Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-28
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UIU JLIUL WIFI
FEDERAL ROADS

WASHINGTON. D. c.. July 2s
Tie secretary of agriculture has cert5-
ned to the secretary of the treasury
and the governors and state highwsx
departments of the several states the
following apportionment of the s5.0n0 :
900 of federal road funds available Su~
the fiscal year ending June SO, 1872
This is the first installment Of federza
moneys to be apportioned to the states
under the federal aid road act apuruv-
ed July II, 1916. Before making fbe
division among the states, the secrx-
tary, in accordance with the act de-
Quoted 8 per cent, or $15O,OOO needsx
for administering its provisions. Th5s
left $4,S5o,0OO to be apportioned amaax
the states. one-third in the ratio sT
area, one-third in the ratio of pcpuIa~
tion. and one-third in the ratio Of mile
age of rural delivery routes and star
routes.
The apportionate on this basis giFes
the following amounts for the several
states:
Alabama, $104,14S.9O; Arizona s6S,-
5l3;52; Arkansas, S2,6S9.1O; Califar-
nit, $151 ,O6S.92; Colorado, $SS,sseI4.
Connecticut, $S1.O9O.44; Delaware. sx.-
1s4.S7; Florida, $55,97627; Georgia
$134,329.4S; Iaho, $50, ,46S.5O; Illinciz.
$22O,S26,28; Indiana, $135,74z62; lows.
sl46,175.60; Kansas, S143,2O7.4o; Kerr
lucky, $97,471.91; Louisiana, $67, ,E74s-
66; Maine, $4S,451.5O; Maryland, $44.-
04722; Massachusetts,, $73,S50.g5s
Michigan, $145,7S9.72; Minnesota. sf4s.
3s406; Mississippi. 8,9O5.S4; MIs-
souri,, $169, ,720.41; Montana, sos, ,2S7.ISs
Nebraska, $1O6.77O.S1; Nevada, sss.-
$3.50; New Hampshire, $40, O,9gs.6Ss
New Jersey, s59,212.6S; New Mexfca.
$7S,737S1; New York, $3.50, ,720-z7s
North Carolina, $114,3S1.92; NORTH
Dakota, s76,143.06; Ohio. 1886, ,sO5.4z-
Oklahoma, s115,139o0; oregon, s7s.-
6S737; Pennsylvania, $23O,644-17-
Rhode Island, $11,665.71; South Cars-
liI,a, s71,S0L64; South Dakota, SSG.--
946.O2; Tennessee, $114.153.4S; Texas.
$291,927S1; Utah, $56,95O.15; vermonf.
$22.S4447; Virginia, $99,6so.71; Wasa-
ington, $71 ,Ss42S; West Virginia. sss.-
27o.46; Wisconsin, $12s,S61.o7; Wyom-
ing, $61,196.S2 Total, $4,O5O.OOO00-
Later Appropriations.
The arportionment indicated above
is only Of one years funds For sue
ceeding years the act appropriates tse
following amounts.
1918 91S-..,...................s1O s1O000.85s
1919 ...........,........ $4,000, ,9a8
1920 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20061, ,0H1
1921 .................... E5,0O0, ,oa3
The act requires that the apportion-
ment for each year shall be made in
the same manner. Different sums are
appropriated for each year and the as-
portionment must also take into con-
sideration the population as shown BY
the latest available federal census ans
the mileage of rural delivery and stag
routes as shown by the certificate Of
the postmaster general for the nexs
preceding fiscal year. A new appCr-
tionment, therefore, must be announc,
ed for each fiscal year
The apportionment as given above
does not take into consideration tSlS
81 100000 additional appropriated each
year for ten ye1rs for the development
OF rural roads in the national forests
to expose the entire situation OF the
PAPER business, and demonstrate
whether the shortage is real or artih-
cial.
If the blanks sent out by the coug-