Twenty-Third Report OF THE State Highway Department OF GEORGIA TO THE Governor and General Assembly of the State of Georgia FOR TilE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1949, AND JUNE 30, 1950 Twenty-Third Rep.ort OF THE State ~ighway Departm( \t OF GEORGIA TO THE Governor and General AR~e: .:J of the State of Georgia FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JlJNE 30, 1949, AND JUNE 30, 1950 Br-idge over Oconee Rivm, nt the Putnant-Hancock count?J line, on State Route 16. P1oject F-2669 (1). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia l Letter of Transmittal Atlanta, Georgia November 1, 1950 His Excellency, Honorable Herman E. Talmadge, Governor of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Governor Talmadge: It is our pleasure to submit for your consideration the twentytpird biennial report of the State Highway Department of Georgia, covering its activities for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1949, and June 30, 1950. In the report, detailed information is presented on the organization, functions and operations of the Highway Department, including a complete statement prepared by the Treasurer of the Department covering all revenues and expenditures during the biennium. Respectfully submitted, STATE HIGHWAY BOARD OF GEORGIA Jim L. Gillis, Sr., Chairman Dixon Oxford, Member John E. Quillian, Membe1 2 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter of Transmittal Page No. 1 State Highway Directors and Members of State Highway Board ------ 4 Organization Personnel _____________________________ --------------- 5 Organization Chart ----------------------------------------------- 7 History of the Organization of the Highway Department ------------ 11 Members of State Highway Board, 1919- 1943 ---------------------- 15 Members of State Highway Commission, 1943- 1950 ---------------- 16 State Highway Directors, 1943 - 1950 18 State Highway Engineers, 1919 - 1950 19 U. S. Bureau of Public Roads -------------------------------------- 21 Administrative Division ------------- ____ ______ ______ ________ __ __ _ 23 The Federal-Aid Highway Program -------------------------------- 29 Highway Systems ------------------------------------------------ 41 Highways Affected by Allatoona and Clark Hill Dams -------------- 59 Legal Division --------------------------------------------------- 63 Personnel Division ------------------------------------------------ 67 Field Divisions --------------------------------------------------- 73 Division of Bridges 75 Division of Road Design ------------------------------------------ 81 Division of Contracts and Office Management ---------------------- 83 Division of Construction and Surveys ------------------------------ 93 Division of Materials and Tests ---------------------------------- 99 Division of Right-of-Way ----------------------------------------- 103 Division of Urban Projects ---------------------------------------- 105 Post Roads Division ---------------------------------------------- 109 Division of Maintenance, Equipment and Warehouse ________________ 111 Division of Highway Planning ------------------------------------ 115 Limitations of Weight and Size of Motor Vehicles __________________ 123 Division of Finance and Audits ------------------------------------ 131 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Dep~atment of Georgia 3 TABLES AND CHARTS Page No. Organization Chart ----------------------------------------------- 7 Map of the Congressional Districts -------------------------------- ii Map of the Highway Districts ___ ______ __ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ____ __ __ _ 9 Mileage of State Highway System by Type of Surface -------------- 25 Road-User Revenue and Appropriations for Road Purposes, 1937- 1949 27 Status of Post-War Federal-Aid Highway Programs ___ _____________ 36 Apportionment of Federal-Aid Highway Funds to Georgia, 1917- 1951 38 Map of the National System of Interstate Highways in Georgia ______ 46 Mileage of Highways in Georgia by Systems ------------------------ 49 Mileage of State Highway System, 1920- 1950 ---------------------- 50 Mileage of State Highway System by Counties ---------------------- 51 Motor Fuel Used for Highway Purposes, 1925- 1949 ---------------- 55 Motor-Vehicle Registrations in Georgia, 1910-1949 ------------------ 57 Map of the Five Field Divisions ---------------------------------- 72 Summary of Contracts Awarded, 1949- 1950 ------------------------ 86 Contracts Awarded by Type of Construction, 1949 87 Contracts Awarded by Type of Construction, 1950 90 Traffic Flow Map ------------------------------------------------ 114 Monthly Variation of Rural Traffic in Georgia, 1938- 1950 __________ 121 Illustration of Limits of Weight and Size of Motor Vehicles __________ 122 County Receipts and Expenditures for Roads and Bridges, 1940- 1948 __ 124 Cost of Construction of Roads and Bridges, 1920- 1950 ______________ 130 Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1949 __________ 136 Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1950 __________ 152 t Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia State Highway Directors 19-t9 - 1950 W. R. NEEL, Engineer-Director June -t, 19-tS, to Sept. 13, 1948 JOHN C. BEASLEY, Director Sept. 13, 1948, to Nov. 17, 19-tS JIM L. GILLIS, SR., Director Nov. 17, 1948, to Feb. 2, 1950 State Highway Board Feb. 2, 1950-Still in office June 30, 1950 JIM L. GILLIS, SR., Chairman Southern Highway District ( 1st, 2nd and 8th Congressional Districts) DIXON OXFORD, Member Central Highway District (3rd, 4th, 6th and lOth Congressional Districts) JOHN E. QUILLIAN, Member Northern Highway District (5th, 7th and 9th Congressional Districts) Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia .5 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Organization Personnel June 30, 1950 JIM L. GILLIS, SR., Chairman, State H1:ghway Board DIXON OXFORD, Member, State Highway Board JOHN E. QUILLIAN, Member, State Highu;ay Board BENTON ODOM, Treasurer T. V. WILLIAMS, Assistant Attorney General W. VAUGHN RICE, Assistant Attor-ney General CAM D. DORSEY, JR., Assistant Attorney General M. L. SHADBURN, State Highway Engineer J. H. ARCHER, Assistant Highway Engineer-General C. S. FAIN, Assistant Highway Engineer-Federal W. F. ABERCROMBIE, State Highway Matmials Engineer R. E. ADAMS, State Highway Right-of-Way Engineer S. P. ALLISON, Urban Engineer C. N. CROCKER, State Highway Bridge Engineer ROY A. FLYNT, State Highwa,y Planning Engineer' J. A. KENNEDY, State Road Design Engineer C. W. LEFTWICH, State Highway Construction Engineer WARD MATTHEWS, JR., Personnel Administrator and Compensation Attorney GEORGE T. McDONALD, Director, Post Roctds Division and Executive Secretary to State Hightuay Board R. W. McCRUM, State Highwau Office Engineer C. B. SMITH, State Highway Maintenance Engineer L. W. VERNER, State Highway Location Engineer DIVISION ENGINEERS V. W. SMITH, SR., Division No. 1, Gainesville R. G. RAY, JR., Division No. 2, Augusta J. C. COLLINS, Division No. 3, Macon EARL OLSON, Division No. 4, Tifton J. 0. BACON, Division No. 5, Savannah Completed section of the six-lane, divided, exp1essway in Atlanta. State Highway Department of Georgia Organization Chart 1950 ~ ASST HWY. PLANNING ENG. HIGHWAY ENGINEERS TRAFFIC SAFETY ENGINEERING ASST. HWY. PLANNING ENG. HIGHWAY ENGINEER ROAD" LIFE STUOY ASST. HWY. PLANNING ENG. ROAD LIFE ANALYSTS TRAFFIC SURVEY HIGHWAY ENGINEER FIELD TRAFFIC ENGINEER TRAFFIC RECORDERS ROAD INVENTORY HIGHWAY ENGINEER HWY MAPPING ENGINEERS HWY. MAPPING ASSISTANTS ~ FISCAL ANALYST SENIOR ACCOUNTANT CHIEF CARTOGRAPHIC DRAFTSMAN SENIOR CARTOGRAPHIC DRAFTSMAN DRAFTSMEN CHIEF OF RESEARCH ANO STATISTICS TABULATING SUPERVISOR TABULATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS OFFICE MANAGER ACCOUNTANT CLERICAL DRAWN BY OIVISION Of HIGHWAY PLANNING, JUNE 19~0 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA ORGANIZATION CHART 1950 PEOPLE LEGISLATURE GOVERNOR STATIL SUPERVISOR OF" PURCHASES EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO STATE HIGHWAY BOARD STATE PERSONNEL BOARD MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION fREASURER DIVISION Of CO,..STRUCTION AIDE DIVISION OF" CONTRACTS ANO OFFICE MANAGEMENT STATE HIGHWAY OFFICE ENGINEER f"IVE FIELD DIVISIONS DIVISION ENGINEER ~ HIGHWAY ENGINEER ENGINEERING AUDITORS ACCOUNTANTS CLERICAL LOCATION ANO RIGHT-OF"WAY HIGHWAY ENGINEERS SPECIAL MAINTENANCE OUTFITS HIGHWAY ENGINEER HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ASSISTANTS PATROLMEN EQUIPMENT OPERATORS LABORERS MECHANICS APPROVED APPROVED Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 7 T op, old bridge on U. S . 129 in Bibb County, between Macon and Gray, w hich has been eliminated by 1elocation and const?uction of new bridge shown at bottom. Project F-002-4 (1) . --~~~~-~-----------~~- STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT I or GEORGIA COUNTIES AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ..J L 0 R FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT :-Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins. Liberty, Long, Mcintosh, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT :-Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, Worth. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT :-Ben Hill, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Lee, Macon, Marion. Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Terrell, Turner, Webster, Wilcox. FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:-Butts Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry., Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup, Upson. FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:-DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale. SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT :-Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Glascock. Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson. SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:-Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, Dade, Douglas, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield. EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:-Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Telfair, Ware, Wayne. NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:-Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin. Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White. TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT :-Clarke, Columbia, ElbS I I I -- ,...- I _.J ~- .... ~:""''I --- .. : .. I APPPRTION ENTS r- --;.-....:.-::-.:..f~o-r'!- ..-...--: :.--:-:::-:o :~= ........ .. ...... ... .,. .... I .. I / /" .. 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PROGRAMS ~BMIT!Fo ~1..J ,......!/ :jr .. . ..., . . r ~-,.,-.,.-~'--~'-~~- /c;&~I'-\-?~~J.~.cJ.-.--<, 10-..' ~ z.::>, ..0....... :z.:>, .:z:>, Ill 40 35 30 20 I 5 I 0 t"-1945--1---- 1946 - - - - - - + - - - - 1947 - - - - - - - - - 1948 - - - - 1 - - - - 1949 - - - - + - - - 1950 APPORTIONMENT OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY FUNDS TO GEORGIA Federal- Federal- National National Aid Urban Aid Grade Emergency Emergency Recovery Recovery Secondary Highways Crossing Advance 1934 1935 ---------1--- ----l---------1-----------l---------l-----------l--------l----------- $------- ---------- $...... ----- $--------------------- $-------------------------- $ $------------------------- Totals .. ............ ----------- --------------................... 2,077,996.00 3,123,298.00 -- ---------------- 10,091,185.00 5,113,491.00 646,656.00 ----630,970.00 376,073.00 319,976.00 440,889.00 440,509.00 ------ 1,223,099.00 1,212,634.00 477,283.00 661,517.00 488,535.00 495,487.00 4,310,453.00 4,307,866.00 4,252,241.00 -------------------- 1,622,008.00 1,622,008.00 1,601,213.00 3,834,698.00 1,441,091.00 3,828,985.00 1,441,091.00 . $83,445,772.80 $1,992,080.08 $23,389,316.00$7,727,411.00 $4,558,555.00 1$2,077,996.00 ------- -----:::::::::::1:::::. :: :::::1 ... :::::::::::::::::::::::: $3.1~~:~~~:~~ -- ~~~-~~~-~~~:-~0 1 ;~-:~-~-~::~~-:~~--- APPORTIONMENT OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY FUNDS TO GEORGIA-Continued Fiscal Year Ending June 30 U.S. Works Program Public Works Adminis- tration Flood Relief Defense Access Highways Strategic Network Advance Engineering Flight Strips Total for Year All Funds 1917 --------------------------1918 -------------------------1919 ----------------11 99220L-_--_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-________ _ 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 I19n2s7 ------- -------------- ------ 1929 --------1930 -1931 ----------1932-----1933 ------------1934----1935 ----1936 ------1937 ---1938 1939 1940 --------------------- 1941 1942 --------------------------1943 ---1944-------------------------------1945 1946 1947 --1948 -1949 --1950--1951 --------- $ ----------------------9,884,916.00 $ --------646,200.00 Totals _ $9,884,916.00 $646,200.00 $ ----- $--------- 435,114.41 33,320.98 12,243.28 2,057,176.18 2,274,831.15 813,696.89 617,236.12 $468,435.39 1$5.775,183.62 *Forest Highway Funds include amounts administered by U. S. Forest Service. $------------------- $----------------------- 629,229.00 251,720.00 337,514.53 8,774.68 5,000.00 10,000.00 $629,229.00 $251,720.00 $361,289.21 $ 139,680.15 273,940.65 1,798,847.29 2,606,625.62 2,746,597.13 2,016,553.66 1,358,752.23 1,750,878.53 2,004,872.54 2,033,972.81 2,013,391.67 2,013,999.94 2,007,298.94 2,0129,62.55 5,951,406.28 6.504,924.34 12,975,547.66 5,253.017.03 9,919,022.76 3,203,520.86 3,199,630.18 5,176,572.83 5,720,237.05 3,405,917.80 3,599,547.16 3,541,035.69 6,540,476.26 2,291,681.26 1,112,011.20 12,420,474.03 11,775,635.00 11,425,190.00 10,382,055.00 10,368,802.00 $159,536,078.10 Bridge over Flint River between Thomaston and Butler at Upson-Taylo'r county line, on State Route 3 (U. S. 41). Project F-93 (3). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 41 Highway Systems Classification of highways is made necessary by the several plans of highway financing that have been developed during the years by the State and Federal Governments. Each plan of financing limits itself to particular highways or kinds of highways and thus establishes a new classification. It is possible for a highway to be on two or more systems. For example, a road may be on both the State Highway System and the Federal-aid Primary System; or a road may be classified as a County Road, a Post Road, and a Federal-aid Secondary Road. The classes of highways in Georgia based on methods of financing are as follows: 1. Federal-aid Primary System. 2. Federal-aid Secondary System. 3. Federal-aid Urban System. 4. Forest Highway System. 5. State Highway System. 6. Post Roads. 7. County Roads. The following systems also exist, but were established for reasons other than financing, as will be explained under their respective headings: 1. National System of Interstate Highways. 2. United States Numbered Highways. Federal-Aid Primary System The Federal-aid Primary System comprises those highways which have been designated under authority of the Federal Highway Act of 1921 as highways eligible to have Regular Federal-aid Funds expended upon them. The highways in this system are selected and designated by mutual agreement between the State Highway Department and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. The Federal-aid Primary System in Georgia as of June 30, 1950, consists of 6,584.4 miles, exclusive of 158.6 miles within Federal reservations. All roads on the Federal-aid Primary System are also on the State Highway System. Federal-Aid Secondary System The Federal-aid Highway Acts of 1936 and 1944 provided 42 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia for the selection and designation of a system of principal secondary and feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural mail routes, and school-bus routes, but not limited to roads of these specific descriptions. These roads are selected by the State Highway Department in cooperation with the County Commissioners and approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, and are the only roads on which Federal-aid Secondary Funds may be expended. The approved System as of June 30, 1950, contains 12,289.5 miles, of which 6,810.2 miles are also on the State Highway System. The Federal-aid Secondary System may include roads inside of municipalities of less than 5,000 population. Urban boundaries have been established by the State Highway Department and approved by the Bureau of Public Roads for all cities having a population of 5,000 or more, according to the Census of 1940, and roads within these boundaries cannot be classified as Federal-aid Secondary Roads. A map showing the urban boundaries has been forwarded to the Mayor of each city, and to the County Commissioners of the county in which the city is located. Federal-Aid Urban System The Federal-aid Highway Act of 1944 requires the selection of a system of Federal-aid routes in urban areas to provide, in municipalities of 5,000 or more population, a comprehensive network of arterials serving the major flow lines of traffic within such areas, including terminal routes, and distribution routes serving the Federal-aid Primary System lying outside the boundaries of the urban areas. This System is referred to as the Federal-aid Urban System and is now being selected by study of all presently approved Federal-aid Primary, Federal-aid Secondary, and State Highway System extensions within urban area boundaries, and all other routes of primary arterial significance for the service of traffic within the designated areas. The System is selected by the State Highway Department in cooperation with the city officials and approved by the Bureau of Public Roads. Only those routes included in the approved Federal-aid Urban System are eligible for improvement with Federal-aid Urban Funds. As of June 30, 1950, the Federal-aid Urban System had been approved by the Bureau of Public Roads for the cities of Albany, Americus, Augusta and Dublin. Also, for Rossville, Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 43 Georgia, which is included in the urban area boundaries of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Forest Highway System Roads wholly or partly within, adjoining or adjacent to and serving the national forests are known as Forest Roads. The Forest Highway System consists of those Forest Roads of primary importance to the State, counties or communities, and which have been selected and designated by the Commissioner of Public Roads of the Bureau of Public Roads, U. S. Department of Commerce, and the Chief of the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture as constituent parts of the Forest Highway System. Forest Highways are classified as follows: Class 1-0n the Federal-aid Primary System. Class 2-0n the Federal-aid Secondary System. Class 3-0ther Forest Highways. The mileage of the Forest Highway System in Georgia as of June 30, 1950, is as follows: Class 1 -------------------------------------------------------- _______________ 153.4 miles Class 2 --------------------------------------------------------- ______________ 93.0 miles Class 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.5 miles Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 256.9 miles The Forest Highway System may be increased or decreased in mileage when the proposed modifications have been jointly agreed upon and recommended by the State Highway Department, the Regional Forester, the District Engineer and the Division Engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, and approved by the Commissioner of Public Roads and the Chief of the Forest Service. Funds for the construction of Fonst Highways are provided by Congressional appropriation and are usually included in the same Act as other Federal-aid Highway funds. State Highway System Roads on the State Highway System are located, constructed, improved and maintained by the State High;vay Department. The original system of 4,800 miles was estallished under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembl:y of Georgia, approved August 18, 1919. This Act provided that the State Highway Board should designate the system of i.nterconnecting 44 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia county-seat public roads as State-aid Roads. An amendment of 1921 increased the limit to 5,500 miles, an amendment of 1925 increased it to 6,300 miles, and other increases were made by amendments passed in 1929 and 1933. An Act approved February 12, 1938, gave the State Highway Board the right and authority to designate any public road in the State as a Stateaid Road, with no limitation by statute as to the mileage of the State Highway System. An Act of the General Assembly, approved March 17, 1943, which abolished the State Highway Board and created a State Highway Department under a State Highway Director, and a State Highway Commission, authorized and empowered the State Highway Director to place on the State Highway System any roads he deemed necessary to the best interests of the State, when approved by a majority of the State Highway Commission, by first giving written notice to the county road authorities concerned thirty dayE prior to such action. This Act of March 17, 1943, was repealed by an Act of the General Assembly, approved February 2, i950. The Act of February 2, 1950, which created the present State Highway Board, contains a section which reads in part as follows: "The State Highway Board shall have the right to substitute and relocate any or all of said State Highway System mileage, in any and all counties, in building new roads and bridges or improving the State Highway System r::>ads and bridges in any and all counties of the State, keeping in view only, the prevailing fixed State Highway System mileage and control points. In relocating, resurveying and substituting any road, bridge or riEht-of-way on the State Highway System, the State Highway Board shall confer with the Ordinary or COJnty Commissioner, as the case may be, and give due consideration to their wishes in the relocation and substitution, but in case of disagreement, the judgrrent of the State Highway Board shall prevail." The State Hi5hway System contains 15,201.9 miles as of June 30, 1950. Streets within municipalities which form a continuation of, or a link in, the State Highway System are a part of the System Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 45 Post Roads All rural roads over which United States mail is carried are Postal Routes; however, in Georgia only such roads which are not on the State Highway System are classified as Post Roads. The Act of 1937 which established th Post Roads Division within the State Highway Department and authorized the expenditure of State funds for the construction of Post Roads, also authorized the State Highway Department to construct farm-to-market roads, so that generally the term "Post Roads" is applied to all public roads in Georgia not on the State Highway System. Post Roads and farm-to-market roads may be constructed by the State Highway Department to the extent that funds are made available, but the construction an:l maintenance of such roads are primarily the responsibility of the counties. There are 77,138 miles of Post Roads and farm-to-market roads in Georgia not on the State Highway SystEm. All of these roads are classified also as County Roads, inasmuch as they are under the control and jurisdiction of the counties. County Roads All rural roads in the State not on the State Highway System nor within Federal or State reservations are classified as County Roads. The counties are responsible for the construction and maintenance of these roads; although, as stated above, the State Highway Department undertakes to construct as many of them as possible with Federal-aid Secondary funds and State funds. The County Commissioners (or Ordinary in counties having no Commissioners) are authorized to open and locate new roads withh their respective county. There are 77.138 miles of County Roads which are classified also as Post Roads and farm-to-market roads, of which 5,479.3 miles are on the Federal-aid Secondary System. National System of Interstate Highways The National System of Interstate Highways, selected by the State Highway Departments in cooperation Vlith the Bureau of Public Roads, was approved on August 2, 1947. In recommending routes, the States were governed by the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1944 which provided for the designation of a 40,000-mile system connecting the principal centers of the country and serving the national defense. The system as approved 46 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia E E NORTH CAROl-INA ID ...J () 0 F I. 0 It D National System of Interstate Highways in Georgia Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 47 contains 37,681 miles of the Nation's principal highways, including 2,882 miles of urban thoroughfares. It reaches 42 State capitals and serves 182 of the 199 cities with population of 50,000 or more. All routes on the National System of Interstate Highways not already included in the Federal-aid Primary System were automatically added thereto by law. Since all roads on the National System of Interstate Highways are also on the Federal-aid Primary System and eligible for regular Federal Aid, no specific funds are available for the development of the Interstate Highways. As these routes are improved they will be built to design standards somewhat higher than those governing other roads. The Interstate design standards call for four-lane divided highways wherever traffic is 800 vehicles or more per hour in peak hours. The National System of Interstate Highways in Georgia contains 1,110.6 miles as of June 30, 1950, all of which are also on the State Highway System. United States Numbered Highways In 1926, the American Association of State Highway Officials (being composed of all the State Highway Departments and the Bureau of Public Roads of the Federal Government) selected a limited system of State roads to carry continuous numbers across the country so as to facilitate travel on the main interstate lines, over the shortest routes and the best roads. These roads are designated by the use of the United States shield as the insignia, and are commonly referred to as U. S. Routes or U.S. Numbered Highways. The establishment of aU. S. number as a guide for interstate travel over certain roads has no connection with the designation of Federal funds for road construction and, therefore, the U. S. Highway numbers should not be confused with route numbers assigned to the Federal-aid Highway System. The U. S. numbers may recognize a State road which has been constructed entirely by the use of State funds. Additions, changes, extensions, revisions or reductions in the U. S. Numbered System are made by the Executive Committee of the American Association of State Highway Officials, after consulting with the Highway Department of the States affected. The established policies of the Executive Committee provide that no additional road shall be added to the U. S. Numbered System, and no existing U. S. road shall be extended except where there is a definite showing of an adequately improved Construction view of the Atlanta expressway. