Show 0 0 PUBLIC ROAD CONSTRUCTION About One Half of All Highways Doing Built Are Being Aided by the Government Prepared by br the United state Stat Department of or Agriculture What the new federal highway appropriation ap ap- to be expended under the tho direction of ot the bureau burean of ot public roads United States Department of ot Agriculture Agriculture ture will mean to the country Is accurately ac- ac accurately accurately ac ac- gauged In a synopsis prepared bv by the bureau the tor toA to tn 61 A of r Ut A tA gj t 1 oU f JI I Af MW Y b s 's B x I Jt t t S Q 1 tt i J. J Y tt fk i i l.- l. v. v t o ji m d. d l A 5 J I o f t r t C Di CH JJ j W r 2 i 1 Construction of a Rock Road which the oo previously appropriated appropriated ap ap- by congress has been put Up to December 31 16 had bad been put to work In projects either entirely entirely en en- complete or under construction To match that amount the states appropriated appropriated ap ap- making a total of If placed end to end the Toads loads oads to be paid for tor b by this money would encircle the earth at the equator and extend asfar as ag asfar far as from New York to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco on the second lap The total mileage of ot roads under construction and completed the departments department's records records records rec rec- show was approximately miles Of this milage 55 miles was In projects entirely completed The balance of 17 miles was In projects which were still under construction but reported 69 per cent complete October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 31 In those projects there was the equivalent of miles of completed completed completed com- com roads so that the completed road rond to date was more than miles or nearly enough to encircle the globe Prior to five years ears ago the federal government took no no active actIe part In n the toad road construction of the country T To Today day about one half of ot all roads under construction are being aided financially financial financial- I Iy ly by the federal gon government and thy the construction Is subject to Inspection and Dud approval of federal eri engineers |