MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



MICHIGAN COUNTY 



ROAD COMMISSIONERS 



Alger County 



Swan Anderson, Limestone. 



Alfred O. Jopling, Munising. 

 Alpena County 



George W. Stovel, Hubbard Lake. 



Selden W. Flanders, Flanders. 



James Briselden, Alpena. 



Baraga County 

 Simon Denomie, Assisins. .. 

 Daniel McMillan, Baraga. 

 James McKercher, Michigamme. 



Bay County 

 Hugh Campbell, Bay City. 

 Richard H. Fletcher, Bay City. 

 Carl J. Schweinsberg, Kawkawlin. 

 Clarence B. Chatfield, Bay City. 

 Henry B. Lints, Linwood. 



Benzie County 

 Samuel Willis, Thompsonville. 

 C. W. Luce, East Tawas. 

 Win. J Grant, Au Sable. 



Cheboygan County 

 John B. McArthur, Cheboygan. 

 Kenneth McLeod, Cheboygan, R. F. D. No. 2 

 Mark P. Scott, Rondo. 



Chippewa County 



William Godfrey, Sault Ste. Marie. 

 Delta County 



John Gasman, Bark River. 



Erick Anderson, Escanaba. 



H. W. Reade, Escanaba. 

 Dickinson County 



William Kelly, Vulcan. 



John J. Flanagan, Sagola. 



Edward G. Kingsford, Iron Mountain. 

 Emmet County 



Henry Leismer, Petoskey. 



C. D. Buys, Levering. 



Frank Voorheis, Harbor Springs. 

 Genesee County 



Linus Wolcott, Flint. 



William Becker, Fenton. 



Geo. H. Sellers, Genesee. 

 Gladwin County 



Wallace McCracken, Gladwin, R. F. D. 1. 



Arden G. Onweller, Beaverton, R. F. D. 1. 

 Goebic County 



Henry Rowe, Ironwood. 



C. E. Walton, Wakefield. 



G. S. Barber, Bessemer. 



Grand Traverse County 



Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. 

 Charles H. Estes, Bates. 



losco County 

 John W. Waterbury, Tawas City. 



Iron County 



W. A. Holmes, Crystal Falls. 



W. H. Jobe, Palatka. 



William J. Tully, Iron River. 

 Kalamazoo County 



W. M. Bryant, Kalamazoo. 



Byron S. Kearney, Schoolcraft. 



Charles Clarke, Yorkville. 

 Kalkaska County 



Louis A. Atkins, South Boardman. 



Ira Eckler, Kalkaska. 



Wm. H. Marshall, Leetsville. 

 Luce County 



Andrew Carlson, Newberry. 



John Fyvie, McMillan. 



Richard Hall, Newberry. 

 Manistee County 



John W. Bradford, Bear Lake R. F. D. 1. 



Richard M. Hoffman, Manistee. 



Peter C. Olson, Manistee. 

 Marquette County 



W. H. Johnston, Ishpeming. 



M. M. Duncan, Ishpeming. 



J. E. Sherman, Marquette. 

 Mason County 



Frank W. Harding, Scottville. 



Robert Jameson, Ludington. 



Mc-costa County 



Willard B. Lyons, Big Rapids. 

 Menominee County 



A. A. Jutner, Menominee. 



George H. Haggerson, Menominee. 



Louis Nadeau, Nadeau. 

 .Missaukee County 



John A. Jackwater, Vogel Center. 



John H. Slick, Manton. 



Ralph H. Hoover, Star City. 

 Muskegon County 



Fred D. Hoogstraat, Ravenna. 



Charles W. Elliott, Muskegon. 



Martin Ryerson, Holton. 

 Oceana County 



George C. Myers, Shelby, R. F. D. 

 Ogemaw County 



George Eymer, Prescott. 



Martin Lupton, Lupton. 



John Decker, West Branch. 

 Ontonagon County 



Jerome Brown, Matchwood. 



James D. Van Slyck, Ontonagon. 

 Joseph A. Bebeau, Rockland. 

 Saginaw County 



Alpheus W. Green, Saginaw. 



Schoolcraft County 



Nels S. Johnson, Manistique. 

 Wayne County 



Edward N. Hines, Detroit. 



Wm. Murdock, Wayne. 



J. S. Haggerty, Detroit. 

 Wexford County 



Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 



Fred Usewick, Manton. 



T. E. Standclift, Boon. 



CARO GOOD ROADS DISTRICT. 



Caro 



Henry Herman, Caro. 

 Indianfields 



Fred Long, Caro. 

 Aimer 



J. J. England, Caro. 

 Ellington 



Floyd Turner, Caro. 



TOWNSHIP-COUNTY PLAN. 



Tyrone Township, Kent County 



T. N. Church, Kent City. 



Jabas Collins, Kent City. 



