THE STATE REVIEW. 



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who have given the matter thought, regard- 

 less of party affiliations. 



Just why Greenfield township, for example, 

 should be asked to keep two leading roads 

 in a condition to make traveling profitable 

 and pleasant for the benefit of half a million 

 people in Detroit, is hard to understand. 



Kent Roads Are Bad. 



Horatio S. Earle, state highway commis- 

 sioner, addrcscd a large assemblage of town- 

 ship road commissioners of the county at the 

 meeting of the Kent Count}' Road institute at 

 Grand Rapids. His address was followed by a 

 long general discussion of matters pertaining 

 to keeping up of country roads. 



In his address, Comissioner Earle took oc- 

 casion to criticize severely the condition of 

 Kent county roads, and told why he wanted 

 to see the county road system adopted in Kent 

 county. 



"If this plan were adopted," said he, "the 

 supervisors would spread a tax of one mill 

 on all property in Kent county. In this case 

 Grand Rapids would be compe"ed to pay 70 

 per cent of the county road tax." 



This he justified on the ground that the 

 farmer, in buying of the dealer in the city, 

 wag helping him to pay his paving tax. Be- 

 sides, he argued that muddy roads make pro- 

 duce higher for the city dweller. So good 

 country roads, he thought, were of interest 

 to the city as well as the country. 



Chippewa County Roads. 



Chippewa county hasn't been settled so long 

 as some of the counties below the straits, but 

 when it comes to the devlopment of a sys- 

 tem of highways along modern lines it can 

 show some of them a few things in the way 

 of enterprise. The roads in the county which 



are under the county system are as good as 

 any in the state. Xo matter what the 

 weather, the highways built along modern 

 lines are always passable and it is not difficult 

 to travel here at any season of the year, with 

 the possible exception of times when the snow 

 is very deep in winter. 



The continued development of the county 

 roads will have a direct bearing on the future 

 prosperity of the city. The easier it is. for 

 the farmers to come to the city, the more they 

 will buy here. In this age of competition a 

 city must follow the lines laid down by en- 

 terprising commercial institutions and hustle 

 every day in the year. The Soo should not 

 lose sight of the highway question. It is of 

 vital importance. Sault Ste. Marie News. 



Caro business men have subscribed $2,000 

 for the purpose of building a stone road out 

 of Caro towards Pattison's Corners. 



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