MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



Savings Invested in Realty 



Put your money in i evidential buii 

 Be sure they are in improved s<-etins. Buy 

 close to a big city. Purchase early, d< . : 

 others make profits out of you. The pieatest 

 fortunes were made by realty investments \\ 

 will offer 1000 choice building lots o- 

 at prices tliat will pay very i.ai. isome profits. 

 Terms of purcliase. J25.00 ca.-:i. i ei 1 1"; balance 

 in thirty-six equal payments. No ir:ui 

 taxes durinsr this period. If you die before 

 completing vour payments, a deed is give:, 

 heirs, without further cost. Size of lots. il.VxliO 

 and upward. Price of lots, $7.").' .wa:<l, 



according to location. By investing in la 1 , 

 own something for your money. Investments in 

 stocks or saving accounts ar^ under the i-ontio! 

 of others. YA'e guarantee you a profit of at 

 least 25% for the first year. Si; 

 are now open. By remitting us <10. 

 subscribers get first selection*. The fii r- 

 subscribers will also receive a credit of lo% on 

 their purchase. Act now. L#t us make money 

 for you and protect your savings. 



We want agents in your locality. Wiite us 

 the names and addresses of some of your neigh- 

 Do it now. 



BUFFALO LAND SECURITY CO. 



Ellicott Square Buffalo, N. Y. 



A RECORD BREAKING YEAR IN THE 



STONE BUSINESS. 



Officers of the Petoskey Crushed Stone Com- 

 pany of Elk Rapids, say that business was never 

 better than it has been this year, and that the 

 road stone business has been exceptionally good. 

 Thirty to forty cars or nearly two solid train 

 loads are being shipped daily, and if the present 

 demand increases, it will necessitate the pur- 

 chase of more equipment in addition to what 

 has already been installed this year. Early last 

 spring an eighty ton steam shovel was installed, 

 and another will be installed this season or early 

 next year. These shovels have a capacity of 

 handling ten to fifteen hundred tons of rock 

 daily. The company recently installed a locomo- 

 tive for the switching of small cars to the crush- 

 er. Heretofore these cars have been handled 

 with horses. The company will probably install 



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another locomotive early next year. An enormous 

 amount of stone has been shipped to townships 

 and counties, and from all reports, the rock is 

 iriving most satisfactory results. Users are be- 

 ginning to realize that rock of this company is 

 not the ordinary soft limestone. 



In connection with the counties and townships. 

 Grand Rapids and other cities are using thou- 

 sands of tons in the construction of streets, and 

 the amount of stone being shipped by the com- 

 pany is a pretty good indication that the different 

 .ird counties are constructing a great 



amount of good roadways. Comparing the in- 

 crease in the stone roads this year with the other 

 years, it shows that the good roads movement has 

 begun in earnest 



The accompanying illustrations are of streets 

 in Cadillac and Ludington, Michigan. The first 

 view is of a street in Cadillac, built of Petoskey 

 hard limestone three years ago, and is giving the 

 best of satisfaction ; the second view is that of a 

 street in Ludington. Both of these streets are 

 in good condition at the present time, and have 

 been built between three and four years. 



A Street in Cadillac Built of Petoskey Limestone. 



A Street in Ludington Built of Petoskey Limestone. 



Michigan Road Notes. 



The board of Supervisors have passed a reso- 

 lution authorizing the question of bonding Delta 

 county for $40.000 for building a reinforced con- 

 crete bridge over the Escanaba river at Wells, to 

 be voted upon at the coming election, Nov. 8. 

 The bridge will be approximately 700 ft. long in 

 spans not over 90 feet, with a 20 foot roadway 

 having a 6 foot walk on each side. 



Bay county gets about $2,500 state reward 

 money for two and one-half miles of stone road 

 completed this year. One and a halt miles is or. 



the Quanicassee road and about one mile on 

 the Fraser road. 



The good roads appropriation for Bay county 

 next year has been fixed at $55,000. 



The good roads system will not be voted on by 

 the people of Washtenaw county this fall, the 

 supervisors having turned down the petition. It 

 is to be regretted that such a prosperous county 

 would not be progressive in road matters. 



Ingham is another count}- that is considering 

 the working of its prisoners on the roads. 



The Houghton county road commissioners will 



have expended $29.000 when its work for the 

 year is ended. The commission has decided upon 

 the Hancock to Calumet road as the one most 

 used and most in need of attention. A section 

 three and one-quarter miles long between Mes- 

 nard and the Rhode Island mine will be taken 

 over by the county and repaired. Two sections 

 of this^ of 2,000 feet each, will be rebuilt. From 

 Rhode Island to Osceola the board plans to 

 straighten out the road and build a portion of it 

 over a new route so that the distance between 

 the two points will be shortened one mile. 



