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DETROIT MICHIGAN, JUNE, 1908. 



Michigan Road flakers' 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 



Alger County 



Chas. B. Beaulien, Grand Marais. 



Swan Anderson, Limestone. 



Alfred O. Jopling, Munising. 

 Alpena County 



George \V. Stovel, Hubbard Lake. 



Selden W. Flanders, Flanders. 



James Briselden, Alpena. 

 Baraga County 



Simon Denomie, Assisins. 



Daniel McMillan. Baraga. 



Samuel McKircher. Michigamme. 

 Bay County 



Hugh Campbell, Bay City. 



Richard H. Fletcher, Bay City. 



Fred Kaiser, Kawkawlin. 



Clarence B. Chatfield, Bay City. 



Henry B. Lints, Linwood. 

 Benzie County 



Samuel Willis, Thompsonville. 



A. J. Spaulding, Benzonia, R. F. D. 

 Cheboygan County 



John B. McArthur. Cheboygan. 



Royal J. Taylor. Cheboygan. 



Mark P. Scott, Rondo. 

 Chippewa County 



Henry A. Osborn. Sault Ste Marie. 

 Delta County 



John Gasman. Bark River. 



Erick Anderson, Escanaba. 



Bazilio Lenzi, Escanaba. 

 Dickinson County 



William Kelly, Vulcan. 



John J. Flanagan, Sagola. 



Edward G. Kingsford, Iron Mountain. 

 Gladwin County 



Wallace McCracken. Gladwin, R. F. D. 1. 



W. H. McCulloch, Gladwin, R. F. D. 3. 



Arden G. Onweller, Beaverton, R. F. D. 1. 

 losco County 



John W. Waterbury, Tawas City. 



C. W. Luce, East Tawas. 



Wm. J. Grant, Au Sable. 

 Iron Count)' 



John H. Parks, Crystal Falls. 



W. H. Jobe, Palatka. 



James Long, Iron River. 



Kalkaska County 

 Louis A. Atkins, Lodi. 

 Ira Eckler, Kalkaska. 

 Wm. H. Marshall, Leetsville. 



Luce County 



Andrew Carlson, Newberry. 



John Fyvie, Helmer. 



Richard Hall, Newberry. 

 Manistee County 



John W. Bradford, Arcadia. 



James Henderson, Manistee. 



Marquette County 



W. H. Johnston. Ishpeming. 



M. M. Duncan, Ishpeming. 



J. E. Sherman, Marquette. 

 Mason County 



Frank W. Harding, Scottviile. 



Robert Jameson, Ludington. 



Mecosta County 



Willard B. Lyons, Big Rapids. 



Wilbur A. Reynolds, Remus. 



Charles Ostrander, Morley, R. F. D. 1. 



Menominee County 



George H. Haggerson, Menominee. 



George Law, Menominee. 



Louis Nadeau, Nadeau. 

 Muskegon County 



Fred D. Hoogstraat, Ravenna. 



Charles Ellis, Muskegon, R. F. D. T. 



Martin Ryerson, Holton. 



Oceana County 



George C. Myers, Shelby, R. F. D. 

 Claude E. Jones. Hart, R. F. D. 

 Howell E. Sumner, Ferry. 



Saginaw County 



John Ederer, Saginaw, W. S. 



Wayne County 



Edward N. Hines, Detroit. 

 Wm. Murdock. Wayne. 

 J. S. Haggerty, Detroit. 



Wexford County 



Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 

 Fred Usewick, Mesick. 

 T. E. Standclift, Boon. 



REJECTS GOOD ROADS. 



The taxpayers of Iron county have refused 

 to bond for $1CO,000 for good roads. The vote 

 was a decisive one. Diamond Drill, of Crystal 

 Falls, says, however, that the vote on the 

 bonding question is no criterion of the idea 

 or desire of the people of Iron county for 

 good roads. The people want good roads 

 and are willing to vote money for them, but 

 there is a lack of confidence in the present 

 board of road commissioners that is very 

 apparent. 



In fact, the commissioners themselves are 

 not a unit on the matter. Mr. Jobe was very 

 much adverse to the proposition and is utterly 

 disgusted with the way matters are going. At 



the last meeting of the Board of Supervisors 

 there was quite a heated time over the road 

 matter. Mr. Jobe. although one of the com- 

 missioners, asked that the entire board of com- 

 missioners be asked to resign. Mr. Jobe 

 stated that he had made up his mind to get off 

 the board and that he thought it was for the 

 best interest of the county if the entire board 

 resigned and a new outfit was chosen. 



There is contention between Mr. Parks and 

 Mr. Long, the other members of the commis- 

 sion, and results are not being had from the 

 money spent. 



Mr. Jobe says he was willing to admit that 

 the present board is a failure and that it is a 

 failure because members of the board are en- 

 gaged in roadmaking, whereas it was the orig- 

 inal intention, when the change was made, to 

 have the commissioners simply overseers who 

 would have no immediate charge of the work, 

 but leave that part to a hired superintendent 

 whom the commissioners could "jack up" or 

 criticise at will. With one or two of the com- 

 missioners actively engaged in road making 

 any criticism as to management is resented 

 and friction occurs. 



It is very plain that the country is not get- 

 ting the results it ought for the money spent. 

 Where the fault lies the Diamond Drill is not 

 able to state, but something ought to be done 

 and done quickly. 



MUST HAVE BETTER ROADS. 



Postmaster O. P. Carver, of Traverse City, 

 has received notice from Fourth Assistant 

 Postmaster General P. V. DeGraw relative to 

 the report of the bad "condition of roads on 

 routes No. 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5, in Grand Traverse 

 county. Mr. McGraw says: 



"You will also take up the matter with the 

 road officials and patrons interested, and in- 

 form them that unless all roads covered by 

 rural delivery from your office are properly re- 

 paired during the present summer season and 

 placed in such condition that uninterrupted 

 service can be rendered throughout the year, 

 the withdrawal of rural delivery from ne- 

 glected roads will very likely follow." 



200 MILES OF GOOD ROADS. 



"There will be about 200 miles of good roads 

 built in Michigan this year," says Highway 

 Commissioner Earle. "There is already 188 

 miles planned and I expect that it will easily 

 reach over 200 miles. That makes our record 

 as good or better than that of any other state. 

 Last year we built 108 miles. I tell you the 

 people are beginning to appreciate what good 

 roads will do for them." 



