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THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION HAS SUPPLIED THE 
INFORMATION THAT DURING THE SCHOOL SEASON 1925-26 MORE THAN 
500,000 PUPILS WERE TRANSPORTED IN MOTOR BUSSES OVER RURAL ROADS 
TO THE 15,500 CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE FORTY- 
EIGHT STATES AND PROBABLY AS MANY MO.7E WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE 
SAME DESTINATIONS BY OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLE. FOR THIS PURPOSE A 
TOTAL OF ABOUT 48,000 VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS WERE USED AT 
A YEARLY EXPENDITURE OF $30,000,000. OF THESE TOTALS 4,300 
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS WERE LOCATED IN EIGHT OF THE SNOW STATES, 
WITH 585,000 PUPILS TRANSPORTED AT AN EXPENSE OF $15,800,000. 
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION STATES THAT "THE BEST WELFARE OF THE 
SCHOOL DEPENDS TO SUCH AN EXTENT ON GOOD ATTENDANCE THAT EVERY 
EFFORT MUST BE MADE TO MAKE IT POSSIB-LE TO GET THE CHILDREN TO 
SCHOOL REGULARLY AND IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER." 
FIGURE I SHOWS A ROADWAY CLEARED THROUGH MARQUETTE OOUNTY, 
MICHIGAN, A FEW HOURS AFTER THE TERMINATION OF A SNOW STORM OF 
BLIZZARD PROPORTIONS. THE STORM COMMENCED DURING THE FORENOON OF 
ONE DAY AND RAGED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND PART OF THE NIGHT 
WITH SUCH FURY THAT A PASSENGER MOTOR BUS, SEVERAL TRUCKS AND AUTO- 
MOBILES WERE STALLED AND ABANDONED FOR THE NIGHT. THE VIEWS WERE 
TAKEN THE NEXT AFTERNOON AND SHOW A ROADWAY CLEARED TO A WIDTH OF 
20 FEET. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE SHOWN IN FIBURE i ARE NOT 
SNOWED IN, BUT CAN VISIT THEIR NEIGHBOR, OR THE COUNTY SEAT OF 
THEIR COMMUNITY AT WILL, WITH ALMOST THE SAME EASE AS DURING JULY 
OR AUGUST.