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 



Heijry 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. 



Mecosta 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, Pre'scott. 



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. 



CARD 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. { 



Lake Superior 



Genuine 



TRAP ROCK 



F'or Road Making and Fireproof Con- 

 crete. 



Rail and Lake Shipments. 



Write for prices. 



MARQUETTE STONE CO., 



Marquette, Mich. 



Weekly and Expenses 



Selling Chinaware. 



.No capital required, exclusive ter- 

 ritory, permanent rapid promotion. 



FREE; SAMPLES. 

 REX CHINA CO., Harrisburg, Pa. 



$12 



NARROWER HIGHWAYS. 



The talk about conservation has led R. J. I 

 Thompson, of Chicago, to calculate the loss by j 

 wide country roads. He figures that the length 1 

 of rural highways in ten middle western states is 

 as follows : 



Miles. 1 



Minnesota 80,000 1 



Wisconsin 00,000 j 



Michigan (io.ooo 



Iowa 70,0001 



Kansas 70,000 1 



Nebraska 80,000 j 



Missouri 80,000 



Illinois 80,000 



-Indiana 70,000 



Ohio 80,000 



Total 730,000 



Mr. Thompson finds that reducing by 30 feet the 

 width of these public highways, which now aver- 

 age 66 feet leaving them still eight feet wider 



than the highways of Prussia would give back I 

 to the farmers of these states for cultivation two 

 and one-half million acres of generally tillable 

 land, which, at an average of $100 per acre, I 

 would mean the restoration to the producing I 

 values of the states named of $:>r>o.ooii.nno. 



"This sum has annual interest value of $12.- 

 "lOO.OOO, an amount which with great advantage J 

 might be recovered and if applied to the proper I 

 scientific construction of roads in the United 1 

 States would in a few years give us the most ex- 

 tensive and finest country road system that the I 

 country has ever known." 



Putting the 30 feet on the other side of the | 

 fences would tend to keep it cleaied of weeds. 

 There are thousands of farmers too busy or too 

 lazy or too thoughtless to keep the weeds cleared 

 off the space between their fences and the used 

 part of the road. It becomes infested with 

 thistles and burdock and camomile and other 

 vagrant growths an offense to the eye and a 

 menace to the productivity of the farm. 



ST. CLAIR CANNOT VOTE ON 

 GOOD ROADS. 



The board of supervisors of St Clair county 

 has refused to submit the question of adopting 

 the county road system to the voters this spring. 

 Great influence was brought to bear on the su- 

 pervisors to submit the proposition but to no 

 avail. The board ought to be called to account 

 by the people of St. Clair county when they 

 come up for re-election. We question the right 

 of the supervisors to refuse to allow the tax- 

 payers to decide such an important question. It 

 is not the duty of the board of supervisors to pass 

 upon any question which affects the whole county 

 and, which can be submitted to a vote of the 

 oeople, without allowing the people to be heard. 

 The present condition of the roads in St. Clair 

 county in the country is a fine illustration of the 

 lack of serviceability. 



