MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



ROAD BUILDERS WANTED. 



Many different localities throughout Michi- 

 gan are writing the State Highway Depart- 

 ment, asking for names and addresses of con- 

 tractors and practical road builders who can 

 and will enter into a contract, or will take 

 charge, of and superintend the building of 

 state roads. All persons who desire to make 

 contracts, or wish to be employed as super- 

 intendents, should send their names and ad- 

 dresses to the State Highway Department, 

 Lansing, Mich. 



Best Road Material 



OUR HOBBY. 



Crushed Granite and Gravel 



SCREENED TO SUIT. 



WRITE US. 



THE HENRY MERDIAN CO., 



43-44- Peninsular Bank Building, 

 Phone Main 6251 DETROIT, 



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 



No. 224. South Arm Tp., Charlevoix 

 Co., 1 mile gravel road. Re- 

 ward 500 



No. 225. South Arm Tp., Charlevoix 

 Co., 1.06 miles gravel road. Re- 

 ward 530 



No. 226. Saginaw Co., .068 mile macad- 

 am road. Reward 68 



No. 227. Saginaw Co., .191 mile macad- 

 am road. Reward 191 



No. 228. Kalkaska Co., 1.004 miles gra- 

 vel road. Reward 502 



No. 229. Rutland Tp., Barry Co., 1.27 



miles gravel road. Reward.... 635 



No. 230. Lyons Tp., Ionia Co., Vi mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



No. 231. Lyons Tp, Ionia Co., J4 mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



No. 237. Aimer Tp., Tuscola Co., .502 



mile gravel road. Reward 251 



No. 232. Sand Beach Tp., Huron Co., 



1.064 miles macadam. Reward. 1,064 

 No. 233. Bay Co., .274 mile macadam 



road. Reward 274 



No. 234. Bay Co., J4 mile macadam road. 



Reward 750 



No. 235. Cheboygan Co., .100 mile "C" 



road. Reward 75 



No. 236. Bedford Tp., Monroe Co., 1.004 



miles macadam road.. Reward. 1.004 

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



gravel road $ 252 



238 Rutland Tp., Barry Co., .682 mile 



gravel road 341 



239 Menominee Co., 1.524 miles gravel 



road 762 



240 Marquette Co., .465 mile macadam 



road 465 



241 Marquette Co., .35 mile macadam 



road 350 



242 Marquette Co., .521 mile macadam 



road 521 



243 Muskegon Co., 1.003 miles macadam 



road 1,003 



244 Muskegon Co., 2.254 miles macadam 



road 2,254 



245 Winsor Tp., Huron Co., 1 mile mac- 

 adam road 1,000 



246 St. Joseph Tp., Berrien Co., .502 



mile macadam road 251 



247 Marquette Co., 2 miles macadam 



road 2,000 



248 Elkland Tp., Tuscola Co., 2 miles 



gravel road 1,000 



249 Geneva Tp., Van Burcn Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 500 



250 Emerson Tp., Gratiot Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 500 



251 Emerson Tp., Gratiot Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 500 



252 Luce Co., 1.24 miles "D" road 930 



253 Marion Tp., Osceola Co., 2.008 miles 



gravel road 



254 Mason Co., ^-mile "A" road 



255 Mason Co., ^-mile macadam road.. 

 256 Mason Co., .355 mile macadam road 

 257 Mason Co., 1.003 miles macadam 



road 



258 Mason Co., .998 mile "D" road 



259 Mason Co., .748 mile gravel road... 

 260 Mason Co., .991 mile macadam road. 

 261 Mason Co., 1.054 miles macadam 



road 



262 Kalkaska Co., 1 mile gravel road 



263 Osceola Tp., Osceola Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 



264 Benton Tp., Berrien Co., 1.008 miles 



macadam road 



265 Bloomfield Tp., Oakland Co., 2.01 



miles gravel road 



266 Kalkaska Co., 1.008 miles gravel 



road 



267 Mason Co., J/2-mile gravel road 



268 Muskegon Co., .184 mile macadam 



road 



269 Port Huron Tp., St. Clair Co., .511 



mile macadam road.. 



1,004 

 125 

 500 

 355 



1,003 

 749 

 374 

 991 



1,054 

 500 



500 



504 



1,005 



504 

 250 



184 

 511 



INDIANA'S ROADS. 



