FINANCING HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION LINES 306
Origin and Reasons for Road Work. Working out Road Tax
Abolished. Private Financing, Public Financing. Taxation: Tax
Defined, Classified. Direct Taxes -- Levied Uniformly. Indirect
Taxes: Defined, Classes of, Special Taxes, How Levied, Benefits
Decrease with Distance, Petitioning Influence -- Curve of,
Concrete Illustration. Zone Weights: How Determined, Plots and
Tables. Frontage: Defined, Calculation, Illustrative Example.
Unequal Zones and Irregular Lots -- Concrete Illustration.
Another Method of Apportioning Assessments. Rule for
Assessment. Miscellaneous Sources of Revenue: Public Service
Corporations, Bus and Truck Lines, Municipal Sale of Water,
Gas, Electricity, Ice, Coal. Public Ownership of Transportation
and other Necessary Utilities. Bonds: Sinking Fund, Serial,
Annuity, Comparison of Costs. Term of Bonds. Stocks and
Bonds. National and State Aid. Present Status of Federal Aid.
Matching Federal Aid Dollars. Financing Highway Transportation:
Individual, Partnership, Corporation. Public Ownership -- When
Advisable.