14 BULLETIlSr 386, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTJEE. 



Table 9. — Mileage of public roads, including city streets in New Jersey, in 1914. 





Roads. 



City streets. 



Name of county. 



Coimty 

 roads. 



Township 

 roads. 



Borough 

 roads. 



Town 

 roads. 



Village 

 streets. 



City 

 streets. 



Toll 



roads. 



Estimated 

 mileage. 



Atlantic 



153. 86 

 45.95 



215. 90 

 97.56 



106 

 29 



160. 69 

 94.74 

 42.80 

 61.90 



150. 72 

 • 238. 04 



220. 89 



152. 08 



103. 50 



203. 14 

 68.01 



113. 50 

 39.83 

 67.66 

 66.18 



653 

 389.50 



1, 152. 45 

 449 

 253 

 512 

 119. SO 

 741 

 31.63 

 928. 10 

 323.50 

 439. 35 



1, 050. 20 

 864 



1,173 

 260. 64 

 591. 55 

 612. 10 

 936. 80 

 217. 43 

 687. 20 



30.25 



776. 81 

 14.75 



102. 29 



108. 20 

 30.25 

 39.90 



127. 75 



9.10 



44.60 



33. 03 



126. 60 



221. 70 

 79.70 

 60.40 

 75.01 

 18.66 

 68.44 

 34 



120. 42 

 17 



180 



"37.' 46" 



236.65 



49.70 



41 



349. 36 

 114.64 

 136. 85 

 355. 70 



21. 63 

 287. 67 



11 

 136. 20 

 130. 47 

 100.20 



'"'5'""' 



"u"" 

 "ii""' 



4 



1, 253. 76 



Bergen 



1 304.36 







1, 424. 10 



Camden . 



■ 



998. 21 



Cape May 



j 



581.84 



Oiimbprlftrii 



1 



720.10 



Essex 



349. 44 



52 



1, 077. 53 





996. 12 



Hudson . 



126. 34 

 4 





501. .54 



Hunterdon 



1 049.60 





643. 45 









934.46 



Monmouth 



13.10 

 66.64 





1, 606. 09 





1 162. 42 



Ocean 









1, 336. 90 









212. 82 

 16.20 



"'6.'46' 



751. 61 



Salem . .... 







700. 82 





7 





801. 04 











1 010.63 





68.25 

 38 





308. 72 





782.48 





808. 38 













Total 



2, 431. 95 



12, 385. 25 



2, 138. 86 



852. 77 



89.40 



2, 508. 81 



38. 40 



20, 445. 44 

















Miles.' 

 14, 817. 19 

















5, 628. 24 





















20,445.44 







NE 



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New York, with a land area of 47,654 square miles, has 1 .66 miles 

 of road per square mile of area. According to the 1910 census 

 4,766,883 out of a total population of 9,113,614, or 52.3 per cent, 

 lived in the city of New York, and the urban and rural population 

 was, respectively, 7,185,494 and 1,928,120, or 78.8 per cent and 

 21.2 per cent, thus indicating the predominance of urban interests 

 in the working out of the highway problem. There are 62 counties, 

 varying in size from St. Lawrence, the largest, with an area of 2,880 

 square miles, to Schenectady, the smallest, with an area of 221 square 

 miles. The counties of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and 

 Richmond are not considered in this report, as they are included 

 within the city limits of New York City. 



The topography of the State is varied and ranges from sand plains 

 to low-lying granite mountains. 



The good-roads movement in the State of New York dates back to 

 1898, when the Higbie-Ai^mstrong law was passed. Under this law 

 50 per cent of the cost of highways was to be borne by the State, 35 

 per cent by the county, and 15 per cent by the towns through which 

 the road passed. After completion, the roads were maintained 



1 S. D. Gilbert, auditor, and other members of the State highway department, rendered valuable assist- 

 ance in the work for this State. The figures were cheeked by the United States collaborator at Albany, 

 J. Burr Ryder. 



