130 EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



EOADS m THE VICINITY OF ENGLEHAET, TOMSTOWN, BRENTHA, 

 LONG LAKE, AND CHARLTON. 



Number of miles newly graded road with new culverts 26 



Number of miles road, regraded with repaired culverts 59 



Number of miles road cut and burnt only 9 



Number of miles road stumped ready for grader 5 



Number of bridges built 6 



In the section north and south of Englehart, along the T. & N. 0. Rly., south- 

 east to Tonistown, west to Charlton, and along the north-east shore of Long Lake, 

 and south-west of Brentha, considerable damage Avas done to the roads, culverts, 

 and bridges by the early spring floods. An unusual depth of snow fell during the 

 winter of 1915-16 — in places from four to five feet in depth, followed by heavy 

 spring rains and a sudden thaw about the middle of April. The water rose in the 

 Blanche River nearly 20 feet in five days. Many of the old bridges and culverts, as 

 well as a few of the new ones, were washed out. Ditches and roads were destroyed 

 which had all to be renewed at considerable cost. Labour was difficult to procure 

 and expensive. 



Fairly good results, however, were obtained for the money expended. Crops 

 throughout this district were line, especially hay and clover. Grain crops would 

 have yielded well had it not been for the extremely dry weather during the latter 

 part of July and the first two weeks in August, which caused the grain to ripen too 

 rapidly. 



Great progress is being made by the settlers m this district, both in clearing 

 land and in erecting good buildings. Little damage was done in this section by 

 forest fires last season, although considerable small areas were burnt over. 



ROADS AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTED AND REPAIRED IN THE 



VICINITY OF MATHESON, AND THE MINING DISTRICT OF 



KIRKLAND LAKE, MUNRO AND LARDER LAKE, 



DISTRICT OF TEMISKAMING. 



Number of miles of road repaired 47 



Number of miles of new road cut 2^^ 



Number of miles of road gravelled 6 



Number of miles of road re-surfaced with stone 3 



Number of miles of road graded : 10 



Number of bridges constructed 5 



Number of bridges repaired 8 



During the winter of 1915-16 work was continued on the eastern part of the 

 trunk road from the Town of Matheson to the gold mines in Township of Munro; 

 5 miles of the road graded the previous season was surfaced with gravel, part along 

 the south boundaries of the Townships of Beatty and Munro. 



During the summer season work was performed in the Townships of Hislop, 

 Beatty, Bowman, Carr, Currie, Taylor, Walker, Clergue, Stock and Bond. Also, 

 the trunk road from Swastika to the Kirkland I;ake mining district was re-surfaced 

 with rock for a distance of 3 miles. The old road from Dane Station, on the Temis- 

 kaming and Northern Ontario Railway, to the mines operating in the vicinity of 

 Larder Lake, a distance of 18 miles, was repaired in places and several old bridges 

 and culverts renewed. The work in the above-mentioned townships consisted 

 chiefly in grading, re-grading and in other ways improving old roads cut out during 



