Show BETTER ROADS Cl GET SURPLUS WAR MATERIAL Bureau of Public Roads Road Distribute Distributes Different Articles Article for tor Highway Construction Prepared by the United States State Department of A Many ar and d varied varied are ore the articles of surplus war material which have been distributed through the bureau of public public pub pub- lic He roads United States Department of Agriculture among the various states for road-building road purposes These articles were turned over by bythe bythe bythe the War department to the Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture under the Wads Wads- worth Kahn bill bUl the sole stipulation attached to their use being that they be devoted exclusively to the construction construe tion and maintenance of roads road The distribution which has been In process for some time probably will be completed completed com com- about the middle of n next year The total value of machinery equipment equip ment and supplies Independent of motor vehicles which have been distributed dis- dis Is more than More than 10 closely written typewritten type- type written pages are required for the list of articles alone In the list are Included many mony thousands of Iron am and steel bars Including pairs o of splice bars for pound 25 rails axes of various kinds several hundred hundred hun hun- dred automobile bodies and man many thousand tons of spare parts brooms of various arlous kinds feet fee of assorted cable 00 CO cameras 1291 1 e. e Y j k a Truck Adapted to Road Work flat fiat and gondola cars cors 1200 miscellaneous concrete carts feet of cord 1553 compasses of ot various sizes 1108 field desks 24 grindstones hammers sets ets of assorted harness 1099 1999 hatchets hatch hatch- eta ets ts feet of firlo various s kinds and sizes of hose assorted lanterns 14 13 sets of micrometers 15 15 sheets of sand paper Vl picks ks spark p rk plugs 7 fence tence posts 5 gross tons of rails raUs sheets of roofing metal feet of various kinds and sizes of rope 67 salamanders shovels sho I of various kinds spades i 1757 tractors of various types wagons wheel wheelbarrows borrows and ond wire of various kinds amounting to approximately matel 2000 to tons s. s |