12 BULLETIN 388, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUKE. 



KOAD MILEAGE, 1914. 



According to the reports from the to"^Tis, New Hampshhe had, at 

 the close of the year 1914, a total of 14,020.10 miles of public road, of 

 which 1,659.63, or 11.83 per cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced 

 roads 1,013.7 miles w^ere gravel, 270.9 miles sand-clay, 154,26 miles 

 bitmninous macadam, 61.87 miles macadam, 7,07 miles concrete, and 

 151.83 miles of materials not classified as to type. 



In 1909, New Hampshire reported a total of 1,448.48 miles, or 9.58 

 per cent, of surfaced roads, thus indicating an increase in the 5-year 

 period of 211.15 miles. 



The mileage figures for the year 1914 are presented by counties and 



towns in Table 17 



VERMONT. 



Vermont has a land area of 9,124 square miles, a total road mileage 

 of 14,248.66, and a population, according to the 1910 census, of 

 355,956. The State, therefore, has a population of 39.01 per square 

 mile of area and 24.98 per mile of road, with 1.55 miles of road per 

 square mile of area. Of the population in 1910, 52.5 per cent, or 

 187,013, was rural, an average of 13.12 per mile of road. 



A State highway commissioner is appointed biennially by the gov- 

 ernor, with the advice and consent of the senate. He controls and 

 directs the expenditure of all moneys appropriated by the State or 

 apportioned to towns or incorporated villages for highway improve- 

 ment. He appoints amiually, with the advice and consent of the 

 governor, a supervisor for each county, who, under his direction and 

 control, assists in supeiwising the expenditure of State road funds 

 and m the construction and mspection of roads that have been or may 

 be built with State money. 



All money appropriated by the State is required to be expended 

 for improving permanently that main thorouglifare in each town 

 selected by the selectmen and town road commissioners, subject to 

 the approval of the State highway commissioner. Such roads are 

 known as State roads and are required to be selected with a view to 

 securing trunk lines of improved highways. The location of each 

 year's work, plans and specifications therefor, and the appointment 

 of foremen to have charge of the work, are determined by the State 

 highway commissioner after consulting selectmen and road commis- 

 sionei-s. The State highway commissioner has the same powers in all 

 matters pertaining to highways and bridges m unorganized towns 

 and gores as have selectmen and road commissioners m organized 

 towns. 



Appropriations are made by the legislature for apportionment by 

 the State highway commissioner to cities and to^vns, excluding incor- 

 porated villages, the basis of apportionment being that the State shall 



