Hearings Before the Committee on Roads, House of Representatives ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Roads |
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... improvements . But a short time after the construction of the Cumberland Pike it was turned over to the States , which likewise got weary and in turn passed it on to toll companies . And then for half a century the much vaunted " local ...
... improvements . But a short time after the construction of the Cumberland Pike it was turned over to the States , which likewise got weary and in turn passed it on to toll companies . And then for half a century the much vaunted " local ...
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... improved a considerable road mileage and there- fore would be entitled to an early extension of the system . NOT AN UNEQUAL BURDEN TO STATES The opposition to the continuation of this road - building program entered into between the ...
... improved a considerable road mileage and there- fore would be entitled to an early extension of the system . NOT AN UNEQUAL BURDEN TO STATES The opposition to the continuation of this road - building program entered into between the ...
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... improved roadbed . In our travels we would not know State lines if it were not for the various degrees of ... improvements must go on . Unimproved roads mean added transportation costs . Curtailment of Federal expenditures would simply ...
... improved roadbed . In our travels we would not know State lines if it were not for the various degrees of ... improvements must go on . Unimproved roads mean added transportation costs . Curtailment of Federal expenditures would simply ...
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... Improved roads are of vital importance not only to commerce and industry but also to agriculture and rural life . We call attention to the record of the Democratic Party in this matter and favor a continuance of Federal aid under ...
... Improved roads are of vital importance not only to commerce and industry but also to agriculture and rural life . We call attention to the record of the Democratic Party in this matter and favor a continuance of Federal aid under ...
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... improved roads and unimproved roads shows you that there is no expenditure of public funds which brings greater ... improvements on Federal- aid highway system , the accompanying chart will show you that the argument of those who claim ...
... improved roads and unimproved roads shows you that there is no expenditure of public funds which brings greater ... improvements on Federal- aid highway system , the accompanying chart will show you that the argument of those who claim ...
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Page 82 - One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States...
Page 7 - Jones (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. . The committee will please come to order. We have met this morning for the purpose of...
Page 6 - Not more than 60 per centum of all Federal aid allotted to any State shall be expended upon the primary or interstate highways until provision has been made for the improvement of the entire system of such highways : Provided, That with the approval of any State highway department the Secretary of Agriculture may approve the expenditure of more than 60 per centum of the Federal aid apportioned to such State upon the primary or interstate highways in such State.
Page 40 - July 11, 1916, and of section 23 of the Federal highway act of November 9, 1921, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be considered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations created...
Page 29 - Now, if I can answer any questions, I will be glad to do so. Mr.
Page 5 - States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the latest available Federal census; one-third...
Page 5 - Thus, the provision of the Washington statute is a regulation, not of the use of its own highways, but of interstate commerce. Its effect upon such commerce is not merely to burden but to obstruct it. Such state action is forbidden by the Commerce Clause. It also defeats the purpose of Congress expressed in the legislation giving federal aid for the construction of interstate highways.
Page 69 - Chairman, because we published that information in the report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads for the fiscal year 1925.
Page 2 - Office and Post Roads, to make inquiry into the subject of federal aid in the construction of post roads and report at the earliest practicable date...