DETROIT MICHIGAN, APRIL, 1908. 



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. 



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, 

 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, 



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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. 



BERRIEN REJECTS GOOD ROADS. 



Berrien county rejected the good roads pro- 

 position at the election on April 6. Benton 

 Harbor city voted 736 no and 401 yes. St. 

 Joseph city voted 845 yes and 229 no, but 

 could not overcome the opposition of the 

 other towns and townships. The vote follows: 



Yes. No. 



Benton Harbor 401 



Pipestone 49 



Watervliet 87 



Weesaw 48 



Benton 166 



Oronoko 100 



St. Joseph 845 



Buchanan 74 



Bertrand 19 



Xiles . 396 



726 

 110 

 143 

 143 

 185 

 267 

 229 

 493 

 196 

 739 



MECOSTA'S ROAD COMMISSION. 



The new counjy road commission of Me- 

 costa county has been named. The members 

 are W. B. Lyons, of Big Rapids, W. A. Reyn- 

 olds and Charles Ostrander. 



The good roads question received a great 

 deal of attention from the board of super- 

 visors. 



G. G. Jenkins, who has been an active 

 worker for the good roads cause has pre-. 

 pared a map showing the principal roads of 

 each township leading to the nearest market 

 center for each township. He favored divid- 

 ing the territory in such a manner that each 

 commissioner would have a certain portion 

 of road to look after. 



Mr. Jenkins was of opinion that Mecosta 

 county should build at least 150 miles of 

 county road and in doing so should try to 

 have them completed in at least fifteen years. 

 That the coming generation could help pay 

 for the benefits provided for them by the 

 present generation, which has cleared away 

 the forests and made the roads as they are 

 today, he suggested bonding for $20,000, pay- 

 able in fifteen years, and raise by taxation 

 each year $5,000 or $1 per thousand assessed 

 valuation. He considered that the county road 

 sy. tern would raise the valuation of lands 

 at least $5 an acre. He thought that the extra 

 tax would pay for itself when the loss by 

 the present roads in horseflesh, harness, etc., 

 is taken into consideration. 



MUST HAVE GOOD ROADS. 



The Watervliet Record has the following to 

 say concerning good roads in Berrien county: 



"The county road proposition having been 

 defeated it is up to Watervliet and other town- 

 ships of Berrien county to adopt one of the 

 other plans offered to secure a portion of the 

 large sums of money that the state is paying 

 to help build good roads. They are now pay- 

 ing taxes to help build these roads in various 

 parts of the state and are getting none of the 

 benefits. 



"It has been suggested that a state reward 

 road from Benton Harbor over the Territorial 

 road to Millburg, thence northeast to F. and 

 A. Krieger's corners in Bainbridge; from these 

 corners a branch three miles north to Coloma 

 and a branch from the Krieger corners two 

 and one-half miles east to Cribbs' corners, and 

 three and one-half miles north to Watervliet, 

 would be of vast benefit to the townships of 

 Benton Harbor and villages of Watervliet and 

 Coloma. It would give the farmers a good 

 road to Benton Harbor, Watervliet, Coloma 

 and Paw Paw lake. It would be of immense 

 value to the business interests of all three 

 towns as well as to the resorts. The total 

 distance of this road is about 17 miles. The 

 distance over it from Watervliet to .Benton 

 Harbor is 14 miles and from Coloma to Ben- 

 ton Harbor 11 miles." 



SAVES TOWNSHIP MONEY. 



Vermontville township, Eaton county, is 

 having its roads graded cheaply this spring. 

 Walter Boyles, the new commissioner, is 

 using a traction engine to pull the road grader. 

 The result has been highly satisfactory and 

 townships having dirt roads should sit up and 

 take notice. The engine is 22-horsepower. 

 When the road permits the grader is run over 

 a stretch two, three or four miles in length 

 before the turn is made for the return trip. 

 The amount of grading accomplished is four 

 times that done by the old method of using 

 horses. An advantage of using the traction 

 engine is that there are no halts at hills. The 

 grader is on the move all of the time. Mr. 

 Boyles also proposes to use the engine to 

 draw wagon train loads of gravel for the 

 highways. 



The county road system carried in Osceola 

 county at the April election. The new road 

 commissioners appointed are Claude Jones, of 

 Crystal township; H. E. Sumner, of Ferry 

 township, and George Meyers, of Claybanks 

 township. 



