Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-12-29

GOOD RoADs PROPOSALS. 70 - =
TuRR sEssIoN OF I;RoIs
B LATURE

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Pay less taxes now for state high.
q 70 be made by the state hirhwa s.
+ department. to the Legislature which
Viii meet next Tuesday 1t the capitol
Nh M at Paul win be adopted. according
cock. highway commissioners. It Ii
mAdes both feasible and advisable, the
mmissionsr added. by the highway
& oond Recommendation to pass on to
L Cost ofs perin4nent road Improvement
s being made now. ~ M ~ n }Ig|sS5a.
C9mmissionarEB abcock repeated lin
BRIEF the recommendations to be Of
careful. expert study Of the situation
They are: $sS 2
Riimination Of ali injustices III
automobile and trunk tax sched-
the SIS average car tax to avoid !
crippling the highway program.
ke-enactment Of the highway
reimbursement law to apply only
BY # and authorization of first
and 1924 OF $4,000. 900 each.
Authorization OF trunk route:
= assume interest charges: removal
Of limitations on use Of funds for
hard-surfactng; requirement that
All vehicles on highways display
cutions under traffic laws for pri-/
vate gain and reducing the num-
bers: OF tax exempt cars. 5..l
Highway department 5'recomnenda=
as early as possibls that they might
be generally discussed in advance OF
the session. said the commissioners.
THAT was done with satisfaction that
.11n6QrSfnn6
public the more universal support
would be forthcoming! -
MANY reasons can be advanced for
favorable action by the legislators.
@set the sest @ gives
ly. with the public demanding lower
taxes and also more adequate high
practice Of using current funds to pay
the whole cost of permanent road
work which will serve for many years
as we'll as this year"
records showing chat road and bridge
taxes in Minnesota were reduced,
1928 900 the first year under the new
ishway He fdd% amd
that highway Improvement will be
more rapid at the same time. Aver
age automobile owners are making
net gains on their car taxes through
keep. he asserted. The bond plan he
said, will enable the state to-. give
present returns in fairer proportion to
the amounts that are new being pro-
Mr. Babcock again pointed out that
st. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth are
supporting the highway bond pro-
Rosa's they pay about nnd MT
a dollar of the fund can be spent In
those cities. With the large centers
paying big share Of the cost Of i'm.
proving and Maintaining the PR prin rtata
country districts should not push the
program and take advantage of ex-
stiRs he and g. Paul will
n issue .n hearty $1,000. 900 of street and
road bonds. although only a small per-
centaEe. Of the total can be refunded
Mr. Babcock.
are pushing outside rural road devel-
opment. They pay 10 per cent OF the
mSser Just x one per pc cent Of the trunk
highway; mileage-70 out of the 1000
miles for Improvement and upkeep.
They pay Sc in state road aid for every
part of that dollar to: adjacent ccun.
ties in addition to- contributing ABOUT
ssoo.ooo year to road work in other
counties over the state. Minneapolis
goes further, and is now helpinG to
t6uild better local roads in zone radi-
ating more than SO miles.
legislative delegations from those
counties in ad var msetpgs nT1sea
ston; to hasten e., the b. 1" 4Sa tat Of
All conditions considered. that should
influence senator's and representatives
from other sections to give their full
sunnort to the program.'
The highway commissioner said the
well-informed citizen today knows
the public demand for more adequate
roads-that highway traffic has been
increasing many times as fast as high-
way improvements. He Knows too the
great loss and waste due to poor
roads-the biz savings and conven-
fences Of good roads. With the pend
ing program put into effect. the com,
missioner asserted. Minnesota will
ehrge ahead ard results will justify
the favorable legislation action: And
~. he conc'nded maxine road expen-
diture less burdensome than now. ~ :
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