ROAD MILEAGE, REVENUES, SOUTHERN STATES, 1914. 45 



revenues for these purposes increased $5,781,921.62, or 139.7 per 

 cent. 



The revenues and tax rates for 1914 are shown by counties in 

 Table 20. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



On January 1, 1915, the total road and bridge bonds outstanding 

 for various counties in Texas amounted to $14,615,016.53. In 1914 

 there was expended on roads and bridges from bond issues $4,152,- 

 456.72, there was retired $266,255, voted $6,783,275.60, and sold 

 $3,119,990.60. Many of the bonds sold in 1914 bear 5 per cent 

 interest, run for 40 years, and brought par or par and accrued 

 interest. Detailed information showing the bond issues by counties 

 is contained in Table 34. 



ROAD MILEAGE. 



At the close of 1914, according to the reports received, Texas had 

 128,960 miles of pubUc roads, of which 10,526.79 miles, or 8.16 per 

 cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced roads, 511 miles were maca- 

 dam, 5,258.98 miles were gravel, 3,490.48 sand-clay, and 1,265.33 

 miles were surfaced with other materials, including shell, bituminous 

 macadam, concrete, and hard roads not classified as to type. This 

 latter figure includes 181 miles of bituminous macadam, 740.45 miles 

 of shell, and 11.25 miles concrete. 



In the mileage of surfaced roads, Tarrant County stands first with 

 586.5 miles, or 53.98 per cent; Dallas County, second, with 522 miles, 

 or 40.15 per cent; Bexar County, thu'd, with 414.26 miles, or 40.15 

 per cent; Archer County, fourth, with 400 miles, or 26.66 per cent; 

 and Ellis County, fifth, with 400 miles, or 20 per cent. There are 

 28 other counties having more than 100 miles of surfaced roads, 

 and there are 129 counties which reported no surfaced roads. 



At the close of 1909 Texas had 4,896 miles, or 3.80 per cent, of 

 surfaced roads, which indicates that in the 5-year period, 1910-1914, 

 inclusive, 5,640.79 miles were surfaced. 



Information showing total mileage and mileage of surfaced roads 

 in the various counties is contained in Table 50. 



VIRGINIA. 



By G. P. Coleman, State Highway Commissioner. 



Virginia has a land area of 40,262 square miles, a total road mile- 

 age of 53,388 and a population, according to the 1910 census, of 

 2,061,612. The State has a population of 51.2 per square mile of area 

 and 38.6 per mile of road, with 1.32 miles of road per square mile of 

 area; of the 1910 population 1,585,083, or 76.8 per cent, was rural, 

 thus indicating a rural population of 29.7 per mile of road. The 

 eastern half of the State is broken up by the Chesapeake Bay and 



