The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-29

county The county engineers anl
commissioner had charge ~ the
spending Of the mo1ev ~ mainte-
nance OF the roads aud all was We'll
once more until something happened
History repeated ITSELF. Those
counties that built county roads found
that busineSs graNItat,d iu them from
adjacent counties i,tlr ,ommun'-
ties de .loped Within counties wine
good roads were built and maintained
AMI the growth " these large cum-
muni,ies brought Qorc people to that
county and more business. Soon
about threo-duarters Of the trafhc
over those county roads came from
adjacent counties that did not help
build or maintain these roads The
counties ut once applied Ia the state
me ,%uriousiN enough the same mas
take was made A. that which haU
been made befote. The states gave
AID 10 the counties. aud again gran
and corruption developed, aud no
good roads. Aud again half Of the
money never went tu roads !h'n
pcopl, demanded that the stats 4noJll
AXE over state highways and Juil)
ana maintain them through n c"utrsl
body. hy furnishing the engineers lot
ting tn. contracts. i0specting 80"
work and maintaining the roads.
Most, II not al. states that hive
tried state aid have found 1t pracoc-
ally u~nworSable, not only because Of
the dual means II ri'sing .NrN-
Jointly TIN, ugh the stl cs and ruu3-
ties. md. sometimes, unicip' ltr's
and ,ndiN ,ual nsses,1"u. but aso
becaDse OF the conflict oi the manage
ment rctween the aev RAJ organ ~
tioDs Il ~, to- ernmcnt. Accotiitg-
Is. mos, of the states have turned q
state n'grway cons ,'tlon " tnout
the assistarce of county city or ~
laRc f,nAt cc or auth 'g.'y."
Ha.iIg presented It's oreuno.ts l..
The National Highways association
laya before the public it's plan ior az
complishing that which II believes de-
sirablc. II maintains that the build
ins of these TRUNK highways must ID"
done by the national government. but
II adds hat no great government
, work has been undertaken. ana no
large Appropriation has been made
therefor without a careful preliminary
investigation and report to congress
thus enabling hat body To act wisely
and with discretion. To this End the
pssociation has prepared and had IN
troduced In congress. the following
bill "to create 4 national Highways
commission and prescribing it's pow
ers ana duties
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house Of represen tatives III the United
| states Of America in congress assem-.
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