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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,

Regina, March Ist, 1899,

To His Honour"

AMEDEE EMMANUEL FORGET,

Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories.

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I have the honour to transmit herewith the Annual Report of the

Department of Public Works for the year 1898.

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Maintenance of legislative buildings and grounds .... ........... 14

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Regina, Assiniboia,

January 2nd, 1899.

JAMES FH. ROSS, Eso. .M.LA., Commissioner of Public Works,

Regina, Assa.

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I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Department of Public Works for the year 1898, required by section 26 of The Public Works Ordinance.

This being the first report issued since the organisation of the De- partment it is thought desirable, for purposes of future reference, to make it as full as possible and to provide, in addition to the necessary information regarding the work of the Department proper, some connected record of the public works previously so biehie under the direction of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor and the Executive Committee respectively. The report must therefore necessarily cover a much longer period than the fiscal year which has just closed, and it has been prepared so as to deal first, in the form of a general narrative report, with the public works completed within. the Territories since they were con- trolled in any sense by Territorial authority; and, secondly, to treat more specifically of these works since the organisation of a distinct Department of Public Works. A report containing this information must of necessity be somewhat voluminous, but it is thought that the questions dealt with are of sufficient interest to the residents of the Territories to warrant their being discussed fully and at some length.

From the time of the appointment of the first Lieutenant Gov ernor for the Territories in 1877 down to the year 1892 the bridges, road improvements, ferries, surveys and other works of a distinctly public character were carried out under the personal direction of the Lieutenant Governor as agent for the Department of the Interior, through which Department the affairs of the Territories were then administered. Dur- ing this interval the works undertaken were, generally speaking, of a light and inexpensive character suited to the requirements of the then sparsely settled condition of the country, but in some few instances more important works, such as bridges over the Souris and Qu’Appelle Rivers in the eastern portions of the Territories, and over High River, Battle Bava and the Blindman River in the west, as well as ferries on many of the larger streams, were completed. Unfortunately nothing in the shape of a continued record of the public works completed during this period seems to have been kept, and, with the exception of two reports regarding this subject, addressed during the years 1888 and 13890 to the Lieu- tenant Governor by the late Mr. Thomas Brown, who had charge of that branch of the work in the Lieutenant Governor's office, there is no published record which can be referred to for information relative to the works completed. The facts relating to bridges, culverts, dams, ferries, surveys and other public works completed during this interval, as far as we have been able to gather them from these published reports, and froin the papers turned over to the Department from the Lieutenant Governor's office at the time of the organisation of the He parE nae) b are dealt with in schedule form further on in this report.

8 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

In the year 1892, as above mentioned, a change in the method of administering the public works and other Territorial expenditure was made, this change being the result of the acquisition by the Legislative Assembly of the right to control the expenditure of the Territorial revenue and apportion it to meet the different Territorial needs. Under this change the Territorial expenditure was administered through the Executive Committee of ‘the Assembly, but as there was no distinct

branch created to undertake the administration of necessary expenditure under the head of public works, an arrangement was entered into under which the sum available each year for public works, or other needs of a public character, was equally divided between the electoral districts in the Territories and these sums expended through the local members of the Legislative Assembly. This system had the merit of cheapness in that there was a saving of the cost of technical supervision of the expenditure on the work, the services of the local members in letting the works and superintending their completion and inspection being given without remuneration, and at the time of its inception the arrangement, owing to the comparatively small sum there was to spend, was probably the best which could have been adopted. It had, however, many grave objections. In the first place it provided for an equal expenditure for public works in all electoral districts, which was manifestly unsuited to existing conditions. Somme of the districts were found to be broken by large rivers and other natural features requiring considerable expenditure to provide necessary bridges, and these districts, being given the same amount as districts which, owing to their situation and topographical features, required very little outlay except for some road grading or other inexpensive work, were unable to provide these necessary works. There was also the further grave objection that the expenditure of public money through the local members was fraught with the danger of mis- appropriation for political ends, and although it speaks well for the personal integrity of the members of the Legislative Assembly during the time this system was in force, to be able to say that very few instances of this kind occurred, the two or three cases which did occur, together with the evidence adduced of unwise and unnecessary expenditure in some districts, and the increase in the demand for works which could not be undertaken under this system, soon proved the weakness of that method of expending public money.

In consequence of these facts it was decided by the Executive Com- mittee, in 1897, to create a distinct Public Works Branch and to do away with the system of equal allotment of the amount available for public works among the electoral districts. This Public Works Branch was to be headed by qualified technical officials and. to be charged with the expenditure of the amounts available for public works in completing such works where needed, without special reference to the boundaries of electoral subdivisions. This new system was brought into force by the appointment of the writer as Chief Engineer for the Territories on July Ist, 1897, together with the necessary clerks at headquarters and an outside staff of Surveyors and Engineers. Up to the time of the organisation, in October of that year, of the Department of Public Works as one of the Departments of the newly-created Territorial public service, the public works of the Territories were carried on through this Branch. When the Department was organised the writer was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Public Works and certain changes, dealt with in detail further on, in the staff and system in force in the Public Works Branch, were brought into effect,

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To provide for proper continuity in the more distinctly narrative portion of this report it will probably be well before dealing with the work since the organisation of the Department to devote some space to an explanation of the system adopted at the time of the creation of the Public Works Branch for a proper supervision of the public works undertaken, and to indicate the changes made in this system since the organisation of the Department, and in the staff appointed to carry out the work.

When the Public Works Branch was organised there was, as has already been indicated, no particular staff at headquar ters char wed with the administration of the sums set aside for these works. One of the members of the Executive Committee gave that portion of the work of the Committee special attention, aided by a staff of one or two clerks, but there was necessarily very little opportunity to deal with the work under proper office administration or record, and as a consequence much trouble resulted in getting a proper understanding of what had been done when the distinct branch was organised. There was also a complete want of any outside staff through whom work should be carried on, this part of the work, as has been explained, having been previously dealt with through the local memvers.

The first step taken after the creation of the Pubhe Works Branch was the organisation of a proper headquarters and outside staff to administer and supervise the operations of the Branch, and in dealing with the question certain limiting conditions rendered the matter difficult of settlement. In the first place the total sum which was likely to be available during any one year for public works was expected, for some years at least, to be limited, and a large and expensive staff at headquarters, and of Engineers throughout the Territories, would involve an expenditure for the staff out of proportion to the amount to be expended on public works.

These considerations led to the adoption of a system under which the Branch was provided with what was thought would be a sufficiently strong staff of clerks at headquarters to enable the administrative work to be thoroughly systematised and kept up, and would provide a qualified outside staff to ensure proper technical supervision being given public works, and also provide for the completion of such surveys as might be required. Under this system the Territories were divided into seven public works districts, viz. Edmonton, Calgary, Macleod, Regina, Qu Appelle, Prince Albert and Battleford, and istrict Engineers and Surveyors were appointed for each of these districts except Regina, which, it was expected, could be looked after from headquarters. In subdividing the Territories in this way, and making these appointments, it was expected that the required information could be obtained through the District Engineers as to the location and character of works of a public character which were needed, and that the necessary technical supervision could be given the completion of these works by them without involving too great an expenditure for such supervision and inspection.

The District Engineers and Surveyors were not appointed as salaried officials of the Branch but were to be paid under a defined schedule of fees for services and expenses while employed from time to time under instructions issued to them. Local men were appointed in each of the districts and it was hoped that their local knowledge, added to the information obtained in travelling about their districts, “would enable them to advise intelligently as to the requirements of their districts in the way


of public works and report upon any applications received for the completion of specific work.

The public works of the Territories completed during the fiscal year which ended on the 31st of August, 1897, as well as those provided for during the fiscal year covering the period from that date to the close of the calendar year just ended were, with some slight modifications referred to later on, carried on under the system above outlined.

On the whole this system was found to work satisfactorily. In some districts, however, the press of work was greater than could be promptly and efficiently handled by the District Engineer, and owing to his frequent absences for considerable periods from his office while engaged in waking surveys, serious delays occurred in dealing with some of the items of public works for which provision had been made in the current estimates. ‘To assist in overcoming this difficulty it was decided in the spring of last year to increase the outside staff of the Department by appointing competent men in different parts of the Territories as Local Inspectors to whom instructions could be sent to inspect works that had been completed, and tnus relieve the congestion in some of the District Engineers’ offices. This addition to the staff, however, only removed a portion of the difficulty as it was found that the necessity of dealing direct with the Local Inspectors added so materially to the cor- — respondence at headquarters that we were unable, with the limited staff, to properly attend to this mass of correspondence and at the same time examine and properly record the plans and specifications for public works submitted by District Engineers, or the returns of surveys made by them, and in consequence our work fell very much into arrears, and certain annoying but unavoidable delays occurred in getting the season’s work commenced.

These condit'ons led, in the fall of the past year, to a careful consideration of the system and the necessary changes required to make it more complete and workable. It was finally decided to do away with the offices of District Engineers and Surveyors and to increase the departmental staff by the appointment of an Assistant Chief Surveyor and an Assistant Chief Engineer. This change caine into force with the beginning of the present year, Mr. R. C. Laurie, D.L.5., who had previously filled the positions of District Engineer and Surveyor for the Battleford and Macleod Districts, being appointed Assistant Chief Sur- veyor, and Mr. J. T. Child} C.E., Assistant Chief Engineer, both with headquarters at Regina.

In connection with this change in the system, and the appointment of the gentlemen referred to, I may say that to obviate the difficulties above mentioned it is intended in future to carry on our public works somewhat in the following manner :

All plans and specifications for public works will be prepared at headquarters and the contracts or instructions for these works, as the case may ve, issued direct from the Department. The inspection of the work after completion will be made by the Local Inspector living nearest to the work, the staff of Local Inspectors being so increased that there will not be any great distance to travel in each particular case to complete the inspection. The Assistant Chief Engineer will, during the summer months, visit the different parts of the Territories to obtain the required information to enable proper plans and specifications for necessary works to be prepared, and in this way we will be able to keep proper track and record of the work, provide for a uniform style of structures throughout the Territories, and see that the immediate neces-

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sities in the way of public works in each portion of the country are provided for.

In completing the grading of roads or smaller public works it is intended to extend the system, inaugurated during the past year, of doing as much of this work as possible through the Overseers of the Local Improvement Districts. We will have some 450 of these districts in operation this year, and the Overseers will constitute a good staff of foremen to carry out works of this character. This feature of our public works administration will be found more fully dealt with in the section of this report dealing with Local Improvement Districts.

The adoption of the new system will, it is expected, enable us to deal more promptly and efficiently with public works as they are from time to time provided for by legislative appropriation, and will also result in a considerable saving in the cost of the inspection and superintendence of the work over the amount paid for this service under the old system. For the purpose of future reference a statement is given of the cost of the inspection and superintendence of public works during the past fiseal year under the old system of dealing with these works: |

Amount expended during past fiscal year on construction of public works: 96a, 0.185 .... $129,046 00

Amount paid for inspection of public works .... 5,908 68 Percentage of cost of public works paid for

BTS CCU Teer er. cs Re Pik tee Heh Mem Bs ells 2 43/ Amount expended during fiscal year for construc-

BLOTIMOEAPUC Esai Ft, £09 ht OYE Pa Ie eS 47,672 00 Amount paid for preparation of plans and specifi-

cations and superintendence of construction . 1,676 29 Percentage of cost of bridges paid for superinten- |

GenCee SRNL S TO) ROE TT, B47,

The foregoing statement indicates that under our old system the percentage of cost of public works for inspection of the same amounted to 4} per cent., and for preparation of plans and specifications of works and superintendence of construction 3} per cent., and while these charges are certainly not excessive it is expected, as already indicated, that under the new system adopted the percentage of cost for these services will be somewhat reduced.

It is intended that the Chief Assistant Surveyor shall in future have charge of the examination and record of all returns of surveys, roads, trails and reservoirs, and that he shall in addition, during the summer months, make such surveys as he can undertake without allowing the office work to fall into arrears. The surveys which cannot be undertaken by the Assistant Chief Surveyor will be performed by the gentlemen who lately filled the positions of District Engineers and Surveyors, or by some other local Dominion Land Surveyor residing in the vicinity of surveys required. The importance of this branch of our departmental work, and the serious difficulties which have arisen owing to want of proper supervision in the past of surveys made for the Territorial Government, will be found more fully dealt with in the section of this report relating to surveys. .

Having dealt thus briefly with the narrative portion of this report relating to the subject of public works in the Territories and their administration under the different authorities charged with their com-

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pletion since the organisation of the Territories, I now proceed to deal in detail with the work delegated to this Department and completed since its organisation.

When the several Departments of the Territorial Public Service were organised in October of 1897 the administration of the following Territorial Ordinances was delegated to the Department of Public Works:

The Public Works Ordinance, ~ The Local Improvement District Ordinance, The Coal Mining Ordinance, The Irrigation District Ordinance, The Ferries Ordinance, The Expropriation Ordinance,

and to this list the following were subsequently added :

The Steam Boilers Ordinance, The Village Ordinance.

For convenience of reference it is proposed to deal with the work which has arisen under each of these Ordinances in a separate section of this report, but before doing so the general departmental work in dealing with them asa whole during the past fiscal year may be summarised as follows:

Number of letters received, recorded and attached to proper Ales joer keen erate = to hel Ree ee eee 10,652

Number of letters sent, and copies attached to proper files... . Pavestishived tee bey} She ieee, Cian ees Wee 13,606

Number of mimiograph copies of circular letters and instructions sentv...; xara eye 10,000

Total amount voted for public works during year and dealt with through departmental books . $197,385 81

Number of accounts received, audited, properly 7 posted in departmental books and forwarded POP PAG SN by bagias! si<m!. pooky a eee a eRe eee 2,595

Awounts collected from vYarious sources as De- partmental revenue, properly posted through cash book and paid to general revenue PECOUNL machidens, [ha . lo. dene eee 4597 06

Loeal Improvement Districts dealt with— Districts organised during year .).i winau.de dan. 356 Annual returns from districts received, audited,

posted, payment of grants made............ 268 Total number of districts organised up to end of

year which have been dealt with........... — 414

Number of items in main and supplementary estimates: fot: public; worksdy. yl oavs..oe eek an 882

Items dealt with and completed................140, 801 Number\of contracts, drawnay asic a7 8) ee eee 336 Number of plans for public works prepared ......... — 155 Number of specifications prepared...............00: brig 160

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Plans, field notes and specifications of surveys and public works examined, numbered and recorded :

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mpecifoationginisash Saalowkeides dyke Tatetten it Weschiplionsaatery| |. tit. Draws lebeaed ol aide Lia DMS owslts aba. eda es ed 5 Gates Leased! Babs saees

Coal mines inspected and inspectors’ reports and neem manda tidnairacteds ont y aollh aiad meen oaks.

Coal mines managers’ certificates issued............. Coal mines pit boss certificates issued............... Coal mines fire boss certificates issued............... ples borergiinape ehadyihie tea asls duel sagheen Giz dh: Bngineerss certificates, issueds te). <e PRe whic ire: Lae ds Fees collected (for inspection)... .$235

i (fon certificates) te awaGne coh oimanes in, Ferries licensed and operated during Chieny Cates sic: he Applications to close road allowances or surveyed

highways received and dealt with..............

Villages dealt with— eLMECS I GOMOrcav LAGOS ie Meter ea. ofr. Meld a tek Newenlacves Orvanised fa Sirs wie, 4 Sark ss Organisation of new villages commenced and peti-

tions against received........ Renete © Li Smet eat

Irrigation Branch: Applications for right to construct irrigation

works on road allowances received, recorded BTC CLeAsLEWLblih user. ooh. oi. Tew kN Ate tot as

Applications for water rights for reservoirs created by dams constructed by Territorial Gov- ernment filed under provision of the Irrigation Act, with accompanying memorials and plans.

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The information regarding the organisation of the Irrigation Branch of the department and the special work delegated to that branch will be found fully set forth in a separate section of this report.

The inside staff of the department, in addition to the deputy head, during the past fiscal year, through whom the above departmental work has been carried out, was as follows:

1 chief clerk, 1 accountant clerk,


1 clerk in charge of Irrigation Branch, 1 correspondence clerk, 2 stenographers and typewriters.

Considering the mass of work which has been dealt with as outlined above it may, I think, be safely said that the Department has not been over-manned in the way of staff, and IT may add that only by faithful work, covering extra hours during the day, and night work for many months in the year, has the staff been able to keep up with the work on hand.

In dealing in a detailed manner with the work devolving upon the Department in connection with the administration of the Ordinances above referred to, it is proper that the first reference should be to

THE PUBLIC WORKS ORDINANCE.

The Public Works Ordinance was passed at the session of the Legis- lative Assembly held in November, 1897. Prior to that date there had been no special Territorial enactment relating to public works.

In administering this Ordinance public work has been carried out under the following headings: Maintenance of the legislative and departmental buildings and grounds, maintenance and rent of normal school buildings, construction of bridges, repairs of public works, construction of culverts, surveys, purchase of and repairs to tools and implements, construction of dams to form reservoirs for storage of water, ferry accommodation, boring and testing for water and_pro- viding public wells, providing fireguards, clearing, grading and improving roads. These different classes of work are dealt with herein under separate heads, as the importance of some of them necessitates extended remarks.

MAINTAINING LEGISLATIVE AND DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS AND

GROUNDS.

The present legislative and departmental buildings at Regina were constructed to meet the requirements when the Legislative Assembly contained only a small number of members, and all the administrative work was carried out through the office of the Executive Committee with a staff of half a dozen officials. With the increase in the member- ship of-the Legislative Assembly, and the formation of six administrative departments of the Territorial Public Service, the accommodation which the present buildings afford has proved quite inadequate and in several of the departments many of the offices are seriously overcrowded. The legislative building may, to use a western expression, be termed little better than a “shack.” It was originally a one-story building which has since been brick-veneered and patched and added to from time to time to meet emergencies as they arose. It is totally devoid of any of the simple conveniences or appliances for heating which are necessary in this cold climate, and the legislative chamber is so small and ineonveni- ent that it is almost impossible to provide seating space for the thirty- one members now constituting the Assembly, and certainly each member will fall far short of obtaining the amount of air for breathing purposes which sanitary science considers as being requisite in a building.

When the offices of the Indian Department were removed from Regina in July of 1897, we took possession of the building which had been occupied by them, and which constitutes one of the group of three

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buildings in which the Legislative Assembly and departments are now quartered. When taken over this building was found to be in a very bad state of repair, and owing to its peculiar architectural features it is very poorly suited for public offices. The Departments of Public Works, Agriculture and Territorial Secretary, including the Library, are now situated in this building: the Departments of the Attorney General, Treasury and Education being located in the building erected some years ago as quarters for the offices of the Executive Committee.

During the past fiscal year a considerable sum was spent in repairing and improving both the legislative and departmental buildings so as to make them more comfortable and suited to present requirements. These sums have been repaid to the Territorial Government by the Do- minion Department of Public Works, but the present over-crowded condition of both the legislative and departmental buildings, and the fact that an almost unlimited expenditure for repairs or alterations would not make them altogether suitable for present requirements, leads to the conclusion thatin the near future consideration will have to be given to the question of providing buildings of modern design nnd construction and suited to the rapidly increasing needs of both the Legislative Assembly and the departments of the Territorial Public Service.

During the year an effort was made to improve the appearance of the grounds surrounding the buildings by grading the roads and constructing necessary sidewa Iks, anda good deal of attention was also given to the cultivation of trees and flowers. In the latter connection it may be pointed out that success in the growth of trees, flowers or grass is seriously hampered by an insufficient water supply, anc before any marked improvement in these matters can be looked for the present water supply must be largely increased.

MAINTENANCE AND RENT OF NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

The providing and maintaining suitable quarters for the normal schools in the Territories is one of the duties delegated to the Depart- ment of Public Works. So far the only points at which accommodation of this kind have been required are Regina and Edmonton. At the first mentioned point an arrangement was made in 1896 by the Executive Committee with the Public School Trustees under which quarters were provided for the normal school classes in a new public school building erected shortly before that date. This arrangement covered a term of three years from the date mentioned, the consideration being the sum

, of $1,050, which was paid towards the completion of some of the unfur- *nished rooms in the school building. In addition the Territorial Govern- ment provide a caretaker for the portion of the building allotted to the normal school classes and furnish fuel and light for that portion of the building. Under this arrangement comfortable and suitable quarters were provided for the normal school sessions at Regina which, up to this date, have proved sufficiently commodious. Owing, however, to the rapid increase in number of those attending the classes the rooms have been somewhat overcrowded during the late session and in view of this fact, and also as the agreement above referred to terminates next spring, consideration will have to be given this year to providing more accommodation for this branch of the Educational Department. It is possible that a further arrangement can be nade with the Public School Trustees for a renewal of the terms under which we occupy the rooms mentioned and to provide additional accommodation in a portion of the school

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building not at present in use. But the question of providing a suitable permanent building for the normal school at Regina, or such other central point as may be selected, must be faced in the near future.

In the western portion of the Territories normal schoo] sessions have been held during the past two winters at Edmonton. At that point quarters for the classes have been provided by renting rooms during the few months the classes were in session, but this arrangement is necessarily of the most temporary character, and no donbt the increase in member- ship of the classes will necessitate some more permanent ns being provided either at Edmonton or Calgary.

The question of the possibility of providing in the near future, from the present limited amount available each year for public works, the expensive buildings which will be required for normal school purposes in the Territories is deserving of some consideration, and it is respectfully submitted that, with the rapidly increasing demands for expenditure for roads, bridges, surveys and other important public works which will each year exhaust all the amount available for public works, the time has come when an effort should be made to complete arrangements by which a portion of the land endowment in the Territories for educational purposes should be set aside to provide these normal school buildings.

CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES.

The most distinctively public work which the Department is called upon to undertake is the construction of bridges, anda very considerable portion of the amount set aside for public wor rks during the past fiscal year, as wel) as of the amounts previously expended, has been deveted to the completion of structures of this character.

The schedule given farther on shows the number and location of the bridges constructed within the Territories as Territorial public works up to this date. This schedule is complete in so far as it relates to bridges constructed since the organisation of the Public Works Branch and Department of Public Works respectively, but is very incomplete as concerning bridges previously constructed, numerous bridges having been built by members of the Legislative Assembly under the old system of district grants of which we have no direct record but of which we hear indirectly from time to time.

The construction of bridges is one of the classes of public work that particularly requires technical supervision, not only in designing the structures but in superintending their erection. Owing to a lack of this technical supervision under the old system of carrying on the public works it is not surprising to find that some of the bridges which were erected during that time are poor structures and cost much more than they would have done had they been properly designed. This statement may be illustrated by the fact that certain of the larger bridges, erected under the old system at a cost of from $3,000 to $4,000, each could to- day be replaced by properly designed and constructed bridges at a cost of from $2,000 to $3,000, and this great difference in cost is certainly not altogether due to any marked reduction in the cost of labour or material in the Territories, but is attributable to the unsuitability of the structures erected and the want of proper technical supeinbadspd of their construction.

Up to the time of the organisation of thes Public Works Branch all the bridges, with one exception, which had beén erected as Territorial public ores were wooden structures. Some of them, such as bridges

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over the Qu’Appelle River, Souris River, High River, Bow River, Elbow River, Red Deer River, Sturgeon River and other of the larger streams were bridges of one or more truss spans, and cost, as has been indicated, comparatively large sums. As might be expected from the system in force at the time of their erection, these larger bridges, as well as the smaller ones, are of all kinds of design. In some cases they contain an excessive amount of material for the loads they have to carry, while in others the limit of safety was stretched in designing the structures, and as a consequence large sums have had to be subsequently spent in making the bridges of this character safe.

This want of uniformity in the designs of our bridges was not entirely overcome at the time of the organisation of the Public Works Branch by the appointment of District Engineers. Six or seven engineers naturaliy have somewhat different ideas of the style of structure best suited for any particular site where a bridge was needed, and although an effort was made to overcome this difficulty by issuing a General Manual of Instructions for the Guidance of District Engineers, which contained certain limiting conditions regarding designs for bridges, we have been unable, owing to the lack of technical assistance at headquarters already referred to, to obtain that uniformity in the design of our bridges that is desirable.

One of the principal improvements that we hope to accomplish by the change in the system of completing future public works is uniformity in the design of bridges, this result being possible owing to the fact that all the bridges will be designed in the department. This uniformity will permit of a very material saving in the cost of designing the smaller bridges as we will have one standard design for the superstructure for all bridges of from ten to twenty feet spans with standard substructures of the different kinds required by local conditions, and when a bridge of these dimensions is required we can at once, knowing the length of span and style and height of substructure needed, make blue print copies of these standard plans for use in constructing the bridge, at a cost of some few cents instead of having to pay an engineer from ten to fifteen dollars for a special design and specification. We inaugurated this system in completing the smaller bridges provided for in the supplementary estimates passed at the last session of the Legislative Assembly and found it to work satisfactorily, and it is certain that with some further consideration of the standard designs then prepared we will be able to provide for all the smaller bridges needed in the future at a very small expense in so far as cost of plans and specifications is concerned.

Special plans will still, of course, have to be prepared for the larger bridges which may be erected, but even in these cases something like uniformity of design may be accomplished, particularly if it is found possible to extend the system commenced during the past year of putting in steel superstructures for the larger bridges instead of wooden structures as had previously been done.

The great strides which have been made during the past few years in the methods of manufacturing steel bridges and the marked reduction in the cost of these bridges, owing to keen competition among the bridge building firms, renders it possible to now erect bridges with steel superstructures for very little more than wooden structures would cost. In view of these facts I recommended to you a year ago that as far as possible the larger bridges provided for in the current estimates should have steel superstructures, and this recommendation having been approved it has been carried out in the following cases :


Bridge over the South Fork of the Old Man’s River, Two steel spans of 102 feet each.

Bridge over High River at Thompson’s Crossing. Two steel spans of 112 feet 7 inches each,

Bridge over Kootenay River at Pace’s Crossing, Stand Off. Two steel spans of 110 feet each.

Bridge over Cascade River at Anthracite, One steel span of 90 feet: Bridge over Ross Creek at Medicine Hat. One steel span of 70 feet. Bridge over Willow Creek near Macleod. One steel span of 50 feet.

a Bi idge over Maple Creek at Maple Creek village. One steel span of 60 feet. | |

_ Bridge over Qu’Appelle River at Craven. One steel span of 80 feet. Br idge over Qu’ Appelle River at Blackwood Crossing near Indian

Head. Onesteel span of 86 fect. Bridge over Qu’Appelle River at Ross Crossing. One steel span of

60 feet. Bridge over Souris River near Glenewen. One steel span of 60 feet.

The substructures for all the foregoing bridges consist of pile or framed piers which in the ordinary course of events will last from ten to fifteen years, and so soon as they begin to show evidence of decay they can be replaced by concrete piers, without interfering with traffic, and thus provide a permanent and lasting structure, having a life of usefulness of from twenty-five to forty years.

To illustrate the advantage which has accrued from the adoption of the system of putting in steel instead of wooden bridges at the above mentioned points, a comparison of the cost of steel and wooden structures at a few of the points mentioned may be of interest.

The steel bridge erected over the Qu’Appelle River at Ross Crossing cost complete $1, 049. This bridge, as already stated, comprises a 60 ft steel span on pile piers. During the past year we erected a wooden bridge, also on pile foundations, ‘at Klyne’s Crossing of the same stream, about four miles from the Ross bridge. The wooden bridge cost $691.81 as compared with a cost of $1,049 for the one with the steel superstructure.

The bridge with steel superstructure across the Qu’Appelle River at Black wood Crossing cost $1,737.36. This bridge was erected to take the place of a wooden bridge at that point erected many years ago at a cost of some $3,500, and a new wooden bridge would have cost at least $1,500. The steel bridge was therefore provided at a very much less cost than’‘the cost of the original structure, and for only a smal] amount more’ than a new wooden bridge would have cost.

The steel bridge of two spans erected over the High River ‘at Thompson’s crossing cost $4,610.98. This bridge was also provided to replace a wooden structure erected at that point in 1890 at a cost of $3,042, which had been carried away. during the floods of 1897. A new wooden bridge at this point of a more suitable desion than the one. originally erected would have cost at least $3,800, and we have thus been able to provide a permanent steel bridge for about $800 more than a wooden structure.

The bridge erected over the Kootenay River at Pace’s GEseane will cost completed $6,600. A wooden Howe truss bridge at this point would have cost, judging from the cost of other bridges of this character erected in the vicinity, about $6,000, so that in this iuktaned we have been able to provide a steel bridge at RE the cost of a wooden one.

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A consideration of the foregoing figures leads to the conclusion that in the case of small bridges of trom 50 to 70 feet span the cost of steel structures is somewhat in excess of wooden bridges, but as the spans increase the difference in cost decreases, and under present conditions it is quite probable that all the larger bridges can be provided with steel

_ superstructures at very little, if any, greater cost than wooden spans. : The more permanent character of the bridges having steel superstructures is of course self evident and has already been referred to. The serious condition resulting from the large annual expenditure required to keep wooden bridges in repair is more fully dealt with under the heading of Repairs to Public Works.

The bridges constructed during the past fiscal year are noted in. the accompanying schedule by giving the date of construction, but the importance and volume of this branch of our departmental work during that period will be better understood from the statement that some 94

_ bridges were constructed at an expenditure of $47,739.72. The completion of these bridges necessitated the preparation of a large number of plans and specifications and the letting of necessary contracts, and where bridges were constructed by day labour the foreman had in many cases, in addition to the plan and specification, to be given written instructions with bills of quantities.

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REPAIRS TO PUBLIC WORKS.

During the past fiscal year the sum of $10,099 was expended on repairs to public works. The larger portion of this expenditure was for the repair of bridges, culverts and dams, but certain repairs to other public works were “also found necessary.

The repair each year of existing public works is necessarily one of the first charges upon any suin available for public works expenditure, for no matter how unnecessary a bridge, culvert, dam or other structure may have been at the time of its constr uction, once constructed it must be kept in repair. This charge upon our annual expenditure will, owing to the style of structures which were constructed in the past, for many years necessitate the putting aside of considerable sums for the repair of public works, and we can only hope to reduce the amount in the future by constructing works of a more permanent character.

The fact that all the bridges constructed as Territorial public works before the organisation of the Public Works Branch were, with one exception, wooden structures, has already been referred to, but the question of the large expenditure necessary to keep these structures in serviceable condition merits some consideration.

The life of an ordinary wooden bridge is only from ten to fifteen years, and after even three or four years service it needs repairs to the flooring and other parts. These facts being borne in mind, it is quite evident that a very considerable sum will be needed each year for many years to come to keep the two hundred or more wooden bridges now constructed in a condition for safe use. Many of the large wooden bridges erected under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor and the Executive Committee are now approaching the limit of their usefulness, and the extent and expense of repairs to structures of this character naturally increases as this limit is neared. In some instanccs the repair of these old bridges necessitates expenditures which would pay a considerable portion. “of the cost of new and permanent structures, and within the next year or two the question of removing instead of attempting to repair these old bridges and providing new and more permanent ones will have to be considered. Consideration should also be given the question of trying to add to the life of all wooden bridges by painting thein. None of the bridges of this class so far erected have been painted, and there is little doubt that the life of the structures and their appearance can both be added to by giving them a coat of paint.

‘The repair of the many hundreds of culverts which have been constructed during past years constitutes a very considerable portion of the expenditure under the head of repairs. These culverts have in almost all instances been built in connection with the grading of roads, and the usefulness of the road for the movement of heavy loads is of course materially reduced the moment the culverts forming part of the road bed get out of repair. So far the culverts constructed have been almost entirely. of wood, and, owing to existing conditions in the larger portion of the Territories. this material must continue to be used in new structures of this kind. In certain districts, where it is possible to obtain stone, we are using that material in building culverts and are also encouraging the Overseers of Local Improvement Districts to use stone wherever possible in the culverts and small bridges constructed by them. The bearing which drainage, and culverts to carry this drainage, has upon the construction of | good roads is more fully dealt with under the head of “Road Grading,” but it may be here stated that the question of providing suit-

32 ‘DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIc Works

able vitrified clay pipe for culverts in these portions of the Territories is receiving consideration and it is possible that in the near future we may be able to substitute this durable material in place of the present perishable wooden structures.

The construction of culverts is, as has already been stated, intimately connected with the question of the construction and improvement of roads, and is referred to at some length under that heading in the latter part of this report. In the past the number of culverts placed in some roads has been entirely beyond the requirements for drainage and run- off, while in other instances roads have been built with an alinost entire lack of proper drainage facilities.

In future more attention should be given to this feature of road construction, and the site, size and style of culverts determined by an examination of the location for the roads before grading is commenced,

SURVEYS.

One of the most important branches of our departmental work comprises the survey of old trails, new roads, road allowance diversions, and other rights of way required for public purposes. Up to the time of the organisation of the Public Works Branch the importance of properly exec ited and recorded surveys, particularly as regards the right of way for roads, seems to have been entirely overlooked, and as a consequence a very chaotic and troublesome condition of affairs was discovered the moment we endeavoured to obtain any information regarding the surveys which had been made prior to that time.

This state of affairs was the outcome of several conditions which existed prior to 1896. Before that date the surveys of old trails in the Territories were performed through the Department of the Interior although the initiatory steps for the survey rested with the Lieutenant Governor, and this dual administrative authority naturally resulted in confusion and misunderstanding. Then, in dealing with the survey of road allowance diversions of new roads, the trouble was increased by the fact that the Lieutenant Governor, the local members, and the Depart- ment of the Interior all dealt with the question and, as was to be expected, this condition of affairs resulted in mistakes, delays and disputes which have handed down to the Department of Public Works a very troublesome number of cases and a mass of work which will take some time to straighten out.

No systematic record of the surveys completed, or examination or registration of the returns of these surveys was attempted under the old system, and at the time of the organisation of the Public Works Branch’ a somewhat roomy cupboard was pointed out as being supposed to contain the plans, field notes and other records of the completed surveys, but what the cupboard did contain was entirely a matter of guess work.