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 49 highway carrying an established and necessary line of interstate traffic not otherwise provided for by existing U. S. routes and for which traffic adequate service cannot be provided by State route numbers. Also, no new U. S. routes located wholly within one State may be established, nor may any new U. S. route be established which is less than 300 miles in length. MILEAGE OF HIGHWAYS IN GEORGIA June 30, 1950 State Highway System Federal-aid Primary System__ Federal-aid Secondary System --------------------------------Federal-aid Urban System______ Not on any Federal-aid System _________________________________ Total Roads ______________________________ Urban Streets and Alleys not on any of above Systems -------------------------------Total Roads and Streets________ 6,743.0 6,810.2 309.5 1,339.2 15,201.9 County Roads ------------ 5,479.3 ------------ 71,658.9 77,138.2 Total 6,743.0 12,289.5 309.5 72,998.1 92,340.1 3,609.6 95,949.7 50 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia MILEAGE OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM 1920 -1950 Date Mileage December 31, 1920 ________ 4,800.0 December 31, 192L__________ 5,500.0 December 31, 1922 ___________ 5,500.0 December 31, 1923____________ 5,854.7 December 31, 1924 ___________ 6,248.8 December 31, 1925 ___________ 6,648.8 December 31, 1926 ___________ 7,048.8 December 31, 1927____________ 7,061.4 December 31, 1928 ___________ 7,075.6 December 31, 1929____________ 7,090.6 June 30, 1930 __________________ 7,124.4 June 30, 193L__________________ 7,138.5 June 30, 1932 ___________________ 8,196.8 June 30, 1933 ___________________ 8,498.3 June 30, 1934 ___________________ 8,876.2 June 30, 1935 __________________ 9,206.4 June 30, 1936 _________________ 9,272.8 June 30, 1937___________________ 10,118.6 June 30, 1938 ___________________ 10,952.8 June 30, 1939____________________ 11,215.4 June 30, 1940 ___________________11,907.7 June 30, 1941____________________ 13,212.5 June 30, 1942 ___________________13,223.7 June 30, 1943 ___________________13,968.6 June 30, 1944 ___________________13,995.3 June 30, 1945 ___________________ 14,003.2 June 30, 1946 __________________13,808.2 June 30, 1947____________________14,285.4 June 30, 1948 ___________________14,385.5 June 30, 1949____________________14,876.8 June 30, 1950____________________15,201.9 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 51 MILEAGE OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BY COUNTIES June 30, 1950 County Appling ---------------Atkinson ---------------Bacon -------------------Baker -------------------Baldwin ---------------Banks -------------------Barrow -----------------Bartow -----------------Ben Hill ---------------Berrien ---------------Bibb ---------------------Bleckley ---------------Brantley ---------------Brooks ____________________ Bryan -------------------Bulloch -----------------Burke -------------------Butts -------------------Calhoun -------------Camden __________________ Candler -----------------Carroll -----------------Catoosa -----------------Charlton -------------Chatham ---------------Chattahoochee -----Chattooga -------------Cherokee ________________ Clarke -------------------Clay ---------------------Clayton -----------------Clinch -----------------Cobb ---------------------Coffee -------------------Colquitt __________________ Columbia ________________ Mileage 129.917 92.672 70.384 78.071 67.670 75.531 77.884 112.643 78.617 119.600 95.226 68.494 96.884 110.633 108.615 117.653 140.232 58.740 78.109 105.334 49.970 155.197 59.271 114.771 91.338 39.193 50.900 109.507 45.491 46.144 62.516 146.394 121.869 182.122 137.661 84.068 County Cook ---------------------Coweta -----------------Crawford -------------Crisp ---------------------Dade ---------------------Dawson ---------------Decatur ---------------DeKalb ----------- ------Dodge -------------------Dooly _____________________ Dougherty -----------Douglas __________________ Early -------------------Echols -------------------Effingham -----------Elbert -------------------Emanuel ---------------Evans -------------------Fannin -----------------Fayette -----------------Floyd ______________________ Forsyth -----------------Franklin -------------Fulton -----------------Gilmer -----------------Glascock ---------------Glynn -------------------Gordon -----------------Grady -----------------Greene ____________________ Gwinnett -------------Habersham ____________ Hall -----------------------Hancock ---------------Haralson -------------Harris ------------------ Mileage 48.515 108.529 78.996 71.885 76.558 89.391 125.479 129.251 135.430 91.325 104.078 69.117 123.662 87.829 94.922 94.687 188.824 60.250 96.332 78.400 106.324 63.075 100.920 238.671 77.768 42.934 100.266 74.532 135.254 83.361 143.090 93.145 147.061 81.567 77.807 134.808 52 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia MILEAGE OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BY COUNTIES June 30, 1950 County Hart ______ ____________ Heard __________________ Henry ___________________ Houston ________________ Irwin ____________________ Jackson Jasper ________________ _ Jeff Davis _______ _ Jefferson ___________ Jenkins _____________ Johnson _________ ______ Jones ____________________ _ Lamar _________________ Lanier ________ _____ ____ Laurens ________________ Lee __________________________ Liberty __________________ Lincoln _________________ Long _____________________ Lowndes ____________ _ Lumpkin ________________ McDuffie ______________ Mcintosh ______________ Macon ____________________ Madison ________________ Marion __________________ Meriwether __________ Miller ____________________ Mitchell __________________ Monroe __________________ Montgomery ________ Morgan __________________ Murray ________________ Muscogee ______________ Newton __________________ Oconee ____________________ Mileage 86.010 74.640 86.230 103.778 75.702 94.775 120.828 75.230 164.168 72.442 85.599 88.437 51.641 100.387 187.770 76.789 126.180 73.180 77.084 143.994 87.485 69.848 74.288 150.990 112.144 93.122 137.290 56.593 167.764 129.193 74.561 69.439 87.286 86.594 115.079 57.659 County Oglethorpe ____________ Paulding ______________ Peach ____________________ Pickens __________________ Pierce ____________________ Pike ______________________ Polk _______________________ Pulaski __________________ Putnam __________________ Quitman ________________ Rabun __________________ Randolph ______________ Richmond ______________ Rockdale ________________ Schley ___________________ Screven __________________ Seminole ______________ Spalding ________________ Stephens ________________ Stewart _________________ Sumter __________________ Talbot ____________________ Taliaferro ____________ Tattnall ________________ Taylor ____________________ Telfair ____________________ Terrell ____________________ Thomas ________________ Tift _______________________ Toombs __________________ Towns ____________________ Treutlen ________________ Troup ____________________ Turner ____________________ Twiggs __________________ Union ____________________ Mileage 79.718 94.240 47.511 86.718 76.639 48.201 73.080 75.270 71.633 35.757 69.391 75.139 93.593" 56.371 59.995 118.282 57.964 54.578 58.119 62.888 139.554 116.627 52.530 161.539 146.249 158.476 93.255 174.521 73.137 119.808 60.284 80.210 140.200 77.902 77.793 74.615 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 53 MILEAGE OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BY COUNTIES June 30, 1950 County Upson _ Walker _ Walton Ware ______ Warren_ Washington Wayne ___ ________ _ Webster ____________ _ Wheeler _ Mileage 73.342 117.429 93.253 137.816 88.584 157.42G 105.986 49.836 85.774 County White Whitfield ______________ Wilcox Wilkes _______________ _ Wilkinson __________ _ Worth _____ _ _______ _ Mileage 69.919 75.244 109.966 94.766 96.931 136.283 Total _________ 15,201.908 HIGHWAY USE OF MOTOR FUEL IN GEORGIA 1925-1949 600 500 "z ' g 400 .-..' "' "0 300 200 ,___ 600 -"Z'N oze-n ~~ .a.:..,_.. z::l! :Jz e.0.n.(. "'"' - ,___ f-- r-- "Z'-"t' Z!!! : . . ; - 0~!!1- - - '--- 500 ~~ :Jo oen"o' ~~- 1-- f - - zen -----'- 400 0 .--..'' "' "- r- - 1- f- f- - 300 0 ez n 0 -' t-- - ,--- r- - r- - f- - - r- - -' t-- ~ t-- t-- 200 :I! - 100 f- f-- ,--- f- f- - r - f- - f- r - - - '--- 1-- ~ f- f- - - f- f- - f- f- 100 0 1925 26 27 28 29 1930 31 32 33 34 1935 36 37 38 39 1940 41 42 43 44 1945 46 47 ,48 49 0 YEAR A tabulation of the motor fuel used for highway purposes is presented on the opposite page. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 55 HIGHWAY USE OF MOTOR FUEL IN GEORGIA 1925-1949 Year Thousand Gallons 1925__ ----------- _____________133,548 1926___ -- _____________________154,976 1 9 2 7____________________________ 1 8 3 , 8 9 6 1 9 2 8 ____________________________ 1 9 7 ' 1 0 6 1929----------- _________________209'794 1930.------------------------- 213,089 193L___________________ _______211,767 1932 ____________________________190,592 1933 ____________________________ 2 0 2 ' 196 1 9 3 4 ____________________________ 229 ,447 1 9 3 5____________________________ 2 54,609 1 9 3 6 ____________________________ 2 8 7 , 2 8 4 1937 ____________________________ 312,468 1 9 3 8____________________________ 3 1 9 ,246 1 9 39 ____________________________ 33 9,8 7 7 1940___________________________ 374,300 194L__________________________406,781 1942_____________ ------------- 324,259 1943___________________________ 282,739 1 9 4 4 ___________________________ 3 1 4 ' 6 92 1945___________________________ 367'726 1 9 4 6 ____________________________ 4 9 5,202 1947____________________________ 568,404 1 9 4 8____________________________ 5 7 9 ' 0 4 8 1949----------------------------629,271 MOTOR-VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS IN GEORGIA 1910-1949 800 BOO 700 700 600 "'"'...J 500 ~ J: >"' .... 0 400 "z 0 ' <( "':::> 0 .J..:. 300 200 il PASSENGER CARS il a TRUCKS BUSSES r- r- r- 1- - 600 r- r- r- 1- 1- - 1- - - r- r- 1- 1- r- 1- r- r- - 1- - 1- 1 - r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- ""'' 500 ...J ~ J: "> ' .... 400 0 "c z ' <( "':::> 300 .~... 1- 1- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- r- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 200 100 r- r- r- 0 ~ ~ m m mm r- r- r- r- r- r- r- 1- r- r- 1- r- r- 1- r- 1- 1- 1- f-- 1- 100 "' 0 A tabulation of the motor-vehicle 1egistrations by years is presented on the opposite page. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 57 MOTOR-VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS IN GEORGIA 1910- 1949 (Publicly-owned vehicles not included) Year Automobiles 1910 ________________________ 1911 ________________________ 1912 ________________________ 1913 ________________________ 1914 ________________________ 1915 ________________________ 1916 ________________________ 1917 ________________________ 1918 ________________________ 1919 ________________________ 1920 ________________________ 1921 ________________________ 1922 ________________________ 1923 ________________________ 1924 ________________________ 1925 ________________________ 1926 ________________________ 1927 ________________________ 1928 ________________________ 1929 ________________________ 1930 ________________________ 1931 ________________________ 1932 ________________________ 1933 ________________________ 1934________________________ 1935 ________________________ 1936 ________________________ 1937 ________________________ 1938 ________________________ 1939 ________________________ 1940 ________________________ 1941 ________________________ 1942 ________________________ 1943 ________________________ 1944 ________________________ 1945 ________________________ 1946 ________________________ 1947 ________________________ 1948 ________________________ 1949 ________________________ 4,400 5,870 12,950 16,480 20,115 24,000 44,025 66,824 99,676 127,000 134,000 118,476 126,498 151,420 181,413 217,578 241,949 262,630 277,881 310,362 294,461 274,576 245,666 278,935 314,576 325,950 335,696 361,010 356,609 384,773 412,439 460,787 443,705 420,157 423.746 418,566 450,072 499,600 540,984 604,541 Busses 2,155 2,067 2,161 2,613 2,595 2,716 2,982 3,134 3,242 2,910 3,269 3,249 3,429 3,684 3,641 3,642 Trucks 90 190 620 710 800 1,000 2,000 3,500 5,000 10,000 12,000 13,500 16,925 22,469 26,275 30,515 35,519 38,005 40,975 48,543 47,119 46,264 42,050 51,212 60,262 66,079 72,726 78,206 73,156 81,951 87,182 95,063 91,942 91,349 94,302 101,381 122,114 145,251 163,192 175,263 Total 4,490 6,060 13,570 17,190 20,915 25,000 46,025 70,324 104,676 137,000 146,000 131,976 143,423 173,889 207,688 248,093 277,468 300,635 318,856 358,905 341,580 320,840 287,716 330,147 376,993 394,096 410,583 441,829 432,360 469,440 502,603 558,984 538,889 514,416 521,317 523,196 575,615 648,535 707,817 783,446 Top, old underpass of the Georgia & Florida Railway in Vidalia, State Route 30. Note substructure in roadway, broken abutment at left, and low ve1tical clea'rance. Bottom, new structure w hich has corrected all these deficiencies. Project FAGM 369-A (4). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 59 Highways Affected by Allatoona and Clark Hill Dams The construction of the Allatoona and Clark Hill Dams, authorized by Acts of Congress and performed under the supervision of the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, caused certain roads and bridges to be flooded or otherwise rendered unavailable for use and it became necessary for the highways to be relocated and the bridges to be replaced. Negotiations between the Federal Government and the State Highway Department resulted in agreements being reached as to the costs and other matters involved, and a resume of these agreements is given below. Allatoona Darn The Allatoona Dam project is a 27-million-dollar multipurpose flood control and hydroelectric development of the Etowah River Basin. The dam proper is located on the Etowah River about three miles due east of Cartersville, in Bartow County. The impounded waters at flood stage will inundate about 20,300 acres along the Etowah River and its tributaries. The agreement with the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, covering their obligation to replace facilities flooded by the reservoir, provided for the following items and all roads and bridges listed are now under construction. 1. Proctor Creek, State Route 3, U. S. 41, Cobb County. It was agreed that no work need be done because the bridge will seldom, if ever, be flooded. 2. Allatoona Creek, State Route 3, U. S. 41, Cobb County. The Department of the Army agreed to contribute $650,000.00 toward the construction of the four-lane highway, and the Highway Department agreed to vacate the hridge. The bridge has been destroyed, and the four-lane highway is under construction. 3. Little River, State Route 205, Cherokee County. The Department of the Army agreed to build a new 60 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia concrete and steel bridge, cost $202,000.00. The bridge is approaching completion. 4. Etowah River, State Route 20, Cherokee County. The Department of the Army has completed a new concrete and steel bridge, cost $410,000.00. 5. Kellogg, Owl and Stamp Creek Bridges, State Routes 92 and 20, Cherokee County. The Department of the Army made a cash payment of $239,938.00. The State Highway Department is now building a bridge at Kellogg Creek, cost $135,000.00. The road between Cherokee Mills and Canton, State Route 205, is being improved with funds received from the Department of the Army. 6. Allatoona Creek, State Route 92, Cobb County. The Department of the Army, in return for vacating this bridge and two county roads apd bridges, agreed to build a supplemental dam over Proctor Creek, together with connections from the four-lane highway across the dam to the present State Route 3 (U. S. 41) at Acworth, cost $410,000.00. The dam is nearly finished. A summary of the settlements for relocations on account of the Allatoona Dam is as follows: Cash Settlements ___________________________________ $ 889,938.00 Construction by Department of the Army ------------------------------------------------ 1,022,000.00 Total ------------------------------------------------$1,911,938.00 Clark Hill Dam The Clark Hill Dam project is a hydroelectric development of the Savannah River basin, in Elbert, Lincoln and Columbia Counties. The agreement with the Department of the Army provides for the Federal Government to pay the State Highway Department the sum of $3,600,000.00 in cash to cover all work to be done by the Highway Department as a result of the construction of the Clark Hill Dam. Up to June 30, 1950, the sum of $702,176.89 had been received. Three contracts have been awarded by the Highway Department, including engineering costs, as follows: Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 61 L Savannah River Bridge, State Route 43, in Lincoln County ----------------------------$ 507,071.00 2. Soap Creek Bridge, State Route 43, in Lincoln County ____________________________________ 140,170.00 3. Little River Bridge, State Route 37, in Lincoln and Columbia Counties ______ 1,541,000.00 Total under contract ______________________________ $2,188,241.00 The work remaining to be done, and not yet under contract, is listed below. L Raysville Bridge, State Route 43, in Lincoln and McDuffie Counties. 2. Soap Creek Bridge, State Route 220, in Lincoln County. 3. Relocation of State Route 79, including bridges at Newford, Fishing and Pistol Creeks. 4. Keg Creek Bridge, State Route 104, in Columbia County. It is estimated that the remaining available funds will be more:than adequate for this purpose. Construction view of the Atlanta expressway. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 63 Legal Division EUGENE COOK, Attorney General T. V. WILLIAMS, Assistant Attorney General W. VAUGHN RICE, Assistant Attorney General CAM D. DORSEY, JR., Assistant Attorney General The division of the State Law Department assigned to the Highway Department under the Attorney General included as of June 30, 1950, three Assistant Attorneys General. Functions of Legal Division Upon the Legal Division devolves the duty of representing, advising, and counselling the State Highway Department in any matter which has a legal phase. It is to be expected, of course, that any department engaged in so many and such extensive transactions, involving millions of dollars, would have a great variety and volume of legal business. For example, the Legal Division assists in the preparation of, or must review and approve, all contracts, leases, insurance policies, permits, easements, options and agreements entered into by the Highway Department. It reviews and investigates all claims for and against the Department, and brings or defends the suits which result from such claims. This division also brings or defends all suits arising out of breach of highway contracts. The Highway Department is ultimately liable when vouched in to defend all suits against counties for damages resulting from defects in bridges and their approaches which are on the State Highway System. The defense of these cases falls on the Legal Division. Cases Handled in 1948 In the year 1948, the Legal Division closed 27 suits in which the Highway Department was either the defendant or as vouchee ultimately liable. The potential liability in these suits was $254,424.69; the eventual liability actually paid by the Highway Department in these suits was $38,513.21; 25 suits being closed by settlement amounting to $37,436.95 and two by verdict against the Department for $1,076.26. One of these cases was settled by the Claims Committee without the concurrence of the Legal Division, for $10,000.00. This, deducted from 64 TwentyThird Report, State Highway Department of Georgia the above, leaves 26 cases concluded by the Legal Division with a potential liability of $201,606.21 for the total sum of $28, 513.21 in the year 1948. All but one were suits for damages for defects in a bridge on the State Highway System. In 1948, the Legal Division was involved in and concluded seven injunction suits. Three were denied by the courts, one was settled for $300.00, one without cost, and two were dismissed on demurrer. In addition to the above, at the end of the year 1948, the Legal Division was actively engaged in the defense of 24 suits with a potential liability of $322,020.00. Seven of the suits were injunctions. Cases Handled in 1949 In the year 1949, this division closed 11 suits in which the Highway Department was either the defendant or as vouchee ultimately liable. The potential liability in these suits was $281,800.00, and the eventual liability actually paid by the Highway Department was $19,490.00. Two of these suits were closed by settlements amounting to $13,000.00, two by a verdict against the defendant amounting to $6,490.40, and the remaining seven cases were won by the Highway Department. All of the above cases except one were for damages arising from alleged defects in a bridge on the State Highway System. Eight injunction suits were concluded in 1949, five of which were settled without cost to the Highway Department, two were settled for court costs, and one was won by the Highway Department. In addition to the above, four cases were tried in the trial courts, involving a potential liability of $41,430.00. These cases were appealed. Also going to the Appellate Courts in the year 1949 by direct bill of exceptions were five cases in which there was a potential liability of $64,252.25. In addition to the nine foregoing cases, which have been either settled, tried or appealed, at the close of 1949 the Legal Division was actively engaged in the defense of 23 law suits with a potential liability of $263,490.30. Five of these suits are injunctions with no presently ascertainable potential pecuniary liability. Summary of Cases 1948-1949 In summary, then, for the calendar years 1948 and 1949, the State Highway Department has been involved in 63 suits with a potential liability of $846,070.33 and has actually paid out on these suits through December 31, 1949, the sum of Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 65 $58,003.61. In addition, the Legal Division has been involved in 20 injunctions, has investigated and recommended the settlement of five claims for $1,114.68, and investigated and refused payment in any amount whatsoever on 61 claims. It has investigated and filed answers in 29 garnishment suits, has assisted in numerous condemnation suits in the name of the State Highway Department for rights-of-way, and represented the Highway Department as plaintiff in three suits in which a total sum of $4,190.80 was recovered. At the end of the year 1949, there remained one suit and several claims pending in favor of the Highway Department. Work During First Six Months of 1950 Exclusive of the condemnation and garnishment cases, there were, as shown above, 32 cases pending as of the first day of January, 1950. During the first six months of 1950, nineteen additional cases have been filed. Of these 51 cases, three have been won on general demurrer in the trial court, four on appeal in the Appellate Court, and seven have been settled. Thirtyseven cases still remain on the active docket. Thirty of these cases are ripe for trial, save for the hearing of demurrers and motions, two are awaiting ruling of the trial judge on demurrers or motions to dismiss, two are pending on writ of certiorari, and three are pending on motions for new trial. In addition to the foregoing suits, during the first six months of 1950, the Legal Division has answered ten garnishment suits, participated in 13 condemnation suits, investigated and handled 44 claims for or against the State Highway Department, prepared 45 orders, resolutions and notices to counties for new roads to be placed in the State Highway System, has assisted in the preparation of leases, contracts and resolutions for the State Highway Board, and has examined and approved options, permits, and agreements too numerous to itemize. Bridge over Withlacoochee River on State Route 38 (U.S. 84) between Quitman and Valdosta at the B'rooks~~w,_,n""'d=es Count~ line. P'roject F-136 (2). