MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



GOOD ROADS PROGRESS 



IN MICHIGAN STATE 



system to the electors 



Charlevoix County. 



After an animated discussion, Chadlevoix 

 I supervisors refused by a two-thirds vote to 

 [submit the county road sj 

 [at the April election. 



As two years ago only one member of the 



efused to vote for a resolution con- 



.:iing the system, the advocates of good 



siiould be pleased with the growth of 



[sentiment in favor of them, as the refusal of 



the opponents to let the people vote con- 



d tne general impression that if the ques- 



came to a vote the people of Charlevoix 



..aid be in favor of its adoption. 



Jackson County. 



By a vote of 5 to 12 Jackson county board 



upervisors refused to submit the good 



Is question to the people at the coming 



Because the people failed to circu- 



petitions, the supervisors assumed tnat 



not anxious about the matter. 



pervisor Middaugh stated that the state 



lid probably withdraw the bounty some 



time in the future and, although the people 



acksou county were not taking advantage 



-ition, they were paying for roads 



!i are being built in the northern part of 



> He said that the tax of $2 on $1,000 



not excessive and that the question should 



i the people. 



Genesee County. 



MR. HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER 



CRUSHED SLAG 



20 Lighter & 20% cheaper than Crushed Stone. 



We want to 

 show what 

 we have and 

 wlil pay all 

 of your ex- 

 penses to 

 Detroit and 



return 



Letus know 



when you are 



coming. 



VERNON M. PIERCE 



U. S. Office of Public Roads Says 



" Basic Slag not only forms a physical 

 bond but a chemical reaction takes place 

 in them when subject to conditions which 

 exist in the foundations of roads, and re- 

 sult in the cementing of all the pieces 

 thus forming a sort of concrete foundation 

 and therefore such material makes an ex- 

 cellent foundation." 



Our first years 

 record produc- 

 ing and selling 



SLAG 

 52,OOO Tons 

 used in build- 

 ing good roads 



in 1910 



6 1,OOO Tons 



went into 



Concrete 



Construction. 



THE FRANCE SLAG COMPANY 



414 Ford Building DETROIT, MICH. 



find thrifty people," he said. "If you want to No. 1127 Bowne township, Kent county, 1 



find where the farms have advanced in price mile, class B, reward $500. 



The road commissioners of Genesee county in Oakland county, follow the electric lines No. 1128 Newark township, Gratiot county, 



purchased road-making equipment and and t he automobile roads. There will be a 1.004 miles, class B, reward $502. 



>rds of stone, which it is purposed to big demand in the county this year for farms, No. 1129 Cleon township, Manistee county, 



-i on the roads of the county particularly but people will first buy the farms where there 2 miles, class B, reward $1,000. 



(1 Flint and Fenton, during the coming are S ood roads or an electric line." No. 1130 Marrilla township, Manistee coun- 



Kalamazoo County. ty V 532 mile -_9 las s B - ward $266. 



Cass County. Work Qn th ~^^ ams ^d," which will form 733miYe 31 C Ta ( ;;s eO B n SiM"**** C U " ty ' 



. Mimty will probably vote on the the connecting link between Kalamazoo and \ 1132 Sherman townJiiri I..K.II 



f the county road system at the tlu . towns a l O ng the line of the South Haven ty 1 miir class T reward $500 



railroads, has been commenced. Road Com- Xo . 1133 Sherman township,' Isabella coun- 

 Calnoun County. missioner Bryant is of the opinion that by ty, 1 mile, class B reward $500 



Calhoun county board of supervisors, by a llext summer this will be finished and a splen- N O . Ii34 Bloomingdale township Van Bu- 

 .ote of 16 to 9, decided not to place the coun- (lul lu ' w |K ' I(1 for business will be opened up ren county, .416 mile, class B reward $208 

 y on the good roads system. The vote was to Kalamazoo merchants. No. 1135 Bloomingdale township Van Bu- 



aken just before adjournment and when Among the highways being worked this ren county, .586 mile class B reward $293 



members of the board had gone home, winter are thc North Richland road, the Wil- No. 1136 Ravenna township Muskelron 

 Iron County E 'r!" ed r aC ' S '," ^l* ' ownsh 'P' the county, .986 mile, class B, reward $493. 



Galesburg-Chmax road in Charleston town- No. 1137 Reynolds township Montcalm 



i.il Falls Commercial Club has been ship, the Ravine r< ad in Kalamazoo township, county, 1.318 miles class B reward $659 ' 



tirring up interest in the good roads ques- and the Angling road in Texas township. The No. ' 1138 Green Lake 'townshio Crand 



lately. Iron county is expanding so fast improvement of these thoroughfares is now in Traverse county 1004 miles class B rpwtr 

 11 population and resources that more and progress. $502. 



etter roads are badly needed. Cheboygan County. - 



There was expended on the county roads County Road Commissioner J. B. McArthur TO ENCOURAGE TREE PLANTING 



ibout $30000, but that much work j llte mls early in the spring to push the work The College nursery now contains a lanre 

 county road taxes alrca(l . conlmc nced on four of Cheboygan number of seedlings and transplants of forest 



nly amount to about $15,000, and unless there county's main highways. Road No. 6, on the trees which are ready for spring planting 

 L- money provided the work will have east si( | e o{ m;K - k ri ver. running through the These seedlings and transplant sare offered 



township of Benton, on which five miles of at the following prices, FOB cars I ansino-- 

 The annual road tax now amounts to about stone roa a havc hee n completed, he expects White Pine seedlings 2 years old 4 to 



year. This amount is insufficient to cxtc nd 1.28 miles. The road between Che- ches high. $2.00 per thousand- White Pine 



".L h . e P r ?P sltl . n to b'ynan and Mackinaw City, three miles 9 f seedlings, 3 years old, 6 to 9 inches high $300 



to $150,000 is being serious- wh i c h have been improved, will be pushed per thousand; Norway Pine transplants 10 to 



n . _ two miles further. The Indian Trail road 15 inches high, $10.00 per thousand; Norway 



?' through the township of Inverness, 2J4 miles Spruce transplants, 10 to 15 inches high, $1000 



The Delta county board of supervisors, by of which are finished, will be extended 1J/6 P er thousand: White Cedar transplants, 6 to 



vote of 11 to 9. has refused to submit to the miles further. The Cheboygan-Levering road, 10 inches high, $10.00 per thousand; *Black 



eople a proposition to bond the county for on which eight miles of splendid stone pave- Locust seedlings, 1 to 2 feet high, $3.00 per 



10.000 to allow the construction of roads. It mcnt have been completed, he expects to thousand; Black Walnut seedlings, 1 to 2 feet 



a- intended, if the bonding proposition had push two miles further. high, $5.00 per thousand. 



tubmitted and carried, to build highways Orders for stock should be sent to the 



! the northern and eastern portions of the Secretary of the College. Full purchase price 



'.unty leading to the Marquette county line. Latest Applications tor must accompany order 



,, , wl . , , S ^L Reward R " CiBlltSfSiit, 



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ie majority against, however, was so ? small o. 1125-Sparta township, Kent county, Pay and afeoTt brfw '" Jt 'V w - Don ' ^ 

 to encourage rather than discourage. .510 miles, class B, reward $255. ha -e f' I t f 1OW ^ U W 



Daniel L. Davis eave a talW in f=,vnr ^f !, noc c * u:_ -v- ^ 'DEPARTMENT 0^ FORESTRY 



East Lansing, Mich. 



Davis gave a taBc in favor "of the N - 1126 Sparta township, Kent county 

 tern. "Wherever you find good roads you .51 miles, class B, reward $255. 



