The Holly chieftain., 1919-11-06
War Department to Aid
States.
TO DIefRIBU1E TRUCKS AND
TRACTORS NOT NEEDED
Many Valuable Machines will BE
Available for Building and Main
tanning Of Public Highway
Throughout the Nation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. l.
Under legislation which has passed
the senate during the last few
days, and is in fair way to pass
the house soon, the general public
will receive the benefit of vast
surplus of motor-propelled vehicles
and other motor equipment
which was left over when the AZ
mistice was signed and is now in
the possession of the war depart
ment.
The bill empowers the secretary
of war to transfer, free of charge,
such mOtor-propelled vehicles and
motor equipment, including spare
parts, as are or may hereafter be
found to be surplus and no longer
required for military purposes, to
the department of agriculture, for
use in the improvement of high
ways and roads: to the postoffice
department, for use in the trans
mission of the mails; to the treas
ury department, for use of the pub
lie health service, and to the navy
department.
1t is expected that vast deal of
this mOtor-propelled material will
find it's way to the states for use in
building roads. The bill establish
es the following rules for the trans
fer of the material:
Freight charges incurred in the
transfer of the property provided
for this act shall not be betrayed
by the war department, and if the
war department shall load any of
said property for shipment the ex-
pense of said loading shall be reim-
bulsed the war department by the
department to which the property
is transferred by an adjustment of
the appropriations of the two de-
partments; provided, however, that
any state receiving any of said prop
erty for use in the Improvement of
public highways shall, as to the
property it receives, reimburse the
department of agriculture for all
amounts paid by that department
to the war department in reim-
bursement of loading charges upon
said property.
ANY state highway department
to which is assigned mOtOr-prOpell-
ed vehicles and other equipment
and supplies, transferred herein to
the department of agriculture, may,
in it's discretion, arrange for the use
of such vehicles and equipment.
for the purpose of constructing or
maintaining public highways, with
any state agency or municipal cor
pOratiOn at a fair rental, which
shall not be less than the cost of
maintenance and repair of said We
hicles and equipment. The title to
said vehicles and equipment shall
be, and remain vested in the state
for use in the ilaDIOvement OF the
public highways and no such We
hicles and equipment in service
able condition shall be sold or the
title to same transferred to any in
dividual, company or corporation
The same bill provides for the
transfer from the war department
to the department of agriculture
for road-building purposes of vast
amount of other rOad-making ma
terial no longer required for mill
tary purposes, including road roll
ers, graders and oilers; sprinkling
wagons, concreate mixers, derricks,
piledrivers, air and steam drill out.
fits, centrifugal and diaphragm
pumps with power, rock crushers,
road scrafiers, caterpillar and drag
line excavators, plows, etc.
WINTER FARM WORK