Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-05
LARGE SUM IN FEDERAL. AID FOR
ROAD FUND PLACED TO
iowA's CREDIT.
STATE MUST MATCH SUM
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
Therefore Must Await Collection OF
State Taxes and Until Aug. ] to
Make Federal Fund Available More
popuIous Counties Of State Certain
to Adopt Hard Surfaeins.
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Des Moines, June Iowa mas
$4,000 federal aid money for roaa
building coming 10 it Aug | when IL
can not collect. The federal aid road
Law requires that the state securing
government money for road building
must among other things, put up dol
ar for dollar with the government on
road building. The state will not De
able to do this Aug /.
However, with the increased auto
mobile license fees going into effect
lhls coming Dec. !, the state VIII De
able next sprIng to go fitty-tlfty with
the government in putting up ROAD
money and will then be able to collect
this 100000, together with the fur-
Their allotment due at that time.
Automobile money to the extent or
about a million and a half will be dis
tri5uted Aug |, This will be the first
distribution since the new road law
went into effect. The new law re-
quires that all of this money be spent
on the primary roads, either in drain
ing. grading or hard surfaCing. Hence
IN order to use it's next allotment leg
ally each county must spend this
money putting its primary roads IN
shape for future permanent surfacinS-
Road Improvement work contracted
for before this new road law went In
TO effect can be paid for out of this
next allotment of automobile money,
however. This is provided for in the
new law
Money Available in 1920.
BY the spring Of 1920 II is evident
that there will be a considerable
amount of primary road money from
the auto license fees and from the
federal aid available for permanent
road building. Inasmuch as it is
available for that purpose only, that is
for the building Of such permanent
roads as the government will approve,
which in reality means hard surfaced
roads, it is apparent that there will be
every inducement to proceed under the
new law and hard surface the primary
roads.
In the meantime the country roads
other than those designated as pri-
mary roads will have more money at
their disposal than ever before, as a
general road tax will be spread on all
property of the county to be used on
the roads other than the primary
roads.
Black Hawk Loads Way.
The news of the successful outcome
Of the election in Black Hawk county
under the new road law where the
voters cast practically a two to one
vote for hard surfaced roads has been
received here with much Interest IT
is especially noted that the voters took
advantage of the most expedious
method of surfacing the entire primary
road system of the county, that Of Is
suing bonds to the extent OF 81 500, 900.
Black Hawk county, 1t Is recognized,
will not only be the first county in the
state to build hard surfaced roads
under this new law but it will also set
the example for other counties in the
state, one good road deserves another.
progressive road men say. and with
one county hard surfacing its inter
county or primary roads, the adjoining
county is not apt to remain long mud
roads county.
A movement is we'll under way for
an election in Polk county on hard
surfacing and there is every reason to
believe the proposition will carry. In
fact in the majority of the larger coun-
ties Of the state the indications are that
not only will a majority vote be cast
for paving but it will favor bond
issue as well, so that the work OF paw
ing can go forward with the least de-
lay.
Hard Surfacing Sentiment.
If bonds are issued the payments can
be spread out over a period of years
and the cost of paving can thus be
paid almost in full from auto license