Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-23
HIGHWAY BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE

way bill prepared by a special COM
mittee last Tuesday night and ap-
| proved by w. R. Neill, state highway
engineer, who participated in the
committees deliberations. The bill
| was debated at length and in detail
| for more than two hours. There was
practically no opposition to it as
shown by the vote, although Repre-
sentatives Mann of Glynn, and Quin-
the compromise and made speeches
against it. The bill was transmitted
Immediately TO the senate.
1t is hoped and expected by the
friends of the highway department
In the legislature a well as by men,
bers who have criticized certain fea-
lures of the highway law, and GER
tam details of the work done by the
highway department that the senate
VIII pass the bill and thus put an
end to the highway controversy
which has been going on in the legis-
lature ever since the highway de-
partment was created by the acts
of 1919.
FotloWlng passage of the bill, the
house adjourned until 9 o'clock Fri
day morning.
The bill provides that the highway
department shall distribute the motor
vehicle fund among the counties on
pro-rata basis according to each
counly's relative mileage of the state
highway system, and provides that
the highway department shall not
expend more than 6 per cent of the
motor vehicle fund for overhead ex-
penses, such as engineering. super
vision and ct ceter9
Inc committee that prepared the
Dill consisted of Representatives Da-
Wis of Oglethorpe, chairman, and
representatives McMichael of Mari
ware, CarsWell of Wilkinson, Ruther-
Iord OF Monroe, and Arnold of Clay.
w r.. Neill, state highway engineer
was present at the meeting whenthe
committee prepared the bill and ap-
proved Its provision as a compromise
ed the main argument for the bill
when he came before the house
Thursday morning. He said:
we nave contended for a county
dlstrlbutlon each year of the motor
T isalea fund pending the expected
This we get in this bill. The gen
tlemen on the other side have con
tended for control by the state high
way department of the motor vehicle
1und This we concede to them. The
law at present requires the highway
department to distribute the motor
vehicle fund, according to congress
slonal districts. Under that law the
department can lump together all
OF the allotment in one congressional
district and apply it to one or two
projects, such as concrete bridge or
a concrete road. This bill which we
Offer, as compromise will not au-
thorlze a distribution of the motor
vehicle fund according to congress
sional districts, but will require the
fund to be distributed among the
counties, expanding in each county a
sum of money corresponding to the
mileage to the state highway syS-
tenn in that county, and preventing
consolidation of the allotment of
several counties to finance one state
project.
I'VE believe it is necessary to make
a distribution each year among all
the counties to satisfy an insistent
public demand. We believe it is
wise for reasons of eXpediency. Per-
sonally / have no desire to destroy
the highway department or to cur
tail in any way it's authority. My
desire is to satisfy the public and
pave the wa yfor great state high
way bond issue"
Representative Arnold, of Clay,
speaking for the faction which has
defended the highway department
against its critics, urged the house
to pass the compromise bill and to
put an end to the controversy. He
said both sides had made concessions
for the interest of harmony, that
Mr.. Neill had approved the bill and
that it would in no way jeopardize
Georgia's participation in the fed
eral aid fund.
Representatives Davis, Langford
and Bowden also spoke in favor of
the bill.
New House Bills
The following new bills were in
troduced in the house on Thursday:
By Mr.. Camp of Campbel1-To re-
quire all products made from pow
Gered milk to be labelled. General
By Mr.. Beck of Carron-To pro-
vide that all primary elections be
on the same day; that all nomina-
lions be by primary and fixing quail
fications. Privileges and elections.l
By Mr.. Munday of Polk-To amend
scope of act relating to condemna-
ton of public lands to give addition
al authority to counties for road pur-
poses. public highways
By Mr.. Daniel of Heard-To fix
hours nurses and those in training
to become nurses, shall be required
to work. (Hygiene and sanitation)
BY Mr.. Williams of Walton-To
authorize the refunding in districts
OIL drainage DOnQS. (DrdlndS6.)
By Mr.. Grant of Habersham, and
Others-To appropriate $1,000 to the
Ninth District Agricultural school
and $4,000 to the Fifth District
school (Appropriations.)
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, July 22-Flour, irregular
and unsettled.
Pork, steady; mess. $24 5O6 % 90.
Lard, easier; middle west spot $12.606l
1910.
Sugar, raw, firm; centrifugal, 96test,
$450@461 refined, firm; graduated,
So. 2OM5.90.
| Coffee, Rio No. T. on spot, SIS @6Ac;
No. Santos, 91s d95sc.
TalloY, steady; specials; 41ac; city, 3Aec.
Hay, steady: No. !. S1.50@ GO; No. 3,
$1.401 q 40; clover, $1.25@1.6O.
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 25@ soc;
chickens, 20@52c; fowls, 20337c; ducks,
2Sc.
Live poultry, Irregular geese, 1s@1ec;
25c; ROSTERS, 1Sc; brolers, 3O@37c.
Cheese. firm; state milk, commo nto spe-
Gals, 16h @21c; skins, common to spe
Gals, 4M1415c.
Butter, steady: receipts, 1929; cream
cry, extra, Az @42"; do. special market,
, 4213 @43c; state dairy, tubs; imitation
creamery, firts, 3141c.
Eggs, steady; receipts, 1G,209; nearby
white fancy, 50@l52c; nearby mixed fancy,
2S43c; fresh firts, $1,000; Pacific Coast
extras, 30G52c.