Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-17

appropriation bill reduces the max
imum participation on the part of
the government rom $4,000 to
$l6,25O per mile for the present
fiscal year and $4,000 per mile
thereafter.
or the 100000 authorized.
$50,000,000 lie available for the fis-
cal year which began with this
month, while SOS, 100000 and $751;
100000, respectively. will be ex-
pended during each OF the two
succeeding fiscal years. Previous
federal appropriations for road
building have aggregated $780,
100000, of which about $2S7,000,-
600 have been spent To his
the several states have added ex-
penditures of approximately $780,
100000, making q grand total Of
1867, 100000 as the outlay to date
for modern highways.
The $50,000,000 for the current
year have been apportioned to
the various states as follows: Ala
bama, $1,0S5,614. Arizona, ST02.-
1888; Arkansas, $S36,095; Califor-
mia, s1,641,399; Colorado, 1884,
III; Connecticut, S320,599; Della
ware, S243,750; Florida, s591.217;
Georgia, $1,331,972; Idaho, $685.
691; Illinois, $2,164,1S7; Indiana,
Sl,SO5,9O4 Iowa, 81, 401, 915; Kan
sas. $1,401,521: Kentucky, s944,-
7S6; Louisiana, s664,66O; Maine,
$463, 440; Maryland, $427,0S6;
Massachusetts,, $7So,7S4; Michigan,
S1,499,6SS; Minnesota, s1,415,731;
Mississippi, sS63,271. Missouri, ST.
6S2, 0SS; Montana, s1,031,257; Ne
braska, s1,O54,126; Nevada, $685.
624; New Hampshire, s243,750;
New Jersey, s62S,5S1; New Mex
co,$793,216; New York, $2,464,-
299; North Carolina, s1.190,556;
North Dakota, $776,476; Ohio, ST.
SS2,O03; Oklahoma, $1,16S,266;
Oregon, $7SS,443; Pennsylvania.
$2,265,969; Rhode Island, s243,-
$50; South Carolina, s707,492;
South Dakota, sS02,707; Tennes-
see, $1,096,461; Texas, $2,950,115;
Utah, $566,27S; Vermont, s243,750.
Virginia, s971,219; WASHINGTON,
$7S5,S06; West Virginia, s534,9O6:
Wisconsin, $1.26S,211; Wyoming,
SCISSORS.
OF the ten millions that are to
be spent in building forest roads
the largest allotment goes to Ore
gon. where $2.27O,OOO have been
set aside for the building of 21O
miles of roads. while $1,246,197
will go to California for only SO
miles that will be extremely diff
cult OF construction. Virtually all
or these roads will fit into state
and county systems and therefore
in most cases will connect with
and extend the system of federal
aid highways covering the entire
country.
States Must Maintain Roads,
Federal aid roads must be main
tanned by the several states, and
II any of them fail in this obliga-
ton all government funds for new
projects may be withheld until
such delinquencies are made good.
All the states are required to main
tain adequate highway depart
ments and funds 20 supplement the
money from the federal treasury
must be- placed under the direct
control Of these departments. The
type of surface constructed must
be adequate for the traffic antici-
pated, with reasonable grades,
curves and other features. All
federal money must be expended
on connected system of highways
constituting not more than 7 per
cent Of the total mileage in each
state and divided into primary or
interstate roads and secondary or
inter-county roads. 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 government money
every effort must be made, and ad-
ditional expenditures are author
lied to avoid the dangerous cross