MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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zens .voted to bond for $20,000 for this pur- 

 pose ;iml they were not slow to put the fund 

 into operation. It was found upon receiving 

 bids, that it would cost the township about 

 $3.500 per mile to construct the new highway 

 on the lake shore, so the board determined 

 to do the work itself. The first mile on the 

 lake shore is now under way and joins the 

 macadam road on the St. Joseph township 

 line. It is being built of screened gravel and 

 is being constructed under the supervision of 

 Highway Commissioner Cast and John Wag- 

 ner. The highway is being built according to 

 the state plan of construction, and when com- 

 pleted will be one of the best. 



Directors of the Berrien County Good Roads 

 association recently formed, have decided to 

 push the county system of good roads build- 

 ing in Berrien. L'very director in each town- 

 ship ha's been asked to urge his supervisor 

 tc vote for the submission of the question to 

 the voters by tlu- board of supervisors at its 

 next scsion, in October. 



GOOD ROADS PROGRESS 



IN MICHIGAN STATE 



MENOMINEE COUNTY. 

 State Ilighwav Commissioner Townsend A. 



MY made- hi- fir-;! official visit to Menominee 

 ty this month, lie was accompanied by 

 Deputy F. F. Rogers of" Landing. Commis- 

 sioner Hly was the chief speaker at the annual 

 inity road institute. The county road com- 

 issiMiiers and many others interested in road 

 work attended tin meeting and were greatly 

 interested in the practical talks delivered by 

 Mr. F.ly and Deputy Rogers. 



The state officials later made a tour of in- 

 spection of the roads of Menominee county 

 accompanied li\ the county road commission- 

 Road building in Menominee county has 

 been undertaken in a manner which indicates 

 the pn>i,T,. s .,jve spirit of the people. Substan- 

 tial progress lias been made and the county 

 lias availed itself of the liberal bonus offered 

 by the state. It is the intention to continue 

 the g nd \\iirk and in the course of a very 

 short time it is hoped that Menominee county 

 will be able to boast of the best roads in the 

 state. 



lighter than it has been for the past few 

 years and it is estimated that $1.5,000 will 

 cover the total outlay of expenses. 



MACOMB COUNTY. 



In Lenox township, Macnmh county, the 

 eitixens two years ago elected Christ Schultz 

 to the office of highway commissioner and 

 the matter of improved highways was taken 

 up by him under existing laws and work 

 pushed under practical methods with the re- 

 sult that today the residents of that town- 

 ship are pointing with pride to highways that 

 a few years ago were almost impassable a 

 considerable portion of the year. 



fdeal roads are as yet an impossibility in 

 all sections of the county, but poor roads can 

 be made fair ones and fair ones good roads 

 by such well directed efforts as have marked 

 the road development in Lenox during the 

 past two years. These improvements have 

 been made by simply applying means at hand 

 For road construction. 



At the meeting of the Menominee county 

 lone'-s severa' bids for road im- 

 pn vements were received and turned over 

 to the county hoard. Most of the work this 

 year is repair work on the macadam or grovel 

 i nails, together with work on culverts and 

 bridgi 



In the road work there will be about eight 

 miles of macadam road that will practically 

 have to be rebuilt near Menominee city, but 

 most I if the work is making slight cuts or 

 ding up at points and in some places re- 

 covering spots that have worn to such an 

 extent that the road is getting in pretty bad 

 condition. 



The bridge work which the commissioners 

 are figuring on doing is estimated to cost 

 about $2,500, and will cover four new steel 

 and reinforced concrete bridges in different 

 parts of the county. It is possible that a great 

 many culverts wi'i be built. Upon investiga- 

 tion it was found that there were Ifi2 need- 

 ed, but a great many of these can be re- 

 placed by pipe. Where it is necessary to dis- 

 continue old wooden culverts they will be 

 replaced by concrete. 



The road work this year is a great deal 



BENZIE COUNTY. 



