4 BULLETIN 389, U. S. DEBARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 



ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 



The total State, county, township, and. district road and bridge bonds outstanding 

 on January 1, 1915, in the Central, Pacific, and Mountain States, amounted to $128,- 

 767,414.57. In 1914 the expenditures from bond issues amounted to $28,949,759.48; 

 bonds were retired to the amount of $9,214,166.62; bonds voted $24,960,869.20; and 

 bonds sold $25,611,229.42. , 



State bonds have been issued in California, Idaho, Utah, and Washington. In Cali- 

 fornia the bond issue for the construction of a system of State highways amounted to 

 $18,000,000. Some district road bonds have been issued in Kansas, but it was im- 

 possible to ascertain the amounts. No State, county, or township road and bridge 

 bonds were reported for Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wyoming. All 

 of the other States in this group, however, have outstanding local bonds. 



Information in regard to bond issues is presented by States in Table 3, and detailed 

 information, showing bond issues by counties, is given under the State headings. 



Table 3. — Road and bridge bonds. 



State. 



Total out- 

 standing 

 Jan. 1,1915. 



Expended 

 from bond is- 

 sues during 

 1914. 



Retired 

 during 1914. 



Voted during 

 1914. 



Sold during 

 1914. 



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 



2 32 



42, 

 1, 



10, 

 1, 



2, 



$295,000.00 

 277,000.00 

 90,500.00 

 339,000.00 

 798, 761. 55 

 095,357.34 

 960, 780. 00 

 0) 



389,029.43 

 411,889.00 

 522,500.00 

 224,050.72 



0) 



38,000.00 

 157, 000. 00 



0) 

 175,968.53 

 615,000.00 



0) 

 541,500.00 

 555,000.00 

 281,078.00 



0) 



$8, 780. 59 



8,886,192.56 



1,234.50 



226,000.00 



208,855.41 



9,396,186.98 



(0 



0) 



1,524,557.49 



429, 800. 00 



55, 000. 00 



102,475.00 



0) 



3 17, 256. 79 



30,000.00 



(0 



6,384,355.74 



1,122,817.65 



(') 



6, 899. 27 

 509, 146. 50 

 40,201.00 

 0) 



0) 

 $271,000.00 



0) 

 (1) 

 161,914.34 

 5,957,266.47 

 0) 

 0) 



49,842.00 

 37,500.00 

 33,000.00 



0) 

 3,000.00 



0) 



0) 

 2,684,593.81 



0) 



0) 



0) 



0) 

 16,050.00 



(0 



S275,000.00 



2,712,000.00 



6) 



425,000.00 



3,656,500.00 



4,538,221.31 



376, 828. 00 



0) 



2,080,742.43 



62,000.00 



75,000.00 



462,000.00 



0) 



25,000.00 



50,000.00 



(0 



8,702,303.46 



1,365,000.00 



6) 

 10,500.00 

 133,274.00 

 21,500.00 



0) 



$275,000.00 



2,712,000.00 



G) 



375,000.00 



199,350.00 



8,619,005.53 



376, 828. 00 



0) 



2,080,742.43 



358,000.00 



75,000.00 



440,000.00 



0) 



25,000.00 

 50,000.00 



(0 

 8,593,303.46 

 1,365,000.00 



0) 



10, 500. 00 

 35,000.00 

 21,500.00 



0) 



Total 128,767,414.57 28,949,759, 



9,214,166.62 24,960,869.20 



25,611,229.42 



None reported. 



2 Including State bonds. 



3 Expended in early part of 1915. 



The total road mileage in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific States as of January 1, 

 1915, exclusive of streets in incorporated cities and towns, was 1,358,706, of which 

 134,141.74 miles, or 9.87 per cent were surfaced The total road mileage and the 

 mileage surfaced to the close of 1914, and percentage of surfaced roads for 1909 and 

 1914 are shown for this group of States in Table 4. Detailed information on this sub- 

 ject is presented by counties under the State headings. The percentage of roads sur- 

 faced for the years 1904, 1909, and 1914 for these States is shown in figure 1. 



