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Lea diagrammea suivants lllustrent la methode. 1 MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART (ANSI ond (SO TEST CHART No. 2) 1^ 12B ISO ^^™ ■a IS u ■ 2.5 |36 tM 12.0 ■ i 1.8 ^ /APPLIED IM/1GE Inc 1653 Eos* Main Street Rochester, New YorV 1*609 USA (716) *e2 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 - 5969 - Fa« *- >" ^^ ^ PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, 1902 / y/ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Institutional and otlier Public Buildings, and Locks, Dams, Bridges, Railways, Etc. Good Roads Branch. Colonization Roads Branch. Division Courts Branch. Bureau of Labour. Fisheries Department. The C)ommissioner of Public Works has charge of (1) Con- struction of new buildings for Public Service ; (2) the repair and alterations, etc., to buildings already erected ; (3) the build- ing and repairs of all locks, dams, bridges, slides, glance piers, etc., in connection with inland waters; rulway inspection, drainage works, etc; (4) Construction of colonization and mining roads, highways, etc. ; (5) the inspection of the Division Courts ; (6) the Bureau of Labour ; and (7) the inspection and management of fisheries. The expenditure on Public Works, prior to 1872, amounted to 81,889,147.67. The expenditure since that date amounted te $13,536,549.49, or a total expenditure on Public Works, since Confederation, of $24,925,697.16. fvklie BwULinga, PuUio Works, Roads, Railways, Etc. The following classified statement showing the expenditure on Capital Accoit^t, for Public Buildings, Public Works, Roads, Railways, eta, from Confederation to the 31st December, 1901, under the control of the Public Works Department : — (1) The total expenditure for 4 years and 6 months from the 1st of July, 1867. to the 31st of December, 1871 ; (2) the total expenditure for 30 years from the 1st of January, 1872, to the Slst of Decem- ber, 1901 ; and (8) the grand total of expenditure from the 1st of July, 1867, to the Slst of December, 1901. BUILD UP ONTARIO DXPARTHINT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Name of Work. L ▲aylnnu forthelBMne, etc., at Toronto, Mimico, London, Hamilton, Kinntan, Bro«k- ville, Orilliaand Cobourg 2. Penal Lutitntiona, viz.:— Re- formatory for Females, Re- formatory for Boya, and Cen- tral Prison •. 3. Ddacational InstitationB,Ti2. : —Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Institution for Blind, School of Practical Science. Normal and Model Schools, Toronto, Ottawa and London 4. Agricultural Institutions, viz.: Agricultural College, Guelph, Dairy Schools, K&gston and Strathroy, Dairy Farms, Mimioo and Algoma 5. Buildings for the Administra- tion of Justice, being C>sgoode Hall and Court Rooms, Lock- ups, etc., in the Districts of Algoma, Thunder Bay, Mus- koka,PaiTy Sound, Nipisaing, Rainy River, etc 6. Old Parliamant and Denut- mental Buildings and Gov emment House 7. New Parliament Buildings, construction and equipment. 8. Works for the improvement of navigation, such as locks, dams, sudes, etc 9. Works for the improvement of transportation, such as bridges, piers, roads, etc 10. Drwiage works ezpen'ditures and advances to municipali- ties vT!. U. Miscellaneous ezpenditiue, vis. :— Brook's Monument, Niagara River fence and oloMing of log houses. Town- ship of Rverson 12. CoIoniEatMn and Mining Rds. 13. Aid to Railways, Cash and Cartiflaatoa 14. Temiskaining By. Sntvey., Onuul Total. Expenditure Ist July, 1867, to 31gt Dec., 1871. $ 484,017 53 23,006 70 211,656 70 47,350 00 6,159 57 157,668 55 122,760 37 26,597 73 116,632 58 3,682 00 189,595 91 $ 1,389,147 67 Expenditure 1st Jan., 1872, to 31st Dec., 1901. 9 3,923,529 13 1,284,874 09 1,187,935 36 544,215 81 411,438 .53 111,478 29 1,902,682 38 817,908 03 61,640 80 258,516 60 26,084 46 3,338,743 28 10,058,942 07 9,461 10 $ 33,636,049 49 Qrand Total Expenditive to 31st Dec., 1901. $ 4,407,546 66 1,307,880 79 1,399,592 06 591,565 81 417,618 10 269,146 84 l,50e,6S2 38 939,768 40 88,238 53 375,148 74 29,766 49 3,528,339 19 10,008,942 07 9,'9i 10 $ 94,990,697 16 BUILD UP ONTARIO 1^1 National Ubrary Bibitothequ« Rationale of Canada du Canada ini DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WOBKS. 