91ÊÓƵ

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee showed states exactly what they'd get if extra gas-tax money were sent to them instead being spent on other federal programs.

TT File PhotoAmericans would support a 1% tax increase to pay for smooth streets with no potholes, a new poll found. A report on infrastructure needs and environmental improvements indicated that 69% of the 800 people surveyed would be "very willing" to pay more in taxes for smoother roads.

Representatives from four ports have urged Congress to allot funds to help deepen and modify their facilities.

Detroit Diesel Corp. announced fourth quarter 1998 revenues of $563 million and record fourth quarter earnings of $10.3 million.

Bartlett Lifting Devices, a Chicago-based company, will become a division of Kalmar Industries USA, Ottawa, Kan., Kalmar announced last month.

Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to double its stake in a Mexican Railroad.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The House was in no mood Wednesday to cut taxes.

Eaton Corp. wanted a leadership role in industrial hydraulics and got it Monday with an agreement to buy Aeroquip-Vickers Inc. for about $1.7 billion.

The trucking industry should trade government-sought safety enhancements for the right to increase productivity, James Hebe, chief executive officer of Freightliner Corp. said Tuesday.

A report to the Kansas House Appropriations Committee at the end of January said that the idea of a tax increase for transportation met acceptance with everyone who spoke at 12 town hall meetings.