18 BULLETIN 393, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Very little was done in the way of maintenance until 1914, on account 
of lack of funds. Because of opposition to a special levy for main- 
tenance, the board of supervisors determined to raise the necessary 
maintenance fund by means of tolls, for which authority was 
secured from the General Assembly of Virginia. 
On August 10, 1914, three toll gates were established, one on the: 
Courthouse Road, one on the River Road, and one on the Chan- 
cellorsville Road, for which toll rates for round trips were fixed as 
follows: Single horse and vehicle, 5 cents; 2 horses and buggy, 10 
cents; 2 horses and wagon, 15 cents; 4 horses and wagon, 25 cents; 
Ford automobiles, 20 cents; other automobiles, 25 cents to 35 cents. 
During the week of August 10-16, 1914, $258.77 was collected in 
tolls, and on September 1 the toll rates on the Chancellorsville and 
River Roads were reduced one-half. The gross total collected in 
tolls during the first year of operation amounted to $10,800, of 
which $2,599.30, or 24 per cent, was received from automobiles. 
In order to raise this amount of money by direct tax it would be 
necessary to assess an additional tax on all of the taxable property 
of about 30 cents on the hundred dollars. As the total length of 
road on which tolls were collected was 43.2 miles in Courtland and 
Chancellor districts, this gave an annual gross amount per mile of 
$250. From the gross amount of $10,800 must be deducted $1,740 
for coliection and eat leaving $210 per mile for actual main- 
tenance. 
The total expenses of collection and overhead amounted to $145 
per month, as follows: Two collectors at $45 per month each and 
one collector at $40 per month; oil, tickets, fuel, etc., $5 per month 
for each of the three gates. There is no overhead charge for super- 
vision, as the gatekeepers report to the county superintendent of 
roads, whose salary is paid from the regular county funds. Out of 
the tollgate receipts the River Road was extended 3 miles at a 
cost of about $1,200, and 3 additional miles were built in different 
parts of Chancellor and Courtland districts, at a cost of $1,800, 
leaving $6,060, which was used im resurfacing the Courthouse Read 
11.75 miles, at an average cost of $515 per ide 
The maintenance fore of the county under which this work was 
done consisted of two gangs with a foreman in charge of each gang. 
Both gangs used on the average 10 teams, four of which were owned 
by the county, one 10-ton roller, owned by the county and paid for 
out of the county funds, and from 14 to 15 men. The foremen of 
the gangs received $2 and $2.50 per day, respectively, and laborers 
were paid $1 per day and board, or $1.25 without board. Team 
hire was $3 per day without driver, and the cost of maintenance of 
county-owned teams averaged about $1 per day. 
