96 KEPOET OF THE No. 3 



Road No. 3. 



Situate on the boundary between what was formerly the Districts of 

 Nipissing and Algoma, on the line first run across the clay belt by the late 0. L. S. 

 Alexander Niven, in 1896, which line crosses the Canadian Pacific Railway three 

 miles west of Sudbury. The distance between the Canadian Pacific Hallway and 

 the National Transcontinental Eailway at this point being 171: miles north of 

 Sudbury in latitude 49 degrees 5 minutes north. 



This road was constructed in two sections; one section extending south from 

 the National Transcontinental Eailway between the Townships of Glackmeyer and 

 Clute, and between the Townships of Lamarche and Fournier to the north west 

 bank of the Frederickhouse Eiver, a distance of 5% miles. The road, was cut out 

 the full width of 66 feet and grubbed the usual width of 86 feet; the timber burned 

 off, the first II/4 miles was graded, well ditched and crosslayed. The balance is 

 now ready for grading. 



There is no broken land along this road although in places, owing to lack of 

 drainage, it was difficulty to construct the road without first crosslaying. The 

 crosslay is of the usual width of 16 feet. The land along this road was located by 

 settlers last season and fair progress has been made in making small clearings. 



North of the riglit-of-way of the National Transcontinental Eailway, on the 

 continuation of the same road, three contracts were let. The first for the cutting 

 and grading of 3^ miles at $1,500 per mile; the second for 4% miles at $1,500 

 per mile for cutting and burning off the timber the full width of 66 feet and 

 grubbing out 26 feet in the centre, and properly draining and grading the road; 

 and the third for the cutting and burning off 66 feet and grubbing the centre 26 

 feet of all roots ready for grading for $650 per mile, the last covering 3 miles. The 

 first two contracts for the cutting and grading have been nearly completed with 

 the exception of the burning of some timber, the building of a few culverts, and the 

 deepening of the drains in some instances. The third contract has been completed 

 with the exception of the burning of the timber in places. 



The total length of this road is 17 miles and is now suitable for traffic in the 

 winter season, 9 miles of it being almost a completed road. The sum of $21,253.00 

 was expended thereon. The contractors are expected to finish this work as soon 

 as the weather conditions are suitable. On these contracts and on the portion 

 south of the right-of-way which was performed by day labour, first class corduroy 

 was laid wherever the conditions of the ground required it. The road has been well 

 drained from the south west angle "of the township of Glackmeyer, north between 

 the said township and the township of Clute, a distance of 9 miles. The last 

 three miles of the road, which is not yet graded, is on the boundary between the 

 townships of Blount and Leiteh. 



The road, through its entire distance, 17 miles, passes through a good agri- 

 cultural country. Small areate of low land were met with, and a few semi-mus- 

 kegs but not a single rock or gravel bed were encountered; and from the highest 

 point on the road, which is undulating, it is possible to view, looking either way, 

 the road as constructed from end to end. Fair progress has been made by the 

 settlers who located along this road in the Townships of Glackmeyer. Blount, Clute, 

 Fournier and Lamarche. 



The road, when completed north a further distance of, 6 miles to the north 

 boundary of Blount and Leiteh, will form the main trunk road north and south 

 leading to the town of Cochrane ior the 'territory lying between tlia Freierick- 

 house and Abitibi Elvers. 



