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corduroyed in places, and graded for a distance of one mile, and will serve as part 

 of the main trunk road along the line of railway between Hearst and Cochrane, 

 which towns are 130 miles apart. 



The 9th street in the town of Hearst, v/hich intersects the railway a short dis- 

 tance from the station, was stumped and partly graded for a distance of a quarter 

 of a mile, to the bank of the Mattawishquia Eiver, or Southern boundary of the 

 town plot. This road, when produced southerly through the township of Kendall 

 (surveyed last season), will form part of the main trunk road projected south 

 through the centre of tli€ township. 



On the roads in and adjacent to Hearst, in addition to the $625 already men- 

 tioned, a sum of $3,866.71 has been expended, or a total of $4,491.71. 



Road No. 19. 



On the Hue of the Temiskaming and ISTorthern Ontario Eailway, 25 miles south 

 of Cochrane, a trunk road w^s constructed east and west from Iroquois Falls 

 Station, at the junction of the Porcupine Branch of the said railway, and at the 

 junction of a branch line of the said railway now being constructed to the Pulp 

 and Paper Mills under construction at Iroquois Falls on the Abitibi Eiver, situate 

 about 71/4 miles in a north-easterly direction from the station bearing the same 

 name. The road was cut out and grubbed west of the railway along the boundary 

 between the townships of Calvert and Clergue, and between the townships of Mc- 

 Cai-t and Dundonald for a distance of about 7 miles to the Frederickhouse Eiver; 

 and east of the Temiskaming and l^orthern Ontario Eailway to the Abitibi Eiver, 

 about 6 miles, or in all, a distance of 13 miles. This road was also connected, by 

 a road i/4 <^^f a i^^ile ^^ length, with Iroquois Falls Station on the Temiskaming and 

 ISTorthern Ontario Eailway. The road passes through a country heavily timbered 

 with large spi-uce, Balm-of-Gilead, poplar, white birch, and balsum. The land is 

 rolling, and in several instances east of the railway, ravines, or gullies were met 

 with. To the west of the railway, the road passes through a sandy plain about I14 

 miles in width, which is locally known as the Nellie Lake Jack Pine District. On 

 this road is also met a high rocky exposure about 14 mile in width, rising to an 

 elevation of over 75 feet. A detour was made around the foot of this mountain to 

 the south side. On this road, a bridge 130 feet in length was built, crossing a ravine 

 at the end of a small lake on Lot 3. Also a bridge across a small stream on Lot 

 9. With the exception of the sandy plain above referred to, and the rock exposure, 

 the land both east and west of the railway is fairly good agricultural land. A 

 few semi-muskegs were met with, and in some instances the land is low. The 

 road wall require cross-laying in places, but it can all be drained at a moderate 

 expense. Settlers have located on almost every lot in the township of Clergue, and 

 on the 1st Concession in the Township of Calvert; also on lots in the 6th Con- 

 cession of the Township of Dundonald, as far west as Lot 5. 



This trunk road was constructed with a view to giving access to settlers who 

 might hereafter locate in the townships of Little, Evelyn, and the townships to the 

 v.'est thereof, west of the Frederickhouse Eiver; and also to give to settlers located 

 in the townships of Teefy and Walker, east of the Abitibi Eiver, access to the 

 railway. It will be necessar}'^ to construct on the Frederickhouse Eiver a bridge 

 at the foot of Frederickhouse Lake. At this point, no great difficulty will be 

 encountered in constructing a bridge; on the Abitibi Eiver it may be practicable 

 to construct a ferr}"-, as the river is wide at this point. 



This road was cut out the full width; the timber well piled, and the centre 

 portion, 26 feet in width, well grubbed. 



$10,625.74 was expended on this road. 



