ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES IN NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
was maintained in the 1914 classification of surfaced roads than in 
the 1909 classification. Table 4 shows total and surfaced mileage 
for 1914, and the percentage of mileage surfaced in 1914, and 1909, 
respectively. 
Table 4. — Road mi 
State. 
Maine 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
Total and average 
Total road 
mileage 
at close 
of 1914. 
23,537 
14,020 
14,249 
18,681 
2,170 
14,061 
86,718 
Miles sur- 
faced at 
close of 
1914. 
2,762.36 
1,659.63 
1,442.03 
8,505.89 
693. 42 
2,975.45 
18,038.78 
Percentage s urf aced . 
1914 
11.74 
11.83 
10. 12 
45. 53 
31.95 
21.16 
20.80 
1909 
10.10 
9.58 
18.40 
49.00 
49.14 
21.09 
22.22 
The relation of total mileage and surfaced mileage to area and 
rural population for the years 1914, 1909, and 1904 is presented in 
Table 5. 
Table 5. — Relation of total 
e and surfaced mileage to area and rural population, 
Total mileage. 
Surfaced mileage. 
State. 
Per square mile 
of land area. 
Per 1,000 
rural population. 
Per square mile 
of land area. 
Per 1,000 
rural population. 
1914 
1909 
1904 
1914 
1909 
1904 
1914 
1909 
1904 
1914 
1909 
1904 
0.79 
1.55 
1.56 
2.32 
2.03 
2.92 
0.85 
1.67 
1.58 
2.15 
1.99 
2.61 
85 
1.67 
1.59 
2.13 
2.21 
2.92 
65.3 
79.9 
76.2 
77.5 
120.8 
122.3 
70.7 
86.2 
77.0 
71.6 
118.1 
109.5 
71.5 
81.5 
71.0 
0.092 
.184 
.158 
0.090 
.160 
.291 
1.053 
.977 
.629 
0.078 
.143 
.214 
.976 
.957 
.490 
7.65 
9.47 
7.71 
35. 29 
38.59 
25. 89 
7.49 
8.25 
14.17 
35.11 
58.03 
26.39 
6.51 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
6.98 
9.55 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
71.7 1.058 
112. 9 . 649 
121.7 .617 
32.92 
48.83 
20.39 
Average 
1.40 
1.40 
1.43 
80.3 79.3 
79.1 
.291 
.312 
.271 
16.44 
17.63 
14.97 
TYPES OF SURFACED ROADS. 
Of the 18,038.78 miles of surfaced roads in the New England States 
at the close of 1914, 10,896.08 miles, or 60.40 per cent, were gravel; 
2,229.81 miles, or 12.36 per cent, macadam; 1,771.20 miles, or 9.83 
per cent, bituminous macadam, including roads built by the mixing 
and penetration methods and surface treated; 1,113.43 miles, or 
6.17 per cent, sand-clay; 41.80 miles, or 0.23 per cent, concrete; 1.38 
miles, or 0.01 per cent, brick, and 1,985.08 miles, or 11 per cent, 
surfaced with other materials of which the classification was not 
given. The distribution of types of surfaced roads, as of January 1, 
1915, is shown by States in Table 6. 
