ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES IN NEW ENGLAND STATES. 9 



In 1909 Aiaine had 2,592.09 miles, or 10.1 per cent, of roads sui"- 

 faced, thus indicatmg an increase in the five-year period, 1909-1914, 

 of 170.27, miles, or 1.64 per cent. 



The mileage figures for 1914 are presented by counties and towns 



in Table 16. 



NEW HAMPSfflRE. 



New Hampshire has a land area of 9,031 square miles, a total road 

 mileage of 14,020.10, and a population, according to the 1910 census, 

 of 430,572. The State, therefore, has a population of 47.67 per 

 square mile of area and 30.71 per mile of road, with 1.55 miles of road 

 per square mile of area. Of the population ta 1910, 40.8 per cent, or 

 175,473, was rural, an average of 12.51 per mile of road. 



In 1905 the governor and council were authorized by law to appoint 

 a State engiaeer and such other engineei"s as might be deemed neces- 

 sary for the purpose of carrying on road work undertaken by the 

 State. In 1915 a new act was passed empowering the governor and 

 council to appoint a highway commissioner skiUed in the construc- 

 tion and maintenance of highways. The highway commissioner 

 exercises general supervision, control, and direction, on behalf of the 

 State, over all matters pertaining to the location, construction, and 

 maintenance of highways now or hereafter buUt or maintained, 

 either in whole or in part, with money appropriated from the State 

 treasury. He is vested with power to fix or decide aU matters per- 

 taining to the location and route of any such highways, methods of 

 construction, materials, manner in which such highways shall be 

 maintained, and all other matters pertainmg thereto, including award 

 of contracts. Appeals may be taken from his decision to the governor 

 and councU. The highway commissioner was authorized to desig- 

 nate a system of cross-State highways for improvement, the cost to 

 be borne one-half by the State and one-half by the town, city, or 

 place within which such road is located, provided that where the town 

 is financially imable to pay one-half of such cost, the State may pay 

 such further sums in addition to its one-haK as the State highway 

 commissioner may deem equitable. Any cross-State highway may 

 be improved by the city, town, or place within which it is located at 

 the expense of the city, town, or place, and to the satisfaction of the 

 State highway commissioner, in which event the State shall reimburse 

 such city, town, or place. 



Under an act passed in 1913, a system of trunk-line highways was 

 designated for improvement by the governor and council and an 

 issue of State bonds was authorized to meet the cost, but cities and 

 towns through which such highways passed were to pay one-half the 

 cost, less such portion thereof as the governor and council might 

 deem equitable in towns unable to pay their share. By an act of 

 1903 a system of State highways was outlined for improvement and 



