The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-25
MAKES
URGENT APPEAL
FOR BOND ISSUE


Charles s~rr.rrcf. trcst5sut 81 the
stale Hiehwax commission. aud lohA
y. Van utsfct<. r~cpr>hentins the
tnHmbtf 81 tonamettr AZ y United
mee-ink u No Itotasy etnh. Nh
Springer presented a stronr argument
~ r<nA1f q amendment No n. the
s.tre. . road bond i-e1r. Mr. Van
resrrss told ~ The objects souzht oy
suefhooh fef Obtaining them. Both
~,cakef- were heard with particular
intertet.
nj. sprinkcs said he wished to|
speak a. a rititen. > cattle sfover|
and takp>>s -. nati.ll nan al o mem-l
Der OF ~ state highway commission.
He Traced the history o. federal aid
f4nd e-pnftfuction. from the inauEufA-
ton q a national COED roads policy
~ koprfvsh, an = means Of cheeklnN
he afiu 20 population esntfrs, The
Federal aid appropriation thus far
eiioted TO New Mexico, he said. iosl
without fhr bond issue the state would
" f1.1se.eeo short o. the amount
~neces>.fF 20 meet lis half OF the np-
preparation. on the first Of July. 1922.
Then. he said. "a the state we're MOI
prepared 10 pay ~ share OF the eilot-
mcnf. the funds appropriated 80 New
Mexica wculd revert and the state.
would lose the dc ne brought for
~ard. as his strongest argument I'M
behalf of the, road bond issue. the
act OF the legislature Of 1911, piede-
ms the Eooe faith Of the state TO
meet the nt<f nvetycars fcdenai aid
allotment. This he said conid not b
done without the bond issue and he
contended that the pledge given BY
the ~irsirinture was equivalent to hay-
u1E bonded tho STATE 10 the amount
n~eccsetry to keep that pledge.
The bond Issue. Mr.. Springer said.
vas aimed not to increase, but to de-
GREASE taxes. and he said the legls-
laturt had reduced the road tax levy
from 4 90 ? NTH, with the bond Issue
in nind. 20 take up the shortage ~
rad revenue thus Induced.
The speaker denied emphatlcAily
that the overhead expenses Of the
highway commissiou We're exorbrAm.
Ihe actual overhead charges. he sid,
we're less than = per cent. and the
toial overhead. OF all classes. Including
auf< y and supervision were less than
The ! per cent fixed for such charges
b. law,
The road construction costs. he con-
tended, were not obnormaiiy high.
The last dirt road contract let. he
said. on The banis OF standard grades,
was tboe a mile. The average FOR
gravel base % surfaced construc-
ton ne Aaid would average ss.o eo o
mile.
The objections 10 the bond Issae,
Mr.. springer commended. did not tnke
into o the benefits to be de-
rived from good roads. He pointed
out the couomic waste OF bad roads
and stated that the estimated fifteen
billion dollars which would be re-
quired 10 complete all projected and
necessary trunk roads In the United
States. would be paid on In IL years
by the Increased savings ana profits
on produce hauled TO market oyor.
such roads. =
The cog, 10 the axpaycr Mir. sprin-
ger stated. OF carrying the -. 900. Doe
bond issue would be about 81 cents on
the 1000 OF valuation, and he
thought the entire charge could be
carried on 1-a Of one mill. Including
the discharge OF sinking fund ohliga-
lions.
Capt. Clark AZ. Carr read an OK
tract from a Fort Worth market Jour
a ~forecastiDE an Impending national
beef shortage and at his motion the.
club passed a resolution urging the
states representatives in congress TO
hasten aid for this state under the
agricultural relief bill.
Guests OF the club today Included
Hon. Benz. II. Pankey and Attorney
A.. u. Henehan OF Santa Pc, aud judge
Lieb OF the sth judicial district, whoae
home is In Ration.