10 BULLETIN 393, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. © cm 
TasLe 2.—Road mileage—Continued. 
Road mileage 
(per cent of grand total). 
= | 7 
State and county. Character of surface. _ Cost per mile. 
| Surfaced | Graded Graded ? 
only. only. | or sur- 
faced. E 
Reva. ay 
Virginia: \sand-cl $1, 150-$1, 500 
2 = 55 o pe Ol- EEA — en ae — =, 
Spotsylvania --.-.-.-...--- 20.6 0 ALG Ge oa eee kal 12 000- 2, 500 
Pri weadghee eo e 2 19.3 0 19.3 | Gravel, sand-clay, topsoil - 1,300- 1,700 
; SEER a 3- 55 oo Sas, 13, 000— 3,500 
Let... ---+--+-++2+-++-+--+-- 10.0} 13.3) 23.3 eae Se Seer | 16, 000- 7,000 ° 
ieee | E88 
‘ a > iit of Beane 
«Ei sosssessisseestectres aa eee RE Ie || Bituminous surface treat- | "400 
| (een 1 2, 500 
7 « 5 2 ¢ [f Gravel=<-* 35 se 2- 5 900- 2,5 
New York: Franklin -----..--- 28.2 0 28.2 Macadam ee, in es | 3. 000- 4” 090 
- 7 Gravel. = a 3, 000-3 
Alabama: Dallas. .....----.--- aa Oy 4ST cand Gay 2 ee | 1. 500- 1, $00 
Se Re. : + Gravel-macadam. -.....--- 4, 000— 6, 500 
Mississippi: Lauderdale - - - - --- 18.3 0 183 \Saidichge re es el | 1, 700- 2 000 
| { Marl-rock macadam ------- 3, 800 
Florida: Manatee... .......---- 9.9 a a | 11.0 } Flmi-rock macadam __-__..- a pt 
Shells..<£ 5-2 Ss eed ee | 
TasBLe 3.—Road bonds and taxation daia. 
| 
| Bonded debt incurred [eee ee 
j 
| 
= | ' per $100 of assessed 
, for roads. | | valuation. 
5a 
Term of Interest | - 
State and county. Per | bondsin/rateon| “pur | eke 
: $100 | years. | bonds.| PDO | aes: 
Totalto | cs = i - : 
1915, = sessed 
| inclusive. “?P™*- yalua-| | = wll 
tion. | 1910 | 1915 1910 | 1915 
! 915) Homes bere 
Virginia: Per ct. | | 
SpOLsyivanis = 2 lS. = 1$173,000 | $10.93 $4.97 25-30; 45-5 ($1.20 $1.70 380.45 |$0.625 
WeianpeasWlies Sp 22 Ss ae 105,000 | 266/175] 42030; 56 |1.20/120 | 0} -10 
Tl pe Seat arr ee eee et 455,000 | 19.08 | 9.15 5 5-26 | 54 | 1.40 | 1.96_ | Oj; -61 
Sth Ee eS Semen 960,000 | 2810} 7.0£| 420-30) > | 1.40) 1.762) 0.30 | .562 
New York: Franklin -.........-- 500,000 | 10.92 | 3.66 510-50; 425 «© | ©] ©! © 
Alabama: Dallas... -..--..------ 350,000 | 6.57 | 2.48 7 30 | 5 | 1.35} 1.40 0 £176 
Mississippi: Lauderdale... _-..-- 560.000 | 10.65 | 3.08, 51025) 552 /| 1.54) 166 0 16 
Florida: Manatee................ 250,000 | 25.17 | 3.09 | 7 30 5 |265|260 | .70]-.30 
1 Amount authorized but only $140,000 sold. 7 Sinking fund. 
2 Callable after 5 years. 8 No special levy made for road bonds, but an average 
3 Average for two districts only. rate of 17.6 cents on the $100 will pay interest and 
£ Deferred serial with smkme-fund provision. create sinking fund with which to retire bonds m 30 
3 Deferred serial. years. 
6 Taxes levied by towns and vary in each. 
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA. 
Two districts in Spotsylvania County, Va., on November 2, 1909, 
voted an aggregate of $100,000 in bonds for the construction of 
improved roads. For 44 years following the close of the Civil War - 
the farm land in the county had been allowed gradually to revert 
into a wilderness of second-growth timber, and it was not uncom- 
mon to see great stretches of woodland with traces of ancient 
furrows still visible. Lands were held at from $5 to $15 per acre, | 
