The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-05

cies in mortgage interest payments amounted to .pprx
about Of ter,
the It h the , view Of
interest viii continue another crop
% 1879 IN I
terest payment fund in condition to meet interest
upon maturity.
As result Of these delnquencies many Of which have
closures and land has been taken over BY
s s 1 ss hs s:s q ' ts
1 nd d. Ct and 1yns .
and and ss4e ms The
Of los mortgage. involving invest.
rule from three years in which to pay back
s up year. the drought area
This condition Of the farm loan department Of the Bank Of
North Dakota which has been made acute by the general
economic emergency Of the tines offers most serious prob
Ss
izaon which amount would cover all uncompleted appca-
tions e and that thereafter extension Of state
credit be authorized this Should continue this
tax ieves for bond exceeding
the yearly operating of the entire state
ment.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
report on the progress Of State Highway department
Of graded highway. under Federal specifications
gain
grade o miles surfaced with oil mix and 81 miles
on mss 81 grading :
gravel 147 miles Of new oil mix and miles Of new paving
@ s
When the new carried under
s ha7s n S viii nf s sSeS is &
subgrade OIL 2ss miles with oil mix and 20 miles paved
The total Of this highway construction work from
consisting contributed BY the counties
:ss 1.!ss
vided by the Federal Government.
particularly glad to be able to inform that all
of this highway construction work has been completed to-
bonds Of debt against the credit
Of the state We have built state highway system to this
the Federal Government state received from gas
and from county contributions equal to IS cent
cost Of construction Furthermore all claims for highway
date leaving cash balance the highway construc
tion fund January 1s Of s244os besides $50 o2 ad;
aid which amount will be reimbursed the mat
s M for the
above these sources Of highway revenues
not diverted
The state highway department has conducted all Of its
operations for both construction and maintenance cash
basis and strictly within its budget which is set up annually
real credit upon the officials in charge.
HIGHWAY REVENUES
Highway have not fallen off sharply
ery income In 1884, the highway construc-
ee Counties as while
in 1892 it received $721 1851 from the In
1884, the highway department received GOO from
gasoline tax collections and in 1882 received CO.
In view Of the comparative stability in these sources OF IN
come it is not probable that the highway department will
be for lack Of having state during the
coming season. although the possibility Of securing further
large allotment of Federal aid seems very remote
The state received the benefit special Federal aid
appropriations for highway during the
past years. which enabled the department to keep
1882 the Of being the largest construction year
in the history of the state In addition the regular Fed
eral aid alomens we received about 81 from
Federal emergency appropriation made by Congress
December 1880 Ito be expended in 1891 and further
in July 1882, only about $6o0Oo0Oo
of which has been expended todate.
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES
The annual maintenance expenses for the highway
system has diminished during the past two notwh
standing the increase in the total mileage requiring main
In $780, maintenance expenditures for 4787 miles
$261 per mie while in 1882 500 miles Of highway
maintained at aggregate cost of or IN aver
age of $2O443 per mile.
You will observe the small Of highway paving that
has been DONE In judgment Of department only
limited to the highway Bismarck and Mandan and
the traffic and peculiar soil conditions other form
suracing will stand the STRAIN although other methods Of
surfacng was tried out The experiment the Of oil
~ uhir mill otod