MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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Economy Road Rollers & Floats 



Pncticil In Deifn. Simple in Const ruction. Efficient 



in Service. Economy in Fact and not in 



name only, Indistroctible. 



q The ECONOMY ROAD ROLLER costs 

 only one third as much as other Road Rollers. 

 Made of Steel. Gives better sen-ice and never 

 needs repairs. Reversible. Sizes---4 and 5 tons. 



q The ECONOMY ROAD FLOAT is the 

 only road drag that is superior to a road grader 

 for repairing and maintenance of Good Roads. 

 Made entirely of Steel. Fully adjustable. The 

 only practical road drag made. Notice the front 

 Cutting Blade. 



q A Card will bring you full description of these 

 tools. 



F. L. GAINES 



509 Ashton Bldg., Grand Rapids, Michigan 



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zens voted to bond for $20.000 for this pur- 

 and they were not slow to put the fund 

 into operation. It was found upon receiving 

 bids, that it would cost the township about 

 $3.500 per mile to construct the new highway 

 on the lake shore, so the board determined 

 to do the work itself. The first mile on the 

 lake shore is now under way and joins the 

 macadam road on the St. Joseph township 

 line. It is being built of screened gravel and 

 is being constructed under the supervision of 

 Highway Commissioner Cast and John Wag- 

 ner. The highway is being built according to 

 the state plan of construction, and when com- 

 pleted will be one of the best. 



Directors of the Berrien County Good Roads 

 association recently formed, have decided to 

 push the county system of good roads build- 

 ing in Berrien. Every director in each town- 

 ship has been a>ked to urge his supervisor 

 t vote for the -i^bmission of the question to 

 the voters by the board of supervisors at its 

 next sesion, in October. 



GOOD ROADS PROGRESS 



IN MICHIGAN STATE 



lighter than it has been for the past few 

 year- and it is estimated that $15,000 will 

 cover tin- ttal outlay of expen-i- 



MENOMINEE COUNTY. 

 State Highwav Commissioner Townscnd A. 



Ely made hi* first official visit to Menominee 



county this month. He was accompanied by 



Deputy F. F. Roi:ers of Lansing. Commis- 



r Ely was the chief speaker at the annual 



y fad in.-titute. The county road com- 



missioners and many others interested in road 



work attended the meeting and were greatly 



interested in the practical talks delivered by 



Mr. Ely and Deputy Rogers. 



The state officials later made a tour of in- 

 spection of the roads of Menominee county 

 accompanied by the county road commission- 

 ers. 



Road building in Menominee county has 

 been undertaken in a manner which indicates 

 the prog; -rit of the people. Substan- 



tial progres- has been made and the county 

 has availed itself of the liberal bonus offered 

 by the state. It is the intention to continue 

 the K' "d work pnd in the course of a very 

 short time it is hoped that Menominee county 

 will le able to boast of the best roads in the 

 state. 



MACOMB COUNTY. 



In Lenox township. Macomb county, the 

 citizen- two years ago elected Christ Schultz 

 to the office of highway commissioner and 

 the matter of improved highways was taken 

 up by him under existing laws and work 

 pushed under practical methods with the re- 

 sult that today the residents of that town- 

 ship are pointing with pride to highways that 

 a few years ago were almost impassable a 

 considerable portion of the year. 



Idea] roads are as yet an impossibility in 

 all sections of the county, but poor roads can 

 be made fair ones and fair ones good roads 

 by such well directed efforts as have marked 

 the road development in Lenox during the 

 past two year-. These improvements have 

 been made by -imply applying means at hand 

 -: ruction. 



At the meeting; of the Menominee county 

 road commissioners several bids for road im- 

 pn vements were received and turned over 

 to the county board. Most of the work this 

 year i- repair work on the macadam or grovel 

 loads, together with work on culverts and 

 bridge^. 



In the road work there will be about eight 

 miles ( f macadam road that will practically 

 have to be rebuilt near Menominee city, but 

 of the work is making slight cuts or 

 grading up at points and in some places re- 

 covering spots that have worn to such an 

 extent that the road is getting in pretty bad 

 condition 1 . 



