FOREST SERVICE. 



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Through a cooperative arrangement the road projects which require 

 the supervision of engineers intensively trained in highway engineer- 

 ing and construction are handled by the Bureau of Public Roads. 

 Numerous road imi)rovement and repair i)rojects are required pri- 

 marily for the administrative and protective needs on the Xational 

 Forests. The standards set for such Avork aim more at utility com- 

 bined with economy tlian the higher types of construction, and the 

 "work calls more largely for practical, rough-and-ready motliods th-in 

 for technical engineering skill. This work, together with trail - 

 building and maintenance, is handled directly by the Forest Service 

 in conjunction with administration, i)rotection, and other activities on 

 tlie Forests. It is coordinated Avith fire protection as far as possil>le, 

 so that construction crews may be available in remote areas of great 

 fire hazard as part of the fire-suppression organization. Very grati- 

 fying results from a protection standpoint have come about through 

 the operation of this plan. 



In the following tabulation are shown the projects approved and 

 the liabilities involved during the fiscal year and prior to that time: 



Summari/ of road and bridge projects undertaken to end of fiscal year 1920} 



NUMBER AND LENGTH OF PROJECT. 



LIABILITIES. 



Status of projects. 



Approved dnrins fiscal vear $7,272,390.00 



Total approved to June 30, 1920 : 16, Oil, 417. 00 



Federal. 



Local 

 authority. 



$4,-397,732.00 

 8,851,556.00 



Total. 



$11,670,122.00 

 24,862,973.00 



' Doss not include 10 per cent projects completed prior to Jan. 1, 1919, and minor administrative and 

 protective roads and trails. 



The expenditures during the calendar year 1919 for all road activi- 

 ties, including the surveys, construction, repairs, equipment, investi- 

 gations, and overhead, amounted to $4,582,022. Of this $297,657 

 was from the 10 per cent fund, $1,449,189 from the section 8 fund, 

 and $1,504,182 from the Federal Forest road construction fund. The 

 balance of the total is represented by $1,230,994, expended from 

 ^cooperative funds contributed by States and counties. 



The following tabulation indicates the condition of the three road 

 appropriations on January 1, 1920: 



Condition of road appropriations. 



Fund. 



Total 

 available. 



Total 

 expended. 



10 per cent ; $2, 322. 225. 96 



Section 8 4, OOO, 000, 00 



Federal Forest road construction 6, 000. 0(H). 00 



$1,643,282.72 

 1,921,025.20 

 1,504,181.59 



Unexpended 

 balance. 



.«67S.943.24 

 2,078,974.80 

 4,495,818.41 



Total 12, 322, 225. 96 



5,068,489 51 7,253,736.45 



Additional installments of these appropriations which became 

 ravailahle for expenditure on July 1, 1920, aggregate $4,472,025.2 ">. 