Highway Commissioner Walter Berry is do- 

 ing a good job of road building in Gilmpre 

 township, lienxie county. He is now building 

 a half mile of state reward which starts at 

 the George Miner crek and runs toward 

 Thompson's Platte Lake landing. The resi- 

 the George Miner creek and runs toward 

 paying for this much needed improvement. 

 Homestead township is also building a half 

 mile in the same direction across the flats 

 which in addition to the old stretch of good 

 road to the popular south side Platte lake 

 resorts will be greatly appreciated. 



OGEMAW COUNTY. 



Highway Commissioner Wm. VanMeer of 

 Hill township. Ogemaw county, and crew are 

 busy building the new road which runs direct 

 from Long Lake to Rose City. When com- 

 pleted this road v:i!l lie a great convenience to 

 the people all along it as it will furnish a 

 direct thonmghfarc for travel between Rose 

 City and Long Lake and the intervening 

 towns. It is hoped that the t ther townships 

 will take up the work of completing the road 

 through their territory at an early date, as it 

 is an important step toward the development 

 of that side of the county. 



BERRIEN COUNTY. 



Lincoln township, Berrien County, is at 

 work building new roads and repairing some 

 highways. At th p . last spring election the citi- 



BAY COUNTY. 



The county road commission of Bay county 

 has received three petitions from residents 

 living south and southeast of Bay City, ask- 

 ing for the extension of the stone road system 

 south to the Saginaw county line, to connect 

 with the stone road recently completed by 

 Saginaw county to the Bay county line. The 

 three petitions asked that the commission 

 build two and one-quarter miles of road, be- 

 ginning at the county line and running north- 

 erly about two mi'es, when a turn to the east 

 for 80 rods would strike the Tuscola stone 

 road route between Bay City and Saginaw. 



Some time ago a petition asking for a stone 

 road from near the south end of Bay City to 

 the Saginaw county line a distance of five 

 or six miles, was received by the commission. 

 This is a roundabout way, as far as building 

 is concerned, of reaching the Saginaw stone 

 road, and it is hardly probable that the com- 

 mission can see its way clear to build that 

 road. 



The Bay county commission has let the con- 

 tracts for the extensions on the Garfield and 

 Fraser roads to William Carlson, who was 

 lowest bidder in both cases. The bids were 

 as follows: 



Garfield William Carlson, $1,089; Edward 

 Laracey, $1,600; John Bedell, $1,099; Frank 

 Bedell, $1,250. 



Fraser William Carlson, $2,295, and James 

 D'Keefe, $2,300. 



The Bay County Road Commission has de- 

 cided to build a mile of stone road, com 

 mencing at the Saginaw county line on the 

 east side of the river and continuing in the 

 direction of Bay <~ity. This will leave one 

 and a quarter miles to construct before the' 

 autoists will be able to enjoy art east side 

 good road all the ~vay to Saginaw. The boi>rd 

 has also determined to extend the Beaver 

 road one mile west of the Garfield road to 

 litter's corners and the engineer has been 

 ordered to furnish the necessary deceptions. 



SHIAWASSEE COUNTY. 



A petition has been circulated throughout 

 Venice and Caledonia townships, Shiawassee 

 county, asking that a new road be opened 

 through the townships to Corunna City. The- 

 new road would shorten the distance to the 

 city for farmers, who would like to cc me to 

 Corunna, while at present they go to other 

 towns. 



The road asked for would start at the Mark 

 Byington farm in Venice township and run 

 directly to Corunna. cutting the land of 

 George Brands in Caledonia township and 

 crossing the Shiawassee river near the brick- 

 plant. While the road would be a great bene- 

 fit to many farmers yet its cost to the town- 

 ships would be finite large because of the 

 fact that a bridge would have to be built 

 over the river. Since the cost would be so 

 large the matter will have to be put up to 

 the people to vote upon. 



