Show IMPROVED I ROADS I WAR MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED Steady Surplus Supply Being Sent to Various S States ottes by Bureau of Public Roads Prepared b by th the th United States State Department of ot A Agriculture A steady supply of ot war materIal material material ma ma- suitable for highway construction construction construction tion is being distributed to the st states tes by J the bureau of public roads United States Department of A Agriculture o which acts nets as fiS a n clearing house A force orco orco of about persons Is kept In Inthe Inthe the tho field taking Inventories and preparing pre pre- paring material for shipment Lists of ot material available are sent to each state highway department and anda a period of 30 days davs n s 's allowed ved for the submission of requisitions The material mate mate- rial Is allotted to the state on the same basis as ns monetary federal aid for road rand construction a value being placed on each ench Item and a n record kept of the total value received by each state Up to February 1 of this year the value of ot the material thus distributed dis dis- dis amounted to of which represented the value alue of motor vehicles and parts Recently an Inventory was taken of ot about worth of material at ate Camp Grant Rockford III Ilk part o of ot which will be retained by the War department department department de de- and nod the remainder suitable for road rond work soon will be available for tor distribution The work is being rustled rushed rush cd so that the material may be used for road rond work early In the season season season sea sea- son and the camp cleaned up by August August August Au Au- gust 1 1 i iOther Other surplus war materials recently recent recent- ly received for distribution and la 10 lo located at Schenectady N N. Y Watertown Watertown Watertown Water- Water town M Mass ss and Dover N. N J J. Include carloads of ot brick about half of ot ofA i y i N f 4 6 A Federal Aid Concrete Road In Min MIn- which Is suitable for highway paving pa pounds pounds pounds' of nails nalls pounds of af staples square squa-re feet of concrete reinforcing mesh monkey wrenches and carloads carloads car car- loads of picks and pick pl k handl handles s. s |