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VOTED DOWN STONE ROADS. 



Notwithstanding the fact that stone roads 

 proving very satisfactory in other parts 

 nf the county, the pe: pie of Summerfield town- 

 ship, Monroe county, seem determined not to 

 them a trial. The question of bonding 

 the township for $16,000 to improve the high- 

 ways was submitted to the voters at the prim- 

 ary election and 270 ballr.ts were cast. Three 

 its were thrown out because of being 

 improperly marked, and of the others 02 voted 

 "yi'" and 175 "no." 



\Ye believe that the great majority of those 

 v toil "no" did so without a full knowledge 

 if the benefits to be derived from stone roads. 

 A great majority of them also believed that 

 ;hc bonding of the t wnship for $16,000 would 

 mean a greatly inreased tax rate for the next 

 ten years or so. Many tax-payers imagined 

 they would have to pay at iea-t ten do!' 

 year extra on each thousand dollars they were 

 -ed ir. They didn't stop to figure ' n 

 the matter, but simply took it for granted be- 

 somebody told them so. The truth is, 

 the valuation of the township is such that a 

 tax levy of \ l / 2 per cent would raise the entire 

 amount, and if it was spread over a period 

 of ten year? the rate would be only I 1 /? mills 

 each year or $1.50 on each $1.000 assessment. 

 When the tax-payers become better acquainted 

 with the proposition they will reverse their 

 verdict. 



read, to do the work themselves, the same to 

 be paid for as day labor. The board decided 

 to table the matter at the time. At the last 

 meeting of the board the question was again 

 revived, and after deliberation the board 

 thought that the work could best be done by 

 the township. 



Later a deputation of farmers from that dis- 

 trict appeared in the township clerk's office, 

 asking what disposition had been made of 

 their petition. The deputation was informed 

 that the board wculd take the matter up at 

 the next meeting. It is believed the work 

 will be started this fall, and rushed to com- 

 pletion. 



The township board has done considerable 

 road work this summer. It is now rushing 

 work on the road from Section 16 to Bear 

 Lake, to connect with the Hancock township 

 road. 



MAY BUILD NEW ROAD. 



The preposition to build a road in Calumet 

 -hip. Houghton county, leading north of 

 Centennial Heights location through Sections 

 1 and 2. to tap the farming district through 

 those sections, will be taken up at the next 

 meeting of the t'. wnship board. 



It will be remembered that a petition was 

 presented the board some time ago from farm- 

 ers residing in that section and offering, if a 

 favorable decision was reached to build the 



GOOD ROADS FACTS AND FIGURES. 



Brady township. Kalamaz^o county, is a 

 fair illustration of the county road system. 

 The record shows that $970.01 taxes were raised 

 in the township for the County Road System, 

 and that $3,800 were appropriated to the same 

 township fcr the two miles of road built 

 therein. The mile of road just north of the 

 village of Vicksburg has been the worst mile 

 of road coming into the village for years. At 

 a cost of $2,200 this mile was completed, ac- 

 cepted by the state highway commission and 

 the usual award of 25 per cent will be paid 

 to the county in due season. The mile of 

 road just east of town with a troublesome 

 bridge tc maintain there which has been near- 

 ly completed at the cost of about $1,700.00 and 

 will no doubt receive its award at the proper 

 time. Then if next spring the freshet removes 

 the bridge it will be replaced. 



The Standish Good Roads Association has 

 been organized at Standish to promote the 



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 Association has raised a fund and will begin 

 work this season. 



The first quarter cf a mile of macadam road 

 between Flint and Fenton has been finished. 

 "It is expected that the work on the Fenton 

 road will be finished within the month," says 

 Wilfred Becker, a member of the board. "Con- 

 struction work has been held up owing to the 

 difficulty in getting stone, but with favorable 

 weather the contractor expects to complete 

 the road some time this month. It is going 

 to be an excellent piece of read and will offer 

 something new to travelers in Genesee coun- 



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