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II Iff' r ,{j)i>iiiiiri'iis fur furiif r iiUi's, •low ,iiinrl — ;lii. !<• ttiiilcy hikI .Ma.. 10 vaopji^ol Kxpemliliiri' utidir Appri'iiriiiliniis^ ot 18(11 II .li.. fl'i. 'lo. I'l' fnniipr joar.- II I'rojiii.'ii'l I'nrlliir Wnilxf. P|Kiuiifi "f N'lrili Kuiul liii'.' IViiin Maj'liaiil tn the Pickauuck -llrx lililiuii .if liiiu^, aiul laiiJ lliercinj IH |)iiicri|>tii)n i>l (linvi'L'iit clayxo <plii'alilr to Coloiiizutlou Uoii(l>, with remarks ou R'latl-mnkiiiir '•' ■ limalcil Cij>i of i-acli Clu?s ul' Itoail W'.rk >U'H'iiln.il II .Til K'lad lo PIfkuiKH'U nTUiiiud M uir.ilk Uoa>l. ill Vnlloy ol It. Pelilo Xatioii— lavoialjk' clianutoi- ul il.f liiiu l'i«r Colouitatiou, Ac... I.) I'licniii;; of Uoail, Hull oii iliu (ialiiivau to Ituwiuaii iri tlic II. .lux Lii'vrcn !•"' fiiiiruclor ul' (.'oiiutv.v uii H. mix Li«'•^^l.'^' ••> Dii. iin Lower It., IJlaiiclic, ami prop'isiil UoaiU lo o|ir!ii ^uoj lauds in Derry, Ai'.,, 'fl |l'i"|io?cd Kiiail ill I'oiilcl'rait, lietwccii Ciailonjio auj lilack llivcr. dcseripliun of laud Pruiicifi'il liridsc ovor Rivrr (.'oulungc IT p'l 'jiojcd completion ol' main Giitiiieuu lload lo I lo Uiver Hcorl,— importance of it, — great revenue Ironi the Uiver (iatlneaii 1^ |I>o!cripliun o| this Rnail liy Section', niid rstimated ro-'t of making it 1^ ll'MfM.pMcl loiitinualioii of it f.iv ,'SettUinent 20 ll'iHTiptiou ir9. Bouchette h. miles above it! lulonge, a distan Ic township of I tome, along the : Tue ten miles tad on the Gatiru lilt jjart of the w I'o because it givi |l3>l!ain, along the Wk in the town jlly admitting of si The intersocti mJs could most a »«i!i hfi further ( Dstting season. 1 ^i Coulongc ioa<1 JDccesgary in th< RKPO KT i O.N Trii Mm anb |pon(iac (Colonisation ^mh. Chown Timber ()ff»ck, Ottawa, 27ll> iMarch, 1862. j'lR,— I f>ln)uld Iiuve had the honor, at an earlier diito, of reporting on the progre».« |Ut scuiiODB works on the Colonization Uuads in iho Counties of Ottawa and I'onliac, sted to uiy cliarge, had it not been that the unavoidably late eoninienccniont of some |h> ffurkij carried them ikr intu the winter ; and that unexpected difiieultics in coinpila- , and other causes beyond my control delayed the preparation of such a map of thr Intry nortli of the Ottawa, as seemed necessary to shew in a satisfactory manner the \i•, it is iciiwrbii '<» *'l0V(!linii|,s('|r|i| , and wry iVft ir„[iij loam of ilic riiliwl lit ami siudv: ai:j| I vi'rv Cavonililt fr land of an inMhtl t. IjiU at a luilc aiidl If next foiiimiiVs the line ;ilMiiii.ii,'i >i it iImvc ljMrtl■^| u'ol" Litelificl(i,;i| 'Ii/ci' iiiilox nort^-j I'l'M !r;icl M isei ;u.^li tlie iiiouow!! I iniii.i,' six mill'- M I It bairoii .'■and ; instaiii/c In op I lo for scttleueiil I old »L'llleiiieiii ■ 'endoii Centre u I OTTAWA AMD PONTIAr cot-OMIZATIOM ROADi wti.Muii of Thirtic. Ily (ioin« s... and ir of liif ' !iold, up botwciii the riren* I ukf, which leadn iiurlhwnrd through tlio lovvri.ihii iuniin)i; nortliwnrd from tho oa^t part of the roar np- ard I'ickonock, whoio sovpitti luiiibpr pxpJoiorM had reported that thorn wu» apimrontlv good hardwood land, it was thoiijiht that a great hi^jliway eoubl be pio- , having the very iiiinortnnt advnntag.' of beiii*? alii(o an advunlagi'ous road r„i set- iit to an indefinitely large rxtent, and a very usoful inlet for the UiniberorM on tin. Coulnnge and I'ieknnock, whotte expenditure for lUriu produre and team liirH would achto sncournge and auntain sottlonient. More recent information, however, tending 1,'W that the soil of the seemingly fhvorable hardwood land, in that direction was t(M> IN- to admit of tho formation of prosperous •.rttlemenit, rendered the proxpeet of fonn- jD aJvantagcou.< extcnHive settlement road in that direction loo doubtful to warrant lOinmcncemcnf of it on the Hcalc originally intended Die idea of oj)OHing the eight miles of the Uutimuu and "ouiouge road in rear of irteaiul Lifchheld, on the same ccaie as the tin miles of the eaM end of ii, was thcre- alamluned for the present, as it would apparently lead to nothing of importancp ; and operations of the past Hcason, there, wore limited to the works on the road through iinii' and tin making of part of it. Tlieiaiprovumentof the Thoriie road, ineluding the makiiiL' of three miles of it on • itlcmont in this direction. The road through Thornc is about niuo miles in length, from the front lu the rear of lowDHJiip. The first five miles pass through the range of hill.s above mentioucd. On Ls part, the work done consisted in the improvement of long, steep and dangerously rocky cuts, reijuiring in parts excavation, and building up with stone, the removal ot rocks, oiling, \i., together with '2'.'A feet of mo.*t sub.'^lantial bridging, in three places; with le cuttings ami levelling of banks, and uOO feet of hewn causewaying. Of the remaining rmile.H, three miles and three chaiu.s of new road were op ;v 1, with a width of sixteen to entyfeot; twelve feet wide in tho centre of it, well keiled, after being thoroughly bbed and ploughed, 'rhcro are considerable ruttings at ascents uud side hills, u very kantial bridge sixty feet in length, and I'lO feet of hewn causewaying. riic total expenditure made on the rond in Thorno, otherwise called the Otter Lake *i.i.s §1,047.10. -Much of tho work was of an irregular nature that could not be suitably lot by contract 111 rciiuired experienced skill. It was dont' by a party of well selected men under tho larjieofMr. dames Mcljarcn of Portage dii Fort, who had formerly executed some very ffii'ult work for me on the Bytown and I'emhroke roiul, with unusual skill and economy, ' lie h;!.