DETROIT. MICHIGAN, AUGUST, 1907. 



Michigan Road /lakers' Association. 



W. W. Todd, Jackson, President; P. T. Colgrove, Hastings, First Vice-President; C. C. Rosenbury, Bay City, Second 

 Vice-President ; E. N. Hines, Detroit, Secretary; E. B. Smith, Detroit, Treasurer. 



Board of Governors: Royal T. Taylor, Cheboygan; D. L. Case, Detroit; Frank F. Rogers, Lansing; W. W. 

 Trayes, Hancock. 



MICHIGAN'S COUNTY 



ROAD COnniSSIONERS 



Algcr County Alfred O. Jopling, Munising; 

 Charles Beaulieu, Grand Rapids; Swan An- 

 derson, Limestone. 



Alpena County George W. Stovol, Hub- 

 bard Lake;; Selden W. Flanders, Flanders; 

 James Briselden, Alpena. 



Baraga County Simon Dcnomic. Assisins; 

 James McKercher, Michigamme;; Daniel Mc- 

 Millan, Baraga. 



Bay County Hugh Campbell, Bay City; 

 George L. Fra.nk, Bay City; Richard H. 

 Fletcher, Bay City; Fred Kaiser, Kawkawlin; 

 William Houser, Bay City R F D 1. 



Cheboygan County John B. McArthur, 

 Cheboygan; Mark P. Scott, Rondo; Royal J. 

 Taylor, Manning. 



Chippewa County Henry A. Osborn, 



Sault Ste. Marie. 



Delta County John Gasman, Bark River; 

 Basilio Lenzi, Defiance; Erick Anderson, Es- 

 canaba. 



Dickinson County William Kelly, Vulcan; 

 James H. Cundy, Iron Mountain; John J. 

 Flanagan, Sagola. 



Gladwin County William H. McCulloch, 

 Gladwin R F D 2; Wallace McCracken, Glad- 

 win, R F D 1; Arden G. Onweller, Beaver- 

 ton, R F D 1. 



losco County John M. Waterbury, Tawas 

 City; C. W. Luce, East Tawas; William J. 

 Grant, Au Sable. 



Iron County J. S. Parks, Crystal Falls; 

 James Long, Iron River. 



Kalkaska County Louis A. Atkins, Kal- 

 kaska: Ira Eckles, Kalkaska; William H. 

 Marshall. Kalkaska. 



Luce County M. E. Beurmann, Newberry; 

 Andrew Carlson, Dollarville; John Fyvie, 

 Helmer. 



Manistee County John W. Bradford, Ar- 

 cadia; James Henderson, Manistee. 



Marquette County W. H. Johnston, Ish- 

 peming; J. E. Sherman, Marquette, M. M. 

 Duncan. Ishpeming. 



Mason County Frank W. Harding, Scott- 

 ville; Robert Jameson, Ludington. 



Menominee County George Law, Meno- 

 minee; Charles Kinsella. Spalding; George 

 H. Haggerson, Menominee. 



Muskegon County Fred D. Hoogstraat, 

 Ravenna; Martin Ryerson, Holton; Charles 

 Ellis, Muskegon, R F D 7. 



Saginaw County John W. Ederer, Saginaw. 



Wayne County Cassius R. Benton, North- 

 ville; Henry Ford, Detroit; Edward N. Hines, 

 Detroit. 



TAR FOR MACADAM STREETS. 



Tt is probable that the city of Menominee will 

 begin the treatment of its macadam streets next 

 season and there is talk among the officials at the 

 present time of submitttrg each macadam street 

 to the same process used on State street to such 

 good advantage this season. 



State street has been covered with a coating of 

 tar poured over the surface and allowed to harden 

 and it has improved the thoroughfare one hun- 

 dred per cent. The street is now in better co'i- 

 dition than any street in Menominee. When the 

 tar was first placed on the streets it was some- 

 what disagreeable but it soon hardened and left 

 the surface of the street as smooth and firm as 

 asphalt. 



Before the application of the tar the street hid 

 to be sprinkled regularly throughout the day but 

 the sprinkling carts are now only used on th? 

 pavement once each day. An automobile going 

 over the pavement at a good rate of speed will not 

 bring up the dust. 



Another feature of the street is that water will 

 run off it without creating any mud whatever. 

 Ten minutes after a rain storm it is as dry as it 

 was before the storm. 



The cost of treating the street to the tar was 

 about $250. 



ALPENA COUNTY ROA.DS. 



When County Road Commissioner George 

 Stovel, of Aloera. completes the work on the 

 new bridge over the South Branch, the entire 

 length of the road from Alpena to Hubbard lake 

 will be one of the best in the county. 



Beyond the South Branch bridge, in Ossineke. 

 one of the best pieces of road making ever done 

 in Alpena county has been supervised bv Wilbur 

 Robb, highway commissioner. Almost the entire 

 distance to Hubbard lake postoflfice has been beau- 

 tifully turnpiked, and the work of graveling it has 

 commenced. 



The towrshins of Long Rapids and Green hnve 

 trmoiked all of the cross r6ad from Long Rapids 

 il'age to the Wi'son-Hillrnan road, a distance of 

 four miles, and about a mile of the road has been 

 rav"led. The t nvi'-lrps of Green and Long 

 Rapids have now raised money to emplov a road 

 grader ti put the finishing touches to all of the 

 vnlinished part of the road and when this is done. 

 County Road Commissioner Flanders will cover 



it with gravel. When this is completed, and the 

 gravel is worn down it will make thirty-six miles 

 of an as enjoyable drive as there is out of the 

 city of Alpena. 



LANSING ROAD DISTRICT. 



An erroneous impression seems to prevail 

 among farmers in the Lansing good roads district 

 to the effect that the money to be raised for 

 good roads is to be expended only on the De- 

 troit road across the state. This is not true. 



Funds for good roads derived from moneys 

 received by the two mill tax and from the state, 

 will be used to convert the main thoroughfares 

 ai;d trunk roads leading into Lansing or other 

 town in the district, into so much macadamized 

 road each year. 



From these trunk or direct roads, lateral roads 

 leading to them will be graveled to the macadam- 

 ized sections, thus insuring good roads to a cer- 

 tain amount of territory each year. 



That part of the macadamized road leading 

 from Lansirg to East Lansing, now controlled by 

 the Business Men's Association, and which is a 

 part of the proposed Detroit road across the state, 

 will rot, contrary to the prevailing opinion, be 

 given any more preference than any of the other 

 trunk roads which need macadamizing. 



The. combined value of assessed property in the 

 good roads district is $15664.69."). which if a two 

 mill tax is levied would yield $31,329 to the 

 fund each yeai 



The proposed new Lansing good ro.ads district 

 comprises Lansinjr, East Lansing, Delhi, Merid- 

 ian. Alaiedon and Lansing townships. 



M.-t^on, not to be outdone by Lansing, is cir- 

 culatirg petitions for good roads and has taken 

 unto herself the townships of Vevay, Aurelius, 

 and Alaeidon. 



Alaeidon had already got in on the Lansing dis- 

 trict before the move was made at Mason for a 

 good roads district, consequently Lansing claims 

 that township. 



One feature about a good roads district is. 

 that wherever these roads are built any repair or 

 other necessary work done upon them is done 

 under the supervision of a good roads board, no 

 highway commissioner or other township or 

 countv officer having any jurisdiction whatever 

 over them. 



The city of Onaway intends to have good roads. 

 It has closed a contract with the Port Huron 

 Engine and Thresher Co. for a road roller. The 

 city expects to get some revenue from the roller 

 by renting it to adjacent townships when it is 

 not in use iu the city. 



