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Show ROAD CONSTRUCTION IMPORTANT INDUSTRY ! There is no reason to expect any re-! re-! auction in the billion-dollar level of j annual expenditures for roads. On the I contrary a moderate annual increase is 1 predicted. ! The soundness of the basis upon ' which road building rests as an indus- try. is indicated by the fact that auto-1 auto-1 mobile license fees, gasoline taxes and I Federal Aid alone make up a yearly J road fund of approximately $600,000.-i $600,000.-i 000. while bond issues predicated upon ; motor and gasoline taxes for retirement I substantially increase this fund. ; Heavy tractors and other road mach-! mach-! inery of the present day are important j factors in getting the most mileage of I improved roads with a given amount of , money. Pavir.g materials which can be laid without interrupting traffic are also al-so great money-savers, for they obviate ' the necessity of costly detours. |