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BULLETIN 388, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



special appropriations, State liighway loan funds, and local funds. 

 The amounts expended under the direction of the State highway 

 conunission are shown in the report of the commission for the year 

 1914, as foUows: 



state. 



Local. 



Joint fund for construction of State-aid roads 



State highway construction from State highway loan fund . 



State-aid maintenance 



State maintenance 



8410, 781. 28 



763, 143. 09 



59,949.50 



12, 858. 34 



8338,051.48 



31,667.17 

 4, 120. 40 



Total for construction and maintenance of State and State-aid roads... 



1,246,732.21 



373, 839. 05 



Amount paid by the State 



Amount paid by the towns 



Administration of State liighway department . 



1,246,732.21 



373, 839. 05 



42,648.96 



Grand total expended under State highway department. 



1,663,220.22 



The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1904 amounted 

 to Sl,472,393.70, thus mdicating an increase in the 10-year period of 

 $1,169,613.09, or 79.43 per cent. Information regarding rates of 

 taxation and amomits obtained from town taxes for town roads and. 

 bridges during 1914 is shown in Table 7. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



The towns of Maine have no road and bridge bonds outstanding. 

 On September 1, 1913, the State issued $300,000 of State highway 

 bonds and on July 1, 1914, additional State highway bonds amount- 

 ing to $492,500 were issued, making a total of $792,500. One bond 

 of $7,500 was paid on September 1, 1914, which left a total outstand- 

 ing on January 1, 1915, of $785,000. These bonds bear 4 per cent 

 interest and are to be retired by the serial plan. The bonds issued 

 September 1, 1913, are to be retired at the rate of $7,500 annually 

 between September 1, 1914, and September 1, 1953. The issue of 

 July 1, 1914, falls due annually in eciual amounts of $11,500 between 

 July 1, 1915, and July 1, 1954. The State law provides that the 

 interest and the bonds are to be paid from automobile registration 

 fees and that not more than $500,000 may be issued m any one year, 

 provided that the total amount outstanding never shall exceed 

 $2,000,000. 



ROAD MILEAGE. 



At the close of the year 1914, Maine had 23,536.91 miles of public 

 road, of which 2,762.36 miles, or 11.74 per cent, were surfaced. Of 

 the surfaced roads, 43.93 miles were bituminous macadam, 55.36 

 miles macadam, 1,139,36 miles gravel, and 1,523.71 miles of other 

 materials, of which the classification was not given, except as follows: 

 brick, 0.05 mile; concrete, 10.51 miles; sand-clay, 2.26 miles. 



