Show bill provides cash for building roads road S washington D C dec 14 carrying out a le commendation ot of the state highway hway association repa colton of utah today in I 1 a bill to amend the federal roads act by authorizing special ns for building highways across government lands in the western states the bill provides as follows there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated tor for the construction by the bureau of 0 public roads oi 0 the main roads through or unreserved public lands nontaxable indian lands or other reservations tho the sum mim of 0 tor for the fiscal year ending june 30 1929 the tor for the fise fiscal year ending june 30 1930 the sum ot of tor for the fiscal year ending june 30 1931 provided that the sums suma hereby authorized shall be allocated to the states having home than 5 per or their heir area n lands herein above te r berred to and said sums bums shall b u apportioned among said states in the proportion that said lands in each of 0 said states is to the total area of sa sail ii lands in the states eligible under h ha provisions of 0 the act blood gives views on proposed bill when information of the above dispatch from washington wednesday night henry 11 blood chairman of the state road commission and president ot of of state highway officials said he assumed the appropriation mentioned mi arsht ht be a new lia tion he sald said it did not appear to be the regular forest highway a appropriation P which has been annually mr air blood said the appropriation requested by congressman might be used in road construction li ii such huch places as on the kaibab indian reservation and the Shiv witz reservation and other government lands land ile he said this might be a fund providing tor for the earlier completion ot of these roads than could be done in the federal aid manner it was pointed out by mr blood that the fault with the 7 por per cent system Is that the work in t the h e states is going taster faster ahead than the government lands such as forest and indian reserve having this in mind the western association ot of state highway officials at its meeting in denver this tall fall passed a rc resolution solution in favor ot of increasing tile the annual appropriation tor for forest highways the chairman said mr blood said it if the appropriation mentioned in the washington dispatch was what he thought it was that it would be a boon to the western states as it would help to close the gaps in important Im highways where funds are not provided tor for construction mr blood also announced that he be had received a telegram frota from air mr colton saying the coil congressman gressman was trying to get appropriation for the kaibab indian reservation road he said utah would be asked to furnish some equipment needed in t the he construction as this state b has as received a large amount of equipment from the federal g government |