MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



GOOD ROADS PROGRESS 



IN MICHIGAN STATE 



Charlevoix County. 



After an animated discussion. Chad.' 

 >upervis<>rs refused by a two-thirds vote to 

 submit the county road system to the electors 

 at the April election. 



As two years ago only one member of the 

 beard refused to vote for a resolution con- 

 demning the system, the advocates of good 

 roads snould be pleased with the growth of 

 r-entiment in favor of them, as the refusal of 

 the opponents to let the people ~ vote con- 

 veyed tne general impression that if the ques- 

 came to a vote the people of Charlevoix 

 county would be in favor of its adoption. 



Jackson County. 



By a vote of "> to 12 Jackson county board 

 rs refused to submit the good 

 - question to the people at the coming 

 election. Because the people failed to circu- 

 late petitions, the superv;>< r- a urned tnat 

 tney were not anxious about the matter. 



bupervisur Middaugh stated that the state 

 would probably withdraw the bounty 

 time in the future and, although the people 

 of Jackson county were not taking advantage 

 of the proposition, they were paying for roads 

 h are being built in the northern part of 

 the state. He said that the tax of $2 on 

 wa> not excessive and that the question should 

 go to the people. 



Genesee County. 



The road commissioners of Genesee county 

 have purchased road-making equipment and 

 1,000 cords of stone, which it is purposed to 

 use on the roads of the county, particularly 

 ari.und Flint and Fenton, during the coming 

 year. 



Cass County. 



Cass county will probably vote on the 

 adoption of the county road system at the 

 spring election. 



Calhoun County. 



Calhoun county board of supervisors, by a 

 vote of 16 to 9, decided not to place the coun- 

 ty on the good roads system. The vote was 

 taken just before adjournment and when 

 many members of the board had gone home. 



Iron County. 



Crystal Falls Commercial Club has been 

 stirring up interest in the good roads ques- 

 tion lately. Iron county is expanding so fast 

 in population and resources that more and 

 better roads are badly needed. 



There was expended on the county roads 

 last year about $30,000, but that much work 

 cannot be continued as the county road taxes 

 only amount to about $15,000, and unless there 

 is more money provided the work will have 

 to stop. 



The annual road tax now amounts to about 

 $15.000 per year. This amount is insufficient 

 for the work required, and the proposition to 

 bond for $100,000 to $150,000 is being serious- 

 ly considered. 



Delta County. < 



The Delta county board of supervisors, by 

 a vote of 11 to 9. has refused to submit to the 

 people a proposition to bond the county for 

 $40,000 to allow the construction of roads. It 

 wa = intended, if the bonding proposition had 

 been submitted and carried, to build highways 

 in the northern and eastern portions of the 

 county leading to the Marquette county line. 



Oakland County. 



In spite of the fact that the people of some 

 townships were reported as in favor of the 

 county road system in the proportion of 25 to 

 1, the Oakland county supervisors refused to 

 submit the matter to a, vote of the people. 

 The majority against, however, was so small 

 as to encourage rather than discourage. 



Daniel L. Davis gave a talk in favor of the 

 system. "Wherever you find good roads you 



MR. HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER 



CRUSHED SLAG 



Lighter & 20% cheaper than Crushed Stone. 



We want to 

 show what 

 we have and 

 will pay all 

 of your ex- 

 penses to 

 Detroit and 



return 



Letus know 



when you are 



coming. 



VERNON M. PIERCE 



U. S. Office of Public Roads Says 



" Basic Slag not only forms a physical 

 bond but a chemical reaction takes place 

 in them when subject to conditions which 

 exist in the foundations of roads, and re- 

 sult in the cementing of all the pieces 

 thus forming a sort of concrete foundation 

 and therefore such material makes an ex- 

 cellent foundation." 



Our first years 

 record produc- 

 ing and selling 



SLAG 

 52,OOO Tons 

 used in build- 

 ing good roads 



in 1910 



6 1,OOO Tons 



went into 



Concrete 

 Construction. 



THE FRANCE SLAG COMPANY 



414 Ford Building DETROIT, MICH. 



find thrifty people," he said. "If you want to 

 find where the farms have advanced in price 

 in Oakland county, follow the electric lines 

 and the automobile roads. There will be a 

 big demand in the county this year for farms, 

 b_ut people will first buy the farms where there 

 are good roads or an electric line." 



Kalamazoo County. 



