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year because Of family financial
difficulties and joined The Equit-
able Life Assurance Society. He
then served as district manager
Of the Home Life Insurance Co.
before joining Mutual Life in
1919.
Mr.. Bost was married in 1924
to the former Miss Carolyn
Norton Of Bristol. Conn, whom
he met while working in Phila-
delphia in the early 1920s.
Besides his widow, Mr.. Bost Is
survived by a brother. Clarence
Bost Of Miami, Fla, and a niece,
Mrs. Theodore Rhodes of Key
West, Fla.
Funeral services will be at
IL am. tomorrow in GaWler's
Chapel, 1856 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be private.
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Broshek,
Retired Admiral.

Rear Admiral Joseph John
Broshek. USN, retired, head of
ship maintenance in the Bureau
of Ships during World War II.
died Sunday in San Diego Naval
Hospital after long illness. He
was 70.
Admiral Broshek retired in
1916. He was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal for his
performance in the Bureau of
Ships during the war. Before he
was transferred here after Pearl
Harbor, Admiral Broshek was at
the Naval Ship Yard. Brooklyn.
N. Y. in charge of the yards
industrial department.
Born in New Bedford, Mass,
Admiral Broshek was graduated
from the Naval Academy at An
lnapolis in 1908. After five years
of sea duty he returned to An
Inapolis for postgraduate in
struction and then received his
master of science degree in elec-
trical engineering from Column
bia University in 1915.
During World War /, Admiral
Broshek served as engineering
officer on the transport USS
George Washington.
Between the world wars,
Admiral Broshek's service in
cluded tours at Annapolis, in the
Bureau of Engineering of the
Navy Department here in 1924-5
and from 1881 to 1885 at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard from
1922 and from 1887 until he
returned to Washington in 1941.
He also served briefly in the
Philippines and as aide to Ad-
miral Joseph Strauss, commander
of the Asiatic Fleet.
He was a member of the Amer
lean Society of Naval Engineers,
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County for many years, died in
1855.
Mrs. ChiSwell was educated in
the Baltimore public schools and
was graduated from the State
Normal School in 1908. Her
home here was at ALL Argyle
terrace NV.
She is survived by a son, Ed
gar B. Chiswell, jr.. of Belvedere.
Calf, and a daughter, Mrs.
Kathryn B. Sweeney. of Lynch
burg, Va. Five grandchildren
will also survive.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm. tomorrow in the Hilton fun
eral home. GAINESVILLE. Burial
will be in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallstown, Md.
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Whitney. jr., of Shorewalk. Lin
denhurst, N. Y. and another
daughter, Mrs. John w. Van
Hoy. Of Camp zama, japan.
Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be at 2:15
pm. tomorrow in Gawler's
Chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be in Ar
llngton Cemetery.
The family has asked that any
tokens of sympathy be sent to
worthy charities.
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Star and member Of the Burke
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Besides Mrs. Whiting, Miss
Jerman is survived by brother,
Charles H. Jerman, Of 6404
Shadow road. Kenwood. Md. and
another sister, Mrs. Lillian j.
Fritts. of 1909 Thirty-second
street, Mount Rainier, Md.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Wednesday in Fairfax
Methodist Church. Burial will be
in Fairfax Cemetery.
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In Mrmnrtant
Announcement q

