The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-10-16
BULLETIN NO. 1.

great many people have requested
applied to road construction, and other
information regarding Federal Aid as
have complained that too much time
is consumed in preparing and filing
Federal Aid Project statements 1t
is the purpose of this bulletin to make
clear the limitations of Federal Aid,
the advantages of obtaining it, and
the procedure which must be followed
in making application therefore. A
general outline of the policy and or
ganization of the Bureau of High
ways is also set forth.
Federal Aid.
BY the Federal Aid Road Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to cooperate with the States, through
their respective State Highway De-
partments, in tie construction of rural
post roads, and provisions is made that
the Secretary of Agriculture and the
State Highway Department of each
State, shall agree upon the roads to
be constructed therein, and the char
acter and method of construction.
For the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this Act certain sums of
money were appropriated by Congress
and appotioned to the states.
Any amount apportioned to State
which remains un-eXpended at the epd
of the period during which it is avail.
cable for expenditure, will be reap
portioned, within 60 days thereafter
to all the States, on the same basis and
in the same way as the appropriation
was originally opportioped.
The appropriation is apportioned in
the following manner: One third 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 total population Of all the States
as shown by last available Federal
census; One-third in the ratio which
the mileage of rural delivery routes
and star routes in each State, bears tc
the total mileage of rural delivery
routes and star routes in all the States
at the close of the preceding fiscal
year.
Any State desiring Federal Aid must
by its State Highway Department, sub
NIT to the Secretary of Agriculture
: project statements setting forth propos
+ ed construction of any rural ost road.
er road therein and the department
shall funish the Secretary such survey,
plans, specifications, and estimate
; therefore as he may require.
The amount of Federal Aid is limit
$ ed to $4,000 per mile exclusive O
j the cost of bridges of more than y
4 ft. clear span. Roads constructed will
b Federal Aid, must be maintained b,
I the States or their civil subdivisions
e the satisfaction of the Secretary o
e Agriculture, no further Federal Al
l. projects will be approved by him.
q The Federal Aid Road Act also pre-
e vides for cooperative aid for the sur
: vey, construction and maintenance o
I roads within or partly within Nationa
Forests This is known as Sectio
l. Aid
# Federal Aid is obtainahle on the fol
Il lowing classes 'of road, under the pre
g vision of the Federal Aid Road Ac
l. as amended:
Q ID Any public road major pol
l. tion of which is used for the transpoI
e application for Federal Aid is mad
o (The major portion may consist q
/ a single stretch of road or seyera
u parts) or
r ca Any public road which can b
c reasonable construction or improve
=. ment in cooperation with the Stat
!. as to permit the use thereof for tran,
i porting the United States mails; or
J 80 Any public road no part .
= which is used for the transportatio
i of the L s. mails at the time the NJ
plication for Federal Aid is made, pro
C vided it is not more than ten mile
! In length and forms connecting lin
l. (eross link between two roads use
e for transporting the United State
mails at the time such application
u made; or
CA Any public road no part {