The bridge wrrk which the commissioners 

 are figuring on doing is estimated to cost 

 about $2.500. and will cover four new steel 

 and reinforced concrete bridges in different 

 parts of the countv. It is possible that a great 

 many culverts wt'i be built. Upon investiga- 

 tion it was found that there were 162 need- 

 ed, but a great many of these can be re- 

 placed by pipe. Where it is necessary to dis- 

 continue old wooden culverts they will be 

 replaced by concrete. 



The road work this year is a great deal 



BENZIE COUNTY. 



Highway Commissioner Walter Berry is do- 

 d job of road building in Gilmore 

 town-hip. Benzie county. He is now building 

 a half mile of state reward which starts at 

 the George Miner crek and runs toward 

 Thompson's Platte Lake landing. The resi- 

 the George Miner creek and runs toward 

 paying for this much needed improvement. 

 Homestead township is also building a half 

 mile in the same direction across the flats 

 which in addition to the old stretch of good 

 road to the popular south side Platte lake 

 resorts will be greatly appreciated. 



OGEMAW COUNTY. 



Highway Commissioner YVm. VanMeer of 

 Hill town-hip. Ogemaw county, and crew are 

 Ini-y building the new road which runs direct 

 from Long Lak? to Rose City. When com- 

 pleted this road will be a great convenience to 

 the people all along it as it will furnish a 

 direct thoroughfare for travel between Rose 

 City and Long Lake and the intervening 

 towns. It is hoped that the ether townships 

 will take up the work of completing the road 

 through their territory at an early date, as it 

 is an important step toward the development 

 of that side of the county. 



BERRIEN CpUNTY. 



Lincoln township. Berrien County, is at 

 work building new roads and repairing some 

 highways. At the last spring election the citi- 



BAY COUNTY. 



The county road commission of Bay county 

 has received three petitions from residents 

 living south and southeast of Bay City, ask- 

 ing for the extension of the stone road system 

 south to the Saginaw county line, to connect 

 with the stone road recently completed by 

 Saginaw county to the Bay county line. The 

 three petitions asked that the commission 

 build two and one-quarter miles of road, be- 

 ginning at the county line and running north- 

 erly about two miles, when a turn to the east 

 for 80 rods would strike the Tuscola stone 

 road route between Bay City and Saginaw. 



Some time ago a petition asking for a stone 

 road from near the south end of Bay City to 

 the Saginaw county line a distance of five 

 or six miles, was received by the commission. 

 This is a roundabout way, as far as building 

 is concerned, of reaching the Saginaw stone 

 road, and it is hardly probable that the com- 

 mission can see its way clear to build that 

 road. 



The Bay county commission has let the con- 

 tracts for the extensions on the Garfield and 

 Eraser roads to William Carlson, who was 

 lowest bidder in both cases. The bids were 

 as follows: 



Garfield William Carlson. $1,089: Edward 

 Laracey. $1.600; John Bedell, $1,099; Frank 

 Bedell, $1,250. 



Fraser William Carlson, $2,295, and James 

 D'Keefe, $2,300. 



The Bay County Road Commission has de- 

 cided to buiid a mile of stone road. coir, 

 mencing at the Saginaw county line on the 

 east side of the river and continuing in the 

 direction of Bay City. This will leave one 

 and a quarter miles to construct before the' 

 autoists will be able to enjoy an east side 

 good road all the -vay to Saginaw. The boa.-d 

 has also determined to extend the Bea\ er 

 road one mile west of the Garfield road U- 

 Ulcer's corners and the engineer has been 

 ordered to furnish the necessary decriptions. 



SHIAWASSEE COUNTY. 



A petition has been circulated throughout 

 Venice and Caledonia townships. Shiawassee 

 county, asking that a new road be opened 

 through the townships to Corunna City. The- 

 new road would shorten the distance to the 

 city for farmers, who would like to ccme to 

 Corunna, while at present they go to other 

 towns. 



The road asked for would start at the Mark 

 Byington farm in Venice township and run 

 directly to Corur.na. cutting the land of 

 George Brands in Caledonia township and 

 crossing the Shiawassee river near the brick 

 plant. While the road would be a great bene- 

 fit to many farmers yet its cost to the town- 

 ships would be ouife large because of the 

 fact that a bridge would have to be built 

 over the river. Since the cost would be so 

 large the matter will have to be put up to 

 the people to vote upon. 



