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DETROIT. MICHIGAN, JUNE, 1907. 



Michigan Road flakers' Association. 



W. W. Todd, Jackson, President; P. T. Colgrove, Hastings, First Vice-P resident; C. C. Rosenbury, Bay City, Second 

 Vice-President ; E. N. Hines, Detroit, Secretary; E. B. Smith, Detroit, Treasurer. 



Board of Governors: Royal T. Taylor, Cheboygan; D. L. Case, Detroit; Frank F. Rogers, Lansing; W. W. 

 Trayes, Hancock. 



MICHIGAN'S COUNTY 



ROAD COnniSSIONERS 



Alger County Alfred O. Jopling, Munising; 

 Charles Beaulieu, Grand Rapids; Swan An- 

 derson, Limestone. 



Alpena County George W. Stovel, Hub- 

 bard Lake;; Selden W. Flanders, Flanders; 

 James Briselden, Alpena. 



Baraga County Simon Denomie, Assisins; 

 James McKercher, Michigamme;; Daniel Mc- 

 Millan, Baraga. 



Bay County Hugh Campbell, Bay City; 

 George L. Frank, Bay City; Richard H. 

 Fletcher, Bay City; Fred Kaiser, Kawkawlin; 

 William. Houser, Bay City R F D 1. 



Cheboygan County John B. McArthur, 

 Cheboygan; Mark P. Scott, Rondo; Royal J. 

 Taylor, Manning. 



Chippewa County Henry A. Osboin, 

 Sault Ste. Marie. 



Delta County John Gasman, Bark River; 

 Basilio. Lenzi, Defiance; Erick Anderson, Es- 

 caiiaba. 



Dickinson County William Kelly, Vulcan; 

 James H. Cuncly, Iron Mountain; John J. 

 Flanagan, Sagola. 



Gladwin County William H. McCulloch, 

 Gladwin R F D 2; Wallace McCracken, Glad- 

 win, R F D 1; Arden G. Onweller, Beaver- 

 ton, R F D 1. 



losco County John M. Waterbury, Tawas 

 City; C. W. Luce, East Tawas; William J. 

 Grant, Au Sable. 



Iron County J. S. Parks, Crystal Falls; 

 James Long, Iron River. 



Kalkaska County Louis A. Atkins, Kal- 

 kaska; Ira Eckles, Kalkaska; William H. 

 Marshall, Kalkaska. 



Luce County M. E. Beurmann, Newberry; 

 Andrew Carlson, Dollarville; John Fyvie, 

 Helmer. 



Manistee County John W. Bradford, Ar- 

 cadia; James Henderson, Manistee. 



Marquette County W. H. Johnston, Ish- 

 peming; J. E. Sherman, Marquette, M. M. 

 Duncan, Ishpeming. 



Mason County Frank W. Harding, Scott- 

 ville; Robert Jameson, Ludington. 



Menominee County George Law, Meno- 

 minee; Charles Kinsella', Spalding; George 

 H. Haggerson, Menominee. 



Muskegon County Fred D. Hoogstraat, 

 Ravenna; Martin -Ryerson, Holton; Charles 

 Ellis, Muskegon, R F D 7. 



Saginaw County John W. Ederer, Saginaw. 



Wayne County Cassius R. Benton, North- 

 vine; Henry Ford, Detroit; Edward N. Hines, 

 Detroit. 



JACKSON'S GOOD ROADS PROBLEM. 



Jackson has about 135 miles of streets. The 

 regular ward district funds for grading, re- 

 pairing and working these streets this year 

 total $5,990. 



No further explanation of the present 

 wretched condition of the streets need be 

 sought. 



The charter makers evidently cut the ward 

 funds for doing street work to the lowest 

 point, on the theory that the money was 

 likely to be wasted away, and by reducing 

 the amount of funds, force permanent street 

 work. If this was the idea, it has worked 

 out successfully up to the point of providing 

 the money. The people have made very gen- 

 erous provision this year for permanent street 

 work. A loan of $100,000 for pavements and 

 sewers has been authorized, $14,000 for pav- 

 ing West Main street was apportioned from 

 the year's revenues, as well as $1,800 for pav- 

 ing alleys, and a .$15,000 loan will be made 

 under a special clause of the charter for East 

 Main street. If $50,000 of the $100,000 loan 

 is used for sewers, and the remainder for 

 pavements, there will be available for road 

 improvements, including the two-fifths of the 

 cost assessed upon abutting property owners, 

 the considerable sum of $111,000. 



Volunteer good roads makers are furnishing 

 a demonstration on East Ganson street of 

 the best road which can be made for the 

 smallest sum of money. There they have 

 made a roadway of stone, three or four inches 

 in thickness, after it is compressed by their 

 road roller, and some ten feet wid. Four 

 blocks of such road have been built for $300. 

 There is no curbing, essential to permanency, 

 and no attempt has been made to bring the 

 compressed stone to the gutters. But it has 

 been demonstrated that a smooth, hard and 

 apparently serviceable road can be made for 

 less than $100 a block. 



HOUGHTON COUNTY ROADS. 



There may be some poor roads in vari- 



. ous parts of the country, but it is doubtful 



I if there are any in the frightful condition 



' of that of the main highway south of Chas- 



sell, Houghton county, leading to Jacobs- 



ville, and which also is the county road to 

 Baraga and L'Anse. This road, better known 

 as the Snake river road, is at the present 

 time in an almost impassable condition, and 

 several weeks ago it was so bad that it was 

 utterly impossible to travel over it. It is still 

 in a frightful condition, and it will take up- 

 ward of $8,000 to put it in any decent con- 

 dition. 



County Surveyor John Markle, of Hough- 

 ton, has been engaged in surveying a road 

 which is soon to be built from Pelkie to the 

 Houghton county line. When the road is 

 completed it will be of great accommodation 

 to a large number of farmers residing in that 

 vicinity. 



BARRY COUNTY ROADS. 



Rutland township, Barry county, is build- 

 ing a second mile of good road this year. 

 This road commences at the west end of the 

 first mile built last year, running south. P. T. 

 Colgrove entered into a contract with the 

 township board, and has filed a bond indemni- 

 fying the township against any expense what- 

 ever in the construction of the road. If the 

 mile is built in compliance with the state 

 requirements, the township will receive a re- 

 ward of $500. The cost of the road will 

 be not less than $1,200, and the farmers have 

 subscribed about one hundred days work, men 

 and team. The loyalty of the people of Rut- 

 land and their determination to continue in 

 the improvement of the highways is worthy 

 of commendation, and they are entitled to 

 recognition for their unselfish loyalty in a 

 good cause. People coming to Hastings from 

 the west are often heard to remark, "It will 

 be only two or three miles more until we 

 come to the good road." No taxpayer who 

 has been over the mile built last year can 

 fail to recognize the immense benefit not only 

 to the farmers, but to citizens generally who 

 travel the highways. Hastings Banner. 



Cass City, Tuscola county, has made a con- 

 tract with Chris. Schwaderer for the construc- 

 tion of two and one-half miles of state re- 

 ward road for a consideration of $3,09.'i. The 

 road will be of gravel, and the state will pay 

 $500 a mile, or $1,250 for the whole. The 

 township of Elkland voted an equal amount 

 at the last town meeting, and the balance 

 was ordered spread on the tax roll (his year 

 by the township board. 



