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Show FEDERAL PUN FOB POST BUDS Official Details of Future Government Construction Construc-tion Made Public. Program and List of Funds Available for Utah, California Cali-fornia and Nevada. Previous to 1916 the activities of the bureau then known as the office of public roads were confined largely to making investigations in-vestigations of road-building materials, the construction of experimental roads, the maintenance of certain post roads, and tho study of road systems for states arid counties. With the passage of the federal aid road act in July of that year the office of public roads became the medium through which the state highway high-way departments established their relation rela-tion with the federal government, and the importance of the work in hand made necessary a change in its administration. Funds for Post Roads. By the passage of the original federal afd road act in 1918 there was made available $75,000,000, the expenditure to extend over a period of five years, beginning be-ginning at ?5,000,000 in 1916 and increasing increas-ing to $25,000,000 in 1321. The amounts which were allotted to the three states in this district were as follows for the first year: California, $151,063.52; Nevada, $64,-8.30, $64,-8.30, and Utah, $56,960.15. For the fifth year these amounts would have increased to the fallowing: California, $762,124.15: Nevada, $321,-456.72. $321,-456.72. and Utah, $283,796.05. And for the five-year period to the following: fol-lowing: California, $2,281,182.46; Nevada, $965, 064.82, and Utah, $S52,446.51, a total for the district of $4,038,693.79 of federal funds for the five-year period. As the act provides that the federal funds shall be matched by an equal amount of state funds, the total amount expendable under un-der tho act in this district would have been approximately $8,200,000. Millions Available. Tn February, 1919, congress passed the pos toff ice bill carrying an increase in appropriation for post roads of $200,000,-000. $200,000,-000. available within three years fifty millions in 1919, and seventy-five millions available each in 1920 and 1921. Of this amount there will be available for states in this district the following from federal funds: California, $8,378,175.66; Nevada, (3.536,798.03, rind Utah, $3,122,814.91; a total of $15,037,791.20 for the district, which, when matched with the state funds, will give a total available for expenditure ex-penditure in the next three years of thirty million dollars. Up to this time less than $200,000 has been expended in the district. Increase is now beginning, especially in the states of California and Nevada. In Talifnt-ni w,i m-nW-fu V101.0 hoon mm. Dieted, at a coat of $16.112.17: three projects, estimated to cost $637,127.43, 6re now under construction. Plans for eight projects, involving an expenditure of $1. 418. 855. 2I, have been approved by this office. Twenty projects, involving in expenditure rf $3,543.4!H.OU, have been approved as to the preliminary tUeps. In Nevada no work haa been completed. Sfiven projects, estimated to cost $286,-"S3.70, $286,-"S3.70, are under construction. Project agreements have been executed for ten Projects, involving a cost of 5f59,972.59. Twenty-three preliminary statement s ''avo been pass 21 by this office, the estimated esti-mated cost of these projects being $1,-i5.193.51. $1,-i5.193.51. In the state of Utah, no projects havo been completed. Four projects, involving an expenditure of $472,062.17, are now under un-der construction. Two projects have formal for-mal agreements, the amount involved being be-ing $192,472.64. Ten project statements have been passed by this office, the estimated es-timated cost being $1,219,665.12. |