One of the first questions taken up after the organisation of the Public Works Branch was the amendment of the provisions of The North-West Territories Act with the object of centralising the control and management of all these surveys in the Territorial Government. This amendment h: aving been passed at the same time as those giving the Territories responsible g covernment, and the control of the surveys having been delegated to this department, we have since been endeavouring to get matters relating to old surveys closed up, and also to inaugurate a proper system of dealing with the surveys and the obtaining of the title to lands defined by such surveys.

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ANNUAL REpoRT 1898 33

A schedule of the surveys completed up to date is appended, but this schedule, hke that relating to bridges, is probably somewhat incon- plete owing to the fact that surveys were made under the old system, under instructions from the Lieutenant Governor or the local members, of which we have as yet been unable to find any returns. It may also be noted, as illustrating the unsatisfactory condition of this class of the work handed over to the department, that only in a very small number of cases of the surveys mentioned in the accompanying schedule which were completed before the organisation of the department were the returns properly registered, and,so far as we have been able to discover, in not more than 47 cases were steps taken to acquire the title to the roads set apart for these surveys. We are, as has been stated, now making an effort to get the returns of the surveys and the obtaining of the titles to the roads properly closed up, but like all matters which might have been easily settled at the time of their completion, delay has caused much difhculty, owing to the death or removal of some of the surveyors or the owners of the property affected, in getting many of the cases properly closed.

SCHEDULE OF OLD TRAILS SURVEYED IN NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES,

SURVEYED FROM | TO IN

PR SOSOUNIG semrats ke ae cto. ARMs Bes bs ahi oS o miles west Moose Mountain P.O.... 1885 MoErier ge te) bees fit 5 Se. 4 Craven, Qu’Appelle Valley........ 3 1886 eek Mtn chins: ces SA es 3s Prince AIDE ile aaa as Se cea 1886 Ser En CAE Eo titan Nahant dade reat oe nr cee Battleford 40). 5 Lets mn Radio Aggie cacins 1886 Galeat veto) HGmoOnton 5. \n sau «= oe: BC OT OTE OI as teste iy ene eth helio ala 1886 Cleat, ee eerie es Rs ee ake at Port Macleod” vit a xaeier bia ces or nae o.s 1886 Evackroot Crossing.) 98.) vais ee. ash Porte Ma ciao 2 gk ae watts pe ante ek 1887 iii eel be tt mewn 4.4 force etpadctst aban. 8: Halcro Settlement, via Red Deer Hill. 1884 AMICON G Gta Ba ole gas AS ciate a: Saskalehewarny MOGkS sl. i. s ccmnae seis. 1884-1887 Prince Albert (via Island Lake) ...... Si Wi of Muskoday s Keserve «22.7, «is. 1884 ier. ota Muskoday|s: Reserve: .......|\Peuice Albert |... ioc) wih ekg es 1884 SU Ras Gh ham Bevel) so, Revdys Save 1h ws North limit Muskoday’s Reserve ..... 1884 MCRL Oite at ety Neh cle ve heh sss staf + vs [Batoche = Crossing. sada. aa, efit | 1884 North limit St. Laurent Mission ...... HD uei We Ket aves ens» candare at ace sles 1884 AOC SalI genie winds ao oy wes Gra brieliaier GSsitigr mr. x... Beye ops >) olantals 1884 DPT AS eA LES, PARR yen Wil di dian oo Yiu & Gabmelig, Gressin oii ee .afave 6-1 balan: 1884 ANAL Vins ice hehe aie ei « « ss Mae 9 ers Blackfoot Crossing, via Bow R. Bottom 1887 OPA pel. StAUIOR. a. 0b .cMoo sts oh ne a ) Towards Wood Mountain............ 1887 Blackfoot COHOGETIOS = Haitian au ona ee Calgary, north of Bow river.......... 1887 LL ee ee tah Sao aha te ys Moogle yvillars 0 290, eds: otts armed eh 1887 Calo arynt.4 7 SE ae ee eee ‘Morleyville, south of Bow river...... 1888 Br ecicitie (Faber Cate ieabild bate sty Dre Gees MIL AMR istry inset | 1887 Carrot driven settlement: 0.0. 0.) 0 et) eles Ga eI <P tiae et fgheAied Piste lit she Slew ak | 1888 North Limit Muskoday’s Reserve ..../Saskatchewan Forks.......... ..... 1888 MOMs aad es ae apes te Pacheco. heiiehnre wbhehe 6 RE IS aA ID ARES. Ll Bialik Is wider ale ahd wits 1887 RM LE iiescte pie RRM 6 hun eS Avert rane chagelta als ace pL CR Maer fird. tad 2 yew uae atc weeks 1887 Piplcro, settlement) oie i ic len Moly dt e. Porks!Sagkatehewan . «iia a. eeirad 1887 ROT I gen cei wiychi oe eed ath bide 2h Green Lae eek 1/5) ashigd ope otis 'y ke 1888 MEEILO Mise MRIs eT Ki ee Rorisagtearchewatt itis. Felice ue 1889 PRMCROUL Ota te A) vet on Des Ad at ed. Ze St. Albert Mission...) 4... EP obaceseed 1889 MOA POG CMA amen aN 2. alae nh: Gy edb Heche (a Wena amen wee Teta tt aL Ee chhs oll sy 1889 Grapsiel siCrossine \... a7 edna neds fyb Avs PAU Olat ers, attend SEARS 2 katy iat 1889 BOet Pala OLS nants a peaien cate Ne by ‘Stanley's Crossing, S. Saskatchewan. 1889 Ou’Appelle and Prince Albert ..... EU TSOTO CHER RUAN NO yA ofa Saad sb: oi) he 1889 BOG A ee ER tos Aol an a eo MHS loo stata (BabOCHE|s! FS Win Mei betay Lanta ila we 1884 RULE mL ate Ciel) okie Gee Ae a Row oto « Carrot Kiver Settlement, «1.05. 6). 1889 UMS AE MCMV ELOT Os 9 ev afore bo cia ees Dos Found Create Mes) 4 eseaciese. 38 1894. le MOLe Cte ae Aer ign a vses 9 reac Alor ne xo whe Battleford and Onion lake 4......4¢. 1894


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SCHEDULE OF NEW ROADS SURVEYED IN NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES.

DESCRIPTION.

Prince Albert-Green Lake ........ wth Ly REVREN. op doit al AGU See North Morley trail. Bow Marsh bridge. kh Sais are bbe ba als eee eee a Brocher, Creek. Goal ming... ain ctic Asa ee sie ee Pe pareidie at ead: Ce Procher’Creék. cSawtanill os .:08.- o. OORR eho eeeh ee ee eke South Fork Fish Creek. North F ork Sheep (Greeka..... if Big Sie a eae ss North and: Middle Forks Sheep'Creéky. 2 -/hicrdaet. VAL eee eee ae West Boundary Government Farm. we 22 &.23, R. 1 Wb. i eee ae Between Indian Head (south railway) Ou Appellé)(. 7... 20... (in a. ene Agross: Red: Fox Coulee?! See. 34) Tp: 18 Reale) Wie. feoee ee bie Wpravine (Ow Appelle).q, fp.'19,. R.12,) W20eg Re cee. enter Bienen Via ravine across Qu’ Appelle Valley. Tp, 29 sie 12, OW 2 io cane ee S. side Qu’Appelle Valley near R. C. Mission, across Industrial School Reserve .. Ow Appeélle Valley, westward Secs. 2026); Tp.:20,) R12 Wee sen eee een eee Fort QOu’Appelle. South via Bakery Hill to town Fort Qu’ Appellévsin. 2 ie Standing Buffalo Reserve (south.) Secs. 16 and 21, Tp. 21, R. 14, W. TO ably Troy and Prince Albert trail,’Ou' Appelle Valleyatigi a. ean ee ee eee haa Across Qu’Appelle Valley. iP ps. 9:and:1 94; Rall) Wer ee ee oe Up S. side Qu’Appelle Valley via ravine. Tp. 19, R. ll, “We Di gies SER hs es he Spe, Up S. side Ou’ Appelle Valley via ravine. - Sec. 4, Tp. 19a, Re de she ee iabeky Up ravine N. bank Qu’Appelle Valley. Sec, 2, Tp. LOE RAL We See oan Tp.13; RK: 1,/W.2, Ou’ Appelle Vialliey. ox 4). ctads as bbs Wy ae ee . «vara I ollowing dourse OF Dakota trail. Tp. 21 Rs..6 and 6,9 W. 2 as ee eee Sec. 29, Tp. 46, R. 16, W. 3; bridge on Round Hill creek Vee bgt gi ah eae. dee W. 4 Sec. 30, Tp. 47, R. 16, W. 3; bridge at Narrows, St. Michael trail ......... To bridge over Jack Fish creek on trail to Onion Dale: dncet 8 BAe eae In Secs. 10, Ly Tp. 9, R, 26, UAE i a) he ae eee eer ae ee Le

In Sees, 29, 30,‘ Tp,.12,, 1. Aaj ete hate, Sti crs, soste nee 4th UES oe In Sees, 21, 22,23, 24, Dips DiRta0 WV retentid Lipa hc i4ats, 40s este Ane

ISURVEVED

IN

1898 1887 1893 1893 1894 1895 1897 1892 1894 1894 1894 1892 1892 1892 1894 1894 1889 1891 1894 1894 1892 1895 1892 1892 1892 1893 1893 1893

——I~rvO~rer—rererrrrere——— es

ANNUAL REpoRT 1898

SCHEDULE OF NEW ROADS SURVEYED IN NORTH-WEST

TERRITORIES.—Continued,

DESCRIPTION.

DSOCSs 20, Us Ol oidety, L Der Oat Pee 20s We Oe dtbibers neve PR ia Ee enh a eee, PeseGs lie leer cae! Dawe, Wyk! ce lose witoe Ora da + odie oys.s Around Elkwater Lake ; Secs. 24, 25, Tp. 8, R. 3, W.4.......0-.0c 0c cece eee Along north boundary, Section , Hope LO RS Dee Viens scene tt tee Sat R Ge ch alse SCC OME CE Med 2, ha OL OMY chiRih to a kh eee eee PORE ce eae ee ea Ue N. and S Sheep Crack. Tp. 20, el 29, W..4, and slp. 20, Rs21,2; W, 3.52.08 Rem rere My ee ree hh ne el ok e Across front Hudson's Bay Co. property at Athabasca LAnGiier er tis. eos. sia ne To bridge across South Fork Old Man’s River, oats B TARVER einer trate! ee Bast side Jack Fish Lake, Tps.. 47, 48, Rs. 16.17, W. 3.25222. . cele t db eee ee Pee Iota Ot 2, WPRCITI ON {OU Gh) cc ojce seas te ss Bknsiany Cathet sae SU a aka EAs ace n Through Sections 19, a0, ole ps 20, RK. 13; and Secs 24, 25, 36, ee 20, R. 14. Lethbridge to Belly river bridge Sse oh ec RIE Pens “eae oy a Ih Geeks ose stem, dn Lily Plains to Sec. AnD. 29) Ike la) We oon da edaay ie Sreccees Aste tats Sin AE Ee Around a lake in Sec. 13, Tp. BGs TR 2S 9 Wie emer aie Ee acer ade ots South panda OCC Bn tek, (ee Wao Og eee iee Sele oF aa foln Sela RAD The sds) dete Was Bs sy % Sec. 2, Tp. 39, R. 4, W. 3 Eas, RCC eN aeRO CEN LER ey SPS EEN ee EIU Sea NES > GA a Through Tp. ol, R. Ly W. 5. Access to Pts DUP VEStaAliOl pertcue Came oc). aS ai sauts Through Hudson Bay Co. property at eee Landing es SA so aha te he s Through Secs. 6, Voalo 19a, R. 11, W. 2, and Sec. 5; pal ON el VES ee a) ook From N.E. corner Sec. 19, Tp. 54, R. 24, W. 4, to river lot 59, Se Albercome mes bisecs ll Tp. l7, Ri10, Ww. 2, leading S. NWeitomr Wolseleyar |... 7 cure In S.W.4 Sec. 14, Tp. a. ReclOaw 2, “leading N.W, from Wolseley hs ke AE IR

In N.W.4 © DEG. 12, Tp: Le R10, a 2; leading N: BE. trom Wolseley i: -!We eee In N.% Sec. 13, Lpski, Redd, W. 2, leading IN. from Wolseley ws yarr ac. ce In Secs, 4 and 9, Tp..19a, R. pW 2. Sp Pade SI EE rod bhi. EER EET. 2 Res CCS MLN RIOROU, (lagen Ui bea Wes Lica 8 coe a i ship dane oo ate oa SUH Uo salle Tota ade c In Secs. 1 2, Tp. Ti ie 30, W. L oa RNA eR at es et hia peso PS eee ees In Secs. 23, 24, SITs BERS (eh MAN 22 8 Seta da ORNS Soci ae Cate MERE RRMA ed eligi 2 In. Sec. 7, Tp. 14, Rais VW oe Seca 2a pa lee Re 2.5 Wel Sevens. ccd dete orcs In Secs. 26, 34, 35, Ve LS uke l se Wc mae Ss aeatce co eae ad AcE Le eI From N.E. angle Tpa25, Rye, W. 2 to Stony Ciel ule Reyes. te oe From Stony Creek to Saltcoats and Y Orktod sche eaten Ries ke, oe ‘bo Kelly's bridge, Tp. 55, R; 24, W. 4and Tp. 55, R. 25, W. 4.............2. Me eo oe Roar ee eee ea a oe ge Bee eu Secne Oc! pers “Oe iepyy, Wie esi ie cae enum aut ens 38 6 icin Mba ea 5 hue Roe y OUNGALY: ree lLOy LOL OS, IN. 235) Wie Sie aama veg ov ele o 4s: sictike «49.0 ofhtahey ete Peer Seca ta) Dee oe 2am I, WO ree ithe 3s one ck vie caked «6 = Senate PW OCIEAM ELST AtOTROM fh aber ccus Mastin als ake linc atls cts Gig ik aah ans bee a giaeEn : Masiord scout of Higa River ford Tpol7; Ka 2s Wards «eile ae eke wnat Between Anthracite and Banff (along Cae PAR ements he sks MEM CLARA oo PMR Ree OGM GGL oe ita oS ctws 2k? We 2 eet las bs Sy vP 2s + cidoany «(8 SOO ae oe Through Sec. Hi. Dpgedi, R. 33, Ww. Uh cen Ae es Rk See bee OT es we ta At’ Kinbrae in S.E. Yu Sec. ali ad ly eee pg ck NI 7 se RG nc ee ea Edmonton to Peace River (explor atory) A SR hic din Ste a oe td WS ek SRN ae, | Mata Le | OnmeLooNGison River (Exploratory) to. care ieyy cee cn aies sway + « eee aeeae Along south boundary Sec. 1], Tp. 2A) LER Atel VN marie hk ec 5 Ua itis Bea EEG PRG TeielnimeSeC. Seml Ha lie Kids, Win camera ae. ives oMafila she audi a Qulth doe E Between Secs. 15, 22, BL 7) ak ee sc DUNNE Per enemeeen sentry bg Bieta Ic ly RAD es wale pee ata: ions soutm boundary. 14 SEG. do, Lp. 208 Re} Wi. O06 pie 04s lte ways ciel Gay as inenvineard perry across Saskatche wall TIVED fies ee cc sels od she Male belle oh a le ereaMn Oc re SGC ote Glia, cbse) Ll) NW armen Mee he oc 0 opleis' « seuchide. oie = aaa! Mle » «re Up west fork Nose creek (incompleted) . BPE Ta rs] ae oh Hed Mec Po JLT ee Between Secs. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Tp. DO. RR. 24, AVA ee ts eat els, of, Wetaskiwin to Bittern and Dried Meat Lakes (incompleted) Bishi Tita Rian aR hes 5 5. Ween side beaver Lake, Ip. 62, Ks. 18iand)19, W. 42. ih. er Ne Across Sheep creek, S. E. Sec. 29, Tp. 20, R. 29, W. 4.......... WR er Ab Rs 2 Edmonton to Beaver Me CPE MOLNT A sped eee ht ue ds ink athe PAM ca Fe R Poe For ditch in S, W.4 Sec. 34, Tp. 48, Bey TUN sce Sarer kate Catatl e PPe f ck Ad tha ant

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SURVEYED

IN

36 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WoRKS

ROAD DIVERSIONS SURVEYED AND SET ASIDE “IN THE TERRITORIES AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS,

DESCRIPTION.”

From hill N. side Saskatchewan to Clover Bar Across Mill creek east of South Edmonton

LOREY FS Ae Bete ROE CS A le cl Mone eee

From Fort Saskatchewan trail on north) boundary 30-53-23-4 to North Saskatche- Wan IVER: tees Pen hin es ae oe

To avoid bridges across Riviere qui Barre .. Across White Mud creek......4 0.5.0, 0.8.. To avoid crossing White Mud creek me Across Black Mud creek to C. & E. railw ay. Following W. side Black Mud creek To avoid a creek To ferry on S. side N. Saskatchewan river .. To avoid crossings on Beaver creek To avoid crossings on Beaver creek To avoid a lake Carlton and Prince Albert trail in H. B. Co.

Reserve North boundary To bridge at Thompson’s crossing, High

River At Sparrow’s

oe, Ce Tact fe! 'e)s). oe oe Seite a Me ue, fe Ke) 8 16) Ee) ls, law oe 8

S2 Oile) 0. ce Ae.) mS ce 1a) 0. emir. lie) viele) «6 wba is ce nee

of Spd ele ew) op I we ele tee de wine) ien.t ep ee (0)

18) 8 (Lela 6 fetes ielfe, © <4. 16 ale) 'e (w.e/16 fellbh cate) teaib Lelie

Fish creek trail

At Burke's .... At Thomas’ At Wright's coulee At Grierson’s hill At Jamieson’s hill At Laboucanne settlement At Pincher creek (Morden & Hyde).........

“6

a), S he! 18) se 1s: ee iivinetie cal cay y6i ©\. 6) 6) Si celiei eles a\ le

ot “AP im) 4° ee) ie yier (6/18) (6! iets. 'e: (a ioe ihr: 16158) aap elnmr at le

( ‘ayecs, wes

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At Sawyer’s hill At Red Deer (from the east) At Innisfail. ; Pie Omerig ills. Near Calgary At Reinhardt’s and Hall’s

ai ecole Tete Tatas, le ome (e(@ 8S, « ee © so we 4 see De

OES ia) (9) 78) 9! ie, S4] en eure bye ce tents

GS YSOLie elie Pe (e/ emi (ole. safe. ie: e) b/s) # Meanie tes (9) (ail cer At Young’s hill South Fork Fish creek At Newson’s creek Substitute road Roger's crossing, Sheep creek. .0...0... Substitute road PRISE SCHL Syl eet rere aie dein os ok ae Wrossins of; Pishtcreak ican. oo fnew yee CDS CISUICs s,m hen maa ei is Jot ia tyes

oe

UMAR ULAR AR aS sc 9's aa Fu ed COG SRS Ratan Moree eet tw bar bit GaN PMR ITCH EID IY Gam y Skee nn, Ghee y, Gi Across RecdiWox coulec tom s..fem ree. Ua

Aeross Ou'Appelle V alleyaui as peed ees

Brook S Across favitiew «chee Gee

Down ravine to Qu’Appelle Valley .........

From) Ou Appelle Valléyisouthamye \oae en see Connecting with Brooke's road Sh igisay'g p>

LOCATION.

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JOR Se. 92; 27 52) (|) 27, 28 | | 29, 30) t © pal

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33, 34 | Re kee 12 55| Et NBR 1 52! N.W. 10 5] AP 29 51

ie ee. 15, 22 51 eel aut 29 54 S.E. 12 58)

chit Pee ee ee 55 | Wi 22 55) WwW. 3 3 54

PPE 5 15, 16 48

he wis 16 21) ae 3 24

{| 22, 26 ot Shae ie \ 35 22)

Pas seey . | 25, 26 2) bes ea ie 33 21

LAS 34 21) Pie Sad 28 21] hegre 8) | aiaete RA nM, CEES 46 N.W 23 6)

VEE Oe a 22 5| Bie Fd 28 5) PMH 3 4 99 52) 20) piss pees 15, 29 38|

.| 35, 36 So EVR. ok 18 OF setae 30 24 ars ee 18 22 one eae 13 22 LGA ae v3 22)

ee ee 4 29) woe 34 21)

fie 26 21) se 19 20

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LN 3 23 eae Oe 31! 32 eee a 5, 6 33

2 Se 36. on elek tees 34 24

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| oa 19a. ey | 6,7 19.

ee ..| 24, 251 19) { 18, 20 | |

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21) 30) 28) 28 29)

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SURVEYED

IN

1892

]892

1894

1894

1894 1894 1894 1894 1895 1895 1895 1895 1895

1893 1889 1890 1890 1890

1892

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1891

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1891

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ROAD DIVERSIONS SURVEYED AND SET ASIDE IN THE TERRITORIES

AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.— Continued.

|

LOCATION. ai ei DESCRIPTIONS. : pas ee Ba Oe ae

Pt. Sec.} Sec ap: | Rg. |M

Across ravine (Sanderson road) ............ w.4 | 10 19 ay 1893 QOu'Appelle and Wood Mountain.... ....... Pe acct ieee eLy 18) 14) 2 1895 Pac ppelle Streetinorthwatd; oo. secusestaee ce oes 33 18| 14; 2 1895 MoAvoid joe in Sth Correction line. . 3) 2h. ee bane: leet 19a) eal 1896 iaravotd coulect cofaies.. Mans 86 bee State ee ae 3 19a 12102 1896 Ppieaulecianke ly (Bf cies 8S Lh twee N.W. | 34 18 12) 2 1896 iopavoin deer Coulee s ghey te Sec © sak i NW. od 35 18) 12) 2} 1896-1898 To avoid jog in 5th correction line.......... ete wel oan Olt 9a! 12} 2 1896 Borcss couleets.c6. Ms...) |= | S.w. SOME LO bap lee 1896 Pees Op uiC cman nsw oer he. 1G Bake | Naeo 25 19) (i 9 1896 EVenOss COMmleCiE 5 LASS. wee eg re asda Weeds bes ot 118, 19) 19 12 2 1896 wetth banks OuwAppelle Valley 22.0. 22 iascF ilecea es «- 25 21| 14} 2 1892 Pi OI COU eC wy tPee wont MEMES) ho Atte Geka cla ent 21| 13} 2 1893 Connecting Standing Buffalo's Reserve ical Mn aha 16, 21 14) 2 1894. Peer decmravinee <5 (00h... iss fas Sealed oe. | 2] 18 in 2 1894 ime void Slough 228. 522.22: 5+. oy ase. 2 |) N-E 4 18 II} 2 1894 Weross ravinews. a... 88s. 6. 0 Ccoglent, Mees We eee te 1], 14| 18) i; .2 1894 Across Qu’Appelle Valley at Hyde saitog tts oar Mat abre thas bee oa | 19 7 2 1891 Mmeross reservoir at Wolseley. ..../64, wide tian ern: | 12, 13 17 10} 2 1891 Wenoss valleyiot Pipestone 3... ...1.. yi auealaoeee.\ 17 16 7| 2 189] pmnorth bank’ Ou Appelle Valley... ois violins ane je a4,-olee 19a! 8} 2 1891

Across valley of Pipestone ..... ...°007. Ts eh { e i 4 3) 1891

Around’end of Ecapo lake!.i.......- N.% | 22 16 5| 2 1892 BresOss Valleyuot Pipestone! st. 625 oF ccs ah alles aa « ol 24 15 6}; 2 1892 Boab ipestote Walley iBh. |. Sj... don ogy 6 yon 19 14 2) 2 1895 Eeenoss OulAppelle rivern “ey ated Phe elec ee sues t 18 zie 1895 Mow ipestonetvalley, 295. a.1iy 844 sched sy NE 24 15) 6| 2 1895 Senecna om Heapo laken foc k0.. 8 cna ne me Ie ae ee 17, 20 15; 4| 2 1895 Across Cussed creek::......5..4.... En SW 39) Dai Ae 1895 Aeross Whitesand river... 0... 0.6. 6503 Ee 5 ae ah 28) 4) 2 1895 Pmthe; tow Of VOrktOn... sfiasisiv Au cued Poti der taal 2 26) 4' 9 1893 Mer ieat W ASC FIVER) v4 8o% oo on eee emo ahd Weep: 22 Ly 2029 1891 eect ty Ale DattleLOR i... fay. cos ol oe egyne Hiss | S.W. 6 44 16. 3 1892 Pee ILE. SER a hay.2: Spe les BA Mate ane N. 5 10 34 1, 5 1897 Porta wn ot wWWetaskrwitis.. ii ihie Gd sedated 2 w. 4 14 46) 24' 4 1898 PUBS S OI SE Me OE BR tS bale oh | NeW. 20 13) 1} -2 1897 Road ins... sees esses | sw. | 3 25 Us 1897

Read Ri VIE a acs 3 | NW. | 34 24 1} 5 1897 Matthias.. A atl: fret ah eee Also BeEs 6 41 26) 4| 1898 Part of Morleyville road cree Ghost rivera, ie? .. 13 26 6) 5 1897 Road in McNutt property ..................] S.W. 12 24 22 1898

See OH GM IOTOPEEey te Ou Pe. ih cer gaan: SE. 12 24 hee 1893 fe me Meeriniott property. si ce erh ass tess: 3 | 12 19 13] 2 1897 fre sire wearry siproperty 20). . certs: N.W. | 19 14 2| 2 1895 Sate MATA SA RETIER IN ENG Clete oo siege eae ta > + | 13 18 12 2 1898

Rr IMR uo hh 4 ARS es lit dale Rambo N.W. 16 19 12} 2 1897 Se ME RPE ee Mian t,o hs tals OME a es, « 6 15 3} 2 1892 Sue Pome sj eM eto ies 2s le ae on SB. 28 19 woe 1890

a Are TAN eM eed Cares 3 ieee Aad Wieatpiaes Us pay E86) Oi. 28) | 2 1893 bee Petes See OE ty ames oj ov, sips of osohieiers (ive 10, 15 16 7| 2 1893

ee: MOL EE ANT re fh0UB G8 ue 5 a chat ths WHS Widrey +o 9, 16 18 9] 2) 1893

RE mT rs, SAME 2S sO 2 vid rumor Swe. | 30 18 25) 2 1893 en ea Pe Sd. fe at i Rae: | N.W. 26, 18 25) 2| 1893 ie Pee es tai Pylon t pwed 3+ sha S.E 35 18 25) 2 1893 eM tae ae ie Rte) ok oe So nv ihe ss N. 4 10) 19 24) 2 1887

nel e Gi du CHO Gaba STO CORRES, .-G, Se aGnOR ACIDS cP aaeign (desiree ae 16, 21] 44 20) 2 1893

See ener tt xh ates. aReca slits 6 codaly Bays Seale VL) es Das 25| 47 27| 2 1897 Se Mn Reem eer ee ED Mis ray NS Ve chs fed, a's harass an 11} 14 31} 1 18938

ME Scored he ate cae ip. koma k « « E. 4 Lh 20 32} 1 1896

Ee a Var, Meets RG oS ay ave oN yd 8 hes S.W. 13 41 14| 3 1898

PE RENEE uae Steere’ CBA ake. sine Ud 6. 65 plata Suwa 1, 12 19 13| 2 1898 i! oreroene Pee oeae Cre rereeeers sae Heat: 30, 31! 18 9) 2 189]

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38 DEPARTMENT OF PuBr.ic Works


AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.—Continued.

| TY eaateas | SURVEYED DESCRIPTION. De re

Lives Séc. W) alto, Rg. |M! = ae eee ee ets, a ——} = = ones a = ws > | |

Through One Arrow-s Indian Reserve ai. -42o0e sees ie (ie ete eudeeey. bt 1893 Blocks X and Y river lots 1], 13, South Fea | | |

MOMMUOTD G4 laig on « : Des : a why SEA? eh ae Lae e Wt Lae hee 1895 AeA nthracite sain Smee oe aha eae reas nt Te [eee Pa)" 2 ee ' 1895 Road 1 ds, skis Sc eee Oe 0. ene eee 5. 8 26) Ls

FSiueta is tps. etbehramiotaeg hols epee ARs i ees ee E. 3 12 dl, 25| 4 1896 River lots 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, Fort Saskatche- | |

Wan Settlement n cuca odayt a sn orden one Rtn ie ee eee nee oe Tel as 1897 Part Macleod, Pincher creek at Scott's

coulee;* Piepan Réserve 3). foes eee 7a ea] oie oe ee ce [oa 1897 Wacteod, Pincherereek.: naa. «eee 30 8 27) 4 1897 alvary Oi. Ee GMmOULOn, seus. sic suis es Pens poe ee 20 dy eee 35 28) 4 1891 isa Gia weayts, Seer a tree ae henge te ee ee eee | N.W, 34 2] 29)" 4) 1887

ga RP Ts Sen PA ee iy Pee 18. 6 1}. 5} 1889 Be aN ee | geen Mm peek Oe Ee 7h ar eee See S.W 1] 29, Sot 1892

see eaten ri MER oe ae ey aes ee Vee 26, 2] 29) 4) 1892 SGT ay sf Aha ienes Ua aap ed eran de ph ae ee PS 25 21 29} 4) 1892

Wie wN wa ee ait 5 Greta WB EY 25 S00 ee ee al eS : a ohne tee aes 13) 2) 1898 Road in eec.tee- oe ge ree on PSC gets lls RRR 1/2) 1898

Be I ease a og ead ee Ss.w. “| 4 6 | 5 1898 Me Aulag ters © tae alse Reape Tess Deas aie i ae ee NE 3 6| 1} 5) 1898 + Radiat ete Osha heel Wehr haceahO cee ke ere er eT Sh, 10 6) 1! 5 1898 ce Mae ee Pt et ER aoe oe 2 ae. ys 4; 192 22 1898 Be eS Mates cc egg coe eee eee N.E. 52 130° eB 1898 Pp Lette mia’ tg caghs cms axe meas eee S.E. Lh 26) 4) 2; 1898 ee hase ecole Te taco, SRE. wet eee a care wie 9 eich Sg 13. 20) 1] 2 1898 Fe ee cer vk ordatae Bae a sis Raped Rae ae os Re ee nee eee ee 27) 11) 30) 1 1896 eee etre Wok ine ae, a Ca oe eee ee Saw, | > Ba, a SON 1898

Se ots a ede fcbaieys we yde (ae he ne ee RaG ink ae 3 18 9}. 2 1898 eee et, EE Gk Pe ee ce Ren ees ieee eM Se ee 29) 16 72 1898 ROR ee We mies bel dP ae Gace yee Ee ee | S.W. 17} 16 Tea 1898

ce tii cae cee eats: moked eee ore 3] 17, 2} 2) 1898 PONS Ba saa eer Peis. «. Amin va Sete eee | NE. 14) 25) 3.2 1898

SSN) As Re PO ee anon MR RENE AR al A S.W. 12) 25) 4| .2 1898 ee Me ae ets tlle hy, | Nd 6 19 on) ¥ 1898

Bee et oe tee Los 8 a eee Fe ea 23 15} 30) 1) 1898 Fi aii, ct OR Sie tees a Js Ae aera mS an 35) 13) Da 1898 Stes ea Ge i Bet Sct vo ee ee 9 14: 22 1898

EES, SE re cee eke ener il ke 2a iat, ge ON See 27 21) 314-4 1898 aren: eens Pees aay oO Bil, 3d. op eee hehe ye 15) 22) oa 1898

pon ee Ame de Post ey 1 eos ea eee G 5| 25 4| 2 1898 Tos ORAS CR 08° Ey i eae eee N.E. a 18 12} 2 1897

MWS KOT SUCAtt Aime |S bik suc ae ar teks Hea Ws 31 32 13h-2 1898 BSS S ENS WAAR rat ote Yrs Go fare vt.x 95 osu oe aca Wess aon 20 30 11} 2 1898 cee Alls Ceiina whaccietiess <4! shes Ma Ae tee rlliieNe Ya? an 12) 29) 15} 2 1898

evebsrclitl. WASHES) CAM. con civics. s sola ope ae Laue 24 19) 13} 2 1898 Murer aL OTANL Hos CLALIT) Patene IN bcs og anaes Ghee Sree jet i 19 19, 12) 2 1898 PIV Ts HAUT js) st We eS enh ice ea a ee Leen oe | 23) 15} -. « 30) 1 1898 eae OUGe Cait oie ot fey \ a5 eto LL tae eae 27 21 31} 1 1898

MOM A SAT LAT Sco kth Meld lacie ore bse : Bile eee 23, 24: 20); 13} 2 1898 BUECIEY SPC pts » dah. oe eeae uae oe cok) ce 4, 9 30 15|.2'.. 1898 REsChMES UACGD IASI, coh Seat wtkuutenal Puma ichc Mealeas Gata ele |S att eae 19, 36) 19; 12, 13) 2 1898 MORI Re Lan Cl Wale. Sh Seana gl elec chief | NE. | 35 18 12). 2 1898 OOO SCOMO GAIN 1c. y,.islaes tv <4 ee ela c 2c DS 3 17 2|. 2 1898 Ne ibeaversencek dain. :s..cluaqriiaeuwaee slew eke ae nege 16 30}. 1 1898 Along Souris creek, C, P. R. near Oxbow...]........ 24 : 2| 2 1894 At Pincherjererk. (Gy. Kettles) 7 paran. Wun Lg eee 22 6 30) 4 1893

a (Morgan and Cummings) ..}........ . 23 6 30) 4 1893 TRO ih 0s Pc WAPI ci doesn ak a ee a d 19 9} 2 1898 CEVA ED 7d a3 Fe acces him sho bbe Rana tk be UE chet oe SE 8 18 9). 2 1898 Petley ca tity : trv Mevantisn.< tiie ee, Se foe koe New. | +28 22 12) 2 1898 Schneider dam a ate elfen p ltenece eRe OR at tie aie eee RI $s 5 Silica etehmmeta 22). - 31. 1 1898 Roadin i wii «cdneses been rank Soest AED teeS. Bef Baie BOL es dB) 1898

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ANNUAL ReEpPorRT 1898 39


AS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.—Continued.

