Show ill Spend lillions l Milli ns on Public J UTILIZING FEDERAl FEDERA AID IN ROAD WOR WO THROUGHOUT NA Congressional Bills Provide Tall Half Billion f fw Ways rays Would Make e 7 1 Available at Once Possible to ui Miles 1 This Year Yeu fit J FROM tho the passage of the federal aid road act to 1 projects were approved by the secretary of r projects involve the improvement of miles of total estimated cost of of which the has nas been requested to contribute There have havo b be completed to date twelve projects involving ng a total of fi fifty fifty- tj or road costing approximately 18 and on which fed the amount of was paid A AH l t 0 n mo miles of oC road for COr or which steps preliminary to const been taken so far as tb th public roads is concerned other projects not yet r ret department have havo been com coin under un construction so o thai tal of at the road roid aid Is gr grea pears in this summary From Florida to Maine north to tho ILO Pacific coato coa coat coatto to Mexico road o building log InS on E cr Every state has contribution front from tho thoi and an while whilo no organized efi made mado along those lines to te tun tune time the tho states aro are work to the system of at naton Problem Is i Lab Lb Coupled with plans sIre alre for expenditures s 's on the tho legislative tI program now gre gress Which f provides for tor bo expended 1 over a- a aperio perio perio- years ars b by federal aid ald It- It that In th the event o of the tho pa ps bill which would makala U mediately j forru al aid It would f bo be possible fo ment and the ho states to td miles 0 of highway this ff could I could bo Connecticut Island Vermont and NOT e ha havo 0 been in interested in short gaps on main high arc rc otherwise improved fie distances Thus all of th U these thes states have hac been de deconstruction deconstruction construction o of hea heavy ty short mileage at same condition has been beom York lork where the tho n numerous mer 1 all short and undertaken to linking linking- up an ext extend o of roads which aro are faced JIT In Pennsylvania anla the on I oct ct was on the WilliamI William 1 P I uh n r I a distance of r Lebanon and Berks Berki cost COt of In I has bas been concentrated on I road rand through Portland Augusta un und and on l into to Mas Mast t In la K KIn Ko KoIn In much of i t been done dono on tho the of ot Ita Trails II 5 on which fUt has been beon und cost of at Alabama has hns been war wor completion of oC a state tr tern whilo t two o road pro pr to Richmond ash Ington- Ington to occupied attention In VI VIOn On Oil the fringo o of tho the Gr t last gaps saps havo been cI cbs Inc Ing closed ed oh the road Ir Irto J to Buffalo Ohio has this tillS line lino an and nl ty O miles s. s which w v. will make tho w wone one for it entire distant I One of oC tho features 0 of work will be the Improta I I highway which I II Iby I b by the states acting in lay with tho government or orthe fl the highway will be I county lino north kakoo hakoo an and Iroquois millon county count line run runDI I work will extend over over- G 51 JG miles at a cost of or IS U 96 construction will b be o 0 bituminous macadam At the same time Ge Geo working orkin on tho the road i f C through to Macon lacO Henry Pl o t f I distance ot mf Coun counties U es a miles and a continuation line lino in that state In 1 will wm b b Kentucky I projects which will further r lerf err j this famous old hV hl-hV through the central J country from 1 north to toWe 30 We west u f Ii b. b At AtIn In a like liko banner ranner a 1 4 on OTI W work Ol will be done calls the tho Interstate ml mUll the line of or which runs r fX the north to the tue gulf q So ent Seventy mines of ot lIe bIU lIera I on this b be constructed ra rado o the tho line running and andy 1 Huerfano aa through h counties from Mexico state line lI ro project will b bo bY which rU rUss run In New Xe Mexico I Pass ass ss south for rOl a t c. c projects The Tho throe three tion will vill mean an continuous stretch o octh of 2 miles at a n co cost costa t 1 a million dollars dollar r stretch of at Ira continuous J I Will bo be done dono this y year kno States so 80 far ar as Is In Nebraska the tho ro raid rold f I have havo under wa way V or road rond from Alliance tOp to Sherl Shedd Box Dox Butt Butto and a of ot P. 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P Pj UTIliZING fEDERAl AID IN ROAD WORK MURK Continued from page pago 18 is or of This highway a will serve to tap a virgin territory of at remarkable weal wealth tho thoI Lincoln Way AVny n In I In Illinois Improvement ement work will be undertaken on tho the Lincoln highway west cst from Chicago through Du Page I Kane Hanc De Kalb Ogle Lee and I sl lido o counties end ending InS InS' at Fulton on tho the Mississippi river and ond tho the lino Therod The Tho road ro will bo ho l miles long on of ot which 75 o miles will bo be undertaken with federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid and the tho rest handled by th the tho state Tho The cost of or tho the highway is es estimated estimated u- u at 1673 11 and the construction construction construction tion will bo concrete This Is it Isnow now under way and should be com corn completed during the year In California perhaps the tho chief project project Is tho the now new road to Trinity county which will run cast and west out of ot Douglas City and Burnt Ranch This Thle is n a section of or a lateral road which will bo ho o ultimately ox extended tend cd to tho the coast and some l idea ca of at the tho typo of or construction construction construction con con- can cnn be bo gained when it is said that tho the cost will bo be and the distance Is only IS 48 miles while the tho work dono will be simply grading and drainage Today only a trail breaks through this country countr and tho n now on highway highway high high- wa way will pave pae tho the way for tor an immense economic development of or this section South Going Abend In the south is Interested Interest d principally in tho construction of ot bridges cs on tho the road from Pensacola to Jacksonville via Ia Tallahassee which Is the old Spanish trail along alonS which tho the adventurers in search of or tho fountain of ot youth mn mado o their way In days das gone Sone b by North Carolina is Interested 1 chiefly In projects on tho the central highway from tram tho coast to the tho Tennessee lino linola via la Asheville which will servo to tap a arich rich ilch territory tor Ohio Is closing up the tho gaps in theold tho the old national highway on tho the north as well as ns undertaking a a. number of ot minor Improvements Scores of or other othor projects are already alread un under er wa way in practically all nil tho the stat states os of at the country and when spring comes with favorable weather conditions conditions condi condi- lions It is expected that road men will take the field with greater force than ever before |