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Show RUSH OF PRELIMINARY WORK There Will Be No Delay in Highway Construction by Enactment of New Federal Act. Highway construction will not be delayed by the requirements of the new fedenil highway act. The federal highway system will consist of roads, not exceeding 7 per cent of the total In any state, designated by the state and approved by the secretary of agriculture. ag-riculture. Work is being rushed by all the highway departments on the preparation of maps of the proposed system, but naturally such an lmpor-. lmpor-. taut matter will take some little time and consideration. The government authorities will Insist that Important through routes meet at state lines which will require conferences between be-tween authorities of different states. In order that work will not he delayed pending the approval of each state system the secretary of UK1"'' culture lias amended the rules and regulations for federulVald to permit the immediate const ruction o( K'ji roads as It may reasonably be anil puted will become part of the system. State highway officials arc being advised that the anticipated route ot which the road to he built is a P should be as long as practicable, pref ernbly entirely across the state. A J v map must he submitted showing tlK j route, other possible routes nnd m-nootlng m-nootlng routes. If this Is found satisfactory sat-isfactory the project will he approved for Immediate construction. f The State of Washington submlltM ' on December 27 the first complet stnte system, nnd others an expect ( lu a short time. |