The Detroit times., 1916-12-04
ADDS
80 PER CENT TO
CITY'S TERRITORY


'N'N 60. '''''
sons WIS pei-1'i EMPLOYERS a'e
having some H~.ulfy ohraiu.rE
fhe services ~ men who viii TO-
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no lAi7 cry. -"'n w l'' ''''
r.se wcuid ro' Iire IN Detroit can
como here ruv aai End plenty ~
facilities fs- r, n,rfinr ~ homes
rr., ... ,,....v eli,
iIV'.'a wanna
s'g e.-ae f.s .-'-ro .m's o'
.tla st 1ae boom griel w 81.
r-. er s., , b,se ~rv-. -.st 70
.,ra.-- 1.r-.ss A--evatf1, means
r-- .i-.. ..,sh.e r,- ,-t..,r..
-oo..1 viii -et .b. rsr.ssr-, nd
,s,r q. 40 .,. .rp-orsu.-,s n.
/ nr III. ro-., factories and M
wsoa fo- -es.er number ~
~r-s-,-
re-- .rr h-ve heard br- ono
.r-s. s9airs .s-p'ai-, ~ those
u-c orrr--r .r., .rrsx4ra7 prop.
e. t.,~. Tr earn from .De 7rrp-
-v owners f- l-raxet ,~4as phe
--.ei -rat snrrsa ion meant higher
axes sr- th-1 Tte.- rsves viii
/ n. hIea-r bu, ney vfl have the
I -a,autsg-s 90 euy improvements
aud eEps -erce has proved that rhe
( Increase in p-op-r', yames follow
I frE annexation more than Offsets
any increase axes In addition
+ to This 6. tr.rzs rhe city improve
ments nearer tJ hu-drets % scres
o. other sl1divided property. much
az which is already being hui.r ap
The area o, Detroit excluding
the. territories recently added. is
4sf- square miles Tho he popu
lst.oH o. rhe ly has doubled in
/ the las. six wears the increase in
the area % the city has been less
IRAN 81 7e- cent
r. need FOR more and ~ which
20 bulii Some. Is set forth -tris
iuEly tn yhe statistics which give
the number OF resideuts per. acre
/ There are but two cities In re
United states witch have a larger
number % residents Der acre o.
iroits average IS casa View Yors
cry has e4s5 and Baltimore has
-S.9 The disad, antaxes that mizht
DO ascrihed 10 Nev YORK are dis.
counted IN a measure by The fact
/ thar the na.i,rs metropolis, for
many years. has been building
with the idea in yi-x OF houslne
under sanitary conditions a. many
! PEOPLE as possible IN a small space
Detroit. which until recently was
not confronted nth 2 real tene-
rnent problem. pas wsdged It's res.
dents into hon = that we're mean.
tor only average sized families
| The result has een. accorfgrg 90
the board os health. TIA, the hous-
/ ng conditions here are worse than
iE cities % lar-er population.
The D@troit Board OF Commerce
as given its approval 70 an7exa
tion propositions altho no irdivid
| ual tract was included in Tho reso.
'ution adopted By The directors
The toarI merely stated ths, the
aeed or more a-aa for tho building
9l homes and II olies was self
vid,nt. and thsr tue extension OF
( The corporate 5 unAAries was he
! only soluto on u he problem
city oncial- are beginning 70
plaa FOR he extension of improve
ments 70 the newly annexed areas
IN the arst place. n will be nee
! essary. according 20 City Engineer
Mccormick. 70 construct three
more trunk seFers The Plans
outlining the gs~er improvements
are under way. and This all BE- he
efst project undertaken BY ths city.
A,fer thar maps vill be made % fix
house numbers Water mains vii
DO laid next. Then come side.
walks and The last matter % be
extended 20 by the municipality
viii be paving
The villages - Highland Park
and Hamtramcs are not Included
ir the annexed territories How
ever there are rauy prominent De
troters who are certain thst High