- alfio done in the present instance. Finding many causeways to bo mnde, and bad rocky hills that would have been very wnnive, on tho upper part of the old track, 1 spent two days in exploring and locating III throe miles of new road above mentioned instead of it. The site of the new rond is iiti eniarkal 'v good as tho other is bad, pas,«es through good land for settlement, which the r docs not, and shortens the di.stance one mile for eastward, end two niiloK for westward |teve|, on the Gatineau and Coulongo road line, which it intersects at the rear of Thome lulso there connects with several lumber and settlement roads, which, as tho country Itlim' becomes generally level with a light dry soil, are remarkably good though opened at Witliin it radians of six miles of the end of tliis new road, there is much good land for j«ttlement though some of it is atonv, but unless the existence of some considerable extent jw land fit for settlement be definitely ascertained beyond that, nothing of importance can 1 31 V i % i\ "I llie bcfiriniiiiiff «r v i . . ' 'l| work, to In, ,Jo,„. on ,„v i' ^.f; .^f "' '''-"'"••ructio. of trav.l ,„%rin« I |„V"' TI.U repair. rni«i,,g\ix- •,,'," r.^',,,/* '^."'""Hted of four Mnall Eu^'v , ^'^" 'h<' township of {Vri^ut. " ' * ^^"-^ "' '^» An.<.„r'.s hrook. 344 foot Jonrfor gfl I :.- "f 'lliiH work The extori "• proKfeM Knrlier in thf fHll i . : •. i . ' *• ^"^'■'irMdaii p, V-. an,, ™" -o^'r.LV£ t; l;|r:f£» W„ pan „f ,„,,..„ 'tto ■alinn, 1 .ail Do the i t ~ ^""^' '*-'i Tom tiiciii nn«J of .»?ve;!;'o'„ rerorill'Tv^'S' "^ "^'•'^•' '" ^''«' «ieri;;d f;o";;\?'"r """^ »^'J"a">'cJ wl ofthe I'etiteNat on t ■ ^' *'"»«'^ed my previou«lv c,nr« 7"" '""^ ^^'"''^'^ f-ctorv, but no PxnonT. "". '"■"''""■ continual further not ce ofT^n' ""■»• ^T >'' ^'"* "'«J*" '•' work un'o,:;."' I"" """''^ '" '">%H of Suffolk wUh'vf^^' '^ ''•'.'"'• '" «"'-^«y Huch a Jiie f?" 7* ^ "^ '^diate/jr in J factory. btnLexpnJitur"l ''"'^'\ ^^'-''-iuanco. 'Jhe tuTl^f V ''"'""«'' ''•'' '^"^^3 further no.i. ° i-T"?' "'? ''."« -V^^ »>''e„ „.«d^ in wnrS '"""IV"^ ^"' ""^"^ is JuVhly .J further' not c7ofT:n I ^^ "^ >'' ^'^'^ "'«J- work unon r ' ?'" ""^''^ '" '">%« It has been o,.n. i i , i ' " re u joins the Mashaiii roaJ fpet, and a 8ubsta..».vi k m ^"^re are causewars .«„ i * . ^'"""^ remored « teo feet in S? on n i?^ •"', '''« «""*' «' ^Vo"f TX 'J^)^" «" .'* """ountiog to :'jt of the aettJen. ' '° '"'* ^''^ '^'™«"«!on of the oS^l J/'n t'f^Tu^ T'^'^'y' '^H TbA .«":__, .. ^''^^ widened by the statute labor The aDDronri«,;n ... widened by the statute labor "er yearfi, the fol OTTAWA AND PONTIAt; COLONIZATION ;iOAO(» « Ihe impiovemciit of tho iVont rou'l. in the lower pnrt of I'oiitiic, wur. Jotjo under the opnilion of 81,000 fur timi rond fr.irii the County lino h«»t»vi'fin Ottawa and Pontiao to 120 du Fort. On rar«>ful csaminotion and inr|uii v, i found thul i>i|MMidUur*< on improvement waa rtN|uirpd on purts of tho rond in ('lan-ndon, whoro it is riin;^h luid miry, and oHpcoially ,t ti)wntihi|i of Onslow, hohnv t\w riv.r t^uio, whcri; tlioro w:«s an cxtciit of about four lofoxtrcmoly had rond, oiiu half of it boiuK ovor r..n>rli rocky ii'I;4i'H, und tho oihor lyiDiry and unmade, re mueh more required it. My examination \f\ue at a time when eountry roads are in their worst |)ox.sil)lo condition, With the exception of the improvement of a dau^crous .spot, on a bare rock, on the road jClirendon,the doinu ofany work unon it in that township was deferred, not only bceuuse Ifisitolatc in the sea.son but also beeaiisi' an apparently desirable elnn;;*.' of a part of • road was propcsed, which required examination. The expenditure of last season was therefore limited to the improvnnent of the very ||«irt(inl llic road in Onolow, and the liuildiiit; of bridges already mentioned. This Work was also done by Mr. Henjiiniin .AIo re and his party, and in such a nmnner (III elicit an official expression of appMlmtion from the MunieiparCouncil. The work was commenced at the north side of the Quio bridge, on N'o. 11 of the lird iifie of Onslow, and consisted in the makinj; of bad spots by erowning and draining, the L)tin?of rocks, outtintr of .>,i(lo hills, the makinj; of nearly a mile in all of ditches, with bajculvits On ouf hill marly IJOO tons of stone wen removed, and part u.sed for |ra«i work Only 13t'i fpct of causeway were made, but on liu' lower part of the road, Ifitn bridges were built, amountinj^ to 4ti4 feet in length, >. me of them eleven feet in right, und all construct d nioht substantially. The total expenditure cliarged in my account lo .'Jlsl iK^ct-mbi-r last, on aeoaint of the lorkson this road of the SI, OHO appropriated is f:7oi>, leavin<^ u buhnee unexpended of 1265 for works to be done in Ciarcnuon. (See Synopsis herewith.) Parties in Clarendon acriuainted with the ground informed mo that for about .seven ik.«. between Xo. 8 and No. lit of the second rariRo of that lown.sbip, where there is a rut bend in the front road, and .some bail ground to be pa.