Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 1, 1909, Page 12

i ., - ; QO X i o % the problem pre. | the df:l‘nddg to:;lvln }m’hu W: d i s ’ 4 s the department - | augmented by tiis increase. The har ; gk T oty Was & VEIY| carnings of the ciiizens of the several —————————————— e S towns of the state have four-. e und , 4 ‘owns seemin, " out in a scemingly Inte duty of the town to keep the road in th had ’"." lg:t,;:: ,:,': uninterrupted flow, only to be washed ; b, ] ) prorer repair after being constructed merly restinz on them, and which car. | M0 the gutters, so that it was not & THE LAW AND HOW IT IS MLINTERPRETED |3 o i sk e SR it & foie i Dt Y | assumes the future repair of those im- | tall work than ever before experienced system or organization that wouw.d #ton 14 proved highways, and only Tequires the :‘u"‘lw':’e{ew'mm.:;;m"&m‘k this never-ceasing and ever-growing i i ; & town to pay one-fourth of the col't’of e Alhe Tin it 3¢ lain the | eXpenditurc upon the highways of the Decision of the Aftorney Gemeral Upon the Law --No Reasom Why | «oirs iv'vartor course smmmmn | 55, 5507 i U dinn s e (e | s, Horte” the nrbouilon o s act went into effect the several towns |Statute” of limitations had beeri re- | o nly better construction of the : u Sh ‘ld B M' nd 'ood : { had obeyed the statutory mandate to|!moved from the appropriation under | ,.,wavy under some different system 5 . 0 be lsn ers N keep such highways in ‘proper state|this law. Also tHat the appropriation | yan™Ha% “rormerly been In use, Rut of repair,' and the manifest intent was | Was made to cover only $750,000 a | iy the reasonabie hope of relief from. vear, and that the privilege accorded that thereafter the state was to con- this constant drain on town treasurje tinue the repairs. The amount provid- | {0 the towns of using the current and | 5, (hat when the question was frst 3 1 ed for the purpose In section 3, above | N€xt ensuing year's appropriations | jniroguced streng allies came to the .' 1 aquoted, was named upon the basis of [ WAS simply for the purpose of secur- | yagistance of the state in Its purposs 2 what would be required for repairs— | Ing lg""'m“l prices and extend- | {5 gevise a change in old methods of f not for reconstruction or reb«Ziding.|ing the improvement a -greater dis-| constructlon and the inauguration of That section makes no mention of any- | tance than if only one year's appro- | some new and better plan for care thing but repairs, and manifestly was | Priation were used. and malintenance, intended to. rutnorize nothing but re-| In the majority of towns this expla- —_— pairs, The state was not proposing to | Nation was pleasantly accepted, and.| In the care and maintenance of our The Question of an Equitable Tax—S5 Times as [lany lotor Cars as are Owned | B T e e had onse atded | for the time being, the stress, t0 & cOn- | highway Systemy in secordance. with i lect by towns of their statutory duty | the system employed by the state. in| inception of the movement of fully try- in the State Pass Through It—Reciprocity Under These Circumstances|lect by towns of their statutory duty | Wi 05 00HGIE T3 “Tet to the depirt- | fna ot a miom 1otore st 1y ar¥y quired their reconstruction. Any road|ment relative to using the money ap- | fixed policy, only a small appropria- Impossible—How to Surface the Roads—Seven Classifications of the dition is, in my opinion, not included z,r;n_r;g;‘: I:?"::o;lr:o!:g::?;r;' 25:; ly. $25,000 a year. It is true this sum 3 in those which you ‘shall hereafter keep ’ P was augmented by about $30,000 the work —The Recommendations Made by Commissioner lacdonald. I raper. tepalre pureuant 1o the bro | mendators requiring that the depart- | first year from the money roceived n is entitled to have sach a :oa_({ g:dit :;;fiegr::—"I;'ni"nfi:t;::ynx;fl:; ’(“?;l‘sq‘yjl:‘lzl was !'un!ul‘ (n‘ln' mn:ns in= i f 2 pd > se 1 o= equate to comprehedd a sys In presenting my biennial report for | the applications for an apportionment | with the policy and plan of the state r;lfig;ztd;h::;:mz';t ‘;flnl:ézs:;_; t‘o was no recourse for the department | plan or provide for the :a." b i wel?, owing to tlle deep interest maiy- | requested by the several towns