New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
A GOOD ROADS PLAN.
NO CHECK TO CANALS.
Bond Issue Of $50. 600, ,000-4 Con-
SfifHtioRai amendment.

Albany. Feb 1.-THE plan of the good roads
advocates. formulated since II became evident
that IL would not be possible to combine bonding
schemes for both canals and highway improve
nents and that Governor Odell disapproNed OF
any measures tending to embarrass the canal
Improvement enterprise made its appearance
Today in the form OF a concurrent resolution
introduced by Senator Armstrong proposing to
amend the State constitution so as to permit
The incurrine Of Indebtedness for road improve
11ent. not 10 exceed 0oO al any one time
The resolution. which was accompanied hy a
1etition from the executive committee OF the
general committee appointed at the recent gooo
reads conference Of supervisors. was releFreu
10 the Judiciary Committee. with the memorial
The resolution Is follows:
Ssectio, l Resolved. If the Assembly concur
,ha1 tba With article OF the constitution oe
amended By adding thereto the follo"ihs'
50. u Improvement Of highways. avs \ A. Tspc ~
or debts Of the State may % auooi So, nigh
US shall be determined under general avs. y
shan also provide for t9e rL sc@F6gate Of the
debt authorized by this section StlSlI - nor ,t a. @ Of
',,-.,si i-ra-oSt on such debt and the creation
Of sinking fund Of al leasf 81 maturity. shall be
80 .r-,5e5 " Nv a,neral laws whose force and erect
lbaf nor h diminished during the existence @ OF
10. - .rsa-sd hereunder. The legislature may
h general law, require ne cS CO.. Sronorfionafe part
80 4-re cost or any such highway Nlthlh Inc inc
H,~.s1 7zFfe o.
+io,7ste nart of ne interest thereon but no
county shall at @ny time tGr any f,,1Gre7ts of
- ,oe+ ri -Cr highway. and no town more IMAM
fifteen -hndredths None ol me n ,,I,iyy fo ebfs
ie5 i2Sd. the ''''' ''-'''' %
Sec. 2-Resolved Of the Assembly concur, conc n
That the foregoing amendment oe Telerleu -
she legislature to be chosen at the next genera
election Of Senators. and in conformity 10 , ogo
ZION I Article il, Of the constitution, be pun
fishe6 for three months previous 10 tile 'lihe VI
such election
The memorial accompanying the resolution
was signed by n. PieTrepont White, as chair
,,7ar and the seventeen other members OF the
evecuti.-e committee II sets forth the con-
rentjon that cheap freight rates, necessary Tor
State commercial supremacy. depend upon the
,7evelorTnent Of a system OF main highways
.frough the State. which viii enable the T.
UnA nn0 tons Of farm produce raised from the
% GOO 600 acres Of farm land in the State 10
reach the market at the least possible cost 1t
says in part:
We believe that the State Of New-York should
enpend sufficient money TO thoroughly CONSTRUCT
end maintain the main highways and market
-ns ds Of the State. which would be approx
E17stelv 10 per cent Of the entire mileage OF Ine
state and would call for the State ald IN
t71idirg approximately 1900 miles OF highway,
leaving the remaining 66.51 miles Of dirt roads
10 be developed and maintained by the coun-
ties in which they are situated
Tl1lring The last ten years the value or far1n
land fences and buildings ia NeW-York State
1s shown by a comparison Of the fgures fur
,ienad h1- the Chief Clerk Of the Federal Census
Office. have shrunken SSo.WFB.ett IN value We
4,sl;a--e thar The development of a. system of
l777r,royed highways throughout the State would
restore these values and create additional values
market more -haaply- even with increased COM
rerf7ion with the West