Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-05-15
THE LEADER PRESS THURSDAY MAY 18th 1924
AUDITORS COMPLIMENT
STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT HEADS

ATLANTA, May 12-Audit of the
State Highway Department, covering
the financial year 1928 and the first
three months of 1924 was complete
Saturday showing that warrants from
the state for 1923 totaled $2,0o8,651.74
inclusive of $2,88815 in interest re-
eelved, The table of disbursements
show bank balance of SIG, ,56374 with
accounts receivable of $1,83617.
The total income of the department
with the source of supply, is given as
$6,353,61038 received from various
sources as follows:
State auto license fund, $685.
o5l.74; from federal government, 81
l54,oI9,32; other state funds, $4,000;
counties by work and funds, $1,o15,-
1882; other work supervised for CON
struction, $200,O00; total, $685.
6l0.38.
Administration costs were $294-
500.82, or 4.63 per cent of the amount
of money handled.
Concluding its report, the auditing
| firm says:
Chiefs Commended
The system of accoants is well de-
signed and meets requirements of the
department in all respects. All vouch-
ers and supporting papers were prop
erly filed and were readily accessible
| TOR our inspection. The books have
been neatly and accurately kept and
! those responsible therefor are to be
commended"
On January l, 1924, there were 102
active projects being constructed by
the department, of which Is were
bridges. There was under construc-
ton 667.3 miles of road. Of the en-
tire 102 projects, 54 are being con-
structed either in whole or in part
by the forces of counties in which
projects are located.
The state highway department re-
Gently located offices and shops at
East Point. Land, building and
equipment are all paid for and deed
for the land is on record in Fulton
county.
Efficient Equipment
lhe maintenance forces thruout
the state, it is stated, have been sup
piled with suitable and efficient equip
ment, all of which has been paid for
In addition to the regular maintenance
section forces and equipment there has
been established 81 heavy outfits
capable of making heavy betterments
Eighteen construction outfits have
been fully equipped and are at work
rebuilding roads. These roads are
being Strengthened, graded, drained
widened, scarified and soil added
where needed. These outfits will re.
construct four or five hundred mile.
of roads this year. After being re
built these will be almost as good "a
federal-aid projects.
All old obligations of the state high
way department have been met ant
the department is out of debt, it i
stated
Favorable Comment
Work of the department is attract
ing favorable attention in other states
Recently Commissioned Suttles, O
Albania, visited Georgia to stud,
maintenance plans and work her
Last week Georgia State Highwa,
Engineer Neal received a letter from
J. M. Page, state highway enginee
for Oklahoma, saying in part:
IF our highway commission make!
the inspection trip which they ART
planning, we will be sure to include
Georgia in our itinerary. H. K
Bishop, of the bureau of public roads
while here recently, advised us strong.
ly to visit Georgia on this trip and
stated that we would probably gel
more valuable information from the
Georgia State Highway department
that would be of real use to us here
in Oklahoma than any other place he
knew Of"
Auditors who examined the books
of the department. were appointed by
| the governor