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THK STATE RF.YIR\Y. 



Michigan Good Roads Association. 



Next Annual Meeting Of The Good Roads Association At Jackson, January 9 and 10, 1907. 



Officers: President, \V. W. Todcl, Jack on ; Vice-President, H. \V. Davis, Lapeer; Secretary, R. J. Davison, Flint; Treasurer, I). F. R i- 



lanti. Executive and Legislative Committee: B. Griffin. Saginaw ; II. \Y. Grix, Wayne; R. H. i-letcher, Bay; G. \\'. (jaudy, Washtcnaw ; 1C. D. 

 Black, Gencsee. 



Saginaw County Roads. 



,mty main- good progress tlie 

 past jear in extending its system of improved 

 country highways. The practical importance 

 of good, permanent roads has liecn well dem- 

 ,'ated during the past few weeks ol SOU 

 weather. 



In those portions of the county having good 

 roads the hauling of sugar heets. hay and other 

 farm staples has continued without interrup- 

 tion. In other portions of the county where 

 there were no good roads hauling was 

 stopped by tlie axle-deep mud. On account 

 of the bad roads the Saginaw beet sugar fac- 

 ior\ was compelled to suspend operations tor 

 a time, a- tin- In et supply, while it continued 

 >me in. did not come in sufficient volume. 



During the past year Saginaw county has 

 constructed eleven and a half miles of stone 

 roads and three miles of gravel road. The 

 > ids built were an follows: Town line 

 road, between I'ridgeport and Spaulding town- 

 ships. I 1 -: miles; State street road, in Sagi- 

 nawtown. I ' ;< miles: Saginaw and Hay Cit\ 

 state road, in Kochville township, one 

 Xorth Washington road, in lluena 

 township, t\\o miles: Kirch Run road, in Bjrc'n 

 Run township, one mile; Saginaw' road, in 

 Bri<! hip. half mile: Jame 



. m Jamestov, n township, half mile: Gra- 



eiitral road, in Maple Grove town 

 .larler miles; V:'.>-ar road, in 



built v.ere as follows: 

 i i, ill Car- 

 rolll. Mid a h;ilf m: 1 



River ro:td, in 

 i I'ars'nallhurg. 



In Albec township tl road gnu 



ditching and turnpiki; 1 , of about 



' iorl town 



ship and lurn- 



piki '.! a <|uar- 



ter miles. In linen.-! Vista township there 

 three and a half miles of grading, ditch- 

 ing and turnpiking. In Carrollton there was 

 iUt half a mile of turnpiking: ditching and 

 grading. In Chapin township a new iron 

 bridge was built across Pine creek, hi Ches- 

 aning township there were one and a half 

 mile> of turnpiking, ditching ami grading. In 

 Frankenmuth ip three cement culverts 



built in the King road and grading and 

 repairing was dune on the old gravel road. In 

 Fremont township there was one mile of lurn- 

 pikii and grading. In Jamestown 



ml a <]tiarter milss "f turn- 

 piking. dinning and grading. In Kochville 

 thcr- mill' of turnpiking, ditching and 



In Lake me di'ch- 



i-hland there were 

 esing. ditching and 

 In St. Charles township then 



''itching and grad 

 ing . : 



road ns'.iip there were about 



"i-ading. turnpiking 

 and ditch nient culverts 



:'d Hay t.'ity state road. 

 ' there were about one 



and .if turnpiking. ditching and 



bout 



.-.ml a quarter miles of turnpiking, ditch- 

 In Tittabawa iiship 

 ther- Free- 

 land, \\h, contracted. In Xilwaukce 



uarter m 

 lillii; 



VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. 

 Tn n; for impro 



liigh\\ays that is spreading all over tin- coun- 



try, a prominent Chicago motorist recently 

 said: "Without entering into a long cxpo-i- 

 tion of the value that good roads would be 

 to this country, their cost and their mainte- 

 nance, one has only to know the results that 

 have been attained in isolated eases to tvali/e 

 the vast benefits that could be derived from a 

 general agitation all over the country. The 

 h fnat i- in evidence, owing to the pros- 

 perity that is abundant on every hand, could 

 oarry on the building of good roads without 

 hardship to individuals or sections. The tax 

 necessary could be originated by grading the 

 cost lirst on the state, second, on the county, 

 third, on the township, and fourth, on the 

 individual who-e property faces the improve- 

 ment and who receives the immediate bene- 

 fits. The first roads to start on should be the 

 national highways, under government super- 

 vision and expense. As this progresses each 

 state would branch out on a public highway 

 between important cities. Then local pride 

 and expediency will assert itself in rural dis- 

 tricts, and befor it this 

 itry would be intersected with improved 



ays. 