«sed, the bend could be cut ofl', itinn upwards of a mile of di.stanee, anil a much better site found by carry inir tho road Kwly striiichi between the above points, pa.Sf-ini.' in, or alon;; the rear of the 1st ranjje, kicflj ibionali a dry, m arly bnre siindy red pini' bruli' - and the chanf;e of the line here i.s l(!^ln^Iy reeouimendetl by > une of ihe leadiny . it would liivo a constantly dry |r*i that would refjuire almost no repair instead of tho present line, wlio.sc clay uround Itil! always become exreedinj^Iy cut up, in wet weather in the fall. The parties reconiniend- jiog the alteration say, with jn.Mieo, that though it would not benefit them, as they do not jreMib'on the iiroposed line, it would he a jireul ndvantajie to the ijeneral travel, espceinlly Itifpenplp from the Upper Canada side of tho (Jitawa, who Would ero.«9 on the brid,i;e now jkuildinn "' Portage du Fori ami avail themselves of the road on the north side of the jUumi, which, by cutting off the great bend of the river is ali-^ni ten miles shorter than jilif road on tlio south side to Ottawa city ; wliieh i^'°'^'^''^' ^^° ^'»^ "tronJJ character, to ou.ploy a pa ty of suitable Z7Z\^^F- ^•' T """""* ''^ ^^ "Wi^ the bridges and to make he bes arran^l^^^^ ^?? f ^ T^"'''^ ^'^'^ ^'^« '"'W road required in the township of GhtcSer '° "^ ^'^ *^' "P'"'"^ of the pie chichL\:?.Tho l^cTnlfoJs^:'^^^^^^^ "' ^"^^ ;rr°" «^ *^« ^'---p-' ^^ Mr. Proudfoot was interrupted bvJ^^^^^ '" '^^}'\^ "^ ''"^^ ^o my decisioo , getting out of the timbefo"b^^^^^^^ bj unfavorable weather J the incoming season. ^ ^°'^ "" P'^'S'^'^ J '''s *o>-k9 will be completed J] 56 fe^inre^gro^S,'? anf^° S'tfH'?^^^ ''^^-^ ^-l'-. one of 30nnd,, in length in course of consJruet on when tf' 'P'^f.^^y'r'^ another of 180 gully u heavy side cutting ofToTfert in lenU wlhT'""^.' ^'''i'' '^''^^S «t sJ of Mansfield. ^ ^ '° '®°Sth, with log side wall ; all in the tow] tionegC^J^tJ^^-^/^ ^is the last work remaining to J those on" hTr1vrpthl?M^^^^^^^^^ T/^« ?"r '° *^« ^^-'''P «f H w.th very gradual ascenrbeS the^C-V.^ * ^1- *^'- -"*"'* '" *^« ^"^^^^^ »'»" and most fUvorable rou?e inL the settlor„.°'* l^'^'^^ ''^ ^""'^y ^o'^t- I* ^^ '^eJ pait of the northerly road Ine triced* mV V\P"* "^ *ho Pfiche, a J Pickanock. ^ ^ *'^*°*** ^y Messrs. Bouchetto and Aylen, to ihi over s^iTndtTalfmirrCih^ i" ^"''^^' *« *^^ -" ^ ^"he, it i. owns a saw mi)l on it,) as oversef r witi n J?^ T '* l"^ '^^^^ "^3^ Mr. MoDgins opening out, through CdrSnnr I J ^ 1^ °^ ""'" '^'''^^ ''^ ^^^W It "H ing an old limber foad that' in Ihllll- "•-? a '^"•"l*''^ "^^'^« ^^ i*' ^"d elsewhere] required, and the rartia buildinVnf ^"".T^^^- ""'^^ »*' '» *»>« width of 16 or ioj fo/t in length of cJid and 14 Si"/L^"^^^^^ f I' "I^r McGee's Creek, which is to formation oficoou the •teepbai.ka at ft rl'^- "^^'^^ ^*' ""* ^°''^^^^ 0*'"^ *Ib,,.j i.«- .-. ^. , "TOop oaoKS at It, rendenniy it /i•n»...^... -_j x.- j^iE- !...|J TitjUcs iste iQ winter, — " " "•■»'■•'"«'» oou ioq uusobicwS ""^'^^ ^'"^ '°^AC COtONlZAXXOX HOADS land, north of it. ,bove ■!;« appropriation for thi« road was only 8400 of wM u .^, . «t senson, were BS*Virh a small ^d6iZn\^Trr:!^'Zl^^^^^^^ «:^7 furlTavaiS °' '^° .Id and 8250 for the cjmj^r the completion of the unfinLhedTKn VcPo^' V ^"™ -^i be ufficient the upper part of CliiebaH ^^'="'^''' '^« expenditure on acconnt. «" ♦ ". ^r® _^" '" ^^^^ s.Creek. ""'"^"^ he 22nd October, that ] • which they were applie ifter that, remote locjl 'purchase a,idfoj;,'d»^ were necessarily onlj»y and Masham road as above mentioned ° fausferrcd to the account ot' the reported upon. ■ It will be observed by my accounts fW »:♦!. *i leredextraordinaiythmctintheeastcDdoftheGatineauaK^^^ ton miles let by mms, with parties hired by the month or dav^ ' ° ^''^' ""''' performed by nations, consisted cbi«fl This was done because it was preferable f«r^v„.- «lar nature of season not jccount of his abi»Ft, gives an average ofW;;^^^^^ . llh Vr"oviiionra'n"d roceed with the buildiifl ^ '^' ^"^^° '•'' Jow on the Ottawa, e opening of the piefl , , ■ ^)'"°Psi^ of expenditure charted bv A T p n • , the Municipal CoM»'aber, 1861, on account of the annrLri^f-TJvL^". J»s accounts rendered to ^U^ road to my decisioD, »'i« of Ottawa and Pontiac, forffe? '''° '^ ^^^'^^^ ^''' Colonization lloads in the iravorable weather t'oiH p ^ ±. mo s will be completed^ 'id'oirge^ro'^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ''^--^ ^^ -"^t-ct on Gatineau tuber, one of 30 andtM S"' ^'' "^count of works on Otter Lake'road in Ti;..* 63,776.08 .ith another of isol S^°" T""-* ?^ ''"^«^« «° Gatineau a^dDi^^^^ ^'^^^^-^O lesides makin.^ at sM S"" ^^r advertising road works bv ordpr nf vL . ^^: ' 'X 186.00 1 this road,soa3toa ^*^« appropriations of former Qders this river, ffiP 40000 1, a great obstruciit it in the concludina Ta* i • , , §5,776.54 .*,e^„,,„„i K;Sd^^^.itl\"r"°"'-""'°'''-«'b- i.is:^ I P, 6,776.54 ind Aylen, to tlii)| _ . ^^^'^ow and Masham Road river Pgche, itiiii Amount by Mr. MoDginsI ^^Penditure, three pay lists'... 5 900.00 he day. It coiisisB ?'"°Portion of remainder of R TVTnnV^C I S443.93 it, ana elsewhere! Proportion of conSencies "'°"°* 327.08 idth of 16or20« 14.00 Jreek, which is to! 8 785.00 finished owing ■ Bftlanc© unexpended let January, 1862 " id too diffioiiitW^ Orr.WA .X. PO.TUC C0.ON,Z.„O.V ROAb.. Amount ^'"^""' '""■ ''^"'''"'^^" ^ront Road. A. Wilson's account ' -^°''*° « «"«""' 290 81 Proportion of contingencies 35.65 13.58 Balance unexpended, 1st J.,„3r,, 1862 ^^' Off thi.s balance-paid John fi , • *^^^'^° ' ■" ^ 259.80 Amount for Mansfield ''^"''"'^ ^'-" ^-^ Do. for Calumet and Deep River" ;;;.; 8 650.00 250.00 8 90000 Amount of S. Proiidfnn»'c Tnci* r>f ♦- rouatoot s account. . 