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BEST MILE OF GRAVEL ROAD. 



Henrietta township, Jackson County, now 

 has four miles of good road, and is the only 

 township in the county that has taken ad- 

 vantage of the state appropriation for building 

 better highways. Henrietta began the work 

 four years ago, and has built one mile a, year 

 ever since. State Engineer Smith, of the 

 highway commissioner's department at Lans- 

 ing, who inspected the mile of road built this 

 year, pronounced it the best in .Michigan. It 

 is built of gravel and is a splendid bit of work. 



Last year a mile of good road was built 

 from Munith west. This year the commis- 

 sioner added to this another strip, making a 

 two-mile stretch. The mile built this year cost 

 al'um $2,200. 



Highway Commissioner Leeke states he 

 thinks the gravel road is better than the maca- 

 dam. It costs less to build it and it is easier 

 to ride over, but will not be as durable as 

 the stone road. It was the latter kind that 

 Henrietta built north from the Blackman town- 

 ship line for a distance of two miles. 



WEXFORD COUNTY'S PROGRESS. 



The \Vexford County road commissioners in 

 their first annual report show that four miles 

 of road were built in the last year under the 

 supervision of Commissioners C. E. Haynes, 

 Fred t'sewich and Edgar Stanclift. The re- 

 port shows that the \Vexford commissioners 

 have done better than the state requires for the 

 state reward. The state requires 1,500 cubic 

 feet of gravel to the mile the new Wexford 

 roads have 2,000 yards. The state demands a 

 grade of 18 feet, and a- roadway of nine feet; 

 the Wexford roads have a 24-foot grade with 

 a 10-foot roadway. The commissioners recom- 

 mend a one-mill tax for county road building. 

 It also recommends six new reads to be built 

 during the coming year as follows: 



One in Clam Lake, two miles; one in Haring 

 two and a quarter miles extending into Cedar 

 Creek, joining with the Manton road, now 

 completed; one in Selma, two miles; one in 

 Selma. one mile: one between Hanover and 

 \\\-xford, one and a half miles; one in Cherry 

 Grove, one and a quarter miles. During the 

 year the commissioners spent $9,492.09. 



Charles R. Smith, of the committee raising 

 hinds for state award r^ad building in Wex- 

 ford county, reports that about $800 a mile 

 has been pledged for the work for the next 

 three years. That sum includes $300 a mile 

 from W. W. Mitchell and $300 a mile from 

 the Cummer-Diggins and Murphy & Diggins 

 companies. The balance given in small sums 

 by individuals makes up the other $200. 



DELTA'S ROAD WORK FINISHED. 



The board of county road commissioners of 

 Delta County have wound up its work for this 

 11. The members have performed splen- 

 did work. The inability to secure a $100,000 

 appropriation" for road work to be started 

 next spring was a disappointment, but the 

 commissioners express the belief that the next 

 lew years will see many new roads and pieces 

 of road linking the great Delta county sys- 

 tem together. 



"I believe that Delta county has been saved 

 more money and received better results from 



read contractors' this year than ever before 

 in its history," says one of the commissioners. 

 "All of the season's work was finished without 

 a hitch and without disagreeable complications. 

 Trie township work, with which we have noth- 

 ing to do, was performed in the same man- 

 ner, and I believe that we can say in all fair- 

 ness that this year's work was tne most im- 

 portant in the county's history. Our only 

 reason in asking for that $100,000 was to save 

 the county a good sized piece of money by 

 letting a number of contracts in a lump and 

 thus secure wholesale prices." 



GRAVEL TO BE USED FOR GENESEE 

 COUNTY ROADS. 



The board of supervisors of Genesee County 

 turned down the recommendation of the board 

 of county road commissioners for stone roads 

 and selected gravel for the highways to be 

 improved next year. The board also cut the 

 appropriation from one mill to half a mill. 

 The tax will yield about $17,000. 



Five and one-half miles of road will be built 

 next year, according to the approved plans. 

 The commission will build one and one-half 

 miles of gravel road on the Saginaw road, 

 commencing at the southern limits of Flint, 

 at a cost of $3,000; two miles of gravel north 

 on the Saginaw road, commencing at practi- 

 cally the northern limits of Flint, at a cost of 

 $5,000; two miles of gravel south on the Fen- 

 ton road, commencing at the southern city 

 limits; and to spend not to exceed $4,500 for 

 road machinery. All roads are to be built in 

 strict conformity with the specifications adopt- 

 ed by the state highway department. 



WAYNE COUNTY HIGHWAY WORK. 



