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Show MICHIGAN CITY IS BUjCK BUILT New Buick Factories to Be Built Add to Wonder Growth of City Back in the earlier days when Flint T?as a village of 1,500, "with an area of sixty acres, it was merely an Indian In-dian trading point, and the inhabitants those rays "trapped," swopped horses, and bargained with htc big chiefs and their squaws. In 1905, when the Buick factory built itB first building there, Flint prow rapidly to what was considered a wonderful population of some 12.000. When tho consus of 1910 was recorded it showed a population of 38,550. Added to these figures, the recent annexations to this city will give Flint a present poplation exceeding 100,000 or nearly 145 per cent increase. Such a remarkable growth so far, is one of tho highest records of the 1920 U. S. census returns. It has been largely brought about through the location lo-cation and expansion of tho Buick motor mo-tor car plant, In which institution nearly 20,000 persons aro daily employed, em-ployed, thereby giving a livelihood to moro than 70,000 of Flint's population. From a sixty acre garden spot to the va5jt area of over 19,000 acres, Illustrates Flints wondorful growth and size. , Detroit Is the first city of 'tho stato, Grand Rapids second, with Flint a closo competitor. Just bow long this one time little Indian village will remain re-main In third position, has the population popu-lation of its state guessing, for the millions of dollars now being spent by the Buick factory in new additional buildings and factory plants, means still further additions to Flint In increased in-creased population. Future months might possibly find Flint Rgain changing chang-ing ita standing In advancing to the position of the big sister of Miss Dynamic Detroit. 00 |