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Show J Highway Mileage Exceeds Mm Railway Mileage in U. S. 6 4 Goodrich Rubber Company Compiles Interesting Data on 1 Highways of Nation; 2,378,442 Miles of Highway 4 Against 253,626 Miles of Railway It Afl Shown in Report f I Highway mileage e::ceeds railway- ii 1 1 ie.ie In the i ntted State! by ratio I of ton to one. Figures compiled by; I the travel and transport bureau of the I 11. F. Goodrich Rubber companj s,o that the nation possesses 2,478,652 I miles of highwaj and -'b3,ti-tj niilee I i if railway. I Texas, which lca'da all the states In1 I area, is first in both highway and rall- way. with 12S.960 and LS.tlil miles re-I re-I s.pecthely. The next state" in hlgh-m. hlgh-m. mileage, ranking in (he order named, are: Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, South Dakota and Missouri. Tho next five fJJJ H highest to Texas in railway mileage are: Illinois. Pennsylvania, Idwa, i Kansas and Minnesota. Khvde Island i runs true to Uk srhallesl area with the J least mileage 2170 i.illus uf highway j and 200 miles of railway. j The statistics point out that almost j the entire railroad mileage ot the j country could he laid o:i Lh highway i lght-of-way of two Slates Texan and Kansas. I Tho road and rail mlleagvs in each j Siato follow: Railway Highway ii States Mileage Mileage i Alabama i,H9 Si, 416, Arizona .. .. 2,424 12.U751 Arkansas 5,220 50,743! California S.3T.0 HI. 039 r Ccloi-ado 5.040 3D, 780 1 Connecticut uimj I -1 .00 1 L l ' la ware 33 o 3.674 I Florida 1.149 i7.!t:5 Georgia 7,464 80, ribs' I Idaho 2.861 24, 396 j Illinois 12.133 3i 64 7 Indiana 7,136 73 3-17 Iowa 9,838 104.074 Kansas 9.313 111.052 Kentucky 3.859 57.916 1 Louisiana 5.863 24,563 1 M tine 2.27i 28,537 MusaachuMetts . .. 2.135 UJbSl1 Michigan . . .926 74.190 Min neaota 9.162 93.517 Mississippi 4,4 17 45.779 Missouri 8,231 96,041 Montana 4.954 39.204 Nebraska 6.167 80.272 Nevada 2,293 12.182 New Hampshire 1,253 14, 020 N't w .lersey 2 34 4 1 4,1117 New Mexico . 2.074 43.091 New York 8,43 1 79,398 North Carolina .. 6 -1 & 2 50,758 North Dakota 5.316 68,106 IhlO 9,044 86.354 Oklahoma o.soj 107.916 recon S.232 86.S19 l'cnnsyivanla . ... U.6M 91.556 Rhode Island . IQQ -'. 1 70 South Carolina . . 3.6'jT South 1 akOta . 4.279 96,306 Tennessee , . 4,076 46,050 Texas 15.932 12H.960 I tub 2.1 45 S.810 ; Vermont 1,Q&6 14,249 Virginia 4,667 53,388 1 aahlimluii .... 5,650 42.4Ji West 'lrglnla .... 4,013 32,024 Vi6consln 7j668 77,280 Wxornmg . ... 1.924 1 4. 7 y 7 Ulst of Columbia . 37 Totals 253.626 2.478.S52 This tabulation, when closely analyzed, ana-lyzed, dl.si'luhcH valuable pointers for the various agencies engaged In work-Ins work-Ins out a practical plan for transpor-j tailon t'o-ordlnation. |