The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-26
STATE ROADS
AND STATE AID
ROADS DIFFER
James P. Taylor Tells of
Pertinent Highway
Question

James P. Taylor, secretary of
the Vermont State Merchants AS
sociation, discusses the difference
between estate roads" and estate
aid roads" Mr.. Taylor's discussion
will be found of interest to all tax
payers:
What's the difference?-The
question as to the difference be
tween state roads" and Estate
aid roads is natural enough here
in Vermont because we popularity
use the term estate roads" to apply
to Vermont roads which are state
aid roads"
Many states have used a lot of
language in the classification of
their roads to make clear the diff
ference between the state roads"
in their primary class and estate
aid roads" in their secondary class
of roads. They have most carefully
described the process by which
roads become Estate roads"
Converting" in Delaware.-The
Delaware law passed in 1917, "an
act to create a state highway de-
partment establishing a system of
state highways, directs the chief
engineer to recommend to the de-
partment a program for the con-
verting the road or roads of travel
which will accommodate the great
est needs of the people of the
state, into state highway"
In this way, the department,
consisting of five members,
would be prepared to perform its
first duty under the law as follows:
Its duty of determining upon and
laying out-consistent and con-
grous route or routes of state high
ways with view to establishing
such a consistent, congrous, com
prehensive and permanent system
of state highways along the route
or routes of travel as will accom-
modate the greatest needs of the
people of the State
Pennsylvania "Takes Over
The historic Sproul highway act
passed by the Pennsylvania legis-
lature in 1911 defines a estate
highways of the commonwealth;
follows: IAN act-providing tor
taking over from the counties or
townships of the Commonwealth
certain existing public roads con-
meeting county-seats, principal cit
les, and towns and extending to the
state line; describing and defining
same by route numbers as the state
highways of teh commonwealth :;
providing for the Improvement,
maintenance and repair of said
state highways solely at the ex-
pense of the Commonwealth, and
relieving the several townships or
counties from any further obliga-
ton and expense to improve or
maintain the same, and relieving
said township or counties OF au,n-
orlty over same"
The definition is reiterated in
Section > of the law: "Ine nign-
ways designated in this act as
state highways shall be taken over
by the state highway department
from the several counties or town
ships of the state, and when taken
over shall thereafter be construct
ed, improved, anu maintained by
the state highway department, at
the expense of the Common
wealth"
Before defining and describing
the routes, Section speaks of
these state highways as "known,
marked, built, rebuilt, constructed
repaired, and maintained by and at
the sole expense OF the Common
wealth"
New York classifieS and defines
The laws of New York state d.
vide highways into four classes as
follows:
l. State Highways.
,. County Highways.
). County Roads.
I. Town Highways.
State highways are thus defined
state highways are those con-
-tructcd or improved under thi,
chapter at the sole expense of the
state"