of the|be employed in the repair of these| “ the departmant found itself confronted | heen started. It Is onl " 1o fested by tghe pegple of the entire state | state had been ascertained—and while | roads was carefully related. Ne mon- | :‘(‘":‘r "':) "rh‘fh“"%‘."":‘gt l;‘a‘“}n“fm‘:‘u go“a‘s; with applications from one hundred | viate that this sum of mener way (o in this question'of highway improve- | the appropriation on the part of the|ey was paid to any town in the state b = and sixty-one out of a total of one|nhe distributcd In its apportionment in conStructing and which through neg- | Siderable extent, was removed. der | the policy pursued by the state at the which vou shall find to be in such con- propriated to the several towns in Im- | tion was made for ths purpore, name visions of said section' 3. Before the ment shall expend the appropriation, | fram the licensing of automobiles, nut the years 1907 and 1908, it might be | were all fi'ed and the amount of woiey | in contributing aid. The method to x:lu‘(’e it in the conaition it would have but to do as directed by the law. So|tenance of the great system that had ment, to present an epitome, or digest, | state was about three times as large | without adequate value of work having | in proper "p"' }‘;e";“.:lr“gz)h;'g““' hundred and sixty-eight towns of the | over six hundred miles of romd—and so that the progress and development |as that provided for under former laws ' been done in accordance with the di- | . o state, all anxious for and demanding | this has grown dur! the past ¢ . of the nmvex}x)m:‘tfmay be shown, says | —the sum total represented by these | rections furnished by the department. Attorney General. immediare attention, which was found | years to more than seven hor ‘.’x ine commissioner, and after carefully | applications from the towns exceeded | The pn‘irr' plan was put into operation, The systematicing of this nove feits to be a physical impossibility. miles. 8o that it was a serious prob- reviewing and comparing the previ- [ by §1,627,000 the entire appropriation|the details of which were placed in o lngrynl'tvd into ih,) law In a com- o - lem to undertake to organize any d ous laws of 1987, 1899, 1901, 1903 and | of $1,500,000 for the two years. This | ihe hunds of every board of selectmen 1905, he continues: demonstrated very clearly, and with- | in the state, so that all towns were in | ! : sork, so that the | that have been accepted during the|work—one that would contemplato a “We now reach the law of 1907,which | out any fear of <ontradiction, that the | fujl possession of everything necessary | 1< small amount (of ‘work, so past two years is 92.75 miles, which | general oversight over the entire s . i W. W > Sl Sty ¢ 4 e ¢ 2 g 5 . B oted resdily. that T 1o & complete | expended ‘and the character of -the | O SPURE 0L IR ooy aye| the orsanization of this system. The | T, CORIEACR ol bl Net COmBIIEC | b O e macadam roade. to he reversal 'of the Jaw of 1895 The total | work done, but what they desired most | made i the varions boards of select | Oy avology for so doing is that this| itjoage of 119.97, and will call for an| Hmit of what was nossible in forni appropriation on the part of the state [ Was that the department should move | ..y avery year,” many sclectmen, at ;""‘]';;fl]é’:“"[ ‘n’:)rt“ :‘r;d’:‘nuacl'x‘zte&a::::s:s :2 expenditure of $872,682.81. Of this|ing a top dressing trap roek sy is $750,000 a_year, or a total of §1,- (more rapldly than formerly in the Im-{ tya time the state adopted this plan of | (ZPETTanG TOL 20 WHEE, BECHTY, {s| amount, $480,649.88 has been paid on | ters. Repair money was further prehensive and working plan entailed | , The total number aof finished roads | nite or systematic plan under which to 500,000 for the two years. This ap- | krovement cf the highways throughout | ¢. . ring information, were entirely | ! s 5 these contracts. Considering the | In providing a treatment for gr propriation, however, is divided, $500,- | the state. It will be noticed that In | ,ramiliar with the distinet and defi- ;:\:;: :::flfi:l, a:n:.lhr;hl‘?lr:ggn:nl :,,':f amount of mo:uey expended, and also | roads and [n turnpiking both @ 000 a year belng for the use of