Road No. 20. Township of Clergue. In the Township of Clergue, on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, 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 between 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 3rd 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, 101⁄2 miles of new road were cut out, and 34 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 Railway. 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 Railway from a point north of Homer Siding, in the Township of Taylor, to a point south-east of the east boundary of the township 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 grading. 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 stations, 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 this road. Road No. 22. A road along the town line between the townships of Walker and Taylor was constructed from the railway east to the township of Carr, a distance of 3 miles. The road was well cut out and grubbed, but not burnt, at a cost of $1,900. The road passes through a fairly good country, on which a fair beginning has been made by settlers. Road No. 23. On the town line between the townships of Taylor and Carr, a road was cut out and grubbed ready for grading, with the exception of the burning. The road is situate across the 3rd and 4th Concessions, a distance of 2 miles in length. $1,200 was expended on this road. The land adjacent to this road is very fine; the soil a rich clay loam. On Lot 1, Taylor, and Lot 12, Carr, Concession 3, there are large clearings. Forty bushels of fall wheat per acre were grown on Lot 1, and, notwithstanding the backward season, ripened. Timothy, clover, and vegetables of all kinds matured, equal to any produced in Old Ontario under more favorable conditions. Road No. 24. The road between the townships of Bowman and Currie, across the 6th, 5th, and 4th Concessions, was cut out and grubbed in the usual way, and is now ready for grading, except the burning. The total distance is 4 miles, performed at a cost of $2,868.16. This road passes through a fairly good agricultural country. The road crosses the Way-tay-beg River, over which a bridge with a span of 70 feet has been constructed. Road No. 25. A road was constructed through the townships of Hislop and Bowman from the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway south across part of the 5th, the 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Concessions, and between the townships of Hislop and Playfair across Lots 1 to 13 inclusive, a distance of 61⁄2 miles, or in all a total distance of 11 miles; and a substantial wooden bridge with a span of 43 feet constructed across the Black River on Lot 4, south boundary of Hislop, and the approaches to the bridge cut down: 20 culverts built on the town line between Hislop and Bowman, and the road cross-laid in places. This work was done at a cost of $9.311.23. The road passes through a good agricultural country, part of which has, within the last seven years, been burned over and easily cleared. The country is rolling, and near the Black River and tributary streams it is broken by clay ridges and a few rock outcrops. The bridge is one of two across the Black River, the other being at Matheson, and will give access to a large section of agricultural land, east of the river, not yet settled on. Road No. 26. A road was built on the town line between the townships of Carr and Beatty across the 1st to 6th Concession inclusive, a distance of 6 miles. This road was well cut out and grubbed the full width, and is now ready for grading, with the |