Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-12
GOOD ROADS
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building of roads but their maintenance
by means of A state patrol system:
He said Wisconsin left the purpose or
the highway department was not So
much the building of a few miles OF
highway, but to transport by providing
passable roads all over the state, not
in 10 years, but immediately. ].
Mr.. Cannon said Wisconsin was
about to install a new method of tlnanc-
ing through legislature proposed by the
good roads association whereby a bud
get of So, 100000 is to be provided by,
81, 100000 from the townships ana
100000 from county bonds and the
balance from the state and from federal
aid. He said it had been detrimental
to eliminate the state property tax, ana
and the states share of the road money
should be obtained by an increase IN
the motor licenses and gasoline tax to
about 100000 600, based upon u tax OF
so cents per hundred weight on auto
mobiles and 81 per hundredweight on
weight and load capacity of motor
busses and trucks, and by an Increase
to two cents per gallon of gasoline,
with a refund for all gasoline used for
agriculture and industry. Of this
money $6,O00,000 will go into the road
maintenance fund and the balance will
be used to match federal aid funds.
Mr.. Cannon said the trend of Mr..
Eddy's talk was along the Wisconsin
idea and that if it was followed out, all
of Montana's 3,700 miles of state high
way should be in pretty good shape at
the end of five years.
Scores Division of Money
He found fault with Montana's sys-
tenn of the division of moneys derived
from its gasoline tax and with the. fail
ure to tax municipalities for mainten-
ance of the public roads. He said
Milwaukee pays So per cent of the
road costs Of Milwaukee county, Chi
cago pays one-third the cost of the
roads in Illinois, and New York city
pays two-thirds of the road bill of that
state. He advocated doubling the mo-
tor vehicle licenses in Montana, the
entering Of patrol maintenance system
and the meeting of all available federal
aid. He closed with. "At the end OF
five years you will be amazed at the
progress you have made. and it is Q
reasonable Common sense program tc
do the greatest amount of good to the
greatest number of people within the
shortest possible time"
Fred Wathon, chairman of the Mis-.
soula board Of county commissioners
thought the Wisconsin idea a mighty
good scheme to try out in Montana
He said his county had 1.4OO miles OF
road with only So a mile to care for it
ID. Miles, county commissioner Of
Park county, advocated a change IL
| the laws which would permit of n two
mill road levy on city property.
J.. Il. Manley, commissioner of Pow
ell county. advocated q city levy fo-
county roads. He said when the con
| stilution was advocated the city PEG
pie did not use the roads. THIS beins
before the day of the automobile
Now, he said. they used the road!
and paid nothing for them. He OBJ
the standard was too high and III
cost excessive. He said he coult
build more roads for $1,000 than tn
government could build for $4,000
He approved the proposed motor am
gasoline taxes.
Praises Commission
James +. Moore, chairman of III,
Gallatin county board, expressed higl
appreciation of the work of the stat'
highway commission and approved III.
Federal aid road system. He wa:
strong for the patrol system ant
hoped the legislature would proyid'
means for a continuity of the activi
ties of the state commission.
3. n. Johnson. commissioner 0
Cascade county, expressed satisfac
ton with the work of the commission
= rc.n,J, nnt,nE- xrhara bu,yn hnn,
constructed many miles Of Federal ali
road and expressed the hope tina
means be provided for a continuance
of these activities.
Joe Fabian, commissioner of Silye
Bow. expressed similar sentiment
after telling of the great amount 0
Federal aid work carried out in Lii
county.
Lieutenant Governor Nelson Story
Jr.. said he thought the program lai'
down by Chief Engineer Eddy is a
advance over any program Of the past
and that he thought the next legisla
ture would handle road Legislation
to the best interests Of the state.
0. s. Warden, of Great Falls mad
an interesting talk upon the subjec
of coordination between the state
and the federal government in tn
matter of road building to which h
had given a great amount of study
His desire was TO see production in
creased i'll the state and when thi
was done there would be DO necpssit
to 90 around hunting for propert
taxes.
Keep Out of Politics
Mr.. Warden deprecated the intro
duction OF the Highway question int