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In addition to the surveys of old trails, new roads, road allowance diversions Bog rights of way for dams and the reservoirs created thereby, which have been “completed since the organisation of the department, as is indicated by the date in the foregoing schedule, we have been called upon to undertake surveys of an exploratory character in connection with the opening up of the waggon road from Edmonton to Peace River, and from thence to the Nelson River.

The subject of the opening up of these roads is one which has attracted considerable interest in the minds of the public, andit has therefore beeu thought well to include the reports of Messrs. Chalmers and McFee, Dominion Land Surveyors, who made these exploratory surveys, together with the maps illustrating their reports.

EDMONTON, 16th January, 1899. J. S. DENNIS, Esq.,

The Deputy Commissioncr Public Works, Regina, Assa.

SIR,— I have the honour to report that, in accordance with your instruc:

tions dated September 3rd, 1897, I left Edmonton on the 9th of Septem- ~ ber with Corporal McDonald and Constable Keyes, of the North-West Mounted Police, and D. Noyes, acting as guide, to explore the country between Old Fort Assiniboine and Lesser Slave Lake to decide as to the best route for a waggon road. It was intended that in making this exploration we should follow, as nearly as possible, a line laid down by yourself upon a map which had been forwarded to me.

There being a good cart trail to the Assiniboine River, I made that part of the trip in carts, but was delayed considerably by fallen timber between the Pembina and Athabasca Rivers. I arrived, however, at the Athabasca on the 15th,

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I then found it necessary to engage the services of an Indian as the time of the men was fully occupied in looking after the horses. After reaching the river I explored the banks for about three miles before finding a suitable crossing. We left the carts here and crossed the river by means of a boat made out of oiled duck, which we had carried with us for the purpose. Going about three mile down the river, over rough and heavily wooded evound, it was found that the trail returned to a point opposite the place where we first reached the river. The crossing for the ferry which it was intended to establish was afterwards made here.

On both sides of the river there is an abundance of feed. Proceed- ing in a northerly direction for some six miles we reached the summit of a hill up which a very fair road could be constructed. Six miles further on we came to Clearwater Creek, the banks of which are about 250 feet high and very steep. Crossing this creek we followed a westerly course fcr about three miles when we came to Conjuring Creek. The country passed through from the river to this point consists of rolling sand_ hills covered with jack pine, with lakes and sloughs between the ridges. From Conjuring Creek we travelled northwesterley, through small poplar, for about three miles to Deep Creek.

This Creek is about 40 feet wide with banks from 10 to 12 feet high. There is evidence that at high water the level of the banks is reached. This creek should be bridged, as the approaches. to the ford wash out during times of high water. The general course of this creek was followed in a westerly direction for about eleven miles to Goose Lake. For the last mile the trail runs through a large hay meadow from which I estimate two hundred tons of hay could he secared.

Goose Lake is about a mile and a half long and one mile wide, and lies about two miles north of Deep Creek. al camped at this place over Sunday. Finding a road could not be made through the hay slough I examined the country along Deep Creek and eventually located a road there. For the next fifteen miles, in a northerly and westerly direction, we traversed a great deal of soft ground, but some of this can be avoided. The country is pretty rough w ith gre avel ridges. We saw some small patches of green poplar, “but for the most ‘part the timber has been nearly ail burned. About nine miles from Goose Lake there is a crossing over Vermillion Creek. We camped for the night on the edge of a ereek, which I believe to be Muskeg Creek, but it may be the Vermillion that has bent back and runs north from here.

As I had now arrived at the point at which I was instructed to leave the trail I turned westerly and travelled along the foot of some hills, They trended more to the north than I wished, but as all along the foot to the south was muskeg I was obliged to follow them. Three hours’ journey bought us to a lake which I was told is ealled ‘ ‘Squaw Lake.” Its length is about six and a half miles and its width varies from one to three miles. It is one of the prettiest lakes [have seen and abounds with fish. Following the south shore we found the ground rough but passable. Near the lake there is much spruce and cotton wood, but back from the water there is brule. From the west end of this lake to Salteaux Cr eek, a distance of some eighteen miles, there is a great deal of soft ground. It is either muskeg or ‘alkali and would require “much work if taken as the line of route. Passing through here I discovered that the compass could not be relied upon and had to make my course by the sun. Salteaux Creek is 18 feet wide and would require to be bridged.

From this point we commenced the ascent of the Swan Hills, travel-

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ling through brule and generally following ridges. These hills are about twelve miles Jong and present no serious obstacles to road making, the country travelled over being mostly brule or light poplar. The hills are about five miles across and the country rough and full of muskegs. The timber consists of spruce, tamarac and jack pine. From the top of the west side of the hill a view is obtained of one of the bays of Lesser Slave Lake. As there is only one bay shown on the plan given me, and as that bay is shown at the west end, I concluded that I had been travelling faster than I thought and was therefore Cerny south of the west end of the bay. I took a bear ing from this point and, so far as the nature of the ground would permit, kept it until I reached the lake. The descent from the top of the hills to Swan River is very steep, but by spending time I think a fair yrade could be picked out. It is about eleven miles from the top of the hill to Swan River, the height of the hills being about a thousand feet above the river. At the time we crossed the river was about 50 feet wide and one foot deep, winding through gravel bars which spread out for about a quarter of a mile. On these bars were found large pieces of float gold, and along the river banks is some good spruce. Irom Soda Creek to Swan River there is not much feed but there is any quantity in the bottom of the Swan River.

At the point we crossed the river two trails were struck, one following the river, the other going west over a range of hills. We followed the latter and arrived at the summit, the rise being very gradual in about six miles. There are several-bad coulees on the west side. After crossing them the trail forks, one branch (which looked very old) con- tinuing in about the same direction, and the other turning northward and leading to a river ata bend. Proceeding along the latter fork for about four miles over rough ground I reached the river. This river is much like the Swan River, but much smaller, and I subsequently found that it was a branch of the Swan River. Upon the flats of this stream I found good feed. As the banks on the west side are steep and impossible for the construction of a road I proceeded along the river for about four miles until I could find a good place to go up the bank. I then turned northwesterly across country, passing through a great deal of brule and fallen timber to the trail along the lake shore. This trail was reached at about thirty miles from the Narrows, and followed sometimes along the beach and at other times cut across through the timber.

As no work would be required along the beach a temporary road might be made, but as it is liable to be flooded should the water in the lake rise it could not be chosen as a permanent road. After having seen the country I am of opinion that a road could be made without any very serious difficulties and at reasonable cost. <A lot of exploring would be necessary in order to choose the best ground.

The Hudson’s Bay post was reached on the 6th of October and we remained there until the 9th. One of my horses having got staked on the road I was obliged, while here, to purchase another. While at the lake I got all the information I could regarding the nature of the country lying between there and the mouth of the Macleod River. From what I learned it seemed that the only safe way to get through was to go south- westerly to Snipe Lake along the trail leading to Sturgeon Lake. This I did, skirting the muskeg on our left across Prairie River, which is about 80 feet wide with banks 10 feet high, and about fifteen miles from the Narrows. Prairie River runs through a prairie and bluff country. This is a good place for ranching, there being plenty of hay.

- Snipe Lake is about forty miles from Slave Lake, the road passed over

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being through good country. A belt of good spruce hes to the north west of the lake. The lake is about eight miles long and from five to seven miles wide.

Branching off from the trail here, and following the north side of the lake, and then striking across country as nearly as possible in the direction of the Macleod River, we travelled for thirteen days over rough and hilly country through muskegs and fallen timber. This country generally had been Lelvended by fire and there was fallen timber every where.

We came to the Macleod and Sturgeon Lake trails at a point where it crossed the Hawk River about twenty- eight miles from the mouth of the Macleod river. We forded the river at this point and followed the Lac St. Ann trail through a good country, portions of which have good soil and are open enough for farms. .

. As the horses were pretty badly used up on arrival at Lac St. Ann [ left the party in charge of Corporal McDonald, to be brought in by easy stages, and, hiring a hor se, [ rode into Edmonton the next “day. I there found Alex. Cameron, as foreman, and seven men had been engaged to proceed with the opening up of the road which had been decided. upon, my instructions being to cut off the trees as close to the ground as possible but not to take the roots out. Winter was setting in, but as no snow

‘had fallen the party had to start out with waggons. They had two teams, and rations for one month. They left Edmonton on the 8th November, and when I overtook them on the 19th they were making sleighs about four miles beyond the Pembina River, twelve days

5 having ‘been spent and no actual work done on the road. As the horses employed on the work were not accustomed to live on grass during winter, the provision of hay and oats for them was a very serious expense. And this not only in actual cost, but one man and team were constantly on the road hauling provinder for them. I remained with the working party until we had reached Clearwater Creek. With two Indians, two flat sleighs and what supples I thought would take me to Lesser Slave Lake, ic then started forward to mark out the road. By this time about ten parties proceeding to the Klondike had overtaken me. They were anxious to get on and carried instructions for me to do what I could to help them.

Having been told that the Kinnisao trail, which branched to the left from the one I had taken, would make a good waggon road, I wished to see it before laying out that portion of the road. I found it better than the one I had taken until I had passed Salteaux Creek for a short distance, when I saw that it would be impossible for a waggon road. By this time I was well on the road, the Klondikers following close behind and depending upon me to show them the way through ‘to Slave Lake. As the working party could not get further than Salteaux Creek before I could return ‘from Slave Lake I decided to go on to Swan River, get the Klondikers to go down it, and start again from the point witehe I had previously crossed Swan River to work towards Slave Lake and choose a road across the hills on my return. I did this and followed my old trail to the top of the ridge. Then, instead of turning to the right, I kept straight on but found some very bad coulees. On reaching the west branch of Swan River I found the banks too steep for a road on the west side, but after following down the river for about a mile I found a place where a road could be made up the west bank, with a likely looking coun on the opposite side. Choosing a road up the hill for about a mile I struck a pack trail which I followed, marking deviations where necessary, to Driftpile River. This trail I afterwards found was

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the Kinnisao trail which I had got back to. I went down Driftpile River and followed it to the settlement, as I was short of supplies. Obtaining these I struck across from the Narrows, taking as straight a line as possible, for the point where the trail crossed the Driftpile River. I had been told at the post that it was impossible to get across that way, but I found a very good country for it. The country is heavily wooded with birch and poplar up to ten inches. The soil is rich and the district would make a good farming country if the wood (which is not of much use) was taken off. A branch of the Driftpile River runs into the main stream at a distance of about two miles below where I struck it, and as there was a rough looking country lying between the branches, I thought it would be necessary to follow the river around the point and then up the main river to the trail. In doing this it would be necessary to cross the river three times, and in order to avoid this I searched for and found a road across country when J went back in the spring. This portion of the road is thickly wooded with birch and poplar, and had extensive spruce and tamarac swamps along the sides. From the crossing of the Driftpile River to the Narrows is about forty miles. There is good feed in the bottoms of both rivers, but not much elsewhere.

From the Driftpile River to the west branch of the Swan River the old trail was taken as a general line until within about a mile of the latter, where the road branched off to the left to get down to the bank. Generally speaking the country consists of gravel ridges wooded with jack pine; but there is some good soil bearing poplar and alder. The distance is about twenty-five miles. Wateris plentiful and there is a fair amount of feed. From the west branch of Swan River to the main branch T laid out new road all the way, it being better and shorter than either of the trails. The timber, as a whole, is poplar and jack pine.

The road from Swan River over the hills was next undertaken, and in two days we reached the summit, having travelled over country that looked fairly good. As there was three feet of snow on the ‘hills it was rather difficult to know what was underneath. For about three miles where, owing to there being jack pine, | thought it would be all right, in the spring I found the ground soft and was compelled to change the road and follow down a creek which has been named by travellers after me. The country is much broken and the timber poplar and jack pine. As it was snowing heavily the next day I could do very little towards laying out the road and got over to the trail as soon as I could, reaching camp the next day at Vermillion Creek.

I worked from there and again from Salteaux Creek and laid out the road to the summit of the hills. From Vermillion Creek to Salteaux Creek is about eight miles, and thence to the foot of the hills about five miles more. The country is all wash gravel covered with jack pine. As the hills are approached a heavy inoss is met with. This moss holds the moisture, making the road wet and boggy. The hollows between the ridges are also soft.

After laying out the road to the top of the hill I returned to Ed- monton, leaving what I considered to be sufficient supplies to aJlow the choppers to get to Swan River, from which point I had instructed them to return. I reached Edmonton on the 2nd February, and on the 24th the foreman and his party came in. He reported that two sacks of flour, which I had purchased and left to be taken back to camp by the returning team, had been stolen. As a consequence he was obliged to come in for supplies notwithstanding the fact that he had met, near the Atha- basca, a load of supplies which I was sending out for a party of half

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breeds who were going to work from the Swan River to Slave Lake. - The horses of this party played out in the deep snow and they did not reach their destination. However, they did some good and necessary work this side of Deep Creek. The foreman went out again on the 26th, but returned on the 18th March, having been unable to get to Swan River, the snow being very deep and having a crust upon it. When I went out in the spring I’found that the work done past Salteaux Creek was practically useless.

I started out again on the 23rd April with D. McMullen as foreman, and sixteen men, to. push the road through. I am inclosing the diary kept by the foreman, whom I found to be an efficient and painstaking subordinate, and do not think I need make any further report concerning this trip.

On returning over the road I found, where there had been much travel, that the stumps, which had been cut off close to the ground, were now standing six inches above it owing to the earth at the sides having packed. ‘To make the road at all passable these stumps must be cleared off. A lot of grading, draining and corduroying will also. be necessary to make a good road. This will entail an expenditure of from four to five thousand dollars.

A number of families have already gone over the road to settle in the Peace River and Swan Lake districts, and as mining machinery is also now on the way to that country it is of vital importance that the road should be put in such a condition that it can be travelled at all times of the year.

There were put in on the road 104 bridges having a covering of 1,628 feet. Spruce and tamarac were used in their construction where these woods could be obtained.

The corduroy, which is of a permanent character, is 1,921 feet in length. About one mile of heavy brushing was done.

From Vermillion River to the Driftpile colours of gold are found wherever the gravel is prospected.

The timber along the road is of very little commercial value, and the country would be much better if it was burned out so that the grass would get a chance to grow.

A plan accompanies this report showing the road as nearly as it can be traced, taking into consideration the fact that no survey was made and that the scale is very small.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,

(Sgd.) T. W. CHALMERS, D.L.S

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ANNUAL REPORT 1898 AS

J. S.. DENNIS, Esq., Deputy Commissioner of Public Works,

Regina, Assa.

INNISFAIL, ALTA., Nov. 28th, 1828. SiR,—

I have the honour to submit the following report of my explorations for a feasible route for a waggon between St. John’s on the Peace river and the forks of the Nelson river.

On July 8th last I received a message from the Commissioner of Public Works, who was then in Edmonton, to go there by the first train. On reaching Edmonton I received from the Commissioner instructions for the above mentioned work aud provided horses, supplies, ete., for the trip. I returned to Innisfail on the 9th to close up the work I had in hand when I received the Commissioner’s message and to obtain some instruments and other articles that I needed on the trip.. On the 11th I returned to Edmonton and found only one of the horses I had purchased in the corral, the others having broken out of the yard in which they were put and they were not found until the next day, July 12th. I got away from Edmonton on the 13th and reached the Athabasca river on the 17th. There I had to lay eight days on account of high water, the cable and tower of the ferry having been carried away and the ferry unable to run.

Mr. Dibble and party who were going to the Parsnip river on an exploration survey for railway purposes, and several others had reached the river two days ahead of us, and some fifty people finally gathered there before we finally got across. As soon as the drift wood stopped running we made oars or sweeps and rowed the ferry back and forth and were fortunately among the first to get ever. We reached Lesser Slave lake on the 38rd of August and I there purchased two more horses as I found eight could not pack all the supplies and outfit required through a muskeg and swampy country.

I left the lake on the 4th, reached Peace River Landing on the 7th, got across the river the next day and arrived at St. John’s on the 17th August, tive days ahead of supplies, with the party and horses in good shape. Mr. Burbank, who had contracted to deliver our supplies at Fort St. John, arrived on the evening of the 21st, but I found the supplies were badly damaged excepting the beans, coffee and baking powder. The tea was destroyed, having been under water for some time, and the salt, which was packed in the same box, got mixed with it. Mr. Bur- bank, however, gave me 15 lbs. of his Indian trade tea in its place.

The next morning, August 22nd, I set the party to work getting what supplies we required up the hill from the river, a climb of about 800 feet, which was a hard day’s work on the horses. I did not take all the supplies (over and above what was necessary to bring the party back home) with me, as I was told by the Indians, as well as by Mr. Burbank, that our route lay over a hard country to get through. I therefore concluded not to load too heavy as I could send some ot the party back for the remainder if I found they were required. Mr. Bur- bank, who was to act as guide, could not leave for a day cr two, but some Indians who were camped at Pine river when we came into St. John’s, pointed out the trail that Burbank was to take for us, and which led to his trading post. They also told me that Mr. Burbank had never been more than a few miles past his own post, and this statement I afterwards found to be true. They said that they never took their horses but a


short distance on the other side of Hay lake which is 85 miles from St John’s, as there was no feed in what they called “the -big muskeg. 1 *Thet I found to be true also. ;

Having decided not to wait for Mr. Burbank I left St. John’s on August 23rd and travelled east about seven miles on the same trail we came in on, which crosses Fish creek at its confluence with Pine river, where the banks are at least 500 feet above the bed of the streams, both of them being easy to ford at that time, but I believe troublesome at time of high water. The bed of Pine river is 250 feet and that of Fish creek about 75 feet in width at this point. From here the trail runs in a northerly direction through an open and undulating country until we eross Pine river 32 miles from St. John’s. The banks at this point are about 350 feet high. It was here that our guide, Mr. Burbank, overtook the party on the evening of August 24th, and next day we travelled through a more rolling country until afternoon when our guide got “mixed” and led us over the trail which the Indians use in the winter time when travelling with dogs and sleighs, when they keep in the muskegs in order to avoid the fallen timber that obstructs the summer trails on the high ground. In consequence of this mistake we had to pack through twelve miles of terrible muskeg, but our horses being in good condition after their rest at St. John’s they got through all right, although it was very hard on them. We camped that night in the muskeg near a little meadow. The next morning I dismissed one of the men of my party as he was almost useless and wanted me to let him go. I thought he wanted to go mining so paid him off.

On leaving camp next mor ning I forsot my compass, but after travelling about a mile I missed it and went back for it, telling the men to goon and that I would overtake them after getting the compass, When following up after them I was surprised to ineet my party heading south. They told me the guide had made them turn back, and that one of the men (Mr. Rainey) had tried to persuade him that by doing so they would be going back to St. John’s. The guide, however, got angry and said that if they wanted to get to the forks of the Nelson ‘they had better follow him. Soto save trouble they turned back, knowing that they would meet me and that I would straighten things out. I had, however, quite a job in getting the guide headed’: again in fae right direction, but hie finally

allowed that it was his compass that bewildered him, He did not get finally straightened out until we got to the forks where the summer and winter trails meet again. After “that both the party and myself lost confidence in him. Before leaving St. John’s he gave me to understand that it would be a good idea to take with us a sack of flour and ten or twenty pounds of tea and a few pounds of sugar for the Indians near his trading post, and said if I did not do so they might give me trouble. I told him that I had no instructions to feed the Indians i in that way and that I would take chances. That afternoon we came to quite an en- campment of Indians, fifteen or twenty in all, but were without the presents I had been told it would be necessary to give them. We found them very kind. They had killed a large moose that mor ning and made me a present of about 60 pounds of the best cuts. In return I gave them a few pounds of flour and a little tea, which the old chief received with many “ughs.” We camped that night on the banks of a good sized creek running ‘north into a branch of the Pine river,

At noon on August 25th we reached Mr. Burbank’s trading post, a log hut 10 by 12, and camped the same night at Hay Jake, which is the head of one of the branches of Hay river, 85 miles from St. John’s. My


next camp was at the crossing of what I called “Burbank Creek,” 10 miles from the lake. On August. 29th we crossed the Divide. On the

. summit there is a large marsh with a pond in the centre, which I called -“Summit Lake,’ having the head waters of a branch of the Pine and the Nelson rivers. We pitched camp on what the Indians informed our guide was the east branch of the Nelson River, 20 miles north of Hay Lake, having travelled through a country which is rather rough, several ravines running eastward into both streams that flow north and south. Up to this point the trail is fairly good, the ground not too soft except for short distances, but from here we had to cut out the trail. Mr. Bur- bank, the guide, suggested that I should go with him to the top of a high hill which we could see about three miles north of the camp, so that | might be able to form an opinion what the country abead was like. We climbed the hill and I obtained a splendid view of the country looking northward. The country appeared to slope in that as far as the eye could see, but the whole country appeared to be a large muskeg covered with small scrub. spruce and tamarac.

The trail that Mr. Burbank had previously led the Fresno party north on runs over this hill, and on a tree beside one of their camping places on the top of the hill was written in lead pencil the name of the party and that they were there on May 27th and June 25th, 189s, evidently what is called “doubling the trail” in order to get their supplies through. |

A Mr. Stephenson, of Manitoba, and a Mr. Johnston, of Ontario, subsequently told me they were at Fort Nelson when the Fresno party arrived there, which was on August 3rd. We saw some of thcir horses dead along the trai] and their pack saddles, ete, thrown away. I believe they claimed that Burbank was responsible for their hardship and delay. He told me that he left them 30 or 40 miles in a northerly direction from the hill which we ascended and that the country was not fit for a pack trail let alone a waggon road, but that I could take any route I liked. L told him my instructions were to follow him. He replied that from that point north I knew as much about the country as he did, but added that he thought the east side of the river (we were then on the west side) might be a better country to travel through.

The next morning we began cutting a trail down the creek (or river, as our guide called it) and managed to keep the camp up and make about Jive miles a day for about 25 or 30 miles. We only made, however, about 15 miles in a direct line, as we were following our guide faithfully around nearly all the bends of the stream which ‘is very crooked (as you will see by referring to the accompanying plan), and we could not keep out from the stream on account of the terrible muskeg, which was impassable. Finally Mr. Burbank came to me and said he was not prepared to go any further and that I could follow along the river as well without him as with him, and asked me to give him a note to the Commissioner certifying that it was with my consent that he left the party. I refused. Then he got angry and finally left us on Septem- ber 8rd saying he did not expect that I could recommend that route anyway and that his principal object in having anything to do with it was to get the waggon road to pass by his trading post.

We kept on cutting trail for a couple of days but found the country get worse as we went down stream, so | stopped cutting and’ Mr. Rainey and myself went ahead to explore but found nothing but maskeg and no feed for stock, except a little of what is called “ muskeg grass,” on which I found our horses failing very fast. 1 would judge that this muskeg

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extends some 50 or 60 miles north and south, and 30 or 40 east and west, with an odd short ridge scattered through it.

I concluded then to try another route and returned to St. John’s, arriving there on September 12th. I made up my mind that I had supplies sufficient for a trip to the west branch of the Nelson. River, with the exception of a few small articles that I would get out of the stores left at Mr. Burbank’s, but as he was away making hay and no- body around his place except an Indian woman who did not know anything about the supplies we had left there, I had to do without them. |

Next morning, September 13th, I. started north from St. John’s on what Mr. Gunn, of the Hudson’s Bay Company, called the “ Montny trail.” Several parties of Klondikers had gone north on this trail ahead of me, and we got a fairly good trail through the west branch of the Nelson without much trouble. We passed some of them on the way, but everybody was more or less interested in making the trail passable, so that we got to the river on September 22nd. Several parties had built boats and rafts at this point and floated down the river, sending their horses to Pine river or St. John’s to winter. Others had gone down with pack horses, which it is possible to do at this time of the year, as the river bed is 400 feet wide with only 100 to 150 feet in width of water in it, so that pack horses can get along the bed by crossing and recrossing on the bars when necessary, the water being only from one to two feet deep in those places. They were also able to cut across the points, many of which have a high water channel through them that was dry at this season, and makes a good road in low water. I could see by the trees and driftwood, ete., that the water had been more than 30 feet higher than it was at that time, and during high water stages it must be a vicious river, for from the point where we came to it with our trail down to a short distance above the forks it falls very rapidly. Below that it is more level and the water is deeper and runs more smoothly. The general bearing of the trail from St. John’s to the west branch of the Nelson river is about north, 30 degrees west. The first five miles from St. John’s to Fish creek is open prairie ; thick timber is then met nearly all the way to the south branch of Pine river, which is 40 miles from St. John’s, There is open prairie in the valley of this stream on both sides, and it has low banks. From there to Big creek, 38 miles, it is alternate- ly timber and prairie in patches, and several miles further on we came to the north branch of Pine river, 85 miles from St. John’s, which is the largest branch. The bed of this stream is 200 feet wide, banks 30 feet high, and the flow of water at that time permitted of its being easily forded. Some people call this stream Hay river, but from enquiries which 1 made I believe it to be a branch of the Pine. From there on to Summer lake, 30 miles further north and over the J)ivide, there are only a few patches of open prairie; the country is principally covered with scrub, spruce, tamarac and jack pine. From the lake to Nelson river, a distance of 35 miles, there are quite a number of streams run- — ning through ravines from 20 to 30 feet deep. Most of them run into a large creek that we could see at times to the east vf the trail and which joins the Nelson about 25 or 30 miles above the forks. There are patches of muskeg scattered along the last 40 miles before reaching the river. ‘The whole distance from St. John’s to the Nelson river is about 150 miles, and from the point where we struck the river down to the forks 52 miles. | |

Our horses were still feeling the bad effects of their trip on the east branch, so I left them to rest with two of my party to take care of them,


while Mr. Rainey and myself went down to the forks. I arranged to go down to the forks with the Wyoming party in their boats. They were very kind to me indeed, giving us about fifty pounds of moose meat which they had killed the same day we got to the river. There were eight, all told, in their party; three members had gone back to St. John’s where they intended to cut hay and winter their horses. The other five made two splendid boats out of spruce lumber which they cut with a whip saw, there being any amount of fine spruce and cottonwood, some of it three feet in diameter, growing in the valley of the river. We got away the next day, September 28rd, but had not gone many miles before it was found that the boats drew too much water to get over some of the bars. The party then concluded to build a raft and lighten the boats, as they had 3,000 pounds in each, and as we heard from other parties that it was only between twenty-five and forty miles down to the forks I concluded to go on with packs on foot. I took a rough bearing of each bend of the river following along the right hand side, the water being too cold to cross and recross on the bars. Sometimes the river winds into a high cut bank and whenever that occurred we had some bard climbing todo. How- ever, we worked our way down to within a short distance of the forks, but in order to get round a cut bank we had to climb quite a mountain, and when on the top we could see where the two branches of the river joined. On account of the distance being greater than I expected our supply of provisions got very low, and, as we were very tired as well, I decided to return from where we were. I would have liked to put a finger board up (on a point between the two rivers) with the distance up to our trail, but had no trouble in getting a promise that it would be attended to as several parties were making their way towards the Liard river with boats, rafts and pack horses. About twenty miles up the west branch from the forks a Mr. Tottingham and his party were camped, and intended to stay during the time his men and horses made the trip to St. John’s for the remainder of their supplies. He showed me a trail near his camp which he said he tried to go down the river on but it led him to the east branch where it bore off to the south-east, so he turned back. We could see where it crossed the river in a westerly direction. He said the distance between the two branches on this trail was about twenty miles. [ made further enquiries about this trail and was told that it ran to Fish lake, which is west of Fort Nelson, but could not learn where it led to eastward. I went out on it a mile or so and noticed recent axe marks made by axemen who were evidently not Indians. I have marked this trail on the accompanying plan. On September 29th we got back to our camp and left next day for St. John’s, arriving there October 7th.

A fair waggon road can be built along this trail from St. John’s to the Nelson River without great expense, but in case a road is built I would recommend that it branch off forty or fifty miles east of St. John’s on the Dunvegan road, and keep north of the Pine river, which would both shorten the distance and avoid the terrible gulches. ‘Then again, when near the west branch it would keep to the right, following the valley cf a creek that flows into the Nelson river some twenty-five or thirty miles above the forks. (See dotted line on plan showing the proposed route.)

On reaching St. John’s I found Mr. Burbank’s establishment closed. He had gone on a trading trip to Hudson’s Hope or Fort Graham, and left no one in charge. I could not get the remainder of my supplies, but a Mr. Cashman, the gentleman who is in charge of Brick Bros.’ trading post there, came to my relief and let me have some supplies. I gave him an order on Burbank for the supplies left with him, which I hope


he received, as it was a kindness to exchange supplies in that way for me.

On October 8th I started two of the party with the horses and enough provisions to take them to Peace River Landing over the trail, while the other man and myself built a raft, put all the outfit on it and started down the river, arriving at the Landing (24 hours ahead of horses) October 15th. The horses came through in much better shape than th y would have done if the outfit had been packed through. One of the horses, however, never recovered from the trip on the east bank of Nelson river, and coming back from the west branch it took sick and I had to leave it twenty miles north of St. John’s in good feeding grounds. T arranged with a man named Sullivan, who had occasion to go up the trail, to bring it down to St. John’s if possible and turn it out with his band, but it was so poor and weak that I do not expect he would find it alive. On October 17th we got the horses across the river at Peace River Landing, which was quite a job, for it was snowing and freezing, an‘l hard on the horses. I got the two carts that I had left in charge of the Mounted Police at Peace River Landing when I was going north and brought them to Lesser Slave lake. I Jeft them and two sets of cart harness there, in charge of Messrs. La Rue and Picard, the road being bad and the horses very thin, and I was afraid I could not get through with the carts. We reached the lake on the 22nd of October and obtained some barley there, which was a great help to the horses coming through to Edmonton, where I arrived on the evening of November 4th, leaving the party at St. Albert, they getting in next day. As soon as I got in ‘[ wired the Commissioner of my arriv: al, and hearing nothing from him I stored the outfit and arranged for wintering the horses. I went down to Innisfail on November 8th, and in a day or so, as I was getting to work on this report, I received instructions to sell the outfit. I returned to Edmonton but found it almost impossible to get a purchaser, the highest bid I got being only $100.

I met a gentleman on the Peace River Landing when I was coming back who was brought up in the North-West, his father being in the H.B. Co.’s employ. He had just arrived from the north for his winter's supplies. His route is down the Peace river 125 miles from the landing, when he takes what he calls the “Mackenzie trail,’ which leads in a westerly direction to what he names “ Little Slave Lake,” where he intends to winter. He sketched on my map the position of this lake and river of the same name, and also of Buffalo lake and river, both streams being tributary to the Hay river. Next season his intention is to go via Fort Nelson up the Liard river. While I was in Edmonton Mr. Oliver, M.P., made me acquainted with a Mr. Howie, an intelligent gentleman who has done considerable travelling in the vicinity of Fort Nelson and Fish Lake. He sketched the position of Sicamine river on the accompanying plan.

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In connection with the completion of the further work needed to put the waggon road from Edmonton to. Peace river in good shape, as reported by Mr. Chaliners in the foregoing report, and also with reference to the opening up of the road from Peace river to Nelson river, it may be noted that an arrangement has been made with the Dominion Government under which $10, 000 is to be spent during the coming year through this Department in completing these roads and in making the necessary detail surveys to permit of their pint set aside as publi ic highways.

During the past geal year the sum of $7,340.42 was spent in making surveys, but this expenditure has not enabled us to make much headway

in disposing of the large number of surveys urgently needed. — In the past it was the custom in many districts to grade roads down hills or’ ravines when the ordinary road allowances could not be followed, without going to the trouble of first having the diversion surveyed or the title thereto obtained, and also to locate bridges at suitable crossings of streams without providing a road. to or from such bridges. These roads must now be properly surveyed and set aside as public highways, and the work connected therewith will entail a considerable amount of expenditure for some seasons.

We are also called upon to make surveys to determine the areas which are. flooded by the large number of dams which have been constructed in Kastern Assiniboia. The number and location of these dams and the important part they play in connection with the water supply in the eastern portion of the Territories is dealt with at length further on in these pages, but up to the time of the organisation of the department there seems to have been no realisation of the necessity for a proper survey and acquirement of the title to the areas flooded by the erection of these dams, and as a consequence we now have on our hands some two hundred surveys to make.

At the time of the construction of the larger number of these dams the necessity for surveying and obtaining the title to the lands flooded was ‘not pressing, as most of these lands were owned by the Crown or the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The increase of settlement, and the necessity of giving these dams a legal standing by recording them under the provisions of the North-West Irrication Act, now require that we should properly survey and obtain the title to the flooded areas so as to ensure general and free access by the public to the water stored in these reservoirs.

It is not probable that we will be called upon in future to survey and set aside as public highways many of the old trails not already surveyed. It is now evident that in many cases the sections in certain districts have been unnecessarily cut up by these old trails being surveyed across them, and in the eastern or prairie portions of the Territories the wooded and broken nature of the country renders it advisable to adopt many of the old travelled trails as main highways, but the larger number of these old trails in those por tions of the Territories have already been surveyed.

Associated with the question cf surveys is the issue of maps. Up to the time of the organisation of the department no distinctly Terri- torial map on a large enough scale for purposes of reference had been issued, and as the maps issued by the Department of the Interior were some years behind the current land surveys, railway construction and other general information required by the public, it was decided to issue a large sized map of the Territories showing all the latest information. This


map has lately been completed and litbographed and ten thousand copies

obtained for distribution. It is not, of course, as fine a map as some of

the expensive engraved editions of general maps showing the Territories

which have been issued by the Dominion Government, but 1b is a very

good sample of photo-lithography and from the Territorial standpoint has

the merit of being up to date both with regard to surveys, topographi-

cal and other general features, and shows the boundaries of the Electoral

Districts as fixed by the Ordinance respecting the Legislative Assembly

of the Territories passed at the last session of the Legislative Assembly.