12.37 Balance unexpended on 1st January, 1862 " -^ « 365.00 Amount ^'""'"''^ '""' ^'^"•'''""« ^oad. S 400.00 KXPENDITURK Amount of F. .Morgan's account Proportion of contingencies 5366.60 4.90 Unexpeuded in payment to HodL^ns f;.r ri . '^37U0 ThorncKoadperpaylisi.. ^ '^'^^^^'■"^"^onaud 1.60 Balance unexpended on I.t January, ,86'> " "^ ~- 6 27.00 Amount Clarendon and Thorn. Road. 8 250.00 Paid Wm. Hodgins amount of nav H«t -— to-f? ^v .Baraio^apd Masham road.. j'gj OTTAWA AND PONTIAC Cuj^C t riTlON ROADS. 18 nECAPITULATlON OF EXPENDITURE. ODsbwand Maiham road lo^Sn Onslow and Clarendon Front do locnn Pontiac Front do -'JS.On Kardley and Masham do oo ?n Clarendon and Thome do -bi.Q\) Total 62,678.00 RECAPITULATION OF BAI-ANTES ON HANI», I ST .lANUARY, 1862. Onslow and Masham Road * JJ^-^JJ Onslow and Clarendon Front do Qr=nn Pontiac Front do -^.^J"" Eardley and Masham do " Total as per account current 6 772.00 Expended in January, 1862, ou account of OnUow and Clarendon road, paid John ICordon $6.20. PROPOSED WORKS. I would I From information heretofore acquired, and recent careful investigation, JtSy recommend the following as the most suitable further works for the advance- l„I» ftf Pnlnniy-itinn iu the Countics of Ottawa and rontiac. '" Is Se 0^ ^ng the north road surveyed by Messrs. Bouchette and Aylen on and hear he lie b'etween the Counties of Ottawa and Pontiac -f --;^ ..Jf^'^^ «« J ^/^^^^ I frooi the point where it intersects the west end of the ton miles of tbc Gatineau and tou- lonec road now nearly completed. .... 4- „ i ^#1, r^p ♦Vioco The brid-e built over the Stag Creek, where they intersect, serves ior both of these t road. Th north road line is laid off into lots, and by Mr. Aylen's report from seven-eighths ; four-fifths of them arc fit for settlement, on the 13^- miles ^ J^. ^JJS ^^;;,^;^ "«^ ^ J^^^^^^^^^^^ I thePickanock which, including sinuosities may be upwards oi lb miles of road. It passes Igthe f^^^^^^ of tie' township%f Stanhope, nVv called Alleyu, -^l^^^^ -^,; ^^^^ ^ ^^^ lots by Provincial Land Surveyor Holmes, who reports it to contain much go^^ land, ' cSly south of the Pickanock, which agrees with what was previously ^^^^ ,^« f .tJ^^' part, From Mr. Holmes' statements, and Provincial Surveyor 9 ^a^lys report otexplora^ L of that and other townships, it would appear that by turning l^'^^^l']'.'}^^^^^^^ could be continued at leas* twelve miles further inland f "^'^'^^^ ^^^Z^"^, ^J'^?™^*' ^Se ward of Stag Creek the land On this line, as far as the 8th range of Masbam, is all suitable for settlement, which with sinuosities may be fifteen miles ot road lino. ,• „„_-ui„ This would give upward of thirty miles of settlement road m_ the iio^tlavo^^^^^^ ooantrv the valley of the Gatineau affords, besides its probable '^l^^'lZ^MSfr^J^t and th"e continuation westward of the Gatineau and Coulongc road, all bn^n«hing from the part of the latter made last season. As this extent is all, as yet^^ ""^^^"P^'^.^'J. ~t in Ihcmost advantageous and most readily available field for the fomat.on ^^l^^l^^^^'^^ll the territory unde°r my charge. As timber agent, I ^vo»ld thereiore propose the open ng of this road as the first object to be provided for. and that I ^^^^^'i.^'^^^/,^;^ *^;j,J,^^^^^ of it the remainder of the appropriation of last season, with as much of the appropriation for the ensuing season as may bo available for it. , . ,. . • tT^„„» r-imHa To make this road as good as the best class of colonization ^o^^s ml pper Canada, wotild require an outlay of about 8500 a mile; some oi ;,hem cost "f ^ly §700 a miUj, partly frJm.defective original specifications rtnd partly,^, .omoc^se,,, J^o- ^^^^^^^^J^^^^^^^ required eoiuK over from liOt having Deon. •oujplut.cijr maoe st. Tir-r. . . _ i^oatioii Bffor4» » better road, for tbo cost, tbati aoy other that ca» bo maUe ^ ^ I I if It 000' 11 14 OTTAWA AND PONTUC COLONIZATION KOAD.. ccDtiatcs the labor on the malcinr,,r ^ i "«J-ii. deariug l«Dd ,?tl J ,1''°"''' ^' "fPli^'l '0 making a M^°S^|t ,!, '' '" "'» "f bu«hc.». If „ r„= J ," „'^' ["" "«, to save (lio sottlci, ,|,„ °,.„,°m 'y »""' ««" Wriial »f 'W .rau/d,'?:',': r° taY "SU" '."°f "■« ™" -^' '"^^ asmea bo merely solidly lcv« .oV^' l'''^'''' "»^ ^^o gru^bted pa 'f-'n- ^f ''V"'"^'^ aa "o the least work Lf!^ ^ "^ *^ be made solidly ^3. ^/ ,"'"'' *''■''* '« the centre The second clas. d^n-K w ,, '"°''' *^»'' »"*.«««.-.,, „d brideJ widir ""'• """ '■^ — h'« rte„ iu mdf rJ „„';sir 1 '° r'''^*" "» Having made this lon„ r ■ "^'' '° ""« »' this .casoD AsnlL™.-^ 'i" <""' "f «>« part of 1, fi/.: ^"'""'"P olMushm lotli. 'he tnt in im„„£™f ';°«,"'° !«*' «*« for imwdiale »„l "" f ''""'""Se road md. "' """ "^ "«■"'»"«''. a' a CO.-. rfSjsSsTrS bed, where (he ffh^jj or dry sandy ooum^l ^bstuute for crown?; dry and oven carriage loscoffbytheUlac tbe roots, stumpsaj i^WrapidtravellinJ '"I out flt more CO? "seways be made of then; being dragged' "possibility of ,i afterwards proporlj labor, that in opea- » and a .sound road ior two vehicles (o ireas for settlement, :'d to that provided Jr for the opeDinR ip: the road as men. 