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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1!»24. 



TOT.VI. MILE.\OE COMPLETED. 



Mr. Anderson. What is the total mileage ? 



Mr. M.\cDoNALD. The total mileage of all types completed during 

 the fiscal years 1917 to 1922, inclu-sive, is 25,844. Of this 13,355 is 

 for projects completed and entirely paid for, 4,362 for projects 

 completed hut for which final payments have not been made, and 

 8,127 which is the equivalent completed mileage of projects under 

 construction. I also submit the following summary of the Federal 

 aid road mileage of all types completed by fiscal years, and of th-^ 

 payments made to the States during these years, with totals to 

 July 1. 1922. 



(The statement referred to is as follows:) 



Summary of completed Federal aid road mileage and of paymetits made to Stales. 



> Includes projects completed and equivalent completed mileage of projects under construction. 



Mr. Anderson. Can you tell from the material before you the 

 total mileage of completed highways, the total mileage under con- 

 struction, and the total mileage under contract upon which con- 

 struction has not yet been commenced ? 



Mr. MacDonald. On October 31, 1922, that being the last state- 

 ment I have, we had 14.706 miles of road under construction, the 

 total estimated cost of which was $261,330,000; the Federal aid 

 allotted amounted to SI 15.214,000, and those projects under con- 

 struction were reported as being an average of 59 per cent complete, 

 varying by States from 32 to 83 per cent. The projects which had 

 been completed, but on which final payments had not been made, 

 amounted to 5,129 miles, of which the estimated cost was §76,151.000, 

 and on which the Federal aid amounted to $34,172,000. The proj- 

 ects on which construction had been completed and all payments had 

 been made amounted to 16,235 miles, at a total estiinatetl cost of 

 $283,330,000 and on which the Federal aid amounted to $120,046,000. 



Mr. Anderson. What 1 am trying to get at is how you arrive at 

 this estimate of $30,000,000 for the next fiscal year. Suppose you 

 tell us what the situation is and what the requirements are and tlien 

 you can ligurc out tlie $30, 000, 000 aftenvards. 



Mr. MacDonald. Mr. Chairman, I will endeavor to boil this 

 down to 11 iciilly comjx'ehensiblo statement. There are two (|uestlons 

 invohcd. One is the necessity for authorizing the a|)portionment 

 to the States of the $65,000,000 which have be(>n aulhori/.t>d for 

 npproprintion for the fiscal year 1924. The other tiuestion relates to 

 the iiiiiking of an iippropriat i«m to apply on the authorization. 

 Iiric(l\ ihc sliilii-; (if the funds is as follows: 



