The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-31
u. s. ROAD MONEY
Is APPORTIONED
Washington Gets Ninety One
Thousand Of Federal Road
Act Appropriation

Secretary Houston has just an
nounced the plan to be pursued in
spending the ten million dollars ap-
propriated by the Federal Aid Road
Act for the construction and main
tenance of roads and trails within or
partly within National Forests, and
has tentatively allotted among the va
rious National Forest states the mil
lion dollars which is dependable this
fiscal year. -.1 ~
The tentative allotments to the prin-
cipal National Forest states are as fol-
lows: Alaska, 6,2s0; Arizona, $780,
795; Arkansas, $11,294; California.
$14O,763; Colorado, $62,335; Idaho,
s1Os,O1O; Montana, $4,000; Nevada,
$19,195; New Mexico, $42,622; Ore
gon, $127,974; South Dakota, $8,115;
Utah, $4O,9S2; Washington, $91, 739;
Wyoming, $4O,566. In addition, to-
tai of $9,552 has been tentatively as
signed to Florida, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, North Dakota and
Oklahoma, while the Eastern states
Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Georgian
which the government is purchasing
lands for National Forests, have been
allotted $21,O57.
GIN general" said Secretary Hous-
ton, ssthe states and counties will be
required to furnish cooperation in an
amount equal to at least SO. per cent
of the estimated cost of the surveys
and construction. However, upon a
satisfactory showing by the applicant
state or county that such proportion
of cooperation is inequitable, it may
be altered and the ratio of cooperation
fixed upon a basis equitable to both
the state or county and the United
States"
The method followed in apportion-
ing the money was explained by Sec
rotary Houston as follows: Ten pc,
cent of the amount available each yea1
will be withheld as contingent fund
One-half of the remainder will be al
lotted to the states in amounts which
will be based on the area of Nationa
Forest lands in each state. The othel
half will be apportioned on a basis o.
estimated value of timber and forag'
resources which the Forests contain
Amounts apportioned but unexpende'
within three years, and any balance
of the contingent fund which remain
unapportioned at the end of each yea
will be reapportioned on the same ba
sis as the original allotments.
The determination Of the project
upon which funds will be expende
during the current fiscal year will b
made on the basis Of application whic
must be filed with the District Forest
ers on or before October 1, 1915. Fac
application must contain statemen
of the public needs to be served by tn
proposed road and the manner and ez
tent to whcih it would etaoinshrdl
tent to which it would aid in the de-
velopment of the resources upon whic
communities within or adjacent to tn
National Forests are dependent, an
must also show the general location {
the proposed road and its estimate
cost. AS already stated, in gener;
states and counties must be prepare
to furnish cooperation equal to ;
least so per cent of the estimated co.
of surveys and construction. This c.
operation may be in the form of mo-
ey, labor and materials, or the col
struction of roads. Where other ia
tors are equal. the approval of a pr
ject may be determined upon the rel
tive amount Of cooperation offere
| Many applications have, it is state
/ already been received for expend
lures upon specific projects.