MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



Xo. 321 Manistee township, Manistee coun- 

 ty, J^-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 322 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 323 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 324 Bay county, J^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 325 Bay County, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 326 Hersey township, Osceola county, 

 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 327 Bennington township, Shiavvassee 

 county, 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 328 Arbela township, Tuscola county, 

 2.004 miles gravel road; reward, $1,002. 



No. 329 No. Branch township, Lapeer coun- 

 ty, 1.306 miles gravel road; reward, $653. 



No. 330 Manistee county, 1 mile gravel 

 road; reward, $500. 



No. 331 Muskegon county, .131 mile ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $131. 



No. 332 Muskegon county, 1.033 miles ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $1,033. 



No. 333 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 1 

 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 334 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, J^-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 335 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, 1.718 miles gravel road; reward, $859. 



No. 336 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 

 1.038 miles gravel road; reward, $519. 



No. 337 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .438 mile gravel road; reward, $219. 



No. 338 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .562 mile gravel road; reward, $281. 



No. 339 Otisco township, Ionia county, 1.06 

 miles gravel road; reward, $530. 



No. 340 Wayne county, 2 miles macadam 

 road; reward, $2,000. 



No. 341 Bay county, .798 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $798. 



No. 342 Bay county, ^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $250. 



No. 343 Bay county, J^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 344 Bay county, .804 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $704. 

 No. 346. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.744 mile 



gravel road, reward $872. 

 No. 347. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.52 mile 



gravel road, reward $760. 

 No. 348. Kent Co., Paris Tp., 1.594 mile gravel 



road, reward $797. 

 No. 349. Tuscola Co., Indianfields Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 350. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1.008 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,008. 

 No. 351. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1 mile ma- 

 cadam road, reward $1,000. 

 No. 352. Delta Co., Escanaba Tp., 1.152 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,152. 

 No. 353. Calhoun Co., Newton Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 354. Manistee Co., Marilla Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 355. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .955 



mile "D" road, reward $716. 

 No. 356. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .208 



mile "D" road, reward $156. 

 No. 357. Clare Co., Grant Tp., 1 mile gravel 



road, reward $500. 

 No. 358. Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., 1.045 



miles macadam road, reward $1,045. 

 No. 359. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .624 mile 



gravel road, reward $:;!:_'. 

 No. 360. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .890 mile 



gravel road, reward $445. 



No. rsrn. Lapeer Co.. Almont Tp., .486 mile 

 gravel road, reward $'.M:;. 



NCI. 362. Gratiot Co.. Sumner Tp., 1 mile- 

 gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 363. 

 Xo. 364. 

 Xo. 365. 

 Xo. 366. 

 Xo. 367. 

 Xo. 368. 

 No. 369. 

 No. 370. 

 No. 371. 

 No. 372. 

 No. 373. 

 No. 374. 

 No. 375. 

 No. 376. 

 No. 377. 

 No. 378. 

 Xo. 379. 

 No. 380. 



Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., % mile 



macadam road, reward $500. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 1.47 miles 



gravel road, reward $735. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 2.466 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,233. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 3.76 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,880. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., .426 mile 



gravel road, reward $213. 



Muskegon Co., .644 mile macadam 



road, reward $644. 

 Muskegon Co., .748 mile macadam 



road, reward $748. 

 Wexford Co., South Branch Tp., 



1.004 mile gravel road, reward $702. 

 Dickinson Co., 2.54 miles macadam 



road, reward $2,540. 

 Wayne Co., 1% miles macadam road. 



reward $1,500. 

 Montcalm Co., Reynolds Tp., 1.8 



miles gravel road, reward $900. 

 Gratiot Co., Emerson Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Gratiot Co., Emerson Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Ingham Co., Meridian Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp., % mile 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp., % mile 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Ingham Co., Lansin^- Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Oceana Co., Shelby Tp., 2.719 miles 



macadam road, reward $2,719. 



$48,000 FOR BAY COUNTY ROADS. 



The board of Bay county road commission- 

 ers has fixed the total estimate for the stone 

 road's needs for the ensuing year at $48,000, 

 and has asked the board of supervisors to 

 apportion that amount. The sum is about 

 $10,000 in excess of last year, but provides lor 

 nearly two and one-half miles more of new 

 road than was built last year. A number of 

 farmers and supervisors were on hand with 

 petitions for roads and all that were asked 

 for would have cost nearly twice the sum 

 named. 



Of the amount asked for about $26,000 is for 

 new work and the balance for repairs, bridges 

 and culverts. On the Gibson road $1,500 is 

 appropriated for bridges. An important new 

 stretch planned will be one and one-quarter 

 miles on the Garfield road which will connect 

 that road with the Midland road beyond Fish- 

 erville, thus making a circuit of stone road '.',:! 

 miles in length, starting at Bay City and run- 

 ning to Kawkawlin, the "three churches" and 

 beyond, on a long curve to the point where 

 tin- one and one-quarters mile of new road 

 will connect it with the road running back to 

 Bay City via Fisherville and Auburn. 



