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tion of roads, trails, cabins, bridges, telephone lines, 

 etc., on the National Forests for the fiscal year 1918 

 to $926,530.84. 



There is still another fund recently appropriated 

 which will enable roads and trails to be built on a 

 very much larger scale than hitherto has been possi- 

 ble and will result in the rapid opening of forest 

 regions at present practically inaccessible. The 

 Federal Aid Road Act, passed by Congress in 1916, 

 appropriated ten million dollars for the construc- 

 tion and maintenance of roads and trails within 

 or partly within National Forests. This money 

 becomes available at the rate of a million dollars a 

 year until 1927. In general, the States and counties 

 are required to furnish cooperation in an amount 

 at least equal to 50 per cent, of the estimated cost of 

 the surveys and construction of projects approved 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture. The apportion- 

 ment among the States is based on the area of Na- 

 tional Forest lands in each State and the estimated 

 value of the timber and forage resources which the 

 Forests contain. 



The total amount from all sources available for 

 roads, trails, and other improvements on the Na- 