Connected with the question of the survey of roads and the provid-

ing of proper rights of way for public travel there is a feature of our

departmental work that is deserving of some mention. I allude to the

question of closing up road allowances or surveyed highways that are

not at present needed by the public. This question is one that has caused

much trouble and many disputes, particularly in the ranching portions of

the Territories, and up to the time of the organisation of the department

had not been dealt with upon any defined system. Ié will, of course, be understood without any particular explanation,

that many of the road allowances laid out upon arbitrary lines are not,

owing to natural obstacles, possible for public travel, but having been

set aside for that purpose they cannot be occupied or fenced in without

some legal authorisation. In the ranching districts this condition causes

much inconvenience, for, no matter what. area of land a cattle owner may

purchase or lease for grazing purposes, his ability to fence the purchased

or leased area is contined to the sections divided by road allowances even

although these road allowances may be unnecessary or unsuited for pub-

lic use. To enable us to deal systematically and promptly with this

question regulations were prepared as soon as the control of the road

allowances was finally delegated to the Territorial Government in 1897,

under which we receive applications on proper forms from those who

wish to fence in and occupy road allowances not needed for public use,

and these applications, having in each case been specially examined into

and reported upon at the expense of the applicant by a surveyor resident

in the locality of the roads affected, are tinally considered in the

department and refused or granted as the circumstances justify. If

granted, a formal certificate (on printed form) is issued under which the

applicant is authorised to fence in and occupy the road allowances or

surveyed highways affected until such time as he is notified that they are

needed for public travel. These applications are properly recorded in a

specially prepared register, and, as has been intimated in the synopsis of

departmental work contained in the earlier pages of this report, seventy-

two applications of this kind were received and dealt with during the

past year. The adoption of these regulations, and the prompt dealing with ap-

plications filed under them, has caused much satisfaction, particularly in

the grazing districts of the Territories, as there were in those districts at

the time of their adoption many disputes regarding feuced road allow-

ances and surveyed roads that had been outstanding for a long time, and

some of these disputes had caused much bad feeling and serious trouble

in some instances. The accompanying schedule shows the certificates of permission to

fence road allowances or surveyed highways so far granted under the regulations above reterred to.


SCHEDULE OF CERTIFICATES TO ocCCUPY ROAD ALLOWANCES OR SURVEYED HIGHWAYS GRANTED.

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Oo NAME OF APPLICANT, | DESCRIPTION OF ROAD CLOSED. 2 fe CoP it

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Garnett, Lous QO” 7 e.. |." : Telford, Robert Taylor. ......

Davidson, G. S., et al, petition

Brown, Wm., et al, petition, (Muni-| . cipality of South Qu’Appelle). ..

Oliver, Frank

Shiart, John H

EulleBros) 8&9 Co...

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Pusey, spencers, 1... ..

Matthias; Es E*. 3): PGE iy Pater wae. ne tg

Content, Arthur A

EVeLEOR ONIN Ree nae eee fo Macleod, Martin.....

Velie” Paice iy sch. Neff, O eatister eee eer Ae tte ae

GER See er tot ae ee es Canadian Pacific Ry. Company. .

Macleod, Norman T. ...... Macleod, Normanel 220." 2...

ExMarews, y. Cis | Pi oe Peace SL ERE Ae othe Lay Sct Samson & McNaughton.........

Calgary & Edmonton Ry. Co.....

..-|Road allowance between Secs. 34 and 35-6-2-5..|.... ..../C. & E. surveyed road in N.E. % 26-49-25-4, 1.39.

. Part of road allowance between N.W, 4 Sec. 25

100 acres

Portion Wood Mountain road in pel Lae een A RR ee ‘

Portion of road allowance in N.E. about 150 yards.

Decs:-o rand) 4s

tween N. limit of Indian Reserve of South Edmonton townsite ..._ . sak POAnes 3 a #

Portion of road forks to Prince Albert running LIPOUs BENG 1 4116-4003.0 ec EY 1 ON A a

Road allowance in Fish creek farm Tpsy 22 and | 23-29-4 and Tps. 22 and 23-1-5,

and S. limit

Pipestone creek...... :

Road allowances in E. and N.E. 14s Fre So. | £238 S. of river ; W. of river on N. boundary, Peo ocr CoN rey) orl we Mk aie Gots Road allowance S. of S.E. + Sec. 6-41-26-4...... ‘Portion of Pigeon lake road in S. 4 Sec. 24, Tp. Ag 227 SEAR GEN AS ESA Seed MES ral Oe 2b) Portion of C, & E. road through Sec. 20, Tp. 35,

Ree.r28; Wad &

20; "21 and 22, Tp. 6, R. 25, Ww. 4th, between Kootenai and Belly rivers; also road allowances between Secs. 19 and 20, 20 and 21, and| 2S aniceely Sal) Cm ieee aa eas el one

[Road allowance N. of N.E. 4 Sec. 23-6-30-4. ‘Part of road from Pincher creek to Crow's Nest

Pass in N.W. 4 Sec. 28-6-1-5; also road allowance E. of Sec. 28

Part of surveyed road in Sec. 30-6-29-4 ........ |Part of road allowance at Gleichen in SE.

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and N.E. } Sec. 26-16-5-2 at Broadview....

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‘Part of road from Pincher creek to Crow's Nest | Pass at N.W. corner Sec. 28-6-1-5 ‘Road allowance N. and E. Sec, 32-2]-28-4 Road allowance N. of Secs. 32 and 33-21-28-4... (Road allowance between Secs. 33 and 34-24-2-5 ;| | road allowance between Secs. 34 and 24-2-5 and

Sec. 4-25-2-5; road allowance between Secs. | 34 and 24-2-5 and Sec, 3-25-2-5-.. 2... ...004,. | ‘Road allowance S.W.4 Sec. 5-33-2-5; road allow-|

ance N.W. # Sec. 31-32-2-5

(Road allowance running E. & W., N. of Secs.

. Road allowance between Secs.

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.|Portion Wood Mountain road in Sec. 7-18-14-2 ati and Sec. 1 and part of N.E. & Sec. 2-18-15-2..|....

Yi 2-51-24.4,) |Portion of C. & E. road in ee 52-244, lying be- wa

Road allowance in Secs. 11 and 12-12-31-1,N. of ......+. |Road allowance N.W. % 12, S.W. &% 13-11-3011 | Pere PR Wire Woe Faye AT Gi |

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SCHEDULE “OF

NAME OF APPLICANT,

Gareault, Ludger. >. .6

Scobie, Capt. N. F. M

Cameron, Sir R. W

Troughton, Jno. E

Shattuck, W. T

Lineham, John

Calgary Water Power Co

McLaren, Peter . Thompson, John

Canadian Land and Ranche Co..

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Walters, Percy

Bell, Donald .

Bell, L OHUSHE ots. . en

City of Calgary

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Canadian Land and Ranche Co...

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Canadian Pacific Ry, Company.

Alberta Ranche Company......

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CERTIFICATES, TO "OCCUPY

SURVEYED HIGHWAYS GRANTED,.—

Sn eee oes Lil heat of road from Macleod to Pincher Creek,

Part of Macleop trail,

. Road allowances at their Swift Current farm Tps.

|At Gull irice farm, Tps. 12 and 13-19-3

. At Rush

..|At Crane lake farm Tne. 2 | rd Meridian.

Pe pAt otaitera in, Tp. ‘13, Rgs. 6 and 7 .| Between cane: 7 and 8; 17 and 18, and 17 and 20,

.|Road allowance E. side Sec. 5, Tp. 6-30-4

.|Road allowances E. Secs. 11 and 14, N. Secs. 12-

_E. boundaries Sees. |

., At Namaka farm, Tps. 22 and 23, Rgs. 24 and 25, I Weeettpe .

..|Portion of aed ‘allawalioes running east and west

DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WoRKS

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| in NW, $:35-0-304 . 2,2. ot. ete wh oie | 46

| S.W.4 ‘All the ed allowances within that part of Tp. | 10-19-4 which lies S. of Belly river ‘Road allowance between Secs. 1 and 2 and be- | tween those portions of Secs. 1] and 12 S. of

Bow river in es 22- i 8 ir Uy ee imc 75) | 22 1 Sec. 27-21-28-4, adjoin-

| ing the faean industan School at Dunbow. Road allowance between Secs. 28 and 29-20- 29- 4

| and Macleod trail, through Sec. 29, lying N. of

|S, bank Sheepcrcek: Road allowance on island 4 in “Bow river betw een

Secs.

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S.E.4 Sec. 25-6-30-4...... |

Part of road allowance W. of High river be-|

tween Secs. 9 and 16-21-28-4

| 14 and 15, Rges. 13 and 14, west 3rd meridian. |

lake ie Te: ij Ress: 10 and

11-3 ints Dunmore en my ps. 11 hi 12, “Rges. 4 and

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Tp. 19, Rg. 28, West 4th Meridian 'Road allowance on N. and W. sides of N.W. 4

LO-6-1 SW GSE tute Ch.” ax oatscemn ee hots amen _|Road allowance along E. boundary N.E. 4 12-6-)

eb pte a) Msi che Bbo's. AEREES | eit STIS se a eee a Road allowance E. side Sec. 1, and S. 4 Sec. 12, Dp Ga Li Sata, in ys wae Shee eo )

11, Tp. 4, Rg. 29, West 4th Meridian 496 feet of road allowance between Secs. 14 and

i 15, Tp. 24, Rg. 1, West 5th Meridian, at cross-| | ing of C.P.R sige .

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3, 4, 4th, and E. boundaries Secs. 32, 33, Tp. 3, Re.

| 28, W. 4th, N. boundaries Secs. 32, 33 and 34, | . Tp. 3, Rg. 28, W. 4 |W. of Secs. 10, 11,14, N.. of Sees) 10,11; Vp, 23, PWR Ss 2h5 Ne 4th Meridian; W. of Secs. 3 10, 14

and N. of Secs. 10; eT ps 22, Rg. 28, W. 4th; | and N. of W.. 4 of Sec. 34-21 -28-4, Langdon. .

crossed by C.P.R. between Sees. 10 and 11 and 14 and 15, Tp.18-16, West 2nd......0..4.5.- 0)

I’ POG aoteg. Gosh Ay Sk Bees RRs ae as ie ee N. boundary Fr. Sec. 24-5-1-5, 5.8] acres. ... Road allowance E. boundary N.3 SEG 13-5-1-5, 4

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ANNUAL ReEpoRtT 1898 bo

SCHEDULE OF CERTIFICATES TO OCCUPY. ROAD ALLOWANCES OR SURVEYED HIGHWAYS GRANTED.—Continued.

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os at ay ad ee Road allowance E. Sec. 24-5-1-5, 8acres........| 2 3 as " ke me E. boundary S.4 21-5-30-4,4 acres| 29 cs eS SECC ce Tree pa tcs iE is ee Muel enaaed.

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Weed, KAbaerie ok Mepis BAY 5s ANNE PSD od yore s yi Ce 33 a oe SS ger ee ee ‘Road allowance N. boundary, Sec. 11-5-30-4, 8

be LCN G Sievers aerate Ars Tee bec Ee eek tae? At (eee a ee ee meee Road allowance E. boundary, N.4 Sec. 10-5-30-4,

DA aed | REP OOMe hey cee Reeth ER Phan 35 s ss date Bais Stic oF, Road allowance E. boundary N. 4 Sec. 16-5-30-4,

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SmicheeVen en eee Pe eee eer eons nr Be ‘Road allowance E, boundary, Sec!-10:9-0-51m) pees9 Barony gts My Sey Wel Hii sa ks poe ao ¥ ©) 8-5-23-4.. 6.45.) 40 Piberta kya Goal Co, kat | He “a S. of Secs. 5 and 6-9-21-4 ; road

_ allowances of W. S.5 Sec. 6-9-21-4; part of | .road allowances S. of Sec. 1-9-22-4; part of road |, allowance W. of N.4:Sec. 31-8-21-4.. .. ...... Laaevi as

Rig CiCis GeO A Ay Wise hicmisne |Part Macleod-Lethbridge road, Sec. 18-9-25-3...| 4] Cet ese UO Resa ee hL ce oats hss Part Macleod to Calgary road, N.E. 4 24-9-26-4. | 42 dese fobnson ca 1).*), Bruce...) % Road allowance between Secs, 2-3, Tp. 26, Rg. 4,|

wee: Othe Mericlid angrier sem tere eer ene beet MiGs L’ Vide pase siie 28) 5. > ... |Road allowance between Secs. 6-10-26-4 and)

ees li NOE2 ( caN the SR eaa nner See) eer | 43 Kotter Gopithomers: 2208 Fe ‘Road allowance between S.E.4 Sec. 6-25-4-5 and|

WA PIND Bade SGareS Oe Zehir in sive, tes Gil omen, | 44 \WWiilircrmee\V Ctl ocean eee eg ‘Trail crossing S.E. corner N.E. ee foci en We WA te RIVER VECCG Thats red oe oe a's an ak |Road allowance W. side Sec. 16-44-20-2 ..... . | 47 The Brackman & Ker Milling Co .|Permission asked to build railway switch across

| East Railway Ave. from C.P.R. main line to Block Si sont h. Edimontonicat csc) ok mast ats ce ne

PURCHASE OF AND REPAIRS TO TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS,

In carrying on our public works each year a large number of tools and implements of different kinds are required. Among these may be mentioned, in addition to the usual small tools, road grading machines, wheeled serapers, slush scrapers, brush ploughs, tools and tackle for erecting steel bridges, and tools for use in putting pumps and fittings in deep public wells. We now have on hand 23 road grading machines, a small number of wheeled scrapers, and a great many slush scrapers. These tools and implements are a considerable trouble to keep in repair and to keep proper track of, and, like all portable property, the smaller tools are easily lost or destroyed and have to be repeatedly replaced, No

56 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WorKS

complete schedule of this class of Government property has been kept in the past, but we are now endeavouring to properly list and schedule all

tools and implements so that they may be charged from time to time to

the foreman having them in use and properly accounted for by him.

The eastern and open portion of the Territories are specially adapted

for the use of grading machines owing to the almost total absence of

stones. The machines we have are, with one exception, of the latest and

most improved kind, and if properly handled do splendid work. Last

year we adopted the system of providing these machines, and foremen,

for use in the local improvement districts in assisting the residents to

do their road work, and the results proved very satisfactory. The num-

ber of these districts has increased so rapidly that to carry out this sys-

tem during the coming season will necessitate the purchase of several new grading machines.

CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS TO FORM RESERVOIRS FOR THE STORAGE OF WATER.

In the early days of the settlement of many of the eastern portions

of. the Territories the probability of there being a scarcity of water in

future years for domestic or stock watering purposes seemed very remote.

The early settlement followed a series of wet seasons which had left all

the swamps and lakes full of water, and many streams that are now only streams in name then had an abundance of running water during the

whole year. Finding this abundance of water, districts were settled

which the sueceeding long series of dry seasons left without any surface water, and failing to obtain wells at a reasonable depth much hardship

to the settlers has naturally resulted. Owing to this trouble the original

settlers in many of the districts abandoned their claims for others in localities where the water supply was more permanent, but the ever ex-

tending settlement and demand for land in the wheat producing area re-

sulted in these abandoned districts being again settled in spite of the known scarcity of water supply. As a consequence, at the present time, in the eastern and south-eastern portions of the Territories, no other

question with which the department has to deal is of such widespread and general importance as the problem of providing water for domestic use and stock watering purposes. This question has been a pressing one for some years and much time and money have been spent in trying to

solve the problem. An attempt was first made to meet the difficulty by providing test augers and well boring machines of different kinds with which to determine the possibility of obtaining water by sinking wells. These machines were operated extensively in some districts and proved valuable in certain localities in locating water supplies which were subsequently made available by digging wells, but in other localities the use of these test augers only served to emphasise the scarcity of water by failing to locate any at a reasonable depth, and other means had to be adopted to endeavour to provide for the shortage of water in these localities. The system adopted involved the construction of dams on the small streams or ravines so as to create reservoirs in which the flow in these channels during the time of melting snow or spring rains might be stored until the later and dry period of the season. In districts where there were no streams or ravines available reservoirs were excavated in low spots on the prairie, and provision made to cause the drifting snow to accumulate at these points so as to fill the reservoirs when the snow melted. By this system water has been provided in many districts where it was found impossible to obtain it by other means, and in carrying out

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the system some one hundred and ninety-one dams or reservoir excavations have been constructed.

A schedule of these dams and reservoir excavations is given herewith. This schedule, like all those including works completed before the organisation of the department, is probably incomplete owing to lack of information as to dams constructed under the old district system of expenditure and of which we have no record.

The larger number of the dams referred to in the schedule are small structures and create reservoirs of limited extent and depth, but some of them are large and expensive works costing some thousands of dollars, and flood large areas with the water stored in them. With three or four exceptions all the dams are earth structures and naturally of a very temporary character, and are constantly in need of repairs. They are, however, of such importance to the settlers living on adjoining Jands that they must be maintained until something more permanent can be provided.

Recognising the importance of the question of water supply in East- ern Assiniboia, and with the object of endeavouring to undertake the construction of more permanent dams, an arrangement was made in 1897 with the Hon. the Minister of the Interior under which the general irrigation surveys of the south-western portion of the Territories were extended to Eastern Assiniboia with the object of locating the most suitable point for the construction of large and permanent dams, and determining the probable water supply available to fill the reservoirs created by these dams. These dams were carried on during the seasons of 1597 and 1898, and ten sites for extensive dams and reservoirs were located. It is hoped we may be able to undertake the construction of one or more of these permanent dams each year to take the place of the smaller and more temporary structures in the vicinity, and thus in a few years have a small number of large and permanent structures instead of the present large number of small earth dams.

These earth dams, as already explained, were constructed to meet a pressing want of water, and no particular attempt was made to design or construct them upon scientific principles. The larger number of them are located at points where the regular road allowances cross the small streams or ravines, the object being to make the embankment for the dam also serve for a roadway crossing. In many instances the surface sluice or spillway was built into the earth embankment, being bridged over for roadway purposes, and these structures not only weakened the embankment but are difficult to maintain in place or keep in repair. These dams are, as has been stated, a constant source of expense for repairs, but until we can carry out the system of replacing a number of the smaller structures by one large and permanent dam in each district the smaller dams must be maintained. There is, however, a question in connection with their maintenance which is a serious one and calls for some consideration and action by the Department. It is as follows:

Except in three or four cases, when designing and constructing this ‘ large number of earth dams no provision whatever was made for a sluice or waste pipe or passage through which the reservoir might be annually flushed out, and as a consequence the water in many of the reservoirs has become so foul and impure as to be utterly unfit for use in any way. In the winter the cattle are watered from holes cut out in the ice on the reservoirs and by spring the portions of the reservoirs in the vicinity of these watering places resemble a barnyard. This accumulation of manure and impurities sinks to the bottom of the reservoir when the ice


melts and is added to the droppings of: the cattle and horses which are driven to the reservoir to water during the summer. These impurities, added to the natural impurities which result from the artificial storage of water in shallow reservoirs have, as already stated, rendered the water in many of the reservoirs totally unfit for use even for stock watering, but the prospect of getting the settlers in the vicinity of these reservoirs to realise this condition of affairs and to cease using the water seems very remote. However, one cannot blame them for this indifference to danger when it is remembered that in many localities the water contained in these reservoirs is all they have, at least for stock watering, and it is either a case of using this water or getting rid of their stock. Many of them also think that if the water is not actually used for domestic purposes there is little danger of disease through allowing the cattle to drink it. This is, of course, true except with reference to the milch cows, as it is recognised that one of the most fruitful sources for the disseni1- nation of disease germs is through the medium of impure milk.

I am of opinion that the high winds which sweep across the prairies both in summer and winter perform a prominent part in the scavenging of settled districts and they, added to extreme winter frosts, probably do much towards counteracting the failure to flush out the reservoirs. How- ever, without in any way desiring to create unnecessary alarm, I would direct attention to the great danger of a serious outbreak of typhoid or other forms of disease in Eastern Assiniboia directly traceable to the use of the impure water in these reservoirs, and would urge that, to meet the present emergency, and until we can get the larger dams with proper sluicing appliances constructed, the more important of the larger earth dams be provided with sluice or waste pipes during the season of 1899 and thoroughly flushed out in the fall. It is probable that we may be able to provide vitrified clay pipe, or some form of steel rivetted pipe, or solid iron pipe, which would be suitable for these sluice or waste pipes at a reasonable cost, but if this class of material proves too expensive we must provide some cheaper form of structure to serve the same end. Having put in the sluice ways it is intended to put the dam and reservoir in charge of the overseer of the local improvement district within which they are situated, and to instruct him to thoroughly sluice out the reservoir once a year. It will probably also be necessary in some instances to endeavour to prevent further pollution of the water in the reservoirs by fencing them in, and by aking provision that cattle shall be watered at a point below the dam where water can be drawn off by a syphon or pump appliance. In this connection it would also be well that we should consider the questioa of planting trees along the edge of such reservoirs as may be fenced so as to ensure the collection of snow, and also counter- act as far as possible the evaporating influence of the hot summer winds. -If trees can be successfully grown they would, of course, add much to the appearance of the country in addition to assisting to accumulate and conserve a water supply. =

To enable us to decide upon the dams which should be provided with sluice pipes, and also to obtain information regarding the possibility of fencing the reservoirs, it is proposed to arrange, if possible, to have one of the Dominion irrigation survey parties visit all the dams during the coming season so that we may obtain a report as to the condition of each dam and a recommendation as to those which it is desirable to main-_ tain and improve.

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SCHEDULE OF DAMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT.

LOCATION OF DAM. ene NAME OF STREAM, LOCAL NAME, IF ANY. ere wo

| 4 Sec.| Sec Tp. Re. IM o

mssimboia Tivemttrib ok) .7 x wor eee seer leak sae Neat, Bi 23 15 30} 1/1898 ¥ ‘ Pe At an, Ge en eee | S.W 25 15 30; 1/1898

OOo e UaUhee Keer Ie Ate dan te va nec leet es 21-28) 18 PH oie tes AMES SS PRS ee ce wee a aoa uighancis wots os £2. 13) Is 18) 2/1898

eaveriereck wine ven. a fads cls do Ne cca te | N.W. 1] 16) 30} 1}. Birchecteek../s:.... 4.5.0, ee ee ae Peat aes ee a0 Ca oes, cemeyeslt creole re Wh art oe valet ie et Paar 20/ 30! 11) 2/1898 DUNE COCHIN yo os Se va olan ae as | N.W. 24) 15 26) 2/1898 Big Cut Arm creek (trib. of) eta ROT ees ene N.W. 28 | 22} 2| 2/1898 Coulcceehat. a it Hen NER red tne 8 ote es ee se 7) . Brg eee

iti MRL 1s orc he 2 oo . a) pore Meat lpte tg eV eR eae Ae 31| 18) Oi Zim. eg Ce Me e, | <P Coa a, Maeda ries (eee het Oven Oe.

Se OTe lay gece a, tants, 12, 13} 29) 18} 2)... eM RSC Lae i ae ay 2 ons Ve crag icon a ew a oo ete A 20, 29) 16 15), 2...

Sea to bat 5 Sow de a2 Bee ee er eee eee TREE: 15, 16) 19 PD ence pO IE SER hk Te ee os de ete Te Lier es DOr 1) 19 26} 2'1893

SO WBN BN ay ok ee: Pee earns. Se seek Th ey See Io. . 20 20) 2/1888 cc ll Vee 0 he ie A ieee ere ee aa ed dic is Peo, Tal) OF Ol eR Bcc ee ek 5 6. Oe Noes seid tierce | 31| Vit co aie

oT sees) petede| ipthient Bete e AER ke bs Saat | 24,25; 20/14] Qt... . Ba oe ce oh PE en an apy AS ret Seer ety fore mcry ee tc S.E.| 9 16 17| 2)1888 pee Cac ae ee forme. Wore we inde el sral tone h elke) oust aiey Srs (ich cuts ook stim | 33: 32 16) 16 2 a

Raemaekers ca POE Cea etal ity ope }21, 28} 19 15) QI. Pate Ms tes Bed kent pee Orel sh eae es HT" Pees 22 R85. SE) + TOM! Largiaoies

Se Ete altho: : he ne yous stot secre i, bay be 10} 2|.. EMR ie nee. De Seve one sete Peers | 15, 16) 19) TOW Sy ee

Cottonwood creek ........ Wate eer rere ce Ste sree ee oe oe | 23, 24 16) 22! 211892 Coles er ery ie en ye ee ae Se | s.w.| Ay ® 29) )) VA Oy

Simmer e Nantes |e DNecloynk ge ee hun sata xs 4,91! BOR 15) Bak Se Mbt reo: Scag: ts Bertone oe Lela 2h TIT ered 32, 4; 18, 19| 25) 2/1892 eR ESN! 3 Pwr Ng ek Oe eee es es ne aimee | 6 20 14; 2/1888 Ce ee et re ds, ee ee ee LorT)- <18| . Ss} ahiges bar nites Ste hcas. )gas. 5% Bae pt Rte pry es eee ae Pela 22 1 21} 2/1892 SPIE eRe Bess Meo hee oa ata sw aw Baca, 0 leereee | 28, 29 20 14a 2re peal Rte 7 Pe Me Memes ce Ree asks test eh ae. cole tora ey ee 20 12) 2/1887 Uae ee a Dery ten pune Cea eee Pee ah 19) 20), os 12h 3h EN Des m9 SAP WP ee tas oe cmkdies Oe pallid, 16, 20/ 14/ Qi..

PERE cian, Oem cn ae (Robertson \ bs, 4 4) rere 20, 2 20 14) 2)... EE ee lie ses aa Oi armed me Kee eae: a 18) 9) 2)..

RI ee SS Mere Mek crs, co) ak babe ee ee te os Dare: 33, 34 18 DeeQh : Meme bee Nts hoe. «xd aka eae iE oee dose at Pe it: eae 34, 3,18, 19a iin

e ME TRE Ae Sanbeae ees! pe TORE Be Naot 19a) . 9) 2).. Cit Rs Face ee Taken stn Peer edhe. ie, eee we aaa e le 36 18|"°9;' 101" 2). eM a Fr eas 8s Se dale he ee toe Bens b . SBe 29) 16 10) 2).. ae AIO Shic BANG Bees eee bagels Soe Di5i a Bekah

Ge dae. cere. 132 | Set ne PUR <p 0 3 erent | 2) 19 Ot Zhe. x. xl Ae eden oe Cadet, cto: | SEE eee eae tr 6 eee Pema la. LO) 16 9) 2/1896 PL gt ete Se oo ys ee Bd eres Soa Pie eM a Goes, el a 9, 10 13 30) 1/1896 et te ME) coh na 29, past es seek MPEP eMC ren et ste ses Lis 16 DB cae Ro Teas, Nala.” tags. RT Siesta aieah Nr Te EA Bena eee trade wa 16 LGh Sieg,

MER re Eee ITT Fe og site euch Oe re oc eck ete § 24, 25\", 19 Fo 245 ae eae i Mie CARE Mo Aconee een mn: ee 5| 19a 8) 2).

CRED ood en ge ee ee Tem Brighetinc pst PO eae 26, 35 13 ole dhs. cs era Sa aos 5 cis Pedite os asic es a 1] 20 16) 2)... ME RCI BR ayer ig 7 rier eas evs fo Coens 3 19 14) 2):

Rr eo S EE Se eM elas es ogerha) 3.u soe Aaah ses ’ 18 DOW By ae CAE PARLE OG le ae ae Craigie eee th, Ae ena |e Piet 7 17 19; 2/1891 eR a ae Fe ee Soa kee ga ess ace Sacer « dah & 9, 16 Lj ae ae

Cottonwood coulee........ Mee ha ew ces NE TiS, haar fates Hf 17 AY eet es ois Conlée (reservoir)! <b nasties Be PE hate ad RIA a. 15 17 26] 2/1898 RULES talitieboty li. «2g lasts NEGIRA Voi Ronet oy dcurs 3h be (ese, 24. 20 13) 2). Coulee (reservoir)......... eae as NOM Tt L's ou sib eteis) ote ot 35 18 a 2).

: Re STM Me ceut as Scie Gy wed bye eA dks Rares 29) 23 a Pitas ss Seok, ee ee the ieee f Lo awe 21) 28 30 1,1898


oC OF DAMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT .— Continued.

LOCATION OF DAM. zn NAME OF STREAM, LOCAL NAME, IF ANY. = See me

+ Sec.| Sec Toe Re I| 2 g ~~ |_|

Coulee Ses. oa este ca Eee, LO te ee eee ee N.E.| 12 33 13} 2 a Pie, aac coeahs et Re Plulbert'. ti): os Bek eee | 32, 5] 17, 18 28) 2). Be Rl Saks cede oe cha ues Pioneer or Davin

DONG Gs... 05 gatue mnt hes Vale ob LT} 27s cer 2) eee os (etary) Shes 8d ee ie ae as, tees aesnees te meena anand ere L718 17 24) 2/1894 - ie sk iE lias de BS PO as te ee ee a pea 17 13} 2)1897

Duckhunting epee k Se He te oe, erie eee N.W. 1 32 1 |e (EPID Ey erat tahoe | akties aren ete N.W.| 31 32 oh he ee

Dry epulee.. . tre cee ae SMES RANI dara aoe Sp kisah 3 | 17, 18) 17 24; 2/1894 High river diversion into | |

BAtlas BO winders tees o alin Aae Reb as ashes eee ore | N.E.| 1 19 29; 4/1898

Indian ‘Fibad wcteek kc tert abc ctaaties wae aap oe ates a 19 13] 2)..

BS ads Vege meee eee ee Pe eR BEEN AONE 4| 19a 12) 2)... Bio Ril eee ees be reer id reek Ae oer Ae a Ora a | 31 18 Dos ee ms NiE.| 35

bts, eee jewels Uogieleais ede ohn eet lea Gugks 18 13) Qin

SP Pod A tds Bs. MAS 2 Indianshleéady city ee S.E. 24 18 13 ee Insin@er cieelient. 50 «imc: EN jos be ai cid clay ete ee Scan eeneater ll 26 6} 2/1898 Methtle Ub ATi as oy dees cada Pas os AIS Reo ee Se |e ee 2 19 Dee

PCR pn, ates eee peer SUR De EOS Soll hare eens pases 16, 17 19 Leas Little Whitesand river .... Ebenezer OATS ON Asael | Bea 33 27) 4| 2)1898 Little Lome dualie «... ie. colts. 2. A EPROPS barecye apn SP" New Pee 29, 30 17 14| 2|1893 Many Bone creek

(branch ofie -.. anes t Pe, NESTS Pas, 05 ec Senne oe emel B oee Be | 30 16 16) 2!.. ig NEA Pb) Sirs

Bedi cD, ca® NORE ORGY Blas to: RTs Gavtenee cy GG. akemehca SNe g.car cc teen \ S.E 14 | 16 17| 2).

Moose Mountain creek (bcaneh of jis. oy. fee cx AVION ee ar ea eee ere ae | 11,-12) 15 10) 2a.

Moose jaw. creck-(tribiot) iietud. oe. alekadaak ees bests tte rola 15 26) 2/1898 Memecrceett oii. ote ee be Bio il Mae any akan N.E,| 23) 24 1 5/1898 Pipestone creek (branch of)| Howey .... 2.6 2. 0.s. cau]. nese: | 26, 27 16 GIP Ie ae Pheasagbicreek jc: shes dallas sen aes RAED «Saat te Late 20 TOS

gs (branch of). A Wee Be big Smee ae igi 21 Ig

‘ és | { NEU Get Ot: Sia. Aeee cae hie New. 35 19 1l| 2

“ : MM eConnell tte tane as a 19) ©= 2

amet. Soul An paren, { SF So Mt anh Oe ae 6 rob iers amie, 04h CEE SRE ea te Bowe 30, 31; 19 1H dite

Pipestone creek (trib. of)..| ....... i ae. Aiea eee a EEN BO! li 1} 2/1898 Oa Appelle river... «tess IBLE O WS tort. aam ote N.W. 27, 19 12| 2/1898 Ou’ Appelle riv er (trib, oF) MANGE EE S..6 0 betes ee oa ieee ae 9, 10) 16 ds oes

PR BAM en, Sti, ae Ch, te eReee ae nat 33, 34! 15 Pei us . ail Pac wove He Shah: ds igh weleebh Sats aan ec eke 19, 30, 19 L2Qie, Be be ammeter) Pt Pion akt Matera take cin 28, 29| 19 14) Or.

° SP ANS Aa si i 2) wees aR PS 19 Tht 21 % - are ere) ote se Rees ae eee 13.) eters 2| 20 La 2y + “y go5 RIVET Ss tok AREA EEC eee Ae 33! 20 14) 2).. ¢s He RAISNOKeES Hrs fine Acie tees hac wee ee 2| D1 See eZee fs 4 peel Wham 35 Sleigh cache yore sae (ies tanto 23, 26 v1 hg FS “i SE CAE RAR IatS om ee 2 20 eee t u ine ene ks gia uibhe 2 Tats Se Lene Rig eT beet 19 16} 2/1888 a < 41 Ge ee ee eee UA ees 14, 15) 19) |... 14) 2). i aH o} Bice siete et abi occ Wi beeen | N.W. 19 19 14} 2)... t f Tal atc chaos BRET: ANOS cate ca. See liens 36, 6|18,19a| 10, 9} 2).

(he) URE A eh A OR ie, i, Reet 5, 6 19) Gopi Bhve be ey {LNB 26

LS Lune PERRO, Pate eect LNx.w. 25 19 13} Qpir

Ms a a eS 19 13} 2).. cS Die cpa y Caec ane ad RE cae eee! ae, 20 13) |.

o Pe fN.wW. | Awe: oe ieee eee ‘ae a is} 11} Qi.


