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Show BILLION DOLLARS FOR RURAL ROADS Highway construction and maintenance mainte-nance in 1026 will equal and possibly exceed the progress made in any other year, according to estimates from the various states compiled by the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. A total of $l,O30,2SG,94S Is available for the construction and maintenance of all rural roads. Fifty-eight per cent, or $."!)S,r)iHl,94.S, is to be available to the state highway department, of which 5401,515,400 Is for construction and $137,075,548 for maintenance. Those funds will provide pro-vide for the construction of 6,751 miles of asphalt, concrete and brick paving, 14,320 miles of sand-clay, gravel and macadam and 8,145 miles of improved earth road. The states also plan to maintain 234.5S2 miles of road. The total expenditure by counties and local units for both maintenance and construction is estimated at $431,-696,000, $431,-696,000, which is less than the similar estimate made one year ago by about $31,000,000. This reduction is more than offset, however, by the Increase of more than $58,000,000 in funds estimated esti-mated as available to the state highway high-way departments. For a number of years there has been a trend toward placing control of all important state roads in the hands of the state highway high-way departments. The funds available as reported by the various states and the portion of the state funds derived from federal aid are as follows: I 4) I . trj ' I I 05 CO. m GOO) 5 ' H cs a R a m i Jri. t- H UT3 .O t- dPtoE d e rcP p. b 0- Ala. S 9,900.000 I 3,547,911.69 t 11,000.000 Ariz. 4.200,000 3,084,742.68 630.000 Ark. 6,600.000 1,634,751.77 9,000,000 Calif. 14.000,00 4,248,299.76 23,000,000 Colo. 4,650,000 3,285,370.65 6,000,000 Conn. 7,786.289 1,611,062.67 2,500,000 Del. 2.930,000 367,637.65 900,000 Fla. 14,000.162 1,400,910.74 18,000,000 Gil. 7,324,760 1,931,037.02 13,000,000 Idaho 2,837,000 1,271,409.28 1,600,000 111. 46,200,000 6,674,248.74 20,000,000 Ind. 13,200,000 2,382,667.87 40,000,000 Iowa 13,584.108 4.028.631.46 16,000,000 Kan. 9.072.000 3,073,831.16 10,000.000 Ky. 12,000,000 2.486,349.23 10,000,000 La. 8,250,000 1,856,350.57 7,000,000 Maine 8.9S3.4O0 - 1,513,472.38 3.900,000 ItM. 7.116,398 . 654.830.74 3,200.000 Mass. 13.000.000 2,673,200.94 12,000,000 Mich. 11,500,000 4,603,378.63 22,000,000 Minn. 21,500,000 2,111.863.44 6.500,000 Miss. 6.E50.000 1,698.458.08 6,000,000 Mo. 28.076.000 2. GOO. 235. 10 12,000,000 Mont. 1,360,000 6,714,746.27 1.000,000 Nob. 6,600,000 3,941.841.00 8,500,000 Nevada 1,670,000 1,049,503.49 . 400,000 N. H. 3.550,000 511,347.83 1,600,000 N. J. 22.900.000 985.6S0.83 8,300,000 N. M. 3.555,553 2,750,373.17 200,000 N. Y, 35.750.000 6,938,224.36 26,641,000 N. C. 16.000,000 1,715,137.99 10,000.000 .v D. S.ir.O.OOO 2.606,152.20 3.500.000 Ohio 25,500,000 4.502,826.16 20.000,000 Okla. 10.000.000 1,894,063.61 12,000,000 Oregon 7,000,000 1,319,943.74 7,000.000 Pa. 63,550.000 3,699,149.10 12,500,000 R. I. 3,7110.000 675,753.65 875,000 S. C. 6,640.000 892,885.46 2.500,000 S. D 3.350.000 1,282,672.87 5.260,000 Tenn. 18.000,000 2,374,596.79 9,000,000 Texas 28,000,000 4.979,640.84 16,000,000 Utah 3,640,798 1,602,0 10.18 500,000 Vt. 3,530,000 801,796.98 700,000 Va. 10.25.500 1,481,535.84 2,600.000 Wash. 9,000.000 1,627.002.22 ll,000,00d W. Va. 13,750,000 912,454.24 ' 6,000,000 Wis. 20,970.000 6.143,634.95 10.700.000 Wyo. 2,200.000 1,024,811.51 900,000 Tot. $598,590,948 $118,768,4 8 8.42 $431,696,000 Included in total probable expenditure by state highway departments. |