Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
100000 WILL WORK
| ON ROADS IN YEAR
Cost of rs, 900 Miles of High
ways Will Exceed $780,
100000.

BY the Associated Press.
: New roads long enough to circle the
globe will crisscross America beneath
the Straining muscles Of some 100000
workmen this year, at a cost not Tar
short of a billion dollars.
Reports compiled today show that
upward of 5000 miles of the approx
mate 25,000-mile total will be hard sur
face. This is exclusive of IL States in
which highway commissions could
make no mileage estimates.
The actual cost estimates, not includ-
ing six States in which road programs
still are under legislative consideration
and taking no account of independent
county highway construction, is $816,-
04e 923, of which the Federal Govern
rlent will contribute S2935OO,000.
Nine States Lack Figures.
The estimate of workmen to benefit
IN the program is perforce conserva-
tive, since a total of nine States have
no definite figures on this particular
item.
to forecast any figures are Arizona,
Vermont, Tennessee, Massachusetts
Ohio and New Mexico. Tennessee ex-
poets to match its Federal ALLEGATION
q s4,400,O0o, however, and the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, has proposed a.
bond issue of $l0,00O,000.
Louisiana stands out as the most
ambitious State of the year in its pro-
gram of $500 miles of pavement and
1000 miles of gravel, with contemplated
expenditure of S75,000,o00 and employ
ment of approximately 10000 men:
Pennsylvania is second in planned ex-
penditure of $50 100000, but by far the
leading contributor to employment in
the contemplated use of $4,000 work
men on l,400 miles of new roadway.
Prospect In California.
Should California use half of its
budget for the biennium in 1891 it viii
spend $55l9l 500. This State has
several legislative wrinkles to iron out,
though. before a definite program can
be announced.
New York expects to spend $57, 00O,-
600 for maintenance of old roads and
construction of TOO miles Of new and TO
employ some IL 600 men. New Jersey
has a budget of s37,000000 for 100
miles of new road and plans to keep
10, 500 men employed. Illinois plans
$500 miles of hard surface at cost OF
$45 900 900 with employment for 2O,O0O
men. Texas viii spend $4,000. 600 ano
employ in the neighborhood OF 1o'SOO
men.
Apparent discrepancies between ratios
az cost to mileage and employment Is
due to bridge and viaduct construction
included in the road programs and dif-
fering widely in volume in the various
States.
Connecticut, Maryland, South Caro-
lima and South Dakota are without
definite programs and mileage and en-
ployment estimates are not available,
but the States have the following sums
SIS 0Oo. 600: Maryland, S9,45O.OOO; Soutn
Carolina, $20, 900. 900, and South Da-
kota, 100000. .
wyoming Has Larger Program.
I wvoninp. with contemplated ex-
renditure of $6,150,000 on 800 miles OF
road. has a program doubling that OF
any previous single year ana expects
an employment increase OF 125 per cent.
Estimates of the remaining oIates
are: Alabama, 5000, 900, 200 miles,
soo worknoen: Arkansas, SIS, 000, 900,
45O miles. 5000 workmen; COLORADO,
SO 600. 900. miles not estimated, 5000
vorkmen; Delaware, $1,000, 900, 70
yniles. $50 Torkmen; Florida, $l1,OOO,"
mo. employment not estimated; Geor-
0ia $4,000. 600, eos miles, $500 work
men: Idaho, $1,000 900, 700 miles, ], 300
workmen: Indiana, $26,0OO,OOO, 9OO
miles, $500. Workmen, Iowa, SzS,vVO,
600. $50 miles, 20 900 workmen; Kan
sas. $4,000, 600, 563 miles, $500 work.
men; Kentucky, $21, SOC, 900. 800 miles,
5000 workmen; Maine, $13,416,00O, 5S8
miles. $4,000 workmen; Michigan, $751;
600 600, 400 miles. employment not es-
tirnated: Minnesota, $13,1T5,OOO, 14f
miles. 1000 workmen; Mississippi, S.
600 600. $50 miles, employment not es-
tfrnated; Missouri, $30O00.000, l,7O0
miles. 1000 workmen, Montana, So
600 600, 500 miles, 5000 workmen; Me-
braska, s3,40O,000, ESQ miles. 1000
workmen: Neyada, So, 900 900, $50 miles,
employment not estimated; New Hamp-
shire, SO, 1000, 600, 140 miles, 5000 work
naen; North Carolina, $1,000, 900, 22S
miles. employment not estimated;
North Dakota, $4,000, 900, 795 miles,
5000 workmen; Oklahoma, $4,000 900,
I.450 miles, $4,000 workmen; oregon,
81 500, 600. 200 miles, 5000 workmen;
Rhode Island. $4,000, 900. 81 miles, 800
workmen; Utah. $3.50 900, 325 miles,
employment not estimated; Virginia,
$1,000. 600. 6o0 miles. 1000 worknen;
Washington, Sl5.620,00 1.449 miles,
1000 workmen; West Virginia, S2l ,527,-
226, $50 miles, 5000 workmen: Wis
consm. s1S,OOO,oOo 1000 miles 14,5OO
workmen.