90 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



It is considered advisable to construct a main trunk road connecting the most 

 important stations on the T. & N. 0. Railway, so as to link up the different side- 

 roads and concession roads constructed or which may hereafter be constructed in 

 the interior of the townships; thereby giving to the settlers access to the railway 

 stations. 



As settlement will first take place around the railroad centres and where land 

 is best suited for agricultural purposes, you will commence your operations in or 

 around these centres. As you are aware, there are certain sections of the clay 

 belt better adapted for agricultural purposes than others. Before commencing 

 operations in any particular section, you will consult well the field notes and reports 

 of the different surveys which have been made, and will make a personal exam- 

 ination of the ground, so as to be able to verify those reports. 



The agricultural lands along the T. C. Ry. extend over a very large area. 

 Only the best, sections will at first be opened up for settlement ; and in those 

 sections it is desirable that roads should first be constructed ; so that there will be 

 no unnecessary expenditure of public funds in the construction of roads through 

 sections which inay not be desirable for settlement in the near future. 



To assist you in examining these localities, it will be necessary to employ 

 capable men, in whom you have every confidence. 



It is considered advisable to cut out the roads where practicable the full v^idth 

 of 66 feet, more particularly in those portions of the country where the land is 

 comparatively level, and covered with a thick growth of timber; so that the roads 

 can be properly drained. 



The timber cut on the road allowance must not be fallen off the right of way, 

 but should be carefully piled so as to reduce to a minimum the danger of fire 

 spreading. Every man in your employment should be advised as to the necessity 

 for care in the use of fire, and every precaution must be taken when burning off 

 the debris, so that no damage is done to the forests adjacent to the roads, or to 

 settlers' improvements. , 



The roads should be well drained and graded in a proper workmanlike manner. 

 The character of the roads will depend in a measure upon the amount of traffic that 

 will be likely to pass over them in the near future. The foundations of the roads, 

 however, should be so constructed that permanent roads may. when required, be 

 constructed thereon. 



You will keep a strict account of all moneys paid out in connection with the 

 work, taking the necessary receipts or vouchers therefor. Your accounts should be 

 so kept that at any time when called upon, you can give the cost of each road. 

 The receipts or vouchers. you will forward to this Department periodically; and 

 will from time to time forward a statement of the total amount expended to date 

 so that the Department will be enabled to keep an exact check on your expenditures. 



Whenever you require advances to carry on the work, you will forward to this 

 Department the necessary requisition. 



You will require a thoroughly competent and reliable bookkeeper, to keep the 

 accounts in proper shape ; and such a man will be selected as soon as you have com- 

 menced operations. 



When in the progress of your work you find any localities where settlers have 

 gone in, and have no communication by roads outside the localities mapped out, 

 you will notify this Department as to the number of the settlers, the necessity for 

 roads, etc., so that the matter may be considered. 



