330 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



POST ROADS. 



Of the 17 post-road projects mentioned in the 1914 annual report 

 as having been selected by the Postmaster General and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, pursuant to the provisions of the Post Office appro- 

 priation act of August 24, 1912, 6, aggregating 181 miles, had been 

 completed at the beginning of the fiscal ^ear. Work was continued 

 on the remaining 11 projects, 8 of which were completed at the close 

 of the fiscal year, as follows: Kentucky — Montgomery and Bath 

 Counties; Maine — Cumberland County ; Mississippi — Leflore County ; 

 North Carolina — Forsythe, Davie, and Iredell Counties; South Caro- 

 lina — Aiken County; Tennessee — Loudon and Montgomery Counties; 

 Texas — Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, Comal, and Travis Counties. The 

 total length of these 8 is 216.6 miles, which, with 181 miles previously 

 completed, yields a total of 897.6 miles. The three unfinished projects 

 aggregate 59.17 miles, so that the total mileage of post roads con- 

 structed under the special appropriation will ultimately be 456.77 

 miles. A detailed report will be made to Congress as soon as all 

 projects are completed. 



COUNTY ROAD SYSTEMS. 



Studies were made of the existing road systems, the availability 

 of road-building materials, the distribution of population, and the 

 financial and traffic conditions, and recommendations were made for 

 systems of improved roads respectively that would best serve the 

 citizens of the following counties: Lee County, Ala.; St. Francis 

 County. Ark.; Bay and Escambia Counties, Fla. ; Spencer County, 

 Ind. ; 'Baltimore County, Md. ; Lapeer County, Mich.; Harrison, 

 Holmes, Leflore, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Washington, and 

 Yazoo Counties, Miss.; Cass, Clay, Cooper, Johnson, Howard, and 

 Saline Counties, Mo.; Washoe County, Nev. ; Hood Eiver County, 

 Oreg. ; Perkins County, S. Dak. ; Knox and Monroe Counties, Tenn. ; 

 Brooks, Hidalgo, and Travis Counties, Tex.; Skamania County, 

 Wash.; Brooke and Greenbrier Counties, W. Va. 



SUPERINTENDENCE OF COUNTY ROADS. 



A highway engineer was assigned to Monroe County, Ind., to 

 cooperate with the local authorities in the maintenance of some 300 

 miles of waterbound macadam and the construction of several sections 

 of waterbound and bituminous macadam roads to demonstrate the 

 value of competent centralized control of highway work. 



SPECIAL INSPECTION AND ADVICE. 



Engineers were assigned to study specific road problems and give 

 advice relative to their solution to the local officials in the following 

 number of communities: Alabama, 3; Arkansas, 3; California, 3; 

 Colorado, 1 ; Florida, 8 ; Georgia, 2 ; Idaho, 2 ; Indiana, 4 ; Kansas, 1 ; 

 Kentucky, 4; Louisiana, 4; Maine, 4; Maryland. 1; Mississippi, 11; 

 Missouri, 2; Nebraska, 3; Nevada, 1; North Carolina, 5; North 

 Dakota. 4; Oklahoma, 4; Oregon, 1; South Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 

 15; Texas, 12; Virginia, 4; Washington, 2; West Virginia. 7; a total 

 of 113 communities. 



In addition to the above special assignments, 3 engineers have been 

 assigned to assist the department of public roads of Kentucky, 

 and 2 to assist the department of highways of Tennessee in their 

 State-aid work. An engineer was assigned to assist the State geolo- 

 gist of Georgia in the examination of the various road-building ma- 



