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BRIDGE MONONGAHELA RIVER AT OR NEAR FAYETTE CITY, PA.

FEBRUARY 26, 1931.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. WYANT, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 17257]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 17257) granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pa., either jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Pa., having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 3, strike out all of section 3. Line 11, strike out "SEC. 4" and insert "SEC. 3" in lieu thereof.

The bill has the approval of the War and Agriculture Departments, as will appear by the letters attached.

WAR DEPARTMENT, February 26, 1931. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill (H. R. 17257, 71st Cong., 3d sess.) granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pa., either jointly or severally, to construct a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette Čity, Pa.

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.

BRIDGE MONONGAHELA RIVER AT OR NEAR FAYETTE CITY, PA.

FEBRUARY 26, 1931.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. WYANT, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 17257]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 17257) granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pa., either jointly or severally, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette City, Pa., having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 3, strike out all of section 3. Line 11, strike out "SEC. 4" and insert "SEC. 3" in lieu thereof.

The bill has the approval of the War and Agriculture Departments, as will appear by the letters attached.

WAR DEPARTMENT, February 26, 1931. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill (H. R. 17257, 71st Cong., 3d sess.) granting the consent of Congress to the counties of Fayette and Washington, Pa., either jointly or severally, to construct a toll bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Fayette Čity, Pa.

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington, February 26, 1931.

Hon. JAMES S. Parker,

Chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. PARKER: Careful consideration has been given to the bill H. R. 17257, transmitted with your letter of February 25, with request for a report thereon and such views relative thereto as the department might desire to communicate.

This bill would authorize the county of Fayette, Pa., or its board of county commissioners, their successors or assigns, and/or the county of Washington, Pa., or its board of county commissioners, their successors or assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Monongahela River, at or near Fayette City, Pa. The bill would authorize tolls to be charged for the use of the bridge, the rates of toll to be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay maintenance, repair, and operation costs, and provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridge and its approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, within a period of not to exceed 20 years from the date of its completion. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall be maintained and operated thereafter free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so adjusted as to yield a fund not exceeding the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches. The department is informally advised that as soon as the cost of the bridge is reimbursed from the proceeds of tolls the bridge thereafter will be maintained and operated free from tolls. The department is advised also that the primary purpose of the bridge is to afford a convenient method for people living on one side of the Monongahela River to cross to the other side where large steel mills are located. It is understood that such crossings are now made either by a skiff or else by traveling down the river on one side and up the other, a distance of about 8 miles. The bill, therefore, is without objection so far as this department is concerned.

Sincerely,

R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary.

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APPROPRIATION FOR CONSTRUCTION AT HENSLEY FIELD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEX.

FEBRUARY 26, 1931.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. REECE, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 14459]

The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 14459) to authorize appropriations for construction at Hensley Field, Grand Prairie, Tex., and for other purposes, introduced by Mr. Sumners of Texas, having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that it do pass.

Hensley Field is an air field leased by the Government, approximately 12 miles west of Dallas, Tex. The Dallas Chamber of Commerce has spent $12,513.65 for a hangar and grading. The city of Dallas, county, and influential citizens have spent approximately $48,000, according to information presented to your committee. Under the circumstances, your committee is of the opinion that the amount requested in this bill, $5,098, should be authorized for improve ments to the landing field, hazard lights, and interior lighting for the hangar.

The letter of the Secretary of War on the matter is as follows: FEBRUARY 26, 1931.

Hon. W. FRANK JAMES,

Chairman Committee on Military Affairs,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. JAMES: Careful consideration has been given to the bill (H. R. 14459) to authorize appropriations for construction at Hensley Field, Grand Prairie, Tex., and for other purposes, transmitted with your letter of January 7, 1931, with a request for report thereon.

The effect of this bill would be to authorize an appropriation of not to exceed $5,098 at Hensley Field, as follows:

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