ECONOMIC SUEVEYS OP COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. 



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A few specific instances showing the increased value of land on 

 roads which have been recently improved are presented in Table 18. 

 The increased value does not include the increases due to the con- 

 struction of buildings or other improvements. These farms are lo- 

 cated in various parts of the county, and were selected at random, 

 though it is beheved that they are fairly representative. 



Table 18. — Increased values of certain farms located on roads recently improved. 



Type of road before and after improvement. 



Size of 

 farm. 



Value per acre 

 before improve- 

 ment and from 

 2 to 3 years after. 



Increase 

 per acre. 



Per cent 

 of in- 

 crease. 



Miles to 

 nearest 

 shipping 



Before. 



After. 



Before. 



After. 





Earth sandy 



Bituminous macadam, 

 -do. 



Acres. 



84 



50 



50 



275 



120 



77 



53 



125 



390 



S95 

 40 

 35 

 14 

 40 

 52 

 77 

 46 

 40 



S119 

 60 

 50. 

 30 

 50 

 64 

 84 

 52 

 50 



S24.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 16.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 7.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 



25.3 

 50.0 

 42.8 

 114.1 

 25.0 

 23.1 

 9.1 

 13.0 

 25.0 



3.0 





3.5 



Fairly good 



do 



9.0 



Loam, steep grade 



Macadam 



7.0 



do 



1.0 





Bituminous macadam. 

 do 



1.0 



Do 



2.0 



Earth part sandy 



.do- 



2.5 



Earth, very bad 



Macadam 



4.0 







Weighted average - . 



136 



40.70 



53.20 



12. 50 



30.7 



3.7 









If it is assumed that farm values have increased at the rate of $10 

 per acre on all of the 492 miles of roads improved m the county, 

 and that this increase affects only 40 per cent of the la,nd lying within 

 one-half mile of the roads on both sides, the total increase for the 

 whole county would be $1,259,520. On the same basis this increase 

 in valuation vv^ould amount to $345,600 for the 135 miles of bond- 

 built county roads. 



SOME EXAMPLES SHOWING SAVING IN HAULING COSTS. 



Information covering a period of 3 years was obtained- from 12 

 farmers and dairymen, and on this information estimates of hauling 

 costs before and after the roads were improved are based. It was 

 found that the average haul was 5.73 miles, the average cost of man 

 and team $4 per day, the number of trips per day 1.92 and 2.63, 

 respectively, before and after the roads were improved. The average 

 load on the old roads was 2,392 pounds and on the new roads 5,557 

 pounds for a two-horse team. Using these figures as a basis a two- 

 horse outfit would haul about 13.2 ton-miles per day on the old roads 

 and about 41.8 on the new roads at an estimated cost of $0,303 and 

 $0,096 per ton-mile, respectively, or at an estimated saving by im- 

 proved roads of $0,207 per ton-mile. 



Hauling costs furnished by a farmer and dairyman who owns a 

 milk condensery at Fort Covington and a creamery at North Ban- 

 gor deserves special mention. He stated that the cost for hauling 



