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A Bit of the Park to Park Highway. 



roads, are not eligible for federal aid. This year the commission has endeavored 

 to distribute state aid so as to benefit those counties in which the 1918 crop was 

 considerably below normal, thus offering immediate employment for available local 

 labor. 



The total of 1919 state aid projects approximates $300,000.00 and the probable cost 

 of all engineering surveys, supervision and incidental expenses of a like nature will 

 approximate $30,000.00. Applications for aid greatly exceed the fund available. 

 Indicating that county officials appreciate this manner of participation by the state 

 In the improvement of local roads. 



Automobile Tax Used. 



Provision has also been made for state aid maintenance of main county roads, 

 and approximately 500 miles will receive maintenance work this year. The auto- 

 mobile registration law provides that one-fourth of the automobile license fund must 

 be expended in the county of origin under the direction of the Highway Commission; 

 and in order to secure the most important and permanent good to the locality 

 the commission has directed that this money be expended for maintenance work on 

 main local highways, the only requirement of the commission being that the road 

 shall actually be of considerable local importance. 



Aside from the work done exclusively under the direction of the boards of 

 county commissioners the commission has sought to obtain the improvement of 

 purely secondary roads through co-operation with the various counties. Under this 

 plan the commission furnishes free to the counties, surveys, plans and specifications, 

 and supervision of such road improvement as the county commissioners request. 

 In all projects of this nature particular attention is given by the commission to 

 proper drainage and the economical use of local materials. The commission renders 

 the same kind of service in connection with bridge improvements. 



