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Excerpt from Fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Highway Commission: January, 1897 The appropriation by which the work of the Highway Commission was to be carried on during the season of 1896 did not become available until nearly three months of that season had passed. The act by which this appropriation was made (chapter 481, Acts of 1896) was approved on June 4, and the amount of the appropriation was $600,000. After a careful consideration of the conditions, it was deemed wise not to undertake any absolutely new constructions, but rather to press forward the extension of those already begun. With one or two minor exceptions, for which there were excellent reasons, this determination has been adhered to. As soon as possible after the appropriation was available allotments were made to the several constructions under way, the necessary surveys and estimates were completed as rapidly as possible, and contracts were entered into for the execution of the work. In addition to the lay-out of previous years, 195,481 feet were laid out during the year 1896, bringing the total length up to 665,937 feet, or 126.17 miles. The loss of three months of the best part of the road-making season by delay in the appropriation necessarily resulted in a diminished construction. Notwithstanding the exceptionally favorable weather during the month of November, extending even into the first week of December, the season of actual road building was comparatively short. 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.