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the timber partly burned off, south of the railway. This work was performed by 

 day labor at an approximate cost of $630 per mile. The road crosses the Buskegow 

 Creek in the 5th Concession where the river has a width of about 75 feet with high 

 clay banks. 



There is very little waste land along this road, although, in a few places, 

 semi-muskegs are met with. The general character of the country, however, is 

 rolling; the soil is a rich clay loam; the timber of the usual character, spruce pre- 

 dominating with poplar, Balm-of-Gilead and white birch on the high land. The 

 lots along this road are all located and in many instances fair progress has been 

 made by the settlers in making small clearings. 



$5,650 was expended on this road. 



Road No. 9. 



Eeturning again to the Township of Glackmeyer, a road between Lots 18 and 

 19 across Concession 1, was cut out the full width and well graded. The balance 

 of this road acroste Concessions 2 to 12 inclusive was cut out 3 years ago by the 

 Department of Public Works, and partly graded as far as the line between Con- 

 cessions 6 and 7. Across part ol"' Concessions 9 and 10 the road was graded last 

 season by the Department of Public Works. On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Concessions 

 there are two large semi-muskegs, one of .them about }4 a mile in length which had 

 not been corduroyed, but ditched; the other one, about % a mile in length had 

 been well corduroyed but not ditched. I corduroyed the first mentioned one and 

 deepened the ditches, and ditched the other on both sides, and re-graded and 

 ditched parts of the balance of the road up to the 12th Concession inclusive, but 

 owing to the wet season could not complete the work across the 12th Concetesion. I 

 also cut down several steep hills on this road expending $4,400 thereon up to the 

 nortli boundary of Glackmeyer. 



The land along this road was the first located upon in the vicinity of 

 Cochrane, and, with the exception of the semi-muskegs above mentioned, the land 

 is fairly good; the soil a clay or clay loam with the exception of one sand hill. 

 Almost every lot is settled upon ; in a few instances from 20 to 40 acres have been 

 cleared on individual lots with fairly good buildings. There are two sawmills on 

 this road, one in the 2nd Concession and one in the 10th. 



This road has also been continued north as far as the Abitibi Eiver across 

 Concessions 1 and 2, Township of Blount, a distance of ly^ miles. The work was 

 performed under contract for the cutting out, grubbing and burning at $650 per 

 mile. $337.50 has already been advanced; the work has not yet been completed; 

 it has been cut out and grubbed in the usual way but not burned off. 



This road passes through a very fine country. Several years ago fire swept 

 over a section of country along the Abitibi Eiver in Blount and Leitch Townships 

 and the burning off of the moss, which retains the moisture and retards drainage, has 

 materially improved the country from an agricultural stand point. The road inter- 

 sects the Abitibi Eiver near the centre of the Long Soo Eapids, where the river is 

 about 40 rods in width and very rapid, and it will be practically impossible, except 

 at a very great expense, to construct a bridge at this point. An easier crossing can 

 be made about I/2 a mile down the stream where the river narrows down to about 

 half its averaore width. 



