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The Moorefield Examiner
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
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Dwight H. Teter of the Kiwanis Good Roads Committee publishes a correction to a farm journal's claim that 50% of West Virginia's $50,000,000 road bond issue was spent on office and engineering expenses. As of December 31, 1926, $52,720,522.58 was spent or contracted for road construction, with only 5.57% ($2,939,218.20) on engineering, and no bond funds used for office expenses.
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The Examiner has been requested by Dwight H. Teter, Publicity Director of the Kiwanis Good Roads Committee to publish the following communication:
"A certain farm journal, published outside of West Virginia, and with a large circulation in this state, is reported to have made the statement that 50 per cent of the $50,000,000 road bond issue was spent in road construction and the other fifty per cent for office expense and engineering.
"It is well that the people of West Virginia know the facts about this.
"On December 31, 1926, the present Road Commission had spent or had under contract for construction of roads in West Virginia, the sum of $52,720,522.58, the amount over $50,000,000 being Federal Aid. Of this sum $2,939,218.20 or 5.57 per cent was spent for engineering and was divided as follows:
$20,267.04-Reconstruction Engineering
$28,960.37-Engineering Contingencies
$1,759,548.58-Engineering Supervision
$228,357.32-Final Surveys.
$28,351.41-Division Engineering Overhead.
$13,837.94-Right of Way Surveys.
$546,671.08-Preliminary Surveys.
$294,648.46-Plans.
$18,527.93-Advertising, chargeable to Engineering.
"No part of the $50,000,000 bond issue or of federal aid was spent for office expense. Administration office expenses in accordance with the state road law, is paid out of funds collected from the tax on gasoline and the automobile license tax."
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West Virginia
Event Date
December 31, 1926
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$52,720,522.58 spent or under contract for road construction, including federal aid; $2,939,218.20 (5.57%) on engineering; no bond or federal aid funds for office expenses, which come from gasoline and automobile license taxes.
Event Details
Dwight H. Teter requests publication of a communication correcting a farm journal's report that 50% of the $50,000,000 road bond issue was spent on office expense and engineering, providing breakdown of engineering expenditures as of December 31, 1926.