'Ill cuttings, as to feet in tho centre dwagoD. Thisjj a rough but pass- s arc, iu umy ex. wayou it. Swh b of the road and be cut close to hout. ■ work that would iconic completely ling woods. Itogether on the 'isions and labor 3 so fmiuentin ivcu, and as the for produce and 1 be very much liiade according 'ajs and bridges aiie. !«ality to those i to the usual ination of pro- Hashani to the ige road made Jatineau, it it c ouSciant to $380 a mile, OTTAWA AND PONTIAO OOLONIZATIOK ROADJS. 16 iTiDg tho completion of >t to tho scale of the first class mentioned, to be afterwards per- ed, as it may, without any loss of work, should its future extension or importnnco as « ttlement road render it desirable. In connection with this, the opening of the (iatincau and Coiilonge road westward, iftomthe part made this season, might be continued, on the above scale, to the termination Ijf the road made this .season, as already mentioned, in Thome, a distance of fifteen miles, lid thence twelve miles further. But as the land on the first fifteen miles is not so suit- ible for settlement as on the north road (though more than half of it will eventuully bo oc'.upied), and as the westerly twelve miles of road lino, though passing through good lind already partly settled, has not been defi"itely ascertained to lead to any considerable rtteat of good land beyond it, neither of them (though well worth opening, and meriting ID appropriation, should there be funds disposable) are so important or so immediately de- sirable to be opened as the north road already mentioned, or the others that I shall next >pecity. Though secondary, as a great inlet for settlement, to the main road up the Gatineau, 10 which I shall again revert, a road up tho valley of the Iliver Petite Nation is the next that merits attention from its inrxcdiate utility and probable great importance from the titent of good land it will open for settlement. This road line commences at tho existing road in the t^)wuship of llipon, on tho cast side of the river f*etite Nation. Thirteen and a half miles of it were marked out last fall, by Mr. lieduc, under my direction, as before mentioned, leading up through the township of Suffolk to its north outline. I would propose continuing thirty or thirty-five miles fur- ther northward, to Lake Monaraiug, a tributary of the River Rouge, where, from definite information and documents of survey in my possession, it would traverse a large tract of arable land, of a superior quality for settlement. On the part surveyed by Mr. Leduo, he says he fjuni "the laud, though uneven i;enerally, yet nevertheless very advantageous for settlement, the soil rich and suitable for tultivation and the production of all kinds of crops ; the wood-maple, beech, hemlock, basswood, and fir of a tall growth, with very little pine j" and in an exploratory excursion northward, from tho end of the road line he traced, he found the soil to continue arable and fit for settlement. For thirty-five miles of this lino my information is from surveys performed at the near and the far end of it ; of the middle part, tho reports of lumber hunters who have traversed it, are very favorable, describing the land as resembling that of Suffolk. As this presents us with the site of a general highway of forty or fifty miles in length, from which lines of settlement may be opened along concessions branching from it, right and left, as in Suffolk, with the lumbering works on the Petite Nation and the river Rouge offering a considerable market for farm produce, and being the nearest and one of the largest favorable tracts on the Ottawa, it offers an important field for colonisation, es- pecially for the surplus population of the adjoining seigniories and parishes. I would suggest that this should be opened as a first class colonization road, as de- ioribed in the accompanying specification. As labor is rather cheaper in that locality than in some others on the Ottawa, the cost might be somewhat under ^500 a mile, all charges included, especially as dry loam is the prevcleut soil in parts. To open the thirteen and a half miles laid out would, at the above rate, cost $6,750. By reducing the work to levelling solidly on very dry, sandy ground, $6,000 might be sufficient. The third work I would suggest, as most urgently meriting attention, is the road from the rear of the township of Hull to Priest's Creek and the township of Bowman on the Riviere aux Li6vres. This line of road touches the north-west angle of Templetou, and continues nearly along the line between Wakefield and Portland to Bowman. A small appropriation of colonization road mon^y was very advantageously expended upon it lust season, by Wm. Hamilton, Esq., of Cantly, in commencing to open it at the lower end. It should be con- tinued at least sixteen miles further. It passes through a large tract of good land, lying partly in Wakefield, Portland and Denholm, now being settled, giving the most direct ac- eess to it from the City of Ottawa. It would open up moat advantageously the land flt or lettlement between the Qstineau and the Rividro auz Lievreti, and on ttie west bank of .> 4] ?! > )i 11 ,1. i 16 orrAWH Axo pontuc colomzatio.v aoAo. that river which d --"^iZATlo.v roao« I.. iJi!'^'-'^»JJi? ^««cntial for a... !.' "v^-"' '» " '^rm too ru^Jf'"L. '.'"«'>"• lie Xorwciaii j.twl r- „«*'*' f settlonunf. "eh i.„„S '' i S ^^"'^'"^"^ now U From whore theKian,.,,., • • , '^^fonding up the Rivi,ire d.! . I«o„H .ug^TS a i SJT "? "■'""" '-■■I ' "" '"'"■"■ "■-'■''•"•J , I «m not ia Kssio„ of t'«" ' ^'^"''^"^'^nt. '""'' '^"^ f-''^««''ip of bth- , It is oqualJj deSle tt.