CHAvIEs. CLARENCE W. A tribute of
love TO the memory Of my husband.
CLARENCE W. CHAvIE5. who passed
away twenty-seven years ago today.
June 4. 1880
1t is no. the tears at the time that
Which tell OF the heart that is
broken
9ut the silent tears in after years.
And remembrance silently spoken.
LOVING WIFE, ALICE " CHAvIES :
CLINE, WILLIAM A. In loving memory
OF our beloved husband. father and
grandfather, WILLIAM A. CLINE. who
departed this life twenty -four years ago
today. June 4, 1899.
Somewhere above this troubled word,
Safe beyond all grief and care,
Our husband and father rests In
heavenly peace,
God grant some day we meet him there
WIFE. LENA v. CLINE, CHILDREN
GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN.
COLEMAN, PHILIP. EFFIE ~ DIG0s.
EDITH q. IN loving memory OF our
rathsT' ,PHlLdP COLEMAN. who de.
mother. EFFiE j coiEMRH Who
EDITH C. D1Oos. who passed away
June 2s, 1852
These DAYS bring sad memories
:. OF loved ones gone 10 rest.
You Will never be forgotten
BY those who loved you best
DEVOTED FAMILY.
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SERVICES TOMORROW
Funeral services for Mrs.
Alvin C. Ketcham, a Chevy
Chase resident since 1917,
who died Saturday after a
long illness, will be held at
$3.50 am. tomorrow in the
Robert A. Humphrey funer-
al home, 1857 Wisconsin
avenue, Bethesda. Burial
will be in Arlington Gene
terry. The former Miss
Elizabet IN Lucas, Mrs.
Ketcham was active in the
Chevy Chase Women's
Club and the All Saints
Episcopal Church.
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of which he was president at
one time.
Since the death in 1948 of his
wife. the former Miss Louise
Chandler. Admiral Broshek had
lived with his niece, Mrs. Lillian
B. Rose of 1908 Greenleaf street,
Santa Ana, Calf.
He will be buried in Fort
Rosecranz National Cemetery.
San Diego.
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Darn nf ThankH

PARKER, WALLACE T. Illness and
death have brought us to the full
friends, We shall always remember
with deep gratitude your kind deeds
and comforting expressions OF sympa-
Every deed. every flower, every card,
every thought was deeply appreciated
MRS; COR RHINE PARE Err AND
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With Regard to q
Card of Thanks

veY often o cord OF thonks In
The Stor meets o need which con
hordly be solved in ony other woy.
Not only Is il Q sroeious expression
Of gratitude to those who hove sent
floroI tributes but also eourteovsly
acknowledges the services and kind.
nesses Of the mony to whom Q per.
sonol note Of thonks cannot well be
mailed o. whose homes ond I'd.
dresses ore not known. Insertion Of
o cord Of thonks moy be oTonsed
BY telephone to The Stor. ST $4,000
The Evening and Sunday StoT
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Anurtliilu

FUNGER, WILLIAM M. memorial.
in memory of WILLIAM (MOE) FUN
GER, beloved husband and father, will
be unveiled on sunday. June 9, 1857,
at 3 pm, at the King David Memorial
Garden, Fails Church. Va. Friends
and relatives are invited.
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RALPH s. Dimes. Recording Secretary

bniAnI MARY GERTRUDE lSISD. On
5sSyed vie S 81 IsOn Il viii. stysn s
mother OF Marceline West and Law.
renee Bryant; daughter OF Mrs Mamie
Lon H., sra1dnother Of cortex West
She also is survived BY a stepfather
friends. Remains may be viewed at her
iste residence after ! pm. Wednesday
pm, from Ebenezer Methodist
Church. 4th and D SITS. Sc. Rev
Richard II johnson ofiiciating. Inter-
msn % W sa4S.. ce% %sstS.v
CHAPLIN. CHARLES HENRY. sR. On Fri
Gait n cRAs Il 2 aEhR9 t III pAs's ss
beloved husband Of the late Edna NJ
Chaplin and father OF Gerald L.. Raymond
Home. .4739 Baltimore ave. Hyatts.
vile Mo. on Wednesday, June 5, At
1nterment Fort Lincoln Cemetery
cHIswELLS HADpIE $. on Monday.
DIE 8 cHIswELL Of 43ii Arsyie ter.
Washington. D. C. wife OF the late
Edgar B. chisvell and mother Of Mrs
whitney sweeney. IL; and Edgar B
Md, where services viii be held on
"Wednesday, June o. at pm Inter-
ment Monocacy Cemetery Beallsville.
CLARK, SARAH .. On Saturday. Jun,
le55, at District General Hospital,
SARAH 7 CLARK Of l343 Clifton 81
NV She is survived BY five sons. two
daughters, one sister. three daughters.
in-law.. nine grandchildren, two great.
grandchildren and = host OF other rel
resting At Horizons MortuAry. ia9a u
~ NV. on Tuesday June 4, after 4
pm. where services will be- held on
William Weaver offlciating. interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
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~ oiissTs and m sis,' Of 7 !
@ I 4: /: f. f:
See funeral arrangements in
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hAMLiN. BEATRICE. Members and
n ofheers OF Arlington Chap
I: D.! !; +; Il
conduct services for our de.
parted Sister. BEATRICE HAMLIN
ELSIE GORDON. Worthy Matron,
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GRACE HUBBARD, Secretary ~ :

