MAILS BY RAILWAY. 81 



EXTENSION OF RAILWAY NECESSITATES ADDITIONAL 

 COMMON ROADS. 



In order to connect the settlements on the seacoast 

 with the railroad, the public highways became a ne- 

 cessity, and these have been mostly surveyed and 

 built by the contractor, Mr. Reid, acting under gov- 

 ernmental supervision. A good wagon road forty 

 miles in length has been built from Trinity to Shoal 

 Harbor via Goose Bay, opening up a large area of 

 good land suitable for grazing and agricultural pur- 

 poses, and furnishes access to railway facilities for a 

 considerable population. Another road ten miles in 

 length connects with Indian Arm Bay ; while a third 

 five miles in length runs from Alexander Bay to the 

 railroad near Gambo, and one about forty-four miles 

 long from Hall's Bay, connecting four miles west of 

 Badger Brook. Roads from Arnold's Cove and Come- 

 by-Chance have also been completed. 



MAILS BY RAILWAY. 



The railway now carries nearly all the northern 

 mails, which in winter used to be conveyed by cour- 

 iers on foot, or with the aid of dogs over the ice and 

 snow. Small steamers ply from Shoal Harbor, Ex- 

 ploits and Clode Sound around the bays, carrying 

 mail and passengers to and from the various settle- 



