Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-13
.BOCGS EXPLAINS
FEDERAL ROAD FUNDS.
State Read Commissioner. Saws
Report State May Lose Share
Is Misleading

Kentucky is not in danger of losing
its Federal-aid money, Joe S. Boggs,
Commissioner of Public Roads, said at
Frankfort and explained that the
Washington story to that effect was
correct as far as records at WASH
ing show, but did not take into ac-
count plans in the hands of the dis
trict engineer at Chicago. Commits
sioner Boggs said:
81 note in The Courier-Journal
news item from Washing stating that
Kentucky is n grave danger of losing
more than $1,000,000 in Federal aid
money for road purposes. of plans,
surveys, project statements and prof. d.
ect agreements are not approved by
the Federal engineers by July 1 of
this year.
Gas this article is misleading in
some respects in that it does not cor
respond with the facts, that to the
people OF Kentucky l wish to give
condensed statement showing the
status Of Federal-aid projects at this
date.
"Our records show that it is neces-
sary that Kentucky has tied up by
June 60, 1920, of Federal-aid money
the sum of S1,5S2,266, and that we
now have under contract, in the coun-
ties of Boyd, Fayette, Rowan, Carter,
Mercer, Rockcastle, Hart, Todd, La
rue, Nelson, Warren, Jefferson, Mer-
Ger and Breathitt. Federal-aid pro-
jects Of which the Governments one
half amounts to $825,423,34.
That there are now in the office of
the district engineer at Chicago plans
for approval in the counties of Clark,
Whitley, Boone, Kenton and Rowan,
of which the estimated cost of the
Governments SO per cent is $751;
8E2 .35.
That there are now practically COM
pleted, CT will be completed in the
next thirty days, plans for proposed
Federal aid projects in Hopkins,
Knox, Bell, Jessamine, Boyd, Hender-
son and Tmgg counties, of which the
estimated cost to $723,464,4 AS, or an
Ioverplus more than is necessary to be
tied up cf $21S,499,14.
So that it is very easy to see from
these figures that Kentucky is now
in no dsnger oflesing and Federal aid
SHsga i. !. isbldiyaE I'LL l.vaiiable by
June 80, 1929. of Federal aid moneys
fths splH &Ms41s,31o, which includes
tthei above 'Shiount of 1862, ,266, leav-
ing S1,856,O44, which will be available
on that date, but, which does not have
to be tied upiuntiDFIune 80, 1921"
This office now has in the field
twenty engineering corps making sur
veys. Our drafting rooms are making
use of every available man.
1t is my belief that by September 1
of this year we will have taken ad-
vantage of all Federal aid moneys
that have been apportioned to this
; State up until June 80, 1921.
From these statements you can
clearly see that the State Road De-
partmen as matter of fact, is rid
ing easy on our Federal aid money
and that the information from Wash
ington was taken solely from the rec
ords there. and does not include plans
submitted to the district engineer at
Chicago. ~
Nor does it take into considera-
tion the enormous volume of work
that is now nearing completion in the
next thirty days in this office.
Nor does it take into consideration
the work being done by the engineer
ing corps that we have in the field.
Practically the entire efforts OF
: this office for six months have been
> directed toward taking full advantage
> of all money apportioned to Kentucky
: by the Federal Government, and to
; my mind those efforts are now reach
ing a satisfactory elimination.