The appropriations planned are as follows: 



Garfield road, one and one-quarter miles, 

 new, $4,000. 



Portsmouth road, one-half mile, new, $l,sito. 



Pincnnning road, one mile, new, $4,000. 



Kawkawlin road, three-quarters mile, re- 

 built for state bounty, $:>,:>oo. 



Au Sable road, two miles, new, north of 

 Kawkawlin towards Linwood, $0.(!iio. 



Fraser road, one mile, new, $3,000. 



Saginaw road, one and one-quarter miles, 

 new, $3, :,(i(i. 



Mcrritt road, one-half mile, new, $2. ."00. 



Repair estimates arc as follows: Midland 

 road, $3,000; North Euclid road. $;;co; Xorih 

 Stale Street road. $200; Fisherville and \u 

 burn, $.',() each; Tuscola stone road. $:;,ooo; 

 llou-hkiss road. $.",(10; Gibson road, $1. .",()() (in- 

 cluding new bridge >: Fisher road, $200: Heaver 

 road. $l.(i(io; North Kawkawlin mad. $:.'uO; I. in- 

 wood road. $300; Salzbur.tr road. $1,000; Frank- 

 enlu-t road, $1,800: South Euclid road, $:,()!!; 

 State Street road, $200; Elm Street rgad, $::oo : 



Quinnicassee road, $2,000; Sanilac road, $500; 

 Pine street road, $200; Knight road, $400; 

 Hampton road, $1,500. 



EXPERIMENTING WITH TAR 

 MACADAM. 



The block of tar macadam street laid at 

 Marquette as an experiment is now in use. 

 The block in question has the steepest grade 

 of any piece of street in the business district 

 of the city, and there is perhaps no steeper 

 grade to be found anywhere within the city 

 limits. If the tar macadam stands up on it, 

 and resists the disintegrating effects of water, 

 it will be one long step in proving that tile 

 material should be adopted for general use in 

 the city. Street Commissioner Mitchell is 

 confident that the results will be admirable. 



The street was prepared from the ground 

 up with the idea of giving the tar treatment 

 a fair test. In all about ten inches of crushed 

 rock was placed on it. The first eight inches 

 was built up of varying sizes of rock, ending 

 with the fine material, and the surface was 

 then rolled for a number of days with one 

 of the steam rollers, until it was compact and 

 firm. 



On this surface Mr. Mitchell then had 

 spread a layer of course rock, on which was 

 scattered a fine rock, No. 4, making about 

 two inches in all. This surface layer was 

 again rolled, and on it the tar is now being 

 spread. When the tar was thoroughly ab- 

 sorbed, fine crushed stone was sprinkled on 

 the surface, which was then given a final roll- 

 ing. 



GOOD ROADS DELAYED IN 

 HOUGHTON. 



Supervisor E. A. Hamar. of Chassel, 

 Houghton county, says that the county roads 

 system petition, which it had been expected 

 would be pesented at the- recent meeting of 

 the Houghton board of supervisors, will not 

 be submitted this fall and will probably not 

 be presented before next spring. It has been 

 found difficult to circulate the petition through- 

 out the entire county, as is necessary, and this 

 has caused the delay. A certain number of 

 signatures of property owners in each town- 

 ship is required before the petition can be 

 effective. Jf the proper signatures are ob- 

 tained the question may be submitted to the 

 voters at the election next April. 



SAGINAW GETS $11,528. 



State High Commissioner H. S. Eearle has 

 notified County Road Commissioner Ederer 

 of Saginaw that the roads inspected by Deputy 

 Koo-e-rs have been accepted and state awards 

 have been forwarded as follows: 



Central road. Maple Grove $ 698.00 



Mackinaw road, Saginaw 505.00 



Cross road, Saginaw 556.00 



Town Line road. Spaulding and 



Bridgeport 2,110.00 



Total $3,869.00 



This makes a total that the county has re- 

 ceived this year of state rewards of $11,528. 



ROAD WORK IN CLARE. 



Redding township, Clare county, has voted 

 to bond for $.'!.()(:() for good roads. 



ft is expected that the money raised will 

 build a good three-mile road east from Temple 

 to the Greenwood town line, which, with the 

 stale award is expected to make $4.500 avail- 

 able for good roads. 



Green w 1 township is pushing ahead im- 

 provements along the main roail east leading 

 into Harrison. Hut the two miles in II, 

 lowii-hip east from Greenwood into the 

 county seat is a problem that now is up to 

 Harrison and Hayes. Good road competition 

 is a good thing'. 



The highway commissioner of Hawes. Al- 

 eoiia county, has begun work on the road be- 

 tween Hawes and Mitchell. Money was ap- 

 propriated for building this particular road 

 over three years ago. 