\ ??'"'"" '^^ ''' ^'^ «ett me , t!;"?'*"'^' f ;^»'''^ « '-ad line, from the west eJd of iTl! S ^ V'"'' "^ eolonirition i3 i' u'l''''"""'''^ lands, superior in qua itvYo M -^ /''""'^ ''"'^ I^^-'iry AVe«t wjVo! 'i ''"'"'^ ''^'^''g ''"^ '"'e nedaio^gtheeastTwLsidTnr^^^ ^Th" T "^""'' «-^ ^'ght dictate, and thenee u^ll^^ ^T ^?"^'' ^^^'he BJa 2' ,?'!,''"'' "''^ ^« ^^^• abouts, into the rear of tL ^fl i^''^^'^'^ ^^^"'ceu Viilpn, ,v . ' "'/""he"- examinations •nent. This road wou d ifL "''"^ ""^ ^^'^^'«^ 'vhere the In i '"'^ .^^^'I'bury, or there- are extensive flats of anglV^?^' *« ^''« va]];. of the iSv a"^ ^' ""f ^^'^^^ for .settle- probably be carried with Jin n?^' ''P'";'*^^ *« ^^ good dowi ^hfr ^r''"*^^' ^''^^"^ '^ere , ^ The townships TDtrr.f"%'' *''.? ^'^'"'^ '•'''»^ "">'" f ere a lewsqqatters were settling up tiw • •'n'AWA ANI> rnstiAr ror.ONt/ATioN boads. r These two last mentioned roadH would give access to the iicarctentthe'donble advantage of being useful to the lumberers working up these rivers, as nell as to the settlers. , . ,, 1 would suggest that this road should be opened from the front I'ontiac road in Mans- ScM back four miles through that township to Pontefract, and thence about twelve miles further to and along its west outline, the site to be more dcBnitely determined on survey ol the line— in all say sixteen miles, at $300 a mile, making it a road of the third class, as ivLwds scale of work, would require an outlay of $4,800. i • i »■ The Coulonge is the first unbridged river in the main front road on the north side ot the Ottawa, above the city, and being a large one, it is the first serious obstacle to commu- nication and to the progress of settlement. . i • i The river Coulonge enters the Ottawa about a hundred miles above the eity, and as the country at that distance is but partially settled [and only on the front, the mam road here is virtually a colonization road essential to the further progress of settlement, and the liuiUlingofabrido-o over the river Coulonge is much required, not only for the upward travel on the Ottawa in connection with lumber trade and the eastern settlements, but a!?o for the extension of settlement in the townships on the main river, as well as on the tracts ill the rear like that just mentioned. . As already mentioned, I took the necessary sectional ineasurcmentof the river tj ouable me to make a plan and estimate of the proposed bridge. The river is there four hundred feet wide and about six feet deep in the channel, with a strong current and high steep banks and therefore quite unfordable. The bridge requires to bo live hundred and ten feet in length, and twenty four feet in height from the bottom of the channel. It should have six water ways, of sixty feet wide, or live of seventy-two feet, with queen-post tresses in the latter case, or king-post tresses in the foriacr; the cost would be equal in either case. To give security, as the bottom is of shifting Band, tbe piers should be well sunk with pro- jecting foundation pieces, to give breadth of bearijjg, and they should be sent down with a good bed of fascines under them, which will previent the eddy behind the piers and the plunga of the owell in front during frwhets, from niidermining their fosadations 8 'til I 11 J« "TTAWA ,S-""".*"*!'!f"-"'-'""is " ^'''^"" ••'^»"""t<"I Tor ,1... I'.M.tofVMel 10 oast ,,||,] '''''•' ('-these works wo„i,ii;;.Vs";..;!i'''^" to yield a Ia.^er ro;;:.:;^; iC! ^''^h'* 1, *''^' ^ '"=""'^- -^^^1 ^^ d S' '^ "" reduce .f its forest., whic-h for P " fit 'm, o" "" "' '''« •""'^^ ^°«!d rc^ ;T;."; », the con.niorce it creates. P'-^htablo e.npioyment to thonsanc].s on [£ s, ? ' I lie Oatineau road mfiii.oii,. . there are so£l ^^^'" T" '^- I« ™u"y pla^T it n. > Tl«. *° *^»« '■'«'>"««'* o'' "' fa blS LV"n'*^ V'*'' "^^^^^ *'^ ^"^ ^^ ^- -"'--^ '"^ --" ir to wa rnnf T'" "'^'^ ''^^'''^^ »« admit of tLforrn/-' ''°/ '' '^ frequently to be foun,l roVd» S V K- "Pf "^?^ "^ colonization roLHo??, 1"",°^ extensive lines of settlement r«llT ^, fvf *^'' "" "''^ ^'•^ absolutely necessarv n " '° "^"^'^ ^' *^" i'aprovcmentof n>ai„ r«llj, IS a very certain and adrantageous waTSfwf J' "'".'^ **» ^'^^ '"terior lands ;?cDe. fe way of forwarding the settlement of such parts of OTTAWA AND I'ONTIAC COLONIZATION UOAD«. 10 -luhlic kaila u.s arc fit for it ; cspcfially in such canes aa tliin, where the routl i.s t ho Lay of ail extensive lumhor trade, which creates a hi^Iily i-rofitahh- inarket for t ho % ami eauHCH settlement to extend and prosper where it otherwise wouM not yet ho tVis would seem to afford nn argument in favor i.fgrunlin- as: ivivrow The remaining fifteen miles to tho river Desert, though at present me oly a na low winter road, will bo mueh less expensive in making than the pi;cceding, being gencialiy very favorable ground, but is all in woods till about a mile from the "^^r De cr \o luake a^fair turnpike road of the whdo of th. upjer fifty^v "u^^^^^^ ful management in concentrating the labor on ino uau ""//"iV"-"— r- ; ],„ made making the last fifteen miles in the smallest scale to bo useful, tho whole might be fairly passable for loaded wagons for about $19,448. iicrformod This sum represents the smallest scale of work that Govcr i ^^,""^1' ^^y^; Tit without disadvautaee ov considerable loss of labor; and it ^uuid bo ' '';'^^- y^^,.