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ANNUAL KEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Construction, improvement, and maintenance of roads and trails from forest 

 road appropriations and other Federal and cooperative funds, by States. 



In the calendar year 1922, 1,836 miles of road and 4,379 miles of 

 trail were constructed or improved, and 5,525 miles of road and 

 23,107 miles of trail were maintained. For the calendar year 1921 

 the corresponding figures were 1,104 miles of road constriTction and 

 improvement, 2,959 miles of trail construction, 3,007 miles of road 

 maintenance, and 4,294 miles of trail maintenance. The progress on 

 the small road projects and on the trails constructed under the direct 

 supervision of the Forest Service has been much more rapid than on 

 the larger, more difficult and expensive projects under the super- 

 vision of the Bureau of Public Roads. This is not at all surprising. 

 The minor roads work of the Forest Service embraces numerous 

 small projects scattered among many forests; the work is simple; 

 very little time is required for surveys and preliminary estimates; 

 and construction work can be carried on rapidly. Also these projects 

 are handled entirely by day labor. 



The projects supervised by the Bureau of Public Roads and ap- 

 proved from the 1922 and 1923 fiscal year appropriations have now 

 in very large measure passed the survey and preliminary stages, and 

 the coming year will show greater results in construction and a 

 greater expenditure than in any preceding year. Some increase in 