In response to an inquiry as to the actual 

 cost of Indiana good roads and their quality, 

 Municipal Engineering gives some statistics 

 showing that gravel roads in Indiana cost from 

 $1,000 to $2,900 a mile, and average $1,995 

 in twenty-one counties; and that macadam 

 roads cost $1,500 to $4,000 and average $2.402 

 a mile. In 1904 Indiana spent $2,509,587 for 

 building 1,025 miles of new roads, or $2,4448 

 a mile. State Geologist Blatchley has col- 

 lected and published statistics showing 68,285 

 miles or roads in the state, of which 23,937 

 miles, or 35 per cent, have been improved, 

 20,582 with gravel and 2.355 with stone. He 

 gives the average cost of ail the gravel roads 

 in the state as $1,403, and of the stone roads 

 $2,221 a mile, the average of all being $1,507. 



Municipal Engineering commends the In- 

 diana system, which produces reasonably good 

 roads in large quantities at low unit cost. 

 Indiana spends as much money on its new 

 roads as any state in the union, with perhaps 

 two or three exceptions, but it has many 

 times as much good road to show for it as 

 other states, few even approaching this state 

 in mileage or percentage of improved roads. 

 While road materials are comparatively cheap 

 in many parts of the state, much of the excel- 

 lent result is attributable to the system under 

 which the roads are constructed. 



PREVENTING DUSTY ROADS. 



Consul T. H. Norton, writing from Chem- 

 nitz, says that a Saxon firm has introduced 

 a new road-binding composition called "Apo- 

 konin," which has been tried on the macadam- 

 ized streets of Leipzig and other places with 

 much success. The material is thus described: 



It is a mixture of the heavier residual oils 

 obtained in the distillation of coal tar with 

 high boiling hydrocarbons. The method of 

 mixing apparently involves a certain degree 

 of chemical combination, in which phenol and 



similar constituents play a role. The manu- 

 factured material is prepared for use by heat- 

 ing in iron cauldrons, identical with those used 

 for asphalt, to temperatures ranging from 212 

 degrees to 248 degrees F. (100 degrees to 120 

 degrees C.). It is then sprayed evenly over 

 the surface of the roadway with a special form 

 of apparatus, and under such high pressure 

 that the fluid mass penetrates to a certain 

 distance into the upper layer of dust or dirt. 

 The result is the formation of a compact, 

 lustrous black coating, which meets the de- 

 mands of heavy traffic and is not disintegrated 

 into dust particles. A marked advantage of 

 the new process over the methods hitherto 

 employed for the same purpose, and based 

 upon the use of ordinary tar, is the total 

 absence of odor after the application. 



GENESEE COUNTY ROADS. 



Gardner Griswpld, overseer of highways in- 

 the northwest district of Genesee township, 

 Genesee county, has at length found what he 

 has been patiently looking for, a gravel pit, 

 with gravel suitable for road purposes. 



He found it on the Westpver farm, two miles- 

 east of Mt. Morris. It is first-class gravel, 

 easy to get, and the deposit seems to be in- 

 exhaustible. 



The pit is located nearly in the center of 

 his district and located next to the road, mak- 

 ing a very short haul. Mr. Griswold expects 

 to put at least 700 loads on the road this 

 winter. 



The owner was more than pleased to allow 

 the township to open the pit and use the 

 gravel, as the road between the village and. 

 his farm at certain periods of the year is im- 

 passable. When completed it will make one 

 of the best roads in the township, thus giving 

 him a fine highway to use in hauling his- 

 produce to town. 



ALGER COUNTY ROADS. 



L. E. Adams, county engineer of Alger 

 county, has completed the survey of the Mu- 

 nising-Chatham county road. The latter was 

 surveyed from Munising to Munising Junction) 

 and from Chatham to Dixon, leaving about 

 eleven miles of the route to survey. 



The object in completing the survey at this. 

 time is obvious. If the county engineer waited 

 until next spring work on the county road 

 would be greatly delayed. 



There's an overhead crossing to be built at 

 Munising Junction, and besides bridges are to 

 be constructed over the AuTrain and Slapneck 

 rivers. 



Bids will be secured at once and contracts 

 let for doing this work, and all will be in 

 readiness as soon as the snow goes off in the 

 spring. 



During the coming season it is expected 

 very material progress will be made on the 

 new county road, which, when completed, will. 

 undoubtedly prove a great boon to the people 

 of Munising as well as to those of southern 

 Alger county. 



H. S. Earle, state highway commissioner, in. 

 an address to the farmers of Berrien county 

 at St. Joseph advocated that the county bond 

 for $250,000 and build good roads in every 

 direction. 



