MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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MICHIGAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The Michigan Forestry Association was organized in Grand Rapids August 30. 1905, having for its object the promotion of a ra- 

 tional svstem of forestry in Michigan. The society is managed by the following roster of officers: President. Hon. Chas. W. Garfield, of Grand 

 Rapids- Vice-President " John H. Bissell, of Detroit; Secretary, Filibert Roth, of Ann Arbor; Assistant Secretary. Henry G. Stevens, Detroit; 

 surer W B Mers'hon Saginaw, W. S. Board of Directors Hon. J. E. Beal, Ann Arbor; J. J. Hubbell, Manistee; Mrs. Lena E. Mautner, 

 Saginaw;' Prof. James Satter'.ee. Landing; J. C. Knox, Cadillac; W. F, Williams, Pittsford; Dr. Lucius L. Hubbard, Houghton ; Mrs. 

 John C. Sharp, Jackson. 



der to make them pleasing and agreeable. 



They may be treated with any f the lighter 



nd preparations that are so- well adapted 



'us -purpose. In this way, it is evident 



.ve cannot apply a hard and fast rule to 



all cr - a ? the conditions vary so much. 



Each %treet must be studied carefully to see 



the amount of traffic passing over it before 



-:act:ry report can be made. 

 \Yhen poor roads prevail in a section, every- 

 i very apt tc. be PL or. the horse, the 



he merchant and the church. 



It is a well-known fact that in spite of the 



rt.- made in some sections of 



i ur country to induce immigrants to settle in 



them, very few accept the invitation. They 



-; themselves pretty thoroughly 



-ecticn. This is made easy by the 



numerous emigrants who have preceded them 



hey are sure to have acquaintances in 



uive them information. 



They very seldom locate n a place where the 

 are impassable, as they do not wish 

 e mud-b:ckailed for six months in the 

 In order t . induce immigrants to come 

 -iK-h -eoti ns. good public roads must 

 ;rst. If it i- ec iminy that prevents, 

 it is a f:i!se economy: every day that we allow 

 main in an impassable 

 ;ims to remain without bridges, 

 cal a direct and severe b! w at our oun 

 try will remain undevel- 

 oped -. if improved at once, rov- 



ly engineered, and made good roads, with 

 permanent bridges that could not be swept 

 away with every rise of the streams, would 

 give some sign of permanence of settlement, 

 and cf contentment with the section. The 

 burden of the tax w^uld soon be shared by so 

 many that the roads would not only be self- 

 sustaining, but would be a source of revenue 

 to the state. The taxes would return in the 

 improved condition of stock and running 

 gear, and cf the increased loads that could be 

 sent to market in wagons. Circulation, which 

 is the backbone of business, would be facil- 

 itated; where now it is a hazard and a task 

 to venture en the public highways, then it 

 would become a pleasure. But unless roads 

 are made first-class to commence with, we 

 will never have them, and we throw away the 

 money we spend for them. 



There never was a time when every state 



and country was so much interested in road 



work as at present, because now they are 



awake to the fact that something must be 



cone. When we see large sums of money 



priated in a!mcst every state in the 



L'nion. it behooves us to look about and see 



.ve are first on the right track and then 



go ahead. 



Tin- where a speed cf sixty 



miles an hcur might be well applied. We will 



- far behind if we don't travel 



a little faster in the next, fifty years than we 



he miili ns cf 



dollars that are represented in the fine auto- 

 mobiles that are obliged to work their way 

 through some of our country roads, the ques- 

 tion arises whether or not we are spending 

 too much money for the beautiful carriages 

 we ride in, and having them so quickly des- 

 troyed on account of the condition of the 

 highways. This is a subject well worthy of 

 careful consideraticn. 



The different government reports are very 

 good, also the annual state reports where ex- 

 periments have been tried, so we can readily 

 see that the information from the different 

 road builders throughout the country is very 

 beneficial and easy to get at. 



There are men at this Congress who are 

 able to give competent advice, and why not 

 give the community the value of the knowl- 

 edge which they possess? 



J hope to see great gocd come trom this 

 Congress and wish it success. Let us all pull 

 together and see if we cannot arrive at the 

 head of the list in a very short time. 



The petition for improvement of Byron road 

 ;cr twn miles north of the city limits of How- 

 ell, Livingston ccunty, has been accepted by 

 the State Highway Department for state aid. 

 The road has been surveyed and everything 

 is prepared to turn dirt as soon as spring 



Marquerte and Negaunee Macadam Road 



