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-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. 



$50,000 FOR KALAMAZOO ROADS. 



The Count}- Road Commission of Kalama- 

 zoo county asked the supervisors for a tax 

 levy ni $4:., 992, with a contingent fund of $5,- 

 222. which was promptly granted. The com- 

 mission plans to build two miles of good road 

 in each township next year. The roads slated 

 for improvement are as follows: 



Alamo township Ravine road, one mile; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,395. Wil- 

 liams road, one mile; mtaerial, gravel; estimat- 

 ed cost, $1,215. 



Cooper township Cooper road, one mile; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,895. River 

 road, one mile; material, gravel; estimated 

 cost, $985. 



Richland township Gull road, two miles; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $3,807. 



Ross township Augusta and Climax and 

 K Center, two miles in all; material, gravel; 

 estimated cost, $2,185. 



Charleston township Augusta and Climax 



road, one mile; material, gravel; estimated 



Galesburg and Climax road, one 



mile: material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,193. 



Comstock township Territorial road, two 

 mile.-; material, gravel; estimated cost, $2,070. 



Kalamazoo township Gull road, 3,200 feet; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $685. Ravine 

 road, 7,360 feet; material, gravel, estimated 

 cost, $1,462. 



Oshtemo township West Main street road 

 one mile; material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,- 

 471. Territorial road, one mile; material, 

 gravel; estimated cost, $1,596. 



Texas township Angling road, two miles; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $3,717. 



Portage township^ Portage road, 1 mile; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,215. West 

 street road, one mile; material, gravel; esti- 

 mated cost, $945. 



Pavilion township Pavilion Center road, 

 two miles; material, gravel; estimated cost $2,- 

 430. 



Climax township Eldred road, one mile; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,215. 



Wakeshma township Center road, one mile; 

 material, gravel; estimated cost, $1,903. Le- 

 onidas road, one mile; material, gravel; esti- 

 mated cost, $1,903. 



Brady township Center road, one mile; ma- 

 terial, gravel; estimated cost, $1,598. Kalama- 

 zoo road, one mile; material, gravel; estimated 

 cost, $1,903. 



Schoolcraft township Center road, one 

 mile; material, gravel; estimated cost, $2,025. 



Center road, one mile; material, gravel; esti- 

 mated cost, $2,480. 



Prairie Ronde township Shaver road, two 

 miles; material, gravel; estimated cost, $2,700. 



$33,792 FOR MUSKEGON ROADS. 



Declaring that it needs $33,792 for taking 

 care of and improving Muskegon county roads 

 during the coming year, the board of county 

 road ccmmissioners has presented its annual 

 recommendation to the board of supervisors. 



The big amounts in the board's budget for 

 the coming year submitted to the board of 

 supervisors are $5,500 for the extension and 

 repair of the Cedar Springs road, $4,000 for the 

 extension of the Fruitport road, $2,000 for the 

 extension of McKinney avenue, Muskegon 

 Heights, $5,000 for repairs to the Whitehall 

 road, $2,000 fcr an extension of the Montague 

 road, and $5,000 for repairs to the Holton road. 



The budget of the board recommended to 

 the supervisors is as follows: 



Bailey road, new road $ 1,000 



Rav enna road, repairs 500 



Ravenna road, extension 2,000 



Xorth Muskegon road, repairs 1,000 



Cedar Springs road, extension 3,500 



Cedar Springs road, repairs 2,000 



Holton road, repairs 5,000 



Fruitport road, extension 4,000 



Fruitport road, repairs 500 



Grand Haven read 2,000 



McKinney avenue, extension 2,000 



Sullivan road, extension 1,500 



Whitehall road, repairs 5,000 



Montague road, extension 2,000 



Contingent expenses 1,792 



Total $33,792 



GRAND TRAVERSE ROAD IM- 

 PROVEMENTS. 



The Grand Traverse county road commis- 

 sioners in their first report to the supervisors 

 recommended highway improvements as fol- 

 lows: 



Paradise Township Fife Lake road, mile 

 between sections 3 and 10; estimated expense, 

 $1,500. 



Fife Lake Township Kingsley road, east 

 and west quarter line across section 10: $800. 



Garfield Township Rennie road, 5,000 feet 

 between sections 15 and 16; $1,800. Long 

 Lake road, mile between sections 7 and 8; $3,- 

 000. 



East Bay Township East Bay road, mile 

 from Garfield line towards East Head; $2,200. 



Blair Township Rennie road, mile between 



sections 8 and 9; $800. Rennie read, mile be- 

 twen sections 4 and 5; $1,600. 



MARQUETTE WILL SPEND $40,000. 

 The Marquette county road commission 

 asked for $43,500 for the work planned for 

 next year, which was cut down to $40,000 by 

 the committee on finance and taxation. The 

 commissions report states that it is planned to 

 expend the appropriation in the following 

 manner: 



General office, superintendent and en- 

 gineering expense $ 3,500 



Witch Lake road, two miles 5,500 



One-half cost of bridge across Michi- 

 gamme river on Witch Lake road be- 

 tween Dickinson and Marquette coun- 

 ties 2,500 



From Ishpeming, west 10,000 



Harvey-Green Garden road 16,000 



Repairs to Marquette-Xegaunee road.. 1,500 

 Equipment 4,500 



Total $43,500 



HOLD UP ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. 



Delta county road commissioners have had 

 their plans for road improvements upset tem- 

 porarily, the board of supervisors refusing to 

 act on the petition to bond the county for 

 $100,000 for road improvements. The ques- 

 tion will come up again at the January meeting. 

 The road commissioners claim that by receiv- 

 ing a large sum of money they could let all of 

 the contracts at the same time and thus save 

 at least the interest money on the bonds. "The 

 work must be done sometime," they declared. 

 "Give us the financial tools and let us improve 

 the present." 



Their proposed schedule of improvements, 

 provided they receive the $100,000, was as fol- 

 lows: 



Gladstone-Rapid River $ 7.000 



Cornell 10.000 



Fairbanks * 12,000 



Garden 12.000 



Nahma 17,500 



Marquette 42,500 



Portage 5,000 



Rapid River 10,000 



Total $104,000 



One mile and 240 feet of the AuSable road 

 has been approved by Deputy State Highway 

 Commissioner Rogers, of Lansing, and he will 

 recommend the payment of $1,220, the good 

 roads reward, to Bay county. Joseph Blair, 

 of Linwood, built the road. 



