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Show GOOD ! ! HIGHWAYS ROADS CONSTRUCTED IN 1921 Approximately 28,000 Miles Built During Dur-ing Year Just Passed Materials Ma-terials Lower. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Hoad building has recovered from the setback received during the war, and prospects are bright for the future. , Approximately 14,000 miles of road were constructed during the present ' season by the states in conjunction with federal aid, according to the bureau of public roads. United States-Department States-Department of Agriculture, and probably prob-ably an equal amount Independent of federal aid. More miles of improved road were built than during any other year. Costs of road griding and construe- t tion with local materials Is down prac- l tlcally to the 1014 level. Some reduc- l tlons, also, have been made In freight rates on road materials. The im- portance of this item is shown by the fact that in some cases it has been estimated es-timated that increased freight rates: have added 10 per cent to the cost of a road. Trices of manufactured road materials tend downward; the present level is materially lower than that of a year ago. With the new appropriation by congress con-gress of 575,000,000, added impetus wilt be given to new road construction. Many of the states are considering en- . I ' " 5 - ; ..:0,. .. ;-..::.v !f. v.: " , - -1 - Federal-Aid Road in Western State. Just Completed. larged amounts of state aid, and the new law will have a tendency to encourage en-courage this policy. It will ulso secure the construction of a system of interstate inter-state and intercounty highways, rather than haphazard selection of roads as in some cases in the past. |