Show im improved rov ed roads road S MUCH MONEY FOR IMPROVING over expended on rural roads and Brid bridgell gesL during calendar year of 1919 prepared by the united states department ent of agriculture durin during the calendar year 1919 1019 40 states s of tile the union expended over on their rural roads and bridges the bureau ot of public roads of 0 tile the united stites states department ot of agriculture ri recently announced this total I 1 Is made up of 0 tile the actual cash expenditures tures for such item as labor materials supervision and administration I 1 tra tion amounting to and w aj ORS L 1 ft 1 cedar creek concrete bridge at louisville is ky convict labor and statute labor the value of which not definitely known Is estimated at about so far as possible all expenditures on city streets within incorporated towns and cities and all items of sinking fund payments or the redemption and interest payments on road and bridge bonds have been excluded the road and bridge expenditures tor for 1919 1019 show an increase of approximately 33 13 1 3 per cent over tho those e ot of 1918 1018 and 70 per cent over those of 1914 1014 more sti ikin ing hol however vever Is the increase in the proportion of the total funds supervised by the several state highway departments in 1918 the expenditures by or under the supervision per vision of the state highway departments amounted to while the local road funds over which they exercised no control whatever amounted to in 1919 however the state highway departments supervised the expenditure of as against the total ot of expended by the local road and bridge authorities |