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special appropriations, State highway loan funds, and local funds. 
The amounts expended under the direction of the State highway 
co mmi ssi on are shown in the report of the commission for the year 
1914, as follows: 
State. 
Local. 
! $410,781.28 
S33S, 051. 4S 
State highway construction from State highway loan fund 
' 763,143.09 
' 59,949.50 
31, 667. 17 
4, 120. 40 
12.85S.34 
Total for construction and maintenance of State and State-aid roads... 1,246,732.21 | 373,839.05 
Amount paid "by the State 
Amount paid by the towns 
Ad minis tration of State highway department. 
Grand total expended under State highway department. 
1,246,732.21 
373, S39. 05 
42.64S.96 
1,663,220.22 
The total revenue applied to roads and bridges in 1904 amounted 
to SI, 472,393. 70, thus indicating an increase hi the 10-year period of 
SI, 169,613. 09, or 79.43 per cent. Information regarding rates of 
taxation and amounts obtained from town taxes for town roads and 
bridges during 1914 is shown in Table 7. 
ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS. 
The towns of Maine have no road and bridge bonds outstanding. 
On September 1, 1913, the State issued 8300,000 of State highway 
bonds and on July 1. 1914, additional State highway bonds amount- 
ing to $492,500 were issued, making a total of $792,500. One bond 
of $7,500 was paid on September 1, 1914. which left a total outstand- 
ing on January 1. 1915, of $785,000. These bonds bear 4 per cent 
interest and are to be retired by the serial plan. The bonds issued 
September 1. 1913, are to be retired at the rate of $7,500 annually 
between September 1, 1914, and September 1, 1953. The issue of 
July 1, 1914. falls due annually hi equal amounts of $11,500 between 
July 1. 1915, and July 1, 1954. The State law provides that th? 
interest and the bonds are to be paid from automobile registration 
fees and that not more than 8500,000 may be issued in any one year, 
provided that the total amount outstanding never shall exceed 
82.000.000. 
ROAD MILEAGE. 
At the close of the year 1914. Maine had 23,536.91 miles of public 
road, of which 2.762.36 miles, or 11.74 per cent, were surfaced. Of 
the surfaced roads, 43.93 miles were bituminous macadam, 55.36 
miles macadam, 1,139.36 miles gravel, and 1,523.71 miles of other 
materials, of which the classification was not given, except as follows: 
brick, 0.05 mile; concrete, 10.51 miles; sand-clay, 2.26 miles. 
