Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-03

Names highway and bridge pro-
nam for 1928 and 1925 has been
4 srreed upon. 1t will be presented to
~ sind Legislature Saturday in
uahimous report from the committee
4 ways and bridges. which, together
ssbh the committee on taxation.
{ vhIch considered tine gasoline tax bills,
- been at work on the program for
pany weeks.
ne new program, which is COM
momise on the two plans at first con-
daered by the committee, is a step
Inward the pay-as-you-go system Of
md construction and maintenance.
II provides for a 100000 bond
hsue and q for a three-cent gasoline
hx with exemptions. By its provis-
Inns there will be available for ex-
,enditure ON Maine highways in the
nat two years approximately $10.-
100000. exclusive of the bond issue
d Of money received by federal aid
Il from cities and towns. The &c..
$4,000 bond issue will be equally di-
yiied between ways and bridges. The
kidge bonds would be exclusive Of
/ tk Kennebec bridge bond issue of
Ut d authorized.
a Of the three-cent tax, one-half cent
Z WI be devoted to the construction
\ third class roads. This amount Is
minated at s250,000. One cent Oh
" tax will be spent on the construc-
Ton Of State aid roads, one-half cent
! i the maintenance of State and State
= roads, and one cent on the recon-
Eruction Of State roads.
The reconstruction fund is entirely
aew and is considered on Of the sa-
nsnt features of the program. Its
Gpenditure, like the other highway
funds, is administered by the gov
Wnor and council and the State high
way commission, and to them have
been recommended for reconstruction
the Kittery road. from Portland to
Nttery; the road from Winthrop to
lewiston; that between Newport and
Bangor; and that between Ellsworth
md Bar Harbor. All were built many
years ago and that from Portland to
Nttery was the first permanent road
constructed in Maine.
Should 1t be decided to do the first
nconstruction work on the kittery
road, that work will entail the prop
+ lem Of widening the highway, since
the early construction was only Il
feet wide.
/ Maine's original program included
The construction Of 1860 miles or state
road and Of this 1000 miles have oeen
( built; 5000 miles of State aid roao'
/ and Of this 1000 have been punt.
There was no set program for thlrd
i class roads, but this construction was
4 begun last year. About s650.00O was
spent and so miles constructed.
Exclusive Of federal aid and the
moneys received from cities anu
Z towns. Names income for highway
construction in the next year Is ex-
pected to reach s4,700,000, itemized 10
Include $2,200,000 from automonlie
/ Tees, $1,5o0,0o0 from gasoline tax,
100000 from mill tax. and $3Oo,Ovo
from the general appropriation. the
Total win be further increased IN 1szo
By the Increase in fees received TOT
| automobiles and from the consumption
q gasoline.
It Is pointed out that the State, by
means Of the separate fund for re-
instruction, will have available mon
y for work in the summer OF 1890
which 1t would not have otherwise
unce the bond issue will provide no
Money for several months.
!, exemptions proposed under the
.aree-cent gasoline tax are to incluoe
~ users Of gasoline except those VINO
sse It for automobiles, such as nsh-
men, users of tractors, gasoline
eeSer saw, etc.