The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-14
{ MODEL CITY IS
BUILDERS DREAM
l2allii-Millionaire Quits Job
Paying 100000 To
Boss Enterprise.

lIartlpnd. Mich, Oct. SC. Har
ra8 Wills. multi millinaire, dynamic
dreamer. master mechanist and ex-
1-z1 metalluTgist, who quit a job
gayluE him more than $4,000, 900 a
NsaT to- bnld the model city of Am
qT~n'' is proving his clear-sighted
.vssSan
Eifiy-five miles north of Detroit is
Rsrg~ille. In October 1919, it was a
lnGrs river hamlet of 200 inhabitants.
7rssSzv there are more than 3 coo res
5gissnts. five prosperous industries en-
uissyinR nearly 1000 men, anG new
.,sz~vsi3,lp TO build homes rapidly
za5svgh for them.
'Shpre two years ago only a few
f.s5F houses nestled as if Numbering
71szr the St. Clair River. TO-DAY there
3 - .ity in the making w',h paved
s;-rsa,S, slightly hons with every mod
.ars Improvement, up-to-date school
-lrtascs, bank. postoffice, civic re-
..rz-sa, jon hall. Y. NJ. c. A., board OF
..-ss SlTnerce, municipal orchestra, NOV
sr.s pictures and everything that
ss4ts 40 develop the best in its citi-
EsEs
wy Etrle bank. capitalized at
8 5000. has deposits of 100000.
Toe police department. clad in
'-~rx8lnIiun metropolitan uniforms, is
~ shg jub-but there is no Jail.
Eseaa is no need for one. The po-
-dlas Weep busy acting as traffic Of
Ftxyys
Y'tSo additional Industries, one en-
1ss,9zne 1900 men, have purchased
.sl1arr sites. Several others are
--1tzsErslr tinE.
zYnrre once the rural fisherman
p t5esl away the days with pole and |
-s.gs. IS being built p big steamship
aaS&
Taa village is well situated SO far |
=, transportation facilities are con-
-rf4it'ti- ptlub SGl Ntu ny Il iiiIlO''N' IA
.sg-gFban tracks are to be moved at a
sssr ~ 81 900. 600 so as to run thru
In main street.
7S-hnre The old village was is now
Il ..ss4. factory district. Houses that have
49, 5ssen moved already will be pick
,s,t az and taken to the new residen
+5za5 district. or torn down.
Result of Vision.
Sack of all this Utopian develop
nRTE II The story of one man with a
Erssbsa and ceaseless ambition whose
--us5s. ne says. is to make a man hap
-, "a nIs nome, his work and his play.
Accomplish these three things
ilgsiS : man will stick" he says.
NJ ~ years of age Wills was a
apprentice. At 40 he had
Hl,RSed himself up, thru and out of ,
ais srade From 1903 to 1919 he A.,
Vlgs IN charge of production for Hen :,
~ F9rsl. And Ford was paying Wills
lEH... IS said to have been the biggest II
salSry in history. =,
-Eowever. with a fortune said to Il
bavs tDtaled more than $4,000, 900.
WIS Threw mp his job. He set out o,
rs, ]YzilG an automobile according to II
1.s ,swn ideas in city built accord \
'xir al ais ideals. lir
Every citizen of Maryville is so Fl
.HehG siastic and backs Wills so thoro- HI
ia 1har they're working seven days VI
" g.zk and twelve TO fourteen hours q
s1yrr aay 10 help him achieve his r
Zo1I n;
wins originated the idea, and his 81
.u,snIy las made it possible to go 7,
Ma, Al with his plans. He easily q;
7ya63 nave been virtual dictator of
nv c,iy. But ne has, with the help 90
$ .zBother former Ford lieutenant, n
.ul.a n Lee, built up such co-opera- th
lrF organization and put things so z
H0rh in the hands Of those living tn
a>rr Thai there is no friction. of
g commission form of municipal hi
,rysTnment was organized with II
directing its business az n
a4va W. II. Watkins, manager of re
d.. Detroit Tigers when they won ar
'nsir prnanr. is villaga president. al