\Y<;rk on the Williams road, which will form 

 the connecting link between Kalamazoo and 

 the tcwns along the line of the South Haven 

 railroads, has been commenced. Road Com- 

 missioner Bryant is of the opinion that by 

 next summer this will be finished and a splen- 

 did new field for business will be opened up 

 to Kalamazoo merchants. 



Among the highways being worked this 

 winter are the Xorth Richland road, the Wil- 

 son and Eldred roads in Climax township, the 

 Galesburg-Climax road in Charleston town- 

 ship, the Ravine read in Kalamazoo township, 

 and the Angling road in Texas township. The 

 improvement of these thoroughfares is now in 

 progr 



Cheboygan County. 



County Road Commissioner J. B. McArthur 

 intends early in the spring to push the work 

 already commenced on four of Cheboygan 

 ci Hinty':. main highways. Road No. 6, on the 

 -ide of Blajck river, running through the 

 -hip of Benton, on which five miles of 

 stone road have been completed, he expects 

 to extend 1.28 miles. The road between Che- 

 n and Mackinaw City, three miles pf 

 which have been improved, will be pushed 

 twi" miles further. The Indian Trail road 

 through the township of Inverness, 2J4 miles 

 of which are finished, will be extended 1J4 

 miles further. The Cheboygan-Levering road, 

 on which eight miles of splendid stone pave- 

 ment have been completed, he expects to 

 push two miles further. 



Latest Applications for 



State Reward Roads 



JANUARY, 1911 



XV. 11-4 Sparta township, Kent county, 

 1.022 miles, class B. reward $511. 



Xo. 1125 Sparta township, Kent county, 

 .510 miles, class B. reward $255. 



Xo. 1126 Sparta township. Kent county,- 

 .51 miles, class B, reward $255. 



Xo. 1127 Bowne township, Kent county, 1 

 mile, class B. reward $500. 



Xo. 1128 X T ewark township, Gratiot county, 

 1.004 miles, class B, reward $502. 



Xo. 1129 Cleon township, Manistee county, 

 2 miles, class B, reward $1,000. 



Xo. 1130 Marrilla township, Manistee coun- 

 ty. .532 mile, class B, reward $266. 



Xo. 1131 Cleon township. Manistee county, 

 .733 mile, class B, reward $367. 



Xo. 1132 Sherman township, Isabella coun- 

 ty. 1 mile, class B, reward $500. 



Xo. 1133 Sherman township, Isabella coun- 

 ty. 1 mile, class B, reward $500. 



Xo. 1134 Blcomingdale township, Van Bu- 

 ren_ county, .416 mile, class B, reward $208. 



Xo. 1135 Bloomingdale township, Van Bu- 

 ren county, .586 mile, class B, reward $293. 



Xo. 1136 Ravenna township, Muskegon 

 county, .986 mile, class B, reward $493. 



Xo. 1137 Reynolds township. Montcalm 

 county, 1.318 miles, class B, reward $659. 



Xo. 1138 Green Lake township. Grand 

 Traverse county, 1.004 miles, class B, reward 

 $502. 



TO ENCOURAGE TREE PLANTING. 



The College nursery now contains a large 

 number of seedlings and transplants of forest 

 trees which are ready for spring planting. 

 These seedlings and transplant sare offered 

 at the following prices, F. O. B. cars Lansing: 

 White Pine seedlings, 2 years old, 4 to 6 in- 

 ches high. $2.00 per thousand; White Pine 

 seedlings, 3 years old, 6 to 9 inches high, $3.00 

 per thousand; Xorway Pine transplants, 10 to 

 15 inches high, $10.00 per thousand; Norway 

 Spruce transplants, 10 to 15 inches high, $10.00 

 per thousand: White Cedar transplants, 6 to 

 10 inches high, $10.00 per thousand; Black 

 Locust seedlings, 1 to 2 feet high, $3.00 per 

 thousand; Black Walnut seedlings, 1 to 2 feet 

 high. $5.00 per thousand. 



Orders for stock should be sent to the 

 Secretary of the College. Full purchase price 

 must accompany order. 



All orders will be securely packed and ship- 

 ped by freight unless otherwise desired. 



Applications for stock will be listed and 

 shipped in the order they are received. 



These prices are made very low for the 

 purpose of inducing you to plant trees at 

 once. Why not start in just now. Don't .de- 

 lay and almost before you know it you will 

 have a fine lot of young trees. 



DEPARTMEXT OF FORESTRY, 



East Lansing, Mich. 



