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For work located in part outside the Forest boundaries, cooperation 

 must be secured. 



The provision in the new appropriation act relative to cooperation 

 has made possible the use of money on projects essential to the proper 

 administration, protection, and development of the National Forest = 

 for which cooperation could not be secured because the project-^ 

 were of minor value from the State or county standpoint. Tho.t 

 the money could be utilized on administrative and protective road- 

 and trails is equally advantageous, since the normal appropriation 

 for such purposes was insufficient even for the mamtenance of roads 

 and trails previously built from the improvement fund. 



With the increased fmids it was possible to plan for the survey of 

 1,724.85 miles and construction of 1,643.31 miles, estimated to cost 

 $11,900,360.59. It was expected that §4,407,302.31 of this amount 

 would be obtamed from cooperators. Arrangements were also made 

 for a more intensive administrative study of road needs than had 

 been possible or advisable under the smaller appropriations. 



To what extent the approved plans for the calendar year 1919 will 

 be executed can not now be determined. Increases in the estimated 

 or actual costs, failure to obtain cooperation, and the difficulty in 

 securing reasonable bids from reliable contractors have acted tovrard 

 a reduction in the amount of work. The indications are that a large 

 mileage of survey and construction will be completed by the end of 

 the field season and that uncompleted approved projects will largely 

 l^e under contract for completion during the winter or the construc- 

 tion season of 1920. 



The following tabulation shows the projects approved and the 

 liabiUties involved during the fiscal year and prior to that time. 



