. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES, 1914. Table 4.—Analysis of mileage on various bases. Total mileage. Surfaced mileage. State. Per square mile area. Per 1,000 rural population. Per square mile area. Per 1,000 rural population. 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 New Jersey .12 .048 .268 .075 .328 .22 .76 New York DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TYPES O
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES, 1914. Table 4.—Analysis of mileage on various bases. Total mileage. Surfaced mileage. State. Per square mile area. Per 1,000 rural population. Per square mile area. Per 1,000 rural population. 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1914 New Jersey .12 .048 .268 .075 .328 .22 .76 New York DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TYPES OF HIGHWAY. On account of the rapid increase in motor-vehicle traffic and the fact that more study is being devoted to the selection of types best adapted to traffic needs, the types of road surfaces have undergone considerable changes during the past 10 years. To illustrate this NEW YORK. SO«7o Fig. 1.—Percentage of surfaced roads in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for the years 1904, 1909, and 1914. point it may be stated that of the 10,485 miles of surfaced roads in the Middle Atlantic States in 1904, approximately 60 per cent was plain macadam and 40 per cent was gravel. In f909, of the 19,532 miles of surfaced road, 51 per cent was macadam, 47 per cent gravel, 1 per cent bituminous macadam, and 1 per cent other materials. In 1914, however, of a surfaced mileage of 24,482, per cent was macadam, per cent gravel, per cent bituminous macadam, per cent brick and concrete, and per cent of other materials. It should be stated, however, in this connection that the 24,482 miles do not represent the total mileage of surfaced roads in 1914, as in the case of Pennsylvania it was impossible to secure detailed inform- ation regarding the type of surfaced roads in second-class townships. The decrease in the percentage of macadam roads from 51 per cent. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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