DETROIT MICHIQAN, OCTOBER, 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. 



A'.pena 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. Osborn, 



Sault Ste. Marie. 



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Delta County John Gasman, Bark River; 

 Basilio Lenzi, Defiance; Erick Anderson, Es- 

 canaba. 



Dickinson County William Kelly, Vulcan; 

 James H. Cundy, Iron Mountain; John J. 

 Flanagan, Sagola. 



Gladwin County William H. McCulloch, 

 Glad win 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 Fyvic, 

 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. 



Menominec County George Law, Meno- 

 minee; Charles Kinsella, Spalding; George 

 H. Haggerson, Menominec. 



Muskegon County Fred D. Hoogstraat, 

 Ravenna; Martin Ryerson, Holtbn; Charles 

 Ellis, Muskegon, R F D 7. 



Saginaw County John W. Ederer, Saginaw. 



Wayne County Cassius R. Benton, North- 

 ville; Henry Ford, Detroit; "Edward N. Hines, 

 Detroit. 



MUSKEGON COUNTY ROADS. 



A total expenditure of $21,769,49 for the con- 

 struction and repair of Muskegon county roads 

 during the present year from January 1 to 

 October 1 is shown in the annual report of 

 the board of county road commissioners. 



This does not include the cost of the new 

 ten-ton road roller and combination sprinkler 

 and tank that were purchased this fall and 

 which have been paid for since Oct. 1, the 

 cost being $2,318.00. , 



The expenditure of road funds for the por- 

 tion of the year covered by the report was 

 distributed as follows: 



Cedar Springs road $5,051.97 



Whitehall road 4,484.82 



Ravenna road 1,653.89 



Hnlton road 3,543.05 



Fruitport road 3,334.14 



North Muskegon road 315.14 



Lake Harbor road 2,295.83 



Contingent road 1,015.55 



Peck street road 70.26 



MARQUETTE COUNTY ROADS. 



.Marquctte county having adopted the county 

 road system, by which the construction of 

 country thoroughfares is put on a scientific 

 basis, it is well started on a building program 

 which contemplates many miles of fine high- 

 ways. The main artery of travel will soon be 

 one of the best in the upper peninsula. There 

 will be 50 miles of good road over which farm- 

 ers may drive, this lying between Michigamme 

 on the west and Skandia on the east, and where 

 the farmer used to pull only a half-ton he can 

 thru haul two tons with greater ease. A rock 

 rrusher and steam road rollers are owned by 

 the county, and under expert direction excel- 

 lent highways are being constructed of mac- 

 adam. 



It is probable, that Marquette county will 

 improve the highway between Floodwood and 

 Republic, which is now in bad condition. When 

 tiiis is done, Dickinson county will likely re- 

 build (lie highway north from Sawyer Lake 

 to Kloodwood. The highway from Iron Moun- 

 tain to Sawyer Lake to Floodwood is now in 

 good condition. When the sections mentioned 



are repaired it will be possible to drive from 

 Iron Mountain to Marquette range towns. 

 Such a highway would afford an outlet to many 

 farmers and would open up a splendid farming 

 country. 



SAGINAW COUNTY ROADS. 



The report of County Road Commissioner 

 Ederer, of Saginaw county, for the present sea- 

 son shows remarkable progress in the im- 

 provements on the roads of that county. Over 

 twelve miles of stone macadam work was done 

 and about 20 miles of road was graded. In 

 addition a great deal of repairing was done. 

 A brief summary of the work accomplished 

 is as follows: 



Birch Run 1 mile stone macadam, Birch 

 Run road. 



Bridgeport 1!4 miles stone macadam, Sag- 

 inaw road. 



Blumfield 2 miles of grading on the Wat- 

 rousville road. 



Buena Vista Grading and stone macadam 

 1.10 miles on the Vassar road, 1 mile on the 

 Watrousville road, and 1.082 miles on the 

 Washington road. 



Carrollton Resurfaced and repaired all the, 

 gravel roads and brought those that state re- 

 ward had been applied for up to the specifica- 

 tions of the state highway department; also, 

 constructed new the balance of the Shattuck- 

 ville road in the township. 



Chesaning Grading, 224 miles on the Center 

 road. 



Frankcnmutli Grading, 1 mile on the King 

 road, and repairs to the gravel road. 



Fremont Grading, i^-mile on the south 

 Town Line road. 



James Stone macadam, i^-mile, Jamestown 

 road. 



Jonesficld 1 mile stone macadam on .the 

 Gratiot road and 40 rods stone macadam 

 through tile village of Merrill. 



Kochville 1 .mile grading and stone mac- 

 adam, Saginaw and I'.ay City road. 



Richland Grading 1^4 miles on the Gratiot 

 road. 



Saginaw Grading and stone macadam 1 

 mile on the Shattuckville road .50 miles on 

 the Cross road and J^-mile on Gratiot road. 



Spaulding '_,-mile stone macadam on F.a-t 

 street road; '.'. miles grading and 1 mile stone 

 macadam on the Town Line road. 



Thomastown }'/, miles grading and stone 

 macadam on the Gratiot road. 



Taymouth >J-mile grading and graveling on 

 the Hurt road. 



