1916-17 DEPAETMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 105 



Township of Hislop: 



Kegraded 31/^ miles from Lots 5 to 11, inclusive, and built 7 culverts between 

 Concessions 5 and 6. 



Township of Play fair: 



Chopped, stumped and graded i^ mile, built 2 culverts and moved 200 cu. yds. 

 of earth across Lot 5 on the Trunk Eoad from Matheson to Kamore; made a fill 

 of 500 cu.- yds. of earth approaches to Black River Bridge and 40 cu. yds. of rock 

 for bridge piers; built 2 culverts and reduced hill across Lot 7; chopped, stumped 

 and grubbed, and built 3 culverts opposite Lot 8, on the line between Concessions 5 

 and 6; chopped, stumped and griibbed between Lots 5 and 6, across Concession 5; 

 stumped and grubbed across Lot 6, between Concessions 4 and 5. 



Township of Stock : 



Built 1 culvert, laid 2 chains of corduroy and graded I/2 mile across Lots 6 

 and 7, between Concessions 5 and 6. 



Toioiiship of Taylor: 



Regraded 18 chains across Lot 12, Concession 5; built 1 culvert and regraded 

 20 chains on the line between Concessions 5 and 6 ; regraded 10 miles on other roads 

 throughout the township; repaired 2 bridges, built 2 culverts and dragged 2 miles 

 across Concessions 3 and 4, between Lots 8 and 9 ; built 5 culverts on the line 

 l>etween Concessions 8 and 9, and through Concession 4; built 2 culverts on line 

 between Concessions 4 and 5, across Lots 5 and 6; cut, cleared and burned across 

 Lot 12, between Concessions 2 and 3. 



COCHRANE DISTRICT. 



• In the Cochrane District, east and west along the T. C. Ry., and south along 

 the T. & N. 0. Ry., labour was exceediiigly scarce and I found it very difficult to 

 do all the work that required to be done. The prevailing high price for pulpwood 

 and the presence of such industries as the Abitibi Power and Paper Company, who 

 have a very large plant and who were enlarging it, the Mattagami Pulp and Paper 

 Company, who were employing a large number of men, and the New Ontario 

 Colonization Company, and various lumber companies operating in the district, 

 were all factors that resulted in the scarcity of labour mentioned. 

 The work performed in this district was as follows: — 



Township of Broiver: 



Burning across Lot 6 : cutting, burning and grubbing across part of Lot 5, and 

 ditching across Lot fi and part of Lot 5, all between Concessions 5 and 6. Cut- 

 ting, stumping and grubbing between Lots 8 and 9, Concession 5. Grubbing, 

 stumping, ditching and grading between Lots 2 and 3, across Concession 2. Built 

 bridge over Brule Creek, and repaired culverts along the north boundary of the 

 Township. Built bridge on Concession 2, between Lots 2 and 3. 



