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TRANSPORTATION IN NEW ENGLAND

or selfish interest of one community. The highest development and conservation of the resources of New England—country, town, and city, especially the country—will, in the long run, mean the best development for the particular community in which any individual may be interested.

TABLE A

DISTRIBUTION OF ROAD AND TRACK MILEAGE

New York, New Haven & Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Allied Properties

September, 1913

States Road mileage Track mileage
Miles Per cent Miles Per cent
Maine 1,346.73 16.8 1,923.75 13.6
New Hampshire 1,174.42 14,7 1,697.45 12.0
Vermont 403.29 5.1 537.98 3.8
Massachusetts 1,882.82 23.6 4,144.90 29.3
Rhode Island 491.67 6.2 838.98 5.9
Connecticut 1,549.96 19.4 2,808.89 19.8
New York 925.04 11.6 1,863.41 13.1
Pennsylvania 53.66 .7 139.56 1.0
New Jersey 53.07 .7 106.14 .7
Quebec 90.59 1.1 109.42 .8
New Brunswick 5.10 .1 5.10
Total 7,976.15 100.0 14,175.58 100.0
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