Arizona republican., 1916-08-07
UNDER NEW NATIONAL G00D
 ROADS LAW MANY M|LES0F
 GOOD ROADS WILL BE BUILT

with federal money the secretary of agriculture may withhold any further allotments It is, therefore, important that the states at once provide a main tenance fund for each road constructed with the aid of federal money
 All communications regarding any road sought to be improved should go first to the state highway department, and not to the secretary of agricul- ture, as under the law the secretary has no power to consider applications submitted other than by the state highway departments. The observance by individuals and local officials of this requirement. will save great deal of unnecessary correspondence.
 Regarding allotments of federal mon- ey, the law provides that after making necessary deductions for administer ing its provisions-not to exceed three per cent of the appropriation for any fiscal year-the secretary of agricul- ture shall apportion the remainder of each years appropriation in the fol- | lowing manner:
 Onethird in the ratio which the area
 of each state bears to the total area
 of all the states.
 One-third in the ratio which the ! population of each state bears to the | f One-third in the ratio which the | mileage of rural delivery routes and star routes in each state bears to the total mileage of rural delivery routes | and star routes in all the states. Population is determined from the ! latest federal census. and rural deliv-
 cry and star routes from a certificate furnished by the postmaster general at
 the close of the latest available fiscal year.
 | On this basis the highway depart ment of each state may easily ascer- 1 tain the approximate amount it will
 receive each year provided that the | proposed combination is made with the
 national government
 From statement recently issued by
 the secretary of agriculture it is
 shown that Texas gets the heaviest apportionment of all the states-$291, :. 927.Sl. Texas. by the way has ovel
 62.OO0 miles of star and rural routes 1 New York state stands second on tn,
 list with an apportionment of s250,
 120.27 Pennsylvania follows witt 1 s230 644.l7. Then comes Illinois. s220
 926.23; Ohio, $ls6,5o5.42: Missouri
 <l69, ,720.4I, and Michigan, Minnesota
 Kansas and Iowa with more than $40.
 900 each. California does better thai
 these with $l5l.063.92. Arizona get
 $6S,5l3.52. Little Rhody" will hay to be satisfied with sl1,665.7l if sh accepts the plan.
 Not more than sl0,000 of the fedora money can be expended on any on . mile of road but tn, state may spen
 as much as it chooses.
 . A point not to be overlooked in con . nection with this much discussed Ia, ! is that to the state is given the rigf s of original selection of the. roads dc
 sired to be improved. while the dut : performed by the federal government ] that of inspection and approval at eac Q stage of the work. The secretary | agriculture may not authorize ar payments on government account UT
 til he is satisfied that the spirit ar Il the letter of the law are being con c piled with.
 If the department of agriculture ar e the state highway departments can ol d tain the intimate and hearty suppo y of the local officials the working O Q of this great cooperative plan. whi, .- has been the dream of countless patI
 otic Americans during the last Ina l. century, should result in the buildit IS of thousands of miles of magnifice d roads in the next few years.