MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



THE BEST CONCRETE MIXER 



For Street, Road, Sidewalk and Bridge Work 



Some of Its Advantages 



High wheels, easy to move. 

 One handling of materials lands 

 the concrete into wheelbarrows 

 and many times into your forms. 

 Measures cement, sand and 

 crushed stone. Can adjust ca- 

 pacity from 3 cubic yards to 

 8 cubic yards per hour. Engine 

 is mounted on the stationery 

 end of the machine ; therefore, 

 the weight is on the high 

 wheels and the machinery is 

 always in perfect alignment. 



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THE ADVANCE CONCRETE MIXER CO. 



118 E. Washington Street, Jackson, Mich. 



A. Tiohi'iK-r: On mo',, ge 1'. Pullen; 



stone, S. M. Cla\\ >. .r. : Ruy:ih"n. Arthur 

 Carlton: Sodn-. Krnc>t Sherman; St. Joseph. 

 H. X. Miller: Three Oaks. Perry Morley: 

 Watervliet. A. X. Woodruff; Weesaw. V. 11. 

 Morley; Keiiton Harbor City. L. L. Filstrup: 

 Xiles City. F. I. French: St. Joseph City. I. M. 

 Ball and I. W. Allen. 



The association's sole object is to agitate 

 and encourage the adoption of the county road 

 sy-tein and in doing so. unite the people in the 

 city a.- well as in the country to build perma- 

 nent main thoroughfares in the rural districts 

 to the principal market centers in the county. 

 Berrien county pays nearly $3,000 into the 

 state aid fund a year, and gets nothing hack, 

 and the as thinks it is about time to 



get some of the money hack, with good roads 

 in the bargain. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO ROAD USERS. 



for distribution to passers by. This calls 

 direct attention to the subject and seems to be 

 more effective than placards tacked at the side 

 of the road. Instead of a hasty glance in pass- 

 ing, the patrons of the roads put the cards in 

 their pockets to he read and given more 

 mature consideration. 



A novel and imu-ual method 'of calling at- 

 tention to the i -roper way in which : 

 a road has been put in operation by State 

 Highway Kngineer. A. X. J, hnsoii. .if Illinois. 

 It consists of a card bearing the following 

 nd: 



ROAD CONTRACT LET. 



The bids submitted to the Marquette county 

 road commission for the improving of two 

 miles of the main thoroughfare in Ishpeming 

 town.-hip and three-quarters of a mile of road 

 in the Witch Lake district were considered 

 too high, and both were rejected. Gust Fredin, 

 who is now constructing two miles of road in 

 the Witch Lake district fcr the commission, 

 was the lowest bidder. The commission made 

 Mr. Fredin a proposition on both jobs and he 

 accepted it. lie is to receive $r>.:;oi> for the 

 work, to be done according to the specifica- 

 tions prepared by the board. 



I he repairs on the Ishpeming t< wnship road 

 are to be completed by Sept. 1, and the ad- 

 ditional work on the Witch Lake road is to 

 be finished by July 15. The present Witch 

 Lake job. on which Mr. Fredin is now work- 

 50 to be completed by July 15. 



this _way, but it is bound to come. So far as 

 St. Clair county's share of it is concerned, we 

 cannot be expected to raise very much by pri- 

 vate subscription, as the automobile manu- 

 facturers of Detroit probably would, but we 

 will get out and boost just as hard as we 

 possibly can. 



"It is a mistaken idea that such a road would 

 be solely for the benefit of the automobilists. 

 Wherever such roads have been constructed, 

 they have built up the country district adjacent 

 and increased the value of property. It might 

 appear at first glance that the the railroad 

 companies would not favor such improve- 

 ments, but the railroad companies always have 

 profited by improvement of the highways, in 

 the way of increased business from increased 

 prosperity of the county through which their 

 lines ran. I think that under the state bonus 

 provision every township along the line can 

 afford to bond itself, if necessary for building 

 its portion of the highway." 



How to Keep This Road Good for Years. 



Don't Drive in One Track AVOID 



MAKING RUTS. 



This road was constructed for vmir use. 

 If all u.-e one ] lace all the wear will be in 

 ne place; and make a rut. 



If you u-e a little care and do not drive 



actly where the last wagon did the wear will 



'istrihuted which will l-por, the surtace 



tli and the road will remain good for 



years. Otherwise it will soon be rutted and 



the smooth surface gone. 



The cards are ;;'4 by 5'/* inches in size, and 

 are given to the men in charge of road work 



FAVORS PROJECTED HIGHWAY. 



' l' ! - men in Port Huron and all 



over St. Clair county are heartily in favor of 

 the project for ;;n improved highway in m 

 Port Huron through Mt. Clemens and 'Detroit 

 to Toledo," says M. \V. Mills, of Port Huron. 

 president of the Michigan United Raihv 



"They know th;,t it would be a great thing 

 for Port Ilur, n. and for all the towns along 

 the road. 1 think there is no doubt that th* 

 question of adopting the count-. -. stem 



will be submitted to the people" by the super- 

 - of St. Clair county thi> fall, and will 

 be favorably voted upfn-next spring. It may 

 take several years to get the improvement in 



Michigan Road Notes. 



W. rk is progressing on the roads in Vienna 

 township, Genesee county, for which a bond 

 issue was voted last fall. 



Through the efforts of John P. Lockwood, 

 Highway Commissioner of the township of 

 Howell, Livingston county, the Township 

 Board has made application to the State High- 

 way Department for $1,000 reward for the 

 building if two miles of Class B gravel road 1 

 beginning at the Hartland road north of 

 Hutchings' mill, thence running north to W. 

 C. Brown's oji the Oak Grove road, a distance 

 of two miles. This is the first reward money 

 asked in Livngston county from the state for 

 road building. The amount of this reward will 

 be paying back to Howell township a share 

 of the money the taxpayers have been paying 

 into the state highway improvement fund for 

 a number of years under the present law. 



