ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

Published in the Interest of Good Roads by the
ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
JOHN C. MCPHEE, Editor
CIVILIZATION FOLLOWS THE IMPROVED HIGHWAY

Vol. XII

JUNE, 1936

No. 6

B. B. MOEUR, Governor of Arizona
ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

SHELTON G. DOWELL,
Chairman, Douglas
J. W. ANGLE
Vice-Chairman, Tucson
C. E. ADDAMS.
Commissioner, Phoenix
A. I. WINSETT. Assistant Attorney General, Special Counsel

E. C. SEALE,
Commissioner, Prescott
JACOB BARTH.
Commissioner, St. Johns
C. C. JARRETT.
Secretary. Mesa

GENERAL OFFICE
T. S. O'CONNELL, State Highway Engineer

SID SMYTH,
Deputy State Engineer
D. B. HUTCHINS.
Vehicle Superintendent
R. A. HOFFMAN.
Bridge Engineer
E. V. MILLER,
Engineer of Plans
J. W. POWERS.
Engineer of Materials
W. L. CARPENTER,
Superintendent of Equipment
SWAN A. ERICKSON,
Engineer of Certification

J. S. MILLS.
Engineer of Estimates
H. C. HATCHER.
Statistical Engineer
W. M. MURRAY,
Superintendent of Stores
M. L. WHEELER.
Chief Accountant
C. R. MCDOWELL
Patrol Superintendent
A. C. SIEBотн,
Right-of-Way Agent
W. F. FRERICKS.
Purchasing Agent

FIELD ENGINEERS

GEORGE B. SHAFFER,
District Engineer
District No. 1
F. N. GRANT,
District Engineer
District No. 2

R. C. PERKINS,
District Engineer
District No. 3
W. R. HUTCHINS,
District Engineer
District No. 4

PERCY JONES
Chief Locating Engineer

ARIZONA'S BIT IN A NATIONAL ISSUE

Shall carriers of property or motor carriers of passengers
be granted full federal license reciprocity? That is the ques-
tion confronting licensing authorities of the various states for
a number of years. The Arizona Highway Department seems
to have answered the question for the Nation.

Concluding eight months of research, D. B. Hutchins, su-
perintendent of the Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona
Highway Department, gives us the most comprehensive trea-
tise of this involved subject ever compiled by an individual
or a department.

His conclusions can be summed up as follows: "The na-
tional issue that full reciprocity be granted motor carriers
of property or motor carriers of passengers for compensation
is unconstitutional as well as impractical..

The Arizona official's 24-page booklet on the subject has
been broadcast to the 48 states; the reaction has been over-
whelmingly in favor of Arizona's stand.

The physical aspect of reciprocity is well analyzed by Su-
perintendent Hutchins as follows:

"During the first six months of 1934, 8,101 Kansas trucks
entered Nebraska, while 28,732 Nebraska trucks entered Kan-
sas; 5,405 Kansas trucks entered Colorado, while 6,599 Col-
orado trucks entered Kansas."

In a summary of his research Mr. Hutchins said:
"State statutes exacting flat taxes from those using the
public highways in interstate commerce should be carefully
drawn to provide that the proceeds of the tax, especially the
proceed's of the tax paid by interstate users, be appropriated
to defray the cost of constructing, maintaining and policing
the highways.

"Each motor vehicle, excepting only private passenger au-

JUNE, 1936

tomobiles not being commercially used or moved, should be
required to pay the regular registration fees in each state into
or through which it operates.

"Where local conditions warrant the sale of short term
privileges, one-tenth of an annual fee should be charged for
each month's use, or five per cent or ten per cent of the regu-
lar annual fee, with a minimum of $5.00, should be charged
for each trip, provided that receipts for the payment of each
of such fees might be accepted in part or full payment for
the regular annual fee. Where such short term privileges are
extended, windshield stickers or special plates should be used.

"Exceptions for a limited time or a limited number of trips
should not be extended without the establishment of a practi-
cal permit system requiring advance application and tem-

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS gratefully acknowledges use of
the photographs in the May issue, illustrating "People of the
Blue Green Water," by Vic Householder, eminent Arizona
engineer and amateur photographer.

THE COVER PICTURE

Mormon Lake in Coconino county as photographed by
Norman G. Wallace. This is the largest body of water in
Coconino county. It was discovered by the Casner brothers
in 1873. Later, a small Mormon colony from Salt Lake City,
headed by Lot Smith, settled here and it become known as
"Mormon Dairy." Mormon Lake is the heart of the Northern
Arizona playground in summer.

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