Gunnison Valley News | 1919-07-25 | Page 2 | Motor Trucks to Aid Roads

MOTOR TRUCKS TO AID ROADS Government to Give Army Equipment Valued at $45,000,000 to State Highway Departments. More than $-15,000,000 worth of motor mo-tor trucks are about to be distributed by the secretary of agriculture through the bureau of public roads to the state highway departments. These trucks have been declared surplus by the war department and are being distributed dis-tributed to the states under the provisions pro-visions of section 7 of the post o flier appropriation bill. They must be used by the states on roads constructed in whole or in part by federal aid, for ivhich $200,000,000 in addition 'loathe former appropriation was given to the states under the same bill. All that the states must do to acquire t lie use of these 20,000 trucks, which range in capacity from two to five Ions, is to pay the loading and freight charges. Of the 20,000 motor vehicles to be .:?;:. - J Si',, .vi 'Xs- -f sx?Ka Army Motor Trunk Carrying Supplies. acquired practically free by the states 11,000 are new and 9.0CO are used, but all are declared to be In serviceable condition. The motors will be apportioned appor-tioned to stales only upon request of the state highway departments on the basis of the requests received from the respective states, and in accordance accord-ance with the apportionment provided In the federal aid law approved in 1916. The requirements of the laws are such that the bureau . of public roads cannot distribute any truck to-counties to-counties or individuals.