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Show j BETTER " ! ROADS ' : I GET SURPLUS WAR MATERIAL j Bureau of Public Roads Distribu'o Different Articles for Highway Construction. IPrepared by the United States Department of Agriculture ) Many and varied are tiie articles oi surplus war material which have been distributed through the bureau of public pub-lic roads. United States Department of Agriculture, among the various states for road-building purposes. These articles were turned over by the War department to the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture under the Wads-worth-Kahn bill, the sole stipulation attached to their use being that they be devoted exclusively to the construction construc-tion and maintenance of roads. The distribution, which has been in process for some time, probably will be completed com-pleted about the middle of next year. The total value of machinery, equipment, equip-ment, and supplies, independent of motor vehicles, which have been distributed dis-tributed is more than $30,000,000. More than 10 closely written typewritten type-written pages are required for the list of articles alone. In the list are included many thousands of iron and steel bars, including 120,497 pairs of splice bars for 25-pound rails; 4S.4G0 ares of various kinds ; several hundred hun-dred automobile bodies, and many thousand tons of spare parts;' 12,398 brooms of various kinds; 275,085 feet of assorted cable; 60 cameras; 1,291 j I r 1 5i Truck Adapted to Road Work. niscellaneous flat and gondola cars; 1,200 miscellaneous concrete carts ; 117,350 feet of cord ; 1,553 compasses it various sizes; 1,108 field "desks; 24 grindstones ; 4,660 hammers ; 16,078 sets of assorted harness ; 1,999 hatchets; hatch-ets; 382,282 feet of various kinds ind sizes of hose ; 31,025 assorted lanterns ; 14 sets of micrometers ; 15,-902 15,-902 sheets of sand paper; 156,436 bicks; 47,900 spark plugs; 307,647 fence posts ; 25,000 gross tons of rails ; 888,907 sheets of roofing metal; 494,-800 494,-800 feet of various kinds and sizes of rope ; 67 salamanders ; 378.S12 shovels of various kinds; 47,892 spades; 1,757 tractors of various types ; 4,773 wagons ; 7,960 wheelbarrows ; and wire of various kinds amounting to approximately approxi-mately 2,000 tons. |