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Show ROADUv HARD-SURFACED ROADS SAVE CASH Motorists of the United States save more than $1,600,000,000 anually In motor vehicle operating costs as a result of the construction, since 1904, of 133,000 miles of hard-surfaced roads and 153,000 miles of gravel roads, said W. H. Connell, president of the American Road Building association. asso-ciation. This statement featured the address ad-dress Connell made , before the organization's convention when It met recently at Raleigh, .. N. C. Such a saving in motor vehicle costs for the United States exceeds the annual cost of the improved highways," high-ways," Connell declared. "In Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania alone an analysis of operating costs of motor vehicles proved conclusively con-clusively that the construction of the hard-surfaced roads has saved more than $32,000,000 annually. "The annual cost for each mile of hard-surfaced roads constructed in the United States under the federal-aid system is approximately $3,350, or about $446,000,000 for the 133,106 miles. For the gravel roads it is about $2,000 per mile, or $305,000,000 for the 153,000 miles, making a total of $751,000,000 annual charge for hard-surface hard-surface and gravel roads. The construction of these roads saved the maintenance cost for the 280,000 miles which have been replaced re-placed totaling $143,000,000. Therefore, There-fore, the additional annual charge due to construction is only $608,000,000. Deducting this from the saving in operating op-erating costs of $1,630,009,000 leaves a net annual saving of $1,022,000,000." |