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THE ADVANCE CONCRETE MIXER CO. 



118 E. Washington Street, Jackson, Mich. 



per mile in addition to the $500 given 



by tin- state. If tin- county does not build 



miles, then the balance left over in the 



hands of the local association will be paid 



"lit pro rata among the builders of the reward 



in the townships. 



HURON COUNTY.' 



The problem of how to build more im- 

 proved highways in Sand Reach township, 

 Huron county, this year, than the state allows 

 I for has been successfully solved by the 

 township board and Mayor Jenks of Harbor 

 Beach. 



As the state limits an award to two miles 

 year per township, and as the farmers in 

 '! Reach township were prepared to take 

 ~A their share of three miles, everybody 

 ! uisy and the result will be a record break- 

 as three miles in one township in one 

 on, will smash all former activities along 

 lines. At a recent meeting of the town 

 -I. the officials voted to build two miles 

 of state reward road and to borrow $500 to 

 take care of the township's portion of the 

 expense of another mile on the road running 

 mile south of the Frank Norton farm, 

 which loan will be taken care of by the state 

 next year. 



Two of the three miles of road to be built 

 is on the highway leading to Bad Axe, the 

 nnty seat. It is now up to Bad Axe to get 

 busy and meet the Harbor Beach enthusiasts 

 half way. 



tend in.ni th,' Trap Rock valley to Copper 

 Ciu and 'Jience to Calumet. The territory 

 whicli \vill be tapped contains half a hundred 

 fanners who heretofore have been unable 

 to come direct to the metropolis. The board 

 voted to raise one-tenth of a mill for the 

 highway fund and five-tenths of a mill for 

 road repairs. The aggregate of thi = is $19,500 

 for highway work during the year of 1910. 



HOUGHTON COUNTY. 



At Hie regular meeting of the Calumet towu- 

 -hip board, lluugiiton county, the contract 

 lo ci nstriiet a 1 ighway in th" Trap Rock 



alley wa- awarded t.i Thomas Drapcau, 

 whose bid was $:M() per rod or approximate. y 

 S..4SO Other bid-, ranged to $L>..|00. and that 



I" Mr. Drapeau was the l"\vc-l of all sub- 

 nitte.l. This stretch of liighwav is between 

 i,500 and 8,700 feet in length "and will ex- 



SAGINAW COUNTY. 



County Road Commissioner Alpheus Green, 

 of Saginaw, has begun work on a new gravel 

 road on Genesee avenue from the city limits 

 of Saginaw to Cook's corners. The road has 

 been ordered and approved by the county 

 commission and about $25,000 is available for 

 the work. This sum is .insufficient for a road 

 'wider than nine feet and Mr. Green believes 

 that on this important thoroughfarer the 

 width should be at least 16 feet. 



The work of removing the planks, grading, 

 concreting and finishing will ocupy about two 

 months. The distance to be improved is 

 about six miles on either side of Bridgeport. 



IONIA COUNTY. 



There is a movement on foot to construct 

 four miles of gr.-ivel "state reward" road in 

 Ionia county on the Bellevue road beginning 

 at the l.oomis .-choolhouse and extending 

 south to TrcmayiK's Corners. Two generous 

 contributions are already promised from 

 Ionia city, one 'of one thousand dollars and 

 One "I live hundred, and this too without any 

 concerted effort !o raise a fund. State Higll- 

 wav Commissioner I'.ly says that the depart- 

 ment will take an active interest in the pro- 

 posed improvement and if the road can be 

 mane this season according to the specifica- 

 tion- nf the state law. the state reward of 

 live hundred dollars a mile will be paid. 



The improvement would benefit every busi- 

 ness house in Ionia city. It would bring in- 



creased trade business to every store, bring 

 increased business to every shop and factory, 

 increase the patronage of every hotel and 

 retaurant. All this and more it would do 

 for Ionia city, but those living along the road 

 and those called upon to travel over it would 

 receive still greater benefit and the good 

 work should not all be done by Ionia city. 

 One mile of the road is on the town line be- 

 tween Berlin and Orange. In order to se- 

 cure the state reward it is necessary to have 

 the applications made by the townships in- 

 terested. 



OAKLAND COUNTY. 



The construction of a macadam road all 

 the way from Pentiac to Detroit has been 

 placed before the Pontiac Commercial Asso- 

 ciation and that organization asked to lend 

 its efforts towards securing the road. As 

 yet steps have not been taken, but the direc- 

 tors have informally discussed the project 

 and state that a campaign to secure the road 

 will soon be launched. 



Royal Oak township, Oakland county, will 

 undoubtedly join the good roads phalanx. 

 Where 60 of the Royal Oak townsmen were 

 ready a few weeks ago to bond their district 

 for $25,01)0 with which to improve their roads, 

 there are more than 100 of them ready today 

 to raise $40,000 for that purpose. That num- 

 ber makes it mandatory on the town board 

 to submit the proposition to the electors. 



This latest plan of the township involves 

 the building of four miles on north Wood- 

 ward avenue, three miles on Oakland avenue, 

 and four and a half miles on the Rochester 

 road. Three miles of the Rochester strip 

 are to be paved with concrete and one and 

 one-half miles to be laid with gravel. This 

 will make a total of 11 ;>-4 miles of road and 

 street improvement in Royal Oak village and 

 township. 



The Rochester road is the main 1 thorough- 

 fare in Royal Oak village. The half-mile 



