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Road No. 14. 



A road along the boundary between the TovvnshijDs of Brower and Lamarche 

 across Concessions 2 to 6 inclusive, a distance of 5 miles, was cut out and grubbed 

 in the usual way and the northern mile burned o!f. A bridge was constructed 

 across Brule Creek in the 6th Concession. 



This road passes through a good agricultural section; the soil a .clay or clay 

 loam; well timbered with spruce, Balm-of-Gilead, white birch and poplar. Several 

 settlers have already commenced clearing land along this road and a temall saw mill 

 is in operation on the 4th Concession. It crosses both the National Transcon- 

 tinental Eailway and the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. 



On this road $3,850 was expended. 



Road No. 15. 



Townships of Fox and Brower. 



A road along the boundary between the Townships of Fox and Brower was cut 

 out the full width and well grubbed across the 1st, 2nd and part of the 3rd Con- 

 cessions to the National Transcontinental Railway, a distance of about 214 miles. 

 It was found very difficult to construct a crossing over the National Transcontin- 

 ental Railway owing to the high embankment, and it was considered advisable to 

 construct the road between the 2nd and 3rd Concessions in the Township of Brower, 

 a distance of 1 mile, iacross Lots 1 and 2, and construct the road between Lots 2 

 and 3 across the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Concessions in the Township of Brower in 

 lieu thereof, to the north boundary, a distance of four miles. This road will be 

 more in the public interest and will serve a greater number of settlers and cross the 

 railway at Brower Siding, a very suitable place for a station and a very easy 

 crossing. These 714 miles of road were cut out the full width and grubbed, and 2^A 

 miles graded and ditched. 



On this road $5,200 has been expended. 



The land along this road is first class; the soil clay or clay loam and well 

 timbered. The country along the banks of the Abitibi River is high above the bed 

 of the stream; the clay banks of which rise to an elevation of from 20 to 75 feet. 



The river has an average width of from 400 to 500 feet ; the water is deep and 

 the current swift. It is one of the largest of the many tributary streams of the 

 Moose River and the land along the banks or in the valley is all well adapted for 

 agricultural purposes. The timber is of the usual character common to Northern 

 Ontario, spruce predominating, reaching from 4 inches up to 18 inches on the 

 high land; the poplar, Balm-of-Gilead and white birch alom^ the banks is from 6 

 inches to 20 inches or over in diameter. There i« a small sawmill situate on the 

 5th Concession. The land is all located and good pro^r^ss his been made; the 

 road passes through one of the best settlements east of Cochrane. 



Road No. 16. 



A road was cut out along the south boundary of the Township of Fox across 

 Lots 11 and 12, and along the south boundary of the Township of Brower and 

 along the south boun(Jary of the Township of Lamarche across Lots 1, 2 and 3, a 

 distance of 8I/2 miles. The road was cut out the full width of 66 feet and the 

 centre 26 feet grubbed, and is now ready for grading with the exception of the 

 burning of the timber. 



On this road $5,200 was expended by day labour. 