award | SVery law towns have always had the | yite Joeation of the roads that had | {oncq gperctv® U (16 SHPETT OO0 [ the fact that many of these contracts [and graded roads. repairing oul in the towns generally, and $350,000 a | Privilege accorded them of declaring | i ., jnoroved, and to secure state aid | -4 e pa. are ve nearly finished—the state | where neves to the P h 5 ~cessity, 1 r proportions. . » ' vear for trunk lines. The basis of | thelr intentions, and the amount of j ;=" 7 (0 for every board of "‘]'.f,;:,nnq gg“ hr\’ve;ugnuon into the | Withholding in many instances only 15 | money avaiiak 5 towns | money they might desire to expend ok e No 5 2hlv er cent. or less of the original e - oo &irx?gagzgd’agopo{;l’;nr‘!::;r (31150;‘39'. we}s“entirelfi “’“ht'“ tht“:h right .{".’:Id "}lligi—n‘:\-i[;)u Th‘e‘ e s‘z’i‘f!‘({n:hé;mflbm" '],‘::5[E,':,"i:r":hcn‘['m"‘(:gl‘;:",'l\'_’: :;‘;, v;‘:& It is safe to say that of thia last Iter Considerable complaint was heard in towns having a grand list of over | Privilege and must mee e sanction | oo "rhe records of this: office were been improved under state aid, the de- fifty miles can be considered as com- of the towns in the state o5 = ] - { of the voters of the towns before any | o Rkievte Bl ™ = : leted. This woul resent g o Y $1,250,000, the state contributes three operations could be commenced by the | & ¢omplete check on anything, not an| partment, immediately upon the law 3! 148,75 mu:s -:u‘;‘lpr:’ps‘;:e::‘ ‘n'\m(?f:; the wint of monev ;‘;uv?nhgs j:\I.f é;':nfix!firz"%r‘?1'“2?0'30302':3 state. - No better emphasis of the ap- 1:1‘;1)111(352;;1( (.M‘é\“vh;:,fiv,m:g\?‘{f-(‘;lv'.\ ”,"', """“'“i"_“’h Of"]']"'.”"'."' e‘t‘.“'pp",l u'“'e:}; years’ work of the department. ai ;fl‘.‘; :;.E‘f“r,. ¥ v',”:, 5 \t ,“ yl‘."" -4 y 's cor fon is - |proval by the people of the present|!’ ! fige. S0, today, ‘e have “awn with full information relative TR Tasutt o 1he Twe S ¢ ystice to the: to Kher N the. with he e ascton that ne | 1 can be shown than this expression | his department a perfect and com-|jts provisions both by correspondence | witn all of the obstacles by WRICh the | ms \a plesannt b euler et M ee fown ‘shall exceed $10,000 In any ono [ 1 their SR LS et opportunity | daptieAcie d datonsiesd i Sog LRI also through the medium of &}department was surrounded. has:been | operating with this department thie i rie gy _ | to record their wishes, under the pres- | Way that has been £d. ginge copy of the law. In addition to in- | vary gratifying, and it is safe to as- | poiiee ki el gt . ¢ Ing repairs on state aid roads, three- |done for the accomplishment of the to the present time, so the selectmen of every town might | 1ha two years will be contracted for- macadam roads of the quarters of such expense being an op- | ‘¢formation of the highways of tne e have a complete understanding of the | ang if a suficlent number of contract- | fnimes o i1l ! to |law and its in}'er l‘:hfi:{'—.":h: ull‘m:; ors can be secured to do the work—and | day that were not nece > A AEa af arcess . men were invited to & sompleted by the first of next Octoher ! o Iy aft h g 8 d access to full : : ©comp ¥ A different Y orra b B i arartes | MoBting: ‘at™ Mdrtiond, st W"‘C: the | A considerable retard was experienced | inat which w b prve vy commissioner explained every section 4 or ¢ lition of the several sections of s . 2 . - oy oy 9 of the law in its relation to the towns | that were awarded owing to the fact autgpmoblle licenses, In this law, the | changes .and departures from former |road—no matter what the classification | gng their interest in the matter, as well | shat there wern nct mmugs;t contractors choice of the road to be improved was | laws, and putting it into operation, a it was determined from investi- i vested in the state; also the receiving | large obligation was placed upon th tion and also from the information fa:ov;hio:mh::glfi:w:h:: rl:adt :?':..";:fi: _l"’-tdf:’;hl‘n“;mm W ""t“" rhl\‘!! nnlflu; of prosposals and the warding of con- | department to intelligently’ and eco- | sjven on the charts, that quite a num- gt et e e ;““_ n)nTy-nanht;-sfi\'l:u(h:t da" t\f:ll:rm'; i Roads Badly Neglected. Immediate- ligation on the part of the state. In addition to the $25,000 appropriated annually for this purpose, the sum was Much Work Entailed.