Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn

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.