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ROAD BUILDING
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?*'* Addreis Before the Houm; of Reprr???at*tive?;
Tell* How it i* Done
in Nortb Carolina.
Washington. Apr? 26.?The following
address was made in the house
of representative*; last Saturday by
the Hon. R. L. D ought on member of
congress from the eighth district of
North Carolina. His subject was
roads. j
Wr Cha;rman and gentlemen of)
the committee: I appreciate very I
much this opportunity of calling the!
attention of congress and the court-1
try to what I deem >ome significant'
facts in connection w *h the building
pi public roads iv. the United States
in the recent past.
It was not until during the sixtythird
congress in June 191:> that the
rules of the house we.'-. changed providing
for the forming or creating of i
a committee on - Prior to that!
time litt!< had Ivor eie by Cor-j
h X V vV . l-? V ' 4VM- VI IIIIIV ill j
by way of giving encouragement to
the building of public highways. Be-1
for?- the /n?mmiUee or roads was for- '
med - :ch bill- as erp introduced on
the -jii'.ioct of road legislation were !
referred to different committees of
the house and usuar:y received slight?
consideration. The on^ival or first
committee or; toads consisted of the
following members:
.Shackleford of M - art Chairman
Saunders of Virginia, Barnhart of
Indiana. Davenport of Oklahoma, Byrru>
- of South Carolina, Connelly of
Kansas, Stephens of Mississippi,
v\"h *acr< ?f Ohio P?? ghton of North
Carolina, Keating >f v ?dorado. Tavenner
of Illinois. T Eyck of New
York. Asweil f l.onis; ana. Dershem
of Pennsylvania, Slcmn of Virginia.
Proutv f 1 ov.-t 11 ' New ^ < k.
Sutherland <fi \V? \ -i.nia. Shr*
f Pennsylvania- Br??wi;?- of Wiscon-1
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The first cat of C ogress carrying
appropriation- to >e used frt cot
neclion with public highways was appro*
od August I 'bl2. sixty -econd!
ro'v;?a?ss. This providing foi the ap-j
poiutment ??t' a in'.tit committee on
post offices a ad post road-- consisting
of five members of the senate and |
five nu mbers of the house. Th?? duties]
of thi< committee were to make inquiry
into the subject of federal aid
itt the construction of post roads,
and report at the earliest practicable
date This bill appropriated $25,000
for the purpose of inqu i\ and investigations
and $500,000 to be expended
by the secretary of agriculture
in cooperation with the postmaster
general, in improving en-tain road
to be selected by them over which rural
delivery mail was being carried
or might be carried. The postmaster
general and the secretary of agriculture
were directed to report to congress
within one year after 1 h?- ratification
of the act the number of
miles of roads improved, co-' >: same
and such other information as they
had acquired. They were also directed
to make recommendations as to
them seemed wise for formulating a
general plan of national aid for ihc
improvement of post roads ;n cooperation
with the state and counties.
The liext act providing that the
United States should aid the states
in the construction of rural post road
was passed by the sixty fourth con-J
gress. This provided that the secretary
of agriculture was authorized to
cooperate w ith the states through the
respective state highway departments
in the construction of rural post road
This act also provided that no money
appropriated under its provisions to
any state shouid be expended there-l
in until its state legislature .shouldj
have assented to the provision- of the
act. Thh act appropriated for the'
year ending June 30, 1917. the suir.
of $5,000,000. Foi the year ending
June 30, 101s the sum of $10,000,000;
for the fiscal year ending June
SO. 19-19, the sum of $15,000,000;
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1020 the sum of $20,000,000; for
the fiscal year ending June SO. 1921
the sum of S25.000.000 Thi* ?..t
approved July 11, 1916
In the sixty-fifth congress the ate
of July 11. 1916, was amended and
appropriations authorized as follows:
For the fiscal year ending June
30, 1919 ?50,000,000; for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1920. $75.000,900;
for the year ending June
30, 1921 $75,0u0.000. These amount
were in addition to the appropriations
authorized in the act of July
11, 1916, which made a tolai of $65,000.000
for the fiscal year 1916;
$95,000 000 for the fiscal year 1920;
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$100,000,000 for the fiscal year 1921. j
; : ' '.on to the-e amounts. appropriations
wove also made for the
: . y -irue|. ?R and maintenance
of the r<?arfs in the ::at:onai forests.
Th;> aci was appro v??d iehruary
28. 1919.
7n- act of -July 11. 1916, was
again amended in the sixty-seventh
Loagrtss in many vital rt^jects and
ft v tic pur peso of carry * .s out the
act thus amended $7?,OOH.O(K) was
appropriated. So it wilt be seen by
u se acts that the last appropriation
f public roads, not ire idtng the
forests. made bj a tlemoccatic congret
was $100,000,001) wh-lc the first
appropriation made by a epublican
congres?- was $75,000000 for the year
U'2L', or a falling back -?f $25,000.000.