Lenard Coalter, Kent City. 

 Shelby, Oceana County 



Frank Reed, Shelby. 



Jesse Bears, Shelby. 



Hart Township, Oceana County 



James K. Flood, Hart. 



W. R. Roach, Hart. 



S. C. Brigham, Hart. 

 Newfield Township, Oceana County 



Frank Scott, Hesperia. 



Alex. McLaren, Hesperia. 



KENT COUNTY GOOD ROADS DISTRICT 



Wyoming Township 



William H. Richardson, Grand Rapids, R. F. 



D. 8. 

 Plainfield Township 



A. N. Hyser, Belmont, R. F. D. 15. 

 Walker Township 



R. D. Graham, Grand Rapids, care of Com- 

 mercial Savings Bank. 

 Paris Township 



W. T. Shafer, Grand Rapids, R. F. D. 10. 

 Alpine Township 



W. W. Wheeler, Grand Rapids, R. F. D. 7. 

 Grand Rapids Township 



H. O. Braman, Grand Rapids, R. F. D. 4. 

 Grand Rapids City 



G. W. Thompson, 75 Lyons street, Grand 



Rapids. 

 East Grand Rapids Village 



John E. Apsey, East Grand Rapids. 



DUSTY ROADS MUST GO. 



Dust roads in Michigan are to be a thing 

 of the past. That is, they are to be as soon 

 as the county road commissioners of the 

 many districts finally decide on the best and 

 hardest substance for road building that will 

 withstand the wear and tear of automobiles 

 and thin tires. 



Seme of the road builders believe that 

 Wayne county has solved the problem. The 

 concrete roads built in that county are said 

 to be the equal of any in the west. 



"There isn't any doubt in my mind but that; 

 a swiftly driven automobile is the worst ene-j 

 my a road has," declares Highway Commis- 

 sioner Ely. "No matter how heavily loaded 

 a wagon may be and no matter how thin the; 

 wagon's tire may be, the crumbled limestone 

 or whatever the substance may be, is left on 

 the road. A fast auto comes along zip! The 

 material is hurled into the farms or lots on 

 either side of the thoroughfare. Whether thisj 

 dust settling on crops injures them, is still: 

 another matter." 



The concrete roads have been subjected to; 

 considerable test so far and the state highway 

 commissioner is greatly impressed with their 

 showing. 



COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM IS BEST. 



Xo one will dispute that good roads are 

 worth double their cost. No prosperity is 

 possible to the farmer without good roads to 

 market. Whether you can haul a thousand 

 pounds or three or four thousand pounds at 

 a trip, turns loss into profit on many crops. 



Township road commissioners and over- 

 seers are blamed fcr the condition of roads in ! 

 many counties in Michigan, and unjustly so, 

 in most cases. With fifty or sixty miles of j 

 existing roads under their care and a demand 

 every year for more or less new road, they 

 are given perhaps a thousand dollars a year: 

 by their individual townships to spend in 

 some towns twice that, but in many less. 

 Their first duty (and one which must be done | 

 or the township is liable to heavy damage . 

 suits) is to keep in condition for safe travel, 

 all the roads in existence. Bridges break 

 down, culverts cave in, bad holes appear here 

 and there, and by the time the officials do the 

 absolutely necessary patching, the money is 

 nearly gone, and there are no funds to build 

 any really good road with. 



The county road system offers a remedy. Byi 

 a light tax on the whole county, so small that; 

 the tax-payer would not know it was there if j 

 not placed in a separate column on his tax 

 receipt, a fund is provided and set apart to 

 build a little really good road each year on 

 main thoroughfares. The county commission ; 

 has no patching to do. A little good road] 

 yearly soon begins to be felt, and relieves 

 in time the pressure on the local funds. With- 

 out it, the pressure increases yearly, and there 

 is no end. 



County commissioners may make mistakes, 

 from your point of view, perhaps. They are 

 new at the work and must learn. Did it never 

 cost you anything to learn how a certain job 

 could be done best and cheapest? 



The work of the state highway department 

 is meeting with approval all over Michigan. 

 At the close of the fiscal year, July 1, next, 

 it is expected that 200 miles of state reward 

 road will be built, as more and more farmers 

 and business men are daily becoming con- 

 vinced of State Highway Commissioner Ely's 

 argument that "There's nothing better than a 

 good wagon road." Since July 1, 1909, the de- 

 partment has accepted 150 miles of state re- 

 ward road, requiring an expenditure of state 

 -funds for awards, the sum of $118,000. The 

 state appropriated $140,000. and as there was 

 a considerable amount on hand, Mr. Ely says 

 that all the state's award roads will be taken 

 care of, and he expects to ask for a btill 

 larger appropriation. 



