MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



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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 road. 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 



Xo. --22. Coe Tp., Isabella Co., 1 mile 



gravel road. Reward 500 



Xo. 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. 226. Saginaw Co.. .068 mile macad- 

 am road. Reward 68 



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

 am road. Reward 191 



Xo. 223. Kalkaska Co., 1.004 miles gra- 

 vel road. Reward 502 



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



miles gravel road. Reward.... 635 



.'.50. Lyons Tp., Ionia Co., l / 2 mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



!!. Lyons Tp, Ionia Co., */ 2 mile 



gravel road. Reward 250 



Xo. 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 

 Xo. 233. Cay Co.. .274 mile macadam 



road. Reward 274 



No. 234. Bay Co., -'4 mile macadam road. 



Reward 750 



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



road. Reward 75 



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



miles macadam road. Reward. 1.004 

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



gravel road $ 252 



23S 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 



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



gravel road 500 



-Emerson Tp., Gratiot Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 500 



51 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 1,004 



254 Mason Co., Ji-mile "A" road 125 



255 Mason Co., J-2-mile macadam road.. 500 

 256 Mason Co., .355 mile macadam road 355 



257 Mason Co., 1.003 miles macadam 



road 1,003 



258 Mason Co., .998 mile "D" road 749 



259 Mason Co., .748 mile gravel road... 374 



260 Mason Co., .991 mile macadam road. 991 

 261 Mason Co., 1.054 miles macadam 



road 1,054 



262 Kalkaska Co., 1 mile gravel road 500 



263 Osceola Tp., Osceola Co., 1 mile 



gravel road 500 



264 Benton Tp., Berrien Co., 1.008 miles 



macadam road 504 



265 Bloomfield Tp., Oakland Co., 2.01 



miles gravel road 1,005 



266 Kalkaska Co., 1.008 miles . gravel 



road 504 



267 Mason Co., J^-mile gravel road 250 



268 Muskegon Co., .184 mile macadam 



road 184 



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



mile macadam road 511 



Xo. 270. Marquette Co., 2 miles macadam 

 road, reward $2,000. 



Xo. 271. Muskegon Co., 1 mile macadam road, 

 reward $1,000. 



No. '-'72. Muskegon Co., .322 miles macadam 

 road, reward S::22. 



X 873. Columbia Twp.. Tuscola Co., .712 

 miles gravel road, reward $361. 



Xo. 274. Columbia Twp., Tuscola Co., y 2 milt- 

 macadam road, reward $500. 



No. ::;:> Manistee Co.. 1.002 miles grave) 



road, reward S.>oi. 

 :;6. Hamlin Twp., Eaton Co.. I mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Xo. 277. Allouez Twp.. Keweenaw Co.. 



miles macadam road, reward $2.002 

 No. 27-v Frederic Twp.. Crawford Co., LOGS 



miles gravel road, reward .- 



Xo. 279. Bay Co.. .229 mile macadam road, 

 reward, $690. 



Xo. 280. Hamlin Twp.. Eaton Co., 1 mile 

 gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 281. Everett Twp.. Xewaygo Co., 1 mile 

 gravel road, reward $500. 



No 2S2. Mauistee Co., 1.38 miles gravel road. 



reward, $690. 



:-S. Manistee Co.. 1.024 miles gravel 

 road, reward. $512. 



Xo. 2S4. Manistee Co., 1 mile gravel road, re- 

 ward $500. 



X'o. 2S5. Manistee Co., 1 mile gravel road, re- 

 ward $500. 



No. 286. Jonesfield Twp., Saginaw Co., 4.565 

 miles macadam road. reward 

 $4.565. 



No. 287. Jonesfield Twp., Saginaw Co.. 1 mile 

 macadam road, reward $1,000. 



No. 288. Saginaw Co., 1.017 miles macadam 

 road, reward $1,017. 



Xo. 289. 



No. 290. 



No. 291. 



Xo. 292. 



Xo. 29:i. 



Xo. 294. 



Xo. 295. 



No. 296. 



Xo. 2*7. 



Xo. 298. 



No. 299. 



Xo. 300. 



No. 301. 



Xo. 302. 



Saginaw Co., .493 mile macadam 



road, reward $-! 

 Saginaw Co., .968 mile macadam 



road, reward $968. 

 Saginaw Co., 1.097 miles macadam 



road, reward $1,C97. 

 Saginaw Co., .99 mile macadam road, 



reward $990. 

 Saginaw Co., 1.015 miles macadam 



road, reward $1,015. 

 Saginaw Co., 2.11 miles macadam 



road, reward $2.110. 

 Saginaw Co., .505 mile macadam 



road, reward $505. 

 Saginaw Co., .499 mile macadam 



road, reward $499. 

 Saginaw Co., .497 mile macadam 



road, reward $497. 

 Saginaw Co.. .556 mile macadam 



road, reward $556. 

 Saginaw Co., .245 mile macadam 



road, reward $245. 

 Casnovia Twp.. Muskegon Co.. : 



mile gravel road, reward $.">( n. 

 Casnovia Twp., Muskegon Co.. 1 



mile gravel road, reward ?5(.o. 

 Pleasanton Twp.. Manistee Co. i 



miles gravel road, reward $500. 



COUNTY ROAD INSTITUTES. 



The different county road institutes held in 

 Michigan this month have . been largely at- 

 tended. The meetings have been of an edu- 

 cational nature, the highway commissioners 

 and others in attendance being thoroughly 

 drilled in the provisions of the new act under 

 which they are working. There is a. surpris- 

 ing lack of knowledge among the farmers 

 liv'ng on by-roads as regards the benefits ac- 

 cruing to them under the new act. They be- 

 lieve that all of the road tax collected in 

 a county is for the benefit of the main traveled 

 highway. The county road tax is a special 

 tax which is used to build the main highways. 

 All other roads are in the hands of the town- 

 ship highway commissioners, and the township 

 road repair taxes must be expended on the 

 roads directly abutting the property taxed. 

 State Highway Commissioner Earle has at- 

 tended nearly all of the county round-ups in 

 person, and is well pleased with the results 

 which are being achieved under the new law 

 of which he is the author. As soon as the 

 farmer becomes thoroughly acquainted with 

 the provisions of the road act now in force, 

 and experiences the actual benefits which it 

 confers on him. the path trod by the state 

 highway commissioner will be a much pleas- 

 anter one to travel on than it is at present, 

 and the good roads movement in Michigan 

 will have such an impetus that nithing can 

 stop, it. 



State Highway Commissioner Earle says 

 that Alpena county has the most miles of good 

 road of any county in Michigan for the popu- 

 lation. He has succeeded in arousing much 

 enthusiasm in the county, with the result tkat 

 there will be more road building than ntr 

 thi> year. 