OhANE hOpbhND' oeSIetAry,
HARLLEE. MURRAY MADDOX. on
Saturday June !, 1907. at George
Dox HARLLEE q 32Os Wisconsin ave ave
NV, beloved husband OF Grace Weitzel
EEriendS, nav call ~ the 8 II. Hines Co
pm Monday, where services viii be
held on Wednesday. June at pm
Barking facllitiesJ. interment Glen
wood Cemetery.
hEFLIN. .ONNIE c.. JR. Suddenly on
SUNDAY. June .. 1857. at his resi-
deence, 400 Glen Ridse S. Kensins.
beloved husband o. Shirley srb 5 H.i SR
brother Of Mrs, Celeste cronenberg
William and owen Helm Friends are
invited 20 call a! the Bethesda- Chevy
Pumphrey. Bethesda. Nd where serv.
ices will be held Wednesday June s, Al
pm lnterment Arlington National
JERMAN, EDNA RODGERS. On Monday.
June . 1857 at Doctors Hospital
M WA, mnS y, o. G. EDNA RoDoERs
Va, daughter OF the late Middleton G
and Ida Jacobs Jerman, sister Of Mrs
Erma Whiting Mrs. Lillian Fritts and
e SRI g. b.a Je m w.ap PGnsr services
y M on The ~f Fafias M sgns q
Church Intermsnt viii be in Fairfax
Semetery FRIENDS may call at the
EVERY Funeral Home Fairfax. Va.
JOHNSON. MARION. on Saturday, June
1907, MARION JOHNSON Of iIb2
18th st.. NV. He Is survived BY one
sister Corinne Carpenter and one
br0ther, Lincoln johnson Friends may
eau tuesday June Z, after Z pm, al
the w u. Bacon Funeral Home. l752
sln, 81 NV. where services will be
neid "wednesday. June 3. At pm
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JOHNSON, PAUL W. Members Of Bishop
AN Byrne Council No 3s77,
4A knights of Columbus. are
AA hereby notified OF the death
l~Z, Of BROTHER PAUL W,
~NIV JOHNSON and are requested
~ 10 meet at the Taltavull
" Funeral Home, 30ig i4th
Al. nv. on Tuesday, June 4 at $40
pm for Reeitauon OF the Rosary for
the fepose Of his soul
EUGENE c. BAczENAs. or Knight,
DAN A. ROSS, Financial Seey.
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HIAMLIN, BEATRICE N. on Sunday.

seaTRcE IN n AAM AETiiRst Ssor HS'O M.
OF Edmund T. Hamlin, mother OF Bea-
triee II Holm Of Arlington. daughter OF
MIS- Emma E, Rhoda OF Perrysburg.
Holm. Friends may call al the Ives
FUNERAL Home, 2Si7 Wilson blvd, Ar
nngton Va, where funeral services
VII be held on Wednesday, June s,
1907 AZ pm. Interment Merrill
Cemetery. Merrill. Wis In lieu OF
towers, contributions may be made Ia
me Heart Fund Association Of Northern
VIRGINIA l4ll N. Garfield st.. Airing
tOH
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NhhfIELD, JOHN y. Members o
& & /
- Central Lodge. No. ! /. o. o. p
IN are hereby notified Of the funera
IA service OF BROTHER JOHN
IN WAKEFIELD. on Wednesday jun
UlN 3. 1857. at pm, from Warne
~ z. Humphrey Funeral Home S43.
I'll Georgia ave. Silver Spring, Md
" LESTER CHASE, Noble Grand
- OSCAR J. FOREMAN. Secretary
WA TE PERCY RASSFTT ON SUNDAY
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FIsHER, LAURA wINDER MARSHALL

