DETROIT MICHIGAN, JULY, 1908. 



Michigan Road nakers' Association. 



W. W. Todd, Jackson, President; P. T. Colgrove, Hastings, First Vice-P resident; 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 Count}- 



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. 



Win. J. Grant, Au Sable. 

 Iron County 



John H. Parks, Crystal Falls. 



\V. 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 Countv 



Frank W. Harding. Scottville. 



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 Xadeau, Xadeau. 



Muskegon County 



Fred D. Hoogstraat. Ravenna. 

 Charles Ellis, Muskegon, R. F. D. 7. 

 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. 



HOUGHTON COUNTY ROADS. 



Alloue township. Houghton county, is build- 

 ing the finest piece of public highway in north- 

 ern Michigan and is following out the require- 

 ments laid down in the state law in order _that 

 it might receive the state reward of $1,000 per 

 mile. The road runs from Mohawk to Cliff, a 

 distance of six miles, and will be almost per- 

 fectly straight. The steepest grade at any 

 point in this remarkable bit of highway will 

 not be over 4 per cent and there will be only 

 two curves, both of them very slight. The 

 Allouez township authorities are setting a 

 pace for the township authorities of other 

 counties to follow and show that they are as 



up-to-date as the authorities of any township 

 in the estate. The road work is being done 

 under the supervision of Highway Commis- 

 sioner S. R. Smith. Four miles of the road 

 will be completed this year. The township- 

 authorities have secured one of the best road 

 building outfits obtainable for the work they 

 are doing at the present time. 



A petition has been prepared by farmers re- 

 siding in sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, north of 

 Calumet, Houghton county, presented to the 

 Calumet township board for a road through 

 that district to Calumet so they can get their 

 produce to the Calumet markets and also haul 

 supplies. They ask for a well traded highway, 

 properly ditched and drained. It is believed 

 the township authorities will act favorably on 

 the petition. A large sum is in the treasury 

 for necessary road buildin- and repairs, and 

 the road in question is needed. 



Dunbar' Scott, the Houghton surveyor, has 

 completed" the surveying of a road from the 

 Rice Lake road to the farm of Vila Dupuis. 

 The line goes between sections 10 and 11, 

 Houghton county. It is about a half mile in 

 length. The new road will be a great saver in 

 going to the Dupuis farm. Formerly in going- 

 to the farm one had to travej two miles to- 

 reach it. but with the completion of the new 

 road the distance will be much shorter. 



The Franklin. Houghton county, township 

 board has decided to continue the work of 

 improving the highways in that township. In 

 Ripley $1,500 have been expended and excel- 

 lent work on the road has been accomplished. 

 The work on the road will be continued east 

 of the county bridge. It is also planned to- 

 rock the roadway from the Qtfincy to the 

 highway. The Quincy Mining Company will 

 furnish the crushed rock for this work. The 

 township recently paid a neat sum for the 

 improving of a section of roads on the hill, 

 the work having been done by the farmers 

 along the roads, to whom the contract was let 

 for the improvement. The township has 

 twenty-eight miles of roadwav to look after 

 and it is no small job to do this and keep 

 every portion in good shape. By the system 

 that has been undertaken by the township- 

 board, it will only be a matter of a few months 

 when Franklin township will be able to boast 

 of having the best roads in the county. 



The farmers of Osceola township, Osceola 

 ci.iunty. voted down the proposition to bond 

 for $6.000 for good roads. The farmers voted 

 against the proposition from a mistaken idea 

 that the amount so appropriated would be laid 

 out in a location not satisfactory to them. 



