Southern good roads . of which will be the trimk line road supplemented byiiitercommunicatiug roads, iu which a graduated sys-tem of state control will be exercised and which willreceive state-aid according to their importance. I desire to call particular attention to the systemprevailing in New York, which is the product of extending over a period of 12 years, beginningin 1S9S. Until 1898, a system of extreme localizationprevailed in New York. In that year, legislation wasenacted providing that the small local units should re-ceive a certain percentage of aid from the state, the
Southern good roads . of which will be the trimk line road supplemented byiiitercommunicatiug roads, iu which a graduated sys-tem of state control will be exercised and which willreceive state-aid according to their importance. I desire to call particular attention to the systemprevailing in New York, which is the product of extending over a period of 12 years, beginningin 1S9S. Until 1898, a system of extreme localizationprevailed in New York. In that year, legislation wasenacted providing that the small local units should re-ceive a certain percentage of aid from the state, theamount depending upon the local expenditure. Thusthe first step Avas far short of the highly centralizedsystem now prevailing. In 1903 another step forwardvras taken when the legislature adopted a resolutionpioposing an amendment to the state constitution au-thorizing the issuance of $50,000,000 iu state Ijonds forthe building of state roads. This was ratified by thepeople in and the legislature of 1907 provided. A Good Road Near Mobile, Ala. for a system of sta; ;;id which involved super\isiou bythe state highway department, the state control, how-ever, pertaining only to the roads built with the aid ofstate money. The tendency toward a more effectiveadministration was apparent, however, in tbe appoint-ment of a committee by the legislature in 1907 to mi-dertake tlie revision of the state highway laws and pro-pose a sjstem. This report was adopted, and the newlaw became effective at the beginning of 1909. It pro-vides for the construction of trimk lines to be built andmaintained entirely at the cost of the state, and a ten-tative system was approved aggregating a length ofabout 2800 miles. The county roads, comprising about7500 miles, are to be improved by the state, coimty andtown jointly. The remainder of the roads, aggregat-ing between and 70,000 miles, are to be main-tained and repaired by the towns with the aid of mon-ey appropriated by the state on condition
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