ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. - 17 
TaBLE 4,—Mileage and cost of roads built—Continued. 
COURTLAND DISTRICT. 
Rate per 
/ : Hxpend-i|e ones 
Lengtn | Width | Width | W(4'? | Expend=| ed on | Mle. in- 
Name of road. ofroad,|0!r02d-} of |iacaq-| edon | culverts | aay fe 
‘| way. | gravel. aii road. and aa s 
bridges. | bridges. 
Miles. | Feet. | Feet. | Feet. 
A ainkneyersepa ee eae Wee eee ae era ue aes 3.039 20 14 120 |$4, 968.45 $1,173.19 | $2,020.94 
Spotsylvania Courthouse to Gayles 
BIN ocn oa eee 5 yea nt cee ee Ni 20-24 |........ 244 /12,441.00 |.......... 7,318. 23 
TRU ai SO ie ERE SL te 3. 106 20 14 ae 6,250.89 | 640.40 | 2,218.70 - 
Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Court- 
WNOUSCH Re ep eae ee Gina. 10. 05 20 DAS Si ees 19, 538. 21 208.00 | 1,964.80 
Telegraph Road from Fredericksburg; 
Courthouse Road to Massaponax....- 4.55 20 Nee ae 10, 886. 55 688.27 | 2,543.92 
Hazel Run-Plank 2... 2-22. 2....-.-.:-- . 223 20 TAG Besser 2132208 eeewepeen eee 5, 440. 36 
Spotsylvania Courthouse-Snell’s Bridge} 2.310 20 14 sew 8420749 eee es 1, 860. 38 
DASOUR eds eee lant, qeoneay ares 59,595.79 | 2,709.86 | 2,494.40 
1 For 424 feet. 
2 For 8,525 feet. 
é Includes 2,206.6 convict-l 
in the above. 
abor days. Convict camp maintained at a cost of $1,272.41, which is included 
In Berkley district 25.54 miles of gravel road were constructed 
with the proceeds of the $40,000 bond issue, supplemented by con- 
vict labor furnished by the State. The convict labor aggregated 
15,242.5 labor days. The district paid the actual cost of 7,425 con- 
vict days at 55 cents, or a total of $4,083.75, while the State paid 
the actual cost of 7,817.5 convict days at 55 cents, or a total of 
$4,299.62. These roads therefore cost an average of $1,119.43 per 
mile, including cash and actual cost of maintaining the convicts. 
Livingston district has under construction 34 miles of soil roads, 
which, on the basis of 8 miles already completed, are costing 
$1,155.88 per mile. 
SUMMARY OF MILEAGE. 
Thus far 76.73 miles of road have been improved in the four dis- 
tricts at an average cost, including cash outlay by all the districts 
and convict labor furnished two districts by the State at actual 
cost, of $1,944.52 per mile, while the total outlay on this basis has 
reached $149,198.80, of which the State’s share in convict labor 
amounted to $6,889.15 on basis of actual cost. When the road 
improvement has been completed in Livingston district the county 
will have 102.73 miles of improved roads, or about 25 per cent of 
the total mileage. (See Pl. IT.) 
TOLL SYSTEM OF MAINTENANCE ADOPTED. 
The first year after the roads were improved the surfaces were © 
rather sticky and muddy in wet weather, but this condition almost 
entirely disappeared after the second year, when the surplus clay 
had leached out. The roads are now generally in good condition. 
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