—In taking ur augmented by the money recelved from | this new law, with its numerous found 2 last year on many of the improvemen's | \we are now into th ment of road care and foreth properly applicc consgtruction of tracts. The expense of advertising for | nomically take care of the large or of towns reglec pir roads - *, e 3 t, DRotioslk BEEEetion of mongh aril ReLLIRIDSHE i Mol wark st badl niever | oo B s Ang Seklased i S0 i‘:swg'p:f_'zmu"ffl""“" with the law in am work. Of the total number of con- g B surveying, making of plans, pre ing | before bheen entered upon by the de- io " S s 2 B g ractors whe have 2red propoeals g o, atte lpeclgz-afions‘ Snll atiiay d'etfins’,,&:vag partment. One of Hi6" nask Saliatren e g .”“”'ul"“r‘ e ‘,\;‘)\“,l“_‘ The late adjournment of the legisla- | for macadam construction it is safe ‘;"} b assumed by the state. For the first | requiring a large amount of thought | oy’ Thhis fact led the department to | L tosether with the extension of|to say that mot more than ten arelyou1 the chief I dad time, the state accepted the obligation | and careful ccnsideration was the ot all the 4‘“;,, tion of the S CVIEsT Bahs the . usual time Vllmlt of six wee s— | equipped for large work. The major | yi0n " of draina having been of paying contractors the full amount | gation placed on the state of assuming | eyai to the law. He gave it as his Which has aiways been Bpcaxdea bi\l vortion of our state contractors have | qaien care of, and the road being prop- calicd' for under tho contract, the | the caretaking of the entire mileage | oilion that the towns NavIng entered | wetines areied tho. sonsen” of 1007 | Diints totally inadequate to do 1arg¢ | iy constructed to withstand the tra towns in which improvement is made | of roads constructed since the passazc | ini, 4 contract to keep thelr roads In | praetically d poes contracts, or very many contracts at|e in each particular district, we then T 5 illy down to its close, and very | one and the same time. They have repair from the passage of the first|*ttle could be done excent to make | neither the capital, tools nor equip- law down to the final enactment under | syrveys in the late fall months. The | ment. This is not strange, owing to which we are operating today, that|entire work of systematizing the re=|the fact that never in the history of wmy town not having done so was not | pair plan, furnishing material,and get- | the movement since 1895 down to tha Dust is a menace to h to reimburse the state to the extent of | of the first good roads law in 1 their proportion of the expense, as re- | The volume of business ban te unde quired by the law, after the work has | Stood best by the simple narration of been finally completed and accepted by the fact that there had h‘_-t-n built commence to take up the que care and maintenance. had been operating is that the appro- | Miles, scattered through one hundred the money than towns that had takenl | was placed on the department in 1908 | priation in any town in the state suffi- | estate, and it is an un; R e priations Instead of, as formerly, be- | and sixty-seven town b LSi Justs of SighyAys.. ox ear that will be long remembered | cient to do one mile of macadam con- | Phiere to breathe or live in. With ing controlled by a statute of limita- | The legislature of 1907 did not ad- | Which tiey had expended town funds|by the department in beginning opera- | struction. I is safe to say thyt many | travel our roads are called upon tion, were made continuous, so that | journ until early in August, It then |'" making the repairs. His deci tions under the present law. miles of finished roads could have been | Sustain ‘-..I,.