The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
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Senator and Mrs Howard snthar.
Hand viii introduce their charming
and accomplished debdtante dadghi
ter. Miss Margaret Sutherland next
wednesday at IN s.'at home from
to O'Clock at the Wyoming,
where the sutneflandS are living
for the season.
Recently a pension ruling was
made BY which aged veterans
shown to totally disabled and re.
uutring "aid and attendance, 2 ana
entitled TO $72 per month under
the general pension law, were ruled
10 be entitled from the date Of I'll.
ing application for the S72 rating
and not after examination and re.
port establishing that rating. AS
a result there ii back. pay due
large percentage Of pensioners il
tthat class. b b :
Representative Reed Of the Third
District found upon investigation
that he had seyenty.six veterans
lin his district drawing $72 a month
pension and that virtually all OF
them had something coming to
ithenton account Of the new ruling.
He has succeeded in getting, thus,
far, thirty.one Of them money that
they were not aware was due them
A total Of LILO miles Of roadway
In West Virginia has come under
the study OF the officials at the
Bureau Of Public Roads and will
eventually come within the system
that is being outlined IN a accord.
ance with the requirements OF tina
Federal Highway Act OF last No.
yember, which contemplates sys.
tenn Of highways to be built with
federal aid such as no other nation
has ever possessed and which, once
built, will be continuously main.
tanned in seryiceable condition.
These11,7 miles Of roadfn Yves.
Virginia are divided as follows: ~
mileage In what Is known Officially
and technically as primary system,
942 miles, and t2) secondary sys.
TEN, 1858 miles. Z;
Eighteen feet will be the mini.
mum width OF roadway unless con
ditions Justify. q lesser width and
such cases must be given special
approval The system will consist
Of not more than z per cent of tho
total road mileage In any one state,
not more than three.sevenths Of
which will be primary or inter.
state highways and the remainder,
secondary or tnter:county high
ways. The total mileage OF prla
mary and secondary roads will be-
approximately $4,000 miles.
Work has progressed rapidly on
the system during the past year,
and 10000 miles OF road have been
completed in conjunction with fol-.
Ieral aid. These have been projects
Of such Importance that there Is
no doubt as to their being includ.
ed in the system, as finally out.
lined. An equal number Of miles
were completed without federal
aid. All records for road construe.
tfon in the United States were
broken during the fiscal year 1922.
When the yeur opened there was
an unobllgated balance Of $1S,79S,.
544s Of the federal '7aid appropf!a
tons and the projects Initiated
since the beginning OF the work ags
gregated 35.A024 miles. By the end
Of October. 1921, the unobllgated
balance had been reduced to $11,!
714.32S. the lowest It had beef
since 1918. Only two states had a
balance of more than 100000 To
draw upon for new projects, and
number vera so reduced thu.
their balance was not sufficient
to pay for another mile Of road.
Just before the passage iot the
Federal Highway Act the mileage
submitted by, the states had not
grown during TIE fiscal year but
had actually diminished as a re.
suit OF the withdrawal and sub.
shtution OF projects. Tie total
mileage proposed was only $3.50
miles as compared with the S5,402
miles Of four months before. In
mediately upon approval Of the act
the initiation of9proiects took on
new life and in the months OF
March and June reached the unprc.
cedented total Of 1850 miles a
month. At the close of the year
the submitted mileage is 3s,94p
miles, 4,53S miles greater than at
the close Of the preceding fiscal
At the close Of the preceding
year projects completed aggregat-
ed 7;46Ssmiles' and there were H..
97s miles under construction, which
were estimated as so per cent com.
plete. In one year the completed
mileage has grown to 1875 miles,
an increase Of more than 10000
miles, and there still remains un.
der construction 1853 miles which
are estimated as Sc per cent com.
plete, The federal aid earned by
states Oh completed and uncomplet.
ed projects amounts to $194,56O,,
1876. Of which s16s,911,552 have &c.
tually been paid.
The total length OF projects In
all states, including, those which
have been completed and those
which are in the stages preliminary
to construction, Is 1890 miles.