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Excerpt from Good Roads Year Book, 1916 It seems probable that during 1916 about 8300, 000 000 will be spent on highways and highway bridges in the United States. This 18 the equivalent of nearly one-third of the total expen of the federal government for the fiscal year 1913-1914. It is then apparent that the Good Roads movement is not atrop hied by lack of funds. The real p'roblem 18 that of intelligent and ef fective use of the large funds actually available. It is to this problem that the American Highway Association addresses its activities. The appeal 1s to the average citizen who 13 asked to vote for the issue of highway bonds and who pays road taxes, well as to the expert. It is an appeal for understanding of the facts of the use of moneys devoted to road building and road maintenance in the interest of the largest economicalng results. It is then a campaign of general education of road building methods upon which the American H1gta Asssociation 1s engaged. It 1s not an advocate of a particular method but an exponent and critic of all methods found to be m actual use - the bad as well as the good. It believes m publicity and discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.