"There seems to be a general impression," 

 says County Road Commissioner Edward H. 

 Hines, of Detroit, "that the county commis- 

 sioners cease their efforts to improve the high- 

 ways of Wayne County along in October. The 

 fiscal year of the county ends Sept. 30, but the 

 county road commission continues its work 

 until well along in December. While no actual 

 macadam work is attempted after Nov. 1, there 

 are many other phases of the work which 

 enters into the improving of a road that can, 

 and are, being coped with. The commission 

 has constructed reinforced concrete culverts 

 over the county drains on the Woodward, Van 

 Dyke and Grand River roads. 



"The commission is laying some seven miles 

 of tile en the trunk roads along the car tracks, 

 on Woodward, Gratiot, Grand River and 

 Michigan. A large amount of ditching has 

 also been taken care of this fall. The com- 

 mission has also started to manufacture its 

 concrete crock for drainage purposes. Stone 

 is being shipped in at convenient unloading 

 points in order to obviate possible delays 

 when the season opens in 1910. 



The gravel road under construction on the 

 X rthville road has been finished. This will 

 make a mile of gravel on the Plymouth road 

 and a mile on the Xorthville road constructed 

 since Oct. 1. All culverts and drains have 

 been cleaned out, guard rails and bridges have 

 been repainted, and holes, ruts or any weak 

 spots in the roadway have been repaired, that 

 the roads may stand the hard winter's usage, 

 and require a minimum of repair next season 



The various trunk roads on which the com- 

 mission has done work during the past year 

 or two have been subected annually each 

 spring to severe floods. Last spring there was 

 a noticeable absence of floods, and the Wayne 

 County Commission has extended the scope of 

 its drainage work that greater benefit will 

 accrue to the .roads in question. 



GRAND TRAVERSE FURNISHES GOOD 

 EXAMPLE. 



Grand Traverse County furnishes a good ex- 

 ample of what can be accomplished in improv- 

 ing highways by electing county highway com- 

 missioners who have an excellent knowledge 

 of road building. When the county system 

 was adopted in Grand Traverse the commis- 

 sioners chosen, Hon. Frank Hamilton, of Tra- 

 verse City, and Charles H. Estes, of Bates, had 

 given the good roads question a great deal of 

 study and were splendidly equipped to push 

 the work under the new system. With such 

 energetic men at the head of the county system 

 it will be a joy to travel over all of Grand 

 Traverse highways in a few years. The for- 

 mal opening of the county roads system took 

 place early in November on the Garfield road. 



Those who were present at the formal open- 

 ing were Messrs. Hamilton, Estes, County 

 Clerk Robert E. Walter, who is also clerk of 

 the highway commission; Prosecuting Attor- 

 ney F. H. Pratt, Judge F. R. Walker, County 

 Treasurer Finley Hammond, W. H. Umlor, 

 F. C. Hunter, Cashier L. F. Titus, of the First 

 National Bank; Floyd Smith, L. K. Cleveland, 

 Frank Carver, W. F. Harsha, R. H. Ellsworth, 

 E. E. White, for the Daily Eagle, and S. M. 

 Champney for the Record. 



The ground was formally broken by Messrs. 

 Estes and Hamilton, Mr. Estes holding the 

 grader and Mr. Hamilton driving the four 

 horses down the grade. 



Work has also begun on a mile of road in 

 East Bay township. 



WORKING PRISONERS ON EATON 



ROADS. 



According to a resolution adopted by the 

 Board of Supervisors of Eaton County, ac- 

 knowledging an act passed by the last legisla- 

 ture, Sheriff Donovan has had the jail prison- 

 ers under jail sentence at work on the Eaton 

 Rapids road in Eaton township There were 

 only three of them, the smallest number al- 

 lowed to be used by the Board. The Board 

 of Supervisors is given the authority' to reim- 

 burse the sheriff for any expenses incurred in 

 conveying the prisoners to and from the jail. 

 The commissioner of highway or any town- 

 ship, village or city authorities may make ap- 

 plication to the sheriff to have the prisoners 

 Vork in their locality. No prisoner shall be 

 entitled to any pay. This resolution was pass- 

 ed by the Board to try to better the tramp 

 question. 



One mile of road in Kochville and one-half 

 mile in Bridgeport, Saginaw county, were in- 

 spected by Deputy State Highway Commis- 

 sioner Rogers and County Commissioner 

 Green. Both pieces of road came fully up to 

 the required standard and state reward money 

 will be paid, $1.000 to the Kochville road and 

 $500 to the Bridgeport road. 



