Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-28

comparison.
The average cost of construction
of the Federal-aid roads has peeh
$17,120 per mile. The expense of the
work has decreased materially WITH
in the last year and the new appro-
priation bill reduces the maximum
participation on the part of the gov
eminent from 100000 to $16,25O per
mile for the present fiscal year n
$4,000 per mile thereafter.
OF the 100000 authorized
$50, 600, 900 is available for the IFS
cal year which began with this
month, while $4,000, 900 and $751;
| 900, 900. respectively, will be expend-
| ed during each Of the two succeeding
| fiscal years. Previous federal appro-
priations for road building have ag-
gregated $350,000,0 900, of which
about $2S7, 500, 900 have been spent
To this the several states have dde
expenditures of approximately $3.50
900, 900, making a grand total OF
$667, 100000 al the outlay to date
for modern highways.
The $50, 600, 900 for the current
year have been apportioned to the
various states as follows: Alabama,
$1,O35,614: Arizona, s702,1SS; Ar
kansas, $S36,095; California, ST.
641,S99; Colorado, $S94,117; Con-
necticut, $320,599; Delaware, $243,-
$50; Florida. s591,217; Georgia, ST.
3%S1,972; Idaho, s625.691; Illinois,
~S2,164,1S7; Indiana, ~$1,SO5,9O4;
Iowa. $1,401, 915; Kansas, $1,401,-
sci; Kentucky, %$944,7S6; Louisiana,
$664,660; Maine, $463,440; Nary
land. s427, OS6; Massachusetts,, $780,
1884; Michigan, $1,499.6SS; Minneso-
- -g1s NicStocinr mi &SH2 -
271; Missouri, ~$1,632,086; Montana.
$1,O31,257; Nebraska. s~1.054,126;
Nevada. S635,624; New Hampshire,
s243,75O; New Jersey, 1928, 5S1;
New Mexico. $793,216: New York,
$2,464,299; North Carolina, $1,190.-
556; North Dakota, $776,476; Ohio,
$~i,SS2,003; the state of Oklahoma,
$1,16S,266; Oregon, $7SS,443: Penn
%sylvania, $~2,265,969; Rhode Island,
S243,750; South Carolina, $707.492;
South Dakota, $S02,707; Tennessee,
$1.O96,461; Texas, S2.950,115: Utah,
$566,27S; Vermont, $243,75O: Vir-
ginia, $971,219; Washington, $780,
SOC: West Virginia, 1894, 906; Wis
c%onsin, $~1,263,211; Wyoming, $685.
07S.
OF the ten millions hat are to be
| spent in building forest roads the
largest allotment goes to Oregon,
where ~$2,270,00 have been set aside
for the building of 210 miles of
roads, while ~$1,246,197 will go to
California for only so miles that will
be extremely difficult to construct.
Virtually all of these roads will fit
into state and county systems and
therefore in most cases will connect
with and extend the system of fed
eral-aid highways covering the en-
tire country.
F~ederal-aid roads must be main
tanned by the several states, and
if any of them fail in this obliga-
ton all government funds for new
projects may be withheld until such
d~elinquencies are made good. All
the states are required to maintain
adequate highway departments and
funds to supplement the money from
the Federal treasury must be plac-
ed under the direct control of these
departments. The type of surface
constructed must be adequate for the
traffic anticipated, with reasonable
grades, curves and other features
All Federal money must be expend-
ed on a connected system of high
ways constituting not more than z
| per cent of the total mileage in each
| STATE anu ulNlueu lHlO primary VI II
terstate roads and secondary or in
~ter-county rbads. Elimination of the
problem of railroad grade crossings
is one of the things sought by the
provisions of the new law. In all
roads constructed in part with gov
eminent money every effort must be
made, and additional expenditures
are authorized to avoid the danger
Gus crossings that annually take
such a toll of human lives.
An illustration of what a menace
| grade crossings may be is found in
a road between two small towns in
Alabama, Ariton and Clayton. In a
distance of rs miles the old road
crossed the railroad IA times. Under
the direction of expert engineers the
F~ederal-aid road will eliminate Id
of these crossings.
"Plan now the financing of high
ways for the future and place high
way transportation, which has come
to be an indispensable part of our
| national life, on a firm foundation
is the advice given by Thomas H
I. Macdonald to every voter, taxpayer
and legislator. Mr.. Macdonald Il
| the chief of the Federal Bureau OF
| Public Roads. I'VE r starting out
to construct q system Of highways