\ it lmost absolute no -town could be denied the money | became imperative that an immediate | V8 that the department had no ri 4 i : added to our Aystem had contractors | hiecessary (o ke up fhis other qu that had been ap joned to it. By a | knewledge of every section of hizhway to pay a premium, in the apportion- First Appropriation. A misunder- | beén fuliy equipped and competent {"m n. the higher branches of road special onac!mcnLpopqr[m'ishm s made | upon which a state appropriation i | ment of this money, to towns that had | standing has existed in regard to the flnanvml!v_ and otherwise to do 1‘hv-' building A ¢ for Issuing bonds to the extent of §$4,- | been expended should be had by the | neslected their roads. at the expense | period of time that has elapsed since | work. This retard to the work of the Many remedies have heen suggested, 500,000 for carrying on the work of | department so that a treatment of | 0f other towns that are of [the new law went into effect. The|department we expect will be | neas [f‘ Y BISNRICNEN Sy DeRntive the department for a period of six | {ROse sections might be intelligently | their highways !m righteousne w, in i sent operation, has been | died next year, as contractors 1:""'-'_:t.'!k- 3 SHEPS S PRy N years. The statute of limitation hay- provided. The amount of money ap- | this opinion must be apparent to in force only one year and its close | realize that a better equipment f the 'v> .\”-Lv 1'\" nanent _" he-remetites sug- g Besnt remaved all towis tharaty propriated for repairs was totally i right-thinking mind. as the first day of October, 1908, The | work Is an imperative necessitw | B¢ " \Iv.n-‘ "“‘f' .M‘v: K ng \\'\( water rest secure in their appropriations, Tree | #d€quate to send out inspectors to i the attorney ¢ will not be within its legal Hmit- Summary. o oot Lo B ety P 7 R B planting was continued, as formerly | Vestigate the condition of every se #iven herewith ations, in reference to the first appro- Number of towns making applica- | ;o 4D e 2.9 provided for under the old law. The | tion of road improved under state aid, | Hartford priation allotted, until October 1, 1909. | tion under the 19¢7-1908 appropriation: | “OF | ¢ ¥ Moult declaration of intention on the part of if any of that money was l": be used Macdc Large. Amount for 'Constructhn. 132 towns each applied $20.000 | ‘:(1 v-i'i;" b . diffic u t the towns is retained in the present|f°r the purpose intended—that of re- In addition to the question of repairs{ 12 towns each app.ied . 10,000 | g ¢ law, the same as formerly. A provi- g xhr-I rr)uds.‘ It was also nec | and the expenditure of this largely in- 6 towns each appiied e “’ ol o .' — iy . slon was made in the law to protect that the condition of each sectio reased sum of money, there were in 4 towns each applied iy D o "y ' all towns in their right, title and in- ad should be known as close up t e appropriations from other years| 4 towns each applied . 4,000 ole x terest in and to any road that might | the time the repair was to be made as under which contractors were at work 2 towns each applied 3.000 be improved under state aid. One | Possible, together with the fact t L | g larger amount was from the sec- 1 town applied for........... 2,000 system, after full investigation il truct- » of the 1905-06 appropriation, Total number of towns making up- hundred and sixty-one towns made ap- plication for an appropriation under | this law. The amount of such appli- cations exceeded the total appropria tion for the two years by $1,627,200. By a careful comparison of the laws been ‘made, should be adopted and pro- | mulgated as the fixed policy and plan | under which the state should carry on | str the work in the future | | sionsg d not expire until October 1, | plication, 161 he beginning of the present ap- Total amount of mor tion—with the usual six | by the applications, $2, ' extension of time for the ful- Total amount m contracts, So that the de- | from the state for two y been con- v represented | 2,000. available ! ars for gen- After careful cons atjon and in- under which the state has operated, it | )1( ;;,‘,fis‘a:.‘:é iq",;",,p::.l,]f».IT‘,‘»‘::t',‘lfff‘.‘ljI{,‘.‘,L’,,‘,’ et o not only obligated to(eral use, $1.000,000. % ly every law down to the passage of | tantion and inspection over these sec- care the ; appropriation, rotal $1,224,000. A the present law, all towns in the state | {jons, at the least possible expense. | i the completion of contracts lotal, $1,224,000. - accpeting state aid for highway im- | mhis was, as finally adopted, to send | which contractors were at work | EXcess over amount $1,- provement were required to assume | out a chart, containing informstion eyt al the time we entered upon the new | 627,200. s i e ! obligations that added materially to|{he several boards o Betidat Vith the A appropriation. This embraced taking| Amount allotted by the state, $999,- i tho cost of original construction. This | {ive to the requirements of the depar b Bl i3 i up the appropriations from 1900 down | 868 L] - fact forces its own acknowledgment.