Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-22
DELAWARE MAY GET
S243,75O FOR NEW
ROADS NEXT YEAR
Conditioned on Meeting IN Full
This Award Of Federal
Funds.
HOW THE MONEY IS DIVIDED

HOW THE MONEY IS DIVIDED
Special Dispatch From Every Evenings
Washington Correspondent
Washington. June ?2.--The State OF
Delaware, under the apportionment
made a. the different States OF the
$4,000. 900 road fund to be available
nt the beginning of the next fiscal
year. viii get approximately S2&3.'eo.
Federal aid for road construction
will hc continued Ms a result ot the
authorization 81 additional appro-
rriations Cor this work amounting 10
sieo 0oo. 600 carried by tho Postohce
Appropriation bill signed by the Prcsi-
dent. June 10. nifty million dollars be-
ins authorized FOR the fiscal year be-
ginning July I, this year. S65.o0o.ooo
and s75. .0oo. 600. respectively, for each
of the two succeeding years. In ad-
dition, $500. 600 is authorized for
forest roads fcr each of the two fiscal
years beginning July l, 1923. and July
!, 1924 These funds viii be adminis-
tered Nv the Secretary of Agriculture
through the Bureau oc Public Roads.
The funds must he matched 10y the
states and will he administered sub
ject g. the general provisions already
IN force.
The new legislation reduces the
maximum participation on the part of
the government from $4,000 To sl6.-
$50 per niilc for roads constructed with
tho appropriation for tho next fiscal
year and SIS 900 per mile thereafter.
Rridges over 20 feet IN span may be
considered as separate projects to
witch this limitation does not apply.
In states where more than per cent
of the arca Is unappropriated public
land provision ls made for an increase
IN the amount per mile. The act also
provides for tho extension OF Federal
aid TO the construction ~ structures
required for the elimination OF rail-
road grade crossings.
Important provisions of previous
acts under which large funds have
boon successfully administered are ap-
plicshle 20 the new funds. States mus,
maintain adequate highway depart
mcntr Funds 20 match Federal aid
must he placed under the direct con-
trcl OF the State highway department
Tho type Of surface constructed must
he adequate for tho tariff anticipated
with reasonable grades. curves. and
other features States must ohliGate
themselves 90 maintain all Federal
aid roads constructed, and in case thi,
II not done any Federal funds avail
ahlc for new projects may he withheld
until they are put into satisfactory
condition. All Federal-aid funds must
be spent on a connected system of
roads consisting OF not more than
per cont Of the total mileage In each
state and divided into primary or IN.
terstAte roads and secondary or IN
tcrcounty roads.
Plans Recs4vrd From an But 9 Otatc<
Plans for the proposed system have
been received by lhe Bureau of Public
Roads from all hat : states. and tn,
state systems are being co-ordinate<
40 that when Joined together the,
will serve the best interests Of tn,
whole country. In the meantime onl,
projects certain TO be on the pro-
posed system are being approved
The new appropriation comes at
time when several states are nearinl
the limit OF funds available. The au
thorlzatlon of funds for three years II
advance will be OF great benefit {
all states in that 1t viii permit then
10 lay she!r plans for some time ahead
nccrta!nty as 10 future Federal az
II removed and provision can be mad
a. once for raising state funds {
match it.
What the new funds will mean I
the country can be judged by the us
that has been made OF the $3.50 900 90
previously appropriated. on MAY 81
l7.o00 miles of road had been com
pleted. and. in addition nearly 1880
miles were under construction. Fed
eral-sid roads IN all stages total nearl
20, 700 miles. involving over s2s7 800 90
81 Federal ard To match this fund N
states have appropriated approximate
" s3sO 900 900. making a to:a, q
,ss7 500 900.
All types OF road have been con
structed with Federal aid 10 meet IN
varying conditions In the Unite
States. The average cost per mile ma
been S712o and Federal aid ha
amounted 10 4s per cent Of the tota
cost.
IL ie estima ted that the sleo. .OoO, 90
lately authorized will result in the con
struction ~ more than % 900 milei
which added 20 the a. 600 miles that
expected 90 result from previous az
preparations makes a total OF II Loo
miles. O. nearly 40 per cent Of the es
t,matec 10000 miles OF road in IN
system Of Federal-aid roads now bein