MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



No. 321 Manistee township, Manistee coun- 

 ty, ^2-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, yi-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, ^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $250. 



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

 reward, $500. 



No. 344 Bay county, .804 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $704. 

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



grayel 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, rewafd $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. 3.58. 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., \Vz :-iiles 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 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Ingham Co.. Meridian Tp., 1 



gravel road, reward $500. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp., V: 

 gravel road, reward $250. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp., Vz mile 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Ingham Co., LansiiT" Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Oceana Co., Shelby Tp., 2.719 miles 



macadam road, reward $2,719. 



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PLANNING MUCH ROAD WORK. 



The good roads commission of the district 

 in Kent county comprising the townships men- 

 tioned below have planned much road work for 

 next year, as follows: 



Plainfield Township Canal street, two miles, 

 $2,500; Plainfield avenue, one mile, $2.">dd. 



Alpine Township IVarsall road, one and 

 one-half miles, $2. :>()(); Alpine avenue, two 

 miles, $2,500. 



Grand Rapids Township Canal street, to 

 finish, gravel, $:i,5w>; Knapp avenue, one and 

 one-ball mile-. $:;.:>()(>. 



Paris Township Burton avenue, one and 

 one-fourth miles. $:!..">flo: Kalamazoo avenue. 

 to finish, $1,500. 



Wyoming Township Clyde Park avenue, to 

 finish, $2,000; Division street, three miles, to 

 finish. $5,0(10. 



Walker Township Walker and Alpine 

 gravel road, two miles. $2.00(1; Alpine avenue. 

 two miles, $2.000; Butterworth avenue, to firi- 

 ish. $1.500; Fisk avenue, one and one-half miles 

 $1.000. 



East Grand Rapids Clinton road, past Ma- 

 sonic Home, one-half mile, $4,000. 



City of Grand Rapids Fuller street. $2.:>nO; 

 East Bridge street, two miles. $4. Odd. 



FORTY MILES OF STATE ROAD. 



Six miles of stone road recently completed 

 in Mason county by Commissioners Frank 

 Harding and Robert Jameson have been ac- 

 cepted by Deputy. Highway Commissioner F. 

 F. Rogers of Lansing-, thereby entitling the 

 county to the state awards, aggregating $6.750. 

 This makes a total of forty miles of state road 

 in Mason county, one-fifth of all stone roads 

 in the state. Last year Mason constructed more 

 than any other county but Saginaw. 



STANTON FOR GOOD ROADS. 



The Stanton Good Roads Association has 

 been formed at Stanton for the purpose of im- 

 proving the highways in Montcalm count}'. 

 Mayor M. W. Stevenson was elected president, 

 Chris. Mad sen of Sidney township. Thomas 

 Crooks of Douglas township. M. J. McConkie 

 of F.vergreen township and Frank Boyer ofj 

 Day township, vice presidents; Delos A. 



Towle, secretary, and P. J. Devinc, treasurer. 



The road leading into Stanton from the 

 west is to be improved first. For three miles 

 from the city limits this road is t'o be graveled, 

 according to the specifications laid down by 

 the state. 



H. S. Earle, who went over the road, esti- 

 mated the total cost to be if.'!, 700. and $1,000 

 was raised at the meeting and there is no 

 doubt that the remaining $1.200 will be easily 

 secured, and the work pushed to completion. 

 Next year other roads will be improved. 



MARQUETTE-MENOMINEE ROAD. 



While the matter iias not yet been decided 

 officially, it can be stated with a degree of cer- 

 tainty that the Mi-nominee and Marquette 

 ranges will be connected by a good wagon 

 road during the year 11109. The road commis- 

 sioners of Dickinson and Marquette counties 

 are agreed in the premises. The route of the 

 proposed highway has been partially inves- 

 l. gated. The Dickinson commissioners have 

 gone over the route and the Marquette end has 

 been investigated by Engineer Hillyer, of Is- 

 pheming. It is planned to hokl a meeting 

 of the commissioners of the two counties in 

 the near future and go over the route. En- 

 gineer Hillyer says the road can be construct- 

 ed at a moderate cost. The Sagola township 

 authorities enthusiastic road builders and be- 

 lievers in the agricultural possibilities of the 

 county are so eager to have the work start- 

 ed that they have volunteered to cut out the 

 right of way from Sawyer lake to the county 

 line as soon as the route is definitely located. 

 Engineer Carpenter will make the survey as 

 soon as the Marquette commissioners reach a 

 decision as to junction point. It will be neces- 

 sary for Marquette county to build a bridge 

 across the Michigamme river, but at the point 

 of crossing suggested by Engineer Hillyer the 

 structure can be erected cheaply. The pro- 

 posed highway will open thousands of acres 

 of land suitable for farming purposes and we 

 predict that the territory will be quickly set- 

 tled up. 



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$10,000 FOR MECOSTA COUNTY ROADS. 



The County Road Commission of Mecosta 

 comity has recommended that a tax of 2 per 

 cent be levied for road improvements, which 

 \yould provide a fund o f about $10.000. The 

 money so raised will be used in building state 

 reward roads, as follows, viz: 



One mile of road on the section line run- 

 ning east and west between sections 13 and 24 

 in the township of Morton. 



One mile of road running east and west on 

 the section line between sections 18 and 19 

 in the township of Wheatland, commencing at 

 a point one mile cast from Morley, thence 

 running east two miles on quarter line through 

 the center of sections 2S and 2<> Deerlield town- 

 ship one mile. 



One mile of road running north and south 

 on the section line between sections 3 and 4 in 

 the township of Sheridan. 



One mile of road running north and south 

 on section line between sections 33 and 34, 

 Fork township. 



STONE AS CHEAP AS GRAVEL. 



With proper machinery, roads of crushed 

 stone can be built as cheaply in Jackson as 

 gravel roads, says Charles Lewis member of 

 the 'board of public works and leader in the 

 good roads movement at Jackson. 



The city is experimenting with a portable 

 stone crusher, sent on trial by the Port Hu- 

 ron Engine Works. The stone was crushed 

 in the ground and the street finished with 

 the road roller. It is the -intention of the board 

 to put in sample roads on Cooper and Francis 

 streets this fall. 



Contractor J. E. Blomgrcn has finished, the 

 grading on the Pine Creek road. Dickinson 

 county, and has rocked and rolled a portion 

 of the road between the London and Albert 

 farms. 



