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DETROIT MICHIGAN, AUGUST, 1908. 



Michigan Road flakers' Association. 



W. W. Todd, Jackson, President; P. T. Colgrove, Hastings, First Vice-President ; 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 



Alg'er County 



Chas. B. Beaulien, Grand Marais. 

 Swan Anderson, Limestone. 

 Alfred O. Jopling, Munising. 



Alpena County 



George W. Stovel, Hubbard 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 H. 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. Onweller, 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. 



W. H. Jobe, Palatka. 



James Long, Iron River. 



Kalkaska County 

 Louis A. Atkins, Lodi. 

 Ira Eckler, Kalkaska. 

 Wm. H. Marshall, Leetsville. 



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. 



W T m. Murdock, Wayne. 



J. S. Haggerty, Detroit. 

 Wexford County 



Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 



Fred Usewick, Mesick. 



T. E. Standclift, Boon. 



USING TAR ON STREETS. 



Street Commissioner Ed. Mitchell has com- 

 pleted the treatment of a block of street on 

 Fifth street, between Baraga avenue and Rock 

 street, Marquette, with tar from the North 

 Marquette furnace. The method of treatment 

 was much the same as was followed in the use 

 of the manufactured material, Tarvia. The 

 tar from the furnace is much thicker than Tar- 

 via, and has to be reduced to a thinner con- 

 stituency by melting. Mr. Mitchell believes 

 that the material will give fully as good results 

 as Tarvia.. 



Asked what he thought of the tar treatment 

 of macadam as far as he has gone with it, Mr. 



Mitchell said that he believed that it is a 

 treatment that will give very satisfactory re- 

 sults. It will take some time and some prac- 

 tical experience to get the best results, but 

 Mr. Mitchell believes that by the use of tar in 

 conjunction with the rock, macadam streets of 

 better appearance longer life and cheaper cost 

 will be obtained. 



It is proposed to pursue the use of the tar 

 somewhat further this year, and it is expected 

 to give coal tar from the plant of the Mar- 

 quette Gas Light Company a trial on West 

 Washington street, where several blocks of 

 macadam are to be put in. If commercial tar 

 answers satisfactorily for the work there are, 

 two sources of supply at Marquette, the fur- 

 nace and the gas works, and the treatment of 

 the streets can be much cheapened over what 

 it would be if Tarvia was to be used. 



AN ARGUMENT FOR BETTER ROADS. 



An exchange under the title, "Let's Get Ed- 

 ucated," gives some figures and facts that are 

 calculated to make people think. It gives the 

 freight rates for one ton transported one mile 

 as follows: 



By sea, one-tenth of one cent. 



By railroad, one cent. 



By good roads, seven cents. 



By ordinary country roads, 25 cents. 



As practically all freight has to be hauled a 

 considerable distance by wagon road before it 

 can be loaded on boat or cars, the advantage 

 of good roads over ordinary roads is apparent. 

 Seven cents a ton a mile is the cost on good 

 roads as against twenty-five cents a ton a mile 

 on ordinary country roads. This certainly 

 ought to be an argument for better roads. 



In the case of farm produce, the producer, 

 not the consumer, pays the extra wagon road 

 freight rate. The man who brings 100 bushels 

 of potatoes to town with two horses gets a 

 larger profit for his day's work than the man 

 who, because of poor roads, can bring but 50 

 bushels. Or, to put it in the other form, the 

 .")0-l)iishel man has to pay such a high wagon 

 road freight rate that his profits are materially 

 reduced. 



Coldwater will sell its stone crusher, which 

 has been a white elephant on its hands for a 

 dozen years. I't cost the city $2,500 when it 

 was proposed to macadamize the streets of 

 the city, using "niggerheacls." It was found 

 that the hard stone when crushed would not 

 pack, .the fine part going into dust, while the 

 large stones placed in the bottom would work 

 to the top, and the plan was abandoned. 



