Arizona republican., 1916-12-03
PROGRESS M FEDERAL AID ROAD BUILDING

of all the engineering work. For con venience and expedition in handling the engineering work, the country has been divided into ten districts as follows:
 District l. Washington oregon and Idaho. Headquarters probably in Port land. District engineer. l.. l. Hewes.
 District ,. California. Nevada, Arl- zona and New Mexico. Headquarters in BerEeleN. District engineer, C. H. Sweetser.
 Dlsdict 7. Montana. Wyoming. Utah and Colorado neadqJarters m Dem yer. District engineer. J. A. Whit taker.
 District 1. North Dakota. South Dakota. Minnesota and Wisconsin. headqCarters probably m St Paul or Minneapolis District engineer, I. C. Hathaway.
 District !. Nebraska. Iowa. Kansas and MissouTi Headquarters p~oDa lv in Omaha or Kansas City. District engineer. d. (. N OAcers. District .. Arkansas. Louisiana. Oklahoma and Texas. Headquarters probably at Dallas or to.t Worth.
 Distr.ct engineer. J. b. Fauntleroy.
 Disnict |. Michigan Illinois Indi South Chicago. District c..glneer, J. l..
 O..., L..
 Distri,t 2. Florida Georgia Ala
 bama Mississippi. south Carolina and Tennessee Headquarters probably at
 iLntS9aaels CT F. rmingnam. D.strict
 engineer J. T Bahcn.
 DistrIc; 2. Connecticut. Delaware.
 !.lIEe. ssachaseds. New hanr'-
 shire New Jersey. New York Rhode
 Islard and Vermont. Headquarters
 nro laol> at Troy. District engineer,
 Cry T. Miller.
 District l0 Pennsylvania, ohio.
 West sirg nia. Virginia. Maryland and
 North Carolina. District headquarters at Washington. District engineer. II.
 K. Bishop.
 The economic and statistical invest-
 gations and the cooperative work In
 legislature matters pertaining to fed
 eial aid work. and the management of
 the administrative details not con nected win engineering matters will be directed from Washington by Mir. | Pennvhacker
 1 X system of general inspection
 under Director Pages personal con- [ trol will he carried on by T. Warren ' Allen. formerly a state highway com
 missioner of New York. and F.. w. ! James. formerly in charge of the 1 road maintenance work Of the office. { Six definite projects have been sub ! i partment for using the federal allot- ment 10 that state for the current
 fiscal year and one of these was the l first project to oe formally approved under the federal aid road law. This l indicates that distance from Washing : ton ms little effect in retarding the i granting of federal aid when the : terms of the act have been met by a state in every way. Georgia has sub i mitted four projects. Pennsylvania ! three Conrecticut one Colorado one and Idaho one. ard information re- { garding projects to be presented has i Teen received from several other | states.
 1 When it ir considered that road management and road legislation in { many states are in confused con- ! ditioi. due 10 the lack of interest. the ! influence 1f local politics or uncer- : taintv regarding the best organization I for securing efficiency in such work. l the progress in this cooperative work of tho nation with the states has been very satisfactory The experience since ! July 1 shows that there will soon be ;s : great irDsevement in state road laws 1 un icr the educating influence of this ! co-oLera ton. Localities which were . entirely satisfied with their methods ! until recently. arc eNincing a desire ! to improve them. People who have paid road taxes regularly with much { ob ieciion tC the mud and ruts. they 1 received in return for their taxes. are ] looking forward with interest to what l tho federal aid road law will accomp- 1 lish Ii Is a law ftf permanent im- movements. because federal aid auto
 maticallf stops unless roads previously ! quilt with il are maintained properly 1 by the states or their subdivisions | This maintenance feature os the law is tho most interesting part of 1t In many respects. for roadbuilding with 1 out concurrent road maintenance IS as , ridiculous as building a fireplace and ! failing to conncc: lt with a chimney.