Show EXPENSE OF ROAD BUILDING interesting comparison compiled by department of AgO agriculture culture showing money spent an interesting comparison between the expenditure on public roads in the united states in ISO I 1 and in 1912 1012 has just been compiled by the department of agriculture through its office ot of public roads rondii showing the tremendous growth that has taken place in the movement for better highways within the last eight years in 1904 the total expenditures on all public roads in the united states was VI but in 1912 tho the expends turea for this purpose amounted to tho the expenditure per mile of public roads in the tha united states for 1304 1904 was but the expenditures tures per mile for the year 1913 had doubled amounting to tt th expenditure per inhabitant in 1904 ea was waa t 05 but in it amounted to the greatest pro progress gresa in road building building hasi been made in the states state which contribute from rom tho the state treasuries uries toward the construction of state aid or trunk line roads in 1904 thorn there were 13 states that contributed out of 0 the tha get general teral I fand and but in 1012 1912 there 33 35 states which contributed the states having hating ta ho largest expenditures for state aid and trunk line roads in fix 1913 were as follows new nev york 00 pennsylvania maryland in I V connecticut |