Hearings before subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, consisting of Messrs. J. A. Tawney, W. I. Smith, W. P. Brownlow, G. W. Taylor, and ... of Sundry civil appropriation bill for 1908

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... the entire roadway, constructing curbing, gutters, and necessary drainage. The road when built in 1882-83 lay without the city limits of Fort Scott. It runs south from a point at about 150 feet south of the south line of Seventh street for a distance of 4.C20 feet, thence east 3.030 feet, n total of 8.250 feel, to the cemetery west gates. But since that time the corporate limits of the city have been extended south and east to the cemetery, and include the road. From a copy herewith of a letter from the honorable Secretary of War to Congressman Charles F. Scott it appears that the Government still owns the road. This being the fact, it would seem that the Government should maintain the road, and. should there le funds available, the road should be repaired at an early date. But it is not thought that repairs could be made from the general appropriations for repairs to roadways to national cemeteries, as the act provides that such funds shall not be used on roads within the corporate limits of cities or towns, and if there should be no other appropriations from which to do this work Congressman Scott and the citizens' committee of Fort Scott desire your office to incorporate in its next estimates the sum of $35,000 for the purpose of grading, macadamizing, guttering, curbing, culverts, and drainage for permanent repairs to the road in accordance with the following estimates, and the same is respectfully recommended. Estimates (length of road. 8,2.0; width of bed. including gutters, 40 feet): Grading and leveling old macadam for base $2.500 Eight-inch macadam in place ' 10,000 Culvert and drainage 2,500 Gutters, brick or flagstone (i, 900 Curbing (i. «00 Total 35.QOO When funds are available the necessary survey, plnns. and specifications can be made. R...