. let us suppose that 

 is the heart of the country and from 



more 



;. stretch out in every direction. Main 



or more 



directions, \v '. . the 



much 

 ' city 



road improvement nnty 



higli . i we have failed i xtent 



lixc that the 

 impr 



[ will warrant the 

 hundreds and him-' 

 in this country. I'ut what 

 anils and tens of thousands of miles of 



. and now that the public is , 

 the vast importance of this subject, tlie rural 



snent is but a matter of time and circum- 

 stances that will grow of its own weight. : 

 off to the pilots of public opinion 

 thought but dreamers- who have 



id up and forced attention t' pub- 



lic need. Their voii i uplifted 



and again to audiences who 'nrned their 



and closed their ears until 



which found root in districts, has 



branched out and unii 

 waste. The imp 

 of this country, which is tb-- 

 of loeal a .'.] do 



this country than one subject. It 



; <lercd that ! 



with good roads, either irntval or arti 

 are wealth pi 

 localities \\ he- 

 certain tii d 

 : 7.e the extent of plcasnr to be d'-'-i'-i-d by the 

 inhabitant 



city or surrounding localiti 



i miles more of stone road have been re- 

 cen I'd. 



lie estimates tlie \alue ol roads constructed 



under directions of his department at sir,:;,i;;. 



The state has paid in rewards $(il,s;iii. and on 



completion of the roads now being built will 



! additional. 



The finest road in the state. Mr. Karle 

 claims, is the two miles between Lansing and 

 Michigan Agricultural College. This is 

 twenty-two feet wide, and cost $i:>. IS5, of 

 which' the stale paid ?:J.O!K). 



ROAD IS IMPASSABLE. 



Stony Xegeski. Stanly Dorobkowski, Ji 

 R. Ostrangcr. Gilbert Forbes. Steve For 1 

 David Chassee. Fred Gervais and several ot 

 residents of that part of Meiiominee COH 

 lying along the old river road along t'haj 

 Rapids, are up in arms over tl 

 lions of the roads in that part of the 

 A delegation \\as in Meiiominee to see 

 prosecuting attorney in regard to the ma 

 and try to gel some - m out of 



county officials. It is claimed that the 

 in that section of the county arc Frequ 

 off from all communication with tin 

 world 1- s at a time, and thai 



in da: inabi 



it is undei lUllty has h 



GOOD ROADS AND MARKETS. 



' 

 i city me 



I'.ay City is the ci lint of all 



- of the county, and I ht to 



some other place than 

 to m 



.' thousands of dollars annualh 



ly City pays a hi" 

 y. I'.ut just .- Bay Ci 



that 

 might ha\ ~ 



"While you're talking good roads. - 



regulations. The\ . 



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OHIO'S ROAD LAW. 



Ohio's new road law, which went into effect 1 



on the lir h tin 



.''Is 



ill 

 be Appointed by hip trua* 



nship is to be divided into nr 



'erinten< 



us. 



STATE'S NEW ROADS. 



Horatio Far'c. stale highway eommissi- 

 ,'repared his report, \\liieh he will n 

 to the legislature. .1 mouths 



;1 ilishnien J - de- 



partment. Tii 



51. This incltii 

 for maps. 



lie reports fifty- 1 wo miles of stone road 

 have be.-n built; thirty-three miles of 

 cially prepared gravid roads, and ninety mile- 



ravel and clay roads, 

 'application^ for the state reward for eighty- 



I Can Sell Your Real Estate or Business; 



NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED 



1 'ropert ies and '. ' ' nids sow 



11 part s of the UuitM 



it. \\rite today dcscrihifll 



ha\'e to >ell and ; price on 



If You Want to Buy 



any kind . 1 F.state anywherH 



at any, price, write me your reijiiirenn 

 ave y .11 time and money. 



DAVID P. TAFT, 



The Land Man, 



415 Kansas Avenue, 

 TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



