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DETROIT MICHIGAN, MAY, 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 



Chas. H. Beaulien, Grand Marais. 



Swan Anderson, Limestone. 



Alfred O. Jopling, Munising. . 

 Alpena County 



George \Y. Stuvel, Hubhard Lake. 



Selden W. Flanders, Flanders. 



James Briselden, Alpena. 

 Baraga County 



Simon Denomie, Assisins. 



Daniel McMillan, Baraga. 



Samuel McKircher, Michigamme. 

 Bay County 



Hugh Campbell, Bay City. 



Richard 11. Fletcher, Bay City. 



Fred Kaiser. Kawkawlin. 



Clarence B. Chatfield, Bay City. 



Henry B. Lints, Linwood. 

 Benzie County 



Samuel Willis, Thompsonville. 



A. J. Spaulding, Benzonia. R. F. D. 

 Cheboygan County 



John B. McArthur, Cheboygan. 



Royal J. Taylor, Cheboygan. 



Mark P. Scott, Rondo. 

 Chippewa County 



Henry A. Osborn, Sault Ste Marie. 

 Delta County 



John Gasman, Bark River. 



Erick Anderson. Escanaba. 



Bazilio Lenzi, Escanaba. 

 Dickinson County 



William Kelly, Vulcan. 



John J. Flanagan, Sagola. 



Edward G. Kingsford, Iron Mountain. 

 Gladwin County 



Wallace McCracken, Gladwin, R. F. D 1. 



W. H. McCulloch. Gladwin. R. F. D. 3. 



Arden G. Onvveller, Beaverton, R. F. D. 1. 

 losco County 



John W. Waterbury. Tawas City. 



C. W. Luce, East Tawas. 



Wm. J. Grant, Au Sable. 

 Iron County 



John H. Parks, Crystal Falls. 



\\ . H. Jobe, Palatka. 



James Long, Iron River. 



Kalkaska County 

 Louis A. Atkins, Lodi. 

 Ira Eckler. Kalkaska. 

 Wm. H. Marshall, Lectsvillc. 



Luce County 



Andrew Carlson, Newberry. 



John Fyvie, Helmer. 



Richard Hall, Newberry. 

 Manistee County 



John W. Bradford, Arcadia. 



James Henderson, Manistee. 



Marquette County 



W. H. Johnston, Ishpeming. 



M. M. Duncan, Ishpeming. 



J. E. Sherman, Marquette. 

 Mason County 



Frank W. Harding, Scottville. 



Robert Jameson, Ludington. 

 Mecosta County 



Willard B. Lyons, Big Rapids. 



Wilbur A. Reynolds, Remus. 



Charles Ostrander, Morley, R. F. D. 1. 



Menominee County 



George H. Haggerson, Menominee. 



George Law, Menominee. 



Louis Nadeau, Nadeau. 

 Muskegon County 



Fred D. Hoogstraat, Ravenna. 



Charles Ellis, Muskegon, R. F. D. 7. 



Martin Ryerson, Holton. 



Oceana County 



George C. Myers, Shelby, R. F. D. 



Claude E. Jones, Hart, R. F. D. 



Howell E. Sumner, Ferry. 

 Saginaw County 



John Ederer, Saginaw, W. S. 

 Wayne County 



Edward N. Hines, Detroit. 



Wm. Murdock, Wayne. 



J. S. Haggerty, Detroit. 

 Wexford County 



Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 



Fred Usewick, Mesick. 



T. E. Standclift, Boon. 



THIS ROAD A DISGRACE. 



The state road for two-thirds of the distance 

 from Clare to Mt. Pleasant is a disgrace to Isa- 

 bella county, says the Clare Courier. This high- 

 wav has been in constant use for more than 35 

 years, yet there remains today many places where 

 the corduroy placed thereon when the road was 

 built, and which the traveler is compelled to 

 "bump" over, both to his discomfiture and dan- 

 ger to his conveyance. There are holes in the 

 road that except in the dryest time in the sum- 

 mer are filled with water to the depth of more 

 than a foot, and for easily nine months in the 

 year the road is unsafe. Today many children 

 whose homes are upon that road are compelled 

 to wade in mud nearly ankle deep to reach school. 



With the exception of infrequent "deviling over' 1 

 under the pretense of working out the highway 

 tax, there has been absolutely nothing done to a 

 large portion of this road, notwithstanding the 

 fact that the townships through which it passes 

 are rich, and the property owners abundantly 

 able to vote the necessary money to put the road 

 in decent condition. It is one of the main thor- 

 oughfares through central Michigan from south 

 to north, and is traversed by countless strangers 

 seeking homes, but as an advertisement for this 

 section of Michigan and the thrift and enterprise 

 of our people, it is ten times worse than would 

 be the total absence of the road. Were it lawful 

 in this state. The Courier would not hesitate to 

 urge the enforcement of the method utilized by 

 cities to force the laying of pavement, if the prop- 

 erty owners of the townshisp responsible for this 

 condition longer permit so great a portion of this 

 highway to remain simply a trail through the mud. 



LAKE FRONT PUBLIC HIGHWAY. 



That the beach along Goguac lake front in 

 Calhoun county, near Battle Creek, is a public 

 highway and not private property is the decision 

 of Judee Adams of the Kalamazoo judicial cir- 

 cuit. The judge decided the case of Bidwell vs. 

 White and Smith in favor of Mr. Bidwell. 



In 1895 H. H. Bidwell purchased of William 

 White three lots fronting on Goguac. He erected 

 three cottages thereon and he thought of course 

 he owned the land down to the lake. Recently, 

 however, Mr. White sought to build a wall along 

 the water front, claiming that he owned the land 

 forty feet back from the water, having purchased 

 it from the former owners. Bidwell immediately 

 sought to restrain him from occupying the land, 

 claiming it was public highway along the water 

 front. He applied for an injunction and suit was 

 started to establish title. Bidwell was represented 

 by W. S. Powers and White and Smith were 

 represented b- Stewart & Jacobs and Attorney 

 Mechem, all of Battle Creek. 



While Menominee will not lay very much 

 pavement this year, the city intends to do 

 more than the usual amount of street repair- 

 ing. Not only will the macadam streets be 

 repaired thoroughly and the low places made 

 as good as new, but streets with no pavement 

 are having their surfaces repaired in a manner 

 that will improve them greatly for traffic. A 

 new system of paving was inaugurated this 

 spring by Street Commissioner Barney Schom- 

 er. All of the ashes collected in the alley- 

 ways of the city were collected and carried to 

 the sandy streets that need repairs. By mix- 

 ing these ashes with the loose sand, a pave- 

 ment has been' secured that is ideal in every 

 and which will stand heavy traffic. 



