Evening star., 1933-03-05
HIGHWAY ACTIVITY
WILL Be CONTINUED
Montgomery to Keep Pro-
gram Despite Abandon
ment of Bond Plans.
BY JACK ALLEN,
StaR Correspondent of The Star.


SILVER SPRING, Md, March Am
active program of road construction and
repair work will be carried out IN Mont
gomery County during 1888 and 1884
despite the county administrations re-
cent decision to abandon plans for the
issuance of 100000 In new bonds, 1t
was learned here today.
Figures compiled by Charles Y. Lati-
mer. clerk to the Board Of County Com
missioners, disclose that $323,69744 Is
expected to be available for new con-
struction, while ii has been estimated
that the county will receive approx
mately $276,0OO from the State gasoline
tax for maintenance of its roads sys-
tenn during the next two fiscal years.
The funds available for new construe-
ton purposes will be applied to num-
ber Of items appearing on the uncom-
pleted road program drafted in 1891
but it has not been definitely deter
mined as yet which Of these projects
will be carried out, according TO Lacy
Shaw, president of the Board OF Com
missioners.
100000 Will Be Needed.
1t has been estimated that 1t would
require about 100000 to complete the
1881 highway schedule and 1t was u
raise the additional funds needed fol
this purpose that the administrator
had proposed to issue the 100000 IN
n,,t, 4
rected against the sale of new bonds
at this time, however, led officials te
discard this plan early this week.
The money which Latimer estimates
will be available for new road project:
will be obtained from four sources. One
of the items is dependent upon the
General Assenbly's adoption OF Gov
Albert c. Ritchie's road and gas ia,
proposal, which State administration
leaders are confident will be passed by
the Legislature.
A total of $l57,075 remains to be ex-
pended from the general constructor
bonds of 1882, $4,000 is left from ar
$89, 600 bond authorization in 1881 and
$5S, 900 Is available from the Fedora
money allocated to the county for road
construction last Summer, while 1t Is
expected that the county will receive
1926, ,666 this year under the Governor
road and gas tax proposal.
$4,000 More Expected.
OF the $l26,e66, the sum Of $4,000
would be derived from the State by the
the sale Of road machinery to the State
Roads Commission If that body takes
over the county highway system and fol
services which the county engineering
department has rendered the commits
sion, while s96,e66 would be received
from the gasoline tax for the first six
months Of the current calendar year.
This would increase the money avail
able for new construction to S408. TAI
but from this sum the county must pay
the State Roads Commission s85,04356
which 1t owes that organization fol
construction work carried out for the
county this year.
Under Gov. Ritchie's proposal to the
State Legislature the county is to re.
ceive approximately s138,000 from the
gasoline tax ALLEGATIONS during each oi
the next two fiscal years, beginning
July /, all Of which would be applied
to maintenance and improvement oi
existing county roads.
The gas tax ALLEGATIONS. under thu
State administration plan, could net
be expended for construction Of new
roads.