Show FEDERAL BUREAU IS STUDYING HIGHWAYS in the field of highway mano unica important im are being barele carried d a on by the united on led states but no to re reau of f p public bile roada do the re eberg ence a of the big highway hony ns a a a fact factor 0 r 1 in the transportation of people end ad goods good he has brought 1 forth th problems to be soliel if the use and develop development me I 1 of the bla honya are to be along the most moat economic lines observation a have been made in connecticut to determine the character and and amount no of heated hauled by be highway v the method of hauling and length a of f haul tor tat commodities moving over ever th the e roada of the state it la Is estimated that net tons of commodities were vere transported over th the connecticut highway system if during ring 1 the three months period beginning 91 a mag september 1922 1022 A large part pan of this movement was distinctly a bervice 1 I that could be tendered rendered only by improved Mp roved highways I 1 as 1 more I the than a third hird of the tonnage T moved oed only fr from one me to nine miles and he nearly ly another I 1 other third from ton ten to twenty men y u nine n e miles a ard enuch iq in recent years venra there b has s b been much d a to SA as to methods method ot of highway fi ancuta in some rome quarters there h ins b been elpi P egied a feeling that flat the distribution iu trib ution it ot of atie Is a cost to property own era and motor vehicle oll operators tors has not been equitably adjusted to ascer tat tain I 1 the facts the e bureau has under coder ruis taken take to make a thorough ted of aten the source of highway revenue atten tion has first been ghen to county and ad local road mad funds four counties in wl onsen befog being selected for study among look the he significant lipfin rat findings n er roe of which are at variance with oprial held are the following I 1 the major portion of the total liway y to funds do 1 la raised by and nd county units rather than by the late 2 real t taxation tax tion atlon p prow marral aceB 62 per cent of the highway revenue belcome derived from these counties count leB 3 vehicle names license far fees produce 9 per par cent of the total funds raised 1 in the tha mur counties t 1 4 8 significant reduction of real property taxation can only be made by reduction of if county and local taxes much progress has been made than dur ing the year in researches to supply it data to for far use in the designs of roads mads sections of bituminous road have been tested nod under at truck track troth traffic to determine the muse cause of the familiar washboard wr wrinkles akles which sometimes appear in bituminous nef surfaces tere A great many road read SIR blabs be are being tested by memo mean of so an I 1 impact machine which eates clues oa the pounding abounding action of a truck 0 almia wheel after it strikes 1 a email obstacle amal on the road mad in another her bar experiment or cut circular track of loan many sections of concrete each built of different materials or in a different way has been setd under trader traffic to determine the amount of sar face wear |