| ment upon which charts were. |l,: I said t hich gaid repairs | {0 1906, and while there was a small I'H““:‘:’.“ of appropriation not allot- Under the present law, no additional | placed fhe answers o the . ave Leen in_aceordance | palance, onjy of the earlier appropria- | ted. $132. &l lish ) v expense s entalles Ausagita s vy cneh-3 i X 1th the ce te ¢ S Sha tokAY < d alances | Maximum amount allotted to any one | Plishing el entailed on any town accept questions propounded. The ticns, the total of unexpended balances it few remedies e been t Ing state ald. The expense to the towns | this was thoroughly sati d by said ay commissione -l represented a very considerable sum | toWn. $7.872. 4 : it (e f o - g for administration is mininfized and | was accomplished at a ver mhburse the state to the extent of of monev. When completed the work Minimuwn amount ailotted to any onej WiIL 101G = 1 the whole trend of the law under which | cost to the towns as well wurth of the cost of said repairs, "Th jounted to $337,79 hich, addeq | tOWD. $2,000. : B : . e Phat we now operate is to assume on the | stute in the administration of the s to | to the appropriat 1,500,000, and | , Amount appropiated for trunk lines part of the state the major portion of | A plan was then adopted that would ay also the sum of S hrenentiig ] Lo, T WO YORtE i RAGLIGY 10/ 1he gane At ‘ the expense entailed in the improve- | comprehend giving every section of , U what the towns SEEHDELS B8] el s Rl Sine (he seanoit ] 1 y ment of any section of highway in the | state road a portion of the money th repair: their share of the 1907-1908 appropri- | oo {507 0 99 v g Wi 4| SR . v :t;;ll.:_ta\r\l'[h:ro it is improved with state | had been appropriated for that p ”)"' sum ations—made the entire amount of | n-:||1:(:q|-1;11;|1gJ‘n]\nnmrql-nv of $£01.353.47. | —a xplore asistance. pose, ars in z money to be ended up to October| ontrac " i s The chief diffiet » & i e : As an illustration of what thig plan | ¢ition to all mone 1, 1969, 32,06 p"‘ g “':)r(]'(n';.l‘-;!!'[ I;‘,:i]é’: SOIten. 8 e ‘\:m‘w‘:: 1ing 1t will ve the 1 A misapprehension exists today on|developed in the apportionment of the | "\]";"41_1 - = Representing an ontlay of $872,452.81 | and \ & pick y the part of maay of the citizens of the | money, it is only necessary ‘to relate | Vidvd in tf Sy tion or ! in this coanection, it might be well Of this the contractors have re d ! from 1 state in regard to the interpretation|the fact that in disbursing this repair 23 = 2 ",:." . to offer an explanation as to the rea- | $480,649.83, jéaving a balance of $392 - | oriz W st, be g a of this law. It is pretty generally ac- | fund to the several towns in which |#5'd Ay on for rot completing the appropria- | 032.93 | more perman ¥ - cepted that the appropriation of | state aid roads had been built, seven {'!° and Sl oL s of other vears. There are sever.| - s ge | pies $4,500,000 is not only to be used im- | distinct and separate classifications LTy LA WA frng for s g hat could be advanced, the| The highways of our state have It is t L E = mediately, but that from this fund | had to be observed in its distribution | ¢! (¢ highway issioner in-mak- £ of which is this: Under the old | grown very rapidly and no better ilins- | to use ¢ At might be taken any expense that the | to the several towns entitled to the |8 ncces - s upcn the roads R m; to' the a:sl' Ln of- the ‘gm“nn ory(hi-.-pra.!t (.d;, be given t l}, ng into the mer \ department was subjected to in the | money. Under the plan adopted, the | (0r ¢ constru of which the stated oot Lo 0 ey webe obllx 1 to| a reference to a state map that was | cdles suggested to cope “ P adniinistration of the work. This is|charts related the fact that in twen- | 1i# made : Uk Pay the contractor while the work was | made in 1812, On that map it found | ticular phase of this newer problem erroneous in bothAnstances. Under the | ty-two towns the choice had been for | !