SCHEDULE OF DAMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, — Continued,

LOCATION OF DAM, z i NAME OF STREAM, LOCAL NAME, IF ANY, ——— io 2

4 Sec. Sec. | Tp. | Rg. |M/? 6

| | Ou’Appelle river (trib. of) .|..... oe ae cote { veal re 18 ae.

cs Ta EI SINICA d heck ere oe ee 12 19) Lr * RMA tb Sictge 8 eee Mee c: ARE | 2) 19 11} 2)... es PR GUS AR CU cathe Ge Sees man. eee | 9, 16 19 9) 2)... “ PERV Sy eerie eden y ustst ts 8,17 191 Deiter Ht fre INNS cto 2s Ree? LO OL TY 5, 6 19) Dia oe s ee eae ee NG olin: N.W. 28: 18 14) 2) zs Squirrel coulee.... aE E, 28; 18) 14; 2). és 6 r 34; 18 |< ter eee { 51 jot} < 12 es : Se MARE ite Ie elle SERA 2) 19). 14 2 BS SOREN ES a ar ee ac oie 11, 14 18 13} .2 a Tee Dt Ae SATE REE A eae 1...) 28, 29 16 15} 2 fs SRR ee kre tipey SGOIANY werk cess 10, 11 18) 14; 2 ss os Ve Lie Vt Gamertag are ett dn keen Oigtel «ot 13} 2 ne FAs ted nts Poe ete etre Arnie. mad 32, 33 20 Laer oe 6 EFitivs beter ivc ts. GA deidues 3, N.W. 19 19) 12) 2/1898 i fy RIS DY a) oc Mu aed N.E. 35) 18) 12} 2/1898 i peiaaion (ockra 3 o) RALT NG TE Cote fo S.E, 24) 19 [ote ees es e Uascana, g..2 eet ta! S.W. 24 20 TSM. SS, s hada eter. SEE SUE! tie: Vesa: | 31, 36) 17| 12, 13) 2/1898

Ou’ Appelle river. .....5.4%5. Bi OULA Does tera t os at N.W, 8 21 13, 2/1891 PU PENGHIVEr (IO. @h)a ai. core Und s COPE UK epson fe cge fon dy te 19).14, 15) 2/1897

$s as Wapella vied. cuits 2 ot 9} 15 Bal DRE ase. Mie Aly Asie tee any Dear ere Th Adan y. 26 36, 6/18, 19a) 11, 12) 2

“s Cr Banks. epee a eee dia ase 28, 29 18 172 A em R HOMES ec recta tgs Ohne alot t| 16, 17 20 i oie ee 3 es PORES SEM Ste: TOMI AANS A S.W. 17 2) 2:1898 ‘¢ LSP iyit ras Rey’, oe hpeses Sout. Seid Sh S.W.| 19} 19) 12} 2/1898

RCC LON CECE RMA AAS LA) ed) Lite Dt dds ARSE), Se TOE {gt a 18 12} 2)..

te fi 34 18\ 12) 9| rib AM. foley eeu G 3] 192. J Bl eae

SI id Be A hc 258) as cigs ae ATER a acuteacee 22, 27 18) 12) 2),

“ (re ait ou) a a aie ale { aul ml Tiere aes im de ifN.w 2 lished RITA ACOA CVS. 5 oe 3 19} 12) 9)... UEP Co ee eas Scere satin aber eet rene 3 | N.W, 26 18 LZ Ie ere

SMM CPCO RL ee a yea dae pe aN Poe be wMtvndt oer ots PAA 34, 35 44 27| 21898 Cate Hosea. doug cots oom Baw . Weche cal 15, 16 20 Laos a

Squirrel Hills creek (tribu- | EAE OUA PPCM: LIVER al, via.d oer) wig gerere mile wage. s ete tet 11, 14 18) POI aloe os

Summerberry creek (branch | | | | Cs ee ebay AA pe keds SUNIer Dect Vea enced ie In 18 17; 8} 2:1893

se Pleming a. au are kL S 8 bs Ln daaeatas 32, 5| 16, 17; 8) 2/1897 . VEL ODSOI Sse rae Uae cll ue cr at 36, 1] 16, 17 Sr Bye.

ivandermcreek’ (Drattor Of): POrter sh Wahine en A Go 23, 26 17 28) 2/1892 &é SRR 8) Pe ook RS NEEL. Spe a eI 22 elas di 17 Zid ais or os / LW > OY RS aera ee) hay Re 18, 13 LS ag oO. ay

WWietsGanareLeek armen. oat tallc tee ate ster wat ceed on 30, 25 15) 16, 17) 2)1892 OUTS EP. tee at en Barracks, Regina). ....5..) 2... : 22.) 27 17 20) 2)1885 ug .|Regina reservoir........ N.W. 18 dij 19} 2/1892

EE i a a era's Bennetts) wt. Vuiia sed, ths 34, 3) 17, 18 AA ae SCT ee ae ite tes eee ee ea Tee yok 34, 35 17 Bora. :

WY Cniret cera Daciticlih Ol Vly NONI ere kee blne Bin MEEK ate Pay as. 28, 29 16 10) 2).. iv Raita Ay htt rie Hae nh arte AL lhiwiee sic 4 14, 15 16 10) 2) .

“ WMolselityisiis, wer Vu sai ya ‘a 17] 10| 2)... Gamma OAV GNOGI IRE PHS SS iad he cc ie 96,27 17| 10} 2). CMs bh Wh reed bring Gb) doen ab ot tea ema SEA Md oC Se ye + 24, 25 17 LO). Bh os if aS i hey CC en m o Ie tay Get) 16 OB:

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SCHEDULE OF DAMS CONSTRUCTED BY- THE TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT .—Continued.

' : | LOCATION OF DAM. Z e

NAME OF STREAM. | LOCAL NAME, IF ANY. le te ee i us

+. Sec.| Sec. | Tp. | Rg. |M 2 c

Wrolficreek (branch of is. \iwaye hn vs > eae ence tell eke ieee 28 15 OP) seats Wolficreek. icy 05 0 at Haves Wolseley, constructed by |e

GiB eR, (CO newer eee 11 17 POC) oe [ntcquleds) s. Wack eel Flextal s/t ste Roe ene ie oman 35, 36 17 SoS iae rs

OR! eine Adc eee CrOSSi@x iva: eae ates ere 25, 35)\ yn! 36 | i 9| 2).

os 54. Ae ae eee Wolseley creamery......| N.E. 11 17 10} 2!.

FERRY ACCOMMODATION.

The public ferries in the Territories upon which a considerable sum was expended during the past season are provided and maintained under

the provisions of The Ferries Ordinance. These ferries are of two classes. First, those that are built and

operated by the department as public works and, second, those constructed by private individuals and operated under licenses issued which authorise a certain schedule of tolls. :

When the system of putting ferries on certain of the streams in the Territories was first adopted it was decided to put the ferries up to competition, and the man offering the highest bonus received the license to provide and operate the ferry for a period of three years. This system naturally resulted in the collection of high tolls so as to make the venture a paying one for the persons providing the ferries, and entailed a serious tax upon the residents in certain districts where ferries had to be largely used to reach market centres. Shortly after the organisation of the Public Works Branch it was decided to change this system, as it seemed unjust that we should attempt to obtain any revenue from the operation of ferries by taxing settlers who had the misfortune to live on either side of streams which we were unable, with present Territorial revenues, to bridge. The policy adopted was to provide and operate ferries where needed, paying a small monthly salary to the men operating them in addition to a very low schedule of tolls which they were authorised to collect.

This system is in force with regard to all the ferries now in operation, except in the case of those on the Assiniboine river, which are only run for a short time in spring when the water is high (these being run by the persons using them without the payment of any tolls), and the ferries which have been provided by private individuals on the road from Edmonton to Peace River. These latter are operated under a yearly license and the schedule of tolls is high, as they are only used by freight- ers or persons travelling into the north country, and are not in any sense publie works for the purpose of giving settlers access to market.

The accompanying schedule gives particulars as to all the ferries now operated by the department. It will be noted from this schedule that all the ferries, with one exception, are the usual cable ferries operated by the current of the stream. The steam ferry operated on the North _


Saskatchewan river at Battleford was provided by private parties some years ago, a bonus towards its construction having been paid by the Government. Last year this ferry was purchased at a valuation and is now operated at a low schedule of tolls as a public work. The tolls collected do not, of course, pay the running expenses of the ferry but it is impossible to operate a cable ferry at that point, and a bridge is of course beyond our means to provide. The steam ferry is operated so as to give access from a large district north of the river to Battleford as their market centre, and also as part of the colonization road which we have opened up from Saskatoon to that point.

SCHEDULE OF FERRIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

a : # ee STYLE OF FERRY LOCATION OF FERRY, NAME OF STREAM. FERRY. OWNED BY

Fort Saskatchewan ........... North Saskatchewan river ....| Cable Govt. VCE OIA ce tes eiei sete rh Aiea re “ah i ar 3728 7119 C0) 6 Bete’ ett Nate eels ent gam . Janis PLEA ‘i Carltor/lcrossing’ ©. 2staOe. 15 se fee Gable a Monehbabe zen 6 4G s Ack hy) | ed Sfmt ES ars es re Wingard:crossing:; p21. im canst | ie 5 . ss ane OLAS Aas PALA er eas, cytes os gcd e * Crossing Peace! River toad’... .\Pembina river .).../ 20/000), = Private

+i sNthabascayrivert 6st if. ee ss | re a ae |Lesserjslaveilakey: s\9 314. 4) is es

ESDISler S ErOSSINS 2S. oe cl. South Saskatchewan .......... a Govt. McKenzies’ crossing... ........ igs RALLAE’ sgt Cae tre CaM ke A Wear S/ergasifionss kis Hae... Te aro. te. Spee et | Private BaLocheicrossing sie: bul cs git lo ky ae ae Cae Re OF s Govt. BisHLOECe KACLOSSIN Oho hal, = tics. he ede Bh ae ore 2 WANA LOOU gree od athe, s Pen SEARS Pe, ROR AG. oe a ee Medicme Tat Peta: hl fos SR aa ae ve - Bormhelly 3 Sie. castes gyi ASsinibomes river: sucks ugk we. 20 os | a IAM SACK CrOSSIN OG .. o8s5 boone <8 ital Maa ict ca a Biackoot crossime 77 Ira). Bow river! sas gehen ter, BS * (WONBS Cs MEST) he tt ty ue Mahyiiven ate segt tisieso.! i: 9 ITIL AST nae ee St tii ok Ned: Deer river: lw lieb {\. 1 We . es

BORING AND TESTING FOR WATER AND PROVIDING PUBLIC WELLS.

The scarcity of water for domestic and stock watering purposes in certain portions of the Territories, and the important bearing which this question has upon the success and welfare of settlers now residing in those districts, as well as upon the extension of present settlement, has already been referred to under the heading of Damsand Reservoirs. The efforts which have been and are being made to overcome this material drawback by the construction of dams has also been referred to at some length. It is now proposed to consider the system which has been adopted by the department in endeavouring to augment the water supply by providing public wells which will not be subject to the same con- taminating influences as the reservoirs, and will, therefore, supply good water for domestic use in localities where the water supply for that purpose is either impure or insufficient.

The problem of providing a water supply from wells in a large por-


tion of the eastern plains region of the Territories is a difficult one. To the south of us, in western Dakota, and further south in Nebraska and Kansas, similar conditions of scarcity of water supply are met with, and as the topographical conditions of these States closely resemble those in the Territories their experience in endeavouring to solve the problem, when added to that resulting from the work we have so far accomplished, forms a good basis for considering the question. In all the eastern portions of the great plains region of North America the rock formation lies at a great depth below the surface, and in most parts the gravels or other water bearing strata also lie at depths which prohibit the custom prevailing in the eastern and western parts of the continent of obtaining water by digging wells. In these districts the larger streams, and also many of the smaller drainage channels, flow in deep valleys many hundred feet below the general elevation of the “ bench” or prairie land, and on these high plateaus the system of drilling for water has had to be adopted. In the portions of the United States referred to large sums have been expended in endeavouring to obtain water by this means, and their operations have extended over so many years that they are now able to say with some degree of certainty what depths will have to be reached before a permanent water supply can be obtained. In the Terri- tories our operations have not been sufficiently extended or scheduled to enable us to fix the depths of the different water bearing strata, but considering the similarity of conditions, and bearing in mind the greater elevation of our prairie lands, we nay, I think, safely say that to obtain artesian wells, such as they have in many portions of western Dakota, will necessitate boring or drilling to great depths, and in the large majority of cases wells of this character will be quite beyond the means of the average farmer.

When the scarcity of water in Eastern Assiniboia became apparent the Territorial Government undertook to try and assist the settlers by providing test augers with which tests could be made to depths of from tifty to one hundred feet, and these augers were used in making tests on farms in different districts with the object of locating, if possible, a water supply which might then be made available by digging wells.

As will be noted from the following schedule of well-boring machinery, twenty-three of these test augers or drills were provided and they have been operated for some years in different portions of the Territories.

SCHEDULE OF WELL BORING MACHINES OPERATED BY THE DE-

PARTMENT.

NO. OF : NO. OF : shes in ed DESCRIPTION. Arnitacenias DESCRIPTION.

PREG ORAL etic. 28 iSteam LESS ere eee Hand auger. 9.1 a i 6 hl i Deepaigrel ir born; 1:55: Fie ES Hd eee Power auger.

Austin). LG: bol ces Spee ee Hand auger. BMGT Eta cok at amma oe Dy hos ake ue peat oe oe AALS Pe tate 2 er 5t ae ate Hand auger. Weer st: Bin aoe nee ee “4 5, 60h! Soa Sater si] LDe FR OTA Rs 6 co septa id aes Sara: ie BOs ie Ssh te od Since CS Witte Leszek cnet ae ne Ss 5s ae a ee ee Bd Re ce Bon iy DO MISE I. Coke tee % Oi ial ee ae ee a * OR Ee Cae. Ree Horse power.

1G isis apes © Bah oe ;, (26 inch Gowen vale er ils DAeets V8 biome eo Deep well (boring) De Rad eae teten eee Hand auger. PL na eee ote ve : 12 ete soe eee re | DORSET ete eee Hand auger.

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The test augers above mentioned have on the whole done geod work and many valuable wells have been located by their use. Up to date many hundreds of tests have been made but, unfortunately, no definite record of the results has been kept or the results assembled in graphic form to illustrate the possibility of obtaining water in the districts where the work has been done. We are now, however, endeavouring to record the results from the reports of the foremen operating the test augers, and to indicate these results on sheet maps so as to illustrate the existing conditions in districts where they have been used. This information wil] prove of great value in future dealings with this important subject, and by adding to it from time to time the results of deep well boring operations we will ultimately obtain some reliable data for use in dealing with this difficult problem.

Shortly after the organisation of the Public Works Branch it became evident that something would have to be done towards providing deep public wells in districts where the use of the test augers had demonstrated that water could not be obtained at a reasonable depth. It was, therefore, decided to obtain and operate deep. well boring machines, and in pursuance of this policy three machines of this character were operated during the past season. One of these machines is a steam well drilling machine purchased some years ago and operated for one or two seasons in the north-eastern portion of Assiniboia. The other two machines are Austin deep well boring machines, manufactured in Chicago, and are operated by horse power. The two latter machines were purchased in 1897 by the Department of the Interior and turned over, together witha car load of well casing, to the Territorial Government.

During the past season tests for water were made with these deep well boring machines, and twenty-two wells with a supply of water were obtained, the location and depth of these wells being given in the accompanying schedule. The experience obtained from last season's operations leads to the conclusion that the steam machine which we have is of very little use in putting down deep wells and it is intended to discontinue its working. The trouble with this machine is that it is fitted to put down wells of only four inches diameter, and wells of this size are altogether too small to be of value in producing a large supply of water. There is the further difficulty that the steam engine and boiler are too heavy to be readily transported from point to point, and in the open portions of the country, where most of our deep well boring operations are carried on, there is great difficulty in obtaining fuel to operate the engine. The water for operating the engine is also a serious consideration, as will be recognised when it is mentioned that these deep well boring machines are being operated in districts where the present water supply is very meagre.

The Austin machines, which are operated by horse power, and are easily and cheaply moved from point to point, have proved very satisfactory, and any additional machines obtained should be of this make or of a similar character. With the Austin machines we put down wells of six inches diameter and can reach if necessary a depth of 500 feet.

During the past season we confined our tests to depths of 200 feet. We did this because there is very little prospect of obtaining artesian or flowing wells without going to greater depths than we can reach with our machines or within reasonable cost, and there is great difficulty in obtaining pumps which can be operated by manual labour to raise water over 200 feet.

To make wells in which we can obtain water available for public use we, ef course, have to provide them with pumps, and our system has

66 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIGC WoRKS

been to order the pump so soon as we receive a report from the foreman of the well boring machine that he has obtained water, the character and

fitting of the pump being dependent upon the depth from which water

has to be raised. After putting the pump in place and making sure that

it is working satisfactorily, we build a small but permanent pump house

over the well and then put the well and appliances in the charge of the

overseer of the Local Improvement district within which the well is situ-

ated so as to provide that they will be properly looked after and kept in

repair. fs During the past year we expended $6,382.90 in making these tests

for deep wells. Dividing this sum by the twenty-two wells in which a supply of water was obtained gives the cost of each of these wells com-

plete with pump and pump house $290.10. It is hoped that in carrying

on our future work with these deep well boring machines we will be

able, with our additional experience, to somewhat reduce the cost of the well and appliances, but as the cost of the completed well is of course

dependent upon the proportion of points at which water is obtained out of the total number of tests made, a series of uniformly unsuccessful tests in any district adds very materially to the cost of the wells in

which water is obtained. However, when it is realised that in many

districts in which wells have been provided the settlers were previously forced to haul water for many miles the benefit to the district can hardly be measured by the cost of the well.

As has previously been intimated the question of improving the present water supply in some portions of the Territories by constructing

dams or providing public wells is not only one of the most important but is also one of the most difficult problems with which the department is

concerned. The problem is one requiring much thought and considera-

tion, and only after we have been able to collate the results of some years’

investigation and tests can we hope to speak with any degree of cer-

tainty of the best method of dealing with the question. . The public wells which are so far provided are shown in the follow-

ing schedule :

SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC WELLS.

| LOCATION. | DEPTH WELL PUT

NO. DISTRICT. 7 STYLE OF PUMP. ‘ + Sec.| Sec. | Tp.| Rg. |M OE ak eA

awe | — = ers —_-—

1;Moosomin ...... wil geet 33) 13 BU as Mie Sous bil ns 4 tance ne 1888

2'|North Qu’Appelle .| N.E. 19; 28 NS ars lita etane ot Wesbritgs i tees Saree 1898 FEET

3|Medicine Hat..... Le ale 15} 11 26143) do BBD. ©) pestis eee els 1897 4|\South Regina..... near 36) . 15; 19, 207 2 SOF. oc aaaas oie a eee 1898

MSAltEOGLS fee seller Pel weds Rok SD Se ee Cenc tls ee Ree Ree 1897

6|North Regina..... | bet. | 24,19; 18) - 17 2) (14698 Myers “20, SRE 1898

7|North Qu’Appelle{ ie aa \ 1s| 2] 131 |/Traherne lift....| 1898 8 ee ae oki al Sens ta 15, 22) 20 Tay Oi 26 VETS oak weet eeee 1898

9'Whitewood..... 1 es . } 19 2) 2 654 |Aermotor force, f ee 4) LOK) Co aie 1898

10 48 i, OU geo {| suw. Qi 19 Li. 2 714 |Myers. ... iehe 1898

, f| NeW. | 6 } e UU ie Ase de ee | s.w, 7 19 1; 2 49 eee 1898


SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC WELLS,—-Continued,

| ; LOCATION.

NO. DISTRICT, RANT a, ah oe ee ee ae STYLE OF PUMP. EEE RUE } Seri Sae, Tp Re. M OF WELL DOWN IN

i *RERT PAM itchell a atuntaauh SE 23} 40 4) 3 Sot M vers: cn. <6 ess 1898 13 Sha peated Lad { Sh 33 \ 42 5| 3 98 |Aermotor force, | r ce ‘es , Ope ee) 1898 14 ae eee as \ ies él f 44 4) 3; 117 |Hayes double 5 f a 4) 441) evlinderivad... 1898

ld PTS Pe 33] 431 J 23 Ode Nivers:. tt) veh oi) 1898

16|North Qu‘Appelle .|..... |......, 27 LEP Peed rat hated scuets ME et i 1898 ryBatoche sss { ae * } 44 28! 2 OotiNiyerst eee Sc: 1898

18; North Qu’Appelle} meee a \ 20) 13; 2} 124 |Aermotor force, ae ee aS | ; LOD ase eg a 1898 | s ”? 19 Whitewood. .... {] & soit 4) 2} 2} 88g [Myers 1898

eo Batoche fens eit. tele, te) 74d 28] 2} 170 fa) tet. 1898 ee ete. Viper ee Fetal Su anp eam ldslA aiet® Sa izanipnt 1898

OF Whitewood. a fee ‘sli Oe MMS WOlbr STANT saharne liftes niet 1808 3 fi sew. | 33)" 44/) Pda: 23 Batoche ae er \| s.w. 4| 45a} 2692 36 7 iNiverst sale 1898

24 eh a pot raie Det. Lu, al 4844 26) 2 95 Rewee ei teaha See, 1898 25 Mitchell See egt te ae ene 35) § 42) 3| 3 7o |Hayes dbl. cyl. . 1898

In dealing so far with the question of public wells we have first endeavoured to find out which districts were in most pressing need of water by obtaining information from the local members, settlers, local inspectors and others, and have then illustrated this information in the order of importance by colouring the townships referred to on a map. We then lay out. a definite route for the well-boring machines based on the information given on the map, and adhere as closely as possible to this route in performing the season’s work. We now have so many applications on file for deep public wells that it is quite evident we will have to materially increase the number of our machines if we are to hope to meet the necessities set forth by these applications in the near future.

PROVIDING FIREGUARDS.

The prairie and forest tires which annually devastate some portions of the Territories do an amount of damage which is not by any means measured by the direct loss suffered by the settlers in these districts. These fires in the timbered regions destroy forested areas which in future years would be of the greatest value to adjacent settlements, and on the prairie the annually recurring fires destroy not only the grass needed for present pasturage, but in some districts have so burnt out the roots us to leave large areas upon which the grass has entirely ceased to grow.

The system of endeavouring to, control fires by constructing fire guards has been in force in the Territories for many years, and a comparatively large portion of the Territorial revenue has been devoted to this work. Like some of the other work performed under the old system of district grants the best results have, however, not been obtained owing

68 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WorkKS

to want of a defined system in laying out these guards so as to make

them portions of a well considered and continuous system.

We are now endeavouring, in districts where fire guards have been

constructed, to illustrate the location of these guards by laying them

down on a map so as to show in a graphic manner their situation and

the location of any links needed to make the system complete. In pro-

viding new guards the object wiil be to try and make them portions of a

~ well considered and proper system of guards in any particular district.

There is a feature in connection with providing fire guards that is

not always considered by those applying to have them constructed. They |

overlook the fact that once a fire guard is provided, unless it is properly

maintained it is not only useless, but owing to the rapid growth of weeds

and bushes on these ploughed guards they are an added source of danger

from fire. It is therefore particularly desirable that no guard should be

provided that is not a part of a well considered scheme of guards, as the

annual expenditure for keeping them clear of weeds or brush will become

a serious tax on our annual expenditure if such unnecessary guards are

provided. In discussing this subject it should also be noted that one of the

most fruitful causes of prairie fires are the sparks from the locomotives

operated on the several railways which traverse the Territories, The

railway companies naturally claim that their engines do not start fires,

or at least that they start a very small proportion of those which annu-

ally occur. This claim cannot, L think, be sustained, for there is abun-

dant evidence that a large proportion of the most serious fires are trace-

able to this source. The companies, it is true, make some effort to pre-

vent fires by ploughing fire guards along their lines, but in my opinion

the valuable of these guards is very questionable owing to the fact that

they are too near the line and are not wide enough. When an engine is

hauling a heavy train, and in consequence being worked hard on up

grades, if one of the high winds to which the plains region is subject —

happens to be blowing, it is almost certain that sparks from the engine

will be carried outside the fire guard along the line and a more or less

serious prairie fire be started. If the guards at present provided by the

railway companies were put back say twice the present distance from

the line, and were increased to double the present width, they would

prove much more effective and many fires which now do serious damage

would be prevented. In 1897 a proposal was made to the railway companies under which

the question of providing more serviceable guards along their lines was

to be dealt with jointly by the companies and the department. Un-

fortunately they did not see their way to accept the proposals made, but |

am strongly of opinion that until something is done to provide more

efficient guards along the railway lines we cannot expect immunity from

many of the serious tires which annually occur. During the past two years some attention has been given to obtain-

ing a fire guard burning machine with which proper guards might be

provided, instead of the ploughed guards which we now construct. Some

small amounts have been granted as bonuses towards the construction of

machines of this character in the hope of securing one which would do

satisfactory work. So far, however, no machine has been constructed

that will work satisfactorily under all the varying conditions to be met

with in different portions of the Territories, and we are, therefore, pro-

viding the old style of ploughed guard until such time as a thoroughly

satisfactory burning machine is constructed,

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ANNUAL Report 1898 69

Durimg the past year the sum of $3,021.31 was expended in providing new and maintaining old fire guards, and it is probable that this sum will have to be materially increased in the coming and future years to permit of this portion of our work being dealt with as its importance warrants.

CLEARING AND GRADING» ROADS.

The question of good roads is one in which every citizen of the Territories has a direct interest. This fact is not sufficiently realised by the residents of the towns and villages, their idea being that the farming community are principally interested in this matter. That the farmer who has a large quantity of grain or other produce to market is directly concerned in having good roads over which to do_ his teaming needs no proof, but if the merchants, millers and elevator owners at the market centres would realise that the introduction of good rcads means a direct financial saving to the farmer, and a consequent larger amount to spend in the comforts and luxuries of life, their interest in the subject would be much more pronounced.

In the older provinces of the Dominion, and in the United States, the subject of good roads has now become of tirst importance and is receiving that attention and consideration which its importance merits, but which has been long delayed.

In the Territories our pioneers have fortunately not been confronted with many of the obstacles to vood roads which had to be overcome by the pioneers in the older provinces, and nature has made up for some of the shortcomings in the way of climate, lack of water and fuel by providing long stretches of country where the natural surface of the prairie land affords a fairly good road for travel in any direction. In the northern and timbered portions of the Territories more difficulty is of course experienced in obtaining good natural roads, but even there the troubles met with are small compared with those which had to be overcome in many of the older parts of the Dominion where heavy timber had to be first cleared from rights of way for roads before any attempt could be made to improve them.

The pioneer road makers of the Territories were the traders who, in days gone by, annually left Fort Garry with long trains of Red River carts loaded with goods to trade on the plains for buffalo robes, or for far distant posts of the Hudson’s Bay Company in the north and west. The main trails which intersect the Territories in many directions still mark the line of travel fellowed by these pioneers of civilisation, and the intelligence displayed in locating these trails has been a matter of favourable comment by those who have since used them in travelling through the Territories.

In many instances these old trails were found to be the best locations for main highways between different portions of the Territories and they have therefore been surveyed and set aside for that purpose. With the extension, however, of railway lines to the different portions of the Terri- tories the necessity of transporting goods over these old highways has passed away, and to-day the requirements in the way of roads comprise those which radiate from the different market centres on these railway lines to the settlements in the vicinity.

That these market roads, as they’ may be termed, should be good roads needs no proof, but the actual money value to the farming community of having them so is but poorly appreciated, In Ontario it is

70 DEPARTMENT oF PUBLIC WoRKS

stated by the Provincial Instructor in Road Making that the actual an-

nual loss to the farming community owing to the bad roads 1s the enor-

mous sum of $19,000,000. This statement will no doubt be accepted with

incredulity by the general public, but those who care to consider his

figures, as given ina valuable report on the subject of roads and road

making addressed by him in 1897 to the Hon. Minister of Agriculture,

will find that his conclusions are well founded.

In many of the eastern States of the Wnited States estimates have

been published of the annual loss to the farmer owing to want of good

roads which are more surprising than that quoted above and, as already

stated, the movement for good roads in these States is spreading and re-

ceiving intelligent consideration at the hands of both the governments

and the people themselves.

Ir. the Territories the necessity for good roads is of course more ap-

parent in those portions where large quantities of grain have to be hauled

to market, and it is in these districts that the most of our work towards

improving the roads has to be done. The amount of teaming that has to

be done to deliver what, in the wheat growing area, is considered a

moderate crop of wheat, at the nearest elevator, is not generally under-

stood. If we take the average haul at five miles, which is under

present conditions very low, andthe average load at 60 bushels, which is

probably high, a farmer having 1,000 bushels of wheat has to make 16.5

trips to deliver his grain and in doing so must travel about 165 miles.

When it is remembered that many farmers have yields of from five to

ten thousand bushels of wheat the serious undertaking involved in de-

livering this quantity of grain at the nearest market point will be ap-

preciated. It will also be understood how the farming community in any district

would benefit from such improvement of the roads as would permit of an

additional ten or twenty bushels of wheat being hauled at each trip over

and above what they can now move.

During the past few years a very considerable sum has been spent

in the endeavour to improve the condition of the roads in certain parts of

the Territories, but in many instances, owing to want of intelligence and

information as to proper methods of road making on the part of the

foremen in charge of the work, the best results have not been obtained.

There has been the further’ difficulty that the work of road improve-

ment has not in many districts been undertaken as a part of a well con-

sidered scheme of providing main thoroughfares for public travel, and

the work has therefore been of a patchy and incomplete character.

We have, since the organisation of the department, endeavoured to

overcome the first trouble by providing a manual of instructions regard-

ing the correet methods of roadmaking, which we put in the hands of all

foremen, and we are now obtaining information as to the main highways

-in the different districts with the object of concentrating as far as pos-

sible the government expenditure for road improvements, upon these

inain roads, leaving the improvement of side roads to the local improve-

ment districts. By following out this policy it is hoped in a few years

to get these main highways in a good condition for heavy tratic, and at

the same time provide something in the way of an object lesson for the

overseers who may undertake the improvement of tributary roads as

local work. . ee ; cant

The improvement of roads so far has, with a few exceptions, con-

sisted merely of grading them so as to give a more or less even road bed

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with sufficient crowning to shed the water and to provide culverts where necessary to run off this drainage. In the eastern and northern portions of the Territories, where the main lines of travel are intersected by natural features like the valleys

of the Saskatchewan and Qu’Appelle rivers, and other smaller Streams, a considerable portion of the expenditure on road improvement has been made in connection with the grading of hills into and out of these valleys. In carrying out the policy of providing main highways above referred to our efforts in the future should be concentrated as much as possible upon the improvement of these hills which, even under the most favourable circumstances, constitute a great obstacle to the movement of the crops of certain districts to the nearest railway lines. In many instances the work upon these hills has not been completed with a sufficient view to drainage, and as a consequence many of them scour badly during the time of melting snows or heavy rains and need annual repairs. Much of this difficulty can be overcome by providing proper catch and off-take drains, and this work should he proceeded with before any further attempt is made to improve the actual road beds.

The fact that good roads are primarily dependent upon good drainage is not recognised by the average road foreman, but is nevertheless true, and as it is quite impossible under present conditions, in the larger partof the Territories, to provide anything in the way of gravel or broken stone as a top dressing for our graded roads, it is the more necessary that we should try and provide good drainage facilities so as to keep our earth roads as dry as possible.

Culverts play an important part in the question of the drainage of roads. As has already been noted in previous pages of this report, the materials for building stone culverts is not readily obtainable in most portions of the Territories, and in the past the practice has been to provide wooden structures. The large annual charge required to keep these wooden culverts in repair has already been referred to, and it is desirable that in future we should if possible provide proper vitritied culvert pipes so as to make our roads more permanent. Pipe of this kind, for culverts two feet in diameter, can be laid down at most points in the eastern portions of the Territories for about $3 a length. These lengths of pipe are two and one half feet long, and as our ordinary culvert is about twenty- five feet in length, ten lengths of culvert pipe would be needed. These, at the figures quoted, would cost $30, and it would probably cost an additional $10 to put the pipe in place, making a total cost of $40 for the completed culvert. A wooden culvert of this size could be put in for about $20, but would have to be renewed every four or five years, and as the vitrified pipe culverts are practically indestructible there is no question that in the end it will pay to put them in even ata present cost of double that of the wooden structures.

Since the organisation of the department the larger portion of our road grading has been done with road grading machines. These machines are particularly suitable for operation in the Territories owing to the absence of stones, and if handled by an intelligent foreman they do excellent work. In some districts where the soil is light roads can be graded with these machines at a very small cost, and in all the eastern portions of the Territories we can grade roads with a twenty fvot road bed, crowned eighteen inches and left in condition for travel, at an average cost of about $30 a mile. These roads of course require to be surfaced up every year if they are to be kept free of ruts, and are at best but earth enbankments, and as such are liable to cut up very badly in wet weather,

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If they are provided with proper side and off-take ditches and culverts it

is surprising how quickly these culverts dry up in the spring and also

after wet weather, and during long spells of dry weather they become

smooth and hard ‘and suitable for movement of very heavy loads. During

these periods they are, however, very dusty and travelling on them, par-

ticularly if one has the wind behind, is far from pleasant.

As has been stated, the possibility of providing gravel or broken

stone with which to give our roads a hard surface is very remote in

most parts of the eastern portion of the Territories, and the experiments

which are being tried in States to the south of us of attempting to con-

solidate the surface of earth roads by the use of crude petroleum so as to

make them shed water should be of great interest to us.

In the western or ranching portion of the Territories there is not

the same amount of heavy teaming done that is common in the eastern

or northern portions, and the grading of roads is not therefore so neces-

sary. In these districts, however, many of the ordinary trails that are

otherwise suitable for present traffic cross valleys having bad hills, and

at these points grading has to be done to give these hills a suitable road

bed and reasonable grade. In the northern district some roads have been opened upon which

we have had to build long sections of corduroy across muskegs and

swamps with soft bottom. The roads of this character are, fortunately,

few in number, as their improvement is an expensive undertaking and

they will require considerable expenditure to keep them in anything like

a good state of repair. ;

During the past fiscal year we expended the sum of $49,647.60 in

clearing and grading roads, but it is probable that if the system-of concen-

trating our expenditures on main highways can be carried out we can

meet the necessities in this class of work for the next few years:by a

smaller expenditure.

LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ORGANISED TO END OF 1898.

Organised voluntarily in 1890..........: pty AACR Bs | District (No. 1)

i i. 1893.0 apa hades pe Gun ee ra 2 % (Nos. 2 and 3)

‘ e Oe Se te toa nies 29 sero Sct gle fires ( 4 to 22)

31 os USO5 yc) Pees Boas ee eines eee Bieter (23 to 42)

‘4 W896.) A ee. ee 15 rh (43 to 57)

Total tors tc tte We ea ei ol ee me 57

The first district formed (No. 1) was afterwards subdivided into two

(49 and 50) and District 383 was enlarged and made District No. 57, leav-

ing a net number of 55 districts voluntarily organised during the years

1890-96. | |

Organised under Ordinance of 1896.... «2... + cesses eee eees in 1897 181 districts

ee tf FE he PIRES. 5 Oe Vath) in 1S9San78 xs

359 Voluntarily formed...... oo

a otah cash. os dat hia Petes 414

For convenience of reference by non-resident land owners and for

general information a complete schedule of the districts formed up to the

end of the past year, with details of area and names and addresses of

overseers, is appended. ; |


LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH-WEST

TERRITORIES.

= zs ipa O DATE ae oh Sef tgeesen 3 : AREA, Cater NAME OF OVERSEER.

eS 9 eg ES SS) ae ....1898../Archibald Boag. 3 26 3,4 2 except L.S.wof See. 2). 2.1804. |. A. Healey:

4 ae 4 2 22 4 29 except Secs, jl, 2548,

ern Gol neLleeitd Leo. wee ates Sale Pa ee .. 1894. ./H. H. Watts,

DME A SR ree WAVY LINES ps ead pangs open ...1894,.|Ernest Carss. 6 2 ] Pye teed, oot). eae ...1894..|R. Bird. i 24 2 2 Bite is 2S: ah ee ...1894..}D. McKillop. 8 23 ] PRG PR: Savona BOE ... 1894. .|\C. W.-C. Saunders. 9 23 2 illic ost 0 set ead aaa ..-1894..|J. W. McGregor.

10 20 ] Ne TAME cssaohirmemeie ar ... 1894. .|Chomas Jowsey. 11 23 3 STE ts On var tone Eee ...1894 |Robert Maddaford. 1B 32 I DIAN 8 eee eae ... 1894. |S. B. Harrison. 13 33 ] PO UNE ne ca el ...1894..|Edward Lewis. 14 32 2 SPR TE hh crs eens ... 1894... |E: Bame. 15 33 2 Die eh ce ean leo inetergetiery. 16 22 2 DRA: SAGE, et or, .. 1894 .|Alexander Methven. Ve 55 2] AE RES iP erat, ;....1894../John Fluker. 18 1] 32 DR ORE fs .gsog cian Sather ... 1894. .|George Faulkner. 19 20 11 ee CURL icici eee ee, Pals ... 1894. .|J. Morrison. 20 o4 2] ty FOREN ... 1894. .|/David Simpson. 21 49 ° 25 Ba CAE bac iy ...1895..|John McEachern. 22 50 25 LY ese): | ae aie re Were ee ... 1895. .;Andrew Pogue. 23 54 23 BR MDE scsi). hs AS oN oda t ...1895..\James Cram. 24 51 25 EU ee a ots seal seh Looe vy. |Get blagk. 25 51 1 bey SRW aches Bae e ee | ... 1895. |Frank Sieh. 26 52 ] 5

Fr. 52 28 SMe os ose echii 998 Cees IES OA ant O60". (ENB. Butchars.

27 20 12 2. ee J. ees Mites oe 1895 |Charles Bonnycastle. 28 52 27 4

Fr, 52 26 AM Hoare eee A Nast ak: . 1895..1S: J: Hecles.

29 53 24 Eee SS Sick ear pees ... 1895. .|Daniel Brox. 30 o4 24 A Ae fo rc rehias sto caethamaen Lode ... 1895. .|/John Meneely. 31 54 OY, AYE AONE. Urs cuban _ 1895 ..,)H. Irwin. 32 52 23 Be aE ok ee a ... 1895. .|Samuel Galley. 34 18 25 Dar), aed oo eo eee ..,1895..|Daniel Gilmour. 30 50 24 Bed dk ko hap oe ee eee in wlSGor, [S.ue lohnsteny 36 i? Zi Di Wn. soviet a ae ee |....1895..|John W. Glasford. 37 49 24 BD Sec aes ow ae eee ..1895..|Daniel Schellin. 38 55 20 BOD gh Sh acc t EORIE AOE 1895. .|William Cyre.

39 O38 23 4 and portion S. of R.| of 53 24 AA BUNT Pat gaoe wed .. 1895. .|J. G. Ottewell.

40 55 19 Ae ISO Me con seme RCs ...1895../Daniel McLean. 41 55 20 4 .... 1895. .|W. F. Leslie. 42 55 24 ARG SHS On Ci ae ... 1895. .|\C. Carruthers. 43 56 19 AEDs OMAN oa! oe ee .. 1896. .|Ole Sundsdahl. 44 53 28 4

53 ] i AWW «cope eae tse .18967. \Israch{Uimbachr 45 53 25 BO AP SS or SNe an ential _.1896 .|Samuel Soucy. 46 538 26 NO Bc Sth Aca taht eal au. ar 1896. |Gideon Lacerte. 47 52 24 Ua MD ahah hor ata .. 1896..|L. Garneau. 48 51 23 ee REDS Sn ee og ang > ... 1896 |C. J. McDonald. 49 19 18 MR Sarg A Reso 2 te ...- 1897. .| William White. 50} 19, 20 17 Ee PMR of. Viscderdisio is ... 1897. .|Richard Hoyer. 51 56 15 42; FWK}: .. 1896. .|Patrick Boland. 52 54 25 ENEMIES 25 bb anh capsnrte! pi| = va & 1896. .|Delmar Bard. 53 56 20 Ae WERE ic ote tins deur so 1896..|C. E. Bevington. 54 32 3 Chere ees Mab ied aa: |,,.,1896..|Gavin Hamilton, 54 54 26 BE ah Bact alpw ap beac: .|Denis Hebert,

DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC Works

LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. — Continued.

ma,

; z AREA, ey eel NAME OF OVERSEER,

56} Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, in Tp, 2, Rg. 255) Secs. /1,:2, 3,'4)'5, 6, 7; 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, parts N. St. Mary’s river and E, |Lee’s creek of Secs. 13, 14, 23 and Sec. 24 in Tp. 3, Rg. 25; Secs. 25, 26, 35 and 36 in Tp 2, Rg. 26; and Secs. 1, 12, in Tp. 3, Rg. 26, all W, 4 M. (except Village of Cardston) ....|....1896.. J. A. Hammer.

57| Tp. 19 R.25, 26 W.2 M., S, Buffalo lake...|....1897..|Charles E. Rigden,

58 2'| (27, 28 4}, EV Belly riverhiue: ....1897..|/S. Webster. 59| 46 2922523 4 W.Rattle river and

S.of Pipestone creek e 1 M@er ... 1897..)Arthur Whittaker.

60) Tp. 1S.UtR gent WAS GA | hte ie, epee ....1897../G. D. Fitzgerald. 61 15 7 BRS 2. MURS, fae dS Benen ae ... 1897. .|Philip Leech. 62 16 7 PL et ihe seal ... 1897. .|T. W. Wright. 63 16 22 BME MMR Cols ha ee 2 L897, 11 Clark: 64 20 10 Ph yt Reh 3 eo hiaiis ae? A ...1897../A. B. Ferrier. 65 15 7 BB Ai: NG el RAL eee ea ...1897..|John Eutenier. 66 35 on BP ESE Ne oonsited ss a47 ius LOT oa anes ae ig ean 67 35 ] SR AMRES, «Gt ...1897..|John Robinson. 68 53 24 4 N.Saskatchewan R.|....1897..|Francis C. Clare. 69 56 24 GEA cS © 6 oat tela a ee ...1897 |C. Ed. Boutwell. 70 LF 18 a] AMEE, 55) ood Ae eke ...1897,.|Andrew Martin. 71 35 28 BU GO bins te dda adh eee LOOT. Obert art 72 21 9 By cktneh. .---1897../Thadeus S. Cornell. 73 50 23 G8 | | OAT, ¢ rida das ieee ...1897..|John Hall, 74 21 10 oor hs oan soph tes alee ©, TROy Eames Teli es 70 7 7 2 except Village of Crrentell.capmeciio, ise heen ei tne Cd MR ...1897,. |Angus McPherson.

AOlPP lp. 20 Ree w. 2 Mae Eo ee, ... 1897. |Henry J. Kenyon. LD 45 22, 23 4

and 46 22 4 | E. and S.. of Battle EEVEEy | 5 AAO nb: SR eda yes pees . 1897. .|Benjamin Shantz,

28) Aap 2d. Re. GSW. QM me. Fe ee ...1897..|John Matthews, 79 21 31 LE! .. SROaR SR sea Oe ee ...1897../Fr. Hildebrandt. 80 20 8 Bd Lvs sSIURIR®, 1.1, eee tes .. 1897 |Fredreich Tressel. 81| N.4 36 | 5

W.4 36 28 4): andSecs. J,, 2. 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36 in 'Tp. 36 Rg. 2 W. 5 M., N. and W. Red : Ser river. B.S eee oe be oot be aol eee 1897. John Bjornson,

82) ip. 26 Rees We aM Ne ney Po ee es 1897..|J. Einarrson, 83) 35 26 Be ee as snore chy Te oe .1897..|William S, Bilton, 84 25 2 Se erie, nF SREY . 1897. .|John Jowsey. 85) 16 7 BF Poa Nth Misti ss ty Vere aN .1897..|Daniel Pretty. 86, 20 32 LO mena bce AN LY eed 1897..|Archibald Park, 87 17 17 2 1897..|J. A. McGirr. 88 22 31 Deere eit eres SN dl hai «aie 1897. |Ludwig Werle. 89 26 3 Shia Mee Viva e Bakes 1899. .|Charles Beck. 90 20 20 NN MRE. (ey Mix Sod ad 1897.. Isaac W. Sutton. 9] 18 20 ET ac Sa Oa ee .1897..'R. G. Fitzpatrick, 92) 18 22 2 SET es kil i fdedOOTe IG. Ky Bish, 93 20 7 2, . AP ae see ans 1897.. Christof Schultz. 94, 2] 32 Ae | Sih Ube talons Ce ghchs ab 1897.. George Neumeier. 95 19 22 Bien 1897.. Alexander Mutch. 96 21 33 AS ARAM tir! b's ssh eobdl alla 1897. .' William Rowland. 97 46 23 a) + CTR Se aby: ey PRE 1897. George Taylor, jr. 98 16 3 2 | sc AEP PR a ern E 1897. .|John King. 99 20 ] 2 and part N., Little

Cut Arm creek of Tp. 19-1-2., ans Niel Ti AU ahs SA oly ot, Yk AR .|Charles H. Leftwich,

——

LIST OF. LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE

TERRITORIES. — Continued.

AnNuAL Report 1898 75

NORTH-WEST

NOLOF DIST.

102 103 104

106

107 108 109 110 112 113 114: 115 116 LL7 118

119 120 12] 122 123 124 125

126 127 128 129 130 13] 132 133 134 135) 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145! 146, 147 148, 149

150 151 152) 153 154

ee | = ec

\REA, BEE cd |ORGANIS Dd

paket ere aa We 2 Mi a. « mpaetied. depeur ae] BOF 16 6 eee aE Poe Shir cp 1897 15 6 BP ee ce a AeA a ence LOU Ed 1s 2 PRL S28 | 7h ee Nhe 1897

19, 19a ‘ Pi) aE ok a here }--- 1897 19 me Dee kattie Cut AG

creek, and Tp. re ER hey ii ae a) Seah 1897

|

Tp. 40 (Res2l Wa” Mas) and Secs... 21, 22, 25,26, 27; 28,40, i31, 33, 34, 35 and 36, in ps UAIO1o Ae 4, ituth.. s 2) Sees Pe 2 1897

LY Depew SECS WN ed VL ROOD co cones ige ee bs or bbe bore 19 19 2 Mime se OOre 19 20 MW SIMA. ogee ASS j--»- 1897. 21 19 carer COME tet eat ect eLGOLes 15 3 MEN Sas eh pa care 1897.. 16 2 he ee. a ae ye 1897... 14 2 Fa ete eed ee eee 1897... 16 4 Wt eyes: , La ee ete. 1897. LS ° DS I ion, reheat Re Soe 44 18 ae ee ee ee: eet OU 19 2] 2 exeept Village “of

Liumiseenpniy ss siaiees Fis eal cs clo alee bees 1897..

LpcLhe wee aa ay MIR he pice LOO tae 16 ] Rie ere a ie eet 9 L807 ae 44 19 PE ee ie ona oysgh sete ‘eel SU ice 18 18 TRE ts aut eke eats ote Ree Veer 17 | CALS 20s Wea ee ssh vedere i eee ESO] 18 | arts. Sep ee Lee OORA:

43, 44 2 a xcept yp aeee of Etchells keer geen od tacica. ie: a wahoo,

Pbepien licen te, SAL VN 6 cov RUMOL 3 05) Bae nett 5 oe SISO. 25 3 Tae tetera tN eee: PeLSU Ts. 13 1 Dab PART, cota Sieh tan ae Le ine: 15 2 OT OE Sree ee Sate LO (eh, 12 | Ys els se 16 18 I Me 2 oe oe cee ne nae Lee LOOT E 23 32 DR Se eet Ae eras ne ta Fi fs 30 Dy Ee oo, 2 eevee a ans ALSO ie: 23 31 SRS Oh eee Tells ise 22 30 DROME 8 Soy Layo 21 ] PR RA SL citi aieeyase 2 L807 14 1 nt, Cee ee f LSO ee 18 17 Pal RL es elton as Pie a 18 2) Ps BRA, id RPE Ean BP Peel Oor.; 2 8 2 27 11897 5.. 4 2 is, Tae. dod.

a1 31 Ds, Gees ad wes Tahoe : LOO ke ye Pd ES ees 2 eee atan Pre LOT ye 3 31 TE PNG a Aon coven cae et oes Ge ee ABOTs i 2 AR RAS Ries eo Be he o\ EGS.

14 4 OM Sern tea ie a ARS ore 8 1897. . | 138 meee i RMR Tia et Be ESor

3 3 Re RS Re ait ao ST Looey 2 33 ] |

Foca eo 34 1B terd fees Ga hae een ae LOOT a: 3 30 REO MOORE osha Glee yee Ree tn Wie

! 6 3 SARS MER Sd Soc Lise e 9 Rau fs Se OO ae 1 30 Tt a hn Papas heepednemebihes opel aaa 1897 . 4 1 RE RAMS Coens ih detest Nena 's . 1897... 3 33 ]

Fr. 3 34, DR a PR 4 5x aeveoe syn he 1897..

NAME OF OVERSEER.

eyes ‘

.|L. Robertson.

.|Jacob Crull. 7..|Albert Dash. 7../Mikael Hoglund.

.|Alex, Stenberg.

7../Stephen Barath.

7..|Robert Hartley.

‘Archibald McCallum. Andrew Ormiston.

.|John E. Petrie. Robert Mollard. Stephen A. Hall. P, M. Gillis. Theodore James.

.|William Mayhew. Frank Elkins. S. B. Maxwell.

S:. S. Dickson.

John Blackwood. Thomas Jones. D.N. devine. John Agopsowicz. W. R. Carson. Matthew Daniel.

Alcide Marcotte.

Sanders Howe. Charles Peaker. John Kidd. James Stewart. J. B. Powell.

.|William Clancy. J. Heinrickson. Philip Popp. Ludwig Gohring, R. C. Patterson. Frederick J. Baskin. John McDonald.

.|Martin Karst.

.|John Mullen. J. McTaggart.

.|Thomas Dickson.

. John Ormond. Henry Roberts. William J. Miller, Jacob Hutchinson. J. F. Cunningham.

..|James May. .|James R, Trumpour.

James Sproat. Gavin Law. Jeremiah Coffey. R. H. Henderson. Thomas Montgomery.

James Foster,

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LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES.—Condinued.

5 2 AREA, eaceweee NAME OF OVERSEER.

155] Tp. 4 Rg. 3 W. 2 M., except Village of Alamédavonanwes bt Vee ee) Oe a ae 1897../Samuel Birchall.

156) Tip. U2 Rea DeWerlist NI © x.) Me a |....1897../William Taylor, 17 3 32 eh Rea ve 1. WB lite ade |.» 1897, .|W. J. Foster, 158 9 30 1 Ree kes haa [Ie ...1897..|William Stephen. 159 5] 24 EY ea AW Age? beaker 5s ....1897..|John A. McMillan. 160 2 31 ] ...1897.., Leslie Wright. 161 ] a0 HL) OAS, teat | Es ich lah SS ... 1897, ./J. W. Harris, 162 2 ] D Pidae hee, «1a ae ee ...1897..|' Thomas G, Willard, 163 1] 30 Ue 4 A vailed OR Rere so .. 1897. .| Kenneth Corbett. : 164 3 ] Ta 3 Uiaiens 5 te ....1897.., James McIntosh. 165 1] 3 Ee 1 MMe cee Chal ee .»..1897..|D. M. Murray. 166, ll. 33, 34 sae ....1897../ William Ramage. 167 2 32 JE 9S (2 Peps ate: ae |....1897..|Otis Rathbone. 168 ] Z BE, SRR cio Be Ps knit tes a hee Hee, William Galloway. 169 46 22 hs HAMIL we ee eC ee 1897. .| 170 25 4 2 except L.S.of Sec. 35} 5... 1897..|Malcolm Lang. Lil 27 6 2 and Secs. 3, 4, 5, 6, | |

75,85 ORG 16, 17 and 18 in Tp. 28, Rg. 4,| | 'W. 2) Mepachal eae ree. SRAR2 | ao Pole Se tos 1897... George Fernie.

7Z Up. Oy Ree sp W. iM Swe sk op MR TBOTS | WMP Kay: byes 10 le ab SRP SG. 2 '....1897../Thomas Weatherald. 174 27 5 Bert See oe. > © See | .. 1897. .|James Sinclair. 175) l] 3l Le eee .. 1897. .]Robert Percy. 176. 1 ] 2 :

to Fr a 34 Da VEPs cg ho WS dK hee MSOF» | nome lo wices: 177) 8 7 2, AS clings JAN OE KE SES 1897. 178 8, 9 2 Rs Su baeete By Cine sclth ass L897 el fohn Nuthertora: 179, 18 23 2. and*Secs, 31,.32, 33,

34, ap ana oo uy Tp. L7-20-22 oF! {yeh eebee7, | Thomas Brooks:

180 Tae Rie hah Wea Md see We re hs oe 1897. |W. R. Jefferson. 18] 8, 9 6 aR. eda OR eat) SMa eee 1897. 182 4 33 |

) Fr. 4 34 ] ....1897..|Allan Oliver Pringle. 183 1 Eppa 9h Ate 8 has gies a |....1897..|Thomas Hourd. 184 i) 34 |

| 9 | (| gee RG SAE 1897. |George D. Dickin. 185) | 6 Ba Ab es os .. 1897. .|Samuel Frayn, 186 8, 9 3 DR A Bat Ssfacs)s Oh Mae ee 1897. .| Hugh Kippen, 188) 7 6 ES CEMA AD I « fat REE ... 1897..J]Henry McCartney. 190) 2] 12 DP, CMa ERRL teicher .. 1897. .|Joseph Shore. 191) 12 32 ED ba ROSS ars ht Vai bee 1897. .|Madison FP, Fry. 192) dO 26 AD hg M OR cin a he ge RE |....1897..|John McRae. 193) 16 20 MPa e ss Bhs es |....1897..)/Frederick J. Tipton. 194. 45 22 2 -+|o.s18972. John Hikis, 195) 19 23 2b e ARETE os \ Foc chemin tl 2 eal ieee ce 1897... 196, 17 20 BaD] Aas 20.0 bs Sek eae weBeee 1897. .|George Goldie. 197 1] 26 Fee ...1897..|David Kearns. 199) 16 26 EEF RAM cowed wee eRe RE be tone 1897... 200, 16 27 2 and Secs. 12,.13, 24,

2), 20a Tpoil6,) Res, Wa Monk, -.hcic ks aces 1897..|/John Pascoe,

201; Tp. lf. Rest Ainge Mees ah, Aca. 2OpTe. 202 10 25 ON, *. Reema a ales 8s |....1897..J]H. H. Fauquier, 203 18 Zi VAT ES dr te eo See pages |....1897../Thomas Winn. 204, 18 24 Sp ta ASE AA Us wk cate 5 )....1897..|)John A, Fleury. 205) LF: 28 2h GIR) Slaten he Sern: | ....1897..|/John Wilson. 206, 22 3 DD). a Ae atte pk. wre eee 1897. .|John S. Hawkey. 207 21 BRS dah SURI To soe ieee gee 1897. .|Robert A. Begg. 208) 26 4 Thee, Nem is eye amt 1897 ..|Walter B, Elliott, 209 24 2 5) Sat Bow Tyverht fhe ws. 1897. .|Robert Walsh. 2101 «8 So GSE ty Wd cruerveless 1897, Joseph Hope,

ANNUAL REPORT 1898 ur @


234 235) 236 237

238 239 240 24) 242 243 244

245 246 247

TERRITORIES, — Continued.

DATE 2 z AREA, ORGANIS’ | NAME OF OVERSEER.

Ep eOie ieeteca Wy ae Nicwries ou 5 '....1897../William E, McLeod, 24. 3 SI GMOS 5 decent a's ...1897..|George Dick. 19 28 AB BN secayig ere, si duets ate feo bOO7 aay.) Thorne. 2] 29 ATE VE ce 5 te swum eRs |....1897..|James Grierson, 18 Coe aR od amvn sk hh) Hatha wld ee7omeolin Campbell 24 ] 5 N. of Bow river ex-| |

cept secs. 197/20; 21, 28, 29,30, 31, 32, 33 and| all Tp. 25, Rg. 1, W. 5 M. except Sec. 6....)....1897. .\J. W. Hayes.

PPenO BREMEN WED Mare at cra us ty ....1897..|F. M. Graham. 30 2 Ae MEE he Menara Ss oseeelleeaeas .1897.. Jacob Oswald. 24 1 5 S. of Eow river ... 1897..|Major James Walker.

| 45 22,298 4 Nand W. Battle R.|....1897..|William Abbott. 34 - 28 4 !

Fr, 34 29 A adage 12 vas De sei: Ae SOLE aes ream. 55 22 2 N. and W. Sask. R.|....1897../C. S. Godbout. 56 22 BP GE EMMR Re Se. cscvu cg carce betas ...,1897.. Vital Cousineau. 34 ] Dig NRE as ta cc ane ays. ey ...1897 {Carl P. Anderson. 40 21 BE HABE Se oho afoseiret P1897 37) 56 25 Ba cPaMeM dsc Pause is tity t: 3 care ...1897..|Joseph Dupuis. 31 ] Late On gene Se en eae ... 1897..|Elias Schantz. 47 23 4 S.and W. of Coal lk.|....1897..'T. R. Jevne. 40 22 4 |

VS ey ame Co Mnes Ege S ShS07 Pe iliaCook: OO Smee RIE hoc Ra ck tet nw Jol8O7), |B. &; Bibeaud. 54 3 5

| N. 4 54 4 5 ipt. of 55 4 5 S. of Lac Ste. Anne.|....1897..|)Albert Cunningham,

47, 48 17 3 N. of Jackfish lake.|....1897..|Thomas Duhaime. penton aOR L853 LO 3 between Battle river and Saskatchewan river and W. of Thunder- CHU SEFESErVEN (5. de. shee Osa} ge ema 807) ierbert. Gy laylor.

beara cin os LOM Wc Gall oh. aire areomen a sn hay ...1897..|Robert G. Speers. 55 25 SD AWGN N 3 Mie Penk OEY ,..1897..)A. A. Ringuette. 40 25 Be Bip oo Soe Magee chanT eI ..1897..|Alfred Glanville. 46 ay 4 N. Battle river and

Pipestone creek ; Tp. 46-23-4, N. and E. of | Pipestone creek ; Tp. 46-21-4, N. of Battle river and including R. Lots | to 24 inclusive.)....1897 .|Albert Normand.

Loy Oe Ommiwereiy WW, Se ME tuted au. Ghai. Ribbed fe an A809 WB. Empey. - 24 4 Big deel 90-15 ERS TAA BO fi, 2 46 24 AA ag) seen Be aiee a. et, j)....1897..)A. S. Rosenroll. 45 24 De MRE. Gs sca) Goiateaer de dg |.. .1897..|Christopher C. Reid. 18 26 ds erelk, =. ake ee thcaies |....1897..|W. J. Glover. 1 22, Bi ut owt '....1898,./William Cator.

Fr. 18 4 2 Fr. 19a 4 2 Ss. § 19 4 2 Fr, 18 5 2 |

Fr. 19a 5 2, S: 419 4 ee MMR. BIR il tte tis. V5 9's 1898../Thomas Bawdon. 45, 46 27 CE RMIAL fei sa rs teh Pain bigs tek 1898..|A. D. Boylan.

47 26. 2) asta nA a markrael: ..1898 |Hiram P. Harkness. 47 ] 3 including River Lots

1 to 4 inclusive, Fr. Tp. 47-28-2 except Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24; Fr. Tp. 48-1-3; Tp. 49-1-3 S. CE SSC SIR SEM Be i Batre PN ind forks. bea els Pos ald & 1898..|Alfred Bennett.

Tp. 48 Rg. 27 W. 2M, and Secs. 35 and 36 and River Lots 1 to 51 inclusive in Tp. 47-27-2]....1898..|James Isbister.

Tp. 43 Rg. 16 W.3 M., N. of Saskatche- wan river except Village of Battleford....,,1.,,,1898..°William Latimer,


LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES, —Continued.

fm

5 g , AREA, ea NAME OF OVERSEER.

ZOU WP eerie MAP nee cl See etc 92s CADE .... 1898. .|E. Richardson, 251 28 t A ern tas. SECC E Eee .... 1898. ./Kristjan Koehn, 252 27 4 2

27 3 Ey ACA Rene: 2.5 ENGL EeS ....1898..|Michael Pachal. 253 26 5 2

E. 4 26 6 pla o-5 aie brw’ eee ee ee ....1898..|Donald Garry. 254 28 5 BO ety ay Foo oe ee eee 1898. .|George Whalley. 205 45 21 4 and part of Tp. 46-

21-4:S.cof Battlemivenen seta... ote cee oem ....1898..\J. T, W. Patterson.

256). Tp. 54S. do Week Mibe ts see neon |....1898. .| 258 38 27, 28 4 W.and N. of Red

Deer riveree ait Geet! SE) Se SUE, '....1898.. S. M, Bannerman,

209) Tp.°40 Reva Wet Met a bee ee ed | ...1898..\John N. Poole. 261 10 27 Sei kets DLE Ts Ones tO LOS . 262 37 27 EY Aa mein ts ere Sh thin Aa .... 1898. .;/Anthony Smith, 263 1a 23 Ds wide ole OPE Be ee Ree SOS fa 264 Wy Pa ie Bs MORE ot. Baas eho hated os dt LSOS. Nelson 5 Alopr i 265 48 26 Bh Aare Bee CYS Sew ae .... 1898. .|/Alexander McBeth. 266 18 28 Ses Bae eS ok by eh aan ee .... 1898. .'W. McBride. | 267 24 10 Det hae lsc: ie ee ae ...-1898.. Samuel Stirton. 268 | 2 2 TT tat oh Ree hs meee ....1898..|Thomas H. Gregson. 270 8 4 2) or AW 2 ba eed aay saeee 1898. .| Willard Scarrow. 271 1] | hes Newnes Lever eee VEL SOR 2 272 22 ] De ee casts eee ee LOS ce 273 23 l DS Meaticw htc iret eae ares .... 1898, .|George Bolt. 275 20 | Oi ae ten oe ....1898../James. Rodgers. 276) ry 26 SRO Src) eee .:.. 1898. .;| David Copeland. 277| 56 26 A. | spc Seek cae See Ren ee '... 1898. . Alfred Beaudry. 278 38 26,27,28 a RO REE poe Bcd harsh de |

39 - 26, 27 4 except vulpes of Red Deer, all S. of Red Deer river....... ..|....1898, .|Elias Code.

de ark Dotan et ee ae WN tty, NA MSee) Seve ke Tos ....1898 .|Charles Mickie. 280, 36 6 3 ! .

S. 4 37 6 Dd Ale ee '....1898.,|Henry Smith. 28) 46 ] 3 .

hrs SAG 28 Be ee, eee ee .... 1898. .|/Malcolm McLeod. 282) 21 3 press Seen es. See Cee fam SOS es 283) 22, 22, 23 4 N. of CoP. R. and]

Indian reserve except Village of Gleichen ..|... 1898. .

RA EDEL. Rem ee ONY cee VLE ess sch, hI eke [tar easy 287| 44 1 SRD be gt he .... 1898. ,/Charles Damase Rocette. 288 45 27 2 part S. of Sask. river

and 45a 27 2 including all R. Lots|....1898"./Franz J. Hauser.

291) 20 2] DF aes ¥ Shes pahele Wid pil hoe RS eS cc 292 13 4 Pr ame itis i he he een si BOB 293 22 29 Oe ilk ta othe ns eee aes .... 1898, |Albert Casely. 294 23 29 A pmb sais. Geeks ie oe ....1898..|George Madge. 295 12 30 I eee Ar tote. GG ....1898../Aaron Morley. 296 13 30 Ay) Aas AAAS ....1898 |Robert Vance. 297) 16 30 nto omee es Seed ac kh bt ....1898../Harry Bayless. 298 | 14 30 1}, Ae) Rane ee ..., 1898. .|/John Mullen. 299) 15 30 Li och eee eee ee ..|...-1898..|Joseph James. 300 ay: 30 Lf cae Rey eee eater ms As odoe 302 12 31 OY aaa ee Sve aie [poe 808% As We Metihures 303) 13 31 Le Reon cA ae . |..«.1898.,/Samuel S. Thompson. 304, 14 31 LS iene ee a Net en tt aici LOE (aN lle eRe 305 15 31 Ht, Se eae ee ee tees ....1898..|/Malcolm McNeil. 306 16 31 1) Me aie iain at pee! 1898. .'Albert Webster. 307 Ly 31 1» and Sees. 1,°2) 11512; >|

13, 14, 23, 24, 25 and 26 in Tp. 17-89-) stow 1898. .|James Murphy,


LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES.— Continued,

On DATE 6 a ee ORGANIS'D Z

303) Bp. 18), Re.31sw. Ms... sere L898 .h 309 13 32 LRRD By ie, oh A Vere louie 310 14 Ye AD ee, ee: eT LOOas: 311 15 32 eke 325. 2, Plone ho i clkBOSs. 312 16 32 a Re seh AOR ling LSB icc 313 17 32 except secs. 172: 115)

eae eae 25526 te ee ok iE ee Dey, timer. L898 ..

mL aie p. SLO Rio232 Wl My. i). Pal SOS i: 315 12 33 1

Res t2 34 seer a Finis Tee ates eet, a OOS 316 13 33 1

Fe, 18 34 RM oor .tetty. tine ci .. 1898. 317 14 33 1

| Fr, -14 34 Li, weal. Sts do See ae itt SOS.. 318) 15 33 1 except Village of

Wiapellashisa Pert aes WS ke Pca, fou. aL SOSa.

SLOP pelos vos, WO) MaRB ces. sng aes (eens SO Sar ~ 321 18 33 ati... cee eee peer lSOs:...

322 37 27 BT cera fet aOR RL ett. 1898, 323} 37 26 SS ROR aioe eRe ellos . 1898... 324 36 ya A 5h Os ier RPO erate ..- 1898. 325, 36 26 dM ty hc wets ute ad Ver ree LSOSEM 326. 42 25 SMP chs te Peery LOS. 5 327 | 46 25 4 eee Need te ve | Pog 1808). 328! 45, 46 20 4 arts S. and W.

Battle river. and Driedmeatilake: .8.R.4.0 A 2 1898.

Boma. Roll Wt8 MR paid 8d it Seok ..1898.. 331) 42 2, Os ib teyeceet AGanet Oe 1898. 333, 42 3 3 except Village of

FROG EMOG0) Seems ctr AM OMG aunts, ws gat |... + 1898

pot) Ep. Acasa Ree ous MAH)... oc ds... ci aslo. 1898... 335 44 : efit sate ee whee Te SOS ny 336| 45, 46 B Whos) MOL 6 dee. wean |... .1898

337) Secs. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 in Tp. 48-2-3; Secs, 4,5, 6, 7, 8,9, in Tp, 50-2-3;/W.4Tp.| 49-2-3; four east tiers of Secs. in Tp. 49-3-3; and Sees, 1, 293, '4)) 95 10, Bly? imeTp, Wie onek Meee toc. Veh ass > dey oll sats, 285 4 ODM j~...1898..

