The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-13
% MILLION ON STATE
ROADS IN A DECADE
nrnFRAL FUND OF NINE MIL
TON ACCORDING TO HIGH
WAY BOARDS REPORT.

TIL. amount spent for highway and
,.;1ra construction in Georgia during
w. ngst wear has been $23,299, 55O.22,
..,ording to the annual reports sub
,;tted bv the state highway board to
Governor Hardwick. The federal gov
ernment supplied $9,362,230.5O of this
amount the report stated.
The report states that the state
h;abwav department had taken over
he he state aid road system of 500 miles
Iannarv 1st for maintenance and bet
tSrnert With the aid of SO lotion
tr.rtors trucks and automobiles, do
mated by the federal government, work
an ali Of these roads will be completed
by August 1st, the report states, plac-
inc all roads in repair.
THE total mileage of the state roads
como1eted, under construction and to
he nut under construction is l,/OO.5l
The equipment for and the mainte-
nance of the state highways this year
will cost $1,250,0O0.
Among suggestions offered are
communication that all appointments
he based on merit and qualifications
Of the applicant.
Steps will be taken to insure that
tbp state receive its quota of federal
aid for road building, it was urged,
and for this reason the state should
orovide funds to match the federal ap-
preparation.
Bond Issue Not Recommended.
The report stated that the board
would not recommend how these funds
should be raised, but recommended
that the appropriation should be made
BY the state, and by the counties, as
heretofore.
It was suggested that the state
quarry, in Ebert county, be sold or
leased and a quarry purchased nearer
the center of the state, where trans
portation costs would not be so high.
Data regarding the kind of roads
constructed, mileage of each kind and
cost Of construction was given. The
report stated:
THE total amount of money expend-
ed for road and bridge work COM
pleted, under construction and new
projects amounts to $23,299, 550.22, OF
which amount the federal government
has supplied 50, 362,230.50.
For state aid road construction
since July |, 1921, the federal govern
ment has appropriated to Georgia ST.
997.9a.58. The year previous the ap-
preparation was $2700,000. There is
therefore a decrease in the annual APP
preparation to this state of $70O,0OO.
Congress has not yet passed bill
appropriating money for highway con-
struction for next year, but the amount
under consideration is $65,000,0OO per
annum of which Georgia's part will
be $l755000, which is 100000 less
than the available federal funds for
road construction for this year. New
ertheleSs, the state highway depart
ment soon will have under construc-
ton 36453 miles of sand-clay and top
soil roads, 61.66 miles of gravel or
ebert, 1878 miles of concrete and 1910
miles OF bituminous macadam-total OF
1922 miles.
"Oi the federal aid fund for Georgia
this year $315,000 will be used for
building bridges, leaving for road con-
Struction about $1,682000. While all
available funds for road construction
this year by the state highway depart
ment will be less than one-haf the
amount used for this purpose during
each Of the past two years, yet the
mileage due to decreased cost of labor
and material will be almost as great
as 1t has been in any one year since
the organization of the state highway
department.
Cost Per Mile.
The average cost per mile of prof.
ects completed or under construction
prior to January |, 1922, exclusive of
bridges over 20 feet wide, was: top
soil and sand-clay, $6350.18; gravel and
SShert. $l2,232.28; bituminous macadam
N/,l56.N; concrete, $1,000. The
average cost per mile for projects ex-
elusive OF bridges over 20 feet con-
templated for 1922 is: top-soil and
ga Saan,d,-Ccay $5,015.37; gravel and ebert,
SyyGS+4// bituminous macadam, $24,-
GIGS; concrete $26,472.68
The following data has been fur
HlShed from the records of the high
way department for the year 1921,
showing amount spent for construc-
uoh' administration, surveying and SUI
PerEiSlon expenses:
GO i l otal expenditures for construction,
SGG|7LHll0; administration expenses
o. the man Office and the division Of
m motS, 9zOo5Ol 90; survey, plans, COM
r ro estimates and supervision OF