pied after q short illness on SUNDAY
Norfolk; Va She Is survived by her
dauEhter. Derry Louise Fisher: her
parents, Gen. and Mrs Richard c
Marsnal, u, and q brother, r. c
Marshall III. OF Washington. d c
OraVeside services will be held AZ ii
an Tuesday June Z at ST Johns
Episcopal Church, Hampton Va
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day; June a. 1857, EDITH MILLER
Bethesda. Nd beloved wife OF the
iate Capt. Halford r Greenlee UsN
uret';o and mother Of Mrs Elizabeth
Oehmann, Mrs. Ruth Ann Halicks,
Col Halford R., Ir USA Edward NJ
and David L. Greenlee Friends are
invited 70 call AT the Bethesda Chevy
Shase Funeral Home Of Robert A
TTumpnrey' Bethesda. Nd Services
Ghantal Church. Old Georgetown I'd
Bethesda. Md, where requiem mass
Will be offered ~ ~ m Interment
Arlington National Cemetery
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Ig55' MRS MABEL, sALES OF 3l33
Warder 81. NV, beloved sister Of Her
bert Long. Mrs. Willie Courts, Mrs
Viola Curtis Ashley. Mrs. Gertrude
Walston and Mrs Lillian Freeman
She also Is survived BY three brothers.
in-law, Rev Samuel Courts John Wal
ston and John Freeman, and other rel
atiyes and friends Remains retting
st. NV. Funeral notice later o.
SLOOP, DORTHA MAE, Friday. May 81
1879 in Athens. Tenn. following sew.
eral weeks Of Illness DORTHA MAE
SLOOP. She was born in McMinn
Counts. near Athens the DAUGHTER Of
Mr. and Mrs zeth Bloop OF Etowah
Also surviving are two sisters, one
brother, three nleces and three neph-
evs. For the past twenty.three years
she was an Adiudicator In the Inter-
state Commerce Commission In Wash.
ineton. Funeral services and interment
Tenn.
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hi - olDHLI, bEhNAkD, Of BON
951. husband Of Yvetts Finiay
father OF Francis j.. Patricia NJ BeY
nsrd J. and Monica NJ. Finiay: son
q 8 dney = Finlay; brother Of Miss
Finlay., g J PRAYERS ct Chambeps
Funeral Home. 5l7 18th St Sc, on
THURSDAY. June .. at s:45 am Mass
IN 81. Thomas More Church. 4255 1th
~ Sc. 81 80 am. Interment Arlina-
ton National Cemefarv
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EPPLER. FRANK. Suddenly on Sunday.
June .. 1887. PRANK EPPLER Of 2T45
branoywine st, NV. beloved father Of
Young Friends may call AZ the above
residence. where the rosary will be re-
CITED on Tuesday. June T. az SPIN
services and interment Westernport,
Nc ARRANGEMENTS by Rinaldi Funeral
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

HOT SPRINGS = Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce planned wait
and-see policy in regards to the pro-
posed Paradise Dam project. 1t was
felt by most present that the group
should become better acquainted with
the proposal before taking a stand on
it, for or against. 1t was pointed out
that hearings on the proposal are ex-
pected in the future where interested
people will stand a chance of getting
definite and accurate plans.
1t was felt that to oppose the dam
would be hasty judgment, and that
all pros and cons should be weighed.
One director, H. e. Smith, said he
would favor a dam at Buffalo Rapids
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
The $64 Question

