Show ROAD RECORDS IN 1930 the states started more federal aid road projects in 1930 than in any other year according to an official government report the projects involved of federal funds as compared with in 1929 the increase in federal aid will have a salutary effect on road building and consequent employment in 1931 at the beginning of the year over miles of federal aid road was under construction st and funds available for new construction totaled in addition to the recent emergency appropriation of it is to be hoped that a sizeable part of 1931 road funds will be used in rural sections where the benefit per dollar will be greatest in recent years there has b lieen een a well defined tendency to develop main highway systems and to let rural roads for the most part take care of themselves As a consequence american farmers suffer as much from lack of year around transportation agencies as from almost any other social or economic malady new york california and other states are taking the lead in studying the farm road problem with a view to remedying it at the earliest possible time all other states should follow so long as a majority of farmers are shut off from their markets during many months of each year permanent and general agricultural prosperity will be a hope not an actuality |