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cost, $635,384.57; for maintenance of 895.7 miles of trunk-line roads, 

 $584,762.73; for maintenance of 490.37 miles of State-aid roads, 

 $166,150.67; for engineering and inspection on trunk-line and State- 

 aid roads, $94,065.93; overhead expenses for maintenance, $78,190.87; 

 for construction and maintenance of town roads, $1,059,511.05; for 

 construction and maintenance of town bridges, $153,269.53. The 

 last two items were for the calendar year 1914. 



In 1904 there was expended for roads and bridges $1,195,125, of 

 which $975,960 was expended by the towns on town roads and 

 $219,165 by the State on State-aid roads. It thus appears that from 

 1905 to 1914, the revenues applied to roads increased $2,445,837.75, 

 or 204.6 per cent. The revenues applied to town roads and bridges 

 in the fiscal year 1914-15 are shown in Table 13. 



ROAD AND BRroCE BONDS. 



No town bonds have been issued for road purposes, but the State 

 issued, between 1907 and 1913, inclusive, $7,000,000 of State bonds, 

 a large portion of which were used for paying the State's share of 

 the cost of constructing. State highways. These bonds bear 3| to 4 

 -per cent interest and are retired by appropriation from the general 

 State funds under the deferred serial plan, at the rate of from $120,000 

 to $205,000 annually. The last pajonent must be made by 1925, but 

 the State treasurer is authorized to redeem them whenever and in 

 such a manner as he deems to be for the best interest of the State. 



road" mileage OUTSroE OF CITIES, 1914. 



At the close of 1914 Connecticut had, according to reports re- 

 ceived from the towns, 14,060.82 miles of public roads, of which 

 2,975.45 miles, or 21.16 per cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced 

 roads, 923.42 miles were macadam, 128.28 miles bituminous macadam, 

 1,057.93 miles gravel, 840.27 miles sand-clay, 1.33 miles brick, and 

 24.22 miles concrete. There were also 2,219.23 miles of earth roads 

 reported as graded and drained. 



The reports for 1909 indicate that there were 12,5^83 miles of public 

 road, of which 2,654.27 miles, or 21.09 per cent, were surfaced, a gain 

 for the 5-year period of 321.18 miles.- The small increase in percent- 

 age of surfaced roads is due to the fact that the total mileage re- 

 ported for 1914 exceeds the total reported for 1909 by 1,477.82 

 miles. 



Information regarding road mileage is presented by counties and 

 to\Mis in Table 21. 



