Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-13
.STATE AID FOR ROAD BUTLDLNG.

L w 1NO<AN
Jackson has introduced in the
commissioner this Of
construction and maintenance OF
to have one assistant and in addition shall be empowered to
the when not
employed. assist the
various counties In working out senn ana
drawing plans and will
An over the country the fact is being realized that
building maintaining public taken in hand
large estimated by Logan Waller
., the United states once of public roads that
saving of forty and equitable
substituted for the
emit and system federal
instruction and other as
sistance such cooperation
and labor the highways OF the
r, IN 1ooA was eighty millions of dollars points
while this to be
large sum 1t in reality divided the two mil
lion one hundred and in the United
States thiryeven dollars per mile and
is only wenyght dollars per
This stands out striking England for instance
where the expenditure hundred and ninetthree dol
Even though we substitute millions
paid labor for bad the sum OF
thirty-seven dola a from sufficient
permitting road tax to be paid In requires
remedy 1t rural districts the few days
sunnose to be given to working hol
day unk means OF avoiding
system real seriousness about
Furthermore the present system Of taxa
ton upon be expected to produce the %
obtaining road revenues snouo
the burden benefited ana sna con-
tribute proportion and the advantages TO De
This require revision Of road laws so as " prou
for and township funds and
an cities the great ana
the will bear considerable poruon Oh inc
DR. provides salaries of the road comm
be AUTOMOBILES
Continuing that from time lmme
mortal ozation totally inadequate policy In the ADMIN
istration o public roads 80 - -,
the counties and Townships sTs TOO Dmen
available revenues too %essTs to dI %nd of
provemen hand eentranzaon s state can for
Of all maintain Of competent highway M
total cost widely distributed to rest but
nant factor in sOlvn our problem ,.,. =,
70 the roads all the roads In the
country must be Of possibly nve thousano
dollars mile great served throw damper On
project minds of many This classncanon
nent excellent roads In Europe Inc great
s should he built of material of high class ou
as pointed out by address before the roads ana Ou
committee the the sandcay road
ecuIar adapted be built cnepV anu
made to kind of road in the country
When classified thousands OF unn
~ roads will be lines by which curves are
Strengthened established and with systea0 pAn " ~
work nteligenuy
Eighteen years ago adopted the ea plan Dy max
since tnat
many followed suit until at present every u
the Mississippi river and Dixons the @
~ Of Indauhas adopted principle of state aid The oer
s which have done Maryland Virginia West virginia
Georgia Missouri Iowa. California and washington
In the case of Georgia, the state AID conss~
.cng the conys This great help out does
not go far enough cenraizing the work
Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah nave u Ken s
towards state aid New total appropriation for sooo
, the state treasury of million dollars Massa-
chusts nine; Pennsylvania, eight; Connecticut SIX ~
while even little Rhode appropriated two millions u
appropriation, Connecticut leaoS H'
- -, .a ., the times towards state aid
and show in addition how important that the work snail pc cen
trazed hands of the state in order that the ~ may "
% feel sure that the will make no mistake ,9
state road
the results will make us wonder no" We ~ ~
poned this step SO long