New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
FOR REVIVAL OF STOCK CAR RACING
WARSTIUlULATING 43 STATES SHARE
TRUCK BUSINESS IN ROAD MEASUp|
Five States Fail to QuaI;,
for Federal Aid Unde,
the Burbank Bill.

Forty-three Of the forty.eieb, -
will qualify for Federal AID !, 80
under the Bankhead bill. recent.
ported favorably TO the Senate l.
committee on postofiices and DOS, -.
Indiana, South Carolina, Georsi, v
sissippi and Texas are the FIVE 60,
which have yet 20 equip ,her,.r
with a centralized direction q, by.
Improvement. Indiana has an 49,
campaign in progress which ousA, /.
prove successful, energized in ~
degree by the Hoosier State Au,o.
bile Association. which is affiliated w.
the American Automobile Assoel,,..
Indiana is great automobile prosu,;.
state, and large percentage AZ y
farmers have adopted the s,lt.,r
PEELED vehicle.
South Carolina is giving the qp.,,,.
of a state highway departmen, ,,r..,
consideration. Georgia is in an .or,r
hopeful condition, while NississiS,'
IT'S House of Representatives r.rs,,.
voted, against the creation of &c..
commission. The Legislators onnn'.,
! the legislation because IL called n, :.
engineer with a salary OF $500 va.
Maine pays $4,000 and possesses an >,
usually competent official.
Texas under the Bankhead ns,,,,.
would obtain more Federal coop,r,s..
than any other state in the Union. h,
area taking II into first place, ,hosS,
it falls behind many other STATE, !.
population and road mileage. hi,
certainty that Texas will proyiS,
highway department within 30.
years, for Section 3 OF the Sea-.
measure contains this proyiso: "Ei,,,
that amounts apportioned for any ~
year TO any state which has no, a "a,
highway department shall be syal,.,
Tor expenditure IN that state until y,
dose of the third fiscal year suec,,.
ing the close Of the fiscal year q,
which such apportionment was mad,
The memorandum which ACCOMPANY,
the Senate substitute bill contain, M
reference to the phenomenal ira.
growth:
"Backwardness IN the building 9
public roads has been all the nor
marked by contrast with the enormos
development Of traffic. Within h
brief period of about ten years Il
motor vehicle has been introduced ar
developed until II is now asserted ia
there are over 100000 motor yehsl,
in use, or about one for every mile ,
public road. If these vehicles are es,
mated 70 average only % horsepog,
Il would mean a total Of over 100000
/ horsepower brought into use on o.
public roads with a suddenness Vhit
has 10 parallel in industrial histor
This new and domestic traffic has,
| its peculiar effect upon road surtsc,
and its great strain upon bridges an
road foundations, rendered infnitl
more complex the problem Of road ccI
/ struction and maintenance, which o.
! systems of management had slrest
proved utterly inadequate 20 meet
Ordinary horse-drawn traffic h
] also increased 10 such point ths, '
now speak of tonnage, not in million
but in hundreds Of millions, and Of 4
/ ton mileage in billions. II has be,
estimated that 20 move the whes. en-
alone in 1915 involved the hauling
more than 3O,00O.00O tons over the pa
( lie roads at a cost OF over S5O,Oe0oO
Some conception Of the immensi,y
/ our farm production and the cons
Quent movement Of farm products on
the country roads can be gained fro
the estimate prepared DO the Deps'
ment of Agriculture that the prods
/ ton OF corn. wheat, oats, potatoes g
ton and hay In 1915 aggregated "a
$4,000 tons. while the total sgrieV
tural production for that year "
Valued AZ nearLv ST. 600 1000. 600"