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Show PENN STATE PLANS i ROAD BUILDING ON LARGESGALE Vast Sums Available for . Construction of Permanent Perma-nent Highways JIARRIFIU'R.;. Pa.. Feb. fc. With he record of hnving built in two yeans "(.( milr-s of lfc-fut roadway of durable dura-ble n ture, the Pr nn?ylvan!a state hiuhn-jiy department 1 completing pl:ins f'T th 1 921 construct ton p a-. a-. son. Muring the roniing year the department de-partment hope to beat tiie record set by itsHf In liijo. when 413.87 miles of tiiirnblc thoro'ihf ire were put, down.' The 666 miies of mad built In l'M9' and UO by the state or Pi-nnsj lviinta crisislt-i .f reinforced concrete, plain rrnicri'te. bituminous lop on a con- ! etvte. biinc. buck and ah -n.phalr. The maintenance division of th atate1 liljrhwny dcpur tment of PenriF l ania entirely reeurf.-u --d. .17 mil-s of macadam ma-cadam rod. Its aurfac- treatim rite covered 1 uu mile of macal.im. AVAILABLE FUNDS. Inuring the four year hegitmin With 1 it 1 9 i'ennnv lvitnia will h t.i- -proxtn-ately $ I iu.oott.fnjo avail. ihlr f..r road work. A portion of .this 1m IVd-eral IVd-eral aid. JloMtiH will fe m;M totaling $.". OUQ. 000. The ftiite Mir ipriat ionw make up about UO.tiift,i'in. KrrHpts from autnmr .ltie licen.se f--ji during ihi-pn f yems all? rni'ti-fy,tren,T- s-0. Various counties of Pennsylvania have lsau-d bontlN and made louna to a total of HpiiroximatPly $14,000,000. He vera I counties In addition to those mentioned plan very liny loan.- for the com frig seuMon. DURABLE HIGHWAYS. TJurlng .021 It in expected that Perm-r.tylania Perm-r.tylania rec eipts from automobile U-ctne U-ctne fees will total f 9.000,000. All receipts from this source are devoted to; the rraintenonce of roads on the stile highway system, which comprises com-prises 10.236 miles. Pennsylvania Ja leti ned that macadam does not stand up under modern truffle methods. Pennsylvania, therefore, is putting its money Into durable highwavs. govern or Sprout and Htate Highway Commissioner fciadler have Introduced a new thought in road tnitldlnK. They rnftise to permit the use of bond Issue, money for a type tit road the life of which Is shorter than th ellfe of the bon d. Short -1 1 ved roads, they say, should be built from current revenues. Pennsylvania's $50,000,000 In bonds Is to be put into roads which will still be in existence after the maturity of - the bond; . |