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 67 Personnel Division WARD MATTHEWS, JR. Personnel Administrator and Compensation Attorney Early in 1949, a separate division was established to handle the increased volume of personnel work caused by a number of the positions in the Highway Department being placed under the State Merit System and the Employees' Retirement System. The Personnel Division maintains liaison with the State Merit System and is responsible for carrying out the rules and regulations of the Merit System as they apply to Highway Department employees. State Merit System An Act of the General Assembly, approved February 10, 1949, provides that certain positions in the State Highway Department shall be governed by the State Merit System of Personnel Administration, and fixed the effective date as six months after approval, or August 10, 1949. On that date, the affected employees began their probationary period and those whose services had been satisfactory were issued certificates of permanent status on January 1, 1950. Every employee covered was required to submit a job description, giving detailed information as to his duties and responsibilities, and these were used by the Merit System in allocating the various jobs to the appropriate classes. This resulted in the adoption of the Classification Plan and later the Compensation Plan, which provides salary schedules for the various classes with the salary consistent with the functions outlined in the Classification Plan. The Compensation Plan adopted for the Highway Department is a group of 31 pay scales, and the salary schedules include initial, intervening, and maximum rates of pay for each class. The recruitment of personnel to fill covered positions must be cleared through the Merit System and each new employee is required to stand an examination within six months after employment. The employment of all personnel is authorized and approved by the State Highway Board. The Merit System covers approximately 55 per cent of the 68 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia total employees, exclusive of laborers. The covered positions include engineers, draftsmen, instrumentmen, inspectors, laboratory technicians, accounting and clerical personnel. The Merit System excludes all personnel assigned to the equipment repair shops, warehouses, center line and sign shop, superintendents, foremen, timekeepers, patrolmen, rodmen, chainmen, equipment operators, and other miscellaneous personnel. E1nployees' Retire1nent Syste1n All employees of the Highway Department under the Merit System are covered by the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, except those who were employed prior to January 1, 1950, and elected not to become a member of the Retirement System. Five per cent of the employee's salary is deducted on each payroll and credited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund of the Retirement System. If an employee resigns or his services are terminated before he reaches the age of retirement, the full amount of his contributions is refunded to him. The State Highway Department also contributes a sum amounting to a percentage of the employees' salaries, which is placed in the pension accumulation fund. An employee is eligible for retirement at age sixty, or after thirty-five years of service, though until June 30, 1955, retirement is not compulsory until the employee attains the age of seventy-five years. After July 1, 1955, employees will be retired at the age of seventy years. Seven employees have retired since the plan became effective on January 1, 1950. Co1npensation Clai1ns Employees of the Highway Department who receive personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment come within the provisions of the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Laws, and the Personnel Division is responsible for handling all matters pertaining to such cases. This division receives reports of all injuries to employees, investigates the cases, and follows up with such action as is proper under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Personnel Administrator and Compensation Attorney represents the Highway Department before the Workmen's Compensation Board in Atlanta, or before a commission of the Board in the county where the accident occurred, and represents the Highway Department through any subsequent court action. He Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 69 authorizes payment of compensation and medical expenses in accordance with the award of the Compensation Board, and negotiates with attorneys, doctors, hospitals and courts of law in all questions pertaining to Workmen's Compensation. Veterans On-the-Job Training The Highway Department has continued its cooperation and assistance in furtherance of the on-the-job training program of the Veterans Administration, which was begun in 1946. The Personnel Division is responsible for maintaining the trainee files, setting up new training agreements with the State Veterans Service, and handling all matters pertaining to the program. Approximately 300 employees have received benefits of this training program during this biennium. In-Service Training Program A review of the present status of engineering personnel in the State Highway Department revealed that many of the present directing and supervising employees are approaching retirement age, and recognizing the importance of maintaining an organization able and qualified to carry on future activities of the Department, the State Highway Board has approved a special training program for graduates in civil engineering. This program was developed in cooperation with the State Merit System of Personnel Administration and the engineers participating in the training will receive all of the benefits of the Merit System and the Employees' Retirement System. It is realized that engineering principles as taught in the schools, and the application of these principles to highway planning, construction and maintenance must be coordinated and kept up to date if the Highway Department is to keep abreast of progress, and for the full usefulness of trained men to be realized to the best advantage in the shortest time, requires that the Department recruit young graduate engineers and that these graduate engineers become as thoroughly familiar with as many details of Highway Department functions and duties as possible in the first few years of their employment. To accomplish this, the system of in-service training that has been instituted provides for transfers within the Highway Department, from unit to unit, on a prearranged schedule. The training covers three years of work and consists of actual performance of the regular duties of the unit in each of the assignments, with full facilities 70 Twenty-Third Report, S t1-te Highway Dep.~rtment of Georgia Top, old bridge ove-r Big Ti1ed C1eek in Gmdy County, on State Route 111 between Cairo, Georgia, and Havana, Flo1'ida. Note settlement caused by 1948 flood. Bottom, new st?-uctu1e at this location. P1oject ER-S-6. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 7l of each unit being made available for the trainee to observe operations, methods and practices so as to acquire as thorough working knowledge of the details of that unit as the schedule will permit. AASHO 2.?-Year Award of Merit The benefits to be derived by an organization from the long and faithful service of its employees is well known and the State Highway Department is fortunate in having a large number of employees with many years of service. During this biennium, twelve employees received recognition in this respect by being presented with the Twenty-Five-Year Award of Merit of the American Association of State Highway Officials. This award, consisting of a certificate and lapel button, is conferred annually by the Association to employees in certain grades, who have had twenty-five years of service, either continuous or cumulative, in one or more member departments. The member departments are the 48 State Highway Departments, the Territorial Departments of Puerto Rico and Hawaii, the District of Columbia Highway Department and the Bureau of Public Roads. The following employees of the State Highway Department of Georgia received the Association's Twenty-Five-Year Award of Merit during 1948 and 1949: W. F. Abercrombie S. P. Allison D. A. Bragg J. G. Brock Willie Branan A. L. deTreville W. A. Jones C. A. Marmelstein F. A. May R. D. Osterhout J. A. Powell, Jr. J. N. Richardson 72 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia THE FIVE FIELD DIVISIONS STATE l HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT or GEORGIA FIVE HIGHWAY DIVISIONS AND HEADQUARTERS ARE INDICATED < < < < f L 0 R Boundaries of the Field Divisions of the State Highway Department, and the Division Headquarters, are shown in the map above. The division by counties is as follows: Division One (Gainesville)-Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham. Hall, Haralson, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, Whitfield. Divioion Two (Augusta)-Baldwin, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Screven, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson. Division Three (Macon)-Bibb, Butts, Carroll. Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta. Crawford, Crisp~ Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jones, Lamar. Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Pulaski, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Webster, Wilcox, Division Four (Tifton)-Atkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien. Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell# Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Worth. Division Five (Savannah)-Appling, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Liberty, Long, Mcintosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 73 Field Divisions For administrative and operating purposes, the State is divided into five divisions, with headquarters located in Gainesville, Augusta, Macon, Tifton and Savannah. It is through the many activities of the Division Engineers, and the work of the Highway Engineers and the other experienced men on the division staff, that the roads are finally constructed, maintained and operated. It is essential that competent men be continually employed in these positions as the final service of the State Highway Department to the people of the State becomes a reality through their efforts. Organization The Division Engineer is the administrative head of each division organization and his principal assistants are Highway Engineers. In each division, several Highway Engineers are assigned to construction supervision, one is in charge of maintenance, and one serves as Office Engineer. All instructions issued by the officials of the General Office to field personnel are transmitted through the Division Engineer, who has direct administrative charge of all field operations, including location surveys, construction, and maintenance of roads and bridges on the State Highway System. Also, he is in charge of location surveys and construction of Post Roads projects initiated by the State Highway Department, but the maintenance of Post Roads is the responsibility of the counties. The Division Engineer and his assistants maintain close contact with county and other local officials concerning proposed work and other matters of mutual interest. Construction The Highway Engineers in charge of construction give field supervision to the work of the Resident Highway Engineers and other engineering personnel. They review work in progress and render reports to the Division Engineer of any unusual features encountered in construction. They correct defects in methods of construction and make recommendations as to changes in methods or materials being used, and advise the Resident Highway Engineers concerning plans and specifications. They make fre- 74 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia quent inspections of projects while in the planning stage and during all phases of construction, in company with engineers from the General Office and the Bureau of Public Roads. Construction projects are under the immediate supervision of a Resident Highway Engineer, who also prepares monthly and final statements of work performed by the contractors. Sufficient Highway Project Engineers, Senior Engineering Aides and Engineering Aides are assigned to each residency to properly carry on the construction work. Maintenance The maintenance of all roads on the State Highway System is handled by maintenance patrolmen, who are assigned to areas known as patrol sections. The patrolman is in charge of a crew with necessary equipment to perform routine maintenance work, such as machining dirt roads, cutting weeds along the right-ofway, and keeping open ditches and drainage structures. On hard surfaced roads, holes are patched as they develop, cracks filled with bituminous materials, and drainage defects corrected. In addition to the regular maintenance crews, each division has several special maintenance outfits in charge of superintendents or foremen, who are provided heavy equipment to handle more difficult repairs on roads and bridges. The work of the patrolmen is supervised by Highway Maintenance Assistants under the direction of the Highway Engineer in charge of maintenance. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 75 Division of Bridges C.N. CROCKER State Highway Bridge Engineer The main function of the Division of Bridges is the preparation of plans for the construction of bridges and minor drainage structures, together with plans for construction of grade separation structures. Location Surveys This work starts in the field with a location survey made by a location party at a site, the approximate location of which is frequently selected by inspection of aerial photographs. The results of the survey are received in the Division of Bridges in note books and these notes are then plotted in order to develop the alignment, all pertinent ground elevations, topography, traverse of the stream, foundation borings, high water elevation, and other data which might affect the design of the bridge. The area drained by the stream above the proposed bridge is determined, either from a survey of the drainage area made by the location party or, in case of large streams, from maps. Preliminary Studies Next, a thorough study of all this information is made to determine whether the data present a clear picture of the conditions at the bridge site. Occasionally, it is necessary that a site inspection be made by a representative of the Division of Bridges to obtain a clearer picture of the conditions. In the case of large streams, the U. S. Geological Survey is called upon to make a drainage study and to furnish an analysis which includes, if on record, known flood discharges at or near the site together with discharge and water elevations that might be expected during floods of given frequency. Geological maps and data distributed by the State Geologist are studied to assist in evaluating the foundation exploration made by the locating party. The present and anticipated volume of and type of traffic is the final item of information that affects the design of a bridge and this is determined from a route inspection report prepared by the Division of Highway Planning. The next step is the actual layout of the bridge. Its length is 76 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia established so that it will have sufficient waterway to pass a flood of expected frequency with velocities that will not produce excessive stream bed erosion. The factors affecting this determination are ground elevations, flood elevation, angle of stream crossing, area drained by the stream and, if available, an analysis of the U. S. Geological Survey. Based upon the traffic analysis of the Division of Highway Planning, and design standards adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials, the proper roadway width and design loading are selected. After the overall length of the bridge is decided upon, the lengths of the individual spans are determined. The drift-carrying potential of the stream and its navigability influence lengths of main spans. With these considerations taken into account, preliminary design calculations are made of various length spans and the most economical arrangement of spans is selected. This completes the preliminary studies and the actual design of the structure is then pursued. Bridge Design Structural design involves the application of mathematics , and the science of structural theory to the determination of the proper size structural member to safely support given loads. This operation is performed in the Division of Bridges by bridge designers and bridge detailers, graduate civil engineers who majored in structural engineering. These men, by the use of the most advanced engineering techniques, make the calculations to select concrete slab and girder dimensions and their reinforcement, steel beam sizes, pier column and footing dimensions, number, size and spacing of piling and all other sizes and dimensions to permit construction of the bridge. The results of these calculations are drawn in pencil on plan sheets in complete detail by the designers and detailers. These pencil plans are then traced in ink on tracing cloth by tracers and these tracings are reproduced into the blue prints which are used on the job. Bridge Construction In addition to the preparation of plans, the personnel of this division consult with the Division of Maintenance and the field division forces on bridge construction problems, and make inspections of bridges during construction to assure proper interpretation of plans and specifications. This division must also Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 77 be ready and able to make rapid modifications of plans during construction when unforeseen contingencies arise. Sounding Outfit The Division of Bridges operates a sounding outfit, on a State-wide basis, that is more completely equipped than those operated in the field divisions. This outfit, in addition to washboring equipment, includes a core drill which, with diamond bits, cores hard rock to determine its character and extent. The sounding crew is also able, with its floating equipment, to assemble a barge for use in making foundation exploration in major streams. A Few Major Bridge Projects Following are descriptions of a few projects let to contract during the period covered by this report. Project F-277 (3), Ware County. This project covers construction of three bridges and paved approaches over Satilla River on State Route 4 (U. S. 1) north of Waycross. These bridges replace structures with 18-foot roadway, constructed in 1926 of treated timber with a 10-ton load capacity. The new bridges have a roadway 28 feet wide, provide two 2-foot wide safety curbs, and are designed for H-20 loading. The approach bridges, together with the approach spans in the main river bridge, are reinforced concrete deck girder spans supported on precast concrete pile bents. The spans over the stream channel are steel girders with concrete floor, supported on concrete piers. The new bridges have a total length of 1,245 feet. Project Fl-484 (3), Bartow County. This project includes construction of two crossings of Pump- kinvine Creek and an overpass over the tracks of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway for State Route 3 (U. S. 41) between the Cobb-Bartow county line and Emerson. The highway design provides for four traffic lanes, with wide median separating traffic going in opposite directions. Hence, each crossing consists of two 2-lane bridges and the project includes six bridges having a total length of 1,358 feet. All bridges have roadway widths of 28 feet between curbs and, in addition, two 2-foot safety curbs. Design load is H-20 S-16. All bridges are steel girders with concrete floor, supported on concrete piers. Top, old bridge over- Little Rive1, at the Br-ooks-Cook county line, State Route 76. This b1-idge was narrow and had insuffi- cient watet"way. Bottom, new bridge on a 1elocation, cor1ecting deficiencies of old bridge and improving 1oadway alignment. P1o,iect S -356 (1). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 79 Project FG 1-D (2), Lamar County. This project covers construction of an overpass, over tracks of the Central of Georgia Railway, and paved approaches on State Route 7 (U. S. 41) between Griffin and Barnesville. The project is on a relocation which eliminates two sharp curves and the new structure replaces a timber bridge 19 feet wide with a 10-ton load capacity. The new bridge provides a roadway width of 28 feet plus two 2-foot safety curbs and has an H-15 design load. All spans are steel beams with concrete floor supported on concrete substructure. The length of the bridge is 491 feet. Project S-356 (1), Brooks and Cook Counties. This project covers construction of a bridge over Little River at the Brooks-Cook county line on State Route 76 between Adel and Quitman. The existing facility consisted of a narrow concrete bridge and a timber approach structure which had replaced a concrete bridge destroyed by flood. The new bridge has a roadway width of 24 feet, two 2-foot safety curbs, and has an H-15 design load. Its length is 1,473 feet. The approach spans are concrete floor on steel beams, which are supported on steel piles. The spans over the river channel are concrete floor on steel beams supported on concrete piers. Project SAP 1044 (3) Contract 2, Lincoln County. This project covers raising the bridge over the Savannah River on State Route 43 between Lincolnton, Georgia, and McCormick, South Carolina. This bridge was built to modern standards in 1939. Being an interstate bridge, it was necessary to have a permit from the Department of the Army, and it was required that the structure clear by ten feet the elevation that was then proposed for the Clark Hill Reservoir near Augusta. The final design of the reservoir and dam provided for a higher water level than did the preliminary designs and it became necessary to raise the Savannah River bridge 17 feet. The raising of this bridge necessitates an additional span on each end, increasing the length of the structure from 1,504 feet to 1,567 feet. The roadway width is 24 feet and the design load is H-15. The cost of this work is being paid by the United States Government. 5,984-foot br idge ove1 Ocm'Ulgee Rive1 on State Ro'Ute 80 (U. S. 280) between Abbeville and McRae. This is the lonaest bTidae in the State. P1oiect F AP 202-B (2). