The Detroit times., 1916-02-26
omng Of New Tractor Plant Brings Boom for Secd

When Henry Ford offered TO pay
for a water system in Dearborn IL
the mains were laid for. a town or
$4,000. people thought that he was
visionary. but now that city OF
100000 is within the reach of the
imagination OF even the hardest
headed business men, folks are
conceding that Ford, as usual, knew
what he was about.
With Industrial expansion moving
wes%vard, and the big tractor plants
as q magnet for other commercial
enterprises, everything betwees De
troit and Dearborn is being snatched
up by eager buyers. and subdivisions
are springing up over night, with
their sidewalks spread out, and the
lamp posts rising like scare crows
IL the intersections.
The beautiful country along the
Rouge is an ideal spot for homes.
and already men OF wealth have fol
lowed Mr.. Ford to this Mecca where
the rich earth Ia blue with vioiets
in the spring, and thousands OF wild
birds sing. natural bush abound.
and the vines still climb untamed
into the branches OF giant elms and
naples.
There the wealthy seekers after
country estates find as many
charms as the country north OF
Woodward boasts. and the little vii
lage of Dearborn Is fairly ablaze
with electric lights and business.
with the influx OF newcomers and
prosperity.
The working man, who has saw
ings. is investing them In lots fac
ing Michigan-ave. and Fort-st, and
holding them for business frontage.
The reports of a new steel mills
coming into the district, and the in
dubitable evidence that Detroit is
going to have just such an indus
trial center in the west as the Cen
tral manufacturing district in Chi
csgo. has led big real estate deal
ers to buy up as much as possible
of this land to await the inevitable
demand for residence sections, and
business districts.
The engineering department of
the Michigan Central railroad is at
work on plans for the construction OF
some seven miles of switch tracks
In the property adjacent TO the
sites that are marked for general
advance in worth with the full de-
velopment of the tractor plants.
Farmers, and others controlling
lands near the tractor plant, have
been asked to be ready to move OF
at a minutes notice, and the siren
uous activities of the investors in
the property have added to the ex-
citement in the territory.
The ID. U. r. is also said to be
considering the extension OF lines
| in continuation of the Fort-st. line
through to Fort-blvd. This, il is
said, will mark the beginning OF
new loop through from ,ichigan-
ave. The necessity Of relieving
Michigan-ave. traffic is already ap-
parent
So much has been said about the
Ford tractor plant that many small
investors are apt to base their op-
erations entirely on this project, and
give little consideration TO the inevi-
table effect that II must have In
attracting other companies TO that
section of the city. With all the
RAILWAYS coming in from the west
It is the logical direction for de-
velopment. and the workmen will
undoubtedly be spurred by the de-
lightful spots easily accessible to
the shops, to build their homes in
the district.
That all the commercial parapher-
MALTA of living, the shops, banks and
movies must follow is assured, and
they are the keenest investors who
are buying even at an appreciable
advance over the prices last fall.
from those who are willing or must
let their holdings 60.