1V> EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



Road No. 20. 



Township of Clergue. 



In the Towiisliip of Clergue, on the Temiskiming and l^orthern Ontario 

 Eailway, south of Kelso Station a road cut out about three years ago as a winter 

 road for mining purposes was widened from 30 feet to 66 feet, and grubbed ready 

 for grading. This road commences at the centre of the township and runs east be- 

 tween Concessions 3 and 4 from Lots 7 to 12. The same road was cut out the full 

 width east from the centre of the township across Lots 6 to 1 inclusive, and from 

 the same point it was cut out the full width across the 3'rd and 2nd Concessions, 

 and north across part of the 4th, 5th, and part of the 6th Concessions. 



A road was also cut out the usual width, and grubbed, along the boundary 

 between the townships of Clergue and Walker, across the 4th and part of the 5th 

 Concessions. Half a mile of the road between Lots 6 and 7, Concession 4, was 

 well graded and ditched. A bridge was constructed on the 5th Concession and 

 some corduroy laid. The road between the townships of Walker and Clergue, as 

 cut out, connects with a road cut out this season by the Department of Public 

 Works, commencing at the Experimental Farm near Monteith. In this section, 

 10^2 niiles of new road were cut out, and % of a mile graded, at a cost of 

 $9,277.44. 



These roads connect Kelso Station with the Experimental Farm at Monteith, 

 and will also serve to connect the village of Kelso with the Porcupine branch of 

 the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Eailway. The country served by these 

 roads is very fair agricultural land. Along the Driftwood Creek it is somewhat 

 broken and a few rocky outcrops were met with. In some places the land is low, 

 but there is fair drainage. There is a dense growth of timber on the ground of 

 large size; Balm-of-Gilead, poplar, white birch and spruce, the Balm-of-Gilead 

 reaching a diameter of 24 inches. The country is rolling, with high clay banks 

 along the creeks; the soil is a rich clay loam. 



Road No. 21. 



A trunk road was constructed along the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario 

 Eaihvay from a point north of Homer Siding, in the Township of Taylor, to a 

 point south-east of the east boundary of the townsliip of Playfair in the Township 

 of Cook, which road passes through the townships of Taylor, Carr, the town of 

 Matheson, the townships of Bowman, Hislop, and Playfair, a distance of 25 miles. 

 This road was cut out and grubbed the usual width, and about 3 miles of it ditched 

 and graded; 25 culverts have been constructed. The ungraded portion of the road, 

 as soon as the dry weather sets in and the timber burned off, will be ready for grad- 

 ing. The road will connect all the different side-roads and Concession lines on 

 which roads have been constructed by the Department of Public Works and others 

 in the above-named townships, and give to the settlers access to the different sta- 

 tions, more particularly to the town of Matheson. The road passes through a 

 fairly good agricultural country; in some instances it is broken by ravines and a 

 few rock outcrops, and also a few semi-muskegs. The soil, however, is chiefly 

 clay or clay loam, with an occasional sand and gravel ridge. Fair progress has 

 been made by the settlers who have located on the lots in the above-mentioned 

 townships. There are some large clearings and there is every appearance that, 

 in the not distant future, Matheson will be the centre of a prosperous farming 

 community. 



$12,599.90 has been expended on tliis roai! 



