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HIGH PRAISE FOR U. P. ROADS. 



"If you want to see the best roads in the 

 state go into some sections of the upper pen- 

 insula," says State Highway Commissioner 

 Ely. Mr. Ely, in company with Frank F. 

 Rogers, deputy commissioner, has returned 

 to Lansing from a trip through every county 

 in the upper peninsula. They visited every 

 principal town and rode over every highway 

 in that country that has been improved within 

 the past five years. 



For the most part all the roads are con- 

 structed of stone. The finest piece of continu- 

 ous road in the whole state, he says, is the 

 one running between Escanaba and Menom- 

 inee. 



All the northern counties, with the excep- 

 tion of Mackinaw and Keewenaw, have 

 adopted and are working under the county 

 road system. The townships do little of the 

 work, and in five counties engineers working 

 under the county commissioner are employed 

 in superintending the construction of all 

 roads. 



Alger, Marquette, Gogebic, Iron and Me- 

 nominee have adopted this rule, and have 

 been working under it for some time. These 

 engineers are paid $1,000 to $1,500 per year, 

 and of course devote their entire time to the 

 work. 



lowest bid was $6,097. Two other bids were 

 received and were but little higher. August 

 Peterson, of Gladstone, bid $6,130, and the 

 Delta Construction Company bir $6,331.50. 



Gus F. Smith & Company, of Detroit, have 

 decided to reopen their gravel pit at Brighton, 

 after being closed sixteen years. They have 

 also secured an option on seventeen acres ad- 

 joining the property. A big contract has been 

 received to supply gravel for highways lead- 

 ing into Detroit. 



To place the roads centering in Detroit on 

 a basis that will not be a discredit to the au- 

 tomobile center of the world, W. C. Ander- 

 son, manager cf the company that makes the 

 Detroit Electric, has offered to give $1,000 to 

 start a subscription to augment the work be- 

 ing done by the county road commissioners 

 and the various townships. His offer has met 

 with considerable favor, and is likely to be 

 followed by others. 



The village of Milan is trying the experi- 

 ment of oiling its main street. If it proves 

 successful this year other streets will probably 

 be treated next year. 



A mile of state reward gravel road will be 

 built out of Springport, Jackson county, this 

 year. 



bond our county for $100,000. Build roads in 

 accordance with the specifications furnished 

 by the state highway department, and thus 

 secure the state reward and let the present 

 generation get some benefit of them, as we will 

 none of us live long enough to see good roads 

 in Missaukee county. At the present rate of 

 progress the ultimate cost will be less not 

 nearly so much money would be "fi.oled 

 away" tinkering and making temporary re- 

 pairs. Lake City Correspondence. 



Aid. W. E. Washburn's plan of drawing a 

 road scraper with a traction engine instead 

 of two teams of horses, worked out well in his 

 ward at Owosso and other aldermen who saw 

 the work, are having the engine used in their 

 wards. The engine goes much faster than 

 two teams could pull the scraper and does a 

 much better job. According to Aid. Wash- 

 burn the job is the best ever. 



John Smallegan of Central Lake is advocat- 

 ing the bonding of Central Lake township,. 

 Antrim county, for $25,000 for good roads. 

 He advocates the building of at least 15 miles 

 of gravel road. 



MICHIGAN ROAD NOTES. 



The Solid Rock Pavinsr & Construction 

 Company, in which the Bichlers, of Groos, are 

 the principal stockholders, landed another 

 road contract on Monday, when the Delta 

 County Road Commission awarded that com- 

 pany the contract for grading, draining and 

 macadamizing that portion of the bay shore 

 road between the Mashek Chemical & Iron 

 works and the town line. The successful and 



The mile of state reward road running due 

 west from Main street at Manton has been 

 graded, graveled and groomed under the di- 

 rection of Highway Commissioner- Isler. The 

 six per cent grade across the hills effects a 

 pleasing change to the people from the west. 



Apropos a recent comment on the amount 

 of money raised and spent for highway pur- 

 poses in Rcscommon county, a county much 

 poorer than Missaukee. We believe that no 

 more profitable move could be made than to 



E. S. Townsend, who lives in Ionia town- 

 ship, Ionia county, says that if the townships 

 of Orange and Ionia will give him the tax 

 assessed for read purposes from the Bricj 

 church in Orange to Ionia, he will give a 

 bond of $2,000 for the next ten years to comd 

 if he lives, that he will make the best four 

 miles of road leading into Ionia or forfeit the 

 bond. 



Deputy State Highway Commissioner Smithl 

 has inspected the three miles of good road tq 

 and through Mill Creek constructed by thd 

 Grand Rapids good roads commission, andl| 

 found these roads worthy of the state reward, 

 accepting the roads. The cost of roadmakinglj 

 was in the neighborhood of $7,000. 



