowers have not all d. appeared
from The woods. the grass has no'
been scorched by the sun, and the
have only just begun 10
20 a nuisance The bathhouse IS
expecting 10 open about June 90 and
the band concerts vill begin June %.
though there will De sunday CON
certs before that date. When The
opens, Park Commits ioner
Dust will establish an auto service
between It and fhe dock, hut Just
how, the north side OF tho ISLAND is
free from motor traffic.