Seteeeea (ies AAl ote, tA Wwe. MT i yeaah 8 ocbty wlcsoteate Mateus & 1898. . 340; 42, 43 4 SN A iarieed ss Site alites TOORLY 341) 44 4 3 and part of Tp. 45-|

AJ Ole GIU CLO AMAR, «Mba ch a ky des allied arene 1898...

misie bp.4e, Ro. Wis Mo é 05s teeta [ees 89820 344 43 D 3 and part of Tp. 34-

Woo eo CIVET ohne -cat Ahh, oh be Mike AER ea }....1898..

creer DRA be 68) WV 2 ME ool ah ai ee Sows once ee heus. . 346 16 8 i ONL canilin a he's aca |....1898.., 347 17 8 Pn fone Lees... 348/18,19a,19 8 2 S. of Ou’Appelle R.|....1898.. 349 18,19a,19 8 2 N. of Qu’Appelle R.|....1898. 350. 15 9 SE ate t et ay y's lia) IE Sb, 1898. . 351 16 9 at SEE nate aoa stow aed ... 1898... 352 17 9 ive ava Agee ot vu Heres LOS. 353) 18, 19a 9 Rae Bont ines Airc), Riis oe" sige LOR 354 19 9 ite CREE Dds Ss ook 3a Aw hao iat egth COS... 355 15 10 Lee A. ) ad bs ... 1898. 356 16 10 VANE ot Se Pee ~vs L898;,

|

.|G. T. Campbell.

NAME OF OVERSEER.

John A. Brown. .|Harry Holmes. Roderick McCormick, George Martin. William Martin.

Alexander McRae.

James Ormiston,

Albert S. Clarke.

Donald McKinnon,

Donald Black.

\Archibald Hare.

David Dalziel. W. M. Gordon. N. Nielson. Thomas Hoskin.

. William Inglis. Hiram Letts.

|

L. D. Hanna.

|E. W. Webster. Matthew Hall.

.|Peter Siemens, jr.

Heinrik Wall. Francois Ripaud. A. N. Peterson.

Hermann Neutfeldt. Peter Heppner,

Peter Regier.

Dicolrich Neufeldt, jr.

James S. McDonnell. James,McCowan. James Brown. Alexander Campbell. Adam Johnston. W. J. Fleming. W. P. Osler,

.|George P. Campbell. J. B. Hermiston, James Pollock,

.|George E. Cole,



TERRITORIES.—Continued.

‘|

NO. OF

ly, / wo Or

359}

360 36] |

362)

363 | 364)

365 366,

DIST.

AREA.

Tp. 17Reel0 W: ae BEER Town of Wolseley :

Tp, LoeRe. oldav! 2a, Ou’ Appelle TIVELS eek SUES HERB was w ae Srciwettve cemtell is

19, 19a 10 2 and eee of Pe 18-) 10-2 2N. of Qu’Appelle river.

367) 368 369

370

371| 372) 373 374.

Tp. 6R.29,30 W.4M ~. -aASOS 6 1 5

Pia 1 GU) pac enloictela stele diuahe ss ee .. 1898, | 7 it 5 1 Ot ae ] Gio at e eee Eee sera +» ASD8

5/29, 30 As > BUA dineicl: 2 Yan as sar LBOSer 16 5 2 except Village of

Broadview pitts). PRA w. <ataaubeahaee . 1898.

Ts. Lis RD ate: eho eco ie sts .. 1898. 46 26 2 including all R. Lots

and Fr, Tp, 45-26-2 Meare R. Lots 1 to 23 Pea Ne inh: SRA: |. OL 5 opt amy SM ig er LSoOE

Tp. 15 Rg. 11 W. oe ae elOougs 28 7 2 hai AONE Binoche .. 1898. 29 7 2 and two west tiers’

lof Secs. in Tp. 29-6-2; Secs. 5, 6; 7, 8 in| ‘Tp. 30-6-2, and Secs. l, nc 3, pile Dy By fy S405 (10, da 02 tape 027-2 ie we. 22) chee homes eee 1898...

| Tp. 29 ‘Re. 8-Wi2) M.jiaad Secs...31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 in Tp. 28-8-2;two east tiers or ‘Secs. in Tp. 29-9-2; bahae ee 2, ny ip, 30-9-2; and Secs. ee 2, Bye Os Uy) Ly By Syl kOyee Ly 121 imoT pp, OAR iremakh, 6 RUMEN. evens 5 aie .. 1898.

Ais Bho t4. Vi. 2 MUA, Ls ieianaas j L898. 48 25 Omnis ee tee eal UO. 47 25 Bl Co. oy a ea chats 8985

48, 49 23 2 parts between

378

DATE ORGANIS'D,

.1898.

<1 Boos

1808. 4

and ot Saskatchewan rivers ....... : SOS...

| Tp. 48, 49 Rg. 22 W. 2 M., parts between IN. and S. Saskatchewan rivers ............ eELOUS.

Tip. 46aRRigpa Serie? M Bie fs a lea agente .. 1898. 47, 48 24 2 parts between N.

land S. SaskatchewamWivers: © x. on! ani asus 2180S.

Tp. 24. Re. (5 W. /2) M.) Secs, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Tp. 23.5.2 ; Secs. 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 in Tp. 23.6.2 ; and the E. ain, BAGO | Tce Veh te iae 1898.

Rega 0 Rie > FAN I Sah 5 eta 1898 .

E. 4 26 7.402 and Secs./4, 5,8 and 9 together with W. 4 Tp. 26-6-2......../.... 1898

Tp. digtReyl 2, Wie MRR is cutie ee 1898 . 37 1 MAUR Se heme peer 1898

W. 415 13 3 E. 415 14 |. gM Mes iota vara aa aaa 1898.

3 4 2 S.4 4 4 2) eh MOR (ia Pel cleg fin ope enh an 1898,

NAME OF OVERSEER.

Frank Gates.

David Sexsmith.

James Balfour, sr.

Francis Willock.

.|John Brown.

H. R. Parker. James Taylor.

.|Wilfred Wilde.

.|T. B. Waddington.

.|/David McNabb.

| A. H. de Tremendeau. A. C.tTracy.

O. T. Hayes.

.|James Prowse, | John McInnes, jr.

.| Thomas McCloy. at {D.J/Gherry:

Richard Stewart.

.| James Dunlop.

.|Samuel Leask.

.|George S. Reid.

. Joseph Gulash,

..|Edward Fred Everest.

_|C. Christianson. .. John Johnston.

.|William Rutherford.

John H, Ward,

ANNUAL ReEpor?T 1898 81

LIST OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THE-NORTH-WEST

TERRITORIES, — Continued.

m Or DATE g A ae ORGANIS’D

385} Secs. 29, 30, 31 and 32 in Tp. 48-3-3 ; Secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29 and 30 in. Tp. 49- 3-3; Tp. 49-4-3 except Secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 ; Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in Tp. 48-4-2....:. ..../....1898.

386] Secs. 3, 4, 5, 6,'7, 8, 9} 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,| 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in Tp. 45- BS-2)5 Sees 7 by 2.13018 595. 10111412) 13sob4, 215, (16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 34, iso and a6 in Tp. 45-19-2 . 0 x. 2... ieee. be] - - 2898.)

ee Ls obap or ace Wer Sa Mey oatrgsa st cies, Baegeiute }.... 1898, 388 19, 19a 7 2 S. of Qu’Appelle R.|....1898.. 389 19 7 2 Nwof Ou’Appelle R.|....1898.

390 Secs. 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 in Tp. '24.1-5 N. of Bow river; Sec. 6 in Tp. 25-1-5; Tp. 24-2-5 N. and E. of Bowriver, and Secs. | ie to Opel ll Qk 0 25-2-5)). oe ema ctl SES,

pilpececs she, wo. 1O.l 1s 12, 13, 14. 15,92, 93.) pA elo anckiO Aim. pr 47-01-02. too ee Mile ted SOSahs

392) Secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 17, 19, 20 and 21! lin Tp. 47-27-2 and Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24 in Tp.| See Le EOS tne he Cou ga eee (eee aL SoSms

BOE PED wih FD (Wold Mab hii vcr ue sae si _. 1898. 394 18,19,19a 3 2 N. and E. of Round

FAKC ARI eet s Mei sted = 1288 i rake techn ere, .. 1898.

emu Day. lics MIN ies WU r Ml tae os Suledie «san ares pol SOS Re 396 36 28 4, Exot. Red Deer R..|)4...1898.. 397 20 Aram tony 3 SOSA AEs eTSOR IL 398 20 15 PHA ab re me Sey. 1898 >. 399) 21 14 2. .S. of Qu’Appelle

RIVE Pile Wein nse MAD Mss a gir oc siat aoegshe abet er LOO |

ape Pp morro, ALS OW SNL 26. oth We Hy L898. 401. DL Seo 4 W. of Beaver lake .|....1898.. 402 51 17 4 EE. of Beaver lake..|. ..1898.. 403, 52 17 4 E. of Beaver lake..|....1898.. 404 52 18 4. W. of Beaver lake .|....1898.. 405 50 19 fg Vics Vids) bE vegay Hangers ». -1898.. 406, 53 Le ae as te eens ...1898.. 407 56 18 Me DBs es a eee ar ite fo i 408 | 41 Bie Bases | Ath a eR ... 1898. 409) 20 28 Bo wae ts i aati RecN cnc si 1 B08..3 410. 28 3 a awe om eee ees Rae ... 1898.. 411 25 31 Li dy ies rete 2 iar ag We bar 1SOS... 412) 23 li 2; W.4 Tp. 22-13-2; Secs

11, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36 in Tp. S20 by,» 1898.

413) Tp. 17 Rg. 19 W. 2 M., except town of Der Vie Meee eR as! ita OR a oe At 5 davee re larga eM gteatsys otledad LIS.»

BAMA Reno Wed Wt oes. me tiee ys }....1898.. 416|Secs. 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 and|

R. Lots 25 to 48 inclusive in Tp. 45-27-2 and) IV er OE MRR AO oth ie BN VEN dw. ovens itn 3 oS |-..- 1898.

417| Tp. 19 Rg. 31 W. land Secs. 6, 7 and 18| ‘ BM Mee <. bas! cine ox 4 43 laitena LO aS in Tp. 19-30-1

NAME OF OVERSEER.

Robert Sterling.

Peter Aikenhead.

|

.| William Hunsberger. Norman McLeod.

.|John Gravy,

A. S. McKay.

| |

|Albert Hodgson.

| |

James Adams.

.| Thomas Copland. { }

.|Nils Dahl.

Alfred Law. George Fleming. A. E. Nicholls. John McLean.

Alfred Dunsby.

Asa Erickson. Daniel Francis.

J. D. McAlister. John Dean.

.|Hugh Mitchell. Abel Hallberg. Harry Belcher. David McDonald. ‘A. W. H. Thompson. Gottlieb Battke. Caspar Radgiber.

.|William Hayes.

|

F. C. Zuehlke.

.|Norman McLeod.

..}/Franklin Perrin,

82 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WORKS


TERRITORIES.—Continued.

te Ob, i DATE : aan S : AREA. Belaaione NAME OF OVERSEER...

418| W.4 Tp. 8,9 Rg. 1 W.5M., lying’ W. off N. Fork river; E. 4 and Secs. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 30 in Tp. 9-2-5; W. 4 and Secs. 13, 14, 15, 22, 28, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 in Tp. 8-2-5 and part of Tp. 7-1-5 N. of Middle Fork and W. of North Fork...... el Soe.

419} W. 4 and Secs. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12 in Tp,| 8-2-5; part N. of Middle Fork of Tp. 7-2-5;! Secs. 1, 2,11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and) 36 in Tp. 8-3-5; Secs. 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12; 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36 in Tp. 7-3-5,|....1898..|James Carter.

620) ST pout eRe We git noe fo op ean eee |....1898../William S, Outhwaite.

421 16 19 LIER ENE ete tyre. ....1898..|Philip Nichalls. 422 49 27 LL eee one 20 WO98e HE. 1. Buckell; 423 50 27 di als Soe Sere |... .1898../P. E. Dalquist. 424 49 26 Bi Oe adem ain eee eee TN |....1898..|E. J. Larose. 425 48 25 Net ce ts eee |....1898../Fred. Falkenburg. 426 21 13 2. N. of -Qu’Appelle

river except the Village of Qu’Appelle...... |....1898..|/Thomas Redmond. | |

B27) eT Dao IR Sie NN oat As of coe ateye Bir cult eeds W. 4 25 6 2' and Secs. 25, 26, 35 and SG1n 1) p.'25-522.. Lee eons ....1899. James Malcolm, sr.

A080 Tp. 2b Re, Oo We ee ae ene E, $25 6 2 A, MESON ee cea etre ...1899..| Robert Rousay.

429) 43 23 a herein: ANAS one hee ....1899..}0. C. Ravnsberg. 430 43 22 2 and part W. of Red

Deer lake of Tp. 48-21-4...........00....., ....1899../John A. Bergman.

S30y ips 44 Ree Zo We Se com ed ent Sate ... 1899..)/Ellev Bye. 432 46 20 A tee CREB rete eee ...-1899..|Jakob Elness. 433 48 21 Cahn: feed MNS eres ...-1899..|/John Moe. 434 47 24 Be Are © Vaneau statek g ...:1899..|/Frank Lucas. 435 44 22 Ce RE Rte iy x Sa kat ....1899. |John G. Wilcher.

Before entering into any’ discussion of the suitability of The Local Improvement Ordinance to meet existing conditions in the Territories, or comparing it with the results which would be obtained under municipal organisation, it will be instructive to note briefly the work accomplished in local improvement districts during the past year.

STATEMENT.

Amount collected for taxes on lands owned by companies or other non- resident owners, and for commutation............. vic (tanaee ance $10,373 15

Number of miles.of road graded loci. fo. ave os Say Ser eae ae ne 488 “ 8) cleared soos laa aicceictelnbn cack abies tshe aan an ee 272 us miles'of fireruard ploughed? (5 2c eeu secrpicd Sines eh: ee 982 ri bridges, builtyyos spake a elt ce eis sie see ON, CI ete elie ee ere 50

| a PEPATe Mee pinulen ve) 4h woes Rae otlesa ape mallee esha ncaa tt ere cee 78 ay culverts: builé. Geese eon ae igs «1s 2 simagel’ oie peed Rathaee tee pais 187 ss Co pepaireds sae yk: amide con os lutekcn «stg cautn sts ine Olt ete ne 74 xs dams built: 5.) VaCEW gst eet deemain fopiatene bee aces Oe i 12

ANNUAL REport 1898 | 83

Bes Cee camenmop anced tioul hl ela retan ded halt, Poyen \ iaaltee od ouitewes. <3 ey 29 se holes, old wells, cellars, or sloughs filled..,..........+,...; ae aE 820 eee OF A Neer nr any a Masta caer ore re Ee the Aiea 0 52 “g Yards Of eorauroyeyiade x tae casa, Mae ERAS ee Sie sd 1,977 “4 days worked in commutation of local improvement tax.:............ 24,447

Streets improved at Broadview, Alameda, Lumsden, South Edmonton, Pincher Creek and Wetaskiwin ..... bite aera a San Gaertn Pete naed i

Average amount paid overseers of districts for making assessments, overseein work and performing other duties connected with the district............. $23 56

The foregoing statement indicates that the organisation of local improvement. districts has resulted in the completion by the people themselves of a large mass of work that would otherwise have fallen upon the Government, and has provided machinery by which the non-resident land owners can be forced to pay their share of the cost of the improvements undertaken by the resident population but which benefit all lands equally. | : The enforcement of this Ordinance has been criticised from the

standpoint that an enactment of this kind was not necessary at the present time, that in many districts which have been formed no improvement of roads or other local repairs were required, and if needed they should be undertaken by the Government; and that the work performed by districts would be wasted owing to want of intelligence on the part cf the overseers in laying out or superintending the work.

The claim that an Ordinance imposing local work was not needed is best answered by the statement given above which shows the work actually performed by organised districts last year. It is doubtless true that in some of the districts organised there is at present not much necessity for grading roads but it can, I think, be confidently asserted that in every district where road building is not required there is a possibility of expending all taxes or labour in improving the general condition of the district by providing fire guards, destroying noxious weeds, building dams, repairing bridges or culverts and in improving fords.

The claim that any improvement of roads, construction of bridges or other work of a public character should be undertaken by the Govern- ment and not left to the residents to complete must be answered from two or three standpoints. In the first place it may be noted that in the older provinces, and also in the United States, many of the officials charged with the work of providing good roads have pointed out that better results could be obtained if all the taxes collected for road improvements were expended through the Government rather than through the municipal organisation, and that no commutation of these taxes by labour should be allowed, claiming that this system would provide for uniformity in methods of road construction, the completion of work under con- tract and for proper technical supervision of the work. This claim is doubtless well founded, but, in considering the question as applied to the Territories, it must first be noted that up to the time of the enactment of The Local Improvement Ordinance no taxes for road improvements were imposed, and any and al] expenditure for this class of work had to be provided from the general Territorial revenue which was quite inadequate to enable the Government to complete the large bridges or carry on the other work of a distinctiy public character, and at the same time undertake these smaller works or repairs which should properly be undertaken by the people themselves either by the payment of a tax or hy commut- ing the tax by labour,

84. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WoRKS

In the second place it must be remembered that up to the time of the organisation of a local improvement district there is no organised machinery through which any tax for local improvements can be imposed and it can, I think, be shown that The Local Improvement Ordinance provides the cheapest and simplest machinery for that purpose. The time will no doubt come when consideration will have to be given to the question of the collection of a non-commutable tax for this purpose and its expenditure by the department, but until the residents of the Terri- tories become thoroughly convinced of the desirability of such an amendment to the present provisions of the Jaw it will no doubt be wise to continue the system now in force.

There is a certain amount of foundation for the claim that the work performed by districts will not be thoroughly done owing to the want of knowledge and experience by the overseers. This difficulty can, however, be larvely overcome by giving the work performed in the districts some technical supervision from time to time, and also by the education of the overseers as far as possible by giving them detailed instructions as to correct methods of road making. Last year, as has already been explained, a Manual of Instructions for the Guidance of Overseers was issued, containing concise instructions as to road building, constructing culverts, bridges, or repairing existing structures, as well as with reference to other duties they are called upon to perform ; and by supplement- ing this manual from time to time with further instructions, and by giving them some object lessons in the work completed by the department in or near their districts, much can be done towards educating not only the overseers but all the residents of local improvement districts as to the proper methods to be adopted in completing their local work.

If it is conceded that the time has come when the residents of the Territories should undertake the work of local improvements it can, I think, be demonstrated that The Local Improvement Ordinance provides a better system for reaching this end than would be provided by the usual system of dividing the country into municipalities as has been done in the older provinces of the Dominion and in Manitoba.

Under the local improvement district system the organisation of districts is a simple and exceedingly inexpensive matter, the official machinery for conducting the business of the district is equally simple and inexpensive, and the voice of the majority of the residents of the district decides each year where improvements are to be undertaken and’ their character. The whole work and taxes of the district are to be devoted to the completion of certain fixed internal improvements, and there is no chance offered of incurring bonded or debenture indebtedness of the kind that has characterised certain ambitious municipalities.

In the local improvement districts the annual tax to be paid by each quarter section is not a matter to be determined by an assessment to ineet existing or contemplated liabilities, but is the same year after year, and the improvements during the year are dependent upon the year’s revenue without any possibility of incurring debt by anticipating future revenue.

As there are at the present time only two rural municipalities in the Territories it is dificult to make a definite comparison between them and the local improvement districts with reference to the performance of local improvements proper, but from the information available it may be noted that there seems to be very little difference in the annual charge in the municipalities and local improvement districts for road improve- nents, viz., $2.50 on each quarter section, In the municipalities,’ how-


ever, the land is also liable for certain debenture indebtedness, other than school debentures, while land in the local improvement districts has no such indebtedness and can have none under the present provisions of the law.

If a comparison is made with the municipalities in Manitoba adjoining the eastern boundary of the Territories, the conditions are certainly all in favour of the local improvement district system as compared with the municipal system. In the municipalities referred to the annual charge for municipal purposes, including schools, upon a quarter section, are understood to vary from $10 to $20. In the local improvement districts adjoining these municipalities on the Territorial side of the boundary, the annual tax upon a quarter section for schools and local improvements does not exceed $6, and as the districts are not permitted to incur debenture indebtedness for the latter class of work the sum mentioned will probably cover the taxation for some time to come, while on ‘the other hand the tax in municipalities must necessarily increase with each issue of debentures for internal improvements.

The provisions of The Local Improvement Ordinance regarding the payment of overdue taxes are a somewhat radical departure from the usual enactments regarding this subject. These provisions do away with all the trouble and litigation which frequently characterise the sale of lands by public auction for arrears of taxes, and relieve the district of all trouble of the collection of overdue taxes, while giving them a certainty as to payment of these taxes at the end of a year after that within which they are imposed.

The organisation of local improvement districts has immensely sini- plified the completion of our departmental public works throughout the Territories, the four hundred and odd overseers of districts constituting a body of representative foremen whom we have been able to employ in conspleting a very considerable portion of the work of road gra‘ling and repairs provided for in different parts of the Territories, and also in taking charge of public weils, dams or other public works which require local attention and supervision. The employment of overseers in completing certain of our public works also affords an opportunity of giving them some further instruction in the proper methods of compl-ting work, and gives such of the residents of the districts as may desire employment a chance to provide teams and labour under a foreman whom they know as their district overseer as well as to participate in the public expenditures in these districts. |

On the whole The Local Improvement District Ordinance seems to meet with the approval of the residents of districts that have been formed. In the southern or ranching portion of the Territories it is claimed by some persons that the provisions of the Ordinance as at present framed do not meet special conditions existing in those parts of the Territories, but in at least four hundred out of the four hundred and fourteen districts organised the residents are satisfied with the Ordinance and are loyally carrying out its provisions.

THE COAL MINES REGULATION ORDINANCE,

The coal mining industry is rapidly assuming large proportions in the Territories and promises in the near future to afford employment for a large number of miners. At the present time the large coal mines are confined to Anthracite, Canmore, Lethbridge and Roche Percee collieries,


but a number of mines are being operated in a small way at other points - which may develop into extensive undertakings as the local demand for Goal increases.

tions of mines now being operated.

SCHEDULE OF COAL MINES IN ' OPERATION

NAME OF MINE.

Milner’s Pratt & Coit Moran's Humberstone No. |]

fe No. 2

White Star Frank Smith No. 1.

Black

Caninone. 4. Anthracite . Hassard Roche Percee Lethbridge Pearce McAllister .

S/S alte) acai) a) ke! are

al enue hed ar Sale «in

|

Clover Bar Nos. 1] and 2. Cascaden & Taylor .....

PCanmorecns ae aaa

p eainoatont

DURING

LOCATION,

Edmonton ce

se

ee

ee

ce

Morinville

Fort Saskatchewan South Edmonton ....

6

«

66

Knee Hill

Anthracite .

6

Clover Bar. . Edmonton ....

IR, Cunliffe

: t-

‘Chas, Rodrigue

IN

1898.

OPERATED BY

John Milner G.. Pratt & F. K. Coit ‘Sam Moran Wm. Humberstone.

ee

+ 2 pees

Tempest & Co, ,. "len E Frank Smith

_ Edw ard Chevigney

Dz Steeves . ae

. Martin ce

"Thos. Hunt & J. Read . J. Grenier}

W. McNeill (TO leds rae

\Souris Coal Mining Conse ‘Roche Percee Colliery Co.. Alberta Railway & Coal Co, PEATE VOLT CATS een tee J. McAllister

John Banach & M, Haynach

The accompanying schedule gives the names and loca-

THE TERRITORIES

CHARACTER

OF COAL,

Bituminous ce

ae

ae

ce

se

oe

“6

ce

oe

ee

.|Anthracite Bituminous

se

os

The output of the twenty-seven mines above mentioned during the past year and the number of men employed in coal mining was as follows:

Number of men employed Bituminous or soft coal mined Anthracite ac bviawie 'S 9 C..0 Ve cw elem are

A ae ee ee ae?

Te, SP Oh) we ele 6) eg Baw eS Rv EB bw ie

832 315,661 tons 23, 000 -

The returns ie accidents connected with the mining of tee during the past year is appended in schedule form, but this return is probably somewhat incomplete as the owners of small mines have not. made returns of accidents connected with their operations.

90 ~t ANNUAL REvoRT 1898.

SCHEDULE OF ACCIDENTS .AT.COAL MINES. DURING . 1898.

| CHARACTER OF ACCIDENT. |

NAME OF MINE. : pr a ar eee Resulting in Serious Slight © | ‘ ;

death. injury. injury. | ——-—_—__ —— | ar) _

Wee DPIC Pere thik! 4925 ol £2 dry Sh aGee sy faare 3 3 12 15 BNI DISE CEG Me ee FH sa So ace ive 9 ; Nee hg eget | GAprMnorens. 2.8 23.4... ee eee mR we ate ane ite on Ae 3 Bove ceiilie teeta tens OMS AUT enA oF ee PS 1 1

| ae

| 20

The average of one accident for each 15,782.05 tons of coal mined, and one death for each 112,887 tons mined, shows the absolute necessity for a systematic and careful inspection of the mines and some government supervision of their operations.

The first Territorial enactment regarding coal mining was passed in 1893. The Coal Mines Regulation Ordinance passed at that time was subsequently amended to provide for conditions which arose under the actual operation of the mines, and at the Jast session of the Legislative Assembly the Ordinance was amended and consolidated after a careful consideration of recommendations received from the inspector of coal mines and the owners or managers of several of the mines.

In May, 1897, Mr. William Stafford, of Lethbridge, who had been employed as inspector of coal mines, resigned and in November of that year Mr. Dan Evans, of Edmonton, was appointed in his place. Prior to Mr. Evans’ appointment the inspection of mines had been confined to the coal mines at Anthracite, Canmore and Lethbridge, but since Mr. Evans took over the work we have endeavoured to have all the coal mines inspected and to make much more frequent inspection than was formerly attempted. When the first inspection of smaller mines was made it was found that the owners were carrying on their operations without reference to the provisions of The Coal Mines Regulation Ordinance, and in some instances the workings were of the most primitive and dangercus character. This condition of affairs has now been greatly improved and the frequent visits of the inspector has resulted in better methods of mining both in the large and small mines, and a very commendable wil- lingness has been displayed by all to comply with the provisions of the law and the instructions of the inspector.

Under the provisions of the Ordinance as amended and consolidated at the last session we have endeavoured to provide that all managers of coal mines, and the pit and fire bosses employed in them, shall hold proper certificates of qualification, and during the past year eighteen certificates of this character have been issued as shown hereunder :

8S DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WoRKS

SCHEDULE OF CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO MANAGERS OR PIT OR FIRE

BOSSES IN COAL MINES.

NAME. ADDRESS. CERTIFICATE,

|

|

Dan Evans)... gis ase bee pokes Edmonton cugacm es betes yee oes Manager S Ws. Hardie +a. ce eee eoee Wweth brace ion, a4. aang ae . Jamesn|peVLOnris: maar ree Peed oar . Canmore spate © Brien: Sees: f1 std. eek 3 Wann Webel Of ~ gee a seer Re re Be cick \Coalfields:. 22>. ; “a hict eae CrP gh SARE ‘i ohm Wittlens 2 atone eee ae Soca! ath RET | Tete Sit canta eee: ROR ER ae st QO; BR Sa Whiteside (08 ose 2 pes, (Anthracite sx 5: sesh memes eae See s Gus, Ostheidts ata. ee eee ae ee OP Ay. oh Baas tie Se Re eee Pitt boss John Mussrove (oar. saan oe cos, ({ GORIMOTE See ce are oe eee a Charles Emmicrsog o,f. Js mid ee chon | eB pthc ic pee bce steer a Alired Davis dg: Lege etter eee |Lethbridge oft Rathes kek eee nee s John C, Livingstone: . is. ary sacewem «- =e es 4 ae ay ae ee ee ae 4 OVatkin Der W aticinigten. -c ies ser era ext |Anthracite oe AE ee ee ae ‘Fire boss TohneWalson teats he as. | Ae \anebeees nah CIN cont dns dp AAS OO LE Jobo. Wa» Watkins 5c abiece cere | ST da icra ce >> en hay Re a Bale eed ie Witham" Cowainl'scc. icq orate wee © ote | - 2 ach Be Wehr a! da eee | es John lantes Mokeay corsa giy et fe en AA MAR eaten Aer oe | “s Robert Scott.4 4G LRG. Bate | ft eRIGRES, LBB Tie | ‘f Robert Livingstone ,... Janik Ast - nope ae | "S Weahbeten cheese soe rf

We have provided the necessary machinery for the holding of examinations from timeto time at which candidates who desire to obtain certificates of qualification, either as managers or pit or fire bosses, can present themselves, and during the past year exaininations of this kind were held at Canmore and Lethbridge.

When the question of the safety of the lives of the large number of inen engaged in coal mining in the Territories is considered it is quite evident that if the present output of coal is largely increased in the near future, as seems quite probable, the inspector will have sufficient work to keep hain constantly employ ed in looking after the twenty-five or thirty mines which will be in operation, and during the next year our expenditure for this portion of the departmental w ork will have to be materially increased.

Referring to the statement of the quantity of coal mined in the Territories during the past year, it is worthy of note that the larger part of the output has been mined for export or for consumption by the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company. From the information obtainable it seems that not more than 75,000 to 100,000 tons of the 338,661 tons of coal mined is consumed in the Territories for domestic purposes, the remainder being mined for export to Manitoba, the United States and British Colum- bia, or for use in the operation of the different railway lines. If we assume that the export trade remains at its present dimensions it is quite evident that a material increase must occur in the consumption by the railway lines and for domestic purposes in the near future consequent upon the rapid increase which is taking place in the Territorial population, and the enlarged railway business which will naturally follow.

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS ORDINANCE,

In the southern and south-western portions of the Territories the question of irrigation is now probably the most important one requiring


attention. The fact that agriculture in these portions of the Territories without the artificial application of water to the growing crops is a very precarious undertaking was combatted for some years by residents of the districts and by land owning corporations, but the long succession of failures on the part of those who attempted to grow crops in the ordinary way, and the marked success which has attended the growth of crops by irrigation has at last convinced the most sceptical of the benefits to be obtained from irrigation and the necessity for the construction of ditches and canals to divert the water from the streams so as to bring it to the areas which can be cultivated.

The faith of the present residents of the arid reg’on in the principle of irrigation will be appreciated froma reference to the accompany ing schedule of ditches and canals which have been constructed to supply water for irrigation. A schedule is also appended showing the records which have been made of water to be used for domestic purposes.

SCHEDULE OF IRRIGATION DITCHES CONSTRUCTED AND: IN OPERA- TION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE IRRIGATION ACT,

Nn

ogg |e. BREN EEO OEE TCHS OR CARATS A Baas STREAM FROM WHICH |Zw2| #8

Berar | P Fo WATER IS,DIVERTED. V3 e ee < | | = a 2 S Co

a " 0

Calgary Irrigation Co. ...... Galenry CLD OWT VG M ct sit 61.9) 45400 Calgary Hydraulic Co. .... ss [oO Wve. Ayu Wh late aot, to 7.5} 6000 IBGLCeretla Ess FV iss odas hose CVochnanen: efin5: ‘Dog Pound creek ...... 1,0 80 British American Ranche Co./Calgary. ........|Big Hill creek .... ..... 1.5 68 Cochrane Ranche Co........ MAGI ECU. 7.1. act) sel Vetiver acta) At 333). 3.1 200 Dowling, Mrs. Annie..... OPER CIS wen bey ot PNGH ECT OG cots ta ce.) st, | 1.3 110 Mis waleekl Keke At 5 Haat 62 Springbank:..... ME IDOW fiVierea. foc cas ose 0.8 110 MOLINE PALL ASS ole. acta eS BPC 44 sea et Wisi ereekiorrige. «042s... 1.5 120 MoE S RCO Fc gun's 2+ IMEI Vat’ € bras a} a FeO amon) 1S CES, CPN SCD oem ne es | < 1.0; 500 LOSELEY Ve ESs h ba ss = arn ows Pl Cistaiamscnc: oe - 1-2) >) 130 CLE igi ia) Wide kee 00c- as ase doe se “ | U.S) geet GAC, Mere MR cs on ae | ic Zak 130 Russell, George F...... P20 Lethbridge. santo role creek, .5.../ 2, 1.5 80 Me EN RES PEIN eed cv a5 (Calearyadl Ghee SPO dS) cee ae oe net 2.0; 800 AMIDA CISON 25.00 oo aden. cc. TIO GIS wale cert Risivereeicean.) ee Cole. . 3 | 0.5 40 OME MNCOTEC: bie neces o. 04 a iM LZ ol RECO @ Ty gM ahh tis 2 aco fos m<,2 ca) a4 Springbank... .../Small creek trib. of Elbow ; FIGee VEY cie Seer. Cie | 2.3! 360 Walsh, Senr. and Jutr. ...\.. Cochranas 2092). 4 Beaver Dam creek Ze. 208 Bava tee Cite lee ce et ece ona, Ha as - 1.0; 105 (ALOE Ue § aa lo eee ae ae ale ar ah ace vip IMosquito;créek!! 0.0... | 1.2 105 Bell-Irving & Kerfoot ....... Cochrane......../Grand Valley creek ..... 5.3) 580 Shea & Madden....... ..... “ \Beaver Dam creek ......| 2.2; 249 qicaruo.d Bevan. jr.os...3. CAT ates ai OLN nad che serena. 3.1} 250 Glengarry Ranche Co. .....,|New Oxley ...... DOU CHECK yh Siar cn on 2.8) 473 Findlay & McDougall....... Bien River 0.2: High river. Ree Gk 3 el 8.5} 5400 PRET DE GECER SG ectne) tes. Cochrane}. Gob, Doe sound creek) i... | 1.3} 114 GUE Me WN oe ahh. sa a) uae se Driggs yi - WI eC TeC ms a sien) taut | 1.4 80 POUANIE Nik | OU ler, Pry anc arc cnt, « « Millarville’ i 22., Pee P warn. 4 iene ate | 2.7| 350

BREN tae x cul oes MG ‘Springs and overflow of, Be USE OE NIVGL Nissen oi | 0.9| 134

aR UEC ROUGE Ele Ais esc scm xg a eS ey aN Eros let Git the ty ote 12) 145 BicLaughlin, J. W...... Bight River... . High river and a trib.

