Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13

probably exceed considerably the ac-
iuai GGst of sonstr"ciion rs they make
labor and materials. The commits
soncr estimated that on March 81 the
net .aIailable assets AT the command
sio. i9$.3s6. from wh fip :ri for
nistra;ion. outstanding contracts.
the estimated cost of the 1919 program,
S5.SaA. PCS This Viii leave s4.599.ioi
for the 1920 construction.
Georgia Leads In Projects.
In the matter o! Federal road aid
in the number of Improvement pro- !
jests approved by the pepartmeni Of
vision Of road building activities. The |
month mo also bsoke al prsriteus records
projects approved. in the, number of
project agreements executed ana in
the amount OF Federal aid asked and |
allowed. In l?3 new project state
ments approved and in revision OF two
asked amounts TO ss4eS.4iS7o for
s snd s ,itn t TO cost SiSi2oS.s5a,os
!s2.94s. Agreements were executed |
FOR. eighty-onc projects and modH- /
cations made in twentyone projects |
length OF the roads embraced in these !
ssISemeG's Is So$4 ioo msS g. and the
FsdeTa aid '0 siowed is $500 80 S,a
The figures for both statements APP .
pr, an and the agreements sisned in
mileage Of 1.433,342. an estimated road
cos; of s23 soi,7S5.li. The total Fed !
s5si ia involved amounts to So
TO June 1855 projects FOR 1925
49, miles OF road had been approved.
The estimated COS, OF these projects
Federal aid TO the amour, OF s42,e29-
1888 The total number OF agree
ments executed TO June i was sl7 for
Federal-aid allowance OF sla vi. ie@.@7.
and an estimated cost OF roads of s41-
t2e.I2a2s The estimated cost OF roads
received in May is sl9.la2.l35.O5. al
most one-sxth OF that OF all the APP
plications since the first one was re-
ceiNed under the law.
Georgia and Ohio Lead
In the number OF project statements
approved in May neorEia and Ohio I
, weTe me leading states the former
tsdesa! Aid Involved OHIO mo i sho" With o,
f fo'iaw 81 w. sstsoe and rennsylya'sa
siaes we're also iead Rgo'ef IN the e es;
s afsd Sst q hs s sGads IA sEu5ss
The OHIO cost Is for 1923 miles or !
road and rennsylvania's for 4OS7 (
miles Ncbraska's projects have the !
= - -.
with the total for Georgia. l03.20. AL I
most as great.
In FIVE states the estimated cost of
than Sl.0c0.o00 In addition TO Ohio /
and Pennsylvania there are Maryland.
California and Washington. while The
These six States represent the East.
the Middle West, the south and the /
pacihc Coast. INDICATING the. country
program. The average cost OF the ,
Penns yivania roads included in the /
projects approved is s52.26n mile.
3?3 one Ohio project will average |
about sSs,5So a mile. The largest pro-
Zee? oGt appFayed during the, month. in
lls miles Of bituminous and concrete
t3ad is Iuzerne County. Pennsylvania
ne ne tsfhiimait ,l Gost Of which Is .elsl24,
requested Another Pennsylvania pro
J"ci 80 miles OF concrete. in Berks
and Schuylki!l counties, will cost si3G.-
.3o and an allowance for it OF si57..
-" IS asked. y twenty iivc-mil.
earth road in Mendocino COUNTY. cal. :
erai aid Of siSs, is. 20 30 ''0'' win FED
IN me Agreements executed In the
t n ~ FEDERAL aid TO the amount OF
cost iaI0'9 Thsy re esi,na,ed 81 80
,niles Of highway New .. J THss; and
; anouat Of are Fea sSs9na ana 1hTa in
oee.?s and S249.+Ie.5g. reapcctivrlv fn-
roads estimated TO cost $50 3Gn "a M
s5o2,s3o.2d ana
J"ne Figures surpnss Nny.
Large as We're the figures Of Noy
NE, ,or June far surpassed them in
.na, month the secretary Of Arricul,vre
tt!ri11epnGd project statements Tor 1873
proTement OF l,3a029 miles ri rn.d -,
,ptaI cstiinatcd cost of s24.226 sos 90
n ~ , on W. which Federal aid in the amount |
IN. ~. $500 WAS requested This
represents the largest pli,nhcr ne 80
s,a'cmchts approved Tire laruoY.
"E' ,inht" Of cost and the Iargcs, aIrn,,,t
~ rtd.fa! aid requested in any mann,
s!nce the passage Of the Frdcrsi -,
road net c''ra' ala
There we're executed nv IN. .o.