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Ge01gia 81 Division of Road Desi~n J. A. KENNEDY State Road Design Engineer The function of the Division of Road Design is the preparation of plans for the construction of roads and streets, from the field notes to the completed blue print stage. Survey notes received from the field location parties are plotted and typical paving sections developed based on the anticipated traffic, the availability of local materials and the terrain. The types of drainage required are determined from a study of drainage areas, high water elevations, and the character of the soil encountered. Preparation of Plans The preliminary plans are prepared and delivered to the Division of Construction and Surveys for a field inspection by an engineer of that division, in company with a representative of the Bureau of Public Roads on projects involving Federal funds. Changes in the plans recommended as a result of the field inspection are incorporated and final plans are drawn up and blue prints made. On Federal-aid projects, the blue prints are sent to the Bureau of Public Roads for review and approval. Upon final approval by the Bureau of Public Roads, a set of the plans is turned over to the Division of Contracts and Office Management for further handling and advertising for bids. Plans Completed During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, plans were completed for 361 miles of road in 59 counties on the State Highway System and for 61 miles of road in 14 counties on secondary and Post Roads. Of the total mileage, 0.572 mile was for railroad grade crossing elimination by separation, and plans for two projects of this type were completed. Plans were also prepared for three projects covering installation of protective devices at unsafe railway-highway crossings. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, plans were completed for 685 miles of road in 116 counties on the State Highway System and 184 miles of road in 36 counties on secondary and Post Roads. In addition, plans were completed for 16 pro- 82 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia jects for protection of dangerous railway-highway crossings, consisting of the erection of automatic flashing light signals andjor short arm gates. The following tabulation shows total mileage of completed plans. ROADWAY PLANS COMPLETED Fiscal Year Miles Completed Plans July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949________________ 422 July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950________________ 869 Total-2 Years ________________________________ 1,291 Automatic Flashing Lights 3 16 19 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 83 Division of Contracts and Office Management R. W. McCRUM State Highway Office Engineer The Division of Contracts and Office Management may be described briefly as that division which prepares and handles all documents pertaining to the construction of projects under the various programs established by the State Highway Department. When the Division of Road Design completes the plans for any particular project, and secures the necessary approval of such plans, they are then turned over to this division to carry out the remaining steps leading to the final completion of the construction work. These steps consist of the preparation of detailed estimates and sample proposals, which must be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads in the case of projects involving Federal funds. When the necessary approvals are obtained, notices to contractors are prepared and on instructions of the State Highway Board such notices are mailed to the legal organs of the various counties in which the projects are located. These notices specify the dates on which bids will be received and set out detailed quantities of all items comprising the project. Bids and Contracts On the date established in the notices, bids are opened in the presence of the State Highway Board and the complete results later tabulated so that the correct low bidder can be ascertained. When the low bids are approved by the State Highway Board on State-aid projects, and by the State Highway Board and the Bureau of Public Roads on projects involving Federal funds, the contract and bond are prepared for execution by the contractor, bonding company, and the State Highway Board. When the contracts have been executed completely, this office authorizes construction and prepares detailed estimates for auditing monthly statements in favor of the contractors and detailed estimates upon which the project agreements with the Bureau of Public Roads are based for projects involving Federal funds. 84 Twenty-Third Report, State HighwaJ' Department of Georgia Monthly Statements In accordance with the specifications governing construction work, the field division offices submit monthly statements covering work accomplished on which payments to the contractors should be made. These statements are audited and then passed for payment to the Division of Finance and Audits. The Division of Contracts and Office Management is entirely responsible for the correctness of these statements. Upon completion of a project, the division office submits the final statement, with complete details attached, supporting the quantities of all items concerned in the contract. This entire final statement is then audited, including all the tabulations and computations, to verify the quantities as shown on the face of the statement. In case of projects involving Federal funds, both the monthly and final vouchers on which claim is made for reimbursement from the Federal Government are prepared and submitted to the Bureau of Public Roads for audit and payment. Change Orders This division is responsible for the proper handling of all changes that may occur in connection with the proper construction of the project. Contingencies frequently arise that could not be foreseen when the plans were prepared, and this division is responsible for the proper approval of such changes. These changes are handled by change orders or construction changes or supplemental agreements. In cases where it is impracticable to establish unit prices for supplemental agreements, the work is done by force account and the force account bills are handled through this office for approval. On projects involving Federal funds, approval of the Bureau of Public Roads is obtained for the changes occurring during construction, so that the Federal Government will participate in the increased cost due to such changes. Labor Reports On all projects involving Federal funds, the Bureau of Public Roads requires the submission of reports of labor em- ployed by the contractor, which must reflect the entire labor of all classes engaged on the work. These reports are checked and transmitted to the Bureau of Public Roads. Stock Room The stock room maintained in the General Office, from which Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 85 all office supplies and field supplies are shipped, is under the direction of this division. The stock room maintains a perpetual inventory so that all items may be kept on hand in reasonable quantities to fill orders received from the field divisions, as well as all divisions in the General Office. This division also is responsible for the approval of all requisitions for materials and supplies, submitted by the division offices, for construction projects. This includes all material for projects being constructed by State Forces, as well as engineering supplies for the field supervisory personnel. Office Managernent The Division of Contracts and Office Management is responsible for the distribution of incoming mail and the dispatch of outgoing mail, the operation of telephone PBX and teletype machine, maintenance of General Office files, operation of mimeograph, operation of elevators, and the maintenance of buildings and grounds. 86 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Summary of Contracts Awarded During Two-Year Period July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1950 Length of Bridges ______________________ _ 9.745 Grading________________________________ _ 440.863 Grading and Base_______________________ _ 235.506 Base___________________________________ _ 24.282 Bituminous Surfacing ___________________ _ 1,476.730 Concrete Pavement______________________ _ 25.293 Reseal and Resurfacing_________________ _ 208.753 Total Length All Types of Work _________ _ 2,421.172 Number of Bridges______________________ _ 239 Number of Underpasses _________________ _ 7 Number of Grade Crossing Signals_______ _ 15 Cost of Bridge Repairs_________________ _ Total Amount All Contracts Awarded _____ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $348,038.00 $56,359,199.00 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 87 Contracts Awarded July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 NUMBER OF LETTINGS-6 FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY PROJECTS Number of Underpasses__________________ _ 1 Number of Grade Crossing Signals________ _ Number of Bridges ______________________ _ Length of Bridges _______________________ _ Grading_______________________________ _ Grading and Base_______________________ _ Bituminous Surfacing___________________ _ Concrete Pavement________ ____________ _ 5 28 1.164 1.370 8.282 80.728 0.643 Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Total Length All Types of Work_________ _ 92.187 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ $7,092,810.00 FEDERAL-AID URBAN PROJECTS Number of Bridges______________________ _ 1 Length of Bridges _______________________ _ 0.846 Miles Concrete Pavement ---------------------- 4.920 Miles Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 5.766 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ $5,627,642.00 FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY PROJECTS (On State System) Number of Bridges_______________________ 26 Length of Bridges________________ 1.209 Miles Grading and Base____________ ---------- 2.174 Miles Bituminous Surfacing_____________________ 130.385 Miles Total Length All Types of Work__________ 133.768 Miles Total Cost Ait Types of Work____________ $4,366,861.00 FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY PROJECTS (Off State System) Number of Bridges_______________________ 7 Length of Bridges________________________ 0.277 Miles Bituminous Surfacing____________________ 17.573 Miles Total Length All Types of Work___________ 17.850 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work_____________ $814,227.00 STATE PROJECTS (Contract Work) Number of Bridges_______________________ 10 Length of Bridges________________________ 0.396 Grading __________________ --------------- 7.704 Grading and Base________________________ 7.044 Bituminous Surfacing____________________ 68.148 Concrete Pavement______________________ 1.113 Reseal and Resurfacing___________________ 131.220 Total Length All Types of Work_________ 215.625 Bridge Repairs_---------------- ________ _ Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $ 88,602.00 $2,485,881.00 88 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Contracts Awarded July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949-Continued STATE PROJECTS (County Contracts) Number of Bridges---------------------- Length of Bridges_______________________ Grading_________________________________ Base____________________________________ Concrete Pavement_______________________ Reseal and Resurfacing___________________ Bituminous Surfacing____________________ Total Length All Types of Work__________ Total Cost All Types of Work____________ _ 1 0.025 31.217 8.907 1.893 1.632 58.749 102.423 Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $1,437,697.00 STATE PROJECTS (Convict Forces) Grading_________________________________ 27.661 Grading and Base________________________ 5.000 Total Length All Types of Work__________ 32.661 Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ Miles Miles Miles $329,690.00 POST ROADS PROJECTS (Contract Work) Number of Bridges ______________________ _ Length of Bridges ______________________ _ Grading________________________________ _ Base___________________________________ _ 8 0.131 10.448 15.375 Reseal and Resurfacing _________________ _ 9.848 Bituminous Surfacing___________________ _ 55.196 Total Length All Types of Work__________ _ 90.998 Total Cost All Types of Work___________ _ Miles Miles Miles :vliles Miles Miles $1,328,071.00 POST ROADS PROJECTS (County Contracts) Grading_________________________________ 17.366 Grading and Base____________________ _ 18.110 Bituminous Surfacing_____________________ 3.004 Total Length All Types of Work___________ 38.480 Total Cost All Types of Work ___________ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles $273,966.00 POST ROADS PROJECTS (Convict Forces) Grading________________________________ _ Grading and Base_______________________. 4.121 1.751 Total Length All Types of Work__________ _ 5.872 Total Cost All Types of Work___________ _ Miles Miles Miles $60,415.00 STATE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS (Contract Work) Bridge Repairs _________________ _ $98,189.00 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgin B9 Summary of Contracts Awarded July 1, 1948, to June 30,1949 Length of Bridges ______________________ _ 4.048 Grading________________________________ _ 99.887 Grading and Base _______________________ _ Base___________________________________ _ 42.361 24.282 Bituminous Surfacing___________________ _ 413.783 Concrete Pavement_ ____________________ _ 8.569 Reseal and Resurfacing__________________ _ 142.700 Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 735.630 Number of Bridges ______________________ _ 81 Number of Underpasses__________________ _ 1 Number of Grade Crossing Signals ________ _ 5 Cost of Bridge Repairs ________________ --- Total Amount All Contracts Awarded ___ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $186,791.00 $23,915,449.00 90 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Confracts Awarded July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 NUMBER OF LETTINGS-10 FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY PROJECTS Number of Underpasses___________________ 1 Number of Grade Crossing Signals________ 10 Number of Bridges______________________ 41 Length of Bridges________________________ 1.881 Miles Grading_________________________________ 50.451 Miles Bituminous Surfacing_____________________ 129.538 Miles Concrete Pavement_______________________ 4.078 Miles Reseal and Resurfacing___________________ 19.567 Miles Total Length All Types of Work__________ . 205.515 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work____________ $ 9,374,508.00 FEDERAL-AID URBAN PROJECTS Number of Underpasses__________________ _ 5 LNeunmgbtherofofBrBidrgidesg_e_s_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_ Concrete Pavement______________________ _ 2 0.030 Miles 1.617 Miles Bituminous Surfacing-------------------- 3.593 Miles Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 5.240 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work ___________ _ $ 2,950,170.00 FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY PROJECTS (On State System) Number of Bridges________________ _:______ 74 Length of Bridges_______________________ 2.426 Miles Grading_________________________________ 4.941 Mi'es Grading and Base________________________ 21.098 Miles Bituminous Surfacing____________________ 472.056 Miles Total Length All Types of Work_ __________ 500.521 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work____________ $10,017,766.00 FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY PROJECTS (Off State System) Number of Bridges_______________________ 24 Length of Bridges_______________________ 0.522 Miles Grading and Base________________________ 0.206 Miles Bituminous Surfacing____________________ 187.253 Miles Total Length All Types of Work ___________ 187.981 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work_____________ $ 2,835,094.00 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 91 Contracts Awarded July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950--continued STATE PROJECTS (Contract Work) Number of Bridges ______________________ _ Length of Bridges_______________________ _ Grading and Base _______________________ _ 3 0.426 3.903 Bituminous Surfacing_______ --------- __ _ Concrete Pavement_________________ _ 59.479 0.122 Reseal and Resurfacing__________________ _ 37.873 Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 101.803 Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $ 1,747,059.00 STATE PROJECTS (County Contracts) Number of Bridges_______________________ 1 Length of Bridges_______________________ 0.006 Grading_________________________________ 82.231 Grading and Base ___________ __________ 56.777 Concrete Pavement_________ _________ 3.313 Bituminous Surfacing____________________ 9.078 Reseal and Resurfacing___________________ 8.613 Total Length All Types of Work___________ 160.018 Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Mi:es Miles Miles $ 1,147,061.00 STATE PROJECTS (Convict Forces) Number of Bridges ______________________ _ Length of Bridges______________________ _ Grading ________________________________ _ Grading and Base _______________________ _ Concrete Pavement_ ______________________ _ 4 0.125 46.870 14.416 4.636 Miles Miles Miles Miles Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 66.047 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ $ 963,075.00 POST ROADS PROJECTS (Contract Work) Number of Bridges ______________________ _ Length of Bridges ______________________ _ Grading and Base _______________________ _ Bituminous Surfacing ____________________ _ 1 0.018 7.003 62.125 Miles Miles Miles Total Length All Types of Work __________ _ 69.146 Miles Total Cost All Types of Work ____________ _ $ 597,475.00 92 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Contracts Awarded July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950-Continued POST ROADS PROJECTS (County Contracts) Number of Bridges____ ------------------ Length of Bridges_______________________ Grading_________________________________ Grading and Base__________________ _____ Concrete Pavement_______________________ Bituminous Surfacing___________________ Total Length All Types of Work___________ Total Cost All Types of Work________ 8 0.263 131.395 87.167 1.757 139.825 360.407 Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $ 2,348,421.00 POST ROADS PROJECTS (Convict Forces) Grading_______________ -----------------_ 25.088 Grading and Base________________________ 2.575 Concrete Pavement_______________________ 1.201 Total Length All Types of Work___________ 28.864 Total Cost All Types of Work____________ Miles Miles Miles Miles $ 301,874.00 STATE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS (Contract Work) Bridge Repairs __________________________ - $ 161,247.00 Summary of Contracts Awarded July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Length of Bridges________________________ 5.697 Grading _________________________________ 340.976 Grading and Base________________________ 193.145 Bituminous Surfacing______ -------------- 1,062.947 Concrete Pavement_______________________ 16.724 Reseal and Resurfacing___________________ 66.053 Total Length All Types of Work __________ .1,685.542 Number of Bridges---------------------- 158 Number of Underpasses__________________ 6 Number of Grade Crossing Signals________ 10 Cost of Bridge Repairs__________________ _ Total Amount All Contracts Awarded _____ _ Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles Miles $ 161,247.00 $32,443,750.00 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 93 Division of Construction and Surveys C. W. LEFTWICH State Highway Construction Engineer The Division of Construction and Surveys exercises control over location surveys and all construction work of the Highway Department except urban projects. This division is under the supervision of the State Highway Construction Engineer, who also has general direction of the Division of Materials and Tests. On construction activities, he is assisted by eight Highway Construction Engineers; one of whom is assigned to office duties; two are engaged in P. S. and E. inspections; and five are assigned to inspection of construction projects, one in each of the field divisions. Location surveys are supervised by the State Highway Location Engineer. Location Surveys After a route inspection report has been prepared by the Division of Highway Planning and a decision made as to the general nature of the improvement to be made, a location survey is authorized. The State Highway Location Engineer then handles the details, furnishing the field Division Engineer general instructions and control points. An experienced photographer is assigned to the State Highway Location Engineer, and complete equipment (except a plane) is furnished for taking aerial photographs of the country through which a road is proposed to be built. By use of these photographs, both time and expense are saved in making the final location. On roads with low traffic counts, such as secondary and farmto-market roads, the old road is followed as closely as conditions will permit, so that the new construction will serve the people residing on it, and to keep the cost of construction as low as possible, consistent with good engineering. Before the final survey notes are submitted to the General Office, the Highway Engineer in charge of the location survey and a representative from the field division office make an inspection to review the accuracy and completeness of the survey. P. S. and E. Inspection After completion of the field survey work, partially completed 94 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia pencil plans are delivered to the Division of Road Design, where design details and construction quantities are developed and plans prepared. Then the plans are delivered to the Division of Construction and Surveys for a Plans, Specifications and Estimates inspection. This is made by the State Highway Construction Engineer or one of his assistants, in company with a representative of the Bureau of Public Roads, on Federal-aid projects, the field Division Engineer or his assistant, and usually others. State-aid work is handled in the same manner except that the representative of the Bureau of Public Roads is not present. With the plans on the site of the proposed work, a careful check is made of conditions to be encountered on construction, and a written report is made of any desired changes in or additions to the plans. After review and approval of the P. S. and E. inspection report, the final Plans, Specifications and Estimates are completed. Construction Inspection When a contract has been let and construction authorized, the State Highway Construction Engineer and his assistants make periodic inspections of the contractor's work. These inspections continue throughout the period of construction and until the job is finally completed and accepted by the State, at which time the Division of Maintenance is notified that the road is to be taken over for future maintenance. One important objective of these inspections is to insure uniform interpretation and application of the specifications in the five field divisions. On projects involving Federal funds, all inspections referred to above are made in company with an engineer from the Bureau of Public Roads. The State Highway Construction Engineer reviews change orders and supplemental agreements proposing changes from the approved plans, also force account bills and claims, recommending approval or disapproval. This division, through reports from the field, keeps a record of each construction job, showing the date work was authorized, the date construction was started, progress and per cent complete each month, and date of final acceptance. This division maintains liaison with the Bureau of Public Roads on matters pertaining to location surveys and construction, and also keeps in contact with the American Association of State Highway Officials and officials of other State Highway Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 95 Departments, thereby keeping abreast of new trends and developments in highway design and construction, and modern methods applicable to the work. 96 TwentyThird Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Top, old b1'idge. Bottom, new st?'Ucture ove-r Central of Georgia Railway on State Route 7 (U. S. 41) bet,ween Barnesville and Griffin. P-roject FG-1-D (2). A n othe1 view of b1"idg e ove1 Centm l of Ge01gia Railway between Ba?7tesville and G1"ijJin. P1oject FG-1-D (2) . Construction vie~v of the Atlanta expressway. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 99 Division of Materials and Tests C. W. LEFTWICH State Highway Construction Engineer W. F. ABERCROMBIE State Highway Engineer of Materials and Tests The Division of Materials and Tests is under the direct supervision of the State Highway Engineer of Materials and Tests. This division is under the general direction of the State Highway Construction Engineer, who is also in charge of the Division of Construction and Surveys, and coordinates the work of the two divisions. Temporary Field Laboratories It has been found necessary in some types of construction to have field control exercised by representatives of the Division Engineer and consequently field laboratories are maintained on all concrete, asphalt, soil base, and large bridge projects. Control of the work done in the field laboratories is maintained through visits to the projects by Laboratory representatives, by liaison with the Division's Material Engineer, and by submission of periodic reports and check samples to the Laboratory for complete analysis. To provide the operating divisions with trained personnel to man these field laboratories, the Laboratory conducted classes in Atlanta, giving selected personnel from the divisions the rudiments of soil, concrete, and asphalt design, inspection and control. Study of Local Materials The Laboratory makes surveys of the local natural materials which Georgia has and through study develops designs which will utilize them as a base or surface course to the best advantage from the standpoint of service and economy. The obtaining of information as to the existing earth layers below the ground surface has proved valuable in connection with laying the grades, correcting subgrade material, and the placing of the necessary drainage. During the year ending June 30, 1950, the soil survey parties made almost 1,000 miles of soil surveys and subgrade investigations, drilling by power truck or by hand 100 TwentyThird Report, State Highway Department of Georgia equipment 46,996 feet of test soundings in areas inaccessible to the truck. Research and Investigations Research is conducted by the Laboratory as a regular part of its activities and special tests are often developed to determine the suitability and acceptability of certain new materials which are not governed by standard methods of tests adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials or by the American Society of Testing Materials. Special investigations have been conducted by the Laboratory, the most noteworthy being a series of tests along the embankments constructed in connection with the relocation of State Route 25 (U. S. 17) near Brunswick, to determine the depth of subsidence caused by the weight of the sand fill pumped upon the gelatinous muck. Using a power driven soil auger mounted on a large truck, a total of 628 holes were bored to a cumulative depth of 14,920 feet. A special method was devised to determine the depth of various strata of sand, muck, clay gravel, marl, etc., encountered. The information obtained was used in computing pay quantities. In addition to this investigation, the Laboratory soil survey parties assisted in the location of sufficient soil and stone for the large embankments to be constructed in the relocation of the roads in the Clark Hill Dam area. Special Concrete Investigations In cooperation with the Division of Bridges, special investigations were conducted in an attempt to determine the possible causes of the deterioration of concrete. This work has not been completed, but data found to date have resulted in changes in the specifications for certain materials which it is believed will prevent recurrence. Also, methods of treating deteriorated concrete to stop cracking and spalling were explored in the Laboratory and satisfactory products and methods were evolved. The Laboratory also works in close cooperation with the Division of Bridges in making foundation studies and testing undisturbed samples taken from the natural ground existing under proposed piers or abutments. Branch Laboratories To better serve the contractor by eliminating delays caused Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 101 by testing, a branch laboratory was established in each of the five operating divisions. These laboratories, opened in the summer of 1949, tested a total of 17,378 samples, mostly soils and coarse aggregate, materially relieving the work load of the general Laboratory in Atlanta. Samples Tested The total number of samples tested by the Laboratory during this biennium has been larger than for any other period in the history of the Highway Department. For the period ending June 30, 1949, the Laboratory tested 42,293 samples and inspected at the plants in the Atlanta area 70,662 linear feet of culvert pipe and 548 tons of reinforcing steel, and for the period ending June 30, 1950, tested 49,168 samples and inspected 159,337 linear feet of pipe and 2,314 tons of reinforcing steel. B1"idge over Holly C1eek in Murmy County, on State Route 225. Old b1"idge, inadequate in width, wate'rway and load capacity, is shown at 1"ight. P1oject S-319 (3). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 103 Division of Right-of-Way R. K ADAMS State Highway Right-of-Way Engineer During the two years covered by this report, right-of-way has been secured on 769 State and Federal-aid projects, including a number of widening projects on the Federal-aid Primary System, Urban projects, and projects on the National System of Interstate Highways where multilane construction is planned_ Acquisition of Right-of-Way Generally, the right-of-way is acquired by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the county in which the project is located. When the location survey is being made, the field party obtains information as to the property lines and the names of property owners, and this information is utilized by the Division of Right-of-Way in preparing deeds. When the plans on a project have been completed by the Division of Road Design and a copy delivered to this division, the deeds are prepared and turned over to the County Commissioners so that the right-ofway may be secured. The engineers from the field division office and this division assist the county authorities in negotiations with the property owners or, when necessary, deal directly with the property owners, especially on large projects. When property cannot be secured at reasonable costs, condemnation proceedings are authorized. Usually, the proceedings are instituted in the name of the county on Post Road projects and in the name of the State Highway Department on projects on the State Highway System. Increased Costs With the general rise in land values, the cost of right-of-way, especially on the more heavily traveled highways, has advanced to the extent that it is rapidly becoming a sizeable item in the total costs of the highway program. It has been difficult in numerous cases for the counties to reach agreements with property owners on the cost of right-of-way and property damages, and condemnations have been necessary, resulting in delays in the construction program. This condition is being im- -,~ ~~.- ~-.~-~~~~,...,..,.---------------- 104 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia proved, however, by the initiation of Federal-aid projects covering only the acquisition of right-of-way. These projects are on the National System of Interstate Highways, where relatively wide right-of-way is indicated, with the accompanying heavy property damages. In this manner, it is possible to make surveys and secure the right-of-way in advance of the construction program. Such projects are handled in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads and must necessarily be limited to projects for which definite plans are being made for future construction as a part of the Interstate System. In view of the rising cost of land and property in general and more expensive rights-of-way, especially on the Federalaid Primary System, it is apparent that more assistance will have to be given to the counties to help defray the increased costs. Strengthening of Laws Needed It is believed that some strengthening of the present laws, possibly to allow the State Highway Department to take title in fee simple to the right-of-way, is necessary to prevent general encroachment on the right-of-way in the erection of signs, fences and structures which serve to restrict the utility of the highway and future widening. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia lOS Division of Urban Projects S. P. ALLISON, Urban Engineer The Division of Urban Projects is responsible for the processing and advancement of projects to be constructed with Federal-aid Urban funds. The apportionment of these funds to Georgia for the post-war years 1946 to 1951, inclusive, amounted to $6,727,411 for the six years. The Federal funds are matched by an equal amount of State funds, making a total of $13,454,822 which has been made available for the improvement of Federalaid highways in urban areas of 5,000 or more population. Regulations covering expenditure of Federal-aid Urban funds permit approval only of projects that increase the traffic capacity of streets or roads in urban areas to the extent of at least one additional lane of traffic. Minor street improvements, repaving, or other work inside present curb lines is not eligible for the expenditure of Urban funds. Urban Areas The Federal-aid Highway Act of 1944 defined an "urban area" as an area including and adjacent to a municipality or other urban place, of 5,000 or more, the population of such included municipality or other urban place to be determined by the latest available Federal census. It also provided that the boundaries of urban areas would be fixed by the highway department of each State, subject to the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads. Each area had to include at least the incorporated area of the municipality but could extend outside the corporate limits to include areas which are urban in character. Satellite communities, such as city suburbs in a metropolitan area, could be included regardless of size. Thus, by the establishment of these urban areas, highway planning for the whole community without regard to corporate boundaries and political subdivisions is being facilitated. Urban area boundaries have been fixed and approved by the Bureau of Public Roads for all municipalities in Georgia with a population of 5,000 or more, according to the 1940 census, and a total of 35 such areas have been established. Atlanta includes East Point, College Park, Hapeville, Decatur and several other Compl,eted section of the Atlanta exp1essway. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 107 communities. The town of Rossville is included in the urban area of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The other cities for which urban area boundaries have been fixed are as follows: Albany Americus Athens Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville Cedartown Columbus Cordele Dalton Douglas Dublin Elberton Fitzgerald Gainesville Griffin LaGrange Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie Newnan Rome Savannah Statesboro Thomaston Thomasville Tifton Toccoa Valdosta Waycross Atlanta Expressway The outstanding urban project placed under construction during this period is the four- and six-lane divided expressway running north and south through Atlanta and Fulton County. Construction has been completed or contracts have been let for 8.234 miles, including 0.073 mile of bridges, and contract will be let at an early date for 3.032 miles of expressway. This project is being financed jointly by the Federal Government, the State Highway Department, the City of Atlanta and Fulton County. A limited access expressway facility, such as is under construction in Atlanta, is one along which no access is allowed to and from abutting property and also along which vehicles may enter and leave only at selected points. Generally, these points are located at important cross streets or highways and conflicting traffic movements are separated by constructing the expressway to pass over or under the cross streets. Therefore, the Atlanta expressway is designed so that when it is completed in its entirety, a driver may travel uninterrupted by parked vehicles, traffic lights or cross traffic, between downtown Atlanta and the Fulton-Clayton county line and points beyond Atlanta on highways radiating northwest, north or northeast. Such a facility will make a major contribution toward alleviating traffic congestion along present highways and streets in and around Atlanta, and will reduce the travel time for north-south through traffic. It will make access to downtown offices of the 108 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia State and the Federal Government, to the wholesale and retail stores, to the professional offices of doctors and others, and to financial and entertainment centers, far less dangerous and much quicker than under present congested conditions. It is estimated that the expressway will carry 60,000 vehicles per day. Other Urban Projects Another major project covers the substructure of a bridge over Brunswick River on State Route 27, U. S. 17, in the city of Brunswick, which is now under construction. Other Urban projects on which construction has been completed during this period are as follows: Albany: Relocation of State Route 3, U. S. 19, 2.499 miles. Griffin: Improvement of State Route 7, U. S. 41, 0.935 mile. Statesboro: Relocation of State Route 26, U. S. 80, 2.852 miles. Waycross: Underpass of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at Carswell Avenue and roadway approaches, on State Route 50. Additional projects have been programmed for early construction in the cities of Albany, Augusta, Dublin, Macon and Rossville. Design The designing and preparation of plans for a majority of the urban projects placed under way during this biennium were performed under contracts with private engineering firms, but recently this division has enlarged its staff and is now able to handle this work with its own personnel. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 109 Post Roads Division GEORGE T. McDONALD, Director F. P. KING, Assistant Director The Post Roads program is being carried out in close cooperation with the County Commissioners. Every effort has been made to work with the Commissioners to develop a well-improved system of farm-to-market and Post Roads, and to improve the maximum mileage of roads with the funds available. This objective of obtaining the greatest possible mileage has not in any degree tended toward construction of inferior roads, as all construction specifications, inspection and engineering supervision on Post Roads have been of the same high standards as on State highways, where the traffic requirements are comparable. Post Roads are being built to serve local communities and the people living on the roads and so, wherever possible, it has been the policy of the Highway Department to widen and improve existing roads and make only such changes in location and alignment as are necessary to provide safety in travel. There are 77,138 miles of roads in Georgia not on the State Highway System. The construction and maintenance of these roads are 'primarily the responsibility of the counties, though the Highway Department undertakes to assist in their improvement to the extent that funds are available. Only 5,479 miles of county or Post Roads are on the approved Federal-aid Secondary System. There are 71,659 miles of Post Roads which are not eligible for improvement with Federal-aid Secondary funds and the limited appropriations of 100% State funds allow only a minor portion of this mileage to be improved each year by the Highway Department. Contracts Let During the two years covered by this report, the Highway Department let contracts for the improvement of 798 miles of roadway and the construction of 48 bridges, 1.211 miles in length, on Post Roads and farm-to-market roads not on the State High- way System, at a cost of over 8% million dollars. During this biennium, the average cost per mile of improvement of Post llO Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Roads, including the construction of bridges, has been $10,691.00. A summary of the projects placed under contract is given below, and a detailed tabulation, showing the mileage of each type of construction, is presented elsewhere in this report. Mileage Cost Federal-aid Secondary Projects______ 205.8 $3,649,321 100% State Fund Projects____________ 593.8 4,910,222 TotaL __ __ __ ___ ______ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ __ __ __ ___ __ ____ _1 -7-9- 9.6- - - $8,559,543 For the past several years, the Post Roads Division has been assigned the responsibility of preparing all Federal-aid programs for submission to the Bureau of Public Roads for approval, including all project revisions. Federal-aid Secondary System Several years ago, the selection of the Federal-aid Secondary System of Roads in Georgia was delegated to the Post Roads Division in conjunction with the Division of Highway Planning. The System was approved in 1946 and 1947 but as the need arises for changes, revisions or additions to the System, this division obtains the concurrence of the County Commissioners and submits the requests for such changes or additions to the Bureau of Public Roads for approval. During this biennium, the Federal-aid Secondary System has been increased by 438.7 miles and as of June 30, 1950, contains 12,289.5 miles. This includes 6,810.2 miles on the State Highway System and 5,479.3 miles of county roads. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Ill Division of Maintenance, Equipment and Warehouse C. B. SMITH State Highway Maintenance Engineer The Division of Maintenance, Equipment and Warehouse is operated under the general supervision of the State Highway Maintenance Engineer, aided by Highway Maintenance Engineers. This division is charged with the responsibility of keeping the roads and bridges on the State Highway System in a safe, travelable condition and to protect the initial investment which these highways represent. Supplemental activities include the operation of shops for the repair and overhaul of equipment; the warehousing of necessary parts, supplies, and materials; and the placing of signs and center lines for the guidance and protection of the traveling public. Maintenance Each of the five field Division Engineers has assigned to him a Highway Engineer in charge of maintenance. In addition, there are at least two Highway Maintenance Assistants, who are technically trained engineers, to aid in properly supervising the field forces in each division. The divisions are divided into 30 to 45 geographical subdivisions, known as patrol sections, each of which is in charge of a maintenance patrolman. Each patrolman has assigned to him the necessary labor and equipment to perform routine maintenance, which consists of scraping and shaping earth roads, patching of pavements, control of grass and weeds on the right-of-way, maintaining adequate drainage, and other work as required. Each of the divisions has roving maintenance crews with special equipment and labor necessary to do resealing of asphalt pavements, major repair of bridges, heavy ditching and reshaping of roadbeds, soiling of earth roads, and other heavy work not ordinarily performed by the regular patrol-section crews. Cooperation is maintained with the Division of Construction in establishing and maintaining detours and in providing for 112 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia traffic through or around construction projects, to assure uninterrupted service being rendered the public. It is believed that more and better maintenance work has been performed during this biennium than in any similar period in the history of the State Highway Department. Despite the steadily rising cost of labor, materials and supplies, the following work has been accomplished in addition to the regular maintenance activities: Pavement Widened ________________ 60 Miles _----$ 217,814.00 Bituminous Surface Treatment_ 795 Miles 1,855,206.00 Top Soil Surfacing __________ 494 Miles 415,861.00 Concrete Patching __ 356 Miles __ 242,343.00 Shoulders and Ditches Rebuilt 4,246 Miles 1,002,934.00 Major Bridge Repairs 992,573.00 Equipment During the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1950, the State Highway Department purchased approximately $833,000.00 worth of equipment for maintenance work, which is slightly more than half of the amount of equipment purchased during the preceding two years. The equipment consists of trucks, tractors, road machines, motor patrols, asphalt-handling equipment, etc. Shops for repair and overhaul of equipment are operated at eight strategically located points throughout the State. Until November 1949, a shop had been operated at East Point for the major overhaul of equipment, but due to the cost of transporting equipment to and from remote sections of the State, it was deemed uneconomical to continue the operation of this shop. The shop machinery was distributed to the other shop locations. Warehouses Warehouses located at East Point and Douglas carry a stock of repair parts, tools, supplies, paint, tires, batteries, and other items which are used in all sections of the State. A considerable saving is effected by making purchases of these items in large quantities. Each warehouse is under the supervision of a Superintendent of Warehouse, who reports directly to the State Highway Maintenance Engineer. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 113 Center Line and Signs Another activity of this division which provides safety and convenience for the traveling public is the painting of center lines on paved roads and the furnishing and erecting of road warning and directional signs. During the period of this report, center lines and barrier lines were placed on 15,897 miles of pavement at an average cost of $38.89 per mile. Due to the use of modern equipment, this was accomplished by the operation of only two outfits. Total funds expended for this work amounted to $618,277.56 for the two years. A shop is operated at East Point for the preparation of signs and sign blanks to be distributed throughout the State. Modern production methods are used and 92,000 signs were distributed to the divisions during the two years. Reclamation of t~sed signs is an important function of this shop and has resulted in the saving of thousands of dollars to the State. Traffic control and regulation are made effective through signs and special markings and speed zones are established and marked when the Director of the Department of Public Safety has ordered such zones created, usually upon recommendation of the Division of Highway Planning, after special speed studies have been made of the road under consideration. The center line and sign work is under the direction of the Superintendent of Center Line and Signs, who reports to the State Highway Maintenance Engineer. TRAFFIC FLOW MAP STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM 1949 Prepared by DIVISION OF HIGHWAY PLANNING TEN N E s s EE N 0 RTH cAR0 L N A 0 m STATE OF TRAFFIC FLOW MAP SYSTEM OF STATE ROADS PREPARED BY STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAY PLANNING IN COOPERATION WITH U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS SCALE IN MILES 1~0 ~~~~0~~~~~10~~~~2~0~~~~3~0 ~~~40 1949 0 < LEGEND STATE BOUNDARY STATE CAPITOL COUNTY SEAT OTtiER TOWNS UNITED STATES HIGHWAY STATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC (@ 0 ANNUAL AVERAGE 24-HOUR TRAFFIC ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES 1949 TRAFFIC SCALE TRAFFIC OF 100 VEHICLES OR LESS 5000 0 5000 10000 VEHICLES FLOW BAND IN INSERTS REDUCED BY EIGtiT 0 ,, " 0 ...J <( OKEFENOKEE WILDLIFE REFUGE 0 0 - <( <( F L 0 R D A Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia US Division of Highway Planning OPERATED IN COOPERATION WITH U. S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS ROY A. FLYNT State Highway Planning Engineer The Division of Highway Planning is operated in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads and is financed jointly with Federal and State funds. Since 1934, the various Federalaid Highway Acts of Congress have authorized the use of 11/:! per cent of all Federal-aid highway funds for engineering and economic studies for advance planning. These Federal funds are matched by State funds. The principal functions of the Division of Highway Planning consist of conducting continuing fact-finding studies, economic investigations, fiscal studies, inventories of highway systems, traffic safety engineering, rural traffic surveys, urban traffic studies, preparation of State and county maps, and recording the history of road development. Reports and recommendations prepared on the basis of these studies and records are designed to aid the members of the State Highway Board and other officials of the Highway Department in the formulation of policies and the intelligent planning for future highway needs, including a long-range highway improvement program. Much of the work as carried on by this division has been made a prerequisite of approval for Federal-aid construction projects. Traffic Safety Engineering This division has surveyed traffic and highway conditions and made recommendations for the improvement of traffic movement and safety at a total of 391 locations on the State Highway System. These were made in 169 cities and towns and covered sections of the Highway System in 143 counties, and included 253 locations at which traffic conditions were investigated in connection with the issuance of permits for the erection and operation of traffic signals on State highways. Plans and recommendations covering signal installations or other types of improvements were made for each of these locations, such as Stop, Speed Limit, Parking, Warning