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Show Ml CARRIERS I LONG ROUTE I 1,003,284 Miles of Highway B Covered Daily Not Includ- HG ing Portions Covered iR Twice. WK Washington, Jan. 3. Reports from jflBi practically every one of the fprty-twc !HB housand rural mail carriers just re- B8 celve'd In Jonathan Eourne, chairman WB of the joint com:resional committee ,'BBeK on federal aid in the construction of HStf pOBtroads, show that the carriers cov- Ira er 1,003,284 miles of highway. This ReS does not include any portion covered Wrjfc. The reports show that 61 ooo miles EBffi of this road is paved or constructed of crushed stone, flag or shell, 12,804 miles of grav.-l, 500,000 miles improv- frail i ed earth and 275 000 unimproved Wg earth. It is also shown that 409,000 miles of road was bad part of the m& ! year, and 80.000 all of the vear ,k5 Nearlj 30,000 of the carriers use one-horse vehicles, 7000 two-horse ve-hides, ve-hides, 400 automobiles, 350 motor cycles, 110 horseback and five blcy- Approximately 5,000,000 families are served. MN' nn frT-'iA |