MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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Michigan Road Makers' 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. 



WESTERN MICHIGAN ALERT. 



The people of Western Michigan arc already 

 mac I liuiklers. They expended nearly three-quar- 

 ters of a million dollars last year for the pin 

 of improving their wagon roads. This year they 

 are doing even more. They intend that it shall 

 he like rolling down hill to get the product* of 

 the soil from the farms to the shipping stations. 



Their expenditures for highway purposes last 

 year were as follows : 



Kent $109,825.43 



Muskcgon 78,516.46 



( (itawa 71,682.01 



( )ceana 43,515.00 



Wexford 42.737.57 



Manistee 42,159.76 



\ewago 40,175.53 



Mason 39,426.57 



Kmmet 3fi.407.22 



Mecosta :,<;,:;:;!i.<;o 



\ntrim :,2.2i:;.3t; 



( >sccola 29,!)()5.:.l) 



Kalkaska 38,633.82 



Charlevoix 2:',.s.VJ.s:; 



Mi-saukec 20,2 18.98 



( .rand Traverse 18,825. sr 



I'.rn/ie 18,397.20 



Leclanau 13,463.72 



Lake 10.1. -,:,.:,.-> 



GOOD ROADS NOTES. 



The macadam road leading from Lansing to 

 the Agricultural College has been put in first- 

 class condition. The road has been covered 

 with an oil preparation which is guaranteed to 

 keep it from 'disintegrating. 



County Road Commissioners Haynes, Use- 

 wick and Stanclift, of Wexford county, have 

 made application to the state for reward for 

 Mate reward highways. The four pieces of 

 road are as follows: 1.018 miles gravel road 

 near Sherman on the line between Hanover 

 and Wexford townships, state reward $509; 

 .!)"<> miles of gravel road on the east side of 

 section 24, Selma township, state reward $500; 

 1 mile gravel road in Cedar Creek, state re- 

 ward $500. The work is being done by the 

 county at day labor, Commissioners Usewick 

 and Stanclift having active charge of the work, 

 two jobs being carried on at one time. In ad- 

 dition to the above work the township of An- 

 tioch is constructing a mile of gravel road and 

 it. too. will receive the reward allowed by the 

 state il the mad is made properly. 



Total $736.549.09 



The state of Michigan some years ago realizing 

 that good wagon roads would greatly help to de- 

 \clop its rural sections began to offer a bounty 

 for all roads coming up to an established stand- 

 ard. Most of the western Michigan counties 

 have taken advantage of the state's generosity 

 and have earned state's funds to help them with 

 their better mads campaigns. The several 

 amounts secured by the different counties up to 

 January 1 last were as foll"\\ : 



Mason $10,910.00 



Occana 9,999. oo 



Mnskegon 9.iit;'.oo 



Manistei- s, 7 17.00 



Kalkaska 7.322.on 



Kent (1, sin). no 



Antrim 5,o.">l.oo 



1 >sceola :;.:.s:.'.(io 



Mei-osta I.97.S.OO 



Benzie I.3o2.o;i 



< iraiicl Traverse ."140.01) 



Wexford 501.00 



Lake 500.00 



11. II. Malbonc, highway commissioner of 

 South Haven township. Van liureii county, has 

 improved the Hast Phoenix road half a mile 

 beyond where the macadam road ends. This 

 is one of the main arteries leading into South 

 Haven and its improvement is of great benefit 

 to the city, and to South Haven and Geneva 

 townships, as well as to many residents of Cas- 

 co township. 



1 he north road across Maple lake has been 

 completed in a manner to reflect credit upon 

 those having the matter in charge, and it will 

 be a source of pride to the township. The 

 work ol construction has been in charge of 

 Highway C Uniniis.-iuner (r. W. Lee. who has 

 -pared no time or pains to make the road sub- 

 stantial and build it in such a manner that it 

 will remain permanent without being a source 

 ol continual expense. This he has done to 

 the entire sati.-faction of the township. I'au 

 I'aw True Northener. 



Total $C,7.n ID. in i 



Highway t 'oinmis-ioticr Kly states that 

 owing to lack of t'unds in many counties in 

 .Michigan, as well a- the fact that no Mate r 

 \\ rd can be paid until after the first of the' 

 year, he does not expect 35 many miles of good 

 mads will be built this year as last. "\Ye find 

 that many counties and townships are in the 

 same condition as Jngham," says Mr. Kly. 



"They have no money to go ahead with their 

 plans and are writing to us to 'know if they 

 can be assured of receiving the state reward as 

 soon as the road is completed. The condition 

 will necessitate delaying work on many roads, 

 but at that they are building roads at about 

 200 places in the state and are keeping us quite 

 busy." 



The highway committee of the board of su- 

 pervisors of Marquette, of which Joseph Ba- 

 rabe of Negaunee is chairman, has awarded 

 John Peterson a contract to repair the Goose 

 Lake road from the Negaunee City line 

 through Negaunee and Sands township. The 

 road received attention last year, but there are 

 several spots that need repairing in order to 

 put it in good condition. 



The township board of Kckford, Calhoun 

 county, has met and awarded 'the contract to 

 construct two miles and thirty-two rods of ma- 

 cadam road in Kckford and Marengo town- 

 ships to the Consolidated Stone & Gravel Com- 

 pany of Detroit, for 75 cents per leneal foot. 



At a meeting of the township board of Mar- 

 shall township, Calhoun county, the board de- 

 cided to build one mile of gravel road accord- 

 ing to the specifications furnished by the state 

 highway department. It will start from the 

 west corporation limits of the city of Marshall 

 on the territorial road and thence west to the 

 Conley school house, just west of Bear Creek. 



South Haven business men have organized 

 a good roads association, with Dr. Young pres- 

 ident, C. K. Abell vice-president, and L. K. 

 Parsons secretary and treasurer. It is the ob- 

 ject of the association to build good roads. Or 

 improve those no'w used, from all points lead- 

 ing to the city's limits. This example should 

 be followed by every city and village in the 

 state. 



The new road which has been under the pro- 

 cos of const ruction for the past few weeks in 

 South Homestead is completed and is pronounc- 

 ed ( ). K. by Deputy Highway Commissioner 

 Smith, of Lansing. Now Homestead township will 

 anxiously await the arrival of its $500 check 

 which it is to gel as a reward. 



This new road extends from Homestead sta- 

 tion and runs one mile straight north, and is one 

 of the best strips of roads in lienzie county. Mr. 

 Smith made the statement that it was better than 

 nine tenths of the roads which he has accepted 

 throughout the state, of which Town-hip Coin- 

 nii-Moner V.i'sltop feels verj proud. 



