4 BULLETIN 387, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUEE. 



that during the 10-year period 1905 to 1914, inclusive, the revenues 

 increased $30,925,877.44 or 143.2 per cent. Table 1 presents in 

 condensed form the information assembled concerning revenues for 

 the Southern States for the year 1914, with comparative information 

 for the year 1904. 



Table 1. — Revenues applied to roads and bridges, 1914. 



States. 



Total revenues applied to 

 roads and bridges. 



Increase in revenues 

 over 1901. 



Total. 



Percent- 

 age. 



Alabama S3, 949, 019. 00 



Arkansas 1, 522, 696. 20 



Delaware 511, 628. 00 



Florida 2, 280, 255. 09 



Georgia 3, 688, 172. 25 



Kentucky 2, 474, 621. 00 



Louisiana ; 1, 777, 572. 12 



Maryland 6, 000, 652. 03 



Miss'issippi ! 3, 960. 377. GO 



North Carolina ■ 5, 215; 490. 78 



Oklahoma ! 2, 112, 680. 80 



South Carolina : i; 024, 480. 37 



Tennessee ; 2. 370, 560. 16 



Texas ! i 9, 920, 079. 11 



Virginia I 3 , 224, 528. 82 



West Virginia I 2, 483, 747. 00 



Si, 576, 



1,395, 



90, 



577, 



2,080, 



2, 148, 



951, 



873, 



1,675, 



1,358, 



774, 



745, 



1,621, 



4, 138, 



687, 



893; 



434.27 

 342. 80 

 802. 88 

 577. 10 

 872. 33- 

 689. 03 

 872. 86 

 470.50 

 485. 45 

 687. 00 

 775. 59 

 701. 50 

 777. 15 

 157.49 

 751.06 

 285. 28 



S2,372, 



127, 



420. 



1,702, 



1,607, 



325, 



825, 



5, 127, 



2,284, 



3, 856. 



1,337; 



278, 



748, 



5,781, 



2, 536, 



1, 590, 



5S4. 73 

 353.40 

 825. 12 

 677. 99 

 299. 92 

 931.97 

 699. 26 

 181. 53 

 891.55 

 803. 78 

 905.21 

 778.87 

 783.01 

 921. 62 

 777. 76 

 481.72 



Total : 52, 516, 559. 73 



21, 590, 682. 29 



30, 92.5, 877. 44 



150.5 



9.1 



463.4 



294.7 



77.2 



15.1 



86.7 



586.9 



130.3 



2S3.8 



172.6 



37.4 



46.1 



139.7 



368.8 



17'8. 



143.2 



An interesting comparison showing the average revenues for roads 

 and bridges in the Southern States per mile of road, per square mile 

 of area, per 1,000 of rural population, and per $100 of assessed valu- 

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

 average does not indicate, however, the distribution of expenditures, 

 as between construction and maintenance. 



Table 2. — Relation of public road and bridge revenues to mileage, area, population, and 

 assessed valuation, 1904 and 1914- 



States. 



-Revenues. 



Per mile of 

 road. 



1904 



1914 



Per square mile 

 of area. 



1904 



1914 



Per capita. 



Per SlOO of as- 

 sessed valuation. 



1904 1 1914 2 



1904 3 1914 4 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maryland 



Mississippi 



North Carolina - 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Virginia 



West Virginia. . 



371. 22 

 30.00 



139. 25 



126. 71 

 45.72 

 42.52 

 72.37 



364.60 

 86.51 



102. 75 

 19.57 

 24.26 

 51.48 

 76.92 

 60.39 

 77.55 



S30. 74 

 26.56 

 46.21 

 10.52 

 35. 43 

 53.47 

 20.96 

 87.86 

 36.13 

 27.87 

 11.16 

 24.45 

 38.90 

 15.77 

 17.08 

 37.18 



S77. 01 

 28.99 



260. 37 

 41.56 

 62.80 

 61.58 

 39.10 



603. 62 

 85.42 



107.00 

 30.45 

 33.59 

 56.86 

 37.80 

 80.08 



103.39 



1.06 

 .49 



1.09 

 .93 



1.00 

 .68 

 .73 



1.08 

 .71 



1.94 

 .55 

 .80 



1.35 

 .37 

 .93 



SI. 84 

 .96 

 2.52 

 3.02 

 1.41 

 1.C8 

 1.073 

 4.63 

 2.20 

 2.36 

 1.274 

 .67 

 1.08 

 2.54 

 1.56 

 2.03 



Weighted averages 31. 51 



64.47 



24.58 



59.79 



1.81 



SO. 69 

 .36 

 .545 

 1.07 

 .437 

 .239 

 .322 

 .485 

 .962 

 .697 

 .1769 

 .351 

 .378 

 .391 

 .372 

 .212 



.41 



1 Based on the 1900 United States Census. 



2 Based on the 1910 Umted States Census. 



3 Based on the 19C2 United States Census. 

 < Based on the 1912 United States Census. 



