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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1953)
o o Under Construction’ ° Needs Clarification ° U.S. Bureau’s Term Misleading ° By CLIFF SANDAHL Chairman, Nebraska Editors Highway Conference Sometimes official reports— unless accompanied by ade quate explanatory material— can leave erroneous impres sions. That is exactly what has happened in the case of a re port of the U.S. bureau of public roads classifying a total of o 603 miles of Nebraska highways as being “under construction” Sm last June 30. At first blush, it would seem that if Nebraska had that many miles of roads “under construction” in the middle of 1952, there certainly should be ° no cause for concern in 1953 About highway financing. But it so happens that the 0 U.S. bureau of public roads classifies road projects as still j “under construction” until 95 j oo percent of the monetary value of the work is done. In other words, a road con struction project is not com pleted, in the eyes of the U.S. bureau, until the contractor has all but 5 percent of his job Bone. The stale highway depart ment, in order to get to the bottom of the whole thing. made a searching study of these projects and came up with these findings: That major construction work was completed on about IS percent of the mileage in 1951, or earlier; completed on about 13 percent of the mileage between January and the end of June, 1952; completed on about 44 percent of the mile age between July and the end of September, 1952; and that only about 25 percent of the major construction work re mained uncompleted when cold weather set in late last fall. Many of the projects listed were not complete as of June 30, as far as the U.S. bureau was concerned, simply because guard rail — a comparatively small item— had not been erected at that time. Yet the highways themselves had been in use by the traveling public, some for more than a year. It is interesting to note that all of this confusion about roads “under construction” stems from the very fact that Nebraska has been deficient in state revenue for highways. Highway departments of most states—those not critically short of state funds—use federal matching funds only for the principal items of major con struction projects. By doing such minor work as guard rail erection with state funds only, the states eliminate -some of the red tape. Nebraska, however, has to use federal aid to the greatest extent possible because state funds are critically short. Ne braska’s policy in this respect not only lengthens the time that projects in this state are in the “under construction” category, but also raises the cost per mile for construction, since Nebraska asks for federal participation on every eligible item. Many states, for example, never use federal funds in ob taining right of way. but Ne braska always asks the federal government for 50 percent reimbursement for right of way procurements. Fortunately, among the many contractors who have done work for the Nebraska highway de partment, there are a very few who are consistently slow in finishing their contracts. The highway department is authorized by the “contractors’ pre-qualification” law to issue rules and regulations to qualify contractors. Executives of the department now are in the process of reviewing and revis ing these rules and regulations in an attempt to increase the penalities for failure to complete work as scheduled and to les sen the chance that a contractor will be awarded a job that he cannot complete within the set time limit. Shald Enroule Back from Korea— ATKINSON—Army Sgt. Char les R. Shald, whose wife, Mar jorie, lives in Atkinson, recently left the 45th infantry division in Korea for return to the U S. af ter spending 15 months in Korea. The 45th arrived in Korea in December, 1951, and captured “T-bone” hill in June’s seesaw hill battles. Shald was assigned as a section chief in the 171st field artillery batallion’s battery C. He entered the army in June, 1951, and received his basic train ing at Ft. Bliss Tex. The sergeant is the son of Mrs. Ellen Shald of Bassett. A. H. Rowse, Burwell, Buys Summers Land— The H. M. Summers land, sold at auction Wednesday, March 25, was sold to A. H. Rowse of Bur well for $23.10 an acre. The ranch consisted of 1,200 acres and is located four miles west of Eric I son. Tune in . . . “Voice of The Frontier” . . . thrice weekly. Recent Army - Air Enlistments Told The army-air force recruiting office at O’Neill has announced the following recent enlistments from this recruiting area. For the regular army: Guy U. Norwood of Lynch; John G. Summers of Page- Eddie L. Jackson of Nenzel; William J. Zacek of Niobrara (airborne); Robert C. Hart of Brocksburg; Charles L. Wiggins of Seneca; Gerald H. Ashton of Neligh. Summers, Jackson and Wig gins went to Ft. Riley, Kans., for eight weeks of basic training and then will be reassigned to a quartermaster unit at Camp Car son, Colo. These are special as signments arranged before the men enlisted. The others went to Camp Crowder, Mo., for further pro cessing and reassignment. Hart will be reassigned to the engi- | neers. He is an ex-serviceman and has a choice of branch on reenlistment. Ashton had made application for specialized train ing in the signal corps. He was accepted for this special training before enlisting. He will take his basic training at Camp Gordon, Ga., and will then be reassigned at that training center to a three month camera repair school. For air force: Maxie D. Angus of Ewing; Luke A. Scholtes of Ainsworth; Delbert R. Rouse of O’Neill; Merlin Meyers of Bloomfield; John D. Binkerd of Ewing; Ace E. Shermer of Amelia; Robert E. Courtney of Lynch; Donald F. Scherbring of Petersburg. Woodrow C. Vaughn of Valen tine; Allen H. Walters of O’Neill; Kenneth J. Macke of Creighton; Lawrence Murphy of Bloomfield; Richard W. Ring of Spencer; William L. Allison of Burton; George H. Courtney of Lynch; Eward E. McCloud of Verdel. Angus, Scholtes and Vaughn went to Parks air force base, Pleasanton, Calif., and all the others went to Lackland air force base, San Antonio, Tex., for fur ther processing, reassignment and training. TIMES ARE BAD A young man, losing a race with a patrolman between York and Aurora, was taken before a justice of the peace. In court, the youth told of his struggles to secure an education and the menial tasks he was forced to do. Asked what kind of car he was driving, the youth replied, “A 1952 Oldsmobile.” NO CAN SHOOT The ducks now in the skies aren’t there for shooting. A Hastings man, fined $50 in costs and $375 in liquidated damages, learned the law en forces a closed season—but 12 mallards and three pintails too late. When a strange man broke open a lock on a front door and entered a Blair woman’s home, the housewife wasted no time on heroic actions or thoughts. She ran for the back door and fled. O’Neill News Mr. and Mrs. Ned Porter and family of Columbus spent the weekend in the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter. Miss Betty Gallagher, who teaches in Omaha, will spend the spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gallagher. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller of North Platte were weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. Mrs. W. J. Froelich and family spent the first of the week in Chicago, 111. Mr. Froelich return ed with them to spend the Eas ter weekend here. Miss Lou Birmingham of Oma ha spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham. Mrs. Birmingham returned to Omaha with her to bring Miss Mardi Birmingham, a student at Duchesne college, home for spring vacation. They arrived Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell spent Wednesday, March 25, through Friday in Omaha on business. Mrs. L. A. Burgess spent the weekend in Lincoln visiting her son, Warren Burgess, and fami ly Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brewster and Gary called in the George Winkler farm home Sunday eve ning to see Terry Gallagher who was recently dismissed from St. Anthony’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stevens returned to their home at Oak land Sunday after spending a few days visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Asimus spent Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo., on business. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clauson en tertained at a dinner Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. George C. Smith and family of o Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shaw, Charles Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hunt. o ( c W. F. FINLEY. MJ>. O'NEILL First National Bank Bldg. 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