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Glacier National Park. — A location survey was made and plans prepared for 

 the Fish Creek-McGees Meadow Road, which will be 5 miles long. A 4-mile loca- 

 tion survey was made of the Lake McDonald West Side Road. Recommenda- 

 tions were made to the superintendent of the park in regard to the construction 

 of an earth road along the easterly side of Lower St. Mary Lake. 



Sequoia National Park. — A 10-mile location survey was made for a road from 

 Giant Forest to the north park boundary near J. O. Pass. Plans for about 3 

 miles of this road were completed. 



Yosemite National Park. — The topographical survey for the village to be 

 located on the floor of the valley was finished during this j-ear and plans showing 

 the results were prepared. Considerable reconnaissance work was done to ob- 

 tain information necessary in working up plans for a complete road system. An 

 inspection and report was made on the work of widening the Wawoua Road to 

 permit of automobile traffic. The survey was completed for the improved road 

 from the park entrance near El Portal to Yosemite Village. A 16-mile extension 

 of this road was also surveyed, going above Nevada Falls and into the valley of 

 the Little Yosemite. Plans for the first 5 miles of this road have been com- 

 pleted, as well as a great part of the plans for the remainder. 



NATIONAL FOREST KOADS. 



In six Forest Service districts plans were prepared for approved 

 road projects and construction work was carried on in all, with the 

 exception of California, where the difficulties encountered necessitated 

 some delay. The work, by States, follows : 



Colorado. — Work was done on three projects and repair work on one. Recon- 

 naissance surveys were made on four projects, one of which lies partly in 

 Wyoming. Location surveys were made on two projects for next year's con- 

 struction work. 



Wyoming. — Construction work was done on one project and a location survey 

 made on one for next year's construction. 



South Dakota. — Construction work was carried out on one project. 



Montana. — Construction was completed on three projects and begun on one 

 other. 



Idaho. — Construction work was done on three projects. 



Utah. — One construction project was carried on and considerable repair work 

 was done on others. 



Arizona. — Location surveys were made on three projects. 



New Mexico. — Location surveys were made on two projects and construction 

 begun on one. 



California. — One location and 12 reconnaissance surveys were made. 



Oregon. — Construction work was done on four projects. 



Washington. — Construction work was done on two projects. 



ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL WORK. 



The Division of Road Economics, under J. E. Pennybacker, chief, 

 is carrying out certain branches of work, given in detail as follows: 



GENERAL STATISTICAL AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS. 



The most important subactivity under this project during the 

 year has been the collection of data on mileage of improved and 

 unimproved roads, taxation for road purposes, expenditures, and 

 bond issues for the year 1914. This investigation embraces every 

 county and township in the United States, and is in line with similar 

 investigations conducted in 1904 and 1909. At the close of the fiscal 

 year the investigation was about 50 per cent completed. 



The collection and compilation of current data through the me- 

 diurn of monthly reports by a corps of State collaborators has been 

 continued throughout the year, and from these reports a State index, 



