The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1930, Page 2

SAN SEAR SAPNA ETE [SIDE GLANCES - + - By George Clark | ~ SHAPER ANNOUNCES. | PLAN T0 GAIN MORE CASH FORHIGHWAYS Proposal by Which Amount of Federal Aid Would Be En- larged Is Revealed URGED TO COMMISSIONERS; Convention of County Bodies at Grand Forks Hears Full Statement on Roads Grand Forks, N. D., Jan, 21—(7)— Statement that he favors increasing | the state gasoline tax from three tc | .four cents a gallon to permit faster! construction of state roads was made | by Governor George F. Shafer in an address to members of the North Da- kota County Commissioners associa- tion convention here, today. ‘The address was deemed by the/ governor to be a fulfillment of his pledge to give the people of the state @ report on the state highway situa-/! tion and dealt wholly with that sub- ject. In a brief review of highway de- partment activities for 1929, the gov- ernor said 442 miles of new grading and 572 miles of new gravel, or of a mixture of oil and gravel, were con- structed during the year. Regrading and regraveling projects brought the total mileage improved during the year to 1,140. The.cost of the work 101930 NEA SEAVICE [He REG U.S .PATOFE “The kids have kept me so busy, this is the first chance I've had to get out and visit.” jit a surplus, All 1930 claims must | come when state revenues for high- ‘was slightly more than $3,700,000. [be met from 1930 revenues and the|way purposes should be increased. 922 New Miles in 1930 jConstruction program must keep with-!The early and speedy completion of Of the 7,500 miles of road designat-/in the estimated revenue,” for we|our state highway systems is one of ed as the state highway system, the | ave no authority, even if we had the|the biggest needs of the state today. executive reported, 2,800 miles have | ‘isposition,” to run the state into|The public demand for more im- been graded and graveled and 4,300|“¢bt for highway improvement pur- | proved roads is overwhelming from all mailes have been graded. Contracts | Pose: sections of North Dakota. Already for 53 projects were let last fall, ‘the annual demand for specific proj- which provide for grading and gravel- ects is more than double the capacity ing 422 miles, the work to be done in; of the department to meet it, and this 1930. About 500 additional miles will demand is increasing from year to be put under contract for construc- year. tion this year, making the 1930 pro- “While a program calling for the gram about 922 miles of new con-; improvement of 922 miles of highway struction, in addition to the usual re- jin one year, includng 118 projects, construction of old roads. In addition looks large, it represents an average to contracts for completion in 1930. of only 17 miles of either grading or contracts will be let late in the year graveling, or eight and a half miles for about 400 miles for improvements of each, for each county in the state, to be constructed in 1931. All of This is not large from the standpoint which means, the governor said, that of the counties. the 1930 program will just about equal| gineering and $887,000 for new con-| “Since the counties seem anxious that of 1929. struction. Additional money for new |and able to undertake a heavier road- Despite the fact that the program construction will be provided by the | building program, and in view of the calls for the improvement of between | federal government and the counties. | prospects for a substantial increase in 900 and 1,000 miles of highway, less| Although the statement shows in-| federal funds this year, I feel that than half the demands for new con-|creased revenue of 1930 as compared |the time is ripe to add to our state struction work, os measured by of-| with 1929, the governor said, no more | highway revenues. ficial requests submitted by the coun-| will be available for construction be-| ‘““This could easily be done by ad- ties, have been met. |cause maintenance and snow-removal | ding another cent to our state gaso- Delayed With Demands {costs grow as the highway system ex- |line tax. A one-cent gasoline tax will “The highway commission has, dur- | pands. Supply about $700,000 net, after al- ing the last year, been literally de-| “Fortunately.” the governor luged with petitions, resolutions, re-|‘the chance of securing an increase |33 per cent. Such an addition to the quests, and, in some cases, demands jin federal aid funds this year are ex- | state highway funds would enable us for new highway construction,” the/cellent. There is now pending in|to match the prospective federal aid executive said. These came from jcongress a bill to increase the annual | appropriation in full each year, which county commissioners, commercial} federal aid appropriations for this/in turn would make it possible to do clubs and citizens. Purpose from. $75,000,000 to $125,000,- | at least 60 ner cent, or about 600 miles Official requests from the counties ;000. The prospects for its passage | more road-building every year than is total 1,300 miles of grading and grav-jare very good, and. should this hap- |now possible. cling in excess of what the depart-jpen, it will add $800,000 to our pres-| “I commend this suggestion to every ment can do this year unless it gets|ent annual allotment of $1,200,000. citizen in the state who ts interested © substantial increase in funds, the} “But such additional federal funds|in the rapid and efficient improve- governor said. Whereas the 1930 pro-'will do us no good unless and until | ment of our state highway system.” gram will cost $2,500,000 for construc-|we provide *additional state funds | tion it would cost $6,000,000. It is;with which to match the federal obvious, Governor Shafer said, that} money. | the demand for good roads has “far Question cf More Funds outstripped the financial capacity of| “Should we provide for an increase | y}. the highway department, under pres-/in state highway funds? If so, how, belted the itis, ‘white pallial ose e ent revenue laws, to meet 1 and when? This is the vital question} Pasadena course. He was induced to Reviewing the department's tinan-|which the people of the state inter-{ play the game by a friend and now cial status, the governor said it has | ested in highway construction should | asserts that “I think I'll play every no debts it cannot meet. Neither has|be thinking. day. It will keep me young and as- 244 + er 6s: “Personally, I feel that the time has | sure my living to a ripe old ag Sources of Revenue Reviewing the department's sources of revenue, the governor said its re- ceipts from automobile licenses and the gasoline tax totaled about $2,208,- 000. In 1930, it expects to get $850,000 from auto licenses; $1,550,000 from the state's share of the gasoline tax and $75,000 in miscellancous receipts, a total of $2,475,009. 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