Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-02

n1,p, III. soo'n. that ruts have not
allowed to form. and, in sera noI
lhe roaGs nave been satisfacto,s
most critical observer rae'ofy 70
Purchnse and Traffic n,,,.
DurlhE the year the purch.A
iraI1lc DIVISION Of the Departnss..
expended some $25O.O0O in bs ths '.aeht sns
OF supplies. which includes f,sisGaul siSGul
expenses on surplus war ma,e,ia,t
the department has distribntsd
various counties of the STATE 10 70
war material. consisting Of t,ss su.
trucks, trailers. and miscellaneon, n.
OF totaI value of s479,0OO, whisl
cost the counties only s159,o
Legislation.
AS understand it. the obiec, a,
Ing your annual meeting al III h
was 70 aliord an opportunity n,
conslderation of certain matters ~.
ing attention before the meeting y
l1esislature thls winter: and in III !
nection ! wish to again call to IN
tentlon OF your Legislative ComrA
the necessity for certain lerisi.tiaaa
erinE motor vehicle taxat;on ".
and speed limits. and the incra..ss
motor vehicle licenses, This m,,..
you VIII remember I called to vo,s
tention at your last meeting ~
mltted a report setting forth mv D.
as to a reasonable and fair rats ~
cenSe feeS on motor vehlcles
There is another condition th,, I
lieVe should be considered: that i.
increasing use of our highway, \,
tor vehicle transportation comsas
who are operating over our roas,
private gain. 1t would appear =
these companies should nav an n
tax. other than the motor yebiek
cense fee. that would at least pari
reimburse the State for the added =
tenanCe expense necessary on our +
because of their heavy and contir
traffic. We find radiating from II
our larger cities. these freirhtL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS motor transpn
tion lines. which at present pay no I
other than the vehicle license, fOr
maintenance, and upkeep of our I'D
As an ILLUSTRATION of what poyl
might b a fair charge. | wish to a
that from data that ! have been
to obtain. the average price M h
mile charged by these freight.csm
companies Is 90 cents. A fiye.ton n
loaded to capacity. carrying frelyh >
20 cents per ton-mile between Dan
and Colorado Springs. would can
for the one-way trip. It would n
that a tax Of 1 cent per ton.nis
the use of our highways would na
unreasonable: this. in this inais
would net to TIL" State s37s, ~
would be absorbed by the shipper
Take the passenger vehicle t'a
portation companies. We now
mOtor-busscs, running on rra
schedule. on our north and south
some of our east and west highxin
one company. | understand. havhs
many as eighty of these busses o.
twelve to twenty-passt nger capasig
understand that n 'cSular schsdts
maintained between Denver and
RADIO Springs. with rate estabs
of $2.70 for passage one way. Ht
seem that reasonable tax shoua
Imposed. on the bass OF :le pa'ssaa
mile: or. in other words. II uI
established Of one-fifth OF eenl
passenSer-mile.t the revenue denrw
the Stat" from tn" carrying OF oR
senger between Colorado Spring.
Denver would be IS cents.
These are merely suggestion:
before any final action Is uxe
would be well to call into sonsuiu
with your Legislative commitla
carriers in question. In order tM
side of the ease may be pfeseI.a
a fair and equitable basis 81 un
be decided upon.
Another thought in connectoh
legislation cannot have faliea W.
to the attention of majorl,G
gentlemen present: that Is, the ~
emily excessive number of yelloS .
vehicle license tags. or eAImc
censes. that are issued throushom
state. The first thought that soss
itself to one who is not so favoIN
10 having the established rate w.
license tag, is. "Nhv should tnn
have free tag and | pay u! ~. ~
license And in many instale1
thought becomes SO 'nstil.sIh ins,h,
mind that he investigates iu'm s;.s,f
finds that certain parties '' III
such free tags have no !us rnn u +
their use. I would suggest 10 ~, ,o,t
tlemen that your c6fnII,t's1 c6f,,us AM N
the advisability of am"hu.nit III NJ N d
Vehicle Law to tn" cxteht .a' wi
empt" licenses he abol'sheu, n. N
each and every Dcpartmen. ~ IN
pay its license fees, as W" rh,r
vnte user of n motor Nehl'6nnIn y onn .sy,s1
liconse tars: which means thn
censcs were paid for this numuN maNs1
minimum of SO per car, an sI
revenue would be derived lo'
Fund of 100000 per ahnuhi'
p-orox.d so .o00, ,OOO Rona - "A
I find from the RECORDS VI .s,,, s in
wav Department that N .,sI w iN N
1920, in order to meet te"ih "r,ichv,J n
offered to the State tne ok ,et
ar.snt r;,nnr,a, cw".oneration w" of the d.'is -
"a
tics obliratnd themselves ~ .nn u vi
Of some s7OO, 900 or ssoo"v rn
prorram of road construcuoh
ried out. ,oetins yss
Lnst Jan,,' 'coryention. II ~
80. n,.n,,,, to YOU Gtilte ~
h.S tsa ,oot =" thaf 5000 OoO Of this p',sia III
.ne r.t,nn ,nr. ;l'n' ,nd not been paid, ~ ~
n,"p,' onnno, ",as " wade 10 you at ths, "a
~ nvary effnrt to make c'ouW NJ
nror,,sos nro ,s mat had been mao, o,..ar ~
=, n,r.,,ant. ond If Is now my n,,riId
r. rs,,,nn ,,o,, tb,, since p"cemoe,,
no ot;coIiv every ccrt of TINS sc,rrtis ,,,yis
boen naid nv tho diffcrent T,a
tho Hjrhv.ay Department. s,roaf
conrretulate YOU unon tn tn;,en m
onerat;or that you hnV" ,sss,sne,s
arpreciate trat in many .ho ypsr
Inr tho hard times OF ,,ff,rult
and 1922. It has been IA u II l.
~ raise this money; anu credit
this fact that oil the in.;ns in; tha
served nv those onnrdeoyor ah
with Their strcnuouH e' N plst
forts, made It poss'p,e n sclndf "
Hirhwnv Department o" =.
cir, footing. o,sfrl rark..vW
t.n ia21 and 1922 bono ,vas used y
ono. orc-ha,f of which. h.W;t;onal Wh al
Federal Aid. no rhn,,,uties to
nate in the cost Of Far for ~,
iects, and our proEriin.,ho counu
Thn The" tive t has now come mneroGrsin was "a .s
To intnll'rontly plan q arvneticr,. v,Si saI
tinuedr highway constrs'tton constr N meet "
dercd MS for road crueluetsntes.
would be with grea. rtment ~
again would the Dep Counties y
| 20 out to the various u,sseetirr S ~
n,,est their aid IN nnodn 1,fTo foo 900 afs
proportion Of the s2uv,ueyrTnment
he states by the Goxfftrco Gosfter co.a.,
the next four years. decided =
and thought, it was