The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-12

'tatthH Iit oNIttttou 10 tUt fAAltlNa'
lion OF Amendment number IL In
voiviuE 5000. coo bond issue for state
load. ATT. oillctt. the highway en-
rinecr, has seen NJ 80 criticize our
figures IN a peculiar manner by pub
lishing n letter in which he states
that IN a private conversation ] adj
mittcd that the figures given IN the
article were exaggerated and In
flated' and did not represent figures
Justified by past experience. No srch
admissions were made on my part.
II the figures. which we gave In some
detail In cur former article. are sub
1ect 20 criticism Mr.. Giilctt should
point out the discrepancies In each
item. II happens that we do not need
TO make any estimates as 90 the 1870
receipts as they can be definitely as
certained. The 1891 receipts should
be somewhat higher h those OF
1850. As to the estimates for 1922
1878 and 1924. our estimate OF Si.-
100000 annually agrees fairly well
with the estimate made by the high
way commission Il shown In its bud
get below. with the exception hat
the highway commission has failed to
take into the receipts frong
gasoline tax. n has underestimate
the receipts from automobile licenses.
! a attention to Mr.. Kcmpenich's
estimate OF $3.50 600 from these two
sources. In making estimates as 10
such large amounts. one must nee
cssartly use round numbers and IL Is.
Of course, possible that some items
may be over-cstimated while others
may be under-estimatcd. In the for.
mer article attention was called 10
the fact hat We had not AXE into
account certain revenues about which
~ NEnEg IA AAnnIn - - .Uaa aEN
! believe that our total estimates will
be fully borne out by our actual re-
ceipts.
As TO special county ievies which
MT. Gillett says cannot be made use
OF because OF statutory limitations, l
desire TO call attention to the fact
that In most cases thsy are outside OF
h 3 mill limitation and the state
highway commission is specifically
authorized 20 spend the proceeds OF
levies In corporation with the
federal government. In my article I
DID not include the proceeds Of those
lcsics In the estimate OF receipts. but
o believe that such proceeds
should be taken into account This
VIII increase my total estimated re-
cfipts f. scNrrHi hundred Shoe sHnd
uu Hrs
Anr. GiIlctt states that ms estimate
OF from general taxation
was based upon present valuation
and upon a fun collection. This 10
not true, because my estimates were
based upon an estimated loss OF more
than so million dollars Ia valuation
In 1921 upon what a one mill state
actually produced In 1880. upon
n future increase In valuation duo
to stronger assessment laws and a
fuller collection OF axe In view OF
foregoing. therefore. l am at a
loss to understand how Mr.. Gillett
should have 50 misinterprcted my at
titude In the friendly discussion to
which he refers in his letter OF Sep
2.
Thus far the state highway com
has not seen nt to publish
It's budget estimates. n II now be-
comes necessary for mo to give 10
the public a copy OF the statement
By the state highway COM
In Muy, 1891, and 90 make
some remarks with reference thereto.
These estimates OF the state highway
commission were prepared after D
session OF the nfth Legislature and
amends n previous estimate made In
the fan Of 1890.
The following statement OF es-
receipts mo expenditures Is
on the basis OF statement sub
TO special revenue commission
and included IN the com missions re-
port with amendments made necessary
by further available Information.