. Public-road mileage, revenues, and expenditures in the United States in 1904 . s it really a statute-labor tax, so that instead of there being only25 States which still have the statute-labor system there are, as amatter of fact, 36 States. TAXATION AND SOUECES OF REVENUE. n The building of turnpike or toll roads by chartered companies wasinaugurated in the last quarter of the eighteenth century with theadvance of population to the West. In 1811 over 300 turnpikes hadbeen chartered in New York and in the New England States, witha combined capital of over $7,500,000. The turnpike system haspr
. Public-road mileage, revenues, and expenditures in the United States in 1904 . s it really a statute-labor tax, so that instead of there being only25 States which still have the statute-labor system there are, as amatter of fact, 36 States. TAXATION AND SOUECES OF REVENUE. n The building of turnpike or toll roads by chartered companies wasinaugurated in the last quarter of the eighteenth century with theadvance of population to the West. In 1811 over 300 turnpikes hadbeen chartered in New York and in the New England States, witha combined capital of over $7,500,000. The turnpike system hasproved unsuccessful, however, and with the exception of a few hun-dred miles of toll roads in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, andKentucky, privately owned highways have been gradually is probable that within the next few years the toll road will haveentirely disappeared. There were, in 1904, 25 States in which the laws authorized theissue of bonds for road improvement. In 16 of these States the lawsprovide that bonds may be issued by county authorities; in 8 they. Fig. 2.—State-aid map. In States shaded with crossed lines, the State government paid the entirecost of certain important roads, while the States shaded with single lines paid a portion of thecost of certain roads. may be issued by township or district authorities, and in 3 byState authorities. In Massachusetts the State issues bonds for thepurpose of building State roads, but in Kentucky the State is author-ized to issue bonds only for the purpose of purchasing toll roads. InKansas, cities having from 2,000 to 15,000 population are authorizedto issue bonds to improve the roads in the adjacent townships. The only States in which roads have been improved to any greatextent by the counties, towns, or townships through the issuance ofbonds are Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Thebonds usually extend over periods of ten to forty years and bearinterest at 4 to 6 per cent. Usually the principal
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