STATISTICS ON PUBLIC ROADS. 
E. H. Sellards. 
A report on roads and road materials of Florida, including 
statistics, was published by the State Geological Survey in 1911. 
The accompanying tabulated statement is issued to supple¬ 
ment that report and to complete the statistics to the close of 1912. 
While the statistics in regard to mileage and cost of construction 
are necessarily approximate, yet the data are sufficiently accurate 
to give in a general way the present condition of road building 
in the State. The information has been supplied chiefly by 
courtesy of the county officials of the several counties. 
At the close of 1912 the total mileage of improved roads in 
Florida was approximately 2,848 miles. Of this number 857.8 
miles are surfaced with marl or crushed stone; 1,408.75 are sur¬ 
faced with sand-clay; 218 miles are surfaced with shell; 5.2 miles 
with cement; 26.5 miles with gravel; .4 mile with asphalt and 
8.5 miles with brick. 
In addition to the funds available from regular and special 
taxes, the following counties have issued bonds during the past 
two years for road improvement: Alachua, $40,000; Columbia, 
$40,000 ; Dade, $250,000 ; Jackson, $100,000 ; St. Johns, $30,000 ; 
Walton, $70,000. The following counties had previously issued 
■bonds: Duval, $1,000,000; Hillsboro, $400,000; Manatee, 
$250,000; Nassau, $60,000; Palm Beach, $200,000; Put¬ 
nam, $155,000, and St. Lucie, $200,000. The total expenditure 
on public roads in Florida from all sources exceeds one million 
dollars per annum. 
