The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-30
SHACKLEFORD
ASSAHS PLAN OF FED
ERAL CONSTRUCTION

ASSAILS PLAN OF FED
ERAL CONSTRUCTION
scs.sa..sa srs. Psss o.s,.
They favor . system Of roads from
the country to the ratlroad stations
from The fArmo to the cities. A large
NUMBER OF this class II not here to
DAY. They are ct home. sowing wheat
t0r nett yoAgo consumption. Never.
theloo1, tho9 aro the masses on whom
the psospsrity Of the country do
II have been accused Of being IN
enemy at automobiles. That r. not
true. am IN autOmobilist myself.
want to - the time come when
the products Of the farm will be haul.
cd BY auto-trucks, and when the fields
are harvested By auto-machinery.
The American Automobile associa-
ton aims to promote the pleasure OF
It member, TO whom touring roads
are . necessity. The National Roads
association n composed Of men inter
ested IN the manufacture Of roadrmak.
ing machinery. Whenever Z road con-
gress has been held. they have been
powerful enough to dominate ito reso-
lutioos. At the risk OF being called q
dirt-road champion, say that we
ought TO legislate In the interests Of
the vast majority Of the people. not
tor any one class.
Wants Roado Now.
There are. 2,260.000 miles OF roads
In this country. It would cost e46,-
000.000.000 to put them In frstclass
condition. The limit suggested BY
the 4. A. A. b $4,000 miles. This
{ would leave 2.200.O 900 miles unprovid-
cd for. and yet, to build the $4,000.
the people along the 1900, 900 miles
would b taxed to give the favored
people . few fancy roads. They e.
Innate that Il woald take 20 years, at
@26.000,000 . year. to build those Co.
600 miles. We don't want roads 40
years from now; We want them while
we I'VE. Don't you sec that this ma
tional road scheme - . dismal delu-
sion? You want $4,000 miles In 20
years: want 100000 miles Of good
+ business roads TO b built In ave
years."
Chairman Diehl couldn't see that
the plan was . dismal delusion. He
wanted 70 know by what process Of
mathematics II was figured that II
10 years were required to bufld $4,000
miles. Il would take but Ave years to
construct 100000 miles. He intro
duced Edward H. Butler. proprietor
Of the Buffalo Evening News, who
sailed into Judge Shackleford and
\gAve evidence that he ID 4 fighter.
sAppius Claudius built Z road 500
pears before the Christian era. and
he . better road today than the one
from here TO Jackson" he declared.
"The states don't build good roads
because they're robbed by the con-
fortunate position to the fact that he
became the target Of the rabble that
was refused contracts. A good ma
tional road system can't be built by
ststes. The federal government must
help 40 Ill Il can"
Colleague Whaeks ohaeklsford.
Congressman William p. Borland.
Of Kansas City. then took . running
jump ct HE colleague, Judge 6haclrle'
ford. Congreesman Borland bears
some resemblance to our own VII
liam Alden Smith. He has long gray
haix. nlmOgt white, which he combs
into ! peak that falls over HIS, eyes
!, when 10 eotu excited In gesticulqtiou;
but 10 q without William Aldsn's
splay teeth.
'The wealthy centsrs must come
20 he aid Of the districts that are
poorer. and, help build their roads, I"
no declared. ~ We must lay hands
on the Conoentrated wealth Of the
nation and return Il to the place
whence e came"
He doClnred that We inherited our
Rad ayStem from England, and still
pooooo0 : scheme which Great Britain
discarded 100 years ago..
ssTho entire subject of road legis-
htion 10 I legal Jungle" he said. and
ooegoA for . revision Of state laws.
Iooflng toward uniformity. The state
kWD afo 20 confusipg, he said, that
uationAl action for food roads 10 I'M
Uharies Thaddeus Terry, professor
q Nv - Columbia university, gen.
ognt counsel OF the National Associa-
Nlo6 q Automobile Manufacturers.
aftoF 8 discussion Of the necessity for
god roads, and of federal aid in their
I eonstruction, presented the following
(; rooo1u1lco:
Dissolved. That We heartily
appeovo u the general features
of ~ plan and bill to accomplish
q fo6ogAl aiA to l6ood roads. suggest
a " Senator Jonathan Bourne.
r.. q ~ report TO the Joint com
Un1to1 states on federal aid In
eatea Apsil IS. 1913; and. be Il