ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. 59 
A few specific instances showing the increased value of land on 
roads which have been recently improved are presented in Table 18. 
The increased value does not include the increases due to the con- 
struction of buildings or other improvements. These farms are lo- 
cated in various parts of the county, and were selected at random, 
though it is believed that they are fairly representative. 
TABLE 18.—Increased values of certain farms located on roads recently improved, 
value per acre 
Type of road before and after improvement. CLOFS IDEONE: Miles to 
Size of veo eee ne Increase pot ene nearest 
farm. y ‘| per acre. | Oooce. | Shipping 
* | station. 
Before. After. Before.| After. 
: : Acres. 
Earth, sandy ...----.--- Bituminous macadam. 84 $95 $119 $24. 00 25. 3 3.0 
Part sandy sae ase ale CO S22 50 40 60 20. 00 50. 0 3.5 
Waicly goods. s.-o--|2.. Glee eee ee 50 35 50 15. 00 42.8 9.0 
Loam, steep grade....-- Macadam nema seaanee 275 14 30 16. 00 114, 1 7.0 
Harth and sand.......--|-.--- COE See ae Hee 120 40 50 10. 00 25.0 1.5 
Earth, sandy ...-------- Bituminous macadam. 77 52 64 12. 00 23. 1 1.0 
i) ORRIN sec hea Es Lis Osa Se ees ae 53 77 84 7. 00 9.1 2.0 
Earth, part sandy...--.-].-.--- CORSO S ae eee 125 46 52 6. 00 13.0 2.5 
Earth, very bad....---- Macadamin<22=2.52---- 390 40 50 10. 00 25. 0 - 4.0 
Weighted average..|.........2..20.20220020- 136 | 40.70-| 53.20 | 12. 50 | 30.7 Buz 
If it is assumed that farm values have increased at the rate of $10 
per acre on all of the 492 miles of roads improved in the county, 
and that this increase affects only 40 per cent of the land lying within 
one-half mile of the roads on both sides, the total increase for the 
whole county would be $1,259,520. On the same basis this increase 
in valuation would amount to $345,600 for the 135 miles of bond- 
built county roads. 
SOME EXAMPLES SHOWING SAVING IN HAULING COSTS. 
Information covering a period of 3 years was obtained from 12 
farmers and dairymen, and on this information estimates of hauling 
costs before and after the roads were improved are based. It was 
found that the average haul was 5.73 miles, the average cost of man 
and team $4 per day, the number of trips per day 1.92 and 2.63, 
respectively, before and after the roads were improved. The average 
load on the old roads was 2,392 pounds and on the new roads 5,557 
pounds for a two-horse team. Using these figures as a basis a two- 
horse outfit would haul about 13.2 ton-miles per day on the old roads 
and about 41.8 on the new roads at an estimated cost of $0.303 and 
$0.096 per ton-mile, respectively, or at an estimated saving by im- 
proved roads of $0.207 per ton-mile. 
Hauling costs furnished by a farmer and dairyman who owns a 
milk condensery at Fort Covington and a creamery at North Ban- 
gor deserves special mention. He stated that the cost for hauling 
