Evening star., 1925-10-08
AUTO TAX PAYS FOR
9,0DGM|LES0 OF ROAD
$33, ,OOO,O 900 Left Over in ID
Midwest States After
Great Construction.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
\ CHICAGO, October S.-The auto.
mobiles of IA Middle Western States
have paid their way this year in a
very literal sense. They have more
than paid for the total expense of
constructing 5000 miles of new roads
In all this territory Some States have
road extensions this year exceeding
tax incomes. but if every dollar taken
In by the IA States were pooled and
applied to the 1000 miles. there would
still be left in the pot about $1,000, goo
uneXpended.
If all the autos and trucks In these
States were placed approximately end
to end on the new road, they would
cover the entire 5000 miles three
abreast. The licenses issued to date
this year in these States. show in
round numbers more than $500, ,000
IA assenger cars and trucks. of which
q little less than million are trucks.
OF the new roads. o.I0O miles are
concrete. brick or other hard" per
manent surface. but mostly concrete
The remainder is largely gravel. The
new mileage by States. which in some
cases will he extended by the end of
the year is: Nebra ska. i hard. other
roads. 1924: Ohio. 500 hard. others
200; North Dakota. no hard. others
As; Michigan. l52 hard. others. l42:
Minnesota. So hard. others. $50: Iowa
- hard. others. sos; Illinois, $50 hard:
Kansas. so hard: Oklahoma, 150 hard.
others. 275; Texas. 156 hard. others.
72S: Wisconsin. lis hard. others. 232:
Missouri. 2SS hard. others. 521: In
diana. 200 hard. others. 40: South
Dakota. no hard. others, ,l3h.
No repairs of old roads are included
in these figures and neither are new
earth roads.
Illinois this year bumped into an
obstacle never before met in its road
building history, objections by vii
lagos to running trunk highways
through them. Seven towns object
ed. The states new road expense
this wear is about $50 100000 and its
auto tax income nearly S13.000.00o
Indiana has been specializing on
small bridges to make travel smooth.
having l02 such structures under cor
struction. the total length Of which is
but one and a half miles. That State.
like Illinois. has virtually ceased
.1-.ildinS any except hard roads and
tEs nearly 1000 miles of concrete
now. Ohio claims the most brick
mileage in the country. 1t has a
State-owned paving brick plant.
Missouri is working on a State road
system of $50 miles. of which
$3.50 miles have been completed or
contracted for At cost of $50. OIL.
while contracts have been let for an
other S.. 900 900. Missouri's high
way No. >. from st. Louis to Kan
sas City. is built in an airline. being
one of the most direct long roads In
the world Its surfacinG with con-
crete will he complete in 1877. 1t IS
part of a New York-S San Francisco
road
Although Ohio and Illinois. each
with more than / 900 900 passenger
cars ut-numher the total cars in
Michigan. that State derives the
largest revenue of any of the Il from
auto taxes. receiving nearly $4,000
0Nn in licenses under its new weight
law and in addition. more than So
600 900 gasoline taxes un TO about
September !.
The cost of the 5000 miles Of new
roads was approximately $4,000
onn and the taxes reDorted received
to date more than s127.o00 900.