and other signs. Recommendations were made for complete new route, direc- 116 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia tional and warning signs for the highway routes in 22 cities, for seven U. S. Numbered Routes throughout their length in the State, and for 20 other locations on State highways. Recommendations concerning parking, routing, speed zoning, channelization and other improvements were made for 55 other locations. Standards for the layout of drive-in theaters and the connection of their entrances and exits with State highways were prepared and the sites and layouts of 28 theaters have been checked for traffic safety. Annual studies of traffic speed and speed trends on State highways have been made. The information obtained was furnished to the Bureau of Public Roads and when combined with similar information furnished by other States is useful to the Highway Department in the establishment of highway design standards. This division also participated in a test of truck brakes, conducted by the Bureau of Public Roads; made speed and delay studies; and prepared a special report for the Bureau on the locations of traffic accidents on the National System of Interstate Highways. Copies of all reports of traffic accidents reported by the State Patrol are furnished to the Division of Highway Planning by the Department of Public Safety. These reports are reviewed each month and any highway conditions reported by the State Patrol to have caused or to have been a factor in an accident are reported to the field division engineers so that the conditions may be corrected immediately. A total of 576 locations have been reported to and checked by the field division engineers since January 1, 1950, when the reports were first issued. An analysis of the accident experience on all highways for the past three years is also being made and used in the preparation of the long-range highway improvement program. This division has assisted in the preparation of an Act to provide for the uniform regulation of traffic on streets and highways and the uniform installation and maintenance of traffic control devices, and to define the powers of local authorities to enact and enforce ordinances, rules and regulations. Rural Traffic Surveys In addition to ten permanently installed electric automatic traffic recording machines which have been in continuous operation since 1938, fifteen other permanent stations were established in January 1950, making a total of 25 permanent stations Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 117 located at strategic points throughout the State at which traffic counts are obtained constantly during the year. Of these 25 stations, 15 are located on main or through highways and ten on roads having local or farm-to-market traffic characteristics. In conjunction with the permanent stations, 280 stations having 1,082 count locations have been in operation for the past three years. Traffic counts are made at these locations four times a year during the four seasons and these counts are expanded to give seasonal variations for any given location within the State. A traffic survey has been under way since January 1950 that will eventually cover all counties in the State, which will show annual average traffic on all roads within a county. From these figures, it will be possible to determine the actual trafficcarrying requirements of the roads in any given area, and improvement programs can be prepared on the basis of actual traffic demand or usage. A chart is presented in this report which shows the monthly variation of rural traffic in Georgia for the period 1938 to 1950 based on traffic data collected from the ten automatic traffic recorders. A 1949 traffic flow map of the entire State Highway System is included in this report and additional copies may be obtained from the Division of Highway Planning upon request. Urban Traffic Studies Traffic problems in urban areas continue to receive special study by the Division of Highway Planning. Such studies include comprehensive traffic surveys covering volumes and character of traffic and routes followed by various vehicles. The traffic studies are the basis of reports dealing with the economics of travel over certain routes as related to right-of-way and construction costs, which enable intelligent selection of routes to be improved in these congested areas. Studies are being made in connection with the selection of the Federal-aid Urban System, as required by the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1944. This system of Federal-aid routes in urban areas of 5,000 or more population is selected by the State Highway Department, in cooperation with the city officials, and approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, and will constitute the only routes on which Federal-aid Urban funds may be expended. There are 35 urban places in Georgia, based on the 1940 census, and the Urban System has been approved for five cities. 118 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Road Inventory A complete re-inventory of all roads is in progress, which will bring the records up to date and permit the preparation of revised county maps. Information is being obtained on each road to show the type of grading, surface and base; the width of surface, roadbed and right-of-way; topography and culture in sight of the road, such as farm units, dwellings, schools, churches, cemeteries, airports, lakes, streams, railroads and public parks. The information being obtained on bridges includes type of substructure, type of superstructure for each span, length of spans, and other data. Information is also obtained on each railway-highway crossing, indicating the sight distance, kind of obstructions which restrict clear views and type of protective devices, to enable preparation of programs for protecting the most dangerous ones by flashing lights, gates, or separation structures. Maps Maps of all counties in Georgia, prepared by this division, are available to the public at cost. These maps show all roads, streams, railroads, municipalities, militia districts, and items of culture as mentioned above. The value and usefulness of these maps are evidenced by the large demand from individuals, business and engineering concerns, and governmental agencies. As the re-inventory is completed for each county, revised maps are being prepared. The official map of the State Highway System, issued for free distribution, has been revised several times during this biennium. Route Inspection Reports Field inspections are made and route reports prepared by the Division of Highway Planning on all projects before location surveys are made. These reports contain information on the population to be served, the source and volume of traffic, any alternate routes considered feasible, present condition of the road, gradients, stream crossings, railway-highway crossings, railroad and traffic hazards, and other features which will be of assistance in selecting the most advantageous route on which the permanent roadbed is to be constructed. These route inspection reports are distributed to the various divisions of the Highway Department and the Bureau of Public Roads, and used as guides for location and design. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 119 Road Life Study The Road Life Study has as its objective the assembly of records of highway construction and retirement on the State Highway System. Generally, the information can be used, as insurance companies use mortality tables, to determine by actuarial method the mileage of pavement surfaces that it will be necessary to retire on a long-range basis. From these records survivor curves can be developed and used in determining the probable life of various types of pavement surfaces. The Road Life Study provides a complete record of every road and bridge on the State System constructed by the Highway Department since its organization in 1916. These records show the amount of expenditure for each type of construction, a detailed description of each road and bridge by location, type of surface, length, width, year built, and all subsequent retirements and reconstruction. Records of Highway Systems This division assembles factual data required by the Bureau of Public Roads in justification of all projects included in the various Federal-aid programs and prepares reports to substantiate requests for addition to or changes in the Federal-aid Systems. It keeps records and prepares a log of the Federal-aid Primary System, showing the paved and unpaved mileage on each route. An annual report is compiled for the Bureau of Public Roads, giving information as to the mileage and surface types of the State Highway System and all county roads. The official records of the State Highway System are kept by this division and tabulations are made of the State System by routes, counties and Congressional Districts, for use by other units of the Highway Department and the State and local governments. Fiscal Study Each year information is compiled on the revenue, expenditures, and outstanding bond indebtedness for roads and streets of all counties and municipalities in the State. These data are obtained directly from the records of the local governmental units. Monthly and annual statistical reports are prepared for the use of Highway officials and the Bureau of Public Roads on motor-vehicle registrations, highway-user taxes, and highway expenditures. Top, old b1'idge ovm Chattahoochee Rive1 at Bolton, at the Fulton-Cobb county line, State Route 3 (U. S. 41). Bottom, new b1'idge on a 1elocation. P1oject F-371 (2). Monthly Variation of Rural Traffic in Georgia 1938-1950 Monthly Variation of Rural Traffic in Georgia 1938-1950 On Main Highways and Local Roads 1941 Adjusted Daily Average = 100. Based on traffic data from fixed Automatic Traffic Recorders at 7 points on main highways and 3 points on local roads. H+-HH-'T-r-t---r.H+H-tt,+H-+.!-++-H+H+-HH-+H-,-h~/+l----h-'FN+H+-Y1H'.J.I!H+H-++-I,,. 1\' v v 1947 i : s :; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >J : : o-. "-a.r.z-,..., 790,976 357,640 289,695 582,532 289,017 149,829 246,364 257,057 321,285 453,463 784,161 574,534 375,731 152,358 136,014 860,090 391,792 224,210 145,631 896,764 842,500 528,118 524,265 227,028 459,719 351,399 156,168 149,741 207,354 544,429 335,530 355,351 324,350 461,242 1$83,311,077 EXPENDITURES -- Cost of Bonds and Right-of-Way Interest (All Systems) R-tirements Total Expenditures for County Roads and Bridges $ .. 2,082 17,457 4,545 1,218 75 10,902 1,005 1,561 6,247 4,951 2,437 10,182 2,087 2,398 14,596 1,750 953 6,432 5,171 20,042 9,842 11,644 441 8,377 4,904 11,308 10,803 4,410 4,586 5,978 14,789 $ 212,810 117,133 25 193,449 12,099 -- ............ .... ............ ------ 108,081 113,136 484,122 119,214 194,822 6,740 --- 387,338 ........ - 45,150 100,763 175,706 509,529 --- 128,157 42,733 247,692 112,790 184,865 240,770 $ 1,003,786 476,855 307,177 780,526 302,334 149,904 257,266 258,062 430,927 572,846 1,273,234 696,185 580,735 161,185 138,412 1,262,024 393,542 225,163 197,213 1,002,698 1,038,248 537,960 1,045,438 227,469 468,096 484,460 167,476 160,544 250,087 792,121 452,730 544,802 330,328 716,801 $1,403,443 $16,004,460 $100,718,980 Construction view of bridge over B1-unswick River on 1elocation of Coastal Highway, U. S. 17. View shows sheet piles being driven in cofferdam f01 new pieT. Project Ul-533 (1). Another const1'uction view of Brunswick Rive1 bridge, desc1'ibed on opposite page. This view shows one pie1 complete and cap [01"7/ts in place [o1 anothe1 pie'r. 130 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES From the Organization of the Highway Department to June 30, 1950 Year Amount Prior to 1920_______________________ $ 1,895,004.87 1920...,,________________________________ 9,842,569. 79 192 1..---------------------------------- 8'989'749.69 1922_____________________________________ 4, 709,324.42 1923-----------------------------------.. 3,53 7' 899.61 1924------------------------------------- 2, 748,354.81 1925........ ----------------------------- 6, 161 ,563.68 1926...... -----------------------------.. 6, 599,520.43 1927------------------------------------- 12,705,857.46 1928.. ----------------------------------- 9,870,3 72.50 1929_____________________________________ 9,369,582.19 1930 1 __________________________________ 5,023,129.12 193 1.... --------------------------------- 13,999,096.99 1932.------------------------------------ 16,679,659.18 1933..... ________________________________ 11,369,631.60 1934------------------------------------- 8,873,322.36 1935------------------------------------- 11 ,380,060.33 I936.. ________ ___ _________ ___ ___ ___ _____ _ I0,53 5,842.2 I 1937------------------------------------- 13,320,556.26 1938_____________________________________ 20,343,037.80 1939------------------------------------- 15,313'972.60 1940...... -------- ----------------------- 15, 125,550.07 I94 I------------------------------------- 25,843,834.03 1942 _____________________________________ 17,431,836.23 1943_____________________________________ 12, 156,409.4 I 1944------------------------------------- 7'904,986.85 1945..... --- ----------------------------- 4,446,878.72 1946...... -------------- ......... ---- ---- 6,053,516.25 1947------------------------------------- 18'778,646.48 1948 _____________________________________ 19,176,439.40 1949____ __ ___ __ _____ _____ __ __ ___ _________ 32,264,46 I.83 1950 _____________________________________ 33,57 5,252.34 Cumulative Total $ 1,895,004.87 11,737,574.66 20,727,324.35 25,436,648.77 28,974,548.38 31,722,903.19 37,884,466.87 44,483,987.30 57,189,844.76 67,060,217.26 76,429,799.45 81,452,928.57 95,452,025.56 112,131,684.74 123,501,316.34 132,374,638.70 143,754,699.03 154,290,541.24 167,611,097.50 187 '954, 135.30 203,268,107.90 218,393,657.97 244,237,492.00 261,669,328.23 273,825,737.64 281,730,724.49 286,177,603.21 292,231' 119.46 311,009,765.94 330,186,205.34 362,450,667.17 396,025,919.51 The amounts shown represent total cost of construction, including cash expenditures by the State Hig-hway Department, Federal-aid funds, and non-cash participation of Work Projects Administration, Counties, Cities, Railroads, etc. 1 The amount for 1930 represents expenditures for one-half year. The Highway Department accounting was changed from calendar year to fiscal year basis on July 1, 1930. Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 131 Division of Finance and Audits BENTON ODOM, Treasurer The Treasurer of the State Highway Department is the administrative head of the Division of Finance and Audits. It is his duty and responsibility to receive, protect, and disburse all funds coming into the Highway Department. The Division of Finance and Audits maintains an adequate system of financial records and an internal audit system. It prepares, quarterly, a comprehensive budget under which the Treasurer approves all funds for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies and services before such purchases are authorized by the State Highway Board. This division prepares all financial reports, including a monthly balance sheet with supporting data which reflects the current financial condition of the Highway Department and the available resources to the end of the current fiscal year. The accompanying statements reflect the financial condition of the Highway Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1949, and June 30, 1950. The balance sheet, reflecting assets, liabilities, and capital investments, is identified as Exhibit "A." Exhibit "B" reflects the revenue from all sources accruing to the Department and the amounts appropriated to each of the various activities for the years 1949 and 1950. The actual receipts and expenditures for the periods are presented in Exhibit "C." A comparison of the receipts and expenditures for the past ten-year period is found in Exhibit "E." The Treasurer's records are subjected to a thorough annual examination by the State Auditor, who has found the financial activities fully recorded and the accounting procedure to be sound and adequate. 1---- 132 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia EXHIBIT "A" STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES A condensed summary from Exhibit "A" is as follows: Description June 30, 1949 ASSETS: Current Assets ------------------------$15,518,901.27 Deferred Assets ____________ ________ 7,239,475.23 Total Assets _____________________ $22,758,376.52 LIABILITIES: Current Liabilities _________ _________ 777,237.15 Fund Balances ----------------------- 21,981,139.37 Total Liabilities __________________ $22,758,376.52 June 30, 1950 $16,928,089.80 3,349,366.35 $20,277,456.15 741,298.30 19,536,157.85 $20,277,456.15 CAPITAL INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS Description June 30, 1949 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: Land, Buildings and Equipment_ _______ $ 3,210,524.16 Roads and Bridges, Construction Cost__ 362,450,667.17 June :W, 1950 $ 2,888,996.21; 396,025,919.51 Total Capital Investments _______ $365,661,191.33 CAPITAL LIABILITIES: Highway Refunding Certificate ________ _ $100.00 CAPITAL SURPLUS: Surplus Invested in Plant and Equipment ------------------------$ 3,210,524.16 Surplus Invested in Highways ________ 362,450,567.17 $398 914,915.79 $100.00 $ 2,888,996.2H 396,025,819.51 Total Capital Liabilities and Surplus__ $36).661,191.33 $398,914,915.79 The value of equipment is adjusted annually by an approved rate of depreciation. Roads and Bridges, Construction Cost reflects the total construction expenditures from the beginning of the Highway Department to date. The account was increased as follows: During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949 ______________ $32,264,461.83 During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950 _____________ 33,575,252.34 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 133 EXHIBIT "B" RECONCILIATION OF FUND SURPLUS This exhibit reflects funds accruing to the Department from all sources and also reflects the functions to which those funds were appropriated. Any excess of available funds over final appropriations is the result of variations in the final cost from the estimated cost. The disposition of such excess is determined by the State Budget Bureau. A condensed statement of revenues and appropriations follows: Description June 30, 1949 FUND REVENUES: Fund Surplus at beginning of year ----$ 5,966,922.10 State Treasury (exclusive of contingent revenue not realized) _______________ 27,291,618.03 Counties -------- _______ __ ___________ 766,739.94 Other State Agencies ------------------ U. S. Corps of Engineers --------------Miscellaneous Income _______________ _ 2,375.91 899,230.40 13,900.38 Total from Local Sources__________$34,940,786.76 Federal Cash Participation _____________$ 9,657,586.42 Non-Cash Participation: Railroads ------------------ ___________ 1,334.12 Total Fund Revenues ---------------$44,599,707.30 FUND APPROPRIATIONS: Construction ___________________ -------$34,149,206.99 Surveys ____________________ _________ 1,064,432.06 Maintenance --------- --------------Administration ______________ ________ Equipment Purchases ________ __ _______ Compensation Claims -----------------Appropriation Balances --------------Reserves (exclusive of contingent revenue not realized-contra) ______ __ ________ 5,987,699.48 966,152.73 1,104,857.52 22,085.03 677,918.07 697,428.80 Total Allotments and Reserves --------$44,669,780.68 Deduct Deferred Charges -------------- 70,073.38 Total Net Allotments and Reserves __ $44,599.707.30 June 30, 1950 $ 2,811,900.01 30,348,666.51 141,279.52 43,575.00 702,176.89 24,807.05 $34,072,404.98 $12,745,818.52 3,468.97 $46,821692.47 $36,444,058.68 1,346,789.87 5, 748,270.42 1,096,112.29 306,942.14 44,829.63 1,170,786.73 709,715.59 $46,867 505.35 45,812.88 $46,821,692.47 B1idge over Alapaha River on State Route 94 at Statenville, Echols County. Project SP 1683-B (4). Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 135 EXHIBIT "C" RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES A condensed summary of the Revenue Receipts and Expenditures, with the relative percentages for the periods under discussion, is as follows: Description Year Ended June 30, 1949 Percent- age Amount Year Ended June 30, 1950 f ercent- Amount age REVENUE RECEIPTS: State Treasury _________ 70.68 Counties ---------------- 1.97 Other State Agencies ____ 0.01 U. S. Corps of Engineers__ 2.31 Miscellaneous Income ____ 0.03 $27,482,524.12 766,739.94 2,375.91 899,230.40 13,900.38 69.67 0.32 0.10 1.61 0.05 $30,348,501.90 141,279.52 43,575.00 702,176.8~ 24,807.05 Total from Local Sources 75.00 Federal Government _____ 24.98 Non-cash from Railroads _ 0.02 29,164,770.75 9,714,989.56 1,029.12 71.75 $31,260,340.36 28.25 12,303,064.55 658.97 Total Receipts _____ 100% $38,880,789.43 100o/o $43,564,063.88 EXPENDITURES: Construction ____________ 76.55 Surveys ---------------- 3.47 Maintenance ____________ 14.33 Administration _________ 2.60 Equipment Purchases 3.00 Compensation Claims _ __ 0.05 $32,264,461.83 1,466,158. 71 6,045,092.38 1,096,620.43 1,264,935.84 22,085.03 79.52 3.23 13.71 2.63 0.80 0.11 $33,575,252.34 1,362,384.23 5,789,388.29 1,111,260.18 337,559.68 44,829.63 Total Expenditures __ 100% $42,159,354.22 100% $42,220,674.35 136 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia FUND BALANCE SHEET Reflecting the Fund Position for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 194-9 Exhibit "A" ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash in Banks: State Funds ____,,___ _ Contractors Trust Fund (Contra) _ $ 14,633,104.66 69,200.00 $ 14,702,304.66 Receivables: U. S. Government Account Receivables Advances --- Total Current Assets 816,596.61 248,888.75 3,570.00 1,069,055.36 15,771,360.02 DEFERRED CHARGES: Materials and Supplies in Stock Undistributed Charges and Credits ________ Undistributed Sign Shop Total Proprietary Assets _ Less: Reserve for Doubtful Assets, Ad- vances, and Materials and Supplies in Stock _ 294,401.82 28,907.03 70,073.38 393,382.23 $ 16,164,742.25 645,840.98 Net Proprietary Assets......... FUND ASSETS: Contingent Revenue from State TreasurY-~ FIXED ASSETS: (Schedule No. 6) Buildings and Lands ______ ------------------ Road Equipment Other Equipment 772,982.65 2,17 4,212.12 263,329.39 $ 3,210,524.16 15,518,901.27 7,239,475.25 Roads and Bridges- (Exhibit "D"): Construction Cost to Date on Completed Construction --- .. ---- Construction Co3t to Date on Construction in Progress ......---..- $299,778,961.98 62,671,705.19 Total Capital Investment Total 362,450,667.17 365,661,191.33 $388,419,567.85 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 137 FUND BALANCE SHEET Reflecting the Fund Position for Fiscal Year Ending ] une 30, 1949 Exhibit "A" Continued LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable Contractors Trust Fund (Contra) Cr. $ 47.72 69,200.00 69,152.28 PURCHASE ORDERS OUTSTANDING ALLOTMENTS TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION: (Schedule No. 8) Construction Contracts. Active--- 100% Regular State Fund Contracts~ 100~o Post Road State Fund Contracts State and F"ederal Fund Contracts (Gross) Less: Federal Cash Participation (Schedule No. 9) ~~~ $12.175,569.66 Less: Non-Cash Participation (Schedule No. 9) 1,525.00 Unrecorded Commitments: 10070 Regular State Fund Contracts... ___ 100% Post Road State Fund Contracts State and Federal Fund Contracts (Gross) Less: Federal Cash Participation _ $ 19,632,974.90 12,177,094.66 ------- 1,992,044.08 1,438,497.85 $ 3,095,744.62 1, 720,915.62 7,455,880.24 --------~ $ 408,513.18 474,493.23 553,546.73 708,084.87 12,272,540.48 1,436,553.14 ALLOTMENT BALANCES: (Schedule No. 8) Special Maintenance Under Contract.. $ Special Maintenance Refunding Certificate Urban Highway Surveys ___ _ Highway Planning Survey Less: Federal Cash Participation 24,330.89 278,633.72 100.00 158,265.50 305,196.74 766,526.85 463,462.24 303,064.61 APPROPRIATION BALANCES: (Schedule No. 12) For Matching Federal Aid All Construction All Maintenance ___ All Administration Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims 32,560.55 371,600.86 93,124.74 48,303.33 181,060.95 1,267.64 677,918.07 RESERVES: Machinery Replacement Account_ Emergency Fund ------ ------- ------- __ Fulton County on North-South Expressway Contingent Revenue 19,460.17 26,420.04 5,707.61 7,239,475.25 7,291,063.07 CAPITAL, LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS: Refunding Certificate due in 1940 ~~~ ~ Surplus Invested in Plant and Equipment Surplus Invested in Highways $ 3,210,524.16 362,450,567.17 Total 100.00 365,661,091.3:1 $365,661.191.33 $388,419,567.85 138 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia RECONCILIATION OF FUND SURPLUS July t 1948, to June 30, 19-1-9 Exhibit "B" Surplus Reserves at July 1, 1948....... $ 6,966,922.10 FUND REVENUE LOCAL SOURCES: State Treasury _______ -------------------- Contingent Revenue from State Treasury Fulton County ........ ........ ----------------------- Gwinnett County ---------- ---------------------- Georgia Institute of Technology --------- .... U. S. Corps of Engineers (Clark Hill Dam) ............ ----------------- U.S. Corps of Engineers (Allatoona Dam) Miscellaneous Income ___ -------- _____ _ $ 27,291,618.03 7,239,475.25 764,869.83 11,870.11 2,375.91 9,292.40 889,938.00 13,900.38 $ 36,213,339.91 FEDERAL CASH PARTICIPATION: Federal Aid-Regular ------- ....................... Federal Aid-8econdary .............................. Federal Aid-Grade Crossing -------------------- Urban Highway ----------- ------------- National Forestry ........................................... Access Roads -----------------------------------------------------AE-SN Federal-Aid Surveys .... --------- Highway Planning Survey .......... $ 3,717,927.32 3,622,961. 78 14,007.12 2,338,907.89 70,497.00 Cr. 7,371.08 Cr. 1,671.89 2,228.28 9,657,586.42 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company $ Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company........ Total Fund Revenue and Participation... . Available for Appropriations and Reserves ----------------- __ ....... --------- 569.12 775.00 1,334.12 $ 46,872,260.45 $ 61,839,182.55 FUND APPROPRIATIONS CONSTRUCTION: State-Aid Contracts ---- ... Post Road Contracts--- ............................ Federal-Aid Contracts-Regular .............. Federal-Aid Contracts-secondary ---- Federal-Aid Contracts-Grade Crossing ______ Urban Highway Contracts ----------------- Works Program Contracts ______ ---------------------- Access Road Contracts ..... . Unrecorded Commitments ........ 6,505,646.51 4,310,948.82 8,601,663.97 7,623,999.83 39,649.68 6,298.324.24 908.51 2,371.40 1,436,663.14 Total Contract Appropriations __ Add: Construction by Convict Forces $ 33,819,956.00 329,260.99 Total Construction Appropriations $ 34,149,206.99 Twenty-Third Report, StateHighway Department of Georgia 139 RECONCILIATION OF FUND SURPLUS Exhibit "B" Continued FUND APPROPRIATIONS (CONTINUED) SURVEYS: Regular ............................... Post Roads ... AE-SN Federal Aid Urban Highway MAINTENANCE: Regular --- ..... Under Contract Special ...... Center Line Sign Shop ---- _ East Point Shop Douglas Shop ------- $ 829,360.26 184,866.14 33,471.16 16,734.50 $ ------- 1,064,432.06 $ 4,399,041.27 231.221.98 1,080,583.46 241,644.61 Cr. 14,647.46 30,103.57 19,752.05 Deduct: Balance of Sign Shop Expenditures carried forward as Deferred Charges _ 5,987,699.48 70,073.38 5,917,626.10 ADMINISTRATION: General Administration Research and Analysis __ Highway Planning Survey 790,924.16 38,001.26 137,227.31 966,152.73 MISCELLANEOUS: Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims --- $ 1,104,857.52 22,085.03 1,126,942.55 UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATION BALANCES: For Matching Federal Aid ....... _ $ 32,560.55 All Construction ___ ----- _ 371,600.86 All Maintenance ----- ....... --- 93,124.74 All Administration -------------------------------- 48,303.33 Equipment Purchases 131,060.95 Compensation Claims __ _ 1,267.64 677,918.07 RESERVES: Doubtful Assets Machinery Replacement Account ...... Emergency Fund ... ... Fulton County on North-South Expressway Contingent Revenue __ -------- ____ . Total Allotments and Reserves . 645,840.98 19,460.17 26,420.04 5,707.61 7,239,475.25 7,936,904.05 $ 51,839,182.55 140 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES July t 1948, to June 30, 19+9 Exhibit "C" REVENUE RECEIPTS CASH: State Treasury ---- Fulton County ----------------------------- _ Gwinnett County ........ Georgia Institute of Technology _____ ---------U. S. Corps of Engineers (Clark Hill Dam) ----------------------------U.S. Corps of Engineers (AIIatoona Dam) Miscellaneous Income ... $ 27,482,524.12 754,869.83 11,870.11 2,375.91 9,292.40 889,938.00 13,900.38 $ 29,164,770.75 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Federal Aid-Regular Federal Aid-Secondary ________ _ Federal Aid-Grade Crossings Urban Highways Works Program Access Roads ..... Strategic Network --------- AE-SN Federal-Aid Surveys Urban Highway Survey______ _ Highway Planning Survey__ 4,504,388.42 3,863,683.57 4 70,166.09 573,585.22 35,965.40 1,327.32 19,976.85 87,107.25 16,734.50 142,054.94 9, 714,989.56 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company_ Total Revenue Receipts and Participation .... 1,029.12 38,880,789.43 EXPENDITURES CONSTRUCTION: State-Aid Contracts Post Road Contracts ----- ---- Federal-Aid Contracts-Regular ___ _ Federal~Aid Contracts-Secondary Federal-Aid Contracts-Grade Crossing Urban Highway Contracts_ Works Program Contracts_ Access Road Contracts ... 6,046,864.25 3,927,345.84 10,451,283.48 9,624,480.89 620,737.67 1,384,646.55 14,616.35 9,457.26 Total Contract Expenditures Add: Construction by Convict Forces 32,079,432.29 185,029.54 Total Construction Expenditures...... $ 32,264,461.83 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia Hl REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 Exhibit "C" Continued EXPENDITURES (CONTINUED) SURVEYS: Regular ............................... Post Roads ............ . AE-SN Federal Aid ..... Urban Highway ................... $ 1,114,330.81 196,163.23 122,195.67 33,469.00 Total Surveys $ 1,466,158. 71 MAINTENANCE: Regular ............. Under Contract Special ________ Center Line ____ Sign Shop ... East Point Shop _______ _ Douglas 'lhop .................... 4,328,412.44 345,079.96 1,007,151.35 316,711.53 70,073.38 27,956.35 19,780.75 $ 6,115,165.76 Deduct: Balance of Expenditures Sign Shop Undistributed at June 30, 1949, but carried forward as Deferred Charges __ 70,073.38 Total Maintenance ___ _ $ 6,045,092.38 ADMINISTRATION: General Administration Research and Analysis ____ _ Highway Planning Survey - $ 778,775.17 37,402.59 280,442.67 Total Administration $ 1,096,620.43 MISCELLANEOUS: Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims __ $ 1,264,935.84 22,085.03 Total Miscellaneous $ 1,287,020.87 Total Expenditures $ 42,159,354.22 RESUME' Total Receipts .......................... .. Total Expenditures ............. Excess Expenditures over Receipts Proprietary Surplus at July 1, 1948 Proprietary Surplus at June 30, 1949.. 38,880,789.43 42,159,354.22 3 ,278,564. 79 19,374,154.76 $ 16,095,589.97 DESCRIPTION SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION June 30, 1949 Total Allotments EXPENDITURES Net Encumbrances Payments Total Charges Cost to Complete FUNDS PARTICIPATING State Funds Federal Funds Jounty, W.P.A, and Other Non-Cash Funds Other Funds Exhibit "D" Total Allotments Open Projects__ Closed Projects__ _ $ 87,221,701.77 $100,361.44 $ 62,671,705.19 $ 62,772,066.63 $24,449,635.14 $ 50,462,358.93 $ 36,139,385.51 ' 1,525.00 -- --- 299,778,961.98 299,778,961.98 299,778,961.98 -------------------------- 161,854,954.72 90,829,493.26 46,409,389.93 618,432.33 685,124.07 Totals-------------- ------------ ----- $387,000,663.75 $100,361.44 $362,450,667.17 $362,551,028.61 $24,449,635.14 To~~~trt~~~l~n"nt __ ======I Deduct: Construction Funds Received.. Total Construction Funds Due: State Funds____ . $212,317,313.65 $126,968,878.77 $46,410,914.93 200,663,205.50 114.793,309.11 46,409,389.93 11,654,108.15 $1,303,556.40 685,124.07 Federal Funds, Cash. 12,175,569.66 Non-Cash Participation._ 1,525.00 Other Participation .............. $ 618,432.33 Total Funds Due _____ _ - 1- $ 87,221,701.77 299,778,961.98 $387,000,663.75 362.551.028.61 $ 24,449,635.14 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES For Ten-Year Period Ending June 30, 19-/-9 REVENUE RECEIPTS Exhibit "E" 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 State Sources: Motor-Vehicle License Fees - Motor-Fuel Taxes -------------- _ Maintenance Tag Taxes -----Rolling Store Taxes Sale of Refunding Bonds . Appropriations Total from State Sources ------ Revenue from Other Sources: U. S. Government, Cash- Counties, Cash ..... . .... . Railroads, Cities and Others...... Miscellaneous Income ....... Work Projects Administration . Counties, Non-Cash Cities, Non-Cash Total Revenue Receipts $ 1,879,219.15 $ 1,866,386.44 $ 1,899,147.11 $. ....... $.. $ ....... ........ $.. .. $ $ .. 13,907,328.95 12,844,090.83 15,553,793.07 --------------------- 67.90 6,413.83 2,690.82 9,428.27 5,341,925.00 2, 719,138.50 14,068,185.50 12,804,562.55 11,971,296.93 22,139,235.95 20.~56,526.48 30,815,730.91 27,482,524.12 -------------1----- $21,134,886.93 $17,432,306.59 $17,462,436.35 $14,068,185.50 $12,804,562.55 $11,971,296.93 $22,139,235.95 $20,256,526.48 $30,815,730.91 $27,482,524.12 3,906,438.32 3,968,126.55 2,468,051.20 4,425,503.60 4,428,027.16 2,226,818.94 2, 705,588.54 6,642,819.41 7,388,176.55 9,714,989.56 Cr. 12,215.50 ---------------------- ----------- 8,961.71 ------------- 766,739.94 Cr. 473.01 40,999.09 13,500.00 12,037.48 27,936.22 39,338.20 ------------- 12,697.43 5,565.03 154,444.26 92,708.43 137,050.54 263,330.63 552,746.45 32,401.99 58,071.05 19,270.68 903,838.38 939,067.66 7,943,546.25 2,976,336.86 1,356,660.75 1,033,917.04 188,132.74 42,020.79 ------------------ 1,593,022.81 563,720.72 720,031.68 524,168.43 352,072.96 55,200.16 29,310.40 204.86 ------------------- ------------------- ------ ------- ------ 12,291.24 $27,566,292.24 $30,103,143.46 $23,719,564.52 $20,525,068.82 $18,893,947.82 $15,043,384.39 $24,948,557.67 $26,996,960.00 $38,223,178.14 $38,880,789.43 EXPENDITURES Administration - $ 516,537.86 $ 641,976.57 $ 344,938.04 $ 446,806.32 $ 377,586.96 432,451.24 516,022.41 $ 706,239.81 $ 698,829.16 $ 816,177.76 Construction 15,125,550.07 25,843,834.03 17,431,836.23 12,206,069.95 7,904,986.85 4,446,878. 72 6,053,516.25 18,778,646.48 19,176,439.40 32,264,461.83 Surveys Maintenance _ ---------------------Compensation Claims 447,236.38 1,675,271.11 355,002.12 2,069,597.05 236,936.01 1,908,317.21 109,593.63 1,930,890.27 109,364.33 3,188,841.06 297,883.76 5,152,912.87 45,453.70 645,285.44 7,129,115.05 24,337.27 668,273.61 5, 716,352.14 20,447.50 998,187.21 5, 781,051.92 25,166.77 1,466,158. 71 6,045,092.38 22,085.03 Hignway Planning Survey 196,063.61 120,959.08 72,454.28 51,958.04 67,058.02 68,931.26 181,368.17 246,679.65 269,402.88 280,442.67 Lands, Buildings and Equipment __ 2,718,070.15 1,475,077.29 5,019.49 6,148.07 36,895.07 155,722.48 514,795.59 512,199.27 1,229,472.05 1,264,935.84 Redemption of Debt Legislative and Other Transfers 2,662,546.47 2,646,536.70 2,691,189.62 2,666,790.93 2,666, 790.93 2,665,291.01 2,651,500.00 2,650,000.00 2,650,000.00 2,346,075.12 154,467.67 304,459.96 20,100.03 41,770.51 4,447.46 ----- ------ ------ ---------- ------ -----1------- ----- ----- Total Expenditures . $25,687,350.77 $33,307,450.51 $22,995,150.84 $17,438,357.24 $14,351,523.22 $13,265,525.04 $17,757,710.69 $29,298,838.46 $30,832,996.85 $42,159,354.22 Excess Expenditures over Receipts Excess Receipts over Expenditures Add: Cash, Inventories, and De- ferred Charges at Beginning of Period Balance: Cash, Inventories and Deferred Charges at End of Period .... ------------ Deduct: Fund Balances, Con- tracts, Reserves and Outstand- ing Purchase Orders at End of Period $ __ .... $ 3,204,307.05 $ _. ............ $ .......... $ ....... ____,, $ .... $.. ____,,. $ 2,301,878.46 $- - $ 3,278,564.79 1,878,941.47 724,413.68 3,086,711.58 4,542,424.60 1,777,859.35 7,190,846.98 ------------------ 7,390,181.29 1,873,783.39 3,752,724.86 548,417.81 1,272,831.49 4,359,543.07 8,67 4,302.64 - 8-, 0-0 2 ,-4 6-9 . 4-2 14/; 43,403.70 ----- 12,17 4,879.56 ------ 18,728,313.78 ------- $ 3,752,724.86 $ 548,417.81 $ 1,272,831.49 $ 4,359,543.07 $ 8,901,967.67 $10,452,161.99 $15,193,316.40 $12,441,525.24 $19,565,060.85 $15,449,748.99 15,820,000.49 14,040,139.92 8,775,155.57 8,150,608.86 8,700,522.26 10,219,401.90 15,193,316.40 12,441,525.24 19,565,060.85 15,449,748.99 Fund Deficit at End of Period Fund Surplus at End of Period $12,067,275.63 $13,491,722.11 $ 7,502,324.08 3,791,065.79 $- " $. . .... $ .. 201,445.41 232,760.09 .. $. . .. , $ .......... $ IN"VENTORY OF LANDS, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT June 30, 19-/-9 Schedule No. 6 DESCRIPTION Appraised Value June 30, 1918 Additions Fiscal Year 1948-1949 Totals Depreciation Equipment Fiscal Year Sold or 1948-1949 Junked Appraised Value June 30, 1949 LBaunilddsings-__-_-___ --------- $ -- -------- ----------- Passenger Equipment . ---------- Trucks Tractors ------------- Power Graders Graders .. Other Road Equipment Office Equipment Engineering Equipment.. ----- Laboratory Equipment__ -------- Shop Equipment __ ------- 185,295.25 503,752.85 2,715.00 455,703.76 268,910.66 296,301.06 43,949.11 771,000.83 81,518.45 67,051.53 8,460.79 45,901.43 Totals ____ ----- --- ,$2,730,560. 72 -- i $ ---------- -------- $ 83,934.55 314,149.10 289,315.46 211,157.1~ 88,655.86 188,068.55 25,278.27 54,621.41 5,923.44 3,832.07 185,295.25 587,687.40 2,715.00 769,852.86 558,226.12 507.458.19 132,604.97 959,069.38 106,796.72 121,672.94 14,384.23 49,733.50 i $1,264.935.84 $3.99 5,496. 56 I $ ----- --- $ ----------- ------------ -------- 678.00- ----------------142,463.00 18,674.25 139,556.00 15,100.00 126,864.00 16,800.00 33,151.00 12,246.15 239,767.00 10,415.00 10,680.00 12,167.00 - 1,438.00 - ---------4,973.00 - $711,737:001$73,235.40 $ 185,295.25 587,687.40 2,037.00 608,715.61 403,570.12 363,794.19 87,207.82 708,887.38 96,116.72 109,505.94 12,946.23 44,760.50 $3,210,524.16 SUMMARY OF UNENCUMBERED ALLOTMENTS (A !so Reflecting Reconciliation with Expenditures Since July 1, 19-1-8) June 30, 1949 Schedule No. DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: Regular State Funds.. Post Roads ------------------------Federal Aid-Regular __ __ Federal Aid-Secondary ......... Federal Aid-Grade Crossing Urban Highway Works Program Access Roads .. Flight Strips Total Contracts Add: Construction by Convict Forcs Total Construction ... ALLOTMENTS FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS: Surveys-Regular Surveys-Post Roads Surveys~Federal Aid ..... Surveys-Urban Highway Maintenance-Regular -------- Maintenance--Under Contract Maintenance--Special Center Line *Sign Shop East Point Shop Douglas Shop Administration ------------Research and Analysis Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims Refunding Certificate ........ Highway Planning Survey Totals FUNDS AVAILABLE Balances Net June 30, 1948 Allotments Totals CHARGES Net Encumbrances Expenditures Totals Available Balances June 30, 1949 ANALYSIS OF BALANCES Other Participation State Funds $ 2,478,172.78 1,359,590.07 11,151,457.02 8,075,640.68 878,383.38 23,373.77 25,541.95 7,085.86 5,943.71 6,505,646.51 4,310,948.82 8,601,553.97 7,623,999.83 39,649.58 5,298,324.24 908.51 2,371.40 8,983,819.29 5,670,538.89 19,753,010.99 15,699,640.51 918,032.96 5,321,698.01 26,450.46 9,457.26 5,943.71 $24,005,189.22 $32,383,402.86 $56,388,592.08 78,118.31 - -3-29-,25-0.9-9 407,369.30 $24,083,307.53 $32,712,653.85 $56,795,961.38 62,714.24 22,277.43 Cr. 857.77 Cr. 3,851.58 216.14 694.50 Cr. 164.49 $ 6,046,864.25 3,927,345.84 10,451,283.48 9,624,480.89 620,737.67 1,384,646.55 14,616.35 9,457.26 6,109,578.49 3,949,623.27 10,450,425.71 9,620,629.31 620,953.81 1,385,341.05 14,451.86 9,457.26 $ 2,874,240.80 1,720,915.62 9,302,585.28 6,079,011.20 297,079.15 3,936,356.96 11,998.60 5,943.71 $ -- 5,764,129.71 4,064,066.79 590,356.16 1,784,907.67 Cr. 30,600.58 4,234.91 2,874,240.80 1, 720,915.62 3,538,455.57 2,014,944.41 Cr. 293,277.01 2,151,449.29 42,599.18 1,708.80 $ 81,028.47 $32,079,432.29 $32,160,460.76 $24,228,131.32 $12,177,094.66 $12,051,036.66 835.94 185,029.54 185,865.48 221,503.82 ------------------- 221,503.82 81,864.41 $32,264,461.83 $32,346,326.24 $24,449,635.14 $12,177,094.66 $12,272,540.48 88,679.14 175,000.00 135,692.06 307,943.44 100.00 445,023.40 829,360.26 184,866.14 33,471.16 16,734.50 4,399,041.27 231,221.98 1,080,583.46 241,644.61 Cr. 84,720.84 30,103.57 19,752.05 790,924.16 38,001.26 1,104,857.52 22,085.03 137,227.31 829,360.26 184,866.14 122,150.30 191,734.50 4,399,041.27 366,914.04 1,388,526.90 241,644.61 Cr. 84,720.84 30,103.57 19,7 52.05 790,924.16 38,001.26 1,104,857.52 22,085.03 100.00 582,250.71 Cr. 284,970.55 Cr. 11,297.09 Cr. 45.37 70,628.83 Cr. 2,496.81 102,741.83 Cr. 75,066.92 Cr. 84,720.84 2,147.22 Cr. 28.70 12,148.99 598.67 Cr. 160,078.32 --------------- Cr. 3,388.70 1,114,330.81 196,163.23 122,195.67 33,469.00 4,328,412.44 345,079.96 1,007,151.35 316,711.53 27,956.35 19,780.75 778,775.17 37,402.59 1,264,935.84 22,085.03 829,360.26 184,866.14 122,150.30 33,469.00 4,399,041.27 342,583.15 1,109,893.18 241,644.61 Cr. 84,720.84 30,103.57 19,752.05 790,924.16 38,001.26 1,104,857._52 22,085.03 280,442.67 277,053.97 -------------------- 158,265.50 24,330.89 278,633.72 100.00 305,196.74 -------------------- .. 158,265.50 ----------------- -------------- ------------------ -----------------"3'ii5;196.74 24,330.89 278,633.72 ----------------- 100.00 $25,235,7 45.57 $41,787,807.29 $67,023,552.86 Cr. $351,963.35 $42,159,354.22 $41,807,390.87 $25,216,161.99 $12,640,556.90 $12,575,605.09 l 146 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia DETAIL OF EQUIPMENT ALLOTMENTS July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 Schedule No. 8C ACCOUNTS Allotments Net Expenditures for Year Encumbrances Administration .............. $ 30,418.79 Cr. $ 9,848.19 $ 40,266.98 Highway Planning Survey __ _ 37,150.86 4,709.00 32,441.86 Construction ............................. . 412,700.09 8,568.28 404,131.81 Maintenance ________ --------- 546,841.17 Cr. 157,710.27 704,551.44 Glennville Shop Building _..... 23,448.86 Cr. 5,797.14 29,246.00 Wayne Prison Camp Building ______ 54,297.75 ---------------- 54,297.75 1----- Totals - - ........ $1,104,857.52 Cr. $160,078.32 $1,264,935.84 Total Charges 30,418.79 37,150.86 412,700.09 546,841.17 23,448.86 54,297.75 $1 '1 04,857.52 ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 Schedule No. 10-D TYPE OF EQUIPMENT Cost Buildings .. Trucks ............. Tractors _____________ _ Power Graders----------Graders _______ ------------- Other Road Equipment_ Office Equipment---- Engineering Equipment Laboratory Equipment.... __ . Shop Equipment ..... Total.... --- $ 83,934.55 314,149.10 289,315.46 211,157.13 88,655.86 188,068.55 25,278.27 54,621.41 5,923.44 3,832.07 $1,264,935.84 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 147 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 Schedule No. 8-F DISTRICTS Construction _ _ su_rv_e_ys__ Maintenance 1 1 F i r s t ... ....... $ 5,506,676.70 $ 271,346.89 Second __ . ---------------------------- 3,360,953.80 30,371.32 Third Fourth Fifth __ ___-_ ------------------------------------------------------------ 4,764,560.12 2,889,586.64 285,089.98 161,288.40 181,957.86 68,294.52 S i x t h ... ----------- 4,406,026.66 85,739.8"'3 Seventh ------------- 2,301,986.90 218,060.16 Eighth 2,316,119.47 248,851.21 Ninth __ -------------- ----------- 3,881,561.42 151,071.08 Tenth .. 2,551,900.14 49,177.44 881,847.54 578,541.48 813,400.72 517,072.53 172,935.09 547,403.64 377,946.26 1,174,397.80 533,847.71 447,699.61 Totals ______ .... ----------- ... - $32,264,461.83 $1,466,158.71 )6,045,092.38 Total Expenditures by Congressional Districts.. Total Expenditures 6,659,871.13 3,969,866.60 5, 739,249.24 3,588,617.03 526,319.59 5,039,170.13 2,897,993.32 3, 739,368.48 4,566,480.21 3,048,777.19 $39,775,712.92 ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION June 30, 1949 Schedule No. 9 Description of Funds Balances Additions Since Earned Since Balances To Be 1 1 1 -----------------I-Ju_n_e_3_0~,_1_9_4_8_ _J_u_l~y-1~,_1_94_8__ _J_u~ly_1~,_1_9_48_ ____E_arned FEDERAL CASH PARTICIPATION: Federal Aid- Regular ------------- $ 6,227,247.44 Federal Aid-Secondary ....................... 4,403,263.58 Federal Aid-Grade Crossing 822,781.63 Urban Highway . ..................................... 19,585.00 National Forestry ................................... 76,549.00 National Recovery ____________.,..................... 68,177.72 Works Program .............................. 301,529.74 $3,717,927.32 $ 4,504,388.42 3,522,961. 78 3,863,683.57 14,007.12 470,166.09 2,338,907.89 573,585.22 70,497.00 ...... 35,965.40 $ 5,440,786.34 4,062,541. 79 366,622.66 1,784,907.67 147,046.00 68,177.72 265,564.34 Access Roads .............................. 8,698.40 Cr. 7,371.08 1,327.32 .... ______ ------------ Flight Strips ---- ....................................... 4,234.91 4,234.91 Strategic Network ___ ............................... 55,665.08 ................... 19,976.85 35,688.23 AE-SN Federal-Aid Surveys 88,679.14 Cr. 1,571.89 87,107.25 Urban Highway Surveys...................... 175,000.00 ............................ 16,734.50 158,265.50 Highway Planning Survey........ 445,023.40 2,228.28 142,054.94 305,196.74 1-------1----=~~1--------1-------- Totals __......................................................... U2,696,435.04 $9,657,586.42 $ 9, 714,989.56 Total Federal Cash Participation Unearned June 30, 1949 (Exhibit "A") $12,639,031.90 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Atlantic Coast Line RR Co. _ Seaboard Air Line RR Co. ------ 1,220.00 559.12 775.00 1,029.12 750.00 775.00 Totals ................ ------- -------------Total Participation All Sources June 30, 1949 (Exhibit "A") 1,220.00 1,334.12 1,029.12 1,525.00 $12,640,556.90 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1949 Object of Expenditure Admin:s- Construction Maintenance tration and Surveys -----------------------1---- Personal Services Equipment Expenses Equipment Purchases __ Communication Services Heat, Light, Power and Water __ Rents Traveling Expenses Supplies and Materials Insurance Printing and Binding ___ _ Indemnity Claims -----------------Compensation Claims Payments to Contractors .............. Special and Miscellaneous Expenses $599,522.13 $ 2,479,475.63 $3,068,914.32 11,827.50 189,288.70 1,076,578.06 31,815.97 10,020.63 10,987.00 58,118.64 19,107.32 2,972.09 13,064.92 48.609.84 6,761.67 206.07 6,448.95 304,640.19 285,792.34 483.92 23,725.84 7,448.07 29,735.35 122,105.6~ 1,287,414.85 11,988.32 137.70 29,389,273.06 381,943.01 10,131.72 1,068,250.01 35,131.23 Equipment Compensation Claims -- ----- $ 1,264,935.84 - - --- 22,085.03 Total Administration (Exhibit "C") __ S816,177.76 Total Construction (Exhibit "C") Total Maintenance (Exhibit "C") __ Equipment Purchases (Exhibit "C") Compensation Claims (Exhibit "C") ---- $33,730,620.54 -------- $6,045,C92.!l8 $1,264,935.84 $22,085.0!l Highway Planning Survey (Exhibit "C") Total Expenditures Schedule No. 10 Highway Planning Survey Total Net Expenditures $214,645.15 $ 6,362,557.23 8,051.36 1,285,745.62 1,264,935.84 408.30 62,711.78 457.66 18,132.43 9,648.00 56,819.30 23,814.56 508,679.02 4,174.67 1,596,489.18 124.09 15,084.50 1,546.70 15,233.24 48,609.84 22,085.03 29,771,216.07 17,572.18 1,131,055.14 $280,442.67 $42,159,354.22 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of 'Georgia 149 APPROPRIATION BALANCES June 30, 19.f.9 Schedule No. 12 CONSTRUCTION: For Matching Federal Aid Regular Construction ------------ -- Surveys ---------------------- Convict Forces .... --- __ .... --- MAINTENANCE: Heavy Maintenance ADMINISTRATION __ EQUIPMENT PURCHASES COMPENSATION CLAIMS Total Appropriation Balances June 30, 1949 (Exhibit "A") 291,540.73 69,035.40 11,024.73 32,560.55 371,600.86 93,124.74 48,303.33 131,060.95 1,267.64 677,918.07 T wo views of the new b1"idge ove'r Chattahoochee Rive1 at Bolton, at the Fulton-Cobb county line, State Route 3 (U. S. 41). P?o.fect F-371 (2). STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1950 Begin on Page 152 1 152 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia FUND BALANCE SHEET Reflecting the Fund Position for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1950 Exhibit "A" ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash in BanksState Funds_____ _______ _ Contractors Trust Fund (Contra) Annuity Savings Fund (Contra) ___ ---- Pension Accumulation Fund (Contra). $ 15.560,845.64 62,650.00 2,730.15 3,778.38 $ 15.630,004.17 ReceivablesD. S. Government _____ Accounts Receivable.. Advances $ 1,298,085.63 201,626.86 3,095.00 1.502,807.49 Total Current Assets $ 17,132,811.66 DEFERRED CHARGES: Materials and Supplies in Stock _______ $ Undistributed Charges and Credits _ Undistributed Sign Shop 306,939.18 22.537.66 45,812.88 375.289.72 Total Proprietary Assets _____ Less: Reserve for Doubtful Assets, Advances and Materials and Supplies in Stock ------- 17,508,101.38 580,011.58 Net Proprietary Assets $ 16.928,089.80 FUND ASSETS: Amount due from State Treasury -- Contingent Revenue from State Treasury $ 164.61 3,349,201. 74 3,349,366.35 FIXED ASSETS: (Schedule No. 6) Buildings and Lands _ Road Equipment Other Equipment.. 