Evening sentinel, Saturday, May 16, 1925 · page 16

e Evening Sentine
Wright. 1026.)

o'ron. May 16-43th ‘be- I ‘
the and 91' government

tuthfc chairmen, however.

1 his own initiative. He
lull knowledge at the ad-

that and in pursuance ot a
winitials is gradually coming to
ace. namely ”to get rid or

A} subsidy plan having! been
, the government is inclined
“ 33 he chips oven to p'ri
rates low enough tot"
to operate. {two objections
course are expreslied by ml-
.hmembers oi: the Shipping
One is that the surplus of

freight rates on the ocean,
bother lethal; American mur-
ips will slowly but surely

to the hands of foreign ship.
orporatlonsever turned loose
American government" Thus
uxillary in time or war would
inished and a. new fleet made

e‘ whole thing in nutshell is
or the United en govern-
can afford to take the view

est or thirty or forty million

a year—.the present appro.
n~tor maintenance and on-
t o: the existing fleet is good
nice to pay for the future oi
" 1 defense or whether it is en

. eatery burden. 33
l (”e prints owners who endeav-

Tei’n because the Shipping
i’ sisted’on suerentees that

itiveraery or its formation,
{tomes July let.
’ definite steps in connection

3, Ipointed out. When the dc-
twas'organized in 1895 its
3 3 to
he the “good roads" idea.
oug before the present ere.
ted automobile and auto

inlaid

’ ,' roads for mileage rather
3 quality. The third and
came to be at the pres.
when the state‘s great proh-
3onvert mileage already

‘Itlnrty years that Conheoth
‘o‘sn devoting concerted at-
the building oi roads. an
or {$61,000,000 has been
by highway department.
e first decade. from 1895
hen the foundation of the
a movement was laid in
1,416,778.92 was expend-
next lien years. ending in
e state's highway disburse-
" fifteen times and totalled
.13, as the demand for
roads begun ‘toVE3nseert ité

[‘10 1924 the greatest
is" indicated- During

hislrmty d‘e~

operated uni

 

were sold- certsin
{mini-lined. lino

0311191: no any offers ‘ .
promise! oi! participation -3 ‘

3 3:0: deterred psymenie cut
oil on octed urchin under private
ownership.

It bakins to loolt now as it the .

policy or the nut is slowly being
broken down used that the fleet will
me out oi government hands with.
in the next tow months so cm the
Shipping Board will reolly be doe

prlved 'ot a. Job. Already there is ,.
talk oi! cutting down the Board to «
e connilissloner c: three to consist

of cabinet members so that the
whole thing will he in the control
oi the executive. 3 It has ainrays

:been contended heretofore. that
’when ,the ships were turned over to

private owners. the Shipping Board
would remcin as 9. sort 0! regulat-

my body with powers analogous to ’ ‘I

those 0: the Interstete Commerce
0300mmleslon'e supervision of roll-

roads. '

The Shipping Board has been a ‘

thorn in the side at the present nd‘n
ministration mm the Very begin-
ning. It has had a. series of inside
controversies and quarrels due not
to conflicting personalities but to o
diaerence or opinion on principle.
There are those who have believed
the government can beat protect
the farmer and the menutecturer

against high ocean rates and tor- 3

sign monovoly oi shipping by keep-
ing an American fleet in reserve

even though all oi! ii: is not over-3 '

died. It is also argued that‘s-3 a
measure or national defense thirty
or forty billions annually spent for
a. merchant marine was more than
the equivalent or a. similar sum
spent on battleships.

Mr. O'Connor's perleys with
Henry Ford 3&1‘0 likely to be the

subject of debate not only inside .3 L

the Board where already it is belnl
said that the ‘trons‘e'ctlon is not set.
islactory because other bidders
must have a chance but in congress
next autumn where'the entire prob»-
lem of shipping is coming in for c.
thorough investigntion. *

dry 26th, 1913. when he was cuc-
eeoded by Charles L: Bennett. Jehn3
A. MacDonald. the present continua
eierer. took omce July 1st 1928. ,
Lying at is does between the two

and Boston, Connecticut occupies a
unique and dinicult' position. its
highways are “used constantly twelve
months in a year. carryink not only
the pleasure-seeking population but
an ever-increasing tonnage of height
in addition. 3

From 1805 to 1907 the work at the
department was confined to what is

oi building new roads. Until 1907
the state had no control over- maln-
tenence oi highways. In that your
the trunk line not was passed crin-
hunting a. trunk line highWny system
construction and maintenance ct
which become a. direct ohsrge
against the state. At that time. also.
the maintenance or an roads built

sumed by the state government 3m
towns were ordered by statute to pit
one-quarter the coat 0! maintenenc
The present system of highways in
Connecticut aggregates 1000 finite].
Not so long ago roads or tourtec'n
and sixteen feet width were
cred adequate unless it is e eabt
twenty feet wide and the depart
ment has already made considerable

ton Post Road to thirty-six leet.
Highway appropriations by he

have totalled $36. 900. 000 which with
automobile avenue turned over to

$233. 000,000, hunt the gross ex
000,000. 3

Eh use we»
try “in interpret Bert_ ‘ .
one. Windsor. uteri '

 

large commercial centers. New York »

now the state ald3system..'rhe state ‘
assumed the larger port of the cost ,

under state aid since 1895 was as- 3‘

progress in the widening oi the 1330s“. 3
General Assembly in thirty years '

the highway department “iterating -‘

the urine tool and not on 33 '
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building n home it
i t

‘ The Better Building
was appointed. ‘

etyles "triuimcd 3 I

"beet in bands :1 instills-.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one know little scout designing 0:33

 

 

 

In suintnary, the e Eerie b
in: and construction indus ‘
felt to the non

months the cue

 

 

 

ued relatively stea yrnrics level or"
building materials 1 '