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The gravelling of the trunk road from Rainy River Town to Fort Frances has 

 been completed and where required, regravelled, giving the settlers 62 miles of 

 continuous good gravelled road. 



The main road north of Barwick has been gravelled this season a distance of 

 6 miles. The settlers now have 11 miles of gravelled road north of the Canadian 

 Northern Railway. 



North of Emo, 4 miles of the Carpenter and Dobie townline was gravelled. 

 This is the main road leading north of Emo and it is desirable that the gravelling 

 be continued on it further north through the settlement. 



The old Colonization road between Little Forks and Fort Frances was graded 

 for a distance of 7 miles and tap drains were dug where required; also, a mile and a 

 half of this road was gravelled through the Indian Reserve. The remainder of this 

 road requires gravelling as the traffic is very heavy. 



The other roads worked on were short roads needed badly by the settlers. 



The distribution of seed potatoes and grass seeds gave good results, as both the 

 hay and potato crops throughout the district gave a good yield. The wheat and oafc 

 crop was very light. 



ROADS IN THE DISTRICTS OF PORT ARTHUR AND FORT WILLIAM. 



Number of miles of new road cut out and graded 27 



Number of miles of old road regraded 14 



Number of miles of old and new roads gravelled 17 



Number of culverts constructed 215 



Number of bridges constructed 5 



Township of MacGregor : 



North-east Branch Road — 



This road was regraded and gravelled for li/^ miles and was continued through 

 Lot 16, Concessions 2 and 3, a distance of 1^4 miles. The road was grubbed out, 

 ditched, one-quarter mile stone and corduroy foundation laid, 33 culverts set, one 

 bridge, on rock-filled cribs, of 23 foot span and with two approaches of 35 feet 

 each, was erected over the Current River; the whole was graded and gravelled. 

 This road is completed as far as present settlement warrants. 



Township of Gorham: 



Road between Lots 10 and 11 : 



This road was continued through Concessions 2, 3 and part of 4 to the valley of 

 the Current River near Hazelwood Lake, a distance of 1^/2 miles. The road was 

 cleared, grubbed, ditched, Vo mile stone and corduroy foundation laid, 14 culverts 

 set, and the whole was graded and gravelled. Thi? road is now completed through 

 the very rough ground that isolated the settlers in the Current River Valley and also 

 affords access to Hazelwood Lake, a source of water supply of the City of Port 

 Arthur. 



