MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



No. 321 Manistee township, Manistee coun- 

 ty, }4-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 322 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 323 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 324 Bay county, J^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 325 Bay County, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 326 Hersey township, Osceola county, 

 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 327 Bennington township, Shiawassee 

 county, 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 328- Arbela township, Tuscola county, 

 2.004 miles gravel road; reward, $1,002. 



No. 329 No. Branch township, Lapeer coun- 

 ty, 1.306 miles gravel road; reward, $653. 



No. 330 Manistee county, 1 mile gravel 

 road; reward, $500. 



No. 331 Muskegon county, .131 mile ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $131. 



No. 332 Muskegon county, 1.033 miles ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $1,033. 



No. 333 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 1 

 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 334 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, J^-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 335 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, 1.718 miles gravel road; reward, $859. 



No. 336 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 

 1.038 miles gravel road; reward, $519. 



No. 337 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .438 mile gravel road; reward, $219. 



No. 338 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .562 mile gravel road; reward, $281. 



No. 339 Otisco township, Ionia county, 1.06 

 miles gravel road; reward, $530. 



No. 340 Wayne county, 2 miles macadam 

 road; reward, $2,000. 



No. 341 Bay county, .798 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $798. 



No. 342 Bay county, J/jj-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $250. 



No. 343 Bay county, ^2-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 344 Bay county, .804 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $704. 



No. 346. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.744 mile 



gravel road, reward $872. 

 No. 347. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.52 mile 



gravel road, reward $760. 

 No. 348. Kent Co., Paris Tp., 1.594 mile gravel 



road, reward $797. 

 No. 349. Tuscola Co.. Indianfields Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 350. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1.008 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,008. 

 No. 351. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1 mile ma- 

 cadam road, reward $1,000. 

 No. 352. Delta Co., Escanaba Tp., 1.152 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,152. 

 No. 353. Calhoun Co., Newton Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 354-. Manistee Co., Marilla Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 355. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .955 



mile "D" road, reward $716. 

 No. 356. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .208 



mile "D" road, reward $156. 

 No. 357. Clare Co., Grant Tp., 1 mile gravel 



road, reward $500. 

 No. 358. Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., 1.045 



miles macadam road, reward $1,045. 

 No. 359. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .624 mile 



gravel road, reward $312. 

 No. 360. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .890 mile 



gravel road, reward $445. 



No. 361. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .486 mile 

 gravel road, reward $243. 



No. 362. Gratiot Co., Sumner Tp., 1 mile 

 gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 363. 

 No. 364. 

 No. 365. 

 No. 366. 

 No. 367. 

 No. 368. 

 No. 369. 

 No. 370. 

 No. 371. 

 No. 372. 

 No. 373. 

 No. 374. 

 No. 375. 

 No. 376. 

 No. 377. 

 No. 378. 

 No. 379. 

 No. 380. 



Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., % mile 



macadam road, reward $500. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 1.47 miles 



gravel road, reward $735. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 2.466 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,233. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 3.76 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,880. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., .426 mile 



gravel road, reward $213. 

 Muskegon Co., .644 mile macadam 



road, reward $644. 

 Muskegon Co., .748 mile macadam 



road, reward $748. 

 Wexford Co., South Branch Tp., 



1.004 mile gravel road, reward $702. 

 Dickinson Co., 2.54 miles macadam 



road, reward $2,540. 

 Wayne Co., 1% miles macadam road, 



reward $1,500. 

 Montcalm Co., Reynolds Tp., 1.8 



miles gravel road, reward $900. 

 Gratiot Co., Emerson Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Gratiot Co.. Emerson Tp., 1 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Ingham Co., Meridian Tp., 1 



gravel road, reward $500. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp., 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Oceana Co., 'Greenwood Tp., Vz mile- 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Ingham Co., Lansin^ Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Oceana Co., Shelby Tp., 2.719 miles 



macadam road, reward $2,719. 



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SAGINAW WANTS GOOD ROADS. 



The Board of Trade of Saginaw proposes 

 to work for the establishing of half a dozen 

 trunk highways of macadam leading from that 

 city to the extreme limits of the county. Al- 

 though not definitely decided upon, the six 

 trunk highways suggested are the following: 

 On the west side, one leading along the Titta- 

 bawassee to Midland. Into this important 

 highway four main west side streets run 

 Mackinaw, Brockway, Court and State, all 

 now improved or being improved direct to the 

 Tittabawassee river. 



The Gratiot road to Merrill, St. Charles and 

 Alma. 



A third out Michigan avenue to St. Charles, 

 Chesaning and beyond. 



On the east side: Genesee plank out to 

 Bridgeport, and on to Flint. The town line 

 road, extended south and into this would run 

 Washington avenue, Williamson street, and 

 Sheridan avenue, three important thorough- 

 fares. 



For the third highway on the east side, the 

 Deerfield road is favorite, as it enters Genesee 

 avenue business district directly, via Janes 

 avenue, and taps the Bay City-Vassar stone 

 road at a point that would necessarily bring 

 added trade to the city. 



