Show 7 GOOD ROAD WORK IN KANSAS nearly spent by highway dopart department part ment in 1812 1912 engineer loth loh reviews review year tho the of the state highe highway ay department nt at the kansas kaneas ral college aggregated nearly throe fourths million dollars in 1912 that was tile value of 0 the bridge ind arid road work done fraya tile tho kansas indus it was wab it a record lot oi ant that do part apartment ment its HB work was waa more than trebled what has baa been acco m pal saied in the last year by tile tho highway department part ment Is contained in an all address by A it II assistant aBal stant highway engineer before a recent ine meeting eting ot of the kaukab good hands association during tile tho past year said mr air losh lash tho the work of tho the state engineers emco omco has moro more than cliftn trebled tro bled though the small force and limited appropriation has greatly restricted its ita usefulness while till nil requests roq uceta have received atten attention tiou tile tho work in many casen battea has baa been delayed owing to tho the great do in inand and for services hut but in no caad ca lave township or county officials decided to do without tile engineer provided by detato statis rather than wait until their work could receive his hie attention during the year inspections and reports have been made on miles of roads and bridgen this tha la is a summary of tho engineer ing work docu by this office during tho me boar i plans and float tons for brida i work vork tin I 1 shed or under con construe tion pian and or boulga york work not contracted plans ilana and specifications for or road work ii plans lans and specifications for or drilen uge OBB work under construction BOMO p plana lans anil and for or farm tilo drainage dra inace 1 consulting and N ng engl abit neer to highway on bridge work being done on plans not furnished by tho the abate ag gre greb ulbik gating a jalue of oi iiii div it hoard oard of of bridge case in n smith county involving I 1 inspection ion ot of bradica work in matchell Ml ell count involving inspection connit vt of br dge work in n 74 norton or county involving valuation lon of public property on services have been fur dished I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 in the campaign for 0 r bood roads speakers era have been furnished ford for meetings a total ot at pore ons two good roads roada have been concluded bulletin bullot lna tracee 0 or r other publications have been distributed aad evarl 1 wa and I 1 atme township bord board fil file baale hafl as vt ftp celled an offer of assistance in its ita local V I 1 ve e aro are spen spending dingmore bore money thaw than eyer ever before on our s and while there lo 10 is a great waste duo to mismanagement and lack of proper prope r supervision we are getting a marked improvement in our roads roada during tho the past year the townships for road and cuhrt work there was also spent in counties tor for county roads and in 22 counties for bridges in these theao 22 counties it was wag found that this year the bridge expenditures increased per cent over the average ago for the past daf throe th rod years in the ibe remaining 83 counties counti if an increase of ten per cent in eap exp expenditures li la assumed the amount spent on county bridges would be about the total a amount in auni of funds spent on the highway in 1912 was about there will bo be approximately of highway funds available tor for 1913 A r review of the year gives a decided optimistic outlook for future progress good roads has become a household tople topic in kansas kamai no other subject Is receiving tho the it attention intention or consideration as does that of better highways more progress has been made than in any previous year probably more has baa been accomplished during the past two years than in tho the previous GO years kansas has been a state ahat we roost most need before this thia assembles next year is a completely now new bridge law a few changes in the present road law or a revision that will give a more bust busl nes system of administration a state highway department that can give more assistance provisions for state aid and tm an automobile auto mobile tax for road purposes |