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Show PLANS FOR II ope I Secretary of Agriculture Sanctions Record Amount of Highway Construction. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, April 7. During the month of March the secretary of agriculture agricul-ture approved 105 federal aid projects, involving the improvement of 1,HS.!'3 miles of road, at a total estimated cost of SH. 525,667. P.S, and on which federal aid In the amount of f 5,4S l',665.30 was requested. re-quested. This represents the largest total to-tal estimated cost and the greatest amount of federal aid requested for projects proj-ects approved during any month since the passage of the federal aid road act. During the month agreements were, executed ex-ecuted by the secretary of state highwav departments- to cover fortv-one proiects, involving 2S10.34 miles of road, at a total to-tal estimated cost of 536, 053.31 and on which $1, 472.119.!'; federal aid was requested re-quested and set aside in the treasurv. Agreements for thirty-seven other nmi. ects were placed in process of execution. Up to and Including March 31 a total of 963 projects had been approved, involving in-volving 9.962.67 miles, a total estimated cost of $77,850,935.84. and a total of $29 -460.452.68 federal aid: and a total of 4S4 project agreements had been executed, involving 4,106.7 miles of road, a total estimated f-ost of S34.335.S51, and a total of $13,391,462.69 federal aid |