4 BULLETIN" 386, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
An interesting comparison showing the average expenditure for 
roads and bridges in these three States per mile of road, per square 
mile of area, per 1,000 population, and per $100 of assessed valuation 
for the years 1904 and 1914 is presented in Table 2. This average 
does not indicate the distribution of expenditures, as it includes both 
construction and maintenance. Accordingly there may be many 
miles on which little or nothing was expended. The average, how- 
ever, indicates the comparative financial burden proportionate to 
mileage. 
Table 2. — Analysis of expenditures on various 
State. 
Per mile of road. 
Per square mile 
of area. 
Per 1 000 of 
population. 
Per S100 assessed 
valuation. 
1904 
1914 
1904 
1914 
1904 
1914 
1904 
1914 
New Jersey 
S220. 64 
77.05 
48.98 
S486. 49 
292. 60 
113. 86 
S435. 00 
114.00 
109.00 
$959. 00 
467. 00 
232. 00 
SI, 730. 00 
790. 00 
770. 00 
§2,833.00 
2.549.00 
1,360.00 
SO. 34 
.095 
.124 
SO. 289 
New York 
.208 
Pennsylvania 
.205 
ROAD MILEAGE, 1914. 
The total road mileage in the Middle Atlantic States to January 1, 
1915, was 185,770.84, of which 31,516.23 miles, or 16.9 per cent of 
the total, were surfaced. This does not include streets in incorporated 
cities and towns, except a few miles in New York and Pennsylvania 
where the State roads pass through the small towns and boroughs. 
By comparing these figures with former investigations in the same 
States, it appears that between 1909 and 1914, 11,942.80 miles, or 
6.4 per cent of the total,. were surfaced. Table 3 summarizes all of 
the available information concerning road mileage for the three 
States. 
Table 3.— Road mileage, 1909 and 1914. 
State. 
Total road 
mileage. 
Miles 
surfaced. 
Miles sur- 
faced from 
1909 to 
1914. 
Percentage surfaced. 
Increase 
1909 
1914 
over 1909. 
New York 
79,398.00 
14,817.00 
91, 555. 84 
15,635.90 
5, 897. 45 
9,982.88 
2,848.9 
2,475.9 
6, 618. 
16.13 
22.76 
5.84 
19.6 
39.8 
10.9 
Per cent. 
3.5 
17.0 
Ppnnsylvnm'fi 
7.0 
Total 
185, 770. S4 
31, 516. 23 
11,942.8 
14.91 
16.9 
6.4 
A diagram (fig. 1) shows the percentage of surfaced roads for these 
States at the close of the years 1904, 1909, and 1914. This diagram 
shows hi a striking manner the strides which have been made during 
the past 10 years in road construction in these States. 
The total mileage of roads and the surfaced mileage in relation to 
the square mile of area and 1,000 population for the years 1904, 
1909, and 1914 are shown in Table 4. 
