The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-22
GOOD ROADS
PRED|CTEDFOR
THE ST A 7 {
col. SUGGS RETURNS FROM
WASHINGTON, WHERE HE At
TENDED THE NATIONAL HIGH
WAY CONGRESS.

Oklahoma City Dec. 21.-More
than $1,000 900 as New Years gift
from the federal government to Ok
lahoma, is the predicted good fortune
for this state, brought back from
Washington by Colonel Sidney Suggs,
state highway commissioner Colo
mel Suggs attended the recent ma
tional convention at the capital of
state highway commissioners While !
there. he, together with other com
mssioners from the various states, !
were shown marked consideration at
the hands OF President Woodrow VIII
son and Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston.
There Is general agreement by
the administration and leaders in
congress that good roads Legislation
will come with this session" said
Colonel Suggs Sunday. at Is likely
that the roads measure will be tack
ed on to the postoflice appropriation
bill. and will carry the authorization
for the issuance of goyernm mt bonds
in the sum Of $500 600 900, to be
available from now until 1924 I'm
der this plan Oklahoma should re-
ceiye something more than $4,000,
900, giving us more than Sl0OO,0O0
annually"
Wilson Wants Roads.
Colonel Suggs saw many notable
personages while in Washington. in
cluding the house leader Oscar I'm
derwood of Alabama, whom he great
ly admires Returning by way Of
Kansas, City, he was entertained for
a day by officials of the automobile
clrb there. Discussing the good
roads legislation and questions i'm
I portant to it, he said:
president Wilson indicated 10 us
+ his enthusiastic concern in good roads
/ legislation and referred us for dis
/ cussion OF details of legislation to
Mr.. Houston. We found the secre-
/ tary of agriculture to be man OF
strong qualities and his familiarity
i with the matter was certainly init
mate and broad.
1T appears likely that whatever
cnactments this congress may make
will include features of the report
made by the commission headed by
/ former Senator Jonathan Bourne OF
/ Oregon and administration ideas.
"The federal government will viz
mally demand that each state have
"A highway department so that it may
1 deal directly with one institution
/ representing each state.
Outline Building Plan
1t Is proposed that the moneys
shall be apportioncd to the various
, states in this manner One third in
. the ratio which the population of
each state bears to the total popu-
/ lation of all the states one-third in
. the ratio which MILEAGE OF rural post
roads in each state bears to the
4 total mileage Of post roads in all
/ the states and One-third in the ratio
/ of area which each state bears to
( the total area of the states. 1t is
possible the apportionment may also
| include consideration of the total
wealth Of each state in its relation
to the total wealth Of all the states
Colonel Suggs says his plan for
/ building pieces of educational roads.
using student labor in various local
tiles, met with favor among commits
sioners OF other states, and he was
promised the assistance Of the de
partment AT Washington.
81 am convinced he added, that
/ here in oklahoma, the best general
/ plan of road building is to divide
the counties into three road districts,
using the boundaries of the county
commissioners districts, and make
each Commissioner the general road
I oycrseer in his district