Roads: Hearings ... on the General Authorization Bills. Feb. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, 19261926 - 201 páginas |
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Página 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...
Página 29 - Now, if I can answer any questions, I will be glad to do so. Mr.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 33 - ... in the case of any project which, by reason of density of population or character and volume of traffic, the State highway department and the Secretary of Agriculture may determine should be improved with a surface of greater width than 18 feet.
Página 69 - Chairman, because we published that information in the report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads for the fiscal year 1925.
Página 71 - May I ask a question there, Mr. Chairman? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. HOLADAY. "\y1ien you say "have been improved,
Página 5 - States in the following proportion: 90 per centum in the proportion which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the latest available Federal census, and...
Página 1 - ... certain States are overtaxed to aid other States, (d) the Federal Government is furnishing funds on too large a system of interstate roads, and (e) the Federal appropriations are too large, causing the States to overburden themselves to meet the Federal allotments. Since there are some members of the Congress who are here for the first time, others who have not given much attention to this subject, and there has been much space given in the public press from certain quarters in opposition to...
Página 20 - Under the Federal Aid Road Act, adopted by the Republican Congress in 1921 and supplemented by generous appropriations each year, road construction has made greater advancement than for many decades previous. Improved highway conditions is a gauge of our rural development and our commercial activity.