ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. 61 
APPROXIMATE TONNAGE HAULED TO MARKET OR SHIPPING POINT. 
Table 21 gives the approximate tonnage of farm and forest products 
hauled to market over the county roads. This table is based on the 
production for 1910, as shown by the United States census upon the 
record of Incoming and outgoing rail shipments, and upon informa- 
tion received from merchants and others in the county. 
TABLE 21. 
Annual | Annual 
Product. tons hauled.|| BRU eo hauled. 
| 
Pry eae ee eee cee SE T5000 GS rUitss se Se eee ee ee eee ee 500 
OL AL OSS Sones re ee ee ee Shox 25*000 || seoultry: PEOGUCES=--5-- eens esses eee 250 
Milk, cream, butter, ete..........-..-- 32; OOOH EAT eh prod UCiS ass = ss sae oe ee oe 1,500 
es CL Seer eee 600 |} Forest products, including cord wood.. | 15, 000 
em ON a 237 Sa 
Mops products... Be ee 200 Mobale 2. so J-0 8 oases | 90, 287 
APPROXIMATE TONNAGE HAULED TO FARMS. 
The estimated annual tonnage hauled over the roads from railroad 
stations to farms is shown in Table 22. It will be seen that the 
estimated total annual traffic hauled over the country roads amounts 
to 145,287 tons. The traffic area for the county is estimated at 
330,400 acres. The total tonnage hauled, therefore, amounts to 0.4 
of a ton per acre. The average distance hauled is about 5.5 miles, 
which makes a total traffic for the county of about 799,078 ton-miles. 
The average cost of hauling over the old roads, based on the ob- 
servations previously referred to, amounted to $0.303 per ton-mile, 
and on the new roads to $0.096 per ton-mile, making a saving of 
about $0.207 per ton-mile, or a total annual saving for the county of 
approximately $150,372. It is estimated that about one-third of 
this traffic passes over the bond-built roads, and, therefore, only 
about one-third of this saving, or $50,124, should be credited to these 
roads. : 
TABLE 22. 
3 = Annual . Annual 
Material hauled. tons hauled.| Material hauled. tonshavledes 
: WEA 
IAT SIV iye SESE oe ag ee ae ee Dd; 000s: Needis atts Sai: ao ahs eee eee 15, 000 
pnare cei an, Nas a Se a 10, on Freight direct from railroad..........- 5, 000 
Se 2 eet Ga a eee ee ee ee 5, 0 
aware and pores supplies..-....- 5, 000 Me Fe a Se earned 55, 000 
During the spring of 1914, as a direct result of road improvement, 
two automobile bus lines were established—one between Malone and 
St. Regis Falls, 26 miles one way, and one between Malone and Fort 
Covington, 16 miles one way. The St. Regis line makes one trip a 
day, with rates of $1 for one way, or $1.60 for the round trip, The 
