La Junta tribune., 1912-05-18
The state hirh~a, ,.a..... ]. ,soa.t

The stste highway sn.,...e. >.,oai
" empowered TO arnoiui all ,l .iis n.
-lsau> sitter pro- r r.anil,,.. .oa nnG
wgh 'h' advhe AMI spu--ni OF III
,s,nni. sion. 10 re-. eve all hid. and, 10
award contracts. Ia ,uIcrl'is.. the worl
of funsiruct ion and maini,.,is.nc.,. and
~ lait. he Should bc given fun au.hori
ty 10 AL executive wori, OF ih.. aep..rl-
urul The sia,e highway engineer
,h,gld prensr. msp of such o! th.
ug..U highways of ths. state a> Should
u,--r property constitute system %,
-f.fp or irnak lin. roads 80 i,e itnpro,
81 either IL fari or nbiils 10y the stat.
Sli~ ruld Improvement should ". ..u
r,d frward with ,iie ultimate id..a o
dcsr.ui,inl - continuous system ol
trunk lines running throughout III,
state aud conneftin: I. rus>iblc. Will
similar trunk Iiac roads In ndi,c.n,
sistr- and with the necessary ia,erui
roads Ia each county
rhe state highway engineer should
lr given authority '" f-all on county of
fuun,irii, roid officials for in.nrmntio,
,uue.rnin. the road. under their srpcr
Vision. sud II should be mad m-rdr
iUu "n ,uc, officials To furnish such IN
fHr lon uipon relucst TIL, IL yer
d'-tr1bl-. as II T. necessary FOR III
state highway d.'pnrnieu, Ia kc % pos.
90 aS To conditions existing In Il. Iercu.
ruUIiic,
lu most Of the state aid In y. the
Initiative In obtaining state al rest.
VIII the county ar township ruihori
lies This Is y wise provision. Lrcause.
H he nr>t place, ti. local aui hort Ok
gfr Ia better position 10 know what
fuals II will he 10 the greatest advnn
fare ~ the county or township to i'm
prove. and. In the second place. they
ac hes, able To determine the extent
o' tn. county's ability TO shur. In tn.
cIpen>. ~ such an Improvement An.
other consideration Of great importance
In this connection Ii that II the initis
sts'e ther~ would be = certainty OF
conflict "f authority between tn. state
aud the counties. resulting In the ulti.
mate failure Of the state aid p,.n
The only case In which the rONds can
b. built by the state without me full
snd hearty cooperation Of TIN. coun-
ties or townships In wher~ tn. state
pays the entire cost of building AMI
msintnining the roads Most ~ tn.
laws prov Idc that state aid shall mo-,
b" granted until the application Of tn.
lo~ai authorities has be~n approved by
tb. stni~ engineer. which enables the
engineer To exercise .ort Of suI~rvis
"r, rpwer over the selection of the
rus j. to h~ improved. To III" end ihs'
th" various roads through ,W the state
shall conform 10 \ general system
Al surveys. plans. specifications snd
estimates for state road> and britx~.
should IT, mad" by the state highway
engineers ofi,c~. thu. in-urine uni
formity and = high degree ~ excel
lenc~. All improvements '" sS,st over
~ n hss b~en sonud TINT s"i- meas,
erononr 18th In time and ur,nc- and
with pcofs.r suis.rv i~iou ~f'l u.uaii,
give ,s.'t~r result. than coud t,- OIL
tsin-i otherwise
Hou,~ ~ the states t,rovids. that the
whole s,,-t shah h. i'sid In the first In
sea nee by the state. the counties ~
townships irrInr Required 10 rrinburs..
the state for their share Al . a1ed
tiins after the road II improved
Bridges aud culy~rts should IL con
sl6eS'i ~ = i.art Of the soad snd the
state SHOULD sId 10 their construction
within proIrr Limitations In the ssme
aanm~r ~ f"r th~ road itself When
The WORK 70 let to coutract IT, e.satrac
tor muss ~ usrsasity advance snooey
In th~ performance Of biz contract and
y therefore eutiti~d 10 receive pariin
payments thereon - the sau,e prOxrs-.
-. but not over \, I'es cent of the con
tract PIKE At the work should be g,aki
In advance ~ It's full completion aps'
scceiAance.
Th.. state highway engineer should II
reQuirvJ so keep sii roads built by tn
aId ~ the STATE IL proper repair. sbs
total 'oss u ssch r~psiru to he paid b,
'he a,ate. the couaties aud township
to rpinl'ursr the state In thr ~sme man
u~v as for the construction Of ID" rond
Ti,~ r-N.on Tor ihl. 10 thas rs,ad mali
eoon uss = - - Rfpat ~ eVeo gron1ps