Yakima County Has Pretentious Building Program for This Year. Yakima, Wash., Jan. 28-Over $1,000,000 will be spent in Yakima county in 1920 in the construction of paved roads and a total of 38 miles will be added to the 43 miles now in use. Figures given out by W.C. Marion county engineer, make an impressive showing for Yakima county both as to the present amount and the contracts for the present years. In figures compiled last week for the state highway engineer, Mr. Marion shows that for the two years ending January 1, 1920, Yakima county constructed 14 miles of bitulithic pavement at an average cost of $24,553 a mile; 12 miles of concrete pavement at the average cost of $25,133 a mile and 78 miles of graveled road at an average cost of $1714 a mile, and the total amount expended in the period is $779,000. Yakima's total amount of improved roads also makes a remarkable showing. This county has, exclusive of the incorporated towns, 225 miles of improved earth roads; 175 miles of gravel roads; 7.5 miles of waterbound macadam and 43.5 miles of paved raods, making a total of 451 miles of improved highway in the county. Will push the work. This year's program is the most pretentious the county has ever attempted and everything is in good shape to push the work from the start. There will be built under supervision of the state highway department and with federal aid, 14 miles of paved highway. Two out of three contracts are already let and part of the work is done. Several of the county contracts have been let, and bids called for some of the others. Mr. Marion reports that he has plans and specifications ready now for the whole of the 24 miles the county expects to construct during the coming year, and the contracts can be let as soon as bids are called and other preliminaries dispatched.