Show MILLION FOR ROADS secretary houston has just announced the plan to be pursued in spending the ten million dollars appropriated by the federal aid road act for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within or partly within national forests and has tentatively allotted among the various national forests states the million dollars which is expendable this fiscal year the tentative allotments to the principal national forest states are as follows alaska arizona arkansas california colorado idaho idalion montana nevada new I 1 mexico oregon south dakota utah washington i wyoming in addition addition a total of has been tentatively tat ively assigned to florida michigan minnesota nebraska north dakota and oklahoma i while the eastern states maine i new hampshire virginia west ivirginia virginia north carolina so south uth carolina tennessee and georgia in which the government is purchasing lands for national forests have been allotted 1057 I 1 in general said secretary houston the states and counties will be required to furni furnish cooperation in an amount at least equal to 50 per cent of the estimated cost of the surveys and construction however upon a satisfactory showing by the applicant state or county that such proportion of cooperation is inequitable it may be altered and the ratio of cooperation fixed upon a basis equitable to both the i state or county and the united states the method followed in apportioning the money was explained by secretary houston as follows ten per cent of the amount available each year will be withheld as a contingent fund one half of the remainder will be allotted to the states in amounts which will be based on the area of national forest lands in each state the other half will be apportioned on a basis of estimated value of timber and forage resources which the forests contain amounts apportioned but within three years and any balance of the contingent fund which remains ed at atthe the end of each year will be reapportioned on the same basis as the original allotments the two groups of states to which lump sums are allotted are it was explained to be considered as single units of apportionment tion ment apportionments now to be made are forthe current fiscal year only thereafter new apportionments will be made giving consideration to the number and character of applications made by the state and county officials for expenditures on specific projects these applications must be filed with the district foresters in the seven national forest districts on or before jan 1 uary 1 of each year for the fis cal year beginning the following july 1 1 the determination of the projects upon which funds will bo be expended during the current fis cal year will be made on the basis of applications which must be filed with the district foresters on or before october 1 each application must I 1 i contain a statement of the public needs to be served by the proposed road and the manner ani and extent to which it would aid in the development of resources upon which communities within or adjacent to the nat national i onal forests are dependent and must i also show the general location of the proposed road and its estimated cost As already stated in general states and counties must be prepared to furni furnish sh cooperation ration equal to at least 50 per cent of the ed cost of surveys and construction this operation equal to at least 50 per cent of the estimated cost of surveys and construction this cooperation may be in the form of money labor and mate rials or the construction of roads where other factors are equal the approval of a project may be determined upon the rel active amount of cooperation offered many applications have it is stated already been received for expenditures upon specific projects |