^,^ ^^ *liouia be iucurred if the i^ttlcment of the Indian township of Mannva v(, ^^lUU . ^ 'jj •; j lowiisliips opposite and nb.ivo it on tho east si'lo, oo»t^iu»ng nuK-U goqA laud, bt tonsiu i ! 20 OTTAWA A^iy VOSTIAC COLONIZAllO.V KOADS. pXtif, «iS''l,L'Vtn|'rcclZrn^^ ^'P^^'''"^ ^''^ exceedingly ruckv u.l steps bo takeafWitsHu^vovan "'^1°^ T ^^^'^^ «»J it ^''Ml U- contin, le T. ^ I^ 3 Hcscrt the west side of the ('«»?„ ^ " '"^ 'own.ship of that name • abo... .1 '"I ;ido^ Above I.ak? lLtto?.'".:v:tat n ' '"''■"'''' 'o-eSe/ne u , , ''ir Baskutooshin. ''' '^'^y^tallinc Iiiuestonc is said to prevail up 11,7 almuSj'huui^ed'mlL^rJCih •■"/'■'''"''' ^^" "'-«"-' -iuare n.iles and is f, . parts of the valley of th^Gat^^cau inn!'. ^'''''■'^' ""« ^"'"•'<-'' of I , j"^^/ , "l "^' acceptaliouofthe^xpreLrotrugTLt otr^ve"^ '^i T''''^''^' '' ' '' 1 "^ To describe the lands fit Ibr Hettlomen/ T "'"^ 7cntually be occupied. ' " Nuire. His opiuioa is based orvio^?'-.'^''"''' '1"°'*' '''« words of IVt.r \vl clr- "r\°'^^' which, in r;Le ion w?h1fi 'S,?:r • P"""""' "-l^-nta c "wi, J ticDionUnd cultivation is thereby vciv mnnri™ 1 1 "'" '■"main ng amnisx for « wftcat w cultivated with success. ""^- ■•" *''° scttlotucnt on the latter, fall hJr f *""' * ^""'^'«'* varying to two handtV ^i "*'""*'y °^ '''« Laurentidos, iUk becomes lower, and that in thisVlatdep^^^^^^ north of the Ottawa, the'country wd ofan unascertained length frnra -^r- - ' ^ " *^°"* * n^ile; in WM. fi% mile, of the Ottawa's cours.rttL mSVn'J''''v'Kf *^ ''^V' th'eohundrdaod 13 much land suitable for cuftivation, said by those OTTAWA AMI I'OSTIA)' «'OLONI/.ATJO.\ KOADH. "Jl I have visited it to be less hilly nud Htoiiy tluia the now tuwiii^hip^ on the Maduwiinka |(J»tincau. StntiQcd liiuc.Htoni! in louml in it at the hciid of lake Tcllli^ose that the sanio will not ultimately bo (ho «oii the urreat waters and niueh more extensive field of (he \']>yvv Ottawa, facilitated as Ifill he by the f:;reat reaches of Inland navigation. The river JJescrt, or more properly (he se(tlement at its niuuth, is about three milen icrthof the laftudc of Three Kivers, and the .«outh shore of lake Haskatonj.' is about four fib south of the latitude of Quebee. I would now bef; leave to reeapitulatc the works I have Mibniided lor eonsiileraiioii ^tlic order in which they seem immediately desirable to be proceeded with, and the ap- tronriation.s that would bo recjuisitc for (hem, or the portions of them jiropo.sed. In doin^' '1,1 would respectfully explain that 1 submit a relative view of a system of work.s thai lould seem desirable for the most advantageous opening up of the localities most suitable JkfettlcincHt, and of the probable expense (d" performing tiicm at rates of enst eonsider- libly under that devoted to nimilar colonization works in Tppcr (!anada, and which might Lcupy several years in execution, without prcsumiug to indicate how uiu< h or how little lof the Colonization funds hIiouUI bo at present devoted to them, were they even approved Icf and adopted ; my sole object being to place at your disposal the result of the best infor- lination I have been able to accumulate, aided by my past experience in .superintending Kuch I work? . h{. For the making of the; North Road from the IV-che to the Pickanoek, .'U miles, at $;180, less remains of appropriation of IMil *... $ S,78() L'nd. For do. of 111.} miles of Suffolk l?ofid <"«,Otin I :trd. For do. of 1(5 miie.s of Hull iV Hownwn do ."),0(m 4th. For do. of 10 miles of I'ontefract road 4,S00 and IJridgc over Hi ver Coulonge :i,232 5th. For do. of the main road up the Catincau to the Uiver Desert, 55 milori from the Puagan upwards 11>,44S (Were a special I'arliamentary Grant obtainable for the Oatineaii roads, the amount should not be less than 685,772 for the part from the I'uagan upwards, 81,000 for the part below, and $4,800 for a bridge over the Gatincau, which is much required about fix miles above the mouth of it.) Farther Wur/.-s prvpuAal (u] Ik, (i/O.raurds j>r(JSO«/c(/. The West lload in Derry or the East Koad on do. or both. The continuation of the Suffolk lload to Lake iMonoming. The building of a IJridgc over IJlack Kivev in Waltham. The continuation of the Gatincau lload towards J/akc Baskatoug. ^ But prior to that the continnation oi the (jatineau and Toidougo Koad. For the position of the roads and works referred to in this report, I beg to refer to the aeeonipanying map of the Counties of Ottawa and Ponliae. In it tlie representation of proposed roads not yet surveyed,it is only intended to indicate the locality and direction of them, leaving their position to be bettor detevmiucd by exploration and survey. There is great danger of avaricious people, who own land clsewlKne, taking up lauds on Colonizatiou roads as soon as it is known that (hoy arc to be opened, to the obstmetion ofsettlers who really want the lots. To prevent this abuse the conditions ot uciual settle- ment should be promptly and rigidly enforced to the letter, and confiscation take place with- out a single day's delay, just in the same manner as has been punctually done for many years with lumberers' licences in this agency, when they failed to comply with the condi- tious required of them, though they might have made many payments on their licenses pre- vlousl" and 3i5i''hfc \o?.o. thousands of dollars by tho confiscation. it would certainly be quite as easy and at least as just to enforce ronfisoutiou un tho pretended Bettlers, Hi "^\.U V A«,. .