The 1856 Democratic platform states regard pro-
tecng against unwarranted rate increases by
private utilities:
owe urge that (the Public Service Commission)
require of all applicants specific and complete evil
dence of its operating COSTS and of capital
invested is applied to its Montana operations ,.
HB 221 the Gray bill, which is scheduled to be revived
this morning after having gone down 4444 in Demo
cratic House yesterday would attempt to put into law the
above pledge made by the Democrats when seeking office
in last years campaign
Will the 59-35 Democratic majority of the House of
Representatives live to its party platform pledge
hundred thousand plus utility customers who for 315
have been unusty gouged by unwaanted gas and
telephone rate increases granted by the Public Service
Commission in 1858?
See next weeks VOICE for the to that question
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

done comprehensive study of the ei-
feet of a weight-distance act by DIR.
William Peters, Montana State Uni
versity, which showed that in only
rare instances would HB 1926 make it
necessary to have freight rate in
creases of even one per cent.
LOGGERS BEEF LEGITIMATE
Of all the opponents who spoke, in
this Editors opinion only one group
had legitimate concern over enact
ment of the bill. This is the logging
industry. Much of the logging truck
travel is done on low cost responsible
ity forest and county roads. Since we
seek equitable highway financing, with
each type of vehicle carrying it's pro-
portiOnate share of the cost, to force
this industry to pay the same rate per
mile as truckers who do all their haul
ing on the much higher cost respon-
sibility highways, would be most I'M
just.
The frequently voiced fears by Op-
ponents to HB 326 that weigRt-mile
would force them out of business;
would cause out of state operators to
bypass Montana, hold little water
This is the same song of woe voiced
by heavy industry whenever Labor at
tempts to secure a decent compensa-
tion for industrially disabled and dis
eased workers; when Labor seeks a 81
minimum wage floor; when realistic
efforts are put forth to make corporate
groups pay a more equitable share of
our tax load; when moves are afoot to
provide adequate financing of educa-
ton
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
At Hot Springs, In Sanders County
MPCo. Official Fails To Swinq
{. of {. Against Paradise Dam

site No. 4. 1t is possible that the Army
Engineers would build a high dam
there, he said, and that a power house
would be built by private utility. The
rowerhouse would be located in Sand
ers county and would add to the
county's taxable value.
President L. o. Thomas reported
that Steve DeMers of the Montana
Power Co. had contacted him in re-
CARDS to urging the local Chamber
of Commerce to oppose the construc-
tion of the Paradise Dam. He said he
informed DeMers that he could not
urge the Chamber to take such a
stand at present.
1t was pointed out that a Paradise
Dam would be classed as a storage
dam, with the power aspect as second
airy. History of past dams has been
that increased tax bases had more than
offset any loss to taxation through
inundation, etc. 1t was
stated that if Paradise does not go in
that there will be a move later to
raise the level of Flathead Lake in
order to provide storage.
Bus-bar rates, within ten-mile radius
of a dam, is generally available to in
dustry. This is such as the Anaconda
Company has at Hungry Horse in its
aluminium plant at Columbia Falls
HOT SPRINGS SENTINEL.
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

on past operations so that they could
figure how much more the weight-rnile
would cost them, down to the last red
cent
Because each operator was able to
prognosticate so very carefully the
amount of tax increase he would
have to absorb, it came as distinct
shock to many onIookers when Mon
tana Transport Association Attorney
Patten, in answer to a question as
to how much revenue HB 326 would
brinu in, stated it's absolutely
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
OPPONENTS ARGUMENTS
DON'T STAND UP

Just as adequate workmen's com
pensation has not proved an unbear-
able load in Arizona, Oregon, or any
number of other states, neither has
equitable highway financing put the
truckers out of business in the sew
eral states which are securing a more
nearly proportionate share of their
highway revenues from the long-haul
heavy trucks whose prosperity is di-
rectly dependent upon good highways.
The records show the industry is ex-
Continued on Page Threel
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

impossible to even make an estimate
there's no previous Montana ex-
perence available on which an esti-
mate can be made. YET-each oper-
ator was able to determine to the
penny what the new taxing method
would cost him!
AS an alternative to going broke
truckers said they would have to have
freight rate increases of 10 per cent
on up. This, in face of very carefully
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
Deer Lodge Senator
Threatens Court Action
Over Milk Price Bump

