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Show SOUTHERNERS STAR'T BUILDING OF ROADS I Southern states havo cmlarkeJ ! upon a road building program lnvolv-; lnvolv-; ing the construction of several thousand thou-sand miles ol new hard surfaced roads, most of Which Will bo of as-! as-! phult. Florida, Texas, North Carolina. Caro-lina. Tennessee and Missouri, espo-clally, espo-clally, are building great stretches of asphalt roads. The extent to which southern states I are appropriating money for highway j construction is reflected in statistics .compiled by the Asphalt association. New fork, which show that during 'the first eight months of the present year 143 bonds issues, amounting to $SG.436.650. have been sold In the six-tern six-tern southern statis and the funds made available for road construction. Honds sold in each state were us follows: fol-lows: Alabama. $4,630,000, Arkansas 52.619.00U; Florida, $6,030,000 Georgia, $2,906,000; Kentucky. $1,-193.000, $1,-193.000, Ivoulslana. $3,786,500; Maryland, Mary-land, $2,139,000; Mississippi, $1,821,-000; $1,821,-000; Missouri. $1.846, 11O0; North Carolina. Caro-lina. $25,202,500; Oklahoma, $1,073.-000; $1,073.-000; South Carolina. $3,262,000; Ten nessee, $2,034,000; Texas. 2tt,46,760 Virginia. $1,390,000. and West Vlr glnla. $651,000. |