3 •'"^^"'^^►Sf'^ °^ P'*^^'^ buildings and institutions in operation pnor to 1872 wras 19, and In 1901 was 54, comprising in aU nearly 350 separate buildings. The other Public Works (not mcladmg Colonization Roads) such as locks, dams, bridges, tim- ber slides, piers, etc., number in all about 250; besides the supervision m connection with the dredging of navigable wateiB, the clearing of streams, the examinations of drainage works railway inspections, etc. These buildings and worla require yearly expenditure for additions, reconstruction and repairs New Parliament Buildings. The most important building erected by the Public Works Department since Confederation has been the Parliament Build- oT; .1^^ comparison with other Provinces and with several btates in the Union and with City HaUs, the economy used in the erection of the Pariiament Buildings may be cited as an achievement worthy of special notice. In proportion to the population of the Province it can be said that no other province or state m America has obtained better value for the tnoney expended, as the following statement shows :— CANADIAN LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS. Costoercent. R.,iM;n„. rt P«r h«*d of n«»7" ^ • » *^"'*- ♦Population. Population. Domimon.. $ 4,(J00,JHW 5,369 262 ^ .74 Ji"*?"*' l,3(«i,884 2,128,942 .61 wlfpV-u- l.OeO.436 1648 898 .64 Bntwh Columbia..... 840,000 177,672 4.73 U..S. STATE LEOI.SLATIVK BUILDINGS. CoBt p«r Cent. Building. no«t. fPopulation. ^-opSon. Nf.''y«'J' «20.000,000 5,0.52,871 3 95 J,"'""";.-- 3,5.'O,0OO 3,077 871 1.13 Connecticut 1,200,000 672 700 1.78 M"1»K«» 1.50.5,000 1,636.957 92 *•*"• 1,600,000 1,624,615 ..'92 riTY HALLS. Oost per cent. n„;ij; „ per head of Buildings. Cost. Population. Population ST".***!* v*°TVi- • • •• 2,136,31.S 407.971 10.27 PhiUdelphia U.S.... 7,000,000 +8.50,000 8.28 Chic^o, U.S. ...'. . 4.000, OW +503 000 7.95 Baltimore, U. S 3,000,000 +232,000 12.92 IteuV/"" "^ Canadian Provinces, and of Toronto, census of 1901. tPopuUtions and cost of U.S. buUdiogs of earlier, but concurrent dates. BUILD UP ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Colonization Roads. Ever since Confederation the Government has expended annually large sums of money in opening up the northern parts of Ontario to settlement. It has been found that, in order to invite settlers to take up land, roads had sometimes to be built in advance of settlement, and sometimes to enable settlers already located to reach the market either at railway stations or elsewhere. The total expenditure on Colonization Roads from July 1. 1867, to Dec. 31, 1871, was $189,595.91, and from 1872 to 1901 inclusive, $3,338,743.28, a total of $3,528,339.19. The following table shows the number of miles constructed prior to 1871, and since that date: — 1867-71. 1872-1901. New roftda built 213 miles 6,292 miles Roads repaired 441 miles 14,646 " Bridges built 2,672 feet 114.003 feet Temiskaming Railway Survey. The necessity for a more convenient means of communication with the agricultural belt at the head of Lake Temiskaminc^ has been created by the rapid influx of settlers to that district. Looking to its early construction, the Legislature at the session of 1901 appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of locating a line of railway to supply this need. The survey was commenced in June, 1901, Mr. W. B. Bussel, an engineer of wide experiense, being in charge. The route, as at present surveyed, commences near North Bay, and is now more than half located, passing through a territory of varied mineral, timber and agricultural resources. The survey will be completed early in the spring of this year, and although the most difficult portion has now been* covered, an excellent location providing for easy grades has been secured, no engineering difficulties have been encountered, and the cost of railway construction will therefore be very moderate Inspection of Division Courts. The inspection of Division Courts is an important branch of the public service, as shown by the figures given in the annual reports. In 1900, according to the official returns, there were entered 38,386 suits — exclusive of transcripts of judgment and judgment summonses. The total claims aggregated $1,202,745. BUILD UP ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBUC WORKS. 5 The total amount of moneys paid into Court was $427,511 Total paid out, $427,069. And these large figures by no means represent the full collecting power of the eourts. Fully one-third of the suits entered are settled out of court — of which there are no returns — where the claims are as surely collected by virtue of the Division Court process. A few years back a comparative statement was published (from official sources), showing the relative importance of the work done in the High Courts, County Courts, and Division Courts. The figures given were : Entered in Superior Courts 7,041 cases Number of judgments obtained, 2,423 For a total amount of $2,500,000 Entered in County Courts 3,800 actions Judgments entered for $453,408 Entered in Division Courts 63,054 cases Amount of claims $2,447,196 The Division Courts are not only self-sustaining but they pro- duce a revenue to the Province. In the course of 20 years the Provincial Revenue benefited to the amount of $104,000, from the percentages colLcted by Government from Division Cor.t Clerks on their emoluments. For the past few years there has been a decrease in the busi- ness of the courts, yet notwithstanding the decrease in their fees, the clerks paid into the Provincial Treasury last year the sum of $4,014. There has been a good deal of misconception in the public mind as to the emoluments of the officers of the courts. Here are the figures, taken from the annual report for 1900 • There are altogether 325 clerks and 363 bailiffs. Over 100 clerks receiving less than $100 a year for services. About the same number who receive over SlOO and under $200 a year. 42 who get between $200 and $300 a year. 23 with $300 and under $400. 