Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-20
Good Roads Are
Found by State
Investigators
No Sign of Graft Discovered,
Democratic Member Says
Citizens Satisfied With
Results.

Broken Rnw. Asha Apfil "
isppeiai Tsiegfam,l Representa-
i've Fred HanmslsieF, democrat
assured members at the bFoksn Bow
COMMERCIAL club that he would not
rag good road building in NebFss'
"a in,o politics. The doctors state
nent was made a. a dinner given the
state road investigation committee
81 the Commercial club
Fully 80 deH0eFatie politicians
ave written 10 me since this ~
yssiigaiion started and told me ]
had 40 opportunity 10 make excel
lent political capital out OF my ap'
poin,meut on this committee the
doetor said. II think too much oi
Nebraska. the state | live IN. TO play
politics with a factor OF civilization
% important Is good roads. VII
not help in making good roads
political issue in Nebraska politics
Prise Not Excessive.
"Truihiully ! started out on tins
Investigation with an idea iha, We
were paving too much money Tor
good roads and perhaps we would
ind some graft. As the inyes'igs-
ion progressed and learned that
Nebraska Vas paying less Tor led
sral aid roads than any adjoining
states. that Nebraska would get 20
in federal aid where II spen, one
dollar before the program IS COM
ple,ed, | changed my mind" i.
"The federal aid tax is distributed
proportionately to the wealth of the
county and as a result we get more
roads for money invested than any
81 the big eastern states and so lar
7 haven't found single thing that
would indicate any graft in the good
roads department. oi this state"
Improvement Shown.
The committee reached here at
,oon after driving over federal aid
.oads and county roads from kear-
ney. The committee saw federal
aid projects entaillng from Is to SO
feet fills in the never ending hills
o: this section and witnessed a
straight, wide. even . foot road built
many instances over virgin soil
@ supp!ant old winding billy roads
maintained under the old county
system. In Buffalo county, the CONT
mittcc enjoyed a ride OH miniature
figure eight, climbing one hill only
20 shoe, down into another OH coun-
~ roads.
George Johnson. state engineer,
was presented with resolution by
the Buffalo and Sherman county
boards today asking that federal
aid road be built OH a road which
the county had just finished blade
grader job.
Welcome at Broken Bow.
Thirty cars OF Broken Bow and
Custer county citizens met the COM
mittce at the Buffalo Custer county
line and escorted it over federal aid
roads to Broken 1 Bow. Governor
McKelvie. Attorney General Davis
and all members OF the committee
spoke. Emerson Purcell, Broken
Bow editor, was toastmaster.
Purcell stated that Custer county
was proud and satisfied with its
federal aid and state roads and as
serted the satisfaction was the re-
suit of the fine feeling between J.
A. Vansant, county highway COM
missioner, the county board and the
state engineers. ".
Loup City Next.
The committee will drive to Loup
City tomorrow where another open
hearing on road troubles will be
heard at the request OF certain Sher-
man county citizens. ..-=
Friday the committee returns to
Lincoln to continue the hearing.
The committee, as we'll as George
Johnson, state engineer, wants
everyone with a complaint to reg
lister it either Friday or Saturday at
Lincoln so it can be investigated be-
fore adjournment.
At Litchheld 200 citizens stopped
the committee aud requested the
governor to speak to the school chill
dren. The party was late, and
speech was impossible.