24 BULLETIN 388, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
cost, $635,384.57; for maintenance of 895.7 miles of trunk-line roads, 
$584,762.73; for maintenance of 490.37 miles of State-aid roads, 
8166,150.67; for engineering and inspection on trunk-line and State- 
aid roads, $94,065.93; overhead expenses for maintenance, $78,190.87; 
for construction and maintenance of town roads, $1,059,511.05; for 
construction and maintenance of town bridges, $153,269.53. The 
last two items were for the calendar year 1914. 
In 1904 there was expended for roads and bridges $1,195,125, of 
which $975,960 was expended by the towns on town roads and 
$219,165 by the State on State-aid roads. It thus appears that from 
1905 to 1914, the revenues applied to roads increased $2,445,837.75, 
or 204.6 per cent. The revenues applied to town roads and bridges 
in the fiscal year 1914-15 are shown in Table 13. 
ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 
No town bonds have been issued for road purposes, but the State 
issued, between 1907 and 1913, inclusive, $7,000,000 of State bonds, 
a large portion of which were used for paying the State's share of 
the cost of constructing State highways. These bonds bear 3 J to 4 
per cent interest and are retired by appropriation from the general 
State funds under the deferred serial plan, at the rate of from $120,000 
to $205,000 annually. The last payment must be made by 1925, but 
the State treasurer is authorized to redeem them whenever and in 
such a manner as he deems to be for the best interest of the State. 
ROAD MILEAGE OUTSIDE OF CITIES, 1914. 
At the close of 1914 Connecticut had, according to reports re- 
ceived from the towns, 14,060.82 miles of public roads, of winch 
2,975.45 miles, or 21.16 per cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced 
roads, 923.42 miles were macadam, 128.28 miles bituminous macadam, 
1,057.93 miles gravel, 840.27 miles sand-clay, 1.33 miles brick, and 
24.22 miles concrete. There were also 2,219.23 miles of earth roads 
reported as graded and drained. 
The reports for 1909 indicate that there were 12,583 miles of public 
road, of which 2,654.27 miles, or 21.09 per cent, were surfaced, a gain 
for the 5-year period of 321.18 miles. The small increase in percent- 
age of surfaced roads is due to the fact that the total mileage re- 
ported for 1914 exceeds the total reported for 1909 by 1,477.82 
miles. 
Information regarding road mileage is presented by counties and 
towns in Table 21. 