16 over 8400 and under $500. 9 over $500 and under $600. 6 over $600 and under $700. 2 over $700 and under $800. 3 over $800 and under $900. 6 over $900 and under $1,000. BUILD UP ONTARIO W OEPABTM^ A- OF PUBUC WORKS. AH the foregoing are computed on the gross returns, without allowance for disbursements, clerical assistance, postage, rent, etc. Of clerks who contribute by a percentage on their emoluments to the public revenue there are : 6 clerks whose net emoluments are under SI ,100. 3 clerks over 81,100 and under $1,200. 1 over $1,200 and under $1,800. 2 over $1,300 and under $1,500. 1 whose revenue is close on $2,000. All officers of the courts have to give heavy bonds, to be approved of by the County Judge, for the satisfactory perform- ance of their duties. The duties of inspection provide for the personal inspecHor of every court and of all Divisici Court books, which are required to be kept by clerks and bailiffs. To see that the necessary books are kept properly and the lawful charges entered, and that the duties of the officers are efficiently performed. To see that proper security is kept in force ; to investigate all complaints and report to the Govern- ment. The beneticial effect of the inspection is daily testified to by suitors and solicitors— the office files containing hun Ireds of complimentary letters. Tke Good Roads Movement. The Ontario Goverament, realizing the importance of country roads as a factor in transportation, and recognizing their value to the farmer— making agriculture more profitable, farm life more agreeable, and increasing the value of farm property— in 1896 ^pointed an expert in roadmaking to the office of Provincial Highway Commissioner, now a branch of the Department of rubhc Works. With an annual expenditure aggregating three and one-half million dollars being made by municipalities of the myince on road construction and maintenance, the need Tor skilled direction of this large outlay, if only to prevent waste was apparent. This appointment of Mr. A. W. Campbell. C.E., has been fully vindicated by the successful results. By means of literature on the subject township councillors and others having supervision of road building throughout the Province, have been clearly in- structed as to the best means to adopt in securing economical permanent and serviceable results. Prevailing wasteful methods # BUILD UP ONTARIO DEPABTHENT OF PUBUC WORKS. 7 have been pointed out, and economical plans recommended. Of the 400 townships in older Ontario, meetings have been held in 286; in most cases two, three or four meetings in a township, at which roadmaking in all its branches has been discussed. These meetings, with rare exceptions, are largely attended, and a strong interest in road improvement is created which, directly and indirectly, is turned to practical account on the roads of the districts thus visited. The result has been that throughout the Province there has been a general improvement as regards me- thods of draining roads, grading them, applying gravel or stone construction of culverts, and the implements used. Not only so but in fully one-eighth of the Province there has been a complete and radical change in the system of road management, the plans of the Commissioner being fully adopted. This last feature is gathering strength as the movement progresses, and each year witnesses an increasing number of to.wnships added to the list of those which have completely reformed their system of roadmaking. The latest development of the move- ment has been the appropriation of one million dollars by the Legislature to aid in the improvement of country roads County councils will first have the right, if they so desire, to secure the county's share of the monev to be spent on a county system of roads ; failing in this, township councils may individ- ually obtain their proportion of the amount The movement has been carried to the towns, villages and cities of the Province, and in street improvement the results have been most marked. The work has also been extended to colonization roads, and township road building in New Ontario, where proper methods can be adopted from the beginning, based on the experience of the older townships. The Ontario