This act was approved Noverofc-er
9. 19J1 ;
On June 19 1922. sixty-seventh:
congress the following authorizations
were made:
Fifty million dollars foi the fis-!
cal year 1923, which >how> another
drop of $25,000,000 from the year
1022. and $50,000,000 drop as compared
with the year 1921, the last
appropriation authorized by a demo-!
cratic congress; $65,000,000 for the;
fi&ca3 yVar 1024; $75,000,000 for
the fiscal year 1025, making a total
of $100,000,000 for the three years
of 1923, 192 4 and '925.
Since the passage of the federal
aid road act on >uly 11. 1016, federal
aid appropriations and authorizations
to all states have been as
follows:
For the fiscal year 1917. $4,850.0??0;
for the fiscal year 191 x. $9,700.000;
for the fiscal year 1919,
P" l.l- MMM'U, I??r II*- I <?I VVlil
1 920, $H:M;")0,0y0; for the fiscal
year 11*21 $97,000,000: : r the fiscal
year 1922 $73,125,000; for the
fiscal yar 1923. $4S,750.000; for
the fiscal year 192 1. $<?.: 175,000;
total appropriation.-? for all the
states 1917 to 1924 inc. -v $425.000,000.
Of this amount . thorized
and appro,' utod the f North
C arolina received t total <>f $10,597.004.S4.
While the amount received
ft m the state of North Carolina
from the Federal government has
la n most helpful and :> highly appreciated
by the people of that state'
yet the amount received f*a>m the'
federal g?. ernnietit has ben but a'
-tu.til per rentage of the amount ac-1
tually expended in that sCite for
highway construction. The general as- .
etnblv of North Carolina in 1921
' provided for the raising of $50,000,i
u00 for road construction and the
! uem?ral assembly of 1023 ^upplennnod
the amount by an additional au[
thori/.ation of $15,000,000, making
la total of $05,000,000 for the state
j which added to the $10,507,001.84!
J -f federal funds, make a total of
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both state and ,federal fuiif}; for j
North Carc^na of $75-597,004.84. |
In addition to this the counties of I
North Carolina are building county'
highway? ar the cost of many millions\
of dollars additional. It will be seen
that ?ur state is going forward i?<
the construction of one of the most
progressive and comprehensive highway
systems of any state in the union '
I feel that no legislation enacted
i*\ in- .-Amh-J ici? ' congress n'Tmc
the last quarter of a century has
brought such universal benefits to
the entire people of the United
States as has the legislation providing
for the cooperation by the feci
oral government with the several
states and the appropriation of mon-|
fy for a uniform and comprehensive
system of road building. ?
It is expected that this congress
will provide for the continuing of
the present program and will authorize
the appropriations of adequate i
sums of money, which in my judg- i
ment should be at least $100,000,-,
000 p?. r annum, and for not less than !
two years. The present authorization
will expire with the fiscal year of
1925, and unless there is legislation'
before that tim?- the splendid work
that is now being done will be stopped.
1 have every reason to believe
however, that congress will not fail
to see the necessity of going forward
with this work and of providing adequate
funds, so that no delay will
be caused in the continuation of what
is being done and finally reaching
the ultimate aim of those who started
this movement?that is, a comnl<
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liable highways throughout the entire
United Stale*.
Mr. Quin: Mr. Chairman will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. Houghton: Yes.
Mr. Quin: Will the gentleman
tell us how the slate of North Carolina
finances its road improvements?
Mr. Houghton: Yes; North Carolina
finances its road system by a
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bond issue. We have a license tax' a!
or motor vehicles and a gasoline tax K
from the revenue derived from ?v
these two sources we receive sufficient; th
funds to pay the interest on our bond n<
and keep up our roads and also set sa
I aside a sinking fund to retire the
:tv?ricls. We raised $5,000,000 last year |0j
i this way. We have one of the best
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OBITUARY
Whereas it has please*! Almighty
God to take from our midst our be
jvcd darling boy, Archadaie Greer
aged three years, seven months and
two weeks. He wa.s a sweet kind darling.
loved by all who knew him. We
1 can no longer hear his sweet voice
nor feel his warm embrace but we
Mrs. A. R. Weaver
A Mother's Story! j
Young Mothers Should Heed
This Advice
Charlotte, N. Car.?"I am clad to
recommend Dr. Pierce's Favorita
Prescription to the young mother
who has need of a tonic and nervine,
for 1 am very sure it was of benefit
to me in my own young motherhood.
It quiets the nerves and strengthens
every part of the body." Mrs.
A R. Weaver, 807 N. Davidson St.
You better go now to your nearest
druggist and obtain this wonderful
woman's tonic, the Prescription of
Dr. Pierce to be had in tablets or
| liquid; or write Dr. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for free
radical advice. Seed 10c for trial
pke. tablets.
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eh We hope to meet little Dale in 1
lat happy land where there will be ?|
; more sad partings sod no morel
i?i goodbyes.
Hv was laid to rest near the home j
r his m. her the sikth of April 1921. 1
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