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Many miles of farm roads have not 

 been graveled or properly maintained 

 in years because of insufficient road and 

 bridge income. These same roads have 

 bridges out or in need of immediate 

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TESTS AND INSPECTIONS 



The division of highways rules and 

 regulations further state that "All ma- 

 terials shall be inspected and tested for 

 compliance with the specifications be- 

 fore being used in the work. The 

 department will take samples of ma- 

 terials and make field inspection and 

 tests when such can be done without 

 additional expense to the department. 

 Otherwise the county will be expected 

 to either make the tests, have them 

 made without expense to the depart- 

 ment, or deliver the samples to one of 



the department's laboratories for test- 

 ing." 



There are over 1,600 farm-to-higb- 

 way administrative road districts in Il- 

 linois. Each of these districts requires 

 a treasurer, clerk, and road commission- 

 er. The district mileage ranges from 

 less than two-tenths of a mile in one 

 township to over 260 miles in another. 

 More than 450 districts have less than 

 40 miles of road. 



Yet, it is necessary for a district to 

 buy heavy, expensive machinery to 

 maintain and drain roads properly. 

 Much of this machinery is used less 

 than 30 days a year. Annual road and 

 bridge income ranges from a few dol- 

 lars in many districts to thousands of 

 dollars in others. The overhead cost 

 of supervision, labor, and machinery to 

 do road work in the less wealthy dis- 

 tricts has been burdensome. 



Farmers and others interested in 

 road improvement should cooperate 

 and work with local road officials. If 

 maximum benefit is to be derived from 

 the use of these state funds, a common 

 understanding of farm-to-highway road 

 problems and unselfishness on the part 

 of all concerned is vitally necessary. 



HOW $7,500,000 IS ALLOCATED 



Local Road Net Allots. 

 Mileage to Townships 



Adams 1,074.27 



Alexander 229.17 



Bond _ 528.32 



Boone 371.08 



Brown 409.15 



Bureau 1,037.84 



Calhoun 253.95 



Carroll 542.69 



Cass 386.07 



Champaign ... 1,547.06 



Christian .... 



Qark 



Clay 



Clinton 



Coles 



Cook 



Crawford .... 

 Cumberland 

 De Kalb 

 De Witt 



1,080.74 

 759.28 

 767.93 

 609.38 

 746.75 

 592.22 

 662.87 

 571.84 

 838.27 

 612.67 



631.58 

 609.48 

 904.88 

 335.15 

 731.41 

 1,139.69 

 756.61 

 688.07 

 96364 

 450.96 



Greene 646.27 



Grundy 545.98 



Hamilton 782.65 



Hancock 1,161.66 



Hardin 157.91 



Douglas .- 

 Du Page ... 



Edgar 



Edwards .. 

 Effingham 

 Fayette .... 



Ford 



Franklin 



Fulton 



Gallatin .. 



102,065.99 

 21,773.36 

 50,195.48 

 35,256.17 

 38,873.18 

 98,604.79 

 24,127.69 

 51,560.77 

 36,680.36 



146,985.59 



102,680.70 

 72,138.90 

 72,960.74 

 57,896.97 

 70,948.44 

 56,266.60 

 62,979.02 

 54,330.30 

 79,643.71 

 58,209.54 



60,006.17 

 57,906.46 

 85,972.31 

 31,842.48 

 69,490.99 

 108,281.52 

 71,885.23 

 65,373.27 

 91,555.08 

 42,845.54 



61,401.87 

 51,873.35 

 74,359.28 

 110,368.88 

 15,002.97 



Local Road Net Allots. 



County Mileage to Townships 



Henderson .... 462.79 43.869.51 



Henry 1,079.63 102,575.24 



Iroquois 1,510.06 143,470.23 



Jackson 689.31 65,49109 



Jasper 816.32 77,558.26 



Jefferson 969.78 92,138.43 



Jersey 404.92 38.471.30 



Jo Daviess ... 655.47 62,275.96 



Johnson 501.63 47,65986 



Kane _. 557.60 52,977.37 



Kankakee 904.69 85,954.25 



Kendall ^ 385.95 36,66897 



Knox 905.59 86,039.76 



Lake 692.72 65,815.07 



La Salle 1,487.05 141,284.05 



Lawrence 552.50 52,492.82 



Lee 931.51 88,502.41 



Livingston 1,634.34 155,278.02 



Logan — 786.08 74,685.17 



Mc Donough 872.67 82,912.05 



Mc Henry .... 803.16 76,307.93 



Mc Lean 1,563.81 148,577.00 



Macon 849.61 80,721.13 



Macoupin 1,083.17 102,91157 



Madison 853.95 81,133.47 



Marion 922.28 87,625.48 



Marshall 462.00 43,894.44 



Mason 664.61 63,144.35 



Massac 343.01 32,589.25 



Menard 389.23 36,980.59 



Mercer 753.35 71,575.50 



Monroe 437.25 41,54295 



Montgomery .. 1,014.11 96,350.21 



Morgan 738.33 70,148.46 



Moultrie 519.11 49,320.44 



County 



Ogle 936.10 



Peoria 689-90 



Perry 572.99 



Piatt 647.12 



Pike 1,094.79 



Pope 



Pulaski ... 

 Putnam .. 

 Randolph 

 Richland 



Rock Island 



St. Clair 



Saline 



Sangamon .... 



Schuyler 



Scott 



Shelby 



Stark 



Stephenson 

 Tazewell 



Union 



Vermilion ... 



Wabash 



Warren 



Washington 



Wayne 



White 



Whiteside .. 



Will 



Williamson 



Wiruiebago 

 Woodford .. 



Local Road Net Allots. 



Mileage to Townships 



88,938.51 



65,547.14 



54,439.57 



61,482.62 



104,015.59 



384.99 36,577.76 



237.32 22,547.68 



198.39 18,848.96 



711.99 67,645.90 



611.22 58,071.78 



487.84 46,349.49 



698.48 66,362.32 



637.08 60,528.73 



1.104.66 104,953.32 



506.99 53,299.45 



286.92 27,260.16 



1,218.27 115,747.37 



374.98 35.626.70 



798.51 75,866.13 



813-07 77,249.47 



488.76 46,436.90 



1,272.04 120,856.04 



301.81 28,674.85 

 768.13 72,979.74 



661.78 62,875.47 

 1,245.11 118,297.43 



821.00 78,002.90 



824.38 78.324.03 



1,183.48 112,441.99 



648.82 61,644.14 



735.19 69,850.13 



682.79 64,871.62 



75,023.98 $7,128,000.00 



DECEMBER. 1947 