Senator Mike Ruane of Anaconda in
trOduced SB 1877 that would repeal
most of the milk control board statutes
after what he termed arbitrary, un-
warranted, and unnecessary increases
in milk prices in Anaconda. Ruane
made it known the case of the Ana
conda milk consumers would not end
with the legislature when he spoke
before the joint agriculture committees
of the legislature, Monday afternoon.
The Anaconda senator presented Pc
titions with four thousand signatures
to the legislative committees saying he
was doing so with the express consent
of the committees to withdraw them
for the purpose of going to court of
law with them if necessary.
Senator Ruane said spokesmen for
the Anaconda consumers had been
treated rudely and given no considera-
ton before the milk control board
after they had set prices in an arbi-
trary manner in their district, increas-
ing milk from 70 cents to Sc cents per
gallon-or "a cents with one felled
SWOOp.
AFTERMATH: Wednesday the Milk
Control Board suspended the price in
crease pending hearing on 'the entire
situation in the locality"
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
Legislature Ssrmed =.
Truck rs Can't Afford To Pay
Their Share of Highway COSTS
By the Editor


something equitable
the
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if
up ernt... perce
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

of highway user funds could conserva-
lively be estimated at $1,000,000, or
more.
In moving pipelines, attention is
called to the fact that entirely new
lines must be provided before the serv-
ice on the old lines within the right
of-way can be discontinued.
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
$227,4SS.5O 1907

To the above figure of $454,977, there
should be added the cost (underter-
mined) of moving miscellaneous oil,
gasoline, and natural gas pipelines,
and fumes, belonging to public utili-
ties.
Roughly, the total diversion annually
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

quick comparison of the increased tax load slated for
the individual plus his having absorb at least half of the
proposed corporation license hike shows quite concusve
that almost so cent of the anticipated tax hike will be OBJ
sorbed by him. In other words you're going for the
feast and the corporation crowd will get by by leaving the
schools; of the Corporation license
education million
above $10,500O00
The legislature budgeng General Fund
million million
should
between available income appropriations
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
TOTAL
INCREASINGLY MORE AS
PROGRAMS EXPAND

For future programs, estimated to
be twice that of the 1856 calendar year
program, the estimated cost of moving
pole line utilities alone would be $751;
977 per year.
The people's voice., 1957-02-15
Utility Relocation Poses Threat
OF Huge Hway Funds Diversion

One bill which went through the
House a few days back would if en-
acted into law cause a diversion of
upwards of one million dollars annual
ly in highway funds to pay the cost
of moving utility installations of var
ious kinds.
The bill, HB 122, passed the House
last Friday by an $40 vote. 1t is re-
ported to have the backing of major
utility and telephone companies, rural
electric co-ops and telephone co-ops.
Under its terms, it would be necessary
for the State Highway Department to
pay for the cost of relocating utility
lines, pipelines, ETC., whenever a high
way right-of-way was changed necessi-
tating such relocation.
AS a matter of information, utii-
ties pay nothing for the use of high
way right-of-Way. In order to use
such rght-of-way they secure a free
easement from the Highway Depart
ment. This procedure has saved utiIi-
ties of various kinds tremendous
amounts of money in outlay for ease
ments on private land.
A study by Highway Department
engineers shows, however, that if HB
1872 becomes law, an increasing amount
of highway funds will have to be di-
The people's voice., 1957-02-15

verted to pay the utilities for moving
their installations from a free ease
ment along the old highway right-of-
way to a new free easement along the
new highway right-of-way
These engineers point out that this
obvious inequity of paying for utility
relocation costs out of highway funds
is apparent if we ask ourselves this
question: Why should utility reloca-
tion costs be passed on to the motorist
instead of to the consumers of utility
facilities in view of the fact that the
consumers have received the benefit
of free right-of-way purchased at pub
lie expense?