Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-17
sy ONE OF THE LEWIS PARTY

DETHOII, Mich, Aug. ~, l3lt.-
Our megaphone man says we are
now in what is known as Highland
park district, just outside of the city
limits, which eight years ago was
cow pasture, and is today built up OF
beautiful homes, and has population
of $4,000. One Of the Maxwell Motor
Car plants is nearby, employing 40
900 men, and has, an office force OF
100. The Northern High School is
within the district, and one of the
many public libraries is also In this
district. .-..-. .. 4 ~..
We are now coming to the grand
boulevard of Detroit, some fifteen
miles long, and lined on both sides
with beautiful homes; with concrete
road and sidewalks, and in fiue shape.
The Premier Spring Cushion Co. s
building is right by the street, In TACT
covers nearly an entire block.
A Circus Treat
There was a circus il the city, ana
we arrived in time to see the circus
train pull out, and could see some OIL
the wild animals through the IRON
bars. This is the nearest we got 70
the circus, but have seen their posters
and advertisements everywhere.
We are now passing the Gear Grlno'
ing Machine Co, and sthe Detroit FRO
duct Co. we are now entering the
grounds of the Packard's Automoblle
Co. the second oldest plant in De-
troit, employing 1900 men, and the
price of their cars is anywhere from
$500. UP; they are now giving tnelr
attention to war trucks, and visitors
are not permitted to enter the plant'
and there are numbers OF Trucks all
ready for shipment.
Jefferson avenue is an exclusive
residential district: No one is permit
ted to build a house on the avenue
costing less than $4,000 and most OF
the buildings cost from $4,000 to $780,
600. The home of Mayor Marks is
along this avenue; and their lots are
from the avenue to the Detroit river,
and most Of them own their own
yachts.
Visit Belle Isle
We are now crossing the Detroit
river on a temporary bridge to Belle
Isle. CThe main bridge was destroyed
by fire in 1917 leaving one hundred
and fifty machines on the island to be
later returned to the city by lighter
Belle Isle we are told is one OF the
largest, if not the largest, natural
parks of the world, being an island OF
7O9 acres, having a twenty-s1x mile
drive, and six and one-half miles OF 1t
are macadamized. There is small lake
on the island that is used by the young
people for boating. There are baseball
and football grounds, tennis courts,
wild animals and birds, Shetland
ponies for the little folks, a large
aquarium with hundreds of fishes,
none of them quite so highly colored
as the fish at Waikiki, but some are
very beautiful.
The Detroit river divides Detroit
from Canada, and you can see one OF
the Ford assembling plants on the
Canadian side.
; There are seats and tables all
around the island where people take
their lunch; even the wooded>part OF
the park has tables for the accom-
mediation of picnic parties.
So, ZOO, 900 Gin
We were told that the island was
bought in 1869 by a Mr.. McDougall,
from the Indians, for five cases OF
gin, and a few packages Of tobacco,
and Mr.. McDougall sold it to the city
for 100000, and its value today is
80 millions.
The Detroit river is twenty-six
miles long and one mile wide, and is
I oh detroit
receives its water supply from Lake
st. Claire, and its intake pipe is six
miles from shore, and from one end
of Belle Isle, where we are, the light
house can be seen, also five immense
boats loaded with passengers and
freight, and as we go on we come to
the Yacht Clubhouse, costing $4,000,
and a public bath house with accom-
modations for 1900 at one time. Bath
ing suits are rented for 10 cents just
enough to pay for the washing.
We have returned to the main city
again, and are passing the Sailor and
Marine Hospital, erected in 1850, and
the Michigan Stove Manufacturing
Co. the largest in the world. They
have one on exhibition that whole
family could live in. 1t is a relic OF
the San Francisco fair. We also pass.
ed the Park Davies & Company, manu-
facturers of drugs, a very large con
Germ. Mr.. Hirman Walker, Cana
dian, owns an apartment house, with
rents ranging from $50. to $3.50. per
suite. per month. Another apartment
house nearby rents for SIS. to 500,
per month, per suite. So you see they
have some fine apartment houses
around Detroit.
At the University
The University Of Detroit Is an
immense stone building accommoda
ting about zoo students. We have just
passed the water works building
(office), the oldest stone building in
the city.
All the large hotels that we have
been in, in Chicago and Detroit have
two or three dining rooms. In one
YOU have music, dancing and vaude'
willie, and in the others you have a
quiet meal. Where vaudeville is going
on you certainly help pay the fiddler
One of the interesting things we dis.
covered in Detroit is the Automobile
Pound. When the officers find an
auto owner has broken a city ordi'
nance, leaving the auto stand longer
than it should, he sends in call for