Bread) eg tvncen kor ccs ak 3.8) 680 ae CSA ity yng, Gass ASEM ces uv 6 Small creek, trib. of El-

PO WAS MCs a eeie wn seal) 1,0} 108 MUN NVA ad va vis ae a Jumping Pound .|Jumping Pound creek, ..' 0,6) 60

90 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC. WoRKS

SCHEDULE OF IRRIGATION DITCHES CONSTRUCTED AND IN OPERA-

TION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE IRRIGATION ACT.—Continued.

| 1 Nn

| joxa] OWNER OF DITCH OR CANAL s hoaenun STREAM FROM WHICH = eae 5

Re Ante WATER IS DIVERTED. Of 8 s <

HAZ) & a ee ee See 9

Lott jh PSs. ot. ee Oke Calgary <i 3 icerive LEtbow river and creek trib, theveot is twee: 1.7| 360

Naiclin, be EL one. coe ercres es EIDOW fiver «trecnas eos 0.5; 200 Patterson, Lachance et al....|Macleod ........ Bellyriver i) 23) 3.4, 1440 Broderick, Mrs. Janie. .... .|High River...... \Lattle Bowrriversc 24.96 - Let 158 CTPA CG El c®) spe ae as a Galoaryy )satotee Dog Pound creek i cacy 2.0 95

i lanes Mies si aeerrccpsiees cater = S aviillarville so. a. SHEEP fVEr once fens 1.1) (1665 Fraser & McKinnon......... ay . is 1S Bell, Mrs.¢Mary. ov#-5 a6 nie | i | ¥ 0.9; 100 Aird anes Ay adhtiae eres ty ce | : | # 0.4 110 Newson An. coke cer mmtsae NPeiddis:. cy teense 'A spring creek.... 2.2} 240 Anderson, Sens As, : 25.04) IMillarville-2 292... Sheep myer (60> eee 0.4 20 Anderson, Juns,-G...-. 24: | 0.6 80 MWreaiteyss (Luis. chp as ae eee: if 1.0)99,120 PASI AINE De sites <7 se Be ah ero | cs a 1.5; 105 Fisher, «] OSepioyaces anes ns ss LT pio Samthvac: LeCs..302 eae High Rivet... 2.71 \Hish fiver opencs. see 2.3; 265 Quorn Ranche Co. ...... ...|/Dewdney...... 7 Sheep RIVED Bs tkinnls neers = 4.0) 555 Leeds; Elfiott.& Co...:...2..| New: Oxley 22 cau |Willow creek .... ...... | 3.2} 240 Houk,George*. ie nieeh I Poitiole win LG St, Mary fiver = steer 0.7 88 NeW... Me Police 2m eel iacieod” 2 5..; eT Waterton diver jp). couetant | 2.0} . 120 Lees, We Boe aids, ee pet Pincher Creek .. |Mill creek., ..........01 0771 22200 Bagi; ae bs Ot. er ek Sei Livingstone. .... ..</\Connelly, creek. . i. 4. 0.2; 100 Skrine, Wie aera eh Orta High River...... \Mosquito creek ...... 0.6 75 Bagnishers A. Wl. foo nis Semen ye Davisbuge. or: ae. iBow. river fut was 1.8; 160 Naw bolie Wik iinet et < 033 Caloary.e. ie. ts a 2.5 83 Ware, | ONG 12.2. qin ue +: a Millarvilles.|..P obits Sheep river .... 0.8}. 107 PG SOttec MOU rok. tatie yee a a |Livingstone ..... (Old “Wistar ry pee ee 1,0 180: George Brothers 0). 2... Maclepdir pees /Beaver creek..... 1.9; 400 Meade Boks (goy : lie. acs Livingstone, (ho lPoddi creel. ti pumas 0.8) 200 Been hee Vik wa. ck SOME Glceiets pus a | na 0.6 50 CHT Oia Ve bene’ Sv mg abs 8 ope a cr 0.5 90 Kenimus, john. tas. dee. Hi rs = 1.6 150 Lane, George && Cos 2... iGealgairy See’ Sane pes Kuntercredky 2. ude ae 3.2} 350 Sheep Creek Irrigation Gas. .|\Dewdney........ Sheep timer. lee eee 6.0} 1206 Nodsers; James ..c os... . x). ' A spring creek oc. a Leen We 32 Smithy elevate ce enn sD Lethbridge 7 Vi St. Mary rivers: Ly 87 Pica il ais®, oo cecgerbs os Cardston 2 babes jLee Chechio acd: ae rt 1.0 71 (Gard Oo Ilgimimier 3 tact aS \ieh ce ee 5.1) 1002 Hunter, Honter & Edgar... .|Priddis t....0. 4... Wish creek ey. 2 ena tein 2.2} 347 Gene -Wollit) 28 Biase cit Macleod..... ...| Willow creek ...... .... 2.0) 145 Wallare, Ruane, sae ie oe High River ...... Highuriver pats gy taba 10.0) 1985 Jobnsten? J .AL, x... aceon Galoary nc ts 1. JROS@DUC FiBIs Sabi gk | 1.5) 215 Macniulan, As vig ating A SNGCD TiVEre oe. Pe eee | 4,2}. 799 Haterson, iL). 2.2 eee Priddisy Wows Bishicreekauyven ss foarte 1.6 116 Walker, Bi Gren iosce eee leary fea ve ies Elbow rivet 2c ste yee 175 Wa rrean ds O..b ae. aa Miatlarville | ge qbtie: A-spring creak >. 0%. ta. ee Jackson, Ayn... ‘Ns A Spring’ Greely. las au 0.4 75 iKe@arl: (ames! 243 Aes Cardston........ St, Mary river 222009. 1.0; 148 MoHugh, Ty Po (2).¢ 2 apes Gletohenuicsna sia p/Agspiing.e wt anaes 0.5} 100 Austin & Matthewson ...... Dewdney. ......« Sheep fiver 2... base 1,2 a Migirsie ide Wr an. cen so wade ee Cale ariel: vin... (NE DIS Ghee oir. Myguee c cers 0.8 110 iene Fa ee ao. e aee PeVRUON gests aie Creek trib, to Trout creek ede 30 Piling, Sent, Pik: cia: 5 seer Capaston ues > cakos ist. viaionr iriver Pie 22h 1.2 67 ook.) ia ler ott. hes ba as v jpowadary creck. Soin! 1.7; 148 COR, Ape leg bate ota era Mountain View ..|Mahmee creek......... feo kas 80 Bebo; NelSON hres tian, cow css alaee CAAT AUCE A |t2 fetal Spgs st Sons es ie eee 1.1 85 Fauquier, HH. idnies: a opeeu en iMaple Creek») | Hay creek). (428 semen | fae Le 50 Herron, J..and others....... ‘Pincher Creek. ..|Pincher creek .......... }* <B.0)" > 978 Hackney, Dy Giro ae ee GUS Bat ek lataaele Aspring creek ......... . 2.2}. 119 Burman iis: etna he Cardston). 0. .5 SHA Wake. ae ie eee ree a 25

{ \j

( . ANNUAL Report 1898 91

SCHEDULE OF IRRIGATION DITCHES CONSTRUCTED AND IN OPERA- , TION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE IRRIGATION ACT. — Continued.

OWNER OF DITCH OR CANAL

—NAME,

Wie S AVEC ze oN, BA

Bucas,4Wm.....).: Maloney, Wm....... Payne, William . Mandqiist AA. 2... kB Péecock & Sheldon .,,....:: SWORE WW. Gin. ce ses araceks. Peecock, F. W.. Jones, W. Si: Hammond, Cr R, Rretres WW eo 2 Be Canadian Land & Ranche Co, |

Branniff, D. Dierat ye Ce wees ek Maunsell Brothers .......... Blake Gy Miles eave. nl) «- Siar pless Coe ges a lod Se: Moore, Moorhead & Fearon Farr, J. G. TR isihe se) otry ee bi cae t S

DixOm brothers oncn'e neon etc Valin Ge:tN iT eget sce eels, . CumberianrdsAI 78008... Marsh, Greeley, Gb aly. cay %

Glennie, Lloyd, et al. Lloyd, A piste oo CONS SDA Leva Indian Department Shaw, Mrs. Helen Godsal; F. W.

Woolf, J. W. Hansen, N HowesSShcurnicer +! niet Ross & McLean Wallace, R. A, Oxarart, Estate of M........

Johnson, Es: 2. Cyr, Cyr & Pelletier Jones @sSmarti.nfe erly: Morgan, William Macleod, N. T. Owens, John Sipald, 1, ahery gueail.; Gross; cAw Es inn ned NT 5

Thibandeaush}eBit wisvar...... New Oxley Ranche Co. ... Punter]. So japeewi eet. 5... Indian Department Farman, Salt & Salt. >. ...22.} Schmid, Henry Lyndon, C. A, & W. A... ....:| Littie Bow Cattle Co. Robertson, T. W. Kemmis, John Sheepy, Joseph Spalding, C, Pollock, D. H

cee ewe

Fw er 6 te, Ne iq era

STO ae 6 ae Se mee Were

.|Pincher Creek .

.|Lineham

....|Pine Creek

.|New Oxley

ADDRESS,

Palliser, B.C......

Markdale, Ont... Calgary. ol Mountain View .. \Gardston dae yustee \Maple Creek .... High River

‘Maple Creek ts

Macleod. ‘Livingstone. New ‘Oxley Maple Creek .

ce

~ oC

ee

ee

ve

|

ICal gary

Cardston ce

[Livingstone . er High River Maple Creek ....

Priddis |Pincher Creek ... Saskatch'n L’d’g¢, Coutts i\Lethbridge

Jumping Pound .. ‘Calgary

|\Pincher Creek .

‘Calgary . ba ‘s ee:

Pele 0), muuaialleae s:

Lineham Lymdion ays sage, mes: High River

se

we lente eke s

oe eS ©

Livingstone ‘Calgary ‘High River Maple Creek ....|

pier eto a Wt

=

Ee ee creek

; Old Man river 'Heath creek

‘Piapot creek

STREAM FROM WHICH WATER IS DIVERTED.

‘Behanhouse and Ranche creeks

Boundary creek HMgcueek ie Le wea Trib. of High river

Meri. of Hay creek.. ...| BRUUSPIVOR ear ieant C. Skull Greek ees a hse | Bridge (or Dirt ree): aI ‘Bear'creek .

cé

tout ereeks joc. a ae+h .|Piapot creek.. Skull creek

\Maple creek |Piapot ereek ;

‘Bear creek

ce

Maple & Belanger creeks

ce

Bow river Fish creek MS! (8, ero tae s canhayiay 6 ee in|

fy cli eta ie tpi ts eee ee | Pincher creek Shake eréeletit4 >. a... x. St. Mary river Macabee creek Ross creek .... Pie NGM re tie crag. Cottonwood creek and i

spring weil DEI OV. Lie! Weer | Stead creéle se Two springs Half-breed creek Old Man river Baal Ve ase ee, Jumping Pound creek ... Dry Timber and Ranche

BUCEKG i ee | Ney se ay ie, _\Indian Farm creek Kootenai river Pish-creelex vee). ack Old-Man fiver ..s4 id. (2 Boundary creek .,.... ulitvan creek gs). 4:5, Trout creek .... Mosquito creek High river

eral eels Tae ial ale ‘ss

Impounding dam....... FS ypiven sk | Fs con. wa | Swift Current creek

High River orang .|Little Bow river,...., om

LENGTH OF

pt eres Spee ee MIW NAH Obst to

4 e4 on

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AREA IRRI- GATED,

300 306 450 a

109 125 240 255 25 25

320 930 120 200 15

580 100 650 300 50 62

695 40) 50

330 740 30

2200

280 270 216 JM 252

480 201

405 300

600 200 600 100 82

150

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. 400 350 130 160

360 605 50

59

316

640 170

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SCHEDULE OF IRRIGATION DITCHES CONSTRUCTED AND IN OPERA

TION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE IRRIGATION ACT.—Continued.

OWNER OF DITCH OR CANAL

—NAME.

Lauder, James. . Cowal. Wermeeve eee kre Armour, Hugh.. < invites ie yee) &) @: wie! fe

Canadian Land & Ranche Co. awsome 5 Chie ches. McDougall, Donald... Lambert, W. A. Alberta Irrigation Co,....... Bouragss, Gy on ee ete Pandata pce on oe em one Lajoie, S. Couture, H. Gagne, Jules Pomerleau, J. N.

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ADDRESS.

Cravent. .: Cochrane Regina... Crane Lake Kennell Longlaketon.. |Kennell \Lethbridge ...... Battleford ....

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WATER IS DIVERTED. |G 22 /| 4 . Ze I Oo

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Ou’ Appelle river... 4222- 2.0; 340 Atspringvereék”. ..0. Gace: 0.2 23

ix. Qu Appelle river 4 c5.<; 0.5, 450 Rush Lake creek..... an Ds Qu’Appelle river -......-| 0.6, 320

e | 0.5) 130 S 0.3} 220

St.Mary's civer:... 222. 58.5 500000 .|Roundhill creek .......: 0.5, 138

| “ 0.5) 91 \Jackfish creek ..... 0.5) 97

as | 0.5) 140 A creek in Tp. 48-17-3... 0.5 93 Jackfish creek (> = e-2- 0.5 80

SCHEDULE OF WATER RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER IRRIGATION ACT

FOR DOMESTIC OR OTHER PURPOSES.

NAME OF APPLICANT. | ADDRESS.

Shaw, Kinnaird & Co. . Calgary .. Hull, WR Ue eka Hk sat « To operate tannery . Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. ‘Montreal .

66

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Calgary Gas & Water, Works Co.'s cas vaneeet Calgary... .|Calgary water works.

Calgary Water Power Co. | Power. purposesix......; |

Eau Claire Lumber Co. a Domestica “eng ind fem: Card & Hammer iCabasans .|Domestic and power ..

Lineham, John... une Okotoks....|For mill pond......... Mic Lanem,. Pais ayiaeaaae Macleod. .,.'Formill pond and power

66

\Lethbridge .

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CHARACTER OF RIGHT. | SOURCE OF SUPPLY,

. To operate woollen mill Fish creek . Elbow river ‘Moose Jaw creek ‘Swift Current creek

ce

‘Bear creek Ross creek South Saskatchewan river Bow river Elbow river

Bow river ce

Forty mile creek HIER. Bow river

Vertes @ we by

piivite 8) (e ier rs

ay by a ar ye .o Vave

of Leth-! ee \Belly river

(Milk river |

North Antler creek Moose Mountain creek Souris river

ce

Boggy creek South Saskatchewan river McFarland creek Seven Persons coulee Belly river Battle river

Use of railway comp'y and town bridge .

For water tanks ..:

. Bow river ce

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Lee Creek Sheep creek Mill creek


SCHEDULE OF WATER RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER IRRIGATION ACT FOR DOMESTIC OR OTHER PURPOSES, — Continued,

NAME OF APPLICANT. ADDRESS.

MeLArenerie AU. 22 .|Macleod.... Gardiner, C. W.E...... a Indian Department...... Ottawa.....

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North-West Government.|Regina.....

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SOURCE OF SUPPLY.

Old Man river Spring in Tp. 9-28-4 Battle river

.|Belly river

Creek in Tp. 44-27-2 .|Wascana creek .|Trib. of Qu’Appelle river

Tp. 19-13-2 river

28, 29-19-14-2 .|(Coulee 9-16-17-2 Branch of Thunder creek

i: Boggy creek. Coulee 12-20-20-2

..|Coulee 22-18-27-2

..|Red Fox creek

.. {Coulee 32, 33-16-16-2 .|Coulee 35, 36-19-16-2

..|/Red Fox creek .|Coulee 15, 16-19-11-2 .|Trib. of Qu’Appelle river

2-21-12-2 Trib. of Qu’Appelle river

33-20-14-2 ..{Branch of Thunder creek

23, 26-17-28-2 .|Coulee, 19, 20-19-13-2 Trib, Qu’Appelle river

23, 26-21-12-2 .|Trib. Qu’Appelle river,

2-20-12-2 . |Spring creek, 15, 16-20-12-

2

..|Goulee, 4-19 & 32-18, 25-2

..|Pheasant creek .|Trib. Qu’Appelle river, 9,

10-16-10-2 ..|Pheasant creek .|Trib. Qu’Appelle river, 33,

34-15-9-2 .|Coulee, 20-14-4.2

..|Branch of Wascana creek .|Cottonwood creek .|Branch of Many Bone

creek .|Red Fox creek .|Prib.Qu’Appelle river, 19,

30-19-12-2 ../Branch of Thunder creek .|Coulee, 20, 21-19-26-2

ce 31-17-26-2 12, 13-29-15-2 ee

43 Trib, Qu’Appelle river, 11, 12-19-15-2

..{Coulee, 20, 29-16-15-2

..|Trib. Qu’Appelle river, 7- 19-14-2 & 12-19-15,2

..|Pipestone creek

../Coulee, 24, 25-20-14-2 .|Trib. Qu’Appelle river, Be

20-14-2 Qu’Appelle river,

14, 15-19-14-2

94

SCHEDULE.-OF

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WoRKS

WATER RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER IRRIGATION ACT

FOR. DOMESTIC OR OTHER PURPOSES.—Continued.

NAME OF APPLICANT, ADDRESS, : CHARACTER OF RIGHT.

North-West Government.

Muni'lty of Indian Head. Spring-Rice, G. & B.....

Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. ee

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Regina ..

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SOURCE OF SUPPLY.

~stock-|- river, Trib. Qu’Appelle

19-19-14-2 ..|Beaver Hills creek ..}Coulee, 21, 28-19-15-2 .|Creek trib. Qu’Appelle

river, 24-19-13-2 river,

19-19-12-2 .|Ravine trib. Qu’Appelle

river, 35-18-12-2 .|Ravine trib. Qu’Appelle

river, 16, 17-20-7-2 ..|Ravine trib. Assiniboine

river, 23-15-30-1 ..|Beaver creek ../Ravine trib. Big Cut Arm

creek Ravine trib. Qu’Appelle

river, 3-17-2-2 .|Ravine trib. Qu’Appelle

river, 25-15-30-1 ..|Little Whitesand river ../Insinger creek .. |Boggy creek .|Creek trib. Ou Appelle

river, 19-19-12-2 .|Nose creek

../Trib. Moose Jaw creek ‘..|Lrib. Ou Appelle “river,

31, 36-7-12, 13-2 .-|Qu’Appelle river .|From High River to Little

Bow river . Squirrel Hills Springs Cottonwood creek

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Wolf creek Pilot Butte creek Boggy creek Dewdney creek Cottonwood creek A spring creek Wascana creek

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The subject of irrigation is one of the matters specially excepted from the powers of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories by The North West Territories Act, but in the year 1894 it became evident that some Territorial enactment was needed to enable the construction of irrigation works to be undertaken by municipal effort. To meet this ne-

cessity The Irrigation Ordinance was passed during the session of 1894 and the question which arose as to the power of the Assembly to enact this Ordinance was subsequently set at rest by its confirmation by ee Parlia- ment of Canada.

The Irrigation District Ordinance as at first passed ated to be a somewhat cumbersome and unworkable Ordinance, and it was therefore

ANNUAL REpPoRT 1898 95

amended and consolidated at the last session so as to simplify many of its provisions. The new Ordinance will, it is thought, permit of the organisation and operation of irrigation districts on a simple and satisfactory basis and it is hoped that in numerous districts: the residents will avail themselves of its provisions to undertake irrigation development as a municipal work. There is little doubt that wel! considered and properly constructed irrigation canals can be most satisfactorily operated as municipal undertakings under the present provisions of the Ordinance. The Ordinance has been framed to avoid, if possible, manv of the difficulties which have characterised similar undertakings in the irrigable States and Territories to the south of us, and in its provisions regarding the collection of overdue taxes from irrigated areas it practically ensures a government guarantee of the interest on the debentures sold by the district for the construction of the necessary works.

So far only one irrigation district has been formed. It comprises an extensive area between the Bow and Elbow rivers to the west of Calgary, and it is to be supplied with water from the Jumping Pound river, a tributary of the Bow river, which bounds the district on the west. © This district, although organised almost immediately after The Irrigation Dis- tricts Ordinance was first passed, has not as yet proceeded with the construction of the canal for the supply of water to the irigable area within the district, the delay having resulted from internal troubles, but as the scheme is a particularly good one, and as the completion of the proposed works will bring a large area under irrigation, it is hoped they will be able to proceed with their construction without further delay.

The general question of irrigation, and the record of water rights for irrigation as well as other purposes, is provided for under an Act of Parliament intituled The North-West Irrigation Act. The Territorial administration of this Act was, up to the beginning of last year, carried out through an office of the Department of the Interior at Calgary, but owing to representations made to the Hon. the Minister of the Interior it was decided to centralise the administration of the Act here, and this change was brought into force by an amendment of the Act passed at the last session of Parliament, under which all applications for water rights are now recorded and dealt with here. The business of the irrigation branch of thé department has been summarised in the earlier pages of this repert, and it is therefore only necessary to add that the work of the administration of the Act is going on smoothly and promptly and the change above referred to has proved a wise one.

The question of irrigation is such a many sided one that it can only be referred to in the briefest terms in a report of this character, but the general reports on irrigation and irrigation surveys issued annually through the Department of the Interior will be found to deal with the subject exhaustively.

STEAM BOILERS ORDINANCE.

This Ordinance is one of the eight Ordinances the administration of which is specially delegated to this department. The Ordinance was first passed at the session of 1897 with a proviso that it should be brought into force by proclamation. This proclamation was issued in September of that year as it was found that certain boilers in the Territories were being operated in such a manner as to endanger human life. After the Ordinance was put in force it was found that many difficulties arose in

96 DEPARTMENT OF PuBLIC WORKS

connection with its administration and it was therefore largely amended at the last session of the Legislative Assembly so as to make it more complete and workable.

Up to the time of the passing of this Ordinance there was no Territorial enactment relating to the operation of steam boilers or the granting of certificates to those having charge of them or the engines in connection therewith. That such an enactment was necessary is proved from the facts connected with one or two boiler explosions which have oceurred, attended with loss of life, and also by the results of inspections so far made of boilers in operation, several instances having come to light where boilers were being operated with a working pressure much_be- yond what they were capable of carrying with safety, the safety valves being loaded with extra weights to enable this to be done.

We have also found that a very small proportion of the men operating boilers have had the necessary training and experience to entitle them to certificates of qualification as engineers; and that more serious boiler explosions accompanied by loss of life have not occurred, would seem, from investigations s> far completed, to have been largely a matter of good luck if one is to judge by the methods of operating boilers which have been noted in some instances by the inspectors.

Under the Ordinance, as amended at the last session, provision was made to grant certificates of qualification as engineers to all men operating boilers and engines in the Territories who held proofs of having qualified as engineers in any part of the Empire or of the United States, and also to issue provisional certificates to the large number of men operating boilers in the Territories who had no previous experience but had acquired some knowledge of the subject from their experience here. The provisional certificates are issued for one year, within which period the holder is expected to qualified himself so as to pass an examination before the inspector for a final certificate of qualification.

The accompanying schedule shows the final and provisional certificates issued up to the end of the year.

SCHEDULE OF ENGINEERS’ CERTIFICATES. ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STEAM BOILERS ORDINANCE,

FINAL CERTIFICATES.

ae eae NAME. | P. O. ADDRESS. NO. |

I. Ae eos John. PYUEE Ne Db: 92. sso. Aas, eee ee Fort Qu’ Appelle. DiRk coeeeleas 2) W illiand CrQes att tis Sane uy lar aes Shae aie Calgary. at eer Robert: F:. dhiston™.25heo. tains kato ereioe Battleford.? A Meta 2 Willian]: rp chen: te eee ee Indian Head. Disa Cleophas Dargedtic. ().UGtiaae. a4) aeieenk Edmonton. * ‘ Gi Ghrreas William’ Mayhewe lane Los. wo) (Clifton. “apes T. Sutn es ie George Coplts audits bis smetos en got epee Regina, _™ -

cs ee George Ry Tagidniy tne: pk eel ee South Edmonton. OLN ee AS cee Chote {ir leiaiticiey ween here er ie ere Renee Yorkton.

LO: Aa eae WillizinwN wCarment tek iit rant de cee Kamsack. IL at aeteusiik gn David: Caithnessiio gd. seaweed one ties Indian Head. De ate heres Dan Evans 0 ees crea nash ine oceans meena Edmonton. La ena bees George Collisha’ oo ace SiG, een Coalfields. APE yuri 8 oo John, Seottacugl 4 Woes Mae an een eaianls Lethbridge,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ALBERTA

ANNUAL REporRT 1898 97

SCHEDULE OF ENGINEERS’ CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN’ ACCORDANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STEAM BOILERS ORDINANCE, —

Continued,

PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES,

CERTIFIC a “a0 ahem e ‘\ NO ate NAME. . P. O. ADDRESS.

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Pepi harcinre EAgh Ol eee tee. tg.h ts. hts taal aj aiety Indian Head Ase heise Pa ROME Le Ca MICSO Maisie ste ciels Sh pet tah Beles Wolseley BR hee en Syatevin MODAN, - i yioc age ee te Edmonton Be ya sen h RAE ieee tie Pree FN ala P a ehatslel eat slbucstets's Wolseley Weekes fc oe. ariel mrericmiee pire! febta oes Irate, Guts Ellisboro Ep che acshestiennks isvec orm D MGamerOnns: ct vides lees ee Fleming Beales Withteut Mereuson ! otc ac ces Seer: ..|Moffatt Bee cals PE MUMOOE CDE AL EMVAEY I cic cugy slew lta aeesd ghee Welwyn PERE ire thos POURS eRt SeBi sO) Gea adkode hase ere Whitewood

LD lenaiac tates SRiGkiaiy SHIGEO SEAN e?.0s:. phat ee Hill Farm BE ons cok ots Pee RIO IN PSON 4 50th ea ae eet ‘Wolseley Seti iek coe e Puleesaab oer RIGS EL MEG coe carer eis ies ../Regina Weert oki ARBONNE NIG 1C.)2 mover tal eet ever ae ons Sumner DE ia tere res dm PRSDGEC PSEOTICE RES 510 'c8 ones ee Ghia eee Ellisboro Decent <i PER BSS ta DELO Mr i cburdie’ Sheiiatateheaht ae ee we Edmonton LGR Botnet INVns EI Re VRE stone stleck ud nee ee Pea ine et Moosomin BERR Gilet: ke GveMSMe AIMEE Ns 0h .t sono larn Sele lee Sen eticoe Declare, Man. Bie fis wes or ch weireln er omi sie. crs inci aa ee en .;>.|Clumber ne Wat Peer ICME rate hohe i stah te stage awtet totetee | Cut Arm

Bil ake ctun. James Donald....... Pnede Aras tern ME seo, Moosomin a Oe a ee PRTC cet ene y wie Lith ates GA sul dimes Bf

A eee ESC Vos leuk p14 01 4 ee ng Ce ON AM Lat face Leduc BP Ree ag 25 Petey re VOUE OAV a iss tates yeiate, Gk sue ee .|Indian Head ye eee aaa Weed Back Ct soak ct tat arnt Ne akan yh ity tate ahs Okotoks OR cig a. Rea RUMINAL Ten ARIOS ‘yute hagalet Aiur dalen Whitewood Oban tire ere eeakce ISAmmiumeleiRee bat OOIr 62.7. te se stelcte st. etecolelas ‘Wolseley ei whom 5% PIpieSue yee te NYZANt. “sted te Pals ahead ae os St. Albert to a ee PU Nrere ttan CSET IS ITCOL GES Aas Ro i eh ee eee Indian Head Ae as ieee! Biber Hiawos Dickson: +r er er. 4.5 ‘Lumsden

Base ger te agai PV cNistarn fing aT CLOOL Riri tial te ane ‘Moosomin Se Ss saa oe: \George H. Bawtinhimer.............. |Red Deer a OT ee ever hes Veit yrate to Rees tye cee!) Meo (Ferndale eos ae ess 2 Der elit yycuiee Bt ae curr eee geet eee ‘Hazelcliffe

Byte. Jani hese Sant By Copthorme sc. Soe Goya Wide Awake Bote bya ven at piererrimeomter Kiar il te Fes ae ey deat ne Whitewood BIO el 5 ann 9 Merrie er: VACA ear. othe beet ea ate! Katepwe Sb Nets Bie Vac e Peet CInCer sro, seg taaa rte Fort Saskatchewan Dash Bt ad Ronen Mure ssee NAN sea eee, Bredenbury oe ters Gola IY MRED ERENT op LAME Vi Pact pol sonteh asgae. eset ne Ferndale 7 AO ee hah Alexander Fletcher ............... .....|Moose Jaw NN Atos Pier per uer., DOVES lees. mates. « » Qu’Appelle Station BOS Sie NESEY OTOpss: Lis <i creatures bo. Indian Head BN retin apes: do Ciattes otepnetis (.... 4. ayia an iatoredle i seh. Saltoun DA Pewee. tt « Ciatec. fh.) HOMpSON) We. Aa! sent vb. \Ellisboro

5 ae Se MPEP ROCeTSOR | cee ine tue ss oho. i\Fleming Abs, These. BOK Gere tee. a5 Sitc i HeRel ae err A ee: |\Wolseley

NE or i WRATH OMMO NY tars). load, oes. Hazelcliffe ESS yc ni Atceet aye CRORE ET RT RIRCE et. Soci i. tan aie tiie ys Moosomin er Pees Pe REECE rece pak Daa en ee 5 6 South Edmonton

DDR: ae eae ies UH, CSO tte. AUN a UNS Moose Jaw Tad cide Vingcais EUG War Cape OLN teka tit foditlehete ea) ae Wapella Ve eee ARS RI cca he alk col ARNG dss sath Yorkton el Oe ee eect ee TRI CIIAGD ECO ELS oe ei nis e cease . Edenwald OR ao. Hilaite | aria tey emo tn Dita. ae theo .. ..|Balgonie De Bia oi.c Ne eM Ss hy uty nent aa again a ofase Kenlis Pn eee arbi CTT ERO DUG ON es ta uislash’ sig wc whe'niala te, 303 + Namao ie mame eth John Bergman ..... Sarees ae feos ....|Churchbridge OSS bids eee. Ciates My Zimmerman wis 5: Riversdale OO Sheeetens: WANGUNGLeige hy AAI etoh aie SU VOR ae ee, Fame A eed a Sintaluta GU aca 23 Beh ets OMe er CUMIN ERIVE sy o's, ial gl s,s 'digis a's ee» Qu’Appelle Station

98 SCHEDULE OF

DEPARTMENT OF PuBT.Ic WorKS

ENGINEERS’: CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STEAM BOILERS ORDINANCE.— Continued,

PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES,—Continued,

ee NAME. P, O. ADDRESS. NO,

Ol. FRR eam RAVI PMMUDEITY ce dn retain ee tee ....[9py Hill OS. 55 stasee end John Bowles pein Dein. 1% Salk eae ean oe Moose Jaw OS aoe ae ALDI L Wiss, SAN SHS, Asc cache erchael eee ... {Grenfell Ole at aes Rhee eR ARID Pk so ep. arate tem ea et ee a QOu’Appelle Station GaNLR® ENV Bowie. $2 tc ke. Seen re eeneer ee Edgeley OG. fam Rene Richard, Harecest 2020) le ee ee 4 AE aiken Gurus Prank, W,,icarscaddensysssc ccoab chon cepa Edmonton OS ci as, geet Roberigsa fldous: 2). fie ccden nied Lorlie 9 FS eee john A, Oy, Cameron’. 0) T2507 .| Edmonton LO, Wintenere: Peter, Blatehtord | cle tin ae ae See yi ' thet ae mrs Branles omen 1.0 «tec: Ue a eee eee eee Indian Head att eee Fim Eierpaens. rs, eax akan oe eae Hyde 7 RCO ssc FPS Geatge a. Mitchell’ )i se fours. eee Grenfell U4 tech dee ae Allen dog, dlaiwises: Sich. cesta. was Broadview (Od creek eee John io. hendyorasse., jis. idles er oles Halcro tow. o>.) VW MAR IROMENS . peice) onthe eee ee Ou’ Appelle Tie of Lola aatgoy (2/4 io econ es ~~, ( jwintaleta 18. .410< eae JP hogas Caaibraith 5: oes hese cee ere a Indian Head Lies sone, is TL DOmeaS BOYES cu 0cd: sate, tater ee Indian Head Snes) cctaceers Gedsme, Cancet”. Scone ae ae Boharm SL: 9. Ane Johwely Partridge et wate care: . om Sintaluta So. en dee teten Thonids, S, iscoxe 14 Wrote eee bee Regina Sars se ees famess totherinchant\ |) us. cei: setts. Grenfell Sao ee eee JOSeGR Bere ero: s ice ees ate, aie. elect Fort Saskatchewan . BOW ee ae james Grew sllon soe sane re. oes Fort Qu’Appelle SOE iiaey cn. Bete C.. stein burs inn hoi e shh eal aes oe a de Oi aaaraas Oise ints W Nila ote. Bea chante i tn Ae ee Qu Appelle Station Se ete nae : | ammel CO. Olden oi. kn peek ae. 5k Indian Head SOR. wisa SOee Ga Vial Gr Siete oso 2h. oh aaese one Battleford DO ect seat 2 Albert Dasha? Lite Syne ecto one 2e pee, Hillesden Oi on ce ton DAU UEL “LaGEEY 19 ife 2) 1d ae eg len de anc Moose Jaw 92-2 ct VALET A GOSS “oT Oth ae WO e ae Crescent Lake Doe et AAs Andrew Gclloge i. agenesis ee Carnoustie reas ites eee Thomas Cumming ......... ...| Whitewood Ea zit jieba IN es bits . uso tee eRe ae. Rok Moose Jaw OG aut sont NL AY, wasp EIGN. 55c5 epee ae eee: See Midnapore 97 Yona 30, drawn : 8 so Se eee oe tee iSpy Hill Stare RE JeeWinbtepmenson cance ci sree sats Moose Jaw ee. os ee cas Ts BepPatoels |: 1c ath menets eine Red Deer

MOURN colada Péter’ (eOlite su, sow co nna) hen South Edmonton LOU. area dptallnsta sont eg en es beacon Me ge he ec Regina RGