Ontario Sessional Papers, 1913, . neighbourhood of the town of Hearst, a divisional point of the NationalTranscontinental Eailway, 130 miles v/est of Cochrane. A main trunk road was begun near the town of Hearst and constructed westwith a view to connecting the said town with the Algoma Central Ontario Eailwayrunning north from Sault Ste. Marie and Michipicoton Harbour and 160 milesnorth tlierefrom for a distance of II4 miles. A contract was let to P. Turgeonto cut the timber on the road, burn it, and grub the centre portion 26 feet in width,at $650 per mile. The road is now cut out
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1913, . neighbourhood of the town of Hearst, a divisional point of the NationalTranscontinental Eailway, 130 miles v/est of Cochrane. A main trunk road was begun near the town of Hearst and constructed westwith a view to connecting the said town with the Algoma Central Ontario Eailwayrunning north from Sault Ste. Marie and Michipicoton Harbour and 160 milesnorth tlierefrom for a distance of II4 miles. A contract was let to P. Turgeonto cut the timber on the road, burn it, and grub the centre portion 26 feet in width,at $650 per mile. The road is now cut out and grubbed, but part of the timberhas not yet been burned off. $625 has been paid on account of this contract. Theroad will be ready for grading as soon as the timber is burned off. This trunk road was extended easterly through the town plot of Hearst alongthe main street which is contiguous to the southerly limit of the right of wayof the National Transcontinental Eailway station grounds. This road was stumped. 1913 EOAD CONSTEUCTION. 21. u EEPOirr ox Xo. so cordiiroved in places, and graded for a distance of one mile, and will serve as partof the main trunk road along the Jme of railway between Hearst and Cochrane,which towns are i:) niiles apart. The !Jth street in the town of Hearst, which intersects the railway a short dis-tance from the station, was stumped and partly graded for a distance of a quarterof a mile, to the bank of the Mattawishquia Eiver, or Southern boundary of thetown plot. This road, when produced southerly through the township of Kendall(surveyed last season), will form part of the main tntnk road projected souththrough the centre of the township. On the roads in and adjacent to Hearst, in addition to the $63-5 already men-tioned, a sum of $3,86( has been expended, or a total of $4, Boad Xo. 19. On the line of the Temiskaming and Xorthern Ontario Railway. 35 miles southof Cochrane, a trunk road was constructed east and west from Iroquois Falls
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