Show COST OF GRADING FOR ROADS Government Statistics Show That Price In Recent Months Montha Has Gradually Declined The cost of ot grading for highway construction apparently has reached a aI I stable table condition according to statistics of the bureau of ot public roads of the United States Department of ture The a average cost per cubic yard for tor grading on federal-aid federal roads rose from 38 cents In 1917 to n a peak price of 00 GO cents in iii 19 1920 1020 O and has since gradually declined On federal-aid federal work contracted for tor forIn forin torIn In the last tast three months the average price per cubic yard for the tho whole I United States was 33 cents in April 82 cents In May and 3 34 cents In June The cost of other Items entering Into road rond work also shows a n general tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency toward stabilization although Inmany in inmany many Dany oases crises not as ns marked as that for tor earthwork |