New Britain herald., 1927-03-02
TWO MILLION FOR
 STATE AID ROADS 5 FINALLY ADOPTED
House Passes Bill This Afternoon Following Two Hour
 Debate
AMENDMENT APPROVED
 PRESENTED BY LYNCH

Final Action of House of Aeprcscn-
 tati,es Comes After Rural District
 Representatives had Argued Their
 Case Thoroughly and Had Dis
 Case Thoroughly and Had Dis
 posed Of Other Proposals on
 Highway Construction.
 State Capitol, Hartford. Mar. 2 -4Pl-After ? hours debate the house this afternoon adopted a bill carrying an appropriation of s. o00,o0 for construction of state aid roads. or what are called dirt roads
 First Test Of Strength
 The contest over the dirt road bills was the first test of the ability of Ernest L. Averill of Branford as floor leader. It was at MT. Averill's motion last week that bills be or dered printed in the Journal and made the order of the day for to- day.
 A substitute bill, hurriedly drafted last week in order to enable all dirt road' proponents to unite in sup port of single proposition, was printed with the bills reported un- favorably
 S2,0O0 Per Town
 The second substitute was drawn yesterday at q lengthy session of 'dirt road" advocates. It changes the earlier substitute by setting aside only five per cent Of the motor vehi- clo department receipts instead of 10 per cent and provides that not more than s2,ooo shall go to any town. each town accepting to eNpend of its own funds an amount equal to that received from the state.
 Provision is made for spending the funds on uncompleted portions Of the state aid and trunk line high ways, by agreement between the highway commissioner and the town selectmen and for supervision of town highway construction and maintenance by the highway com missioner at the cost of the town.
 Tnfavorablc Reports
 The bills receiving unfavorable re- ports last week were:
 H. E. 43, Section 1. Each town Of the state upon application 10 the comptroller upon forms to be ap- proved and furnished by him shall receive from the state the sum of three thousand dollars annually, pro- vided the town shall appropriate and eNpend an equal amount in applying gravel, native stone, trap rock or c!nders on the unimproved roads of the town, the selectmen to have charge of the work.
 "Saction 2. Each town. by vote of the town, shall. under the direc ton of the selectmen of the town, expend for this work, not to exceed six thousand dollars annually and upon the presentation of the vouch- CTS showing that the work has been done and paid for, shall be reim- bursed by the state in the sum Of three thousand dollars.
 Section 3. The sum of one mill lion and fourteen thousand dollars Or so much thereof as may be neces- sary for the purposes of this act are hereby appropriated from the treas ury"
 H. E. 391 as follows:
 There may be expended for the repair and improvement of highways other than state highways. in towns the valuation of which is less than :3,000,000 and in which the amount Of such valuation, divided by the number of miles of such highways, hereafter referred to as the road mileage valuation, is less than S5o,- coo, sum of fifty dolprs per mile provided, that such towns shall con- tribute or make available for use in connection herewith. at least the following amounts for each mile of said highways within their respective limits according to the following schedule based on their road mileage valuation as per the assessors last assessment:
 Mileage Bases
 First, less than 5000. s12.50; sec ond, S 000 and less than S7,5o0, sl5: third, s7,5u0 and less than s1o.o0o. s25; fourth, s1o.000 and less than s15,O00. $40: fifth s15.000 and less than s20.0oo. $50; sixth. s2o,no0 and less than s3o,ooo. s75; seventh. s30,O00 and less than s40,000. $100: | eighth s40.o0o and less than s5o,- 0o0, sl25.
 II. B. SIP, as follows: Twenty per centum of all revenue returned by the motor vehicle department shall ! be used for building and repairing state aid and gravel roads,
 Mir. Avcrill announced as far as he WIS concerned there would be no parliamentary situations as he want | cd the fight to be on the merits of | the bill only. He moved that the | question on acceptance of commit tee report and the acceptance of the | action of the committee in rejecting tho bill be divided. The motion was ! adoDted and the report Of the com mittee on II. E. 43. was accepted.
 Explains Sub-Bi!l
 Mir. Warner of Hamden, member | Of the committee explained the sub- | bill offered last week saying that it i was not complete.
 The appropriation of s1,014. 900 [ called for these roads would take | that amount away from state aid | roads. he said, adding that he felt | that something should be done to remedy the situation. but not as pro-
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