Labor Bureau. Although industrial conditions are exceptionally favorable in Ontario, and the Province has enjoyed a most fortunate record in that respect, the Provincial Government has showed wisdom and precaution in the establishment of a Department of Labor for the purpose of collecting and publishing from time to time statistics as to the general condition of the wage-earners in all important and recognized occupations. This course has been adopted and found necessary in many States of the American Union, and while necessitous circumstances may not arise in this BUILD UP ONTARIO '■ ^8**^'"-' 8 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WOEK& Province for years, it is well to be prepared for any emergency which the future may have in store. The act establishini; the Ontario Bureau of Labor was passed in April, 1900, and the work was placed under th« control of Hon. F. R Latchford, Commissioner of Public Works. It was primarily necessary to select for the head of the bureau a man fully conversant with and in sympathy with modem developments in the labor world, and a man m whom the trades unions and the working classes in general had every confidence. Mr. Robert Olockling, who was chosen for the position, has been President of the Toronto Trades and Labor Council, and his good judgment and moderation have always commended him to the confidence of the labor organiza- tions with which he has been connected. After his appointment he was sent on a tour of inspection to t'iC Labor Bureaus of the leading States of the Union, with a view to studying the most successful ways of collecting information, and the best method of making the work of practical utility in the labor world. Most of the American Labor Bureaus had experienced consid- erable initial difiSculty in securing the confidence of the trades unions and unorganized workers. They were in many cases looked upon with suspicion, and the reports and statistics they required were either refused or furnished with reluctance. But doubt and suspicion disappeared as soon as the objects of the Dfewly-formed institutions were understood, and workmen soon saw the importance of official records, especially when securing the redress of existing grievances. Mr. Glockling's experience with the Ontario Labor Bureau has been somewhat similar, as its objects have been in some cases imperfectly understood. Well-established trades unions, with officers of extensive experi- ence, have responded promptly to requests made for information. Many trades unionists have been engaged in protracted agita- tions for the establishment of such bureaus elsewhere, and nave been, in consequence, familiar with their objects and their utility. The reluctance and suspicion at first noticeable among the more recently organized unions, and also among unorganiz^ workers, are rapidly passing away, and with a better understanding there is a fuller confidence in the bureau, and a greater willingness to forward its work. The service of the bureau in the cause of labor will become more efficient the more it is appreciated and understood by the wage-workers of the Province. BUILD UP ONTARIO DEPABTMEKT OF PUBUC WOKKa 9 The Ontario Fisheries— Another Victory for Provincial Rights. Since the last General Election, the Judicial Committee of the Fnvy Council has decided that the Provincial Fisheries, which liad long been administered by the Dominion Government under an assumed ownership, though such ownership was vigorously contested by this Province, are « the property of the Province." Ihe value of this great national possession and heritage is almost incalculable, for ah fresh water fisheries they are unsurpassed in any country on the globe, not only in extent but in the quan- tity and quality of their product. Notwithstanding that the industry may be said to be only in its infancy, it even now i.s rerogmzed as one of the important industries of the Province and no doubt will form a most potent factor in its future growth and pnMpenty. Last year over 2,000 men were engaged in the occupation, with a million dollars invested in plant, and the seasons catch was valued at something over a million and a quarter of dollars. The Province realized a revenue therefrom of over $35,000. In all these particulars an appreciable advance will no doubt ^ made as the trade is developed and new fields are opened up. But the value of this great inheritance is not restricted to our commercial fisheries alone, for our angling waters will perhaps benefit a larger individual population, as year by year an in- creased number of tourists are attracted to our country to parti- cipate in our fishing. It is absolutely impossible to estimate even approximately the value to the Province and the country which accrues from this great influx of visitors in advertising ite many resourctei, etc. ; but the amount in money expended among us may safely be placed at hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The attraction of tourists and summer visitors, and the pecuni- ary and other benefits to be derived therefrom, is therefore a most important item of business, and any means for its exten- sion and perpetuation will receive the best consideration which the Government can give to it In the newer districts, supplying the requirements of these visitors is the principal outlet which the settlers have for the products of their farms. Some of the smaU lakes, where the flow of tourists has been greater than in other quarters, have been so persistently fished, and, it is a regret- table fact, have m years gone by been so ineffectively protected, that they are now in a more or less depleted condition. To re- BUILD UP ONTARIO 10 DEPABTMJENT OF PUBLIC WOBKS. store such waters, and to anticipate the great drain that will be created by the increased number of anglers, the Government with Its usual foresight, has already embarked upon the work of re-stocking with game fish ; and it may here be said, that more has been done in this direction by the present Liberal Govern- ment during the three short years that the fisheries have been under its control than had theretofore been done by all the Domin- ion Governments since Confederation. 9,478 adult bass alone having been deposited kst year at twenty diflPerent points in the Province. Never before in our histoiy has so much interest been manifested in, or attention devoted to, fishery mattera,both by the press and the pubUc generally, as during the last year, and it is gratifying to learn that they fully appreciate the efforts already put forth. In due time the Government hopes to have every stream, river and Uke throughout the whole Province populated with game fish. '^ '^ To preserve this great inheritance for succeeding gener- ations, the Government has adopted a judicious policy of administration and protection. There are 116 paid overseers permanently employed in the work of supervision and guardian- ship, as well aa two fully equ'pped steam patrol boato : and in many sections protective associations have been organized to co- operate with the Government in the work of protection by creatmg and fostering a proper public sentiment. ' As is well known, the Federal and Provincial Governments have divided junsdiction in regard even to our own fisheries the Province having the right to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which fisheries may be leased, licensed or otherwise dis- posed of, and the rights which, consistently with any ireneial reguUtions respecting fisheries enacted by the Dominion Parlia- ment may be conferred therein; and the Dominion having the nght to legislate respecting the times of the year durimr which fishing may be allowed, the instruments which may be employed for the purpose, the regulations controlling the manner of &h- ing, and fishing regulations and restrictions. The distinc*ion should be borne in mind by our friends and speakera when fish- ery matters are under discussion, and oppositionists are makine extravagant promises which they cannot fulfil. The recent decision not only adds another to the lone list of Provincial Rights Victories obtained by the Liberal Government of Ontario dunng the past twenty-tive year^— among others the t^shpat, the Insurance, the Liquor License, the Indian Titles, BUILD UP ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC WORKS. 11 the Rivers and Streams, and the Boundary Award Cases ; but It especially emphasizes the importance of the last named vic- tory, by which 100,000 square miles were won for the Province for to the great timber and mineral wealth of that new district may now be added the products of the thousands of lakes in this prac^lly undeveloped territory, extending to the Lake of the Woods on the west and James' Bay on the north These lakes may be truthfuUy said to literally teem with the most valuable species of fish; and when the progressive railway policy of the i-rovince opens up taese vast regions, and connects them with the outer world by rendering them more easily accessible, one of the richest resources therein will be found to be the fisheries— destmedastheyare to provide lucrative occupation for large numbers of our population who may desire to engage in this business as a livelihood, as well as to yield a continuous and valuable source of food supply to the settlers who may repair thereto to found new homes for themselves and their fam- ilies. Information with regard to these lakes- their size, loca- tion, the kinds of fish they contain, etc., is being obtained and filed m the Department for the guidance and information of prospective applicants for fishing privileges therein BUILD UP ONTARIO