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Show - Construction of Modern Automobile Roads Gains That the construction of modern automobile au-tomobile roads and paved streets in this country Is gaining in volume year by year Is shown by statistics just announced by Highways Information Service, New York. The figures show also that highway contracts awarded during the second half of the year average av-erage In volume only about 25 per cent less than those let during the first half and that there Is not a month of the year in which a large amount of construction Is not under contract. In 1920 a total of $530,848,000 In new road construction was awarded In this country. In 1921 the amount was $630,712,000, an increase of .$99,-864,000 .$99,-864,000 over 1920. Last year contracts con-tracts were awarded to the amount of $669,428,000, an increase of $38,-716,000 $38,-716,000 over 1921 and $138,280,000 over 1920. From January 1 to June 1, this year, a total of $384,774,000 was placed under "contract. At this rate new highways for which contracts con-tracts will be let during 1923 will cost approximately $794,000,000, a gain of about $125,000,000 over 1922. |