Mountain advocate., 1921-03-04
BOND ISSUE IS
NOT NECESSARY
GOOD ROADS PROGRAM HAS NOT
FALLEN DOWN SAYS STATE
ASSOCIATION.
kCDYUDE GIVES FIGURES
Kentucky Compares FavorabIy With
Other States in Record Of construc-
ton and Prospects For Ample Funds
to Continue For Next Ten Years.

Louisville, Ky.-The Kentucky Good
Roads Association was the first organl.
"a lion in the state to concentrate It's
efforts on the creation of a State High
way Department and the building Of
Statewide system of highways. 1t has
seen the movement for good roads in
Kentucky grow from Il few voices cry
Ing IN The wilderness into as good a
system of highway administration as Is
enjoyed by any of the States.
Naturally, together with all other
Ecntuckians. its membership has been
much cuuvemed recently by the repeat
cd reports made TO the public and the
press that the whole system Is going
to pet" for lack of funds and that
the only thing that will save 1t Will
be an extra session of the Legislature
to submit TO vote OF the people
bond issue estimated at anywhere from
S2.j,OOO,u0 100 to SG0000.00O.
/ investigation made by Robert ]. Nc.
Eryde. President OF the Coed Roads
Assnclatton, has disclosed the fact that
not nuly Ia Kentucky aut IL heed OF
| n bond lasuc 10 build faehs. hut that
| u nov kAs more Wnhay fet thls apr.
! pnEp nHh IL hullling mpte TGaas aAd
! heiieI rugds tRRn evor hsfett 10 ia hiss
| tniy, " ll,s present. pSes ESQ Be tahin'
| lainpd, kcuMckys 0htiEe sfstsm of
! n,ghwnys win bG cuRplateG %!thlA III
hest ten yehra.
Actual conditions us taken fr0n The
| official record are as follows:
qotal State Aid Road Fund
now available for road
! construction ......,....S2,1O 0,OOOOu
Total Fcdc"ll Road Fund
now available for road
/ construction ........... 3,O2S,257.3l
/ County appropriations
made but not yet under
CONTRACT .......'..'.'.. -,oJc,OO'Ou
Total available road
fund .............SS IS, l26,264.3l
The State Highway Department dur
ing 1870 has had under contract total
of G49.91 miles of Federal and State
A'd Roads at a total cost of $685.
5G7.SS. OF this mileage 34T.S have
been completed.
In addition, the State Highway De
pGrtment has co-Operated with the
counties in the maintenance Of 104.0l
miles Of state highways built under the
provisions Of the former State Aid
Maintenance Law.
At the beginning of the year 1921
the State Highways Department ha:
completed surveys and plans and Il
ready TO advertise for bids on 1871
miles of Federal and State Aid Roads
Surveys have been made and plans
partially completed for an additional
$500 miles of such roads and survey;
have been completed on another 234.,
miles.
There has been favorAbly reported
by the Roads Committee of both the
United States House Of Representa-
tivcs and the United States Senate :
bill increasing by SlOO,OO0,OOO per veal
the Federal appropriation for roads
II this bill becomes u law, Kentucky!
Federal Aid quota will be Increased
$1,000 900 annually. The amount pro
duced by general and special STATE
taxes will Of necessity Increase eacl
year.
Kentucky in the past year has hst
, sSOnO.OOO 10 spend for roads, and ther,
is every reason 10 believe that within
the next three years Kentucky's an
nml road fund will be not less thar
S10OOD,OOO.
For the first time in its history Ken
tucly not only has completed!
equipped State Highway Department
. but all If tie lhonry that is needed u
administer it successfully.
Mountain AdvOcata 81 80 a wear