Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
NATIONAL AID TO
BE SECURED SOON
CONTINUED From First Page1

80 NNSCAA VI luIdl IOduS ana InlS Is
construed in the act to mean any pub
lie road over which the United States
mails are or may hereafter be trans
ported. The Act excludes every street
ana road in a place having a popula-
uon or $500 or more except that
portion OF any street or road long
Whlch the houses average more than
2OO feet apart may be considered.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1917, the Federal bill appropriates
So,OO0,000 for use throughout the I'm
ion; for the year 1918 $10,OOO,O0O will
be expended; for the year 1919, S15,-
600, ,OO0; 1920, $4,000, ,0O0,O 900 and for
1921, S25, 100000. This totals s75.-
OOO,O 600 of the SS5, 900 900 appropriat-
ed the other S10,0O0,000 being speci-
fically reserved for the annual devel-
opment of roads n National forest
reservations.
Pennsylvania share in the Federal
Ustrlbution for the five years is S3,-
sos, 15O, this State being third in the
list of those receiving the moneys
Texas receives the greatest amount
with New York coming next in line,
followed by Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio, Missouri, California. Iowa,
Michigan and Kansas in order.
While Commissioner Black and
Chief Engineer Uhler have, as yet,
AiAoAS I4O dtllllllG SGIeCllOn Oh lIe ROADS
TO be recommended to the Federal gov
ernment for improvement, it is known
that the roads on existing State high
way routes will receive first consid-
Grafton from the department. Where
ever it is possible to secure federal aid
IN the improvement of a Pennsylvania
highway, important State highway
routes forming a position of the main
arterial lines of the Pennsylvania
hiphuva1r ;,,
be selected first.
Under the provisions of the Federal
Act the State Highway Department
furnishes to the secretary of agricul-
ture statements setting forth the pro-
posed construction of any rural post
road on which it desires Federal aid.
After the secretary of agriculture ap-
proves the project, the State Highway
Department then furnishes surveys,
plans, specifications and estimates for
the road. On the approval of the sec
retary of agriculture, he notifies the
State Highway Department and certi-
fies the fact to the secretary of the
treasury of the United States, where
upon the secretary of the treasury sets
aside the share which the United
States is to pay for the proposed i'm
provement which in no case is to ex-
ceed fifty per cent. of the total cost
VI lIS llpTONenenJ.
The State Highway Department
then proceeds with the construction of
the highway under it's own supervis-
ion in accordance with the plans and
specifications approved by the secre-
tary of agriculture and when the
aforesaid road is completed, the sec
retary of agriculture shall cause to be
paid to the State the amount set aside
for the project.
There is a provision in the Federal
bill which makes possible the adop-
ton of the same system of payments
which the late State Highway Com
missioner Cunningham instituted in
Pennsylvania, namely, that the gov
ernment's share of the Federal aid con-
struction can he paid on monthly es-
Inmates furnished by the State, thus
relieving the State from the necessity
of financing the entire operation until
completion. In Pennsylvania it was
found that the State Highway Depart
ment was financing on all State-aid
operations until after their compile
ton at which time the applying coun-
ties, townships and boroughs contrib
uted their payment to reimburse the
State. After consulting with the At
torney generals department the late
Commissioner Cunningham put a rul-
ing into effect compelling these apply
ing parJleS 10 pay thelr snare pre-
rata based on the monthly estimates
furnished them and in this way the
State Highway Department was re.
lieved from the necessity of financing
the entire operation until completion
| There is a proviso in the Federal bill
which covers this point exactly and
the United States is authorized to pay
| its share to the States on estimates
from time to time.
The Federal bill becomes effective al
once, but the opening section states
that no money apportioned under this
Act to any State shall be expended
therein until its legislature shall have
assented to the provisions of this Act
except that, until the final adjourn.
ment of the first regular session of the
Legislature held after the passage o.
this act, the assent of the governor
shall be sufficient"
Just as soon as word is received
from the secretary of agriculture, thu
State Highway Department of Penn
sylvania will make announcement o
the roads to be recommended to th
Federal government for federal ait
and it is expected that at least all TIL
preliminary work thereon may be fin
ished before the close of the presen
working season.
MISS FISHERS FUNERAL
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