24 BtTETXMl " 3?6/T. * depaeT^iext of ageiculttjee. 
1914, reports were received from only one township and two counties, 
showing additional bonds voted. These were as follows: 
Allegheny County, Shaler Township |25 3 000 
Lackawanna County 100. 000 
Westmoreland County 250 : 000 
Total 375. 000 
By adding these three issues to the total given above it appears 
that the total bonds voted up to and including the year 1914 aggre- 
gate 827,547,659. Owing to the incomplete returns from counties 
and townships for 1914, it is impossible to say whether this includes 
all bonds voted. 
ROAD MILEAGE, 1914. 
In Table 12 it will be seen that at the close of 1914, Pennsylvania had 
91, 555. S4 miles of public roads. Of this total, 10,235.5 miles were 
classed as State roads, SO, 376. 31 as second-class township roads. 5S3. 87 
as comity roads not on the State highway system, and 164.08 as first- 
class township roads. The county roads and the first-class township 
roads are not included in the table, except in the total mileage column. 
The portions of State highways passing through boroughs have 
been included in the table and are shown separately from other 
roads. \\Tiile these highways lie within incorporated limits of 
boroughs, their construction and maintenance is by the State high- 
way department, since they are the connecting links of these State 
highway routes which pass through the boroughs. 
Of the State highways, 2,942.26 miles, or 2S per cent, were surfaced 
as follows: 1,881.8 plain macadam. 19S.33 bituminous macadam, 
269.33 brick, 235.19 gravel, and 367.6 with other materials, such 
as concrete, stone block, flint, and stone. Of the county roads, 
all were surfaced, making a total mileage of 583. S7 not included 
among State highways. These are not shown in the table, but are 
distributed as follows: 4S5.72 miles in Allegheny County: 32 miles in 
Cumberland County: 26. S miles hi Lackawanna County: 2.12 miles in 
Lehigh County: 4 miles in McKean County; and 13.23 miles hi West- 
moreland County. Of the roads in first-class townships, not on State 
highways and not shown in the table, 46.75 miles are distributed as 
follows : 21.75 miles in Allegheny County and 21 miles in Montgomery 
County. Of the second-class township roads, it is estimated that 
about 8 per cent, or 6,430 miles, was surfaced with some kind of hard 
material. It thus appears that of the total mileage of all roads, 
9,982.88 miles, or 10.9 per cent, were surfaced at the close of 1914. 
In 1904 only 2,160.8 miles, or 2.17 per cent, of the total mileage, 
were reported as surfaced, while in 1909, 3,364.76 miles, or 3.S4 per 
cent, were surfaced. It appears, therefore, from these comparisons 
that during: the 5-year period 1909-1914, 6,618 miles, or about 7 per 
cent of the total mileage, were surfaced. 
