The daily sentinel., 1912-08-19
NATIONAL ROAD
WOULD CONNECT
WITH THIS CITY

The complete text OF the national
highway bill, which has been intro
duced by Congressman Taylor in the
lower house of congress, has been re-
ceived in this city. II provides for
road through Colorado by way OF
Denver. and will unquestionably pass
through Grand Junction.
The plan of the measure, as can
be seen by the text of the bill, is to
have the states through which the
road is to pass pay two-thirds of its
construction and maintenance eX-
pense. while the United States agrees
to pay the other third.
Referring to this measure, Con-
gresham Taylor declared that he in
tentionally omitted any more defi-
mite route through the state of Colo
RADIO from the bill. "our trouble has
been" declared Mr. Taylor, that we
nave paid more attention to routes
than to roads We have quarreled
over the location Of the highway un-
til the road itself was never built.
| have my own personal choice; but
/ will not use my influence as con-
gresham to establish the road along
my fayorite route unless IL be with
the expressed approval of the people
of the state"
Mr. Taylor expects to have the
measure pass at the next session of
congress.
Following is the bill:
A BILL
Establishing the Lincoln Memorial
Highway from Boston, Massachu-
setts. to San Francisco, Cal
ifornia.
BE IL enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in congress as
sembled,
That there is hereby established
the Lincoln Memorial highway, ex-
tending from the city of Boston,
Massachusetts,, by way of New York
city, Washington, District OF Column
bia, Springfield, Illinois, and Den
yer, Colorado, to San Francisco. Cal
ifornla; and there is hereby created
the Lincoln Memorial Highway COM
mission. to he composed of the gov
ernors of each state in the union;
said commission is authorized and di-
rected to employ such engineering
and clerical force as may be reason
ably necessary for the location of said
highway. which shall be upon the
most direct and practical route be-
tween said cities.
Sec. 2. That no portion of said
highway shall be officially or finally
located until each state and county
through which the same is proposed
to pass shall definitely guarantee and
legally obligate itself to pay two
thirds of the cost of construction and
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highway within its borders, the re-
naming one-third to be paid by the
United States government. Said
highway shall be of such width and
constructed of such material as may
be most suitable to make the same
as durable as is reasonably possible.
and of a character sufficient for the
accommodation of the travel there
on and commensurate with it's I'M
portance as a national highway Said
highway shall always be free to the
use of the public, but the use thereof
shall at all times be subject to such
reasonable regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the said highway commits
sion.
Sec. 3. That said commission shall
hold regular quarterly meetings in
the city of Washington. ID. G. The
governor of each state is hereby au-
thorized to appoint any one senator
or representative from his state as
his proxy to attend any meeting.
One-third of the membership of the
commission shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction OF business
at any regular meeting. and two
thirds of the entire membership shall
be necessary to constitute a quorum
at any special meeting. No member
of said commission or proxy shall be
allowed any compensation whatever
for his services, but shall be entitled
to be reimbursed for the actual trav-
cling and other reasonably necessary
expenses incidental to the attendance
upon each of said meetings.
Sec. 4. That there is hereby ap-
propriated two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for the purpose
of locating said highway and secur-
ing the necessary rights of way and
agreements for the construction and
maintenance thereof Jointly by the
United States government and the
states, counties and municipalities
through which the said highway
passes, in the aforesaid proportion.