Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-14
GIVEN $4,000.
OF FEDERAL AID.
FOR COMING YEAR
Awards To Third District
Counties Are An
nounced

Sumter county has been awarded
$4,000 of Federal aid money of the
1920 apportionment, available next
July, by the state highway commits
sion, according to word received by
the Times-Recorder from w. r. Neal,
state highway engineer This is the
highest award to any county, except
one, Charlton, which was given $780,
600 for sand-clay road project. 1t
was stated Friday at the office of w,
g. Caye, division engineer for this
congressional district, that notifca-
ton of the awards had been received
by him.
This amount, while less than the
county had applied for, will make
available $144,000 for use on county
paving projects during the year be-
ginning in July. The report from
Engineer Neal does not specify what
projects the money is allotted for, but
1t is understood that the highway COM
mission will designate that it be spent
on 5-mile project on the Dixie High
way southwark from Americas and
4-mile project on the Ellaville road
from Americus, total of nine miles
for the year. This added to the three
miles now under construction on the
Dixie Highway north and three miles
on the Plains road west, to be started
this spring, will provide for Is miles
of the rural paving program. More
federal aid money is expected to be
available by the time this is exhaust
ed, and also the proposed state bond
Issue of $40,000,000 for building a
state highway system of paved roads
Is expected to be available by that
time.
The first allotment of federal aid
money, now being used, was $780,
900. This added to the $4,000 new
ly allotted, will provide for the ex-
penditure of $264,000 on the county
roads, or slightly over one-fourth Of
the total to be available. This amount
is expected to pay for about 15 miles
of highway under the present method
of construction.
Report of Work
The following report of the work
of the state highway commission, in
Guiding the apportionment of federal
aid funds for the new year, has been
received by the Times-Recorder for
the information of the public:
ATLANTA, March 13.-The pres
ent State Highway Board took Office
in September last. They have just
acted upon the proposed allotments
of Federal and State funds for the
program of 1920. 1t is a favorable
time to briefly review the activities
of the department in connection with
the announcement of these allotments.
The new board fell heir Immediately
to control of Federal aid projects
arising since 1916 from the preced-
ing board These funds had been
duly allotted to various projects and
met by an equal amount of county
funds. Owing to war conditions, ac-
tive construction had been largely re-
tarded and the status on September
1st was as follows:
Federal funds allotted permanently
and Professionally by the preceding
board $4,500,000 met by equal county
funds.
Amount thereof under contract and
construction approximately $2,000,-
900.
Vouchers drawn against the Federal
treasury approximately $4,000.
On February 27, 1920, the report
shows the following situation:
Ten Millions In Projects.
Projects Under Construction, 81;
value, $5,317,186.52.
Additional Projects Contracted, g.;
value, $783, 3,042.98.
Additional Projects Approved, 20;
value, $1,650,011.91.
Additional Project Statements APP
proved, 80; value, $2,102,875.34.
Additional Project Statements
Pending, A; value 1891, 1,610.48.
Total Number Live Projects, 1923;
value, $10,191,727.23.
Federal Aid on Additional Projects
to be submitted later, III; value
1921, ,052.12.
Paved road, 1912 miles; sand
clay road, 577.51 miles; graded road,
$3.50 miles; total mileage, 784.79
miles.
Bridge projects, 26.
Vouchers submitted for federal
payment, $529, ,391.10.
The new funds available for cur
rent fiscal year which the board has
under consideration are as follows:
Total Federal Aid for Georgia,
$2,700,000.
Equal Funds from the Counties,
$2,700,000.
Estimated Income from State
Funds, $1,700,000, net.
Applications High.
The total applications fled were
several times in excess of the Fed
eral and State funds available. A
large. number of counties offered to
match state funds on fifty-fifty ba-