PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES^ 1914. 19 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



On January 1, 1914, according to Bulletin 136, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, the various counties and towns of New 

 York had voted $11,729,088 road and bridge bonds, of which 

 $9,097,923 were county bonds and $2,631,165 were town bonds. 

 According to reports filed in the office of the State comptroller, 

 $93,000 of bonds were voted durmg the year 1914, $33,000 in Albany 

 County, and $60,000 in Oswego County. The total county and town 

 bonds voted to the close of 1914 appears, therefore, to be $11,822,088. 

 Of the authorized State bonds about $10,000,000 are issued annually, 

 and the money is used for the construction of State and coimty 

 highways. 



ROAD MILEAGE, 1914. 



At the close of the year 1914, New York State had 79,398 miles of 

 public roads. Of this mileage, 11,986.47 are classed as State and 

 coimty highways. Of the State and county highways, 6,338.9 had 

 been surfaced as follows: Bituminous macadam, 3,168.63; plain 

 macadam, 2,354.97; gravel, 372.97; brick, 148.53; concrete, 244.19; 

 and other materials, 49.61. In addition to this, 500 miles are classed 

 as county roads, all of which were surfaced with macadam, bituminous 

 macadam, and brick. Of the 72,555 miles of town roads, 3,363 were 

 surfaced with macadam and 5,430 with gravel. Thus it appears that 

 15,635.9 miles, or 19.6 per cent of the total, were surfaced at the 

 close of the. year 1914. 



In 1904 only 5,876 miles, or 7.96 per cent of the total, were surfaced, 

 while in 1909, 12,787 miles, or 16.13 per cent of the total, were sur- 

 faced. Comparing the latter figures with those obtained for 1914, it 

 appears that during the period 1909 to 1914 the State added to its 

 surfaced roads 2,848.9 miles, or 3.5 per cent of the total. 



Detailed information showing the total mileage of public roads 

 and the mileage improved in the various counties is contained in 

 Table 11. 



