MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



1.062 miles gravel road. Re- 

 ward 531 



No. 222. Coe Tp., Isabella Co., 1 mile 



gravel road. Reward 500 



No. 223. Coe Tp., Isabella Co., 1 mile 



gravel road. Reward 500 



Xo. 224. South Arm Tp., Charlevoix 

 Co., 1 mile gravel road. Re- 

 ward 500 



Xo. 225. South Arm Tp., Charlevoix 

 Co., 1.06 miles gravel road. Re- 

 ward 530 



Xo. 225. Saginaw Co., .068 mile macad- 

 am road. Reward 68 



Xo. 227. Saginaw Co., .191 mile macad- 

 am road. Reward 191 



Xo. 228. Kalkaska Co., 1.004 miles gra- 

 vel road. Reward 502 



Xo. 229. Rutland Tp., Barry Co., 1.27 



miles gravel road. Reward.... 635 

 No. 230. Lyons Tp., Ionia Co., l / 2 -mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



Xo. 231. Lyons Tp, Ionia Co., J/> mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



Xo. 237. Aimer Tp., Tuscola Co., .502 



mile gravel road. Reward 251 



Xo. 232. Sand Beach Tp.. Huron Co., 



1.064 miles macadam. Reward. 1,064 

 Xo. 233. Bay Co., .274 mile macadam 



road. Reward 274 



Xo. 234. Bay Co., }$ mile macadam road. 



Reward 750 



Xo. 235. Cheboygan Co., .100 mile "C" 



road. Reward 75 



Xo. 236. Bedford Tp., Monroe Co., 1.004 



miles macadam road. Reward. 1,004 



ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE 

 MILE ROAD. 



State Highway Commissioner H. S. Earle 

 is now engaged on maps and plans for one 

 of the biggest projects that has ever origi 

 nated in Michigan. This proposed road wil 

 be over 135 miles in length, and will traverse 

 in almost a direct route, from Detroit to Sagi- 

 naw and Bay City. It will pass northwest 

 through the counties of Wayne, Oakland, La- 

 peer, Tuscola, Saginaw and Bay counties, and ; 

 touches the cities of Pontiac. Lapeer, Vassar, 

 Saginaw and Bay City, besides a number of I 

 other towns of importance. 



The idea originated with J. J. Graham, pro- 

 prietor of the Graham hotel at Lapeer, and 

 he is enthusiastically backed by farmers in the 

 entire section through which the road will 

 pass, $4,500 already having been deposited 

 with Mr. Graham to further the scheme, and 

 many more are coming forward with sub- 

 scriptions. 



The tiny-four and three-quarter miles of 

 road yet to be built to improve the poor sec- 

 tions of the road will be stone and gravel. 

 Good roads districts will be organized, it is 

 said, in each of the counties intersected by 

 the contemplated road, and with popuJar sub- 

 scriptions, certain moneys accruing from au- 

 tomobile licenses and the two-mill tax levied 

 on assessed property, the road can be entirely 

 completed within a year and open tc travel. 

 Hotels all along the proposed route will 

 have a print of the road displayed for ad- 

 vertising purposes as soon as the plans are 

 completed. 



A loop from Bay City to Saginaw on the 

 north end of' the -route is already a continu- 

 ous run of fine stone and gravel road, and 

 the project is greatly favored by residents 

 in that section to have the road to Detroit. 

 When completed the road will facilitate the 

 hauling of grain and produce. 



Barring the portion of the road reaching 

 from Wayne into Oakland county, there are 

 few gravel or macadam roads, save an occa- 

 sional stretch of a few miles. Xot only would 

 a continuous crushed rock highway through, 

 say, Saginaw, Tuscola, Lapeer and Oakland 

 counties, be of ereat value for travelers be- 



Msnistee County Gravel Road. 



Macadamized Street Scene in Town of Shelby. 



tween Saginaw and Detroit and all interme- 

 diate towns, but it would form the nucleus 

 of road improvements that eventually would 

 ramify the townships of every county it tra- 

 versed. Once a macadam highway passing 

 through a county and touching its principal 

 towns is built, "feeders" quickly spring up 

 in every direction, tapping it in order that 

 communities within traveling distance may 

 have the advantage of the trunk road. There 

 is nothing so catching as good roads. Where 

 one is constructed, others are certain to 

 follow. 



OILS FOR ROAD MAKING. 



A recent test of oils for roail making ifi 

 Kansas showed that the residuum from the 

 refinery was superior to any of the crude 

 oils, one gallon of the residuum being equal 

 to two to four of crude oil. 



In order to determine 'the value of this ma- 

 terial for road making, says Country Life in 

 America, a road bed was prepared in sandy 

 soil. After grading it was ploughed four and 

 a half inches deep and harrowed. 



A harrow preceded and followed each appli- 

 cation of the residuum, which was repeated 



until one gallon had been supplied to each 



square yard. The surface was then smoothed 



and rolled. 



After considerable use the surface of the 

 i road became dusty, and another application 



was made. Prof. Dickens reports that the 

 : road is perfectly satisfactory, being firm but 

 I not hard. 



Another stretch of road treated in the same 



way sustained loads weighing three tons and 

 ; more during wet weather without being dam- 

 j aged. Xot even a break in the surface crust 



occurred. Oils containing less than 30 per 



cent of asphaltum are not fit for road pur- 

 ses. 



Muskegon county has purchased a road roll- 



|er from the Port Huron Engine and Thresher 



Company. It was used on the Cedar Springs 



stretch of a mile of state reward stone road. 



Owosso is to lose -one of her beauty spots. 

 j The aldermen have decided that the row of 

 grand old oak trees located on King street 

 must be cut down. Attorney Lyon made a 

 fight for the trees, but "progress," so-called, 

 won the dav. 