¢ you s at some of the high- | P*Y rog e l;r’l. Pg T ek B o only about three thounndp miles of | that has aris the department is bonding act the limitation is clearly | macadam construction exclusively; in | V7% Which hiye etofore TSR Mo ,a"f, ") e e 3 . % defined that the appropriation for the | eighteen towns, macadam and gravel | (ructed - previous statut T e el st o reimburged } __ general work of the towns, and also| had been used; in thirty towns, the | /172 10 onds wnder whicH state | t1'e 10708 £ the extent .ol tier propor- for the trunk line systems, is $750.000 | work was divided between macadam |2\ has 44 Tehvs 4t Theen |- on- Ok thS Sxperine. A8 i appmipst. SUMMARY. a year, beyond which the department | and DN 2Ta dhirtyeain totes the | kept i ular , hut have heen | 2tions became larger, the financial ob- s cannot go. So that, if the entire one Sncipia orns had been used for mac. 150 neglected that to’ place them In | ligations dn the towns became greater. Entire X £ hundred and sixty-eight towns in the | ajbmy gosvel ard. coeingetin proper condition will practically re- | 1N€ towns, appreciating the fact that Appropriation State Town state were to have an appropriation of | tee, "9 th g rl 93 t‘ “V‘"", 1 quire their struction or rebuild- | N conformity with the law they could Allowed Allotinent Allotment $1,500,000 for the two years, all sur- | p, & °";";' 'df’Pp F"'t'h“’"’t Nac | 10 ana Wk if such recanstruction | N0t receive the full amount of their| Fartford County ...........$ 70,848.00 $ 61,092.00 $ $,856.00 ying done, contracts let and the work | the. entive aparaorctions o pans [and rebuilding can be considered as | 2liotment, even if the work was com. | New Haven County oo B7976.00 59,475.00 finished and accepted, under the pres- °d ?*" npp‘opra ;°"‘ Moot I"" wertly included in the provisions pleted in the first year the appropria- | New London County . 108.464.00 94,906.00 ent law only $750,000 of this obligation yu] od rafve ctom ruc:‘wn exclus- 3 ‘Section. & r P’ 5 tion became available, until December | jairfield County 2 62.976.00 conld be discharged during the first "'!9 Yy .’?dl: orty .‘;"";“b‘ 8. Approp: : the ay e of the second year, almost invariably | Windham Count 46.488.00 year. It is also a mistaken idea that | 20'ons had been divide etween gravel | ype pay thé & | adopted the practice of postponing ac- | Litchfield County 21,080.00 45.00 any money can be used- from ths fund | 2n4 9raded roads, for which. the state | .ir;ction out of {tive operations until the second year | Middlesex Count §6.592.00 192,00 I for administration. A special appro- ad contributed her proportion of the‘I ction Tor | of the appropriation, so that in event| Tolland County .00 72.380.00 10,840.00 wriation is provided for administration ex{unu, .| 'good roads’ for truc | of any town Ahavinq to_borrow money R —-— - N expenses. Any departure from the re t can be seen at a glance that in|\pich state aid has been granted, |to discharge its obligation to the con- $650,144.00 $568,876.00 $1,268.00 sirictions surrounding that appropria- | {i¢ apportionment of the small amount | “j,, yeply 1 would sav that in my | tractor, the town would not have to . " tion would not be recognized by the |Of money placed in my hands. the | oninion seetion 3 does not authorize i | Carry the interest account for a long- Recapitulation. other departments through- which the | Xreatest care had to be exercised and | construction or rebuilding of such |er period than was absolutely neces- | By Counties, of the general appropriation of 1907 gnd 1908: business of the department is carried | Lie nicest discrimination observed. | nighways, but is limited to the future | Sary. At the request of the towns they Entire. on. ¥ ’I(‘hls money was divided and appor- | repairs of such highw | were dllowed to wait until the second Appropriation State Towr P AT, tioned so that one hundred and sixt “In 18 the g 1 a mbly passeq | vear before entering upon the work, Allowed. Allotme Allotm . | three miles were turnpiked and cul- blic acts 1895 BRI rog-:r:l"lo"finlfili:;‘t::.g: verts repaired, _seventy-two miles of towns }Z.I:‘:f;lf xf\‘.