18 BULLETIN 3S8, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
In 1904 the total revenues applied to roads outside of cities 
amounted to 82,871,222.47, of which $2,295,616.48 was spent by the 
towns and $575,605.99 by the State, thus showing an increase in this 
10-year period of $3,220,652.83, or 112.2 per cent. The town reve- 
nues applied to roads and bridges, outside of cities, in 1914, are shown 
by counties and towns in Table 10. City revenues applied to city 
streets, in 1914. are shown hi Table 11. 
ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 
The total road and bridge bonds and notes outstanding on January 
1. 1915, amounted to $10,305,522.82, of which 88,699,500 were issued 
by the State and $1,606,022.82 by the towns. State bonds issued 
between 1894 and 1904 were sinking-fund bonds maturing 26 to 30 
years from date of issue. All State bonds issued since 1904 are 
deferred serial, with the first payment falling due from 3 to 11 years 
from date of issue= and the last payment from 9 to 30 years from date 
of issue. All State bonds bear from 3 to 3J per cent interest. 
Of the money derived from town bonds and notes, there was 
expended in 1914 a total of $440,639.50, and notes amounting to 
$328,999.33 were retired by the towns in the same year. New notes 
were issued by the towns to the amount of $511,437.25. Most of 
these are serial hi character and are paid off in equal annual amounts 
between the first and fifth years from date of issue, although some 
are to be paid in less than a year, while the last payment on others 
extends to the twentieth and thirtieth years. Town bonds issued in 
1914 bear from 3 to 6 per cent interest, depending upon date of 
maturity. 
Information hi regard to State highway bonds is presented in 
Table 14. Town road and bridge bond information is contained in 
Table 15. 
ROAD MILEAGE. 
Information furnished by the Massachusetts highway commission 
indicates that at the close of the year 1914 Massachusetts had, out- 
side of incorporated cities, 18,681.4 miles of public road, of which 
8.505.89 miles, or 45.53 per cent, were surfaced. Of the surfaced 
roads, 834.30 miles were macadam, 1,337.33 bituminous macadam, 
6.289.57 gravel, and 44.69 of various types. The cities had 4.349.44 
miles of streets, of which 3. 812. 26 miles, or S6.76 per cent, were sur- 
faced as follows: 1.464.61 miles gravel, 1.183.85 plain macadam. 430.06 
bituminous macadam, and 404.25 of various classes. 
According to the information furnished for 1909, Massachusetts 
had 17.272 miles of public roads outside of cities, of which 8,463.18 
miles, or 49 per cent, were surfaced, thus indicating a gain in the 
5-year period of only 45.53 miles in surfaced road. This small 
gain probably is due to the fact that in some cases unproved or 
