Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-27
MOSS PRAISES JOE
B0CGS' DEPARTMENT
Bell County State Senator Tells
Women's Clubs of Big Work
Madison Man Is Doing
CBy Associate" FIessJ

AlOPhilISNIIlt NY, May IT.
The present State Highway
Commission has "done spend;,i
work and are to be congratulat-
ed for the wonderful result;
which they have accomplished"
State Senator White L. Moss. OF
Pneville, told delegates to tie
annual convention of the Stair
Federation of Women's Clubs
here last night. He assertet.
that the State Highway Com
mlssln should not be condemned
for begging $1,6OO,0OO from tie
rich counties of the state" 70
3u1ld roads where federal aid
funds were not available. 'Euv.
on the other hand, that a mont
lnent should be erected to them
TOR their ability to get money
with which to construct this pr;-
mary system of roads"
Senator Moss addressed the
convention on the subject 'Trnu-
ed We Move Forwart-Dividcd
We Stick in the Mud" He re-
viewed the history Of the High,
way Department of the state afd
pleaded with the women to aid
in taking Kentucky out Of tt.
mud"
"Two thirds OF the people IN
the state are i'll the mud" said
The senator, and the.mud-siave5
OF Kentucky are Interested IN
any kind of a program that viii
lift them out Of the mud.
The women of Kentucky. be-
tore they had the vote. we're al
ways found lighting for progress
5lve measures and now that ttev
have the vote it is doubly import
ant that they should continue
their efforts towards ali progres-
sive legislation.
AT the last legislature" ~
continued, there was terrific
howl from all sections Of t.,e
state that the State Flighwey
Commission had not built at:v
roads in Kentucky and that the
road system of Kentucky hai
broken down and a number e..
bills were introduced to wipe ous
the present system and go bacE
to the old system. Now, tho
real facts were that the present
commission has done 4 wonder.
tul work when the true situation
was disclosed. .
ITO cxtiain: The Unitc.
States government, beginning :,
1913, passed a bill providing or
Federal aid for state highways
and when the present Liighwcv
Commission assumed control OF
road building in Kentucky in
1920, July 1, it was found thar
Federal aid due Kentucky ilai
accumulated in Washington Il
the amount of $6.400C00 Nov
there are -wo kinds of roads in
Kentucky, both Of which. how
ever, are part of the presert
highway system. | refer to those
roads known as Federal aid
roads. Those are the roads o.
which the United States paws
half the cost. The other roads
are called State Primary ro2ds.
"Of the state system 1900
miles consist of Federal all
roads and $500 miles 81 wF.ch
are state primary roads. ?e
only thing 10 do was for the
State Highway Commission t.
use every effort to match tbo
Federal aid, so that between Ju-
~ |, 1920, and the time the re-
cent legislature met the com1u.s
sion had matched every dollar Of
Federal all. But in doing so il
had expended the money only on
Federal aid roads in appro1i-
mately twenty-five counties n
the state. Naturally the otferA
nlnety-hve counties, notwiltrH~
standing -he proposition, felt
that they Rad been discrimin t.
ed against.
Now the Highway Comnis-
sion Of Kentucky had ayailabl,
only four lnd one halt millior
dollars with which to match the
Federal aid. and in order to raise
that money they went to wealth
;er counties and asked them to
donate money to help Us mattel.
Federal aiI.
For that the State Highway
Commission has been bitterly
condemned. l maintain that tie
Commission should not be cor
.demned for begging $1,6o9,oO0
from the .ich counties, but. on
the contrary, that a monum1Et
should be erected to them fvr
their ability to get money with
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