\;fi i%‘\l:’x‘:l-' flmrv-tion- by reason of the fact that | 57aVel road were provided with a grav- | tion to ‘cause an public road, or =0 that immediately upon completion| Hartford County of the contract they would ®eceive the | New Haven Coun state’s pro i allotted to themi,| New London County .. $180,072.00 $48,21¢ 11 1 3405100 had become very apparent, since |20 treatment, and 16,094 tons of trap | tion thereof, within sueh particular | th ng them in discharging | Fairfield County * 33,456.00 the appropriation of 1901-1902, ~ at | To¢k were furnished for the macadam | (own to be tmproved, ur their < tions, thus saving interest| Windham County . 19,687.0¢ which time the excess of applications | cOnstruction. 2 s 4 sions of this act;’ ch money as they were required | Litchfield County . over and above the amount allotted Towns were fully equipped with in- | commission to supervis u te borrow. In many other towns, where | Middlesex County aggregated $844,640. In 1903-1904 this formation regarding the amount of | tion thereof, and provided that one- | the sclectmen accepted the contract to| Tolland County excess amounted to $320,126, ard a still | Inoney that was allotted to them, and | third of the <t of such improved road | do the work, there was a dearth of help 14.815.00 greater suggestion was made under the | {ll directions were given to towns, | should be paid for out of the :ssary to perform the lahor neces- $999,868.00 2.00 appropriation of 1905-1906, in which | Under the state specification. how the |treasury, and also pr »d that-— ry to accomplish the contract and . P o $488,470 was requested over and above | Money should be used, or the material “*After a road shall have been con- | towns we obliged to secure help Trunk Line Appropriation of 1907 and *908. that which the appropriation would al- | applied. P& structed under this act, the town in | when ould obtain it. Hence, Distribution, by counties, of the contracts finished and force of the low. A system was adopted for furnishing{ whichk such road h: tny econtracts have existed in sev. | trunk line appropriation: The large amount of money request. | €tone for macadam roads and gravel | shall provide al towns through a number of years, Amounts of ed during the six years prior to the | 1or gravel roads. on the basis of a ce » such 1 aite waiting on the towns' con- Finished and Unfinished meeting of the legislature of 1907 sug- | tain price per mile for work done. Al- b . and in accordance with their Contracts. gested that something must be done {0 a certain sum per mile for wi ‘havees in the ‘good roads’ ties and requirements. Hartford County ..... to keep pace with the demands for the | done on dirt or graded roads—the | have been mare by nearly © gen- The larger part of the appropria-| N Iaven County .. improvement of the highways of the {towns to work under a specification | eral assembly since, amo other | ticns that was available, but not en- w London County . state.. The result of this was the pas- | furnished by the department. things increasing the proportion of the | tered upon by the towns, came from| Fairfield County ¥ saee of the bonding st and the in- The plan worked out very satisfac- | cost of construction which the state |th ast vear’s allotment of the 1905-| Windham County § crease in the appropriation under | torily to the towns. Every town in{should pay from the original one-third | 1 appropriation, which extended | Litchfield County chapter 264, the present law under | which any section of _highway had |to two-thirds in towns having a grand | through into 1907. Hence, the state| Middlesex County which the department is now at work, | been built since 1895 down to the pas- | list exceeding one million dollars, and | had to accept the conditions as they | Tolland County . As an endorsement of tne actlon of the | sage of the present law, was fully |in other towns three-fourths of the |found them at the time of the passage Jegislature of 1907, it was fourd, when eqipped with informatign, and also ' cost, and at all times has made it the'of the law under waich we are at