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MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



MICHIGAN'S COUNTY 



ROAD COfiniSSIONERS 



Alger 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, Nevvberry. 



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. 



Howcll 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. 



MICHIGAN ROAD NOTES. 



Practically all of the township highway com- 

 missioners of Genesee county are said to favor 

 the county road system. 



Charlevoix county will vote on the adop- 

 tion of the county road system this spring. 



Jackson county will vote on the adoption 

 of the county road system this spring, and, 

 judging from the enthusiasm displayed at the 

 recent meeting of the highway commissioners, 

 the proposition will be adopted. W. W. Todd, 

 president of the Michigan Road Makers' Asso- 

 ciation, will call a meeting of good roads 

 enthusiasts in Jackson next month, as a sort 

 of final round-up before election. 



Schoolcraft township, Kalamazoo county, 

 started on its good roads movement last 

 season, and the state reward road which was 

 started last fall will be completed this spring. 

 The road to be improved lies south of Vicks- 

 burg village. Hills have been lowered and 

 fills made. A splendid gravel road will be 

 the result when work is completed. Vicks- 

 burg citizens have responded liberally with 

 cash contributions. Adjacent property owners 

 also contributed. 



Last fall the township of Erin, Maeornb 

 cnunty, voted $(50,000 for the macadamizing of 

 the Gratiot road from the Wayne county line 

 north through the township, and the Jeffersor. 

 avenue road along Lake St. Clair, but it is 

 now claimed that errors were made in the 

 preliminary proceeding which will invaii i.,; , 

 the action. 



There is talk at Whitehall of bonding the 

 village of Whitehall for $10,000 for the pur- 

 pose of building good roads out of that vi 

 Whitehall realizes the fact that in order to 

 retain the trade of farmers she must <.l'f(r 

 an inducement which overshadows any ordi- 

 nary scheme and good roads is the best '.hat 

 can be offered. 



About twenty-five of the tax-payers of Mar- 

 ensro township, Calhoun county, attended a 

 good roads meeting held recently. The ques- 

 tion of adopting the county good roads system 

 which is to be voted upon at the April election 

 was discussed and it was almost the unanimous 

 opinion that the proposition should be voted 

 down. Later a resolution to this effect was 

 presented and adopted. Several petitions in 

 favor of the Whalen bill introduced in the leg- 

 islature to abolish the good roads department 

 were presented and signed and the petitions 

 will be circulated throughout the township and 

 county and then be sent to Representative 

 Hatch to be presented to the committee on 

 good roads before they report on the Whalen 

 measure which is supported by Representative 

 Hatch. 



roadside and make other repairs in accord- 

 ance with the approved laws of road making. 

 He recommended the use of concrete in place 

 of iron or steel for bridge and culvert work, 

 wherever practicable. 



At the close of his remarks Mr. Rogers 

 paid a high compliment to the work of the 

 road commission of Marquette county, stating 

 that he considered the road between Marquette 

 and Xegaunee the finest piece of macadamiz- 

 ing he had seen in the west. 



LAPEER COUNTY ROADS. 



Considerable discussion has been going on 

 in regard to the pieces of road that were 

 built in the township of Almont, Lapeer 

 count}', last year. Below is the cost of the 

 three pieces of road that were made: The 

 piece beginning at the corner one mile north 

 of Almont town has been measured by the 

 state, inspected, and accepted. It is 89-100 of 

 a mile, and cost $1,265. The state has given 

 credit for $445, making the net cost to the . 

 township $820. The mile that was built in 

 the Scotch Settlement cost $705.57, and the 

 half mile .west of Springett's corner cost 

 S::4:.'.s7. These last two pieces were built in 

 the usual way grading with a road machine 

 and then one coat of gravel while the other 

 one had two coats of gravel, ditches dug, 

 shoulders made and rolled according to speci- 

 fications. This road will be in good condi- 

 tion long after all the gravel on the other 

 pieces has disappeared. One reason the half 

 mile cost so much less than h.i'f what the 

 mile did, was that the gravel was nearer, and 

 another was that it had been plowed, ready 

 for grading, the previous year. This year at 

 least two miles of state reward road should 

 be built. 



LIKES COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM. 



The Soo Times says: Chippewa county 

 adopted the county roads system many years 

 ago and has never had cause to regret the 

 step taken. I't has done more than any ither 

 one thing to advance the interests and build 

 up the outlying townships. If careful, eco- 

 nomical and competent commissioners are to 

 be selected, the results will be far-reaching 

 and the amounts expended will be returned 

 many fold in the development of the country 

 reached. 



MARQUETTE HAS FINEST ROAD. 

 Tn a talk to the township highway commis- 

 sioners of Marquette county a few days ago. 

 Deputy State Highway Commissioner Frank F. 

 Rogers said that it was useless to try to do 

 much with sand roads, as ditches, grading, etc., 

 could not be done to last any length of time, 

 and that it was more economical to wait uni-i! 

 such roads could be macadamized rather than 

 tn spend any great amount in repairs. With 

 clay roads the situation is entirely different, 

 and effort should be made to round up the 

 road, see that the ditches were opened on tin- 



REFUTES FALSE STATEMENT. 



Highway Commissioner Karle has issued a 

 statement relative to the highway in Shia- 

 wassee county, constructed under the super- 

 vision of his department, and which, it is 

 charged, was built, in part, at least, on a 

 foundation of old stumps and logs, with the 

 grade not according to contract. Earle says: 



"It is stated that this road does not come 

 up to state requirements in any particular; 

 that the grade approaches 15 per cent. It 

 certainly does approach 15 per cent, but it 

 comes nearer being a dead level. There is 

 no place in the road that reaches even seven 

 per cent, and I have had the levels taken 

 by a surveyor since the road was finished. 



"It is not for me to say whether the people 

 are satisfied with the working of the law or 

 not, or whether state reward shall be con- 

 tinued or discontinued, or whether the depart- 

 ment should be legislated out of existence 

 or not, but so long as it is in force and opera- 

 tion 1' shall do my best to carry on the work 

 in a way that will be to the best interests 

 of the people of the state of Michigan, and 

 I court the fullest investigation." 



The supervisors of Saginaw county have de- 

 clared in favor of bonding the county to raise 

 the necessary funds to carry the trunk line 

 proposition- to completion. If the taxpayers 

 approve Saginaw will spend between $200,000 

 and $400.000 on her roads in the next three 

 years. 



