ECOIirOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. 17 



Table 4. — Mileage and cost of roads built — Continued. 

 COURTLAND DISTRICT. 



Name of road. 



Length 

 of road. 



Width 

 of road- 

 way. 



Width 



of 

 gravel. 



Width 



of 

 macad- 

 am. 



Expend- 

 ed on 

 road. 



Expend- 

 ed on 

 culverts 



and 

 bridges. 



Rate per 

 mile, in- 

 cluding 

 culverts 



and 

 bridges. 



Plank 



Miles. 

 3.039 



1.7 

 3.106 



10.05 



4.55 

 .223 

 2.310 



Feet. 

 20 



20-24 

 20 



20 



20 

 20 

 20 



Feet. 

 14 



ii' 



14 



14 

 14 

 14 



Feet. 

 120 



2 14 



$4,968.45 



12,441.00 

 6, 250. 89 



19,538.21 



10,886.55 

 1.213.20 



SI, 173. 19 



$2,020.94 

 7" 318 23 



Spotsylvania Courthouse to Gayles 

 Bridge 



Riv er 



640.40 

 208.00 

 688.27 



2' 218. 70 



Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania C ourt- 



1, 964. 80 



Telegraph Road from Fredericksburg; 



Courthouse Road to Massaponax 



Hazel Run-Plank 



2, 543. 92 

 5, 440. 36 



Spotsylvania Courthouse-Snell's Bridge 



34', 297. 49 





1, 860. 38 











24.978 









59,595.79 



2,709.86 



2,494.40 













1 For 424 feet. 2 For 8,525 feet, 



s Includes 2,206.6 convict-labor days. Convict camp maintained at a cost of $1,272.41, which is included 

 in the above. 



In Berkley district 25.54 miles of gravel road were constructed 

 with the proceeds of the $40,000 bond issue, supplemented by con- 

 vict labor furnished by the State. The convict labor aggregated 

 15,242.5 labor days. The district paid the actual cost of 7,425 con- 

 vict days at 55 cents, or a total of $4,083.75, while the State paid 

 the actual cost of 7,817.5 convict days at 55 cents, or a total of 

 $4,299.62. These roads therefore cost an average of $1,119.43 per 

 mile, including cash and actual cost of maintaining the convicts. 



Livingston district has under construction 34 miles of soil roads, 

 which, on the basis of 8 miles already completed, are costing 

 $1,155.88 per mile. 



SUMMARY OF MILEAGE. 



Thus far 76.73 miles of road have been improved in the four dis- 

 tricts at an average cost, including cash outlay by all the districts 

 and convict labor furnished two districts by the State at actual 

 cost, of $1,944.52 per mile, while the total outlay on this basis has 

 reached $149,198.80, of which the State's share in convict labor 

 amounted to $6,889.15 on basis of actual cost. When the road 

 improvement has been completed in Livingston district the county 

 will have 102.73 miles of improved roads, or about 25 per cent of 

 the total mileage. (See PI. II.) 



TOLL SYSTEM OF MAINTENANCE ADOPTED. 



The first year after the roads were improved the sm-faces were 



rather sticky and muddy in wet weather, but this condition almost 



entirely disappeared after the second year, when the surplus clay 



had leached out. The roads are now generally in good condition. 



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