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hij^lnvny commissions and the liurcnu of l*iil)lic Komls, which Imndh-s 

 the tochnicjil ciij^iiiccriii;^ fciiturcs of this work throiij^hoiit. We 

 (U^voh>p a common phiii, as far an nossihh», with th*' .Statrs. niul 

 (h'sij^mitc im<h'r that tlic roads which lit into these two chisses. 



The puhlic roads which form componcJit nnrts of tlic hi^jhwiiy 

 system of the States or counties arc neccssurilv rou<Ls of tlie hi^hj'r 

 stanchirds, which re(|uire the apphcation «)f hijjhway enjjineering. 

 Those roads are huilt t'titirely hy the Bureau of Puhlic Iloads. The 

 protection and devch>pment roads cominj; tiiKh'r the otiier chissifica- 

 tion consist huj^elv of rouf^h, inexpensive roatis Imill chcaj)ly to open 

 up our inaceossihh' rej»i«>ns in tlie national forests. They an* roa<ls 

 wliicli do not recpiire any particular dej^re*' of technical hi<;hway skill 

 in their construction, and are huilt hy our field organization ()f rauj^ers 

 and supi'rvisors. 



Anv attempt to estimate the roads needed to complete the |)uhlic 

 road system throuj^li the national forests and also supply the pro- 

 tective facilities rcouired on tliese (iovernment properties themselves 

 are necessarily rou^it and run up into very high figures. We estimate, 

 however, that nearly l.),0(K) miles will be necessary ultimately to 

 compl(>t<> the puhlic roads which must traverse national forests. 



Those 1."), ()()() miles are estimated to cost in the neigld)<>ih<>(>d of 

 .?ir_>.00( ).()()(). 



Wo estimate that the protraction anil development roads needed to 

 open uj) the national forests will ultimately amount to a little over 

 14.000 miles, costing about §54.000, 000, "and thai the trails still 

 needed for protection and administrative purposes will run up to 

 about 40,000 miles, with a cost of something over §11,000.000. The 

 whole program of roads and trails nms up to something like SI7S,0()0,- 

 000, necessarily requiring a long time to build; ami of course con- 

 taining items of varying degrees of urgency. This represents, in a 

 rough way, the ultimate system that we must plan for. The work 

 to date has progressed under former appropriations to a point that 

 represents a very substantial beginning. I do not know wnether the 

 committee cares for any of these progress tables showing what has 

 actually been done. 



Mr. Anderson. I tliink it would be a good idea to put them in the 

 record. 



Colonel Greeley. They amount to a total of 4,785 miles of roa<ls 

 constructed, 6.710 miles of trails constriict<jd, and approximately 

 8,000 miles of n)ads and trails maintained. 



