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BULLETIN 386, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



An interesting comparison showing the average expenditure for 

 roads and bridges in these three States per mile of road, per square 

 mile of area, per 1,000 population, and per $100 of assessed valuation 

 for the years 1904 and 1914 is presented in Table 2. This average 

 does not indicate the distribution of expenditures, as it includes both 

 construction and maintenance. Accordingly there may be many 

 miles on which little or nothing was expended. The average, how- 

 ever, indicates the comparative financial burden proportionate to 

 mileage. 



Table 2. — Analysis of expenditures on various bases. 



State. 



Per mile of road. 



Per square mile 

 of area. 



Per 1 000 of 

 population. 



Per .$100 assessed 

 valuation. 





1904 



1914 



1904 



1914 



1904 



1914 



1904 



1914 





$220. 64 

 77. 05 

 48.98 



$486. 49 

 292. 60 

 113. 86 



$435. 00 

 114.00 

 109.00 



S959. 00 

 467.00 

 232. 00 



$1,730.00 

 790. 00 

 770. 00 



$2,833.00 

 2,549.00 

 1,360.00 



$0.34 

 .095 

 .124 



$0. 289 



New York 



.208 



Pennsylvania 



.205 



ROAD MILEAGE, 1914. 



The total road mileage in the Middle Atlantic States to January 1, 



1915, was 185,770.84, of which 31,516.23 miles, or 16.9 per cent of 



the total, were surfaced. This does not include streets in incorporated 



cities and towns, except a few miles in New York and Pennsylvania 



where the State roads pass through the small towns and boroughs. 



By comparing these figures with former investigations in the same 



States, it appears that between 1909 and 1914, 11,942.80 miles, or 



6.4 per cent of the total, were surfaced. Table 3 summarizes all of 



the available information concerning road mileage for the three 



States. 



Table 5.— Road mileage, 1909 and 1914- 



State. 



Total road 

 mileage. 



Miles 

 surfaced. 



Miles sur- 

 faced from 

 1909 to 

 1914. 



Percentage surfaced. 



Increase 



1909 



1914 



over 1909. 



New York 



79,398.00 

 14,817.00 

 91,555.84 



15,635.90 



5,897.45 

 9,982.88 



2,848.9 

 2, 475. 9 

 6,618.0 



16.13 

 22.76 



- 5.84 



19.6 

 39.8 

 10.9 



Per cent. 

 3.5 



New Jersey 



17.0 



PAnnsylvanin 



7.0 







Total 



185,770.84 



31,516.23 



11,942.8 



14.91 



16.9 



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A diagram (fig. 1) shows the percentage of surfaced roads for these 

 States at the close of the years 1904, 1909, and 1914. This diagram 

 shows in a striking manner the strides which have been made during 

 the past 10 years in road construction in these States. 



The total mileage of roads and the surfaced mileage in relation to 

 the square mile of area and 1,000 population for the years 1904, 

 1909, and 1914 are shown in Table 4. 



