MICHIGAN 



ROADS 



FOKESES 



DETROIT, MICH., APRIL, 1910. 



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. 



MICHIGAN GOOD ROADS 



CONVENTION MAY 12. 



W. \V. Tcdd. of Jackson, president of the 

 Michigan State Good Roads Association, has 

 arranged for a state good roads convention 

 to be held at Grand Rapids < n May 12, under 

 the auspices of the association. Mr. Todd 

 writes Michigan Roads & Forests as follows: 



Arrangement-, have been made by the Board 

 of Trade of Grand Rapids whereby we are 

 sure that this will be cne of the most en- 

 thusiastic gatherings of good road builders and 

 good road enthusiasts that ever assembled in 

 the state. The meeting will be called to order 

 by President Todd and the address of wel- 

 come delivered by H< n. George Ellis, mayor 

 of Grand Rapids, followed by a response by 

 Phillip T. Colgrove of Hastings, vice president 

 of the association. The meeting will be ad- 

 dressed by William H. McDonald, president 

 cf the National Good Roads Association of 

 Hartford. Conn., whose reputation as a good 

 road builder is world-wide. Gov. Fred M. 

 Warner, Hon. Lawful T. Hemans, Hon. Chase 

 S. Oshorn, Hon. Am s Musselman and Hon. 

 Patrick Kelley. will deliver short addresses. 

 An address will also he delivered by Senator 

 William Alden Smith on the questi> 

 "Xeeded National Legislation." and Hon. Gar- 

 rit Diekema on "Xeeded State Legislati> n" 

 to make good road building more certain. 



"We have every assurance that this conven- 

 tion will be not only the largest but one of the 

 most enthusiastic that has ever been held in 

 this state. Invitations have been extended 

 ti> every county commissioner, township over- 

 seer, as well as every member of the boards 

 of supervisors of the varirus counties, mem- 

 bers of the legislature, state officers, and in 

 fact every individual, association and corpor- 

 ation that is interested in the building of good 

 roads in Michigan. 



"As President of the Michigan State Good 

 Roads Association I earnestly urge that every 

 advocate of good roads attend this meeting. 

 The subject of good roads is not only of the 

 greatest importance, but just at this time is 

 awakening enthusiasm and interest every- 

 where. 



STONE AND OIL BIDS WANTED. 



The Department of Parks and Boulevards 

 9! the city of Detroit will receive bids up 

 to 12 o'clock noon on May 9 for 2-inch 

 crushed limestone, per cubic yard; 1-inch 

 crushed limestone, per vubic yard; limestone 

 screenings, per cubic yard, f. o. b. cars, De- 

 troit, Detroit measurements to determine; 

 }/2-inch to l}^-inch crushed trap rock, per 

 cubic yard; 1-inch to IJ^-inch crushed trap 

 rock, per cubic yard; 1-inch to 2-inch crushed 

 trap rock, per cubic yard; %-inch to dust 

 crushed trap rock, per cubic yard, f. o. b. cars 

 and f. o. b. boat, Detroit measurements to 

 determine. 1 to 2 inch crushed cobblestone, 

 per cubic yard; cobble stone screenings, per 

 cubic yard, f. o. b. cars, Detroit, Detroit meas- 

 urements to determine. Asphalt road oil that 

 will emulsify, per gallon stante per cent of 

 asphaltum. Emulsifying road oil, per gallon, 

 stating per cent of oil and per cent of asphalt; 

 oils to be f. o. b. Detroit, delivered in barrels. 

 Rock asphalt, per ton, f. o. b. cars, Detroit. 

 Cement, per barrel, in carload lots, f. o. b., 

 Detroit. Cement, per barrel, delivered when 

 and where required. 



CHARLES L. McINTOSH DEAD. 



The death is announced of Charles Lyon Mc- 

 Intosh. treasurer of the J. I. Case Threshing 

 Machine Company, of Racine, Wis., which oc- 

 curred at Naples, Italy, on April 19. 



BUILD ROADS TO SUIT CONDITIONS. 



Each type of road has the proper place in 

 the scheme of road building. The sand-clay 

 road, the gravel, the stone, the concrete and 

 the bituminized road are all examples of road 

 improvement which are economically valuable 

 where they will withstand the traffic and con- 

 ditions to which they are exposed. 



It would be absurd to build a bituminized 

 stone road where a sand-clay road will answer 

 the purpose, but there is no question that the 

 use of this new method of construction is 

 increasing rapidly and giving excellent results 

 and, as the country grows, its extension will 

 of necessity be carried further into the at pres- 

 ent, sparcely settled districts. 



Good roads are in any case always a paying 

 investment and it is a sign of great progress 

 that the different states are rapidly equipping 

 themselves with this means of communication 

 and transportation, to the economical advan- 

 tage of all concerned. H. Tipper in Leslie's 

 Weekly. 



FAVOR STONE ROADS. 



According to State Highway commissioner 

 I'.ly. who just returned from a visit to east 

 shore counties, where considerable road work 

 is now beinc; performed, the counties of 

 Oceana, Muskegon and Mascn will build more 



stone roads this year than any three adjoin- 

 ing counties in the State of Michigan. 



Each county will build a number of miles 

 of stone thoroughfare, with Muskegon doing 

 the largest amount of the work. All of the 

 county boards are of the opinion that stone 

 roads are the only acceptable highways for 

 those counties and dirt roads, so far as county 

 construction is concerned, will soon become 

 a thing of the past. 



Commissioner Ely and Deputy Rogers will 

 leave en their upper peninsula trip on May 

 28, visiting the northern counties and finishing 

 at Menominee. 



EMMET'S ROAD WORK. 

 County Road Commissioner Leismer, of 

 Emmet county, reports that the Cross Village 

 turnpike, part one, is finished. This section 

 is 1% miles in length. The Mackinaw turn- 

 pike, part two, l l / 2 miles in length, will be 

 completed next fall, making almost three miles 

 cf state reward road in the north end of Em- 

 met county. Work on the Petoskey turnpike, 

 part one, has begun. This begins at the west 

 end of the city limits of Petoskey, on Charle- 

 voix avenue, and runs two miles west on 

 Charlevoix road. This road will be much ap- 

 preciated by Petoskey people. The county com- 

 missioners have purchased 130 cords of stone 

 from the farmers in the north end of the coun- 

 ty for use on part two of the Cross Village 

 turnpike, the grading of which will be done 

 next fall. This piece cf road will be finished 

 next summer. All of these roads are being 

 built under the state reward system. 



ROAD WORK IN MENOMINEE. 



The Board of County Road Commissioners 

 of Menominee county reports to Michigan 

 Roads and Forests as follows: 



"We expect to do cnly seventy-five per cent 

 of our average amount of road work this sea- 

 son. The exact amount of work done under 

 Michigan State supervision will be between 

 two and a half and four miles. We now have 

 one mile of stone gravel road contracted 

 for, a mile and one-eighth of macadam with 

 contract pending and two rr three miles of 

 other road under advisment. but not advertised 

 to date and the class not determined. 



"We are establishing a section system of 

 maintainence which is an adaptation of the 

 system used on the railroads to meet road 

 conditions, and we also expect to take some 

 section or portion of our read system.prob- 

 ably about forty miles of our trunk road, and 

 replace all the culverts with concrete boxes 

 rr arches, and possiblv redeck all bridges with 

 concrete where the floors are now planked." 



The board of Woodland township. Barry 

 countv. has decided to divide the township 

 into four road districts. 



