MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



the farmers, he declared, is much more favor- 

 able than it used to be, and the time is ripe 

 to push the campaign among them. 



T. A. Ely. state highway commissioner, en- 



Big Bargain in Road Roller 



Tandem 8-ton road roller; cost when 

 new, $2,200 ; has been thoroughly over- 

 hauled and is guaranteed to be in first- 

 class condition. Also well entire equip- 

 ment for $1,300 spot cash. Write quick 

 if you want them. We are going out of 

 the road building business and have no 

 further use for outfit. 



SMITH & FELDING, 



Escanaba, Mich. 



increasing the good roads tax from 10 to 25 

 cents. That this could not he done under 

 the constitution, as it would he in the nature 

 of a special tax, was pointed out by Philip T. 

 Cclgrove and R. D. Graham and the matter 

 was referred to the legislative committee to 

 see what could be done. Mr. Brown said the 

 automobilists favor good roads and are will- 

 ing to build them. 



The officers elected are: President, Philip 

 T. Colgrove, Hastings; Vice-President, N. P. 

 Hull, Diamondale; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Thomas M. Sattler. Jackscn. Horatio S. Enrle 



N. P. HULL, 



Vice-President Michigan State Good Roads 

 Association. 



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dorsed the idea of using prison labor in road 

 building and especially in crushing stone fcr 

 road' purposes. 



R. D. Graham said that twelve to fourteen 

 Smiles of good roads have been built in the 

 Grand Rapids district in three years, and in 

 Kent county last year $86,000 was raised in 

 township road taxes, half spent for repairs and 

 half for new construction. As this allows but 

 $50 per mile for the roads in the county, or 

 $1,800 per township, good roads costing $2,000 

 a mile, it does not go far. 



Patrick H. Kelley declared good roads 

 meant gcod farms. Government and state aid 

 should be employed in road building. He con- 

 sidered the plan of employing prison labor in 

 crushing stone for road purposes as feasible, 

 but did not favor employment of such labor 

 in road building except experimentally, and on 

 a small scale. 



President Heber A. Knott, of the Board of 

 Trade, expressed the sympathy of that or- 

 ganization with the good roads movement, fa- 

 vored government aid and suggested taxing 

 automobiles; touring cars, $25 a year, and run- 

 abouts, $10, the money to be used for road 

 making. 



Herbert F. Baker, of Cheboygan, chairman 

 of the executive committee of the State 

 Grange, referred to the increase in good road 

 building, with automobile men at the head of 

 the movement, and said the farmers are the 

 ones the most interested and will receive the 

 first and greatest benefit. He approved taxa- 

 tion of automobiles, government aid and great- 

 er state aid. 



Automobile men pledged their support to 

 the association. H. Davis of the Detroit Mo- 

 tor Club pledged the support of the club to 

 the cause, and expressed the hope that a joint 

 convention of the Good Roads Association the 

 state Grange and the automobile men could 

 he arranged to plan co-, >]>i ration for 

 roads. 



Dr. F. C. Warnshui.s of the Michigan Auto 

 Club pledged the aid of the member-, of his 

 organization for good mads. Alvah W. 

 Brown offered a resolution in favor of legisla- 

 tion to tax autoinubili > :.'." rents per lMr-e- 

 power, the mi ney to go into the good roads 

 fund of the county, in which it : s paid and also 



Lake Superior 



Genuine 



TRAP ROCK 



F'or Road Making and Fireproof Con- 

 crete. 



Rail and Lake Shipments. 



Write for prices. 



MARQUETTE STONE CO., 



Marquette, Mich. 



Ka'amazoo ccunty 52,214 



Kalkaska county 13,244 



Luce county 7.000 



Manistee county 20,923 



Marquette county 40,000 



Mason ccunty 11.000 



Mecosta county . 13.493 



Menominee county 15.742 



Missaukee county S,100 



Muskegon county 33,792 



Ontonagon county 13,354 



Saginaw county 73,98 



Schoolcraft county 5,793 



Wayne ccunty 132,000 



Wexford ($14,500 by tax, $5,500 



by donation) 20,000 



Grand Rapids good roads dis- 

 trict i:>d.n(m 



Pedford township. Wayne Co 50,000 



Detroit citizens' subscription for 

 Royal Oak township, Oakland 



c i-.nty 10,000 



Estimated, other townships in the 



state 150,000 



Grand total t>r go- d roads. 1910. .$1.124. r.i;:> 



Since this list was compiled, additional 

 pmpriations bring the total to more than $1.- 

 300,000. 



HORATIO S. EARLE, 



Member Executive Committee Michigan State 

 Good Roads Association. 



and W. W. Todd, former president, will act 

 with the new officers as executive and legis- 

 lative committees. 



$1,3CO,COO FOR GOOD ROADS. 



Following is a list of the appropriations 

 made for good roads in Michigan up to March 

 1, for 1910: 



Alger county $ 7,936 87 



Alpena county 15,699 45 



Baraga county 6,000 00 



Bay County 51,464 00 



Cheboygan ccunty 14,903 00 



Chinnewa county 24,692 79 



Delta county 23,00000 



Dickinson county 31,137 09 



Emmett county 15,498 13 



Genesee county 16,865 52 



(iladwin county 5,99831 



Gogebic county 30,000 00 



Grand Traverse county 15,485 23 



losco county 4,000 00 



Iron county 15,000 00 



BUILD GOOD ROADS. 



While we believe in ail possible econu 

 still there arc certain things for which mo 

 is spent is a good investment even tho 

 i. .ere be no direct return. One of these 

 ters is one that concrns everyone wh< 

 casion to lue the streets of the city. Th 

 are streets in the city that are better than 

 in this section of the state, and Tra\ 

 as a whole will average up well in thi- 



There are certain streets, however, \vh 

 are not in the best condition. One ol th 

 as we have stated several times previously 

 East Front street. This street is of unus 

 importance since sooner or later almost eve 

 one who comes to Traverse City goes nut ' 

 the peninsula and East Front street i 

 ally used-. Also, all the products of the pen 

 sula brought here by wagon haul c me 

 over this street. 



East Bay township has set the city 

 example in this matter by starting at the 

 limits and building a mile of state rewa 

 road. For this, the township will receive a i 

 bate of $500. The city, unfortunately, call 

 come under that law. But to build a mile 

 road to connect with this, would co.-t all 

 $2,500, which is not an excessive amount, 

 mile would care for the peninsula traffii 

 also for that which goes to East Ray. 

 is very considerable in the summer. 



This mile of good road should n"t '" 

 charged to the ward fund but should 

 from the general street fund of the city 

 even though the whole mile was not built tlii 

 year and only a half mile built, still it woul' 

 be well to make a start on this matt' i m>\\ 

 Traverse City Record. 



ROAD CONTRACTS LET. 



Contracts for the first work on the m'v 

 county road which is to be built between ln>ii 

 wood and Watersmeet were awarded by th 

 county road commissioners for Iron count) 



