MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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the farmers, he declared, is much more favor- 

 able than it used to be, and the time is ripe 

 to push the campaign among them. 



T. -A. Ely. state highway commissioner, en- 



Big Bargain in Road Roller 



Tandem 8-ton road roller; cost when 

 new, $2,200 ; has been thoroughly over- 

 hauled and is guaranteed to be in first- 

 class condition. Also well entire equip- 

 ment for $1,300 spot cash. Write quick 

 if you want them. We are going out of 

 the road building business and have no 

 further use for outfit. 



SMITH & FELDING, 



Escanaba, Mich. 



Lake Superior 



Genuine 



TRAP ROCK 



For Road Making and Fireproof Con- 

 crete. 



Rail and Lake Shipments. 



Write for prices. 



MARQUETTE STONE CO., 

 Marquette, Mich. 



increasing the good roads tax from 10 to 25 

 cents. That this could not be done under 

 the constitution, as it would be in the nature 

 of a special tax, was pointed out by Philip T. 

 Cclgrove and R. D. Graham and the matter 

 was referred to the legislative committee to 

 see what could be done. Mr. Brown said the 

 automobilists favor good roads and are will- 

 ing to build them. 



The officers elected are: President, Philip 

 T. Colgrove, Hastings; Vice-President. X. P. 

 Hull, Diamondale; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Thomas M. Sattler, Jackscn. Horatio S. Earle 



N. P. HULL, 



Vice-President Michigan State Good Roads 

 Association. 



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dorsed the idea of using prison labor in road 

 building and especially in crushing stone fcr 

 road 1 purposes. 



R. D. Graham said that twelve to fourteen 

 .miles of good roads have been built in the 

 Grand Rapids district in three years, and in 

 Kent county last year $86,000 was raised in 

 township road taxes, half spent for repairs and 

 half for new construction. As this allows but 

 $50 per mile for the roads in the county, or 

 $1,00 per township, good roads costing $2,000 

 a mile, it does not go far. 



Patrick H. Kelley declared good roads 

 meant good farms. Government and state aid 

 should be employed in road building. He ccn- 

 sidered thf plan of employing prison labor in 

 crushing stone for road purposes as feasible, 

 but did not favor emplcyment of such labor 

 in road building except experimentally, and on 

 a small scale. 



President Heber A. Knott, of the Board of 

 Trade, expressed the sympathy of that or- 

 ganization with the good roads movement, fa- 

 vored government aid and suggested taxing 

 automobiles; touring cars, $25 a year, and run- 

 abouts, $10, the money to be used for road 

 making. 



Herbert F. Baker, of Cheboygan, chairman 

 of the executive committee of the State 

 Grange, referred to the increase in good road 

 building, with automobile men at the head of 

 'the movement, and said the farmers are the 

 ones the most interested and will receive the 

 first and greatest benefit. He approved taxa- 

 tion of automobiles, government aid and great- 

 er state aid. 



Automobile men pledged their support to 

 the association. H. Davis of the Detroit Mo- 

 tor Club pledged the support of the club to 

 the cause, and expressed the hope that a joint 

 convention of the Good Roads Association the 

 state Grange and the automobile men could 

 be arranged to plan co-operation for gocd 

 roads. 



Dr. F. C. Warnshuis of the Michigan Auto 

 Club pledged the aid of the members of his 

 organization for good roads. Alvah W. 

 Brown offered a resolution in favor of legisla- 

 tion to tax automobiles 25 cents per horse- 

 power, the mcney to go into the good roads 

 fund of the county, in which it : s paid and also 



Ka'amazoo ccunty 



Kalkuska county 



Luce county 



Manistee county 



Marquette county 



Mason county 



Mecosta county 



Menominee county 



Missaukee county 



Muskegon county 



Ontonagon county 



Saginaw ccunty 



Schoolcraft county 



Wayne ccunty 



Wexford ($14,500 by tax, $5,500 

 by donatirnj 



Grand Rapids gocd roads dis- 

 trict 



Pedford township, Wayne Co.... 



Detroit citizens' subscription lor 

 Royal Oak township, Oakland 

 c rnty 



Intimated, other townships in the 

 state 



;V.'.214 00 



i:;.:>44 79 



7,000 00 



JO. 1)23 02 



40.000 '.'!> 



11,000 00 



i:{.493 00 



1.V742 00 



a,ioo oo 



33,7!):.' 22 



i:;.:;.i4 00 



75.981 84 



5,793 04 



132,000 00 



20,000 CO 



150,000 00 



50,000 00 



16,000 00 

 150,000 00 



Grand total fr r go-d roads. 1910.. $1,124,665 2:; 

 Since this list was compiled, additional ap- 

 propriations bring the total to more than $1,- 

 :soo,ooo. 



HORATIO S. EARLE, 



Member Executive Committee Michigan State 

 Good Roads Association. 



and) W. W. Todd, former president, will act 

 with the new officers as executive and legis- 

 lative committees. 



$1,3CO,COO FOR GpOD ROADS. 



Following is a list of the appropriations 

 made for good roads in Michigan up to March 

 1, for 1910: 



Alger county $ 7,936 87 



Alpena county 15,699 45 



Baraga county 6,000 00 



Bay County 51,46400 



Cheboygan ccunty 14,903 00 



Chinnewa county 24,692 79 



Delta county 23,000 00 



Dickinson county 31,137 09 



Emmett county 15,498 13 



Genesee county 16,865 52 



Gladwin county 5,99831 



Gogebic county 30,000 00 



Grand Traverse county 15,485 23 



losco county 4,00000 



Iron county 15,000 00 



BUILD GOOD ROADS. 



While we believe in ail possible economy, 

 still there are certain things for which money 

 is spent is a good investment even though 

 i., ere be no direct return. One of these mat- 

 ters is i 'lie that concrns everyone who has oc- 

 casion- to use the streets of the city. There 

 are streets in the city that are better than any 

 in this section of the state, and Traverse City 

 as a whole will average up well in this regard. 



There are certain streets, however, which 

 are not in the best condition. One of these, 

 as we have stated several times previously, is 

 Fast Front street. This street is of unusual 

 importance since sconer or later almost every- 

 one who comes to Traverse City goes out on 

 the peninsula and East Front street is gener- 

 ally used'. Also, all the products of the penin- 

 sula brought here by wagon haul ccme in 

 over this street. 



East Bay township has set the city a good 

 example in this matter by starting at the city 

 limits and building a mile of state reward 

 road. For this, the township will receive a re- 

 bate of $500. The city, unfortunately, cannot 

 come under that law. But to build a mile of 

 road to connect with this, would cost about 

 $2,500, which is not an excessive amount. This 

 mile would care for the peninsula traffic and 

 also for that which goes to East' Bay, which 

 is very considerable in the summer. 



This mile of good road should not be 

 charged to the ward fund but shculd come 

 from the general street fund of the city, and 

 even though the whole mile was not built this 

 year and only a half mile built, still it would 

 be well to make a start on this matter now. 

 Traverse City Record. 



ROAD CONTRACTS LET. 

 Contracts for the first work on the new 

 county road which is to be built between Iron- 

 wood and Watersmeet were awarded by the 

 county road commissioners for Iron county. 