775,253.90 1,795,006.31 318.736.07 2.888,996.28 Roads and Bridges- (Exhibit "D") Construction Cost to Date on Completed Construction Construction Cost to Date on Construction in Progress__ $324,957,696.29 71,068.223.22 396,025,919.51 Total Capital Investment 398,914,915.79 Total $419.192.371.94 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 153 FUND BALANCE SHEET Reflecting the Fund Position for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1950 Exhibit "A" Continued LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable ________ Contractors Trust Fund (Contra) Annuity Savings Fund (Contra) Pension Accumulation Fund (Contra) Cr. $ 36.65 62,650.00 2,730.15 3,778.38 69,121.88 PURCHASE ORDERS OUTSTANDING 672,176.42 ALLOTMENTS TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION: (Schedule No. 8) 100'} Regular State Fund Contracts ______ 100% Post Road State Fund Contracts State and Federal Fund Contracts (Gross) ------ $ 20,668,514.55 Less: Federal Cash Participation $12,639,31S.08 Les3: Non-Cash Participation 4,335.00 12,643,653.08 2,618,453.84 2,066,699.67 8,024,861.47 12,710,014.98 Unrecorded Commitments- 100%; Regular State Fund Contracts 100% Post Road State Fund Contracts State and Federal Fund Contracts (Gross) ______ . Less: Federal Cash Participation 3,064,423.40 1.497,821.81 172,917.30 55,949.99 1,566,601.59 1,795,4GS.HR ALLOTMENT BALANCES: (Schedule No. 8) Special Maintenance--Under Contract Special Maintenance ______ _ Refunding Certificate Federal-Aid Surveys ---- _ Urban Highway Surveys ...... Highway Planning Survey.. Less: Federal Cash Participation ( Sc}_ed- ule No. 9)---------------------------- 169,049.96 188,831.55 100.00 46,000.00 126,500.00 292,967.79 823,449.30 442,467.79 380,981.51 APPROPRIATION BALANCES (Schedule No. 12) For Matching Federal Aid _ Emergency Fund ........ All Construction _ All Maintenance All Administration -----------------------Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims.. 228,838.39 164.61 784,149.66 37,216.05 72,441.40 45,938.61 2,038.01 1,170, 786.73 RESERVES: Machinery Replacement Account _ Emergency Fund--------------------------------------- __ Fulton County on North-South Express- way ------ Contingent Revenue.. 5.257.15 17,631.67 106,815.19 3,349,201. 7 4 3,4 78,905.75 CAPITAL, LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS: Refunding Certificate due in 1940 Surplus Invested in Plant and Equipment Surplus Invested in Highways $ 2,888,996.28 396,025,819.51 $ 100.00 398,914,815.79 398,914,915.79 Total $419,192,371.94 154 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia RECONCILIATION OF FUND SURPLUS July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Exhibit "B" Surplus Reserved at July 1, 1949 2,811,900.01 FUND REVENUE LOCAL SOURCES: State Treasury Contingent Revenue from State Treasury Gwinnett County -------Baldwin County ________ _____ __ Department of State Parks __ U. S. Corps of Engineers (Clark Hill Dam) ------- Miscellaneous Income $ 30,348,666.51 3,349,201.74 95,262.94 46,016.58 43,575.00 702,176.89 24,807.05 $ 34,G09,706.71 FEDERAL CASH PARTICIPATION: Federal Aid-Regular Federal Aid-Secondary Federal Aid-Grade Crossing Urban Highway _____ _ Works Program .. Flight Strips ________ _ Strategic Network Federal-Aid Surveys _ Urban Highway Surveys ___ ---------- __ Highway Planning Survey $ 4,429,223.07 5,242, 77 5.32 445,024.99 1, 746,341.20 695,576.97 2,627.20 Cr. 18,277.23 23,000.00 25,000.00 154,527.00 12,7 45,818.52 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company $ Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company .. Cr. Central of Georgia Railway Company __ Total Fund Revenue and Participation Available for Appropriations and Reserves ______ _ 662.00 116.03 2,923.00 3,468.97 4 7,358,994.20 $ 50,170,894.21 FUND APPROPRIATIONS CONSTRUCTION: State-Aid Contracts Post Road Contracts ____ _ Federal-Aid Contracts-Regular Federal-Aid Contracts-Secondary Federal-Aid Contracts-Grade Crossing Urban Highway Contracts Works Program Contracts. Flight Strip Contracts Unrecorded Commitments 4,020,628.10 3,739,967.67 9,572,997.62 11,491,728.08 1,432,008.08 3,422,563.98 360.54 2,627.20 1, 795,468.88 Total Contract Appropriations.. Add: Construction by Convict Forces .. $ 35,478,350.15 965,708.53 Total Construction Appropriations .. $ 36,444,058.68 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 155 RECONCILIATION OF FUND SURPLUS July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Exhibit "B" Continued FUND APPROPRIATIONS (CONTINUED) SURVEYS: Regular __ Post Roads Federal-Aid . __ Urban Highway ___ _ 935,134.91 280,633.13 46,000.00 85,021.83 $ 1,346,789.87 MAINTENANCE: Regular -------- _________ ---- 4,607,967.94 Undistributed 68,183.46 Under Contract ........... .. 159,467.74 Special ............................. 565,582.48 Center Line ____ _ 293,896.58 Sign Shop 49,735.63 East Point Shop 4,239.71 Douglas Shop ...... Cr. 803.12 ------- 5, 748,270.42 Deduct: Balance of Sign Shop Expenditures carried forward as Deferred Charges ____ 45,812.88 5,702,457.54 ADMINISTRATION: General Administration Research and Analysis Highway Planning Survey $ 752,420.88 28,813.13 314,878.28 1,096,112.29 MISCELLANEOUS: Equipment Purchases ______ ----------Compensation Claims ___ _ 306,942.14 44,829.63 ------ UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATION BALANCES: For Matching Federal Aid_............. .... $ 228,838.39 Emergency Fund 164.61 All Construction ___ 784,149.66 All Maintenance ....... 37,216.05 All Administration .... 72,441.40 Equipment Purchases 45,938.61 Compensation Claims 2,038.01 351,771.77 1,170,786.73 RESERVES: Doubtful Assets ... $ 580,011.58 Machinery Replacement Account ___ _ 5,257.15 Emergency Fund --- 17,631.67 Fulton County on North-South Expressway 106,815.19 Contingent Revenue 3,349,201.74 Total Allotments and Reserves -------- 4,058,917.33 $ 50,170,894.21 156 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Exhibit "C" REVENUE RECEIPTS CASH: State Treasury $ 30,348,501.90 Gwinnett County 95,262.94 Baldwin County --------------------- 46,016.58 Department of State Parks _ 43,575.00 U. S. Corps of Engineers (Clark Hill Dam) ------------ 702,176.89 Miscellaneous Income ----------------- . 24,807.05 $ 31,260,340.36 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Federal Aid-Regular------------------- Federal Aid-Secondary Federal Aid-Grade Crossing ----- Urban Highway ------------------- National Recovery Works Program Flight Strips Strategic Network _____ _ Urban Highway Surveys... Highway Planning Survey ----- $ 5,056,170.10 4,511,752.53 413,824.39 1,845,413.07 67,114.83 163,857.18 4,000.00 17,411.00 56,765.50 166,755.95 $ 12,303,064.55 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company 658.97 Total Revenue Receipts and Participation $ 43,564,063.88 EXPENDITURES CONSTRUCTION: State-Aid Contracts Post Road Contracts ---Federal-Aid Contracts-Regular Federal-Aid Contracts-Secondary ____ Federal-Aid Contracts-Grade Crossing Urban Highway Contracts _________ Works Program Contracts Total Contract Expenditures.. --- Add: Construction by Convict Forces Total Construction Expenditures _________ _ 4,685,803.50 3,318,667.95 10,695,332.92 9,870,912.27 497,951.76 3,816,472.55 7,827.38 32,892,968.33 682,284.01 $ 33,575,252.34 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia ] 57 REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Exhibit "C" Continued ~--.=.:.:===-----'================================= EXPENDITURES (CONTINUED) SURVEYS: Regular ----- Post Roads ---- Urban Highway 964,287.12 281,309.78 116,787.33 Total Surveys $ 1,362,384.23 MAINTENANCE: Regular .... --------------Undistributed Under Contract Special Center Line --- Sign Shop .... ___ _ East Point Shop Douglas Shop ___ 4,643,257.22 67,367.33 14,748.67 756,420.72 301,566.03 45,812.88 6,751.38 Cr. 723.06 Deduct: Balance of Expenditures Sign Shop Undistributed at June 30, 1950, but carried forward as Deferred Charges $5,835,201.17 45,812.88 Total Maintenanee $ 5,789,388.29 ADMINISTRATION: General Administration -------------------Research and Analysis .. Highway Planning Survey 757,519.31 28,245.69 325,495.18 Total Administration $ 1,111,260.18 MISCELLANEOUS: Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims _.. $ 337,559.68 44,829.63 Total Miscellaneous 382,389.31 Total Expenditures $ 42,220,674.35 RESUME' Total Receipts Total Expenditures Excess Receipts over Expenditures .. Proprietary Surplus at July 1, 1949.. Proprietary Surplus at June 30, 1950 $ 43,564,063.88 42,220,67 4.35 1,343,389.53 16,095,589.97 $ 17,438,979.50 SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION June 30, 1950 Exhibit "D" DESCRIPTION Total Allotments EXPENDITURES Net Encumbrances Payments Total Charges Cost to Complete FUNDS PARTICIPATING State Funds Federal Funds County, W.P.A and Other Non-Cash Funds Other Funds Total Allotments Open Projects Closed Projects _ Totals. $ 96,692,247.46 324,957,696.29 - $421,649,943.75 $270,356.18 $ 71,068,223.22 $ 71,338,579.40 $25,353,668.06 $ 55,781,360.64 $ 40,061,772.55 $ 4,335.00 $ 844,779.27 324,957,696.29 324,957,696.29 ----------- 178,275,470.77 99,596,907.96 46,393,817.68 691,499.88 $270,356.18 $396,025,919.51 $396,296,275.69 $25,353,668.06 $ 96;692,247.46 324,957,696.29 Total Allotment Distribution _____ _ Deduct: Construction Funds Received Total Construction Funds Due: State Funds _ i ___ _ I - ---------- ---------- $234,056,831.41 $139,658,680.51 $46,398,152.68 $1,536,279.15 222,191,595.70 127,019,362.43 46,393,817.68 691,499.88 $421,649,943.75 396,296,275.69 $ 11,865,235.71 Federal Funds, Cash Non-Cash I Participation _ Other Cash Participation .. 12,639,318.08 -$ 4,335.00 ---- -------------------- - ; 844,779.27 Total Funds Due________ ---- $ 25,353,668.06 I ~VlV1l"'J-\.KJ-\.11Vl'.. ;)11"\.ll'..lVl.t'..l"'l UJ:< Kl'..Vl'..l"'U.t'.. Kl'..~l'..l.J:'l;, 1\l"'U l'..AJ:'.I'-NUllUK.t.;, For Ten-Year Period Ending June 30, 1950 REVENUE RECEIPTS Exhibit "E" 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 State Sources: Motor-Vehicle License Fees _________ $ 1,866,386.44 $ 1,899,147.11 $ Motor-Fuel Taxes ------------------- 12,844,090.83 15,553,793.07 $------------- $-- --- -------------- $ -- ---- $-- -- $ Maintenance Tag Taxes------------------ ---------------- --- 67.90 Rolling Store Taxes------------------------- 2,690.82 Sale of Refunding Bonds_____________ 2,719,138.50 Appropriations --------------------------- 9,428.27 ------------ --------- --- 14,068,185.50 12,804,562.55 11,971,296.93 22,139,235.~5 20,256,526.48 30,815,730.91 -- $ ---------------------27,482,524.12 30,348,501.90 Total from State Sources $17,432,306.59 $17,462,436.35 $14,068,185.50 $12,804,562.55 $11,971,296.93 $22,139,235.95 $20,256,526.48 $30,815,730.91 $27,482,524.12 $30,348,501.90 Revenue from Other Sources: U. S. Government, Cash---- 3,968,126.55 2,468,051.20 4,425,503.60 4,428,027.16 2,226,818.94 2,705,588.54 6,642,819.41 7,388,176.55 9,714,989.56 12,303,064.55 Counties, Cash ---- 8,961.71 --- --------------- 766,739.94 141,279.52 Railroads, Cities and Others 40,999.09 13,500.00 12,037.48 27,936.22 39,338.20 12,697.43 46,410.86 Miscellaneous Income -------------- 154,444.26 92,708.43 137,050.54 263,330.63 552,746.45 32,401.99 58,071.05 19,270.68 903,838.38 724,807.05 Work Projects Administration ... 7,943,546.25 2,976,336.86 1,356,660.75 1,033,917.04 188,132.74 42,020.79 .... -------------- Counties, Non-Cash ----------- 563,720.72 720,031.68 524,168.43 352,072.96 55,200.16 29,310.40 204.86 Cities, Non-Cash ---------------- _ ------------------- 12,291.24 -- Total Revenue Receipts ____ _ $30,103,143.46 $23,719,564.52 $20,525,068.82 $18,893,947.82 $15,043,384.39 $24,948,557.-ii $26,996,960.00 $38,223,178.14 $38,880,789.43 $43,564,063.88 EXPENDITURES Administration $ 641,976.57 $ 344,938.04 $ 446,806.32 $ 377,586.96 $ 432,451.24 $ 516,022.-ll $ 706,239.81 $ 698,829.16 $ 816,177.76 $ 785,765.00 Construction 25,843,834.03 17,431,836.23 12,206,069.95 7,904,986.85 4,446,878.72 6,053,516.25 18,778,646.48 19,176,439.40 32,264,461.83 33,575,252.34 Surveys ------------ 355,002.12 236,936.01 109,593.63 109,364.33 297,883.76 645,285.-14 668,273.61 998,187.21 1,466,158.71 1,362,384.23 Maintenance --------------------------------------- 2,069,597.05 1,908,317.21 1,930,890.27 3,188,841.06 5,152,912.87 7,129,115.05 5,716,352.14 5, 781,051.92 6,045,092.38 5,789,388.29 Compensation Claims ________ _ 45,453.70 24,337.27 20,447.50 25,166.77 22,085.03 44,829.63 Highway Planning Survey 120,959.08 72,454.28 51,958.04 67,058.02 68,931.26 181,368.17 246,679.65 269,402.88 280,442.67 325,495.18 Lands, Buildings and Equipment .... 1,475,077.29 5,019.49 6,148.07 36,895.07 155,722.48 514,795.b9 512,199.27 1,229,472.05 1,264,935.84 337,559.68 Redemption of Debt ......__ .. _ 2,646,536.70 2,691,189.62 2,666,790.93 2,666,790.93 2,665,291.01 2,651,500.00 2,650,000.00 2,650,000.00 Legislative and Other Transfers 154,467.67 304,459.96 20,100.03 41,770.al --------------------- 4,447.46 --- ---------1--------- 1------ Total Expenditures $33,307,450.51 $22,995,150.84 $17,438,357.24 ~14,351,523.22 $13,265,525.04 $17,757,710.69 $29,298,838.46 $30,832,996.85 $42,159,354.22 $42,220,674.35 Excess Expenditures over Receipts $ 3,204,307.05 $ ... --------------- $....................... $.. -- $ - .............. $ ---- -- $ 2,301,878.46 $ --- $ 3,278,564. 79 $ Excess Receipts over Expenditures ------------------------ 724,413.68 3,086,711.58 4,542,424.60 1,777,859.% 7,190,846.98 ----- --- ---- 7,390,181.29 1,343,389.53 Add: Cash, Inventories, and De- ferred Charges at Beginning of Period .................................................. 3,752,724.86 548,417.81 1,272,831.49 4,359,543.07 8,674,302.64 8,002,469.42 14,743,403.70 12,174,879.56 18,728,313.78 15,515,578.39 Balance: Cash. Inventories and Deferred Charges at End of Period ------------ __ --------- ---Deduct: Fund Balances, Con- tracts, Reserves and Outstanding Purchase Orders at End of Period _______ ------------------------------- 548,417.81 $ 1,272,831.49$ 4,359,543.07 $ 8,901,967.67 $10,452,161.99$15,193,316.40 $12,441,525.24$19,565,060.85$15,449,748.99$16,858,967.92 14,040,139.92 8,775,155.57 8,150,608.86 8,700,522.26 10,219,401.90 15,193,316.40 12,441,525.24 19,565,060.85 15,449,748.99 16,858,967.92 Fund Deficit at End of Period _ $13,491,722.11 $ 7,502,324.08 $3,791,065.79 --------------------- Fund Surplus at End of Period _ ------------------ ------------------ $ 201,445.41 $ 232,760.09 --- ....... ---- INVENTORY OF LANDS, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 6 DESCRIPTION Lands ...... Buildings_ Passenger Equipment __ Trucks_ Tractors .. Power Graders G r a d e r s .. Other Road Equipment Office Equipment Engineering Equipment.. Laboratory Equipment Shop Equipment Totals_ Appraised Value .Tune 30. 1949 Additions Fiscal Year 1949-1950 Totals Depreciation Equipment Fiscal Year Sold or 1949-1950 Junked Appraised Value June 30, 1950 ... $ ------------------- ------------------- 185,295.25 255.00 $ 587,687.40 2,016.25 2,037.00 Cr. 1,637.00 608,715.61 157,276.68 403,570.12 Cr. 46,165.00 363,794.19 51,841.66 87,207.82 33,789.00 708,887.38 49,363.41 96,116.72 32,401.23 109,505.94 19,335.11 12,946.23 1,660.35 44,760.50 37,422.99 185,550.25 $---------- $---------- $ 589,703.65 .... 400.00 100.00 .. ---------------- 765,992.29 181,498.00 17,005.56 357,405.12 89,351.00 3,000.00 415,635.85 103,909.00 2,200.00 120,996.82 30,249.00 2,000.00 758,250.79 189,562.00 4,800.00 128,517.95 12,851.00 128,841.05 12,884.00 14,606.58 1,460.00 ---------------- 82,183.49 8,218.00 ----------------------- 185,550.25 589,703.65 300.00 567,488.73 265,054.12 309,526.85 88,747.82 563,888.79 115,666.95 115,957.05 13,146.58 73,965.49 $3,210,524.16 $337,559.68 $3,548,083.84 $630,082.00 $29,005.56 $2,888,996.28 SUMMARY OF UNENCUMBERED ALLOTMENTS (Also Reflecting Reconciliation with Expenditures Since July 1, 1949) June 30, 1950 Schedule No. DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS FUNDS AVAILABLE Balances I Net June 30. 1949 Allotments Totals CHARGES Net Encumbrances Expenditures Totals Available Balances June 30. 1950 ANALYSIS OF BALANCES Other Participation State Funds CONSTRUCTION: Regular State Funds .. Post Roads Federal Aid-Regular Federal Aid-Secondary Federal Aid---Grade Crossing Urban Highway Works Program Flight Strips Total Contracts Add: Construction --i:,;; sta:t~--"F~;~~~- Add: Construction by Convict Forces .. Total Construction 2,874,240.80 1,720,915.62 9,302,585.28 6,0\9,011.20 291,0<9.15 3,936,356.96 11,998.60 5,943.71 $ 4,020,628.10 3,739,967.67 9,572,997.62 11,491,728.08 1,432,008.08 3,422,563.98 360.54 2,627.20 6,894,868.90 5.460,883.29 18,875,582.90 17,570,739.28 1,729,087."3 7,358,920.94 12,359.14 8,570.91 $24,228,131.32 $33,682,881.27 $57,911,012.59 Cr. 2,997.74 Cr. 2.997.74 221,503.82 968,706.27 1,190,210.09 $24,449,635.14 $34,648,589.80 $59,098,224.94 $ 99,156.13 75,515.67 Cr. 1,193.64 Cr. 318.71 Cr. 272.88 34.20 $ 4,685,803.50 3,318,667.95 10,695,332.92 9,870,912.2: 497,951.76 3,816,472.55 7,827.38 $ 4, 784,959.63 3,394,183.62 10,694,139.28 9,870,593.56 497,678.88 3,816,506.75 7,827.38 $ 2,109,909.27 2,066,699.67 8,181,443.62 7,700,145.72 1,231,408.35 3,542,414.19 4,531. 76 8,570.91 4,996,209. 78 4, 794,976.58 1,225,443.92 1,686,385.80 Cr. 62,225.11 2,862.11 $ 2,109,909.27 2,066,699.67 3,185,233.84 2,905,169.14 5,964.43 1,856,028.39 66,756.87 5, 708.80 $172,920.77 $32,892,968.33 $33,065,889.10 $24,845,123.49 $12,643,653.08 $12,201,470.41 Cr. 2,997.74 Cr. 2,997.74 ------------------------ Cr. 618.49 682,284.01 681,665.52 508,544.57 508,544.57 $169,304.54 $33,575,252.34 $33 '7 44,556.88 $25,353,668.06 $12,643,653.08 $12,710,014.98 ALLOTMENTS FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS: Surveys-Regular Surveys-Post Roads Surveys-Federal Aid Surveys-Urban Highway Maintenance Maintenance -- RUnedigsutrliabrut~d--- Maintenance-Under Contract Maintenance-Special Center Line *Sign Shop East Point Shop - Douglas Shop Administration Research and Analysis Equipment Purchases Compensation Claims Refunding Highway PlCaenrntiinfigcatSeurv~y Totals 158,265.50 --------------------- 24,330.89 278,633.72 100.00 :105,196.74 935,134.91 280,633.13 46,000.00 85,021.83 4,607,967.94 68,183.46 159,467.74 565,582.48 293,896.58 3,922.75 4,239.71 Cr. 803.12 752,420.88 28,813.13 806,942.14 44,829.63 :i14,87ii:28 935,134.91 280,633.13 46,000.00 243,287.33 4,607,967.94 68,183.46 183,798.63 844,216.20 293,896.58 3,922.75 4,239.71 Cr. 803.12 752,420.88 28,813.13 306,942.14 44,829.63 100.00 620,075.02 Cr. 29,152.21 Cr. 676.65 964,287.12 281,309,78 Cr. 35,289.28 816.13 Cr. 101,036.07 Cr. 7,669.45 3,922. 75 Cr. 2,511.67 Cr. 80.06 Cr. 5,098.43 567.44 Cr. 30,617.54 116,787.33 4,643,257.22 67,367.33 14,748.67 756,420.72 301,566.03 6, 751.38 Cr. 723.06 757,519.31 28,245.69 337,559.68 44,829.63 1,612.05 325,495.18 935,134.91 280,633.13 116,787.33 4,607,967.94 68,183.46 14,748.67 655,384.65 293,896.58 3,922.75 4,239. 71 Cr. 803.12 752,420.88 28,813.13 306,942.14 44,829.63 327,107.23 46,000.00 126,500.00 23,000.00 126,500.00 169,049.96 188,831.55 --------------- ---------- 100.00 292,967.79 292,967.79 23,000.00 169,049.96 188,831.55 100.00 $25,216,161.99 $43,145,721.27 $68,361,883.26 Cr.$ 35,908.45 $42,220,674.851 $42,184,765.90 $26,177,117.86 $13,086,120.87 $13,090,996.49 * 'rhe Sign Shop Allotment and Expenditures include $'10,073.38 brought forward at the beginning of the period as undistributed charges and exclude $45,812.88 which represents undistributed charges at June 30, 1950. 162 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia DETAIL OF EQUIPMENT ALLOTMENTS July t 1949, to June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 8-C ACCOUNTS Allotments Net for Year Encumbrances Expenditures Administration .............. Highway Planning Survey Construction Maintenance Glennville Shop Building $ 27,436.77 5,438.19 169,023.90 104.670.73 372.55 Totals ----- $306,942.14 I - Cr.$ 5,175.70 Cr. 9,020.00 7,834.46 Cr. 24,256.30 ................... Cr. $30,617.54 $ 32,612.47 14,458.19 161,189.44 128,927.03 372.55 $337,559.68 Total Charges $ 27,436.77 5,438.19 169,023.90 104,670.73 372.55 $306,942.14 ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 10-D TYPE OF EQUIPMENT Cost Lands ........................ . Buildings ......... Passenger Equipment.. Trucks.... ........ Tractors.. ----------------- Power Graders----------- Graders ......................... Other Road Equipment Office Equipment .......... Engineering Equipment Laboratory Equipment.. Shop Equipment ..... TotaL.. ............... ... ... .................. $ 255.00 ...... ..... ................. ...... 2,016.25 . ............. Cr. 1,637.00 157,276.68 .. Cr. 46,165.00 51,841.66 33,789.00 49,363.41 32,401.23 19,335.11 1,660.35 37,422.99 $337,559.68 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 163 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 8-F DISTRICTS Construction Surveys Total Maintenance Expenditures First.. ................. . -- .... - $ 4,170,223.49 Second __ -------- _............ __ 3,404,237.59 Third 4,875,719.11 Fourth .. ---- 2,613,004.81 Fifth .. 1,961,311.08 Sixth... - 2,648,648.41 Seventh ... 5,018,614.38 E i g h t h .. 5,200,588.10 Ninth .. 2,072,112.84 Tenth .... 1,610,792.53 $ 68,548.95 $ 807,613.27 36,235.83 526,914.37 190,650.33 715,954.23 70,817.91 529,194.24 169,747.64 213,439.78 396,275.34 544,956.35 243,036.11 468,430.67 91,005.96 837,866.29 67,708.92 585,543.95 28,357.24 559,475.14 Totals- - . $33,575,252.34 1,362,384.23 $5,789,388.29 Total Expenditures by Congressional Districts.. ------------- ---------------------- $ 5,046,385.71 3,967,387.79 5,782,323.67 3,213,016.96 2,344,498.50 3,589,880.10 5, 7 3 0 , 0 8 1 . 1 6 6,129,460.35 2,725,365.71 2,198,624.91 $40,727,024.86 ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 9 Additions Earned Balances Description of Funds Balances Since Since To Be --------------------------l-J-u-n-e-3-0-, -19-419 -J-.u-ly--1,--19-4-9-lJ-u-ly--1-, -1-94-9-l--E-a-r-ne-d--- FEDERAL CASH PARTICIPATION: Federal Aid-Regular..... ......... $ 5,587,832.34 $ 4,42U,223.01 $ 5,056,170.10 $ 4,960,885.31 Federal Aid-Secondary ....... 4 , 0 6 2 , 5 4 1 . 79 5,242,775.32 4,511,752.53 4,793,564.58 Federal Aid-Grade Crossing 366,622.66 445,024.99 413,824.39 397,823.26 Urban Highway -- 1,784,907.67 1,746,341.20 1,845,413.07 1,685,835.80 National Recovery 68,177.72 67,114.83 1,062.89 Works Program ___ 265,564.34 695,576.97 163,857.18 797,284.13 Flight Strips ............... ---. 4,234.91 2,627.20 4,000.00 2,862.11 Strategic Network 35,688.23 Cr. 18,277.23 17,411.00 Federal-Aid Surveys . . .... . .... __ ... ---- . 23,000.00 ..... 23,000.00 Urban Highway Surveys.... 158,265.50 25,000.00 56,765.50 126,500.00 Highway Planning Survey.. 305,196.74 154,527.00 166,755.95 292,967.79 Totals --------- $12,639,031.90 $12,745,818.52 $12,303,064.55 Total Federal Cash Participation Unearned, June 30, 1950 (Exhibit "A") --- $13,081,785.87 NON-CASH PARTICIPATION: Atlantic Coast Line RR Co. Seaboard Air Line RR Co... Central of Georgia Ry. Co............ __ . 750.00 $ 662.00 - 775.00 Cr. 116.03 2,923.00 658.97 1,412.00 2,923.00 Totals - ........... .... __ ... . Total Participation All Sources June 30, 1950 (Exhibit "A") ----\$===1=,52=5.=00=\=$ ===3,4=68=.9\7=$====65=8.9=7=\$,===4,=33=5.=00 --------------- $13,086,120.87 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 10 Object of Expenditure Admin istration Highway Construction Maintenance Equipment Compensation Planning and Surveys Claims Survey Total Expenditures Personal Services Equipment Expenses Equipment Purchases Communication Services Heat, Light, Power and Water Rents .................... Traveling Expenses Supplies and Materials Insurance Printing and Binding Indemnity Claims ----- Compensation Claims ... Payments to Contractors Special and Miscellaneous Expenses $554,671.32 45,578.61 37,153.65 21,448.39 12,771.01 45,123.92 9,946.25 659.99 18,387.49 14.077.17 25,952.20 Total Administration (Exhibit "C") __ $785,765.00 Total Construction (Exhibit "C") __ Total Maintenance (Exhibit "C") __ Equipment Purchases (Exhibit "C") ...... Compensation Claims (Exhibit "C") . Highway Planning Survey (Exhibit "C") Total Expenditures 3,330,233.42 $3,146,640.82 348,368.64 1,171,167.64 8,102.50 883.37 6,311.18 340,163.34 754,129.11 95.11 24,740.49 8,048.17 20,523.79 :1:1,761.51 1,364,223.26 Cr. $1,346.67 1.35 $ 337,559.68 29,311,405.10 14,700.70 837.944.80 6,927.17 ------ $34,937,636.57 $5.789,388.29 $337,559.68 $ 44,829.68 $44,829.63 $256,784.94 11,378.19 587.10 439.19 9,648.00 26,155.79 7,467.29 35.78 13,008.90 7,288,330.50 1,576,488.08 337,559.68 70,583.74 30,819.12 49,253.98 445,204.62 2,135, 755.91 Cr. 686.68 18,519.73 14,077.17 44,829.63 29,326,105.80 883,833.07 $325,495.18 $42,220,67 4.35 Twenty-Third Report, State Highway Department of Georgia 165 APPROPRIATION BALANCES June 30, 1950 Schedule No. 12 CONSTRUCTION: For Matching Federal Aid Emergency Fund __________ _ Regular Constr"Qction Surveys MAINTENANCE: Heavy Maintenance ____________ Regular Maintenance Center Line .................... ADMINISTRATION EQUIPMENT PURCHASES COMPENSATION CLAIMS Total Appropriation Balances, June 30, 1950 (Exhibit "A") $ 737,176.16 46,973.50 228,838.39 164.61 784,149.66 896.80 23,844.14 12,475.11 37,216.05 72,441.40 45,938.61 2,038.01 $ 1,170,786.73 Highway underpass of the SouthenL Railway at D01aville, in DeKalb County. This to the new Geneml Motors assembly plant from State Route 13 (U. S. 23). P1oject p1ovides access 251 (1).