National Highway Program: Hearings Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 4260, to Create a Federal Highway Corporation for Financing the Construction of the National System of Interstate Highways; to Amend and Supplement the Federal-aid Road Act Approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as Amended and Supplemented; and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 1339 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 44
... going through and you were definitely going to have the money as this plan provides , you would probably save that much money in being able to make definite plans 10 years in the future with regard to construction rather than having to ...
... going through and you were definitely going to have the money as this plan provides , you would probably save that much money in being able to make definite plans 10 years in the future with regard to construction rather than having to ...
Page 68
... going to speak on 4260 . Mr. DONDERO . I will defer the question , then , until Mr. du Pont takes the stand . There is just one more thing that rather attracted my attention be- cause of the comment of my friend from Michigan ...
... going to speak on 4260 . Mr. DONDERO . I will defer the question , then , until Mr. du Pont takes the stand . There is just one more thing that rather attracted my attention be- cause of the comment of my friend from Michigan ...
Page 73
... going 1 way and 2 lanes going the other way ? Did you ever notice on one of the roads like the Pennsylvania Turpike the way the traffic was distributed ? Did you ever observe that all of the big units , which are small in number in ...
... going 1 way and 2 lanes going the other way ? Did you ever notice on one of the roads like the Pennsylvania Turpike the way the traffic was distributed ? Did you ever observe that all of the big units , which are small in number in ...
Page 81
... going to come in the next 20 to 30 years ? Mr. CURTISS . I do not think we can anticipate as much change in automobiles as already has taken place . There will not be as much change in the next 40 years as there has been in the past ...
... going to come in the next 20 to 30 years ? Mr. CURTISS . I do not think we can anticipate as much change in automobiles as already has taken place . There will not be as much change in the next 40 years as there has been in the past ...
Page 96
... going into the bill , that we will discuss those questions of policy as they relate to various sections of the bill . So I think it would be in order now , if we were going to have Mr. du Pont comment on the various sections , section ...
... going into the bill , that we will discuss those questions of policy as they relate to various sections of the bill . So I think it would be in order now , if we were going to have Mr. du Pont comment on the various sections , section ...
Common terms and phrases
$2 billion ALGER amount areas Association automobile BALDOCK basis BECKER believe BLATNIK bond financing BRESNAHAN build Bureau of Public California cents Chairman CLAY committee Congress Corporation cost credit financing CURTISS debt defense DEMPSEY DONDERO DU PONT estimated excise taxes FALLON Federal aid Federal Government Federal-aid highway financing fuel tax funds gas tax gasoline tax gentleman GENTRY going Gore bill GORMAN Governor HARPER highway construction highway departments highway program highway system increase Interstate Highway System Interstate Highways Interstate System Jersey Turnpike JONES legislation MACHROWICZ matching Mayor McGREGOR ment mileage miles motor NANCE obligations percent period PONT present problem proposed Public Roads question reimbursement revenue right-of-way SCHERER SCHWENGEL SCUDDER Secretary HUMPHREY Secretary WEEKS SEEGMILLER SMITH standards statement Thank thing tion toll roads traffic Treasury TRIGGS trucks urban vehicles VICKREY YOUNT
Popular passages
Page 2 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 602 - Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.
Page 7 - Individuals so employed may be compensated at rates not in excess of $50 per diem and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses while so employed.
Page 1 - Act of 1949, of such officers, attorneys, and employees as may be necessary for the conduct of its business, define their authority and duties, delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as the...
Page 2 - Treasury, taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month preceding the issuance of the obligation of the bank.
Page viii - That the management of the Corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, consisting of...
Page 1 - ... to be redeemable at the option of the corporation before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated in such obligations...
Page 2 - The annual billings shall also include a statement of the fair portion of the cost of the administration of the respective funds, which shall be paid by...
Page 522 - The roads are more destroyed really by climatic and soil conditions than they are by any use that is made of them by the public.
Page 616 - The nation, speaking broadly, owes a 'debt' to an individual when his claim grows out of general principles of right and justice ; when, in other words, it is based upon considerations of a moral or merely honorary nature, such as are binding on the conscience or the honor of an individual, although the debt could obtain no recognition in a court of law.