Show MILES OF FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS IMPROVED LAST YEAR during the fiscal year 1929 the federal government cooperated with the states in the improvement of miles of federal aid highways bringing the total mileage of the system improved with federal aid to according to figures of the bureau of public roads of the united states department part ment of agriculture the years mileage was improved in the 48 states and hawaii by state highway departments working in cooperation with the federal bureau there are bailles af main interstate and the federal aid system of which the above mileage and an equal mileage built by the states without federal assistance is now improved the miles improved include 1056 miles of graded and drained earth roads miles of san dclay 1293 miles of gravel roads miles of water bound macadam miles of bituminous macadam and bituminous concrete pavements miles ol 01 portland cement concrete pavement and 48 miles paved with vitrified fied brick forty four miles of bridges and approaches were also constructed addition to the improved mileage at the end of the year there were under construction with federal aid 9 miles 8 of which were undergoing initial improvement and 1168 were being given a fagher type of surface than was provided in original construction the estimated cost of the mileage under construction Is which includes federal funds in the sum of at the end of the year there were also approved tor initial construction 1833 miles of highways and a further 1065 miles to receive a higher type of surface the total cost of the approved mileage is estimated at to which federal funds in the sum of have been allotted R C dark returned last night from a several days fishing trip to lake development of the two hundred billion tons of shale deposits in utah which will yield from one to three barrels of oil per ton may become a reality as well as a necessity in the near future if present attempts to find paying quantities of crude within the state prove a failure according to john 0 howard president of the utah oil refining company he has stated that his company Is going to extremes in searching tor utah crude oil deposits in order to avoid the immense cost of transporting oil to salt lake |