MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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Some of Its Advantages 



High wheels, easy to move. 

 One handling of materials lands 

 the concrete into wheelbarrows 

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 crushed stone. Can adjust ca- 

 pacity from 3 cubic yards to 

 8 cubic yards per hour. Engine 

 is mounted on the stationery 

 end of the machine ; therefore, 

 the weight is on the high 

 wheels and the machinery is 

 always in perfect alignment. 



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THE ADVANCE CONCRETE MIXER CO. 



118 E. Washington Street, Jackson, Mich. 



\ Ticboner: Oronoko. George I'. 1'ullen; 

 Pipestone, S. M. Clawson; Royaltou, Arthur 

 Carlton: Sodiis. l-'.rnest Sherman; St. loseph. 

 11. X. Miller; Three Oaks. Terry Morley; 

 Watervliet, A. X. Woodruff; \\'eesaw. F. H. 

 Morley; Benton Harbor City, L. L. Filstrup; 

 Xilcs City, 1'". I. French: St. Joseph City. I. M. 

 Hall and 1. W. Allen. 

 The association's sole object is to agitate 



i-ncouragc the adoption of the county road 

 -ystem and in doing MI. unite the people in the 

 city as well as in the country to build perma- 

 nent main thoroughfares in the rural districts 

 to the principal market centers in the county. 

 Herrien county pays nearly $:!,()()() into the 

 -tate aid fund a year, and gets nothing back, 

 ind the association thinks it is about time to 



ome of the monev back, with good roads 

 in the bargain. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO ROAD USERS. 



for distribution to passers by. This calls 

 direct attention to the subject and seems to be 

 more effective than placards tacked at the side 

 of the road. Instead of a hasty glance in pass- 

 ing, the patrons of the roads put the cards in 

 their pockets to lie read and given more 

 mature consideration. 



\ novel and unusual method 'of calling at 

 i-ntion to the proper way in which to use 

 i road has been put in operation by State 

 ay Engineer, A. X. Johnson, of Illinois. 

 It consists of a card bearing the l'i 



egend: 



owing 



How to Keep This Road Good for Years. 



Don't Drive in One Track AVOID 



MAKING RUTS. 



I his road was constructed for vonr ns t - 



II all use one place all the wear will be in 

 iilacc; and make a rut. 



ll yon u~c a little care and do not drive 

 xactly where the last wagon did the wear will 

 H- distributed which will k-cci, ih,. siirlace 

 mooth and the road will remain good for 

 ears. ( Mhei wise it will soon be rutted and 

 he smooth surface gone. 



Tin- cards are :',':,' by :></ 2 inches in sixc, and 

 Ire given to the men in charge of road work 



ROAD CONTRACT LET. 



The bids submitted to the Marquette county 

 road commission for the improving of two 

 miles of the main thoroughfare in Ishpeming 

 township and three-quarters of a mile of road 

 in the Witch Lake district were considered 

 too high, and b,.,th were rejected. Gust Fredin, 

 who is now constructing two miles of road in 

 the Witch Lake district for the commission, 

 was the lowest bidder. The commission made 

 Mr. Fredin a proposition on both jobs and he 

 accepted it. He is to receive :fr>,:;im for the 

 work, to be done- according to the specifica- 

 tions prepared by the board. 



The repairs on the Nhp,-ining township road 



are to be completed 1>\- Sept, i. and the ,-ni 



diti.mal work on the Witch Lake road is to 

 be finished by July ir>. The present Witch 

 Lake job. on which Mr. Frcdin is now work- 

 ing, is also to be completed by July 15. 



FAVORS PROJECTED HIGHWAY. 

 Progressive men in Tort Huron and all 

 over St. flair county are heartily in favor of 

 the project for ,-'ii improved highway from 

 Port Huron through Mt. Clemens and Detroit 

 to Toledo," say- M. \v. MJIJ S , ,,f |>,, rt n umilj 

 president of the Michigan I'niled Railways. 



"They know th.-,t it would be- a great t'hing 

 llir Port I Inn n. ami for all the towns along 

 the road. I think there is no doubt that tin- 

 question of adopting [h,- county road system 

 will be submitted to (he people" In tin- super 

 visors ot St. Clair county this fall, and will 

 be favorably voted upon next spring. It may 

 take several years to get tine improvement in 



this way, but it is bound to come. So far as 

 St. Clair county's share of it is concerned, we 

 cannot be expected to raise very much by pri- 

 vate subscription, as the automobile manu- 

 facturers of Detroit probably would, but we 

 will get out and boost just as hard as we 

 possibly can. 



"It is a mistaken idea that such a road would 

 be solely for the benefit of the automobilists. 

 Wherever such roads have been constructed, 

 they have built up the country district adjacent 

 and increased the value of property. It might 

 appear at first glance that the the railroad 

 companies would not favor such improve- 

 ments, but the railroad companies always have 

 profited by improvement of the highways, in 

 the way of increased business from increased 

 prosperity of the county through which their 

 lines ran. I think that under the state bonus 

 provision every township along the line can 

 afford to bond itself, if necessary for building 

 its portion of the highway." 



Michigan Road Notes. 



Work is progressing on the roads in Vienna 

 township, Genesee county, for which a bond 

 issue was voted last fall. 



Through the efforts of John P. Lockwood, 

 Highway Commissioner of the township of 

 I low ell, Livingston county, the Township 

 Hoard has made application to the State High- 

 way Department for $1,000 reward for the 

 building of two miles of Class |{ gravel road 1 

 beginning at the Jlartland road north of 

 Mulchings' mill, thence running north to W. 

 C. Brown's o.n the Oak Grove road, a distance 

 ol two miles. This is the first reward money 

 asked in l.ivngston county from the state for 

 mad building. The amount of this reward will 

 be paying- back to llowell township a share 

 of the money the taxpayer* have been paying 

 into the state highway improvement fund for 

 a number of .years under the present law. 