HURON COUNTY ROADS. 



One-third of a century ago there were only 

 a few passable highways in Huron county. 

 What was known as the Shore road, a high- 

 way coming from Port Huron through White 

 Rock, Rock Falls, Harbor Beach. Port Hope, 

 Huron City, Grindstone City. Port Austin. 

 Port Crescent, Fair Haven, Bay Port, and 

 Sebewaing was the main thoroughfare. From 

 White Rock to Harbor Beach and Port Hope 

 the road was largely through the sand and 

 cines of the lake shore, which conditions most- 

 ly prevailed from Port Austin to Sebewaing. 

 The state roads from Port Austin to Bad Axe 

 and from Huron City to Verona were new 

 roads of bad holes and corduroy, with a few 

 settlement patches at intervals. The mos- 

 quitoes were so plentiful that the early farm- 

 ers were obliged to build fires and smudges 

 for the protection of themselves and cattle. 



Stages and mail carriers were the main outlet 

 and the principal means of hearing from the 

 outside world. After the county seat was re- ' 

 moved from Port Austin to Bad Axe in 1873 i 

 Henry C. Kingsley, of Port Austin, or "Boss," 

 as he was familiarly known, who was the 

 proud owner of a fair team of horses and a I 

 three-seated spring wagon, was the autocrat of 

 the highway and used to take the lawyers and ! 

 jurors to Bad Axe at the commencement of 

 the term of court and leave them there until ] 

 they sent for him. The trip lasted from three ! 

 to four hours each way. 



Now the eighteen miles from Port Austin to 

 Bad Axe is lined with productive farms and 

 the highway is frequently traversed by auto- 

 mobiles in less than an hour, which means a 

 very good road. 



EARLE'S AIDES. 



State Highway Commissioner Horatio S. 

 representatives of the department to secure the 

 names of ten or more freeholders in each 

 township, village and city in counties not un- 

 der the county road system, which brings the 

 matter' up to be voted on at next spring elec- 

 tion: Frank G. Hood, Detroit; F. H. Bel- 

 knap, Whittemore; Charles A. Bailey, Jr., Port 

 Huron; W. M. Bryant, Kalamazoo; Ward V. 

 Sanford, for Midland county; W. M. Wissing 

 and H. M. Miller, St. Joseph; D. H. McMullen, 

 Traverse City; H. W. Mitchell, Luther; Frank 

 E. Rice. Millington; Charles B. Scully, Al- 

 mont; T. A. Farrand, Eaton Rapids, and 

 George E. Rowe, Grand Rapids. 



Mr. Earle gets the authority to do this from 

 the motor vehicle law. which commands that 

 all over the cost of collecting the fees shall be 

 turned over to his department for furthering 

 good roads for the benefit of the state at large. 



SYSTEM OF ROADS PLANNED FOR 

 OKLAHOMA. 



Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, proposes to 

 use a force of about 300 convicts in building a 

 system of macadam roads to gridiron the 

 eastern section of the State from Kansas to 

 the Texas line. The Governor now has an 

 engineer making estimates of the cost of the 

 roads, and other experts figuring on the cost 

 of maintaining prisoners and working out the 

 details of handling such a body of men. It is 

 said that the first of the main roads will reach 

 from Claremore to Tahlequah, a distance of 

 forty-five or fifty miles, crossing the Grand 

 river and winding through the Cherokee hills. 

 Another road will extend from McAlester to 

 Ardmore; another from Poteau to Durant. 



TOLL ROAD GOES SOON. 



The franchise under which the Genesee ave- 

 nue plank road out of Saginaw is operated by 

 a private corporation will expire with a year 

 or a little more and this important highway 

 will then revert to Saginaw county, and be 

 open to public use free of tolls or charges. 

 Acknowledged to be one of the main arteries 

 of trade in that part of Michigan, the Genesee 

 avenue plank has long been controlled by a 

 joint stock company, originating with the late 

 Alfred M. and Jesse Hoyt, who obtained the 

 original charter from the state legislature 

 about thirty years ago. Jesse Hoyt was prac- 

 tically the head of the company from its in- 

 ception, and was succeeded in stock control 

 by the late Wm. J. Bartow. The road is still 

 operated by what is known as the Saginaw 

 ;iml Genesee Plank Road Co., of which W. H. 

 Hart is president. 



The new road north from St. Helen, Ros- 

 common county, to the DeLamater settlement, 

 has been completed, and Road Commissioner 

 Joseph Carter has his crew of road builders on 

 the new road ordered from St. Helen to Blan- 

 chard's mill. These new roads give the set- 

 tlers from the north and south easy access to 

 St. Helen. It is thought plans will be per- 

 fected next year to continue the road from 

 Blanchard's mill west to Houghton Lake, thus 

 giving the Houghton Lake settlers a nearer 

 railroad point. 