-ONTU^ ''^fcOWrMTlON nOAl.H '. '^•^^I'l't'i'y whore otl,t.ru,,c| •« to bo cleared to the width <>ni.c n.„„„er i.. .hid. ..e Coloui.tion Hoad fron. ..o P.,.. p,,, n . R>vor CoulonRc, iMo ho made * *'''^' On^'n^nu, ,« ,|,J pointed o;,u,w;;;';;;±;;"/''':«i^«<>f it.n,.od in ,h,. lid.. •> r. . , , , f^ 1 1. ... ^„ uu uiuarea to the Bidtf oibblsl, ., be thrcm 14 , ''/rr'.''"'"^'' v^\?«tabh, m„ttor stop's n /• °, "^""•''•^''"^ve •' » ail ^.- -____ ^ ^ °"^ '''''* *^»" 13 iaches thick maybe •m, "•'vo thoohHiru.ii,,,, rposo (»(• wriiigi,,,. |,ij "."■f on tho St. .m;„,; tKHIHUH toth('.s„|„,.i '""■-.tor H..,ri,l„' III' ('rown I'vaiil, <»TrA\\A ANIt roNTI •' rn|,nNI/ATI<«N f(uM>v 2.1 —with haii(lruil,M i Hct liijr], ^ (|„. th lis, Ontineaii, to ibtl;rtatoNt r ^ ... . ■ '• I""'*'* '""I ^ '»<■ wl ii'li iiri' 1«. In nRth. tho i.n.j.Ttin- yu^rv^ to ho (J iuihi M and 2« fiu't hinj; h.txod on tlio strinu'crM, \ hinder s ii,olio.s hy I to ho troei-iiile ^iwM on omh Hid(^ to retain (lio flooring. Tho jmst.s of the hanih-aiin'to ho tennonod wit iwwoll as the eap nln.ve and well .spiked. Tho ahutments and pier.H to he loaded with icDc to the doptli of 2 feet laid on a floorin;; of wound round logs S inehe.i iu lea^t thiek- w. The approaelies to hriilp.^ tu ho rai.Med ho ns not to l)c floodcil in iiii;|i wutcr, and all iileriul.'. to ho nt all tinicM HJ.hj.ot I , tlio inspcetion and ai)itroval of tho superinteiuknt or Ipori authorized hy i,;;n. ('iiip.., |oj,'s and ruhhi.sh, whioh minht comnuinieute firo, to hu Itmovod a rod buck nil roun I bridges, and from tho end.s of eau.sewavs, and lo-..;,,.. un (iiJe hills. ^ ' "■- ^ "I "■ '''•'OJ'ttt'''' '"Jj« tlxiroiiKhly drawn away from water-tahles or .side-ditches, hy od'. ukidnuus, 8 li et wnlu and 2 feet deep; or hirgor, if reiiuired to pass tho water when ting where ()ii,,ruj where it is )llow,s where water B watei'-wa.v: ; 'i? if required, it. flatted ; to Ii^ n; Jgto hes: -^ . ! ■ eces. The 'lop of i across the ends. inc description of isions, resting; ou led to substantial lest flood ; or on of four each waj, 'lypinned at the dimensions and bet are to ho not les thick may be dry ground (irbicli mstances adroit of rul overseer and » QQ) iiniited fmiili. # 7. All swanip.s or boggy places to he causewayed or fascined. Causeways are to ho ttenly and closely laid, and hewn level on top and solidly bedded on tlio -round,— tho •tumps being first cut below tho surface, unless where stringers aro neee.s.snry to give ele- Titionsovcr water. Stringers to ho at lea.st one foot thick and fou- to tho width of tlu! Mid. Tho pieces to bo of Hound wood, 1(5 feet in length, and S inches at least in dianiet.r, -(,f cedar, where it can be had. Nino feet at loast, in width, in tho centre to ho evenly wvcred, ;hnclics in depth, over tho highest logs, with earth IVoni tho side ditches, whleii ire to be :> teet wide and 2 foot deep, on one or both sides if reiiuired to draw ofi" the water ; otherwise, the earth to bo obtiinod olsowliero. Where it iiiuy bo fimnd more suitable, (or ke specially required at the time of lotting the work,) in swampy ground, the stumps are tube cut even with the surface, 1(! feet in width ; the centre evenly raised (! inches,— the whole to be then covered with softwood brush and small trees, the tops towards and over the middle, to the depth of one foot in tho centre, when compressed, and inches nt tho iides. The surface to bo closed with J] inches of swamp earth, with 8 inches of hard earth over 9 feet in width of the centre, diminishing to 4 inches at the sides of the road, which may bo made up with any earth obtainable. (Causeways and faacining, and the grubbiii" previous to crowning, not to bo covered up till inspected and approved of. 8. On steep sideloug hiils the road is to be cut lower on the inside, and to bo 12 feet wide; besides a ditch near the cutting, 18 inches wide and a foot deep. Tho face of all luttiups to have slope back of one foot, for every one in height. Tho outside to bo built upaoihlly, with stones, or sound timber not less than 10 inches at the .small end, with cross-ties every 7 feot. Or the side may br made up with a layer of soft wood brush, laid to;s out, for every six inches of earth, 0. Tn for i^n ■ the road, the earth is to be worked from the heights into the hollows ; banks anu » lages, whore more excavation is not specified, aro to bo cut down 2 feet, if necessary, to equalize the road. In deeper cuttings, the roadway may be only 12 feot wide, in ptissiug among rocks, or in very rocky ground, a passat'e of 10 feet in width will ho suflicieut, the points of tho rock to bo broken down, and the .spaces l)ctween them solidiv bailt up with stones, and the whole crowned witli hard earth. 10. Tn descending hills, tho water to bo turiud off every nO or 150 yard^. accoidin-' to the steepness, and at tho head of all cuttings. 11. No earth work done later than aist October will be accepted or paid for tbi.i season. 12. AH trees that fall ou the road till linally received, to be cleared out, as well as My overhanging or other timber, or trees that may be considered likely to fall into tho oversee the work, the superintendent will be at liberty to annul tho contract, or employ men to do the work at the contractor's expense ; and should there be less than six mea 21 '«•»" .u.« ,.„.,,„, ,,,„„„,„„^ „„^^^ ■^'iii ' M ■-•■mmsammii.