Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24
THE new MEXICO HIGHWAY
PROGRAM
BY Frank staplin, Republican publicity Manager

Portion paid by Federal Government 4,053176
Portion paid by State. ............ 3,203,126
Portion paid by Counties ......... 197,724
Total mileage provided for ...... Miles 1887
Mileage completed or under con-
Deage 1rucnGn avatng federal ,nnrov. MILES NILES l999
The above figures shown tabulaton Of the 11s
submitted to the Federal Highway peparmen fr sp
prova and the construction of which planned be
The money for the completion of this program been
veh have already seda made he re
s 1so y the peo
pie of the state ai Sn o onS Issue 80 l NJ, Needed
@ re- al, half Of that bond levy is not
successful efforts of Senator Bursum sd the Repbeag Cone
in inducing the federal pay els
The further additional govern
and Senator Bursm in inducing the FEDERAL govern
on @ pay e cpn % 9o Of the one , million worth
ther saving to the state Of its Ss5 cent sS5ooo of the
and enabled the State Highway Commission
Low Cost of Construction.
The low cost per mile Of this New Mexico Highway
the country because of several features which
&c One these the Of financing which the
toward the construction the within
from their county road funds and another the extremely
in New Mexico than any other state in the Union.
Assoeatonlot pubishsd wash
of
April 1921 BY This taDulation shows that
classes Of construction included ss47s mile Up
to that time the completed highways New Mexico 65
per cent gravel surfaced 50 per cent graded and cent
Two states show apparent mileage They are
Nebraska at s2S6o mile but there 90 per
per cent concrete and bridges and North Da
graded without surfaclng and 70 per sur
state being only S2 miles which is small fraction of
todoro, nortion oo,.u =, " o..o.
states from s4os0 mile in Minnesota siss5
states being s7415 nearly double the New Mexico cost
A the the of Of Uaa nd Ssw ana
projects s cent surfaced whereas only -
less mile for the class Of
All Counties Get Proportionate Share.
m TO- New n Of federal @ sd o faars which Is
moneys among the counties in proportion what each county
@ SS every ssys SSa@s
construction counties yet received
this proportion benefits but their portion held intact
Few if any other make division
Counties to Which the Counties and Communities must build
their connections at their order to
ceive i've, any benefits whatever 80
toward the construction of federal their local
Sn Of he
Bona Dor Ana has ga assisted sna to the extent Of SG
lilo county $4,000 Lincoln county sisooO Quay county,
these comparatively contributions
pleted voluntary the build
ing of their possible Highway Commits
vide the whole expense. With because
substantial benefits in the way Of federal aid
Aside from the amounts mentioned above whatever tax
leVies the have
pended hrough and by their own local officials excepting in
Commission Build certain sections them because Of its
The Levies for Five Years.
The total expense to the taxpayers of New Mexico for this
eves which were 81 per thousand dollars OF assessment for
1918 payable in 1915 81 in 92o $3.50 in 1925 SO in 1922
Indebtedness of o00000 raised by the of of the
million dollar bond issue authorized by the
possible because of the assumption by the the
entire cost of the construction through Pueblo Indian land
Lowest Expense in United States.
Another feature Of activities Highway
department ana engineers al over the country the exceed
low overhead the department.
all office supplies and ncidenals for the year ending
June go 1919 25S the
cut to S2 cent for the ending June 80 1921
it again cut to 1923 Highway
gneers estimates that for the 1922 will
Figures Audited by Federal Government
the records of the State Highway Department, which have
been duly audited and officially by both
be 65 cent of the money expended This overhead
less percentage Of handled by the State Highway De-
Department of twenty Of the Union
rated under democratic these
Mexico
The federal per the contract
supervision OF this 10 $4,000 each 100000
project New Mexico $40 cent $549O out of
than purpose by any highway department
in any one Of the 20 state highway under demo
by government and compelled pay
cess expenses for this wholly from state funds