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The following table shows the wagon roads and sled roads con- 
structed: 
Boads constructed from 1899 to 1903. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
1902. 
1903. 
Total. 
Wagon roads 
Miles. 
45 
160 
Miles. 
32 
10 
Miles. 
63.00 
SO. 25 
Miles. 
85. 81 
372. 00 
Mih s. 
26 
4 
Miles. ■ 
251.81 
Sled roads 
626. 25 
Amount expended from 1899 to 1903 in constructing and maintaining roads and bridges 
in Yukon Territory, Canada. 
1899 $50, 000. 00 
1900 205, 609. 72 
1901 147, 174. 90 
1902 228, 543. 88 
1903 398, 789. 95 
Total 1, 030, 118. 45 
Average cost of construction for wagon road was $1,500 to $3,300 
per mile. Average cost of construction for sled or winter trail was 
$250 to $350 per mile. The cost of repair and maintenance of wagon 
roads was $350 per mile per annum. The cost of repair and main- 
tenance of sled roads was $25 per mile per annum. 
The following comparative statement shows transportation charges, 
per 100 pounds between Dawson and a few of the important mining 
centers in 1899, previous to the construction of the wagon roads, and 
in 1904. The improved condition means a direct benefit to the miners 
of at least 600 per cent on all supplies and machinery freighted by 
wagons over first-class roads: 
Transportation charges, per 100 pounds, from Dawson to important mining centers in 
Yukon Territory, Canada. 
From Dawson to — 
Distance. 
1899. 
1904. 
Grand Forks 
Miles. 
12 
20 
33 
35 
55 
$7.00 
8.00 
12.50 
12.50 
18.00 
$1.00 
Gold Bottom 
1.50 
Caribou 
2.00 
Discovery Sulphur 
2.00 
Gold Run 
3.00 
