Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
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People of Arisnsas Eayes, SstiSns1
and state, Aid In. Iprprovinxs.,'..
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1850
The State Good Roads convention
recently held at Little Rock,rArkansas,
was on\ of the most important ever
held in fblsr tose94sider any
ipdustrtr question. It waf large in
and ha~os5ous in Jssicn., The
legislat Jteiag in session at the
capital / to mel in the. great
hall selegsIes and spec
: sa Caan r sex s gwen b 3 s'.,s q
discuss y 4 ftdts sand&atiehel
aid to sSad sbsffldings, tsTheSxWas
almost unanimots opinion = in
favor of both propositions and on.
the SECOND day a resolution was. nessed
by Spanimous.sisipsq egyTg con-
venbon insrfucting ltsg teHalature to
passle4aY at onsxtfeS sss.a tex VI two
mills on every dollar of taxable prop
erty in the state to raise a fund to be
used by the state to aid its different
subdivisions in Building roads. The
opinion also prevailed that the United
States governmeDtisheuhb become one
Of the cooperating forces I'm this great
work, ard.should pay some share of the
cost required to improve certain lead
ing highways up to high.standard of
excellence = in this epPpsction the
BroNnlow bill now pending in con-
gress, which provides for a system, of
cooperation between the United States
and the different states, rsubdivisions
thereof. in road building, was under
conside ration. Among the arguments
offered in favor of national sid, are the
following: -
The revenues qfs{ke United States
government, f5HR nearly five
hundred million a 3f5ags per year,
are drawn as SMaAh fr6ih the agri-
cultural areas sfr1patto her sources
combined, yet 2f'tHe saTietime when it
comes to the $s5e.i1sntion of the fund
not more than 10 pareept. of it is put
out in the rurS distskcts, whereas,
ninetysPsE ssRf xi]1sd in be
tention A< s. f{$tI$ ~ 3fss4$ iE be-
lieved thdts &48F$ 8szS B9pla make
appropriations fot <18prUyfng roads as
well as rivers if urged TO do so by the
people, of the rural distrietsA ibis
instance was cfte ed as an ilinstratio ON of
the WISDOM OF suen ssscnantse., : b. az.
The White FLYER * now Beng inn
proved by,athe Unit ted Ststesa governs
mkbt'atsa 69st8f two, inii4gf,I5 idollatg
whiohpssill resnit inearsfight,a mproye,
hfsnt Ia its ton ION thai etefit
but sfewsoaRpieps.an and; ansrn slb nnmber
OF, people W hsTs5s q, peEinS ipeHt, and
weH-improUed highwaybuiAt " il lrthat
large amount nof niobS either alhhg
the bank of.that same rnsr.ulsin any
otherportioh pf,thsiistate sc S;T;Earfsss,
would coptTib muchsmore 1 oici,eap-
ening1t ranspSr qpc5 NNE6lild rs 8 CIV /
many move people, iwSsldi norease abe
value OF land adjacent Co ii, and & oliId
add very much more, ia ) the IssateSs
wealth. D. =! f'lr $50. ~ = ~ raEgp, t,1'
IL eohsilere< cossf poiic s,r;t, the
Partieipants in tile sS,ia ! ipSss.,t 7e
United sS'atss sslso,sld,it,,sr ga He'd upon
teeentribate ashate IA fec esssasy5t
iHprexep entrof Highways This idea
was endorsed ira res ognti9H. pa ssed
biz thevN 3rlSeiitiop,, sttention, szIxas
called TO the fact that the s6YetnISent
has alneady, appropriated million
dollars for such a purpose to Porto
Rico and another. million to.fhe Philip
| pines and tho secretary of wafn has
lately ,recomme ndsd TO congress- with
, the approval of The president that
| three millions, of dollars should be
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