Charlevoix county herald., 1916-09-01
WHAT is GOOD
FOR ONE SHOULD
BE GOOD FOR ALL

Anybody can work for himself, be
selfish, friendless, accumulate money
and property, die, be buried and not
be missed. Not the selfish interests of
one or few, but the welfare of all
must be the standard rule for every
transaction. In the building OF roads,
all must work together for the common
good. II man cannot have a good
road come to his farm, but can get it
short distance away, is it not his duty
and to his advantage to have it come to
as near his own farm as is possible? 1t
would be better for him to either haul
load over his poor road to the good
road, there unload it and go back and
get another load and when he reaches
the good road, reload the one he had
hauled there and so go on to town.
This, of itself, is proof that good roads
are profitable and great economizer
OF both time and wear and tear There
are lots of ways to make money, but
none easier nor more positive than
this way. Concrete roads can now be
built nine feet wide, with shoulders on
either side Of crushed hard heads, MAX
ing seventeen foot road, for approxi-
mately two thousand dollars a mile
more than the nine foot gravel
road that we are now building.
Have you any idea what it would
mean if we had such a road on the
entire west end Of our county to ac-
commodate the tourists who come up
over the Dixie Highway and West
Michigan Pike and then ohave a con-
crete road that would run from Charlie
voix to Boyne City, from Boyne City to
Boyne Falls, from Boyne City to East
Jordan and from East Jordan to the
West end OF the county to accommodate
that business, and then from East Jor-
dan into Charlevoix. Well, can tell
you something about it, Clubs and
associations would be formed, new golf
links laid out and just think for
moment that the caddie boys in this
town received last year more than five
thousand dollars for their work and
this year will receive even more. In a
few years, there wouldn't be a fine
prominent building spot that would not
be occupied by summer cottage and
prices for land throughout the whole
county and in fact, some of the adjoin-
ing counties, also, would soar aloft just
as the resort property has in the city of
Charlevoix. 1t is estimated by those
who ought to know that more than half
million dollars will be paid out in
Charlevoix by the tourists alone this
year and we would think we were a
wonderful city if we had manufacture
ing interests here that would pay out
the same amount. We would have
motor boats-not by the dozen but by
the hundred on Pine Lake and Charlie
voix County Il want the young people
to take particular pains to remember
what am saying) would be the mecca
and would be known virtually the world
over as the greatest resort county in
the United States.
We now have the opportunity, if we
will embrace il, to use the State money
and get double free reward for it on
the West Michigan Pike and Dixie
Highway and some day the State may
conclude that they cannot continue to
keep this up and withdraw their offer.
So it seems to me that it would be
good business proposition TO go to work
and build these roads right away, par
ticularly, the one just mentioned, and
so get our double reward.
Get together, friends, think it over
and talk it over, because what is good
for you is good for me and what is good
for me is also good for you.
VAN pEI r