. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . Rennies River,. 96 NEWFOUNDLAND. Brigus, the centres of a considerable population. By establish-ing a regular system of boats to cross this bay, carrying mailsand passengers, a route was established by which nearly halfthe population, then living in the country, were provided with arough means of communication. To Sir Thomas Cochrane,Governor, belongs the honor of introducing this essential stepin civilization. He also constructed a road to Torbay, a villagenorth of St. Johns, and a third along a beau
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . Rennies River,. 96 NEWFOUNDLAND. Brigus, the centres of a considerable population. By establish-ing a regular system of boats to cross this bay, carrying mailsand passengers, a route was established by which nearly halfthe population, then living in the country, were provided with arough means of communication. To Sir Thomas Cochrane,Governor, belongs the honor of introducing this essential stepin civilization. He also constructed a road to Torbay, a villagenorth of St. Johns, and a third along a beautiful valley to a placenow called Waterford Bridge. In a few years road-making hadmade rapid progress. Roads radiating from St. Johns inseveral directions were built, along which farms and neat farmhouses soon became visible. One of . these roads extended firstto Topsail, on Conception Bay, thence to Holyrood, Salmonier,St. Harys and Placentia, a distance of eighty miles. When representative government was established in 1832an annual grant was voted for making and repairing roads andbridges, and, after
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