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miles of Government roads, practically all of which are surfaced with gravel or stone. 

 If this mileage is included, the total mileage for the State at the close of 1914 amounted 

 to 14,797, of which 468.5 miles, or 3.1 per cent, were surfaced. In 1909 Wyoming had 

 10,569 miles of road, of which only 416 miles in the Yellowstone were surfaced, thus 

 indicating a gain in surfaced mileage during the five-year period of 52.5 miles. De- 

 tailed information regarding road mileage for 1914 is given in Table 29. 



REVENUES APPLIED TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. 



The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1914 amounted to $669,661.16, of 

 which $423,215.31 was derived from county funds, $6,237 from a State appropriation 

 for the equipment of State convict road camps, and $240,208.85 from United States 

 Government appropriations for repair and betterment of roads in the Yellowstone 

 National Park. The latter sum was expended under the direction of the Corps of 

 Engineers of the United States Army. The county revenues were obtained princi- 

 pally from general coimty funds, automobile licenses, and poll taxes. The total 

 amount applied to roads and bridges in 1904 amounted to $345,931.73, an increase for 

 the 10-year period of $323,729.43, or 93.58 per cent. Information regarding revenue 

 applied to roads and bridges diiring 1914 is presented in Table 52. 



No county or State bonds have been issued in Wyoming for road and bridge piu-poses. 



