UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 393 



Contribution from Office of Public Roads and Rural EngineariniC 

 LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



October 23, 1916 



ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY 

 HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT 



A COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA IN EIGHT 



SELECTED COUNTIES, SHOWING COMPARATIVE 



FINANCIAL BURDENS AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS 



RESULTING FROM HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT 



DURING A PERIOD OF YEARS 



By 



J. E. PENNYBACEER, Chief of Road Economics, and 

 M. O. ELDRIDGE, Assistant in Road Economics 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Comparative Analysis of Economic Effects 



of Road Improvement 2 



Spotsylvania County, Va 10 



Dinwiddie County, Va 28 



Lee County, Va. 36 



Page 



Wise County, Va 44 



Franldin County, N. Y 62 



Dallas County, Ala. ........ 62 



Lauderdale County, Misa 68 



Manatee County, Fla 79 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1916 



