The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
COMMTTEE MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR 4 BETTER ROAD PLAN State Highway Engineer Keller Gives Figures on State Aid Appropriation EXECUTIVE BODY
 CONSIDERS LAWS Highway Commission of State Dis cusses State Aid and Several
 Applications Approved
 

The legislative committee of the Alabama Good Roads association held a meeting yesterday in the private dining room of the Tutwiler hotel Tor the purpose of considering legislation to be submitted to the. next lesisla- ture.
 ]. B. Rylance of Montgomery, chair man of the committed. presided over the meeting, which was largely at tended New highway laws were con- sidered and approved by the, commit tee and the following resolution was adopted:
 Be it. resolved, by the leEislatiss committee of the Alabama Good Roads association, That while this committee has met in pursuance to it's duty Tn order to suggest laws to perfect bet ter road system in the state of Ala bama, we do not assume. in so doing, autocratic power and welcome sug- gestions and the cooperation Of all members of the legislature and espe- cially of the governor of Alabama. lieutenant governor and speaker Of the house of representatives.
 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
 The members of the legislative com mittee are as follows:
 J. E. Rylance, cna;rTnan, Montgom- cry, at large; J. M. Garrett Montgom- cry, at large; John w. O'Neill, Birming- ham, at large. B. H. Cooper, Birmin6- ham, at large; N. E. Stallworth. Mobile, First district; J. E. Lawrence. Dyas, Second district; John V. Denson, Ope- lka Tird district; Julien smith, Selma, r. k1.-r 1Ax- der City. Fifth district; John A. Rods- CTS, Gainesville, Sixth district; w. T.. Brown, Ragland, Seventh district; J.. E. Pierce, Huntsville, Eighth district; J. w. Gwin, Birmingham, Ninth dis trict: J. W. Sheppard, Jasper, Tenth district; John Craft, ex-officio. Mobile; J. A. Rountree, Birmingham, ex-officio. Immediately after the legislative committee adjourned, the state high way commission held meeting, Dr. ! Eugene Smith of Tuscaloosa acted as l chairman in the absence of Chairman | R. E. Spragginse of Huntsville Sew l eral applications for state aid were | approved and ". S. Keller, state high way engineer of Montgomery, read the | following letter from I. w. Page, di- rector of the United States office of public roads and rural engineering of the department of agriculture at Wash 1 ington, which he received few days ago:
 Your letter of August s. inquiring as to whether or not any state had | more federal aid than Alabama ap I proved on April 1, 1918, was duly re- ceived. You ask also the name of any state which had more projects ap- I proved than Alabama.
 PROJECT AGREEMENT
 "On April l, 1918. Alabama had 27 approved projects, of which number project agreements had been entered into to cover IS. The state of Texas had the largest number of projects ap- proved on April 1. 1918, 2s projects ', having been approved for that state. However, none of the Texas projects were covered by project agreements on that date"
 In speaking of this matter, Mir. Kel- Ter said: Three federal aid prospects, have been completed in the state and II were under construction. Several have been held up on account of the | inability to secure priority orders from the government for shipments of road building materials"
 f According to Mir. Keller, the appro- priation of Alabama for the year end- ing June 30 191S was $104,14S. 90; year ending June 30. 1919, 0s.297.S0; year ending June 30. 1920. s312.446.70; year ending June 3o 1921, approxi- mately $416.595.60, and year ending June 30, 1922. approximately $52c,- 744.50. making a total of $1,562, 2,233.50 Of this amount $316,913.5t has been taken and there is still remainder of $1,245.319.99 to be taken.