MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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Watson Wagon Co., Canastota, N. Y. 



Michigan Road Makers' 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. 



WESTERN MICHIGAN ALERT. 



The people of We-tern Michigan are already 

 road builders. They expended nearly three-quar- 

 if a million dollars last year for the purpo-e 

 of improving their wagon roads. This year they 

 are doing even more. They intend that i- 

 be like rolling down hill to get the produ 

 the soil from the farms to the shipping stations. 



Their expenditures for highway purpose* 

 year wore as follows : 



Kent $10'.' - 



Muskeg' m 7s.5H>.4r> 



Ottawa 71 



Oceana 43,515.00 



Wexford 



Manistee 42.15!.7t; 



Xewago 40.17.-,..-,:; 



Mason 39.4:.'';.:.; 



Emmet :!i>.4t>7.22 



Mecosta r>6,339.60 



Antrim :i2.2i:;.::is 



>!a 2'.M>05.50 



Kalkaska 



Charlevm'x 23,859.83 



Mis-aukee 20,2 IV- 



Grand Traverse IS - 



Benzie is. 



Leelanau I3.4t>:!.72 



Lake . 10.155 :.:, 



GOOD ROADS NOTES. 



The macadam road leading from Lansing to 

 the Agricultural College has been put in first- 

 clas- condition. The road has been covered 

 with an oil preparation which is guaranteed to 

 keep it from disintegrating. 



inty Road Commissioners Haynes, Use- 

 wick and Stanclift, of Wexford county, have 

 made application to the state for reward for 

 state reward highways. The four pieces of 

 road are as follows: 1.018 miles gravel road 

 near Sherman on the line between Hanover 

 and Wexford townships, state reward $509; 

 .!7U miles of gravel road on the east side of 

 section 24, Selma township, state reward $500; 

 1 mile gravel road in Cedar Creek, state re- 

 ward $500. The work is being done by the 

 county at day labor, Commissioners Usewick 

 and Stanclift having active charge of the work, 

 two jobs being carried on at one time. In ad- 

 dition to the above work the township of An- 

 tioch is constructing a mile of gravel road and 

 it, too. will receive the reward allowed by the 

 state if the road is made properly. 



Total $73ii.54'.i.0'.t 



The state of Michigan some years ago realizing 

 that good wagon roads would greatly help to de- 

 velop its rural sections began to offer a bounty 

 for all roads coming up to an established stand- 

 ard. Most of the western Michigan counties 

 have taken advantage of the state's generosity 

 and have earned state's funds to help them with 

 their better roads campaigns. The several 

 :nts secured by the different counties up to 

 January 1 last were us follows: 



Mason $10.'.t1ii.(in 



Oceana iV.tH'.i.uu 



Mu-kegoi- 9, 



Mani-' s.717.uti 



Kalkaska 7.:;22.on 



Kent 6,f 



Antrim .-.idl.un 



' )sceola 



H. H. Malbone, highway commissioner of 

 South Haven township. Van Buren county, has 

 improved the East Phoenix road half a mile 

 beyond where the macadam road ends. This 

 is one of the main arteries leading into South 

 Haven and its improvement is of great benefit 

 to the city, and to South Haven and Geneva 

 townships, as well as to many residents of Cas- 

 co township. 



The north road across Maple lake has been 

 completed in a manner to reflect credit upon 

 those having the matter in charge, and it will 

 be a source of pride to the township. The 

 work of construction has been in charge of 

 Highway Commissioner G. W. Lee. who ha 

 spared no time or pains to make the road sub- 

 stantial and build it in such a manner that it 

 will remain permanent without being a source 

 of continual expense. This he has done to 

 the entire satisfaction of the town-hip. Paw- 

 Paw True X'orthener. 



"They have no money to go ahead with their 

 plans and are writing to us to know if they 

 can be assured of receiving the state reward as 

 soon as the road is completed. The condition 

 will necessitate delaying work on many roads, 

 but at that they are building roads at about 

 200 places in the state and are keeping us quite 



busy.'' 



The highway committee of the board of su- 

 pervisors of Marquette, of which Joseph Ba- 

 rabe of Xegaunee is chairman, has awarded 

 John Peterson a contract to repair the Goose 

 Lake road from the Xegaunee City line 

 through Xegaunee and Sands township. The 

 road received attention last year, but there are 

 several spots that need repairing in order to 

 put it in good condition. 



Mecosta 



I'.enzie 



Grand Traverse 



Wexford 



Lake . 





Highway Commissioner Ely states that 

 1,8 - -in.:.; to lack of funds in many counties in 



. . 1.5U2. nil Michigan, as well as the fact that no state re- 

 540.0,1 ward can be paid until after the lirst of the 

 501.00 year, he does not expect as many miles of good 

 500.00 roads will be built this year as last. "We tind 

 - that many counties and townships are in the 

 me conditi"n a- Ingham." says Mr. Ely. 



The township board of Eckford, Calhoun 

 county, has met and awarded "the contract to 

 construct two miles and thirty-two rods of ma- 

 cadam road in Eckford and Marengo town- 

 ships to the Consolidated Stone & Gravel Com- 

 pany of Detroit, for 75 cents per leneal foot. 



At a meeting of the township board of Mar- 

 shall township, Calhoun county, the board de- 

 cided to build one mile of gravel road accord- 

 ipg to the specifications furnished by the state 

 highway department. It will start from the 

 west corporation limits of the city of Marshall 

 on the territorial road and thence west to the 

 Conley school house, just west of Bear Creek. 



South Haven business men have organized 

 a good roads association, with Dr. Young pres- 

 ident, C. E. Abell vice-president, and L. E. 

 Parsons secretary and treasurer. It is the ob- 

 ject of the association to build good roads, or 

 improve those no'w used, from all points lead- 

 ing to the city's limits. This example should 

 be followed by every city and village in the 

 state. 



The new road which has been under the pro- 

 f construction for the past few weeks in 

 South Homestead is completed and is pronounc- 

 ed O. K. by Deputy Highway Commissioner 

 Smith, of Lansing. Xow Homestead township will 

 anxiously await the arrival of its $500 check 

 which it is to get as a reward. 



This new road extends from Homestead sta- 

 ne mile straight north, and is one 

 of the best strips of roads in P.enzie county. Mr. 

 Smith made the statement that it was better than 

 nine-tenths of the roads which he ha? accepted 

 throughout the state, of which Township Com- 

 mi ioiier r,i-!iop feels very pr"iid. 



