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VOTED DOWN STONE ROADS. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that stone roads 

 uroving very :-atist"actory in other parts 

 nf the county, the pe pie of Summerfield town- 

 ship. Monn c county, seem determined not to 

 them a trial. The question of bonding 

 own.-hip for $16,000 to improve the hi 



9 submitted tc the voters at the prim- 

 ary election and 270 ballots were cast. Three 

 ts wen- thrown out because of being 

 improperly marked, and of the others H2 voted 



and 175 "no." 



\Yc believe that the great majority of those 



: "mi" did so without a full knowledge 



if the benefits to be derived from stone road> 



majority of them also believed that 



;lie bonding of the t. wnship for $10,000 would 



:i gn-atly inreased tax rate for the next 



irn years or so. Many tax-payers imagined 



I hey would have to pay at least ten dollars a 



year i-\tra i;ti each thousand dollars they were 



for. They didn't stop to figure en 



the matter, but simply took it for granted be- 



iH-body told them so. The truth is, 



the valuation of the township is such that a 



levy of \l/ 2 per cent wculd raise the entire 



.11!. ami if it was spread over a period 



if ten years the rate would be only \Yz mills 



year or $l."iO on each $1.000 assessment. 



When the tax-payers become better acquainted 



with the proposition they will reverse their 



verdict. 



read, to do the work themselves, the same to 

 be paid for as day labor. The board decided 

 to table the matter at the time. At the last 

 meeting of the board the question was again 

 revived, and after deliberation the board 

 thought that the work could best be done by 

 the township. 



Later a deputation of farmers from that dis- 

 trict appeared in the township clerk's office, 

 asking what disposition had been made of 

 their petition. The deputation was informed 

 that the board wculd take the matter up at 

 tile next meeting. It is believed the work 

 will be started this fall, and rushed to com- 

 pletion. 



The township board has done considerable 

 road work this summer. It is now rushing 

 work on the road frcm Section 16 to Bear 

 Lake, to connect with the Hancock township 

 road. 



MAY BUILD NEW ROAD. 



The pn position to build a road in Calumet 

 'iiwnship. Hough ton county, leading north of 

 Centennial Heights location through Sections 

 1 and 2. to tap the farming district through 

 those sections, will be taken up at the next 

 meeting of the township board. 



It will be remembered that a petition was 

 "ii sented the board some time ago from farm- 

 ers residing in that section and offering, if a 

 favorable decision was reached to build the 



GOOD ROADS FACTS AND FIGURES. 



Brady township, Kalamazco county, is a 

 fair illustration of the county road system. 

 The record shows that $976.01 taxes were raised 

 in the township fur the County Road System, 

 and that $3.800 were appropriated to the same 

 township for the two miles of road built 

 therein. The mile of road just north of the 

 village of Vicksburg has been the worst mile 

 of road coming into the village for years. At 

 a cost of $2,200 this mile was completed, ac- 

 i-rpted by the state highway commission and 

 the usual award of 25 per cent will be paid 

 to the county in due season. The mile of 

 road just ca>t of town with a troublesome 

 bridge tc maintain there which has been near- 

 ly completed at the cost of about $1,700.00 and 

 wi.! no doubt receive its award at the proper 

 time. Then if next spring the freshet removes 

 ihe bridge it will be replaced. 



The Standish Good Roads Association has 

 been organized at Standish to promote the 



NDTICE-AII orders are accepted subject to delays occasioned by 

 accidents, strikes, flies, or causes beyond our control. 



Michigan Auto Parts Company 



Formerly Massnick Manufacturing Company 



Contracting Machinists and 



Manufacturers of 



Machined Auto Parts 



1559-1561 Jefferson Ave. W., Detroit, Mich. 



building <cf good roads in Arcnac county. The 

 Association has raised a fund and will begin 

 work this season. 



The first quarter of a mile of macadam road 

 between Flint and Fenton has been finished. 

 "It is expected that the work on the Fenton 

 road will be finished within the month," says 

 Wilfred Becker, a member of the board. "Con- 

 struction work has been held up owing to the 

 difficulty in getting stone, but with favorable 

 weather the contractor expects to complete 

 the road some time this month. It is going 

 to be an excellent piece of rc.ad and will offer 

 something new to travelers in Genesee coun- 

 ty." 



