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MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



MICHIGAN COUNTY 



ROAD COMMISSIONERS 



Alger County 



Chas. R. Bcaulien, 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 Fal's. 

 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. 

 Mcnominee County 



George II. Haj;.y;<M>on, Menomince. 



George Law, Menominec. 



Louis Nadeau, Nadcau. 

 Muskegon County 



Fred D. Iloogstraat, Ravenna. 



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



Martin Ryerson, Holton. 



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 John Eclerer, Saginaw, W. S. 



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 Charles E. Haynes, Cadillac. 

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CORRECTS FALSE IMPRESSION. 

 Highway Commissioner H. S. Earlc has is- 

 .-ucd a statement in an attempt to correct a 

 prevailing impression that all roads in a county 

 become subject t<> improvement under a 

 county road tax when under the county road 

 law. He says the only roads affected are 

 trunk mads those extending through enmi- 

 ties. The local roads are still left subject 

 in tnwnship supervision. 



GOOD ROADS PROFITABLE. 



I Inn. Frank Hamilton, of Traverse City, is 

 a K"od roads enthusiast. In a paper on "Good 

 Roads From a City Man's Point of View." 

 he say-: 



Before the railroads entered Traverse City, 

 the citix.ens were approached for aid, upon 

 the ground that the entry of these roads would 

 lie of direct value to the city; within a radius 

 of fifteen miles through which these roads 

 came the outer circle was sparsely settled. 

 It was a long haul with light loads' to make 

 a trip to Traverse City and return the same 

 day. The population of the city was small, 

 the business limited. The coming of these 

 roads enlarged our area for trade at once and 

 the constant influx of people upon t] u . lands 

 tributary to the-e roads, who made this their 

 marketing center, gave Traverse City a new 

 ol lite: she profited by the outlay, as 

 you. incidentally, were benefited; your farm 

 lands arose into special prominence; you came 

 into cluM-r touch with the market-; prio 

 farm product- were stimulated; yon redoubled 

 your effort-: you bought more land; yon 

 marketed your wood and timber; >'on enter- 

 tained homeseekers from other places who be 

 came your neighbors and bought your surplus 



land; all because you were brought into closer 

 touch with the markets of the world by the 

 simple introduction of a power to transport 

 quickly, cheaply and economically. Traver.-e 

 City never put money into channels that 

 brought better results than when she volun- 

 tarily responded to this request. Many of 

 yon who live east will remember another in- 

 stance where the efforts of the city and town- 

 ships combined for mutual helpfulness to 

 make transportation easy and economical from 

 Traverse City to Whitewater. No one doubts 

 today but that the investment has paid many 

 times over. 



Good roads bring about these same result-. 

 Summing up the whole matter, 1 approve of 

 the county road system. 



SAGINAW WILL GO SLOW. 



"There won't be as much road work this 

 year as last." .-ays County Road Commissioner 

 Alpheus Green of Saginaw county. "We are 

 -ort of up against it this year as to finance-, 

 that's the reason. The Gratiot road bridge 

 took over $10,11(1(1 from the county road fund 

 and that sum would construct several mile 

 roads. If money is taken from the road fund 

 to construct a bridge at State road extension 

 across the Tittabawa.-see river this year, 'it will 

 mean still le.-s road work. A number of the 

 townships who need roads the worst and can- 

 not wait over a year, are figuring on borrow- 

 ing money for a year to carry out the desired 

 road improvement, but nothing definite has 

 been done by any of them as yet." 



"KNOCK" GOOD ROADS. 



The Harry county Good Roads convention, 

 held at Hastings, was not well attended. There 

 is no sentiment worth speaking of in the 

 project for a county road system and but 

 very little for the perpetuation of a state road 

 commissioner. The township law as it is at 

 present is not practical, and what the Journal 

 pointed out as to its impracticability is more 

 intense than was predicted or thought of. The 

 township is too large for two men to properly 

 handle, and, owing to the scarcity of help 

 in rural districts, there is not sufficient labor 

 available. The plan of making each township 

 into four districts, with an overseer for^ each 

 di.-trict. and a township road commissioner, 

 seems to meet with more favor and we be- 

 lieve, if adopted, much better results would 

 follow. There are some who would like to 

 go back to the old system, but the good Lord 

 forbid. Hastings Journal. 



EVERY HIGHWAY A PARK. 



One effect of the era for the love for trees 

 now being heralded in will be not only the 

 protection of the forests, but the planting of 

 trees and shrubs along every highway in the 

 country, making a continuous park in-tead of 

 the desolate landscape which is now an aspect 

 of the country roads. Charles E. Barnes, 

 Battle Creek. 



Tt look- as if the county roads system would 

 .pled by Katon county next month. 



Snyder & S'on have the contract for the erec- 

 tion at Kattlc Creek of a machine shop T.lxUO 

 Feel for the Union Steam Pump Company. 



