HIGHWAYS 



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proved highways 90 p the buiincM men. the iitami- 



ircrs am) other Jas>c- hung m !ut flu: 



demand for good roads has become one of the foreman questions 



"f the present day, and it i* receiving the attention of both Pro- 



tl and Federal Governments, 



COLONIZATION ROAM. 



Under the $5,000,000 appropriation for Northern Ontario, which 

 is administered by the Northern Development Branch of the Deport- 

 ment of Lands, Forests and -he total number of miles of 

 road cut out or improved during the season of 1912 was Jjj. of 

 which 210 miles were entirely new. The expe? .vas f***,!!* 

 The appropriation for i->i.^ is $1,000,000. There are 2,800 njgsi at 

 work this year. (For detailed information on colonization roads, 

 see the Provincial Government handbook, Nortkcr* Ontario. \> 



Under the Colonization Roads Branch of the Department of 

 Public Works the total munlicr of miles of road built and improved 

 in 1912 was 2,083. and the total rx|>rn<liturc was $566,884. The 

 operations of this Branch are confined to the more sparsely settled 

 sections of older Ontario, ami the\ extend throughout the whole 

 area of New or Northern Ontario Over 5,000 men were at work 

 in 1912. 



There are 10,000 miles of what may be termed colonitation 

 roads. 



WATERWAYS. 



< Mitario lu- a magnificent system "f inland water*, 

 form of the Great Lake- and rivers, the chief of which i the River 

 I.awmicr. the outlet of the might v volume into the Atlantic 

 Ocean. From Port Arthur on I.akc Superior, to tidewater on the 

 St. Lawrence at Quebec, the distance i* about 1400 milcv Thi* 

 rhain of \vati-r\v.i\ - gives to the Province maritime advantage* in 

 cheap transportation. 



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