Show VORS RS STATE PAY AY FOR ROADS Federal Bureau Chief Op- Op Opposes Opposes Op Opposes poses Assessment of r Property wASHINGTON M A HINGTON Feb reb S 9 Thom 9 Thom Thom- f s MacDonald acDonald chief of o the fedora federal of f public roads roade la le In favor rf leg legislation lahon which would abolish I the hl that obtains In Ohio id ad d come me other states of o compelling he lc butting f P property owners owner to l large sharo of o the tho cost of offe n a 0 could fe federal al aid ad road rood projects Ho He would lanes change this system so eo that It would be necessary to payout pay out of state staten I the part o of the cost coat o of lieso 1 projects that t the federal gov- gov L gov c- c does not payIn payIn pay payIn In a letter to 0 r harles Brand of Ohio Mr Mac Mac- MacDonald Mac Donald Donald declares that the tho method 0 of financing federal aid old road rORd that Is followed In Ohio and ond some I other olber states places place an on un- un air burden on the rural people Ing to 10 a 0 letter of Mr Brand 10 sa sate sa 1 5 1011 on oa call attention to the tho fact ha that t In Ohio tho states s halt half of the root of federal aid projects la Ic se- se sc l by y an of 20 per ent against the tho proper along the tho theold old 30 per cent against the tho to ton town township n- n ship hii In which the road rond I is located and 60 50 per cent against the tho coun coun- coun- coun county county ty ly as a 0 whole hole 1 lou ou further state that the present plan of securing r f to mitch match federal fedora aid In Ohio results Pulls In placing the tho burden of about three-fourths three of the state s sI I share are of the tho cost cot In a 0 largo large per i per per per- of the tho counties on the tho of the rural people you vou OU thInK Is unfair aid ald that nice the federal law liw cont contemplates that CO 60 per cent of the cost coat of ot federal fed fed- fedo fed federal eral o ral aid old roads loads load shall hall be paid by he national gO government and ond the thelber ther halt half by b the tho states justice that the states state's halt half be by the tho state Itself a and nd not hv by the local political of adjacent farm property properly I agree with you fully that t the o 0 federal Rid aid which you OIL outline as bo- bo bor berg he hers rs rg followed Hd In lit Ohio places an un un- un jr ir bUI den on the rural peoples people As s you vou ou point out the hundreds of mile miles nilles of lesser r road roads which con- con tuto tubo fe feeders rs to the tho S system tem of fed fed- fed rl aid highways In each eich count county e sufficient special burden for the thereal I real 11 people to carry without in- in sing Ing UI upon on them the t extra and nf lr burden of healing belling a 0 large Im e of the tho state states s shire shue of ofu u It cost of the malt main s em- em em raced in lh sy system stem and iii-cil iii ed mOL mote I em-I e ely by 1 b other thin than local lecal or com corn corn- unity coin unity traffic You have hate h e asked ed that tl-at I suggest su r tat at amendment to the federal act would bo be necessary neeT to 10 make It compulsory that the theates ates ate's nt at lug large furnish h the fund funds to meet federal aid funds I suggest t sat lat posed b lv the eIt a way nay to c ac- ac ii this would be to change e definition of the tor torn term state I as It now non appears In the It 1 it clause chue of section echon 2 of the highway a act 1 by bW ms m tog the word words I or any J optical o 01 of other subdivision Islon f the e- e er r f This amendment taken ken in con con- con with section 7 of or the act Would 1 have hate hl e the effect of making t I compulsory on Ih the states to pro pro- Ide pro pro-Ide do funds solely from state rete- rete reve ne sources to meet the federal aid funds lather I than from Crom the local 1 subdivisions end And b by as- as as on adjacent farm property prop prop- prop prop-eity erty Mr Sir MacDonald also gives gl Mr Irand a list of three twenty t three enty-three slates that meet the federal aid ahl bv by fur fur- furnishing fur furnishing the amount mount necessary to meet federal aid old rom from thelt general gen gen- gen gen-ci eral al state tate funds thus thill making milking vcr d dIn In the state 1 pay a fair hare of these thele main maln roads In addition fourteen other stales olow this plan with scry ef slight sll on only only I eleven cleven state states fol- fol tol 0 In the plan In vogue In Ohio IJ ii 11 lie p department voices as lis it that it Is wrong rOIl wronged Id I'd unfair and suggests on an amendment amend amend- amendment ment to the law to correct the wrong ng which Mr Brand will 11 In- In n thoroughly and probably introduce Mr Ir Brand Drand states that the state of Ohio has ha a 0 surplus in the Iho treas treas- ury treasury of 20 In the tho general fund according to State Auditor Joseph Jooeph T Traces Tracys report and Mr Hrand figures that It la Is ng ng at the Iho rate of oC 5 or 3 orG G a 0 year vear lr e and only 3 3 oo a tear ear would be bo required iJ meet federal aid In the state f t Ohio so that no additional taxation taxa taxa- taxa tion Uon Is necessary In that state to hI bring ing about a fair arrangement to toP toi P Per er cry In body the matter ml of ot paying he costs of federal aid roads In he he state I |