---------------------------- State Allotment ---------------------------- Alabama $1,553,420 Arizona 1,053,281 Arkansas 1,264,142 California 2,462,098 Colorado 1,341,175 Connecticut 480,897 Delaware 365,625 Florida 886,825 Georgia 1,997,957 Idaho 938,536 Illinois 3,246,281 Indiana 1,958,855 Iowa 2,102,872 Kansas 2,102,281 Kentucky 1,417,178 Louisiana 996,989 Maine 695,160 Maryland 640,629 Massachusetts 1,096,176 Michigan 2,249,532 Minnesota 2,123,597 Mississippi 1,294,906 Missouri 2,448,128 Montana 1,546,885 Nebraska 1,581,189 Nevada 953,436 New Hampshire 365,625 New Jersey 942,870 New Mexico 1,189,823 New York 3,696,447 North Carolina 1,709,333 North Dakota 1,164,714 Ohio 2,823,004 Oklahoma 1,752,339 Oregon 1,182,663 Pennsylvania 3,398,925 Rhode Island 365,625 South Carolina 1,061,237 South Dakota 1,204,060 Tennessee 1,647,692 Texas 4,425,172 Utah 849,417 Vermont 365,625 Virginia 1,456,828 Washington 1,103,709 West Virginia 802,359 Wisconsin 1,894,815 Wyoming 934,617 ---------------------------- The question of whether or not it is wise for a state to match the Federal Aid appropriation for the purpose of building roads is a debatable one. When people see the amount of their taxes going up by leaps and bounds they naturally look for some place for retrenchment. The road tax being, now, one of the largest in the state is naturally subject to attack. In the consideration of the problem two questions stand out prominently: Do the results so far obtained justify the expenditure? and can the United States and the States afford to continue the expenditures? Reports from the Bureau of Public Highways indicate that with the aid of the $350,000,000 previously appropriated by the Government, 17,000 miles of road had been completed up to May 31, 1922, and in addition nearly 14,500 miles were under construction involving more than $287,500,000 of Federal Aid. To match this fund the states have appropriated approximately $380,000,000, making a total of $667,500,000. The Bureau states the average cost of roads per mile of all types of construction with Federal Aid has been $17,120, of which 43 per cent has been the cost to the government. About one-fifth of the Federal system, that it is thought will be sufficient to accommodate 80 per cent of the traffic, has been completed. This seems to be reasonable progress considering the stupendousness of the task.