Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-09-18
WEST VIRGINIA GOOD
ROADS REPORTS
Over s32,000,0O0 Now Appropriated
According to Detailed Report

which has been completed and trans
mitted to Governor Morgan, was Civ
en- out for publication today by the
Commission
Hard surfaced roads completed up
to the end of the fiscal year are shown
to have total mileage of 1921,
while roads under construction for
hard surfacing total 374.44 miles,
making a total of 1885 miles of
hard surfacing either completed or
under construction.
Mileage of graded roads completed
to the end of the fiscal year is shown
to be 369.44, with 1882 miles addi-
tional under construction, or a total
of 87506 miles either graded or I'M
der construction for grading.
All improvements on state routes,
either completed or under construc-
tion at the end of the fiscal year,
are show nto have mileage of 2030.-
II.
The completed mileage shown in
the report is divided as follows:
Graded earth 369.44; gravel, 3d.
SO; waterbound macadam 66.19; BIZ
luminous macadam 224.98; rock as
phalt 488; bituminous concrete 1906
Warrenite 1899; concrete 249.77;
brick 1876; toal 1885 miles.
Mileage of the various types I'M
der construction is shown as follows:
Graded earth, 487.62; gravel $685.;
waterbound macadam 41.02; bitumin-
Gus macadam 1896; rock asphalt
81. GA; bituminous concrete 9.78; con-
crete 67.69; brick 7.30; total 872.06
miles.
The report shows that two state
bond issues of $4,000, 100000 each
have been authorized and sold, and
the proceeds expended or placed I'M
der contract for construction and re-
construction. 1t shows that the Com
mission has also had available for
construction and reconstruction since
1921, Federal aid totaling $685. 52.-
Os making grand total of $32, 033.-
35208 which the State Road Commits
sion has had available to expend and
place under contract slice its APP
pointment in 1921.
OF this sum, the report shows, on
" 800 900 90 in state bond proceeds
wa savailable for the year 1921. For
the year 1922, total Of $1,000 ,000.-
90 in bond proceeds became available.
The sum available from the same
source in 1923 was $13,5o0, 100000 and
in 1924 the bond proceeds available
will be $12,500, 100000, thus complet-
ing the total of $50 900 100000.
With the total sum of s32 ,033, 352.-
08 the Commission has built or plac-
ed under construct, total of 1223.79
miles of roads, 81 large bridges and
$50 small bridges and has reconstruc-
ed a large mileage of roads taken
over from the various counties as
parts of the state system.
The report contains complete fl
cures for each county inthe state,
showing the legal apportionment, the
sum expended or placed under con-
tract, roads under state maintenance
county district road work, county fl
nancial data, state road work done by
both state and county, and changes,
If any in state routes
Before awarding contract, the re-
port states, the Commission re-
quires each of the three low bidders
to fill out a sworn QUESTIONABLE, stat
ing his experience as contractor or
sub-contractor, what equipment he
has, whether he has failed to COM
plete contract, and whether he has
going organization ready to place
on the job. The successful bidder as
required to give surety bond for
fifty per cent of the estimated cost of
the construction covered by the con-
tract.
Contained in the report is COM
plete list Of roads constituting the
Federal primary and secondary sys-
TENS of West Virginia, as designated
within the last year.
The accounting, purchasing, and
testing activities of the Commission
are described in detail.
That part of the report dealing
withthe activities of the automobile
bureau, shows that the number OF
motor vehicles registered within the
last fiscal year was 197,989. The in
crease in motor vehicle registrations
in West Virginia lat year is given as
43.7 percent, which was the next to
the highest rate of increase in the
United States
Receipts of the automobile bureau