ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES IN NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



Local road and bridge work, exclusive of State and State-aid work, 

 is done by the towns through the town boards of selectmen in all of 

 the New England States, the towns being pohtical subdivisions of the 

 counties. In a few cases, however, where the towns fail to construct 

 or maintain the roads properly, the work is done by the county 

 officials. 



Detailed information as to the administration of pubhc roads in 

 each of the New England States is given in the chapters which relate 

 respectively to the several States. 



PUBLIC ROAD REVENUES. 



The total revenues appHed to roads and bridges in the New Eng- 

 land States in 1914 amounted to $15,435,746.01, including State 

 appropriations, amounts derived from local taxation, and expendi- 

 tures from bond issues, both State and local. In 1904 the total reve- 

 nues apphed to this purpose amounted to $7,383,755.70, showing an 

 increase in the 10-year period, 1905-1914, inclusive, of $8,051,990.31, 

 or 104.6 per cent. Table 1 presents in condensed form the informa- 

 tion assembled concerning revenues for the New England States for 

 the year 1914, with comparative information for the year 1904. 



Table 1. — Revenues applied to roads and bridges, 1914 and 1904. 



State. 



Total revenues applied to 

 roads and bridges. 



1914 



1904 



Increase in revenues over 

 1904. 



Total increase. 



Percentage 



of 



increase. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts... 

 Rhode Island . . . 

 Connecticut 



Total 



$2,642,006.79 

 1,590,464.11 

 1,023,941.01 

 6,091,875.30 

 446, 496. 05 

 3,640,962.75 



$1,472,393.70 

 872,606.35 

 567,397.33 



2,871,222.47 

 405,010.85 



1,195,125.00 



$1,169,613.09 



717,857.76 



456,543.68 



3,220,652.83 



41,485.20 



2,445,837.75 



79.43 



82.2 



80.46 



112.2 

 10.2 



204.6 



15, 435, 746. 01 



7,383,755.70 



8,051,990.31 



104.6 



A comparison showing the average revenues for roads and bridges 

 in the New England States per mile of road, per square mile of area, 

 per capita, and per $100 of assessed valuation for the years 1904 and 

 1914 is presented in Table 2. This average does not indicate, how- 

 ever, the distribution of expenditures as between construction and 

 maintenance. 



