Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-03-14 | Page 35 | Good Roads System Now Nation's Need

1 GOOD ROAnS ROADS I SYSTEM N OW NATIONS NATION'S NEED I Strong g Support for Federal Federa Highway Project Couii Conning g From Leading g Statesmen I States to Take Action I 1 Thai a a. national highways highway system has become a I. I national need is an opinion 1 which gradually and persistently is I gaining ground throughout the entire cour country r Men prominent in the affairs o of the nation arc are studying the subject carefully and completely and one after another Is moro more or less definitely placing ing himself on record as 38 favoring greater federal r participation In highways highways high high- ways Improvement in some Borne form torm or another Multiply Supporters for tor a definite federal system tern tem in charge of or a n. federal commission are multiplying in numbers but not a afew t few still sun hesitate to place the big big- Job where It really belon belongs s and continue to argue for a 1 divided responsibility with the state hi highway hway departments holding tenaciously to their prerogatives AA A d L. L Exactly UY a s H. H t w as LW u- u r county authorities to give va way to state stat officials oUi- oUi officials I when advance in road toad building brought about tho the creation of ot state systems these state officials now contend contend contend con con- tend against a federalizing control even with proposing proposing- greater sums sum's from rom the national treasury In the recent meeting of or state highway high high- l highway Sh way officials at Louisville Ky a a. majority majority majority ma ma- favored a continuation of ot federal federal fed fed- c.- c. eral aid ud beyond tho the present appropriations expiring expiring- In 1921 but admitted that money ought t to to- tob b be expended in evolving what might be construed as an Interstate rol road system Smoke S Screen n n I D of at all camouflage and anil ridded of or every possible smoke screen thereal tho the real answer to maximum highways s im improvement improvement Im- Im provement stands forth In tho the form fonn of 01 ofa ofa a a. definite federal oderal system which shall be the tho concern of 01 the tho central govern govern- ment This would give tIve an exact federal fed red eral method of or assisting assisting- tho the several states ette in sharing with them their thedr growing highways burdens because tho traffic of or today ignores nores et state te lines and calls caUs for widespread employment of or tho the trunk lines In facilitating tho the commercial and social intercourse of or orall all the tho people While certain onema ones one ma may selfishly resist a a i big pr program pre gram and dela delay its adoption indications acc accumulate accumulate mu- mu late from all directions that the tho so- so called Townsend measure pe perhaps 11 somewhat amended will ultimately emerge from Cons Congress and call for tor the tho Presidential signature