Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-27
BOCCS GETS RESULTS
IN FEDERAL AID. FIGHT
Senator Ernst and Entire Ken
lucky Delegation Now In
Line For Robson Bill

DreaQtn OF hetuCky, 1Or the Otdte
Highway Commission not to sup
port the Robson Federal AiC
Bill" H. Green Garrett, chairman
of the commission, said in state
ment given out at Frankfort. ia
king cognizance of Albert Ters-
tegge's assertion that the com
mission is for The continuation Of
the present plan because il
wants to keep the prestige Of
power"
The Kentucky delegation il
Congress is a unit for the Rob
sion bill. Senator Richard P
Ernst. in a letter received by
Joe S. Boggs. State Highway
Engineer. said: st is my inten-
ton to support the Robson bill
Mr.. Boggs says: Persons in
scores of counties located along
the Ohio river road from Louis
vile to Paduc;n. the Midland
! Trail, running eas: and west thru:
/ the center of the state. the Dixie
Highway. in the eastern section
/ the Jackson Highway, north anG
south through the center. ant'
the Dixie Bee Line and Central
Route in western Kentucky, tC
mention only the most ambitious
projects embraced in the adopt
ed federal all scheme, have voted
bond issues and raised money by
subscription 10 meet the federal
aid.
"The work is completed in
some counties. under way in
others and awaiting further fed
eral action in Others. These peo-
pie put up their money with the
understanding that the work was
to be prosecuted to completion.
that the roads they were hnanc
ing would get somewhere.
This commission would be in
a becoming attitude. wouldn't it.
1T we should in1o:se a plan that
would turn over to national
commission authority to abandon
the plan and apply future feder-
al appropriations 20 grand trunk
lines across the continent. leav-
ing three Kentucky counties that
have put money into the system
with only broken sections of i'm
proved highway leading to their
county lines with no outlet?
"The federal aiG system agreed
on by the federal and state high
way authorities, embraces the
major trunk lines of the state,
highway system adopted i'll the
General Assembly. That it i
popular is shown ~ the way the
counties in all parts of the state
have been meeting the federal
appropriations.
''It is the kind of federal aid
for a rural state like Kentucky
its greatest length. east and west
and its principal railroads and
navigable rivers running north
and south, and broken across by
mountain ranges, through which
as yet no railroad has extended.
at will develop the country
and is already beginning to give
outlets from the remote counties
to the markets. Eventually ii
will effect the same result as the
Townsend measure. the ends of
the projects in each state. linking
up to projects in adjoining states.
"But first it will give into state
and local relief and that is what
we are after primarily.
'Now. as to who. is supporting
the Robson bill, let me give some
facts about the Hfuse Of Repre-
sentatives, which passed it 200.
to II.
Senator Charles E. Townsend
sponsor for the Federal Commits
sion bill, is from Michigan, yet
the entire Michigan delegation in
the House, except one, voted for
the Robson bill.
"Of the II adverse votes on the
Robson bill SO were from New
York. Massachusetts, and other
New England states II were
Texans, who also were against
the Townsend bill one was from
Ohio and opposes any federal aid
and | doubt if the Townsend bill
would get dozen votes in the
House.
THE Federal Highway De-
partment, nearly all the State
Highway Commissions and the
American Federation of Farm
Bueaus are actively supporting
the Robson bill
In conclusion let me state that
the Townsend bill would accom-
modate about two percent of the
highway traffic. which is inter
state. while the Robson bill