The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-10-04
UNCLE sam MAY
IMPROVE ROADS
Bond Issue May be Floated
by Government.
Large Sums to be Spent On Ma
tons Rural
Route.

4 Washington. Sept. 2s.-The unl5cd
States Government d. making pans for
the expcnediLure Of grat sum o'
money in the ESTABLISHING of a rom
prchensive system OF good roads win
the aid OF State and county governmsat
aud the prolabr,diies are TINT a g.gan-
Tic bond issue will dc nslie before the
work Of rebuilding the mails j. we'll
under way. but Il che a'gumanLs 81
the believers in good roads is cowe IT,
the benefits that result from good nss'-
ways will more ;hnn repay the outlay.
From All ssAons of hh.country N's'e
come clamors for better roads, and the
cry Is going PAP that IN many respeH :
the Unsad States Is way beh.nd Ge
Romans of old in rospoct of r0hi buili-
ing Bu. a sturt has bcon made IN the
matter of Fed ral ala for groi roi Is,
and as II is the hisyory of FsderSl les-
is'a.ton and Federal ac-ivitics that once
they are startod they grow snsIoad OF
DUNN .sli. 1t may b. eXpect,l ahat Con
gress in the near future WIN make big
appropriations for this prcjert.
To the auaomob,le IS gwen much cr"i
II for she outcrngnns of Ihis d'inaad
for road Improvement While ttie nuto
mobile, Itself, Is desrWa.ie III god
roads. AZ has caused great nuimooss nj
parsons 40 become intcr'stei tn the sub
jeet OF b-ttcr h.ehwv,ys, who pmd.r
other circumstances probabE would
not have gwen che nasrer "a t!sou9ls..
The start of Federal aid for rvat
bai. llns was nraie in uhe apprprLpuicn
bill for the Pos,ofEce Department.
Thgs MEASURE SITS asgie hap "a mA'lf'n
dol AIRS 10 be expended under 1he ilLrS'-
ton Of the Postmaster Gonen,al and the
Secreaary OF Agricul.ire in amp1pving
the roads over WHICH rirll delivery CT
mails Is made or over 4 MlQoh rout:s
may be estab yned. This half Rliion
dollars is in addition do .he t25,' Z"
appropriaued for a john commfttee OF
the two houses Of Congtess TO inquire
into the QUESTION of Federal aid 10 yo'
roads and rcpopt ut t,he eaa,b.esf dasc
prae.i.zlble.
The work of heAeaiug the rurat de-
livery roads with u,e half mil&on .ap-
preparation, already has been pianns l.
This work will be done under che IL
reot.on OF Logan Waller Page. diractor
of the office of public roads. pepest-
ment OF ASriculture. As everybody
knows. the half MILLION Rpprpp'I.s,,i
will be only smarl beginnlng and
will pay Cor the neconNra,cl6pn Of but
small percentage NJ tl,s vfads "
the country, and millions more must
be expended from UNCLE saanrs stroux-
box before ahe Soslds are hncusht pp to
standard conditions Bnt artual lwo'k
on uoads dn every state nj the Uni IN
viii he done with the italf mGlipn NJ
ready aLoutcd.
The policy tAua win govern the eSp'n
diture OF this first appropriation rs
outlined at recent conference be,waeen
secreuary of Agniculsuae WILSON. Post
master General Hitohcock and director
Page. will DE an equhable histrrb l.
tion Of the money among the States.
Under this ruling each State win g't
about ten Thousand dollars. OF this
eight thousand will be allo1ed TO each
State at once, while the renaining two
thousand will be netaiaed 10 be used
as a maintenance fund. 1t Is the
purpose of the officials 10 expend this
eight Thousand IN each State IN put
hing one or Two post roads in the
best of condition. 1t. of course. will
not be possib'e to build new ROADS win
tlds small sum, but tfe money with 'e
used in an experiment TO see how tar
1T will 40 in putting existing roads y
prime oondtons.
In order TO get the use of this Gov
ernmemt money, the several State gov
ermments are expected 80 aptropsSate
twice the sum allotted by pie Federal
Government. In other woods the ey-
pendit ure of eilht thousand dolaars by
the Federal Government i'm Static "a
improve post roads VIII moan in reali-
ty tllst tweaty-A -FOUR shpusanh dpllars II
expended Cor that purpose. This will
make dit possible to Improve aonsidsr'
able stretch Of road in eaoh S,afe "a