ROAD MILEAGE, CENTRAL AND WESTERN STATES. 

 Table 1. — Revenue applied to roads and bridges — Continued. 





Total revenue applied to roads 

 and bridges. 



Increase Ln revenue over 

 1904. 



State. 



1904 



1914 



Total increase. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 increase. 





$46, 875. 85 



165,651.56 



550, 340. 72 



5, 706, 083. 61 



796, 375. 97 



383,283.07 



218, 675. 78 



1, 436, 070. 19 



2,181,262.38 



345,931.73 



18245,013.65 



556, 398. 82 



2, 402, 383. 52 



14,334,245.98 



5, 310, 466. 76 



1,217,809.42 



803, 070. 63 



7,944,717.38 



9, 880, 240. 50 



669, 661. 16 



$198, 137. 80 



390, 747. 26 



1, 852, 042. 80 



8, 628, 162. 37 



4,514,090.79 



834, 526. 35 



584,394.85 



6,508,647.19 



7, 698, 978. 12 



323,729.43 



422. 68 





235. 88 



North Dakota.. 



436. 52 



Ohio 



151.23 



Oregon 



566.84 



South Dakota 



217. 73 



Utah 



267. 24 





453.22 



Wisconsin 



352. 26 





93.58 







Total 



36,794,586.67 



131,446,647.62 



94, 652, 060. 95 



257. 24 







1 For 1915. 



A comparison showing the average revenues for roads ^nd bridges in the Central, 

 Mountain, and Pacific States per mile of road, per square mile of area, per thousand of 

 rural population, and per $100 of assessed valuation for the years 1904 and 1914 is pre- 

 sented in Table 2. Tliis average does not indicate, however, the proportion of ex- 

 penditures for construction and maintenance, respectively. 



Table 2. — Revenue according to mileage, area, population, and valuation. 



State. 



Arizona 



California 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Mexico... 

 North Dakota. 



Ohio 



Oregon 



South Dakota. 



Utah 



Washington... 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Weighted average 30. 94 



Road revenues. 



Per mile of 

 road. 



1904 



$18. 25 

 46.24 

 23.40 

 17.15 

 44.73 

 63.46 

 30.32 

 12.18 

 45.88 

 24.72 

 21.90 

 18.02 

 11.05 



3.72 

 10.80 



9.28 

 82.17 

 23.24 



6.46 

 30.84 

 44.88 

 34.30 



9.45 



$81. 38 



314.09 



48.70 



56.22 



91.32 



194. 06 



97.88 



49.92 



124. 84 



69.06 



57.40 



73.67 



22.37 



20.11 



46.86 



34.92 



165. 99 



144. 23 



12.64 



91.15 



187. 25 



130. 50 



45.25 



96.74 



Per square mile 

 of area. 



SO. 96 



13.82 



6.82 



3.73 



75.19 



120. 80 



55.89 



15.07 



65.32 



24.26 



34.47 



2.76 



11.43 



.42 



1.35 



7.84 



140. 06 



8.33 



4.98 



2.66 



21.48 



39.47 



3.54 



19.03 



1914 



$8.63 



123.17 



18.69 



16.45 



155.85 



394. 89 



183.27 



67.79 



161.13 



79.88 



80.22 



19.75 



23.38 



2.23 



4.54 



34.23 



351. 84 



55.54 



15.84 



9.77 



118. 87 



178. 81 



6.86 



67.98 



Per capita. 



1.45 

 1.31 

 1.92 



.87 

 1.72 

 1.39 



.83 

 1.31 

 1.12 



.■76 

 1.66 



.82 

 1.10 



.84 

 1.72 

 1.37 

 1.92 



.95 



.79 

 2.77 

 1.05 

 1.04 



1.21 



19142 



$4.81 

 8.06 

 2.42 

 4.21 

 1.54 

 5.27 

 4.58 

 3.28 

 3.29 

 3.11 

 1.67 

 7.68 

 1.51 

 2.99 

 1.69 

 4.16 

 3.00 

 7.89 

 2.08 

 2.15 

 6.95 

 4.23 

 4.59 



3.58 



Per $100 of as- 

 sessed valua- 

 tion. 



19043 



.27 



$0.70 

 .66 

 .46 

 .82 

 .37 

 .75 

 1.13 

 .20 

 .40 

 .44 

 .30 

 .83 

 .39 

 .24 

 .77 

 .68 

 .22 

 .59 

 .34 

 .40 

 .79 

 .40 

 .37 



1 Based on the 1900 United States census. 



2 Based on the 1902 United States census. 



3 Based on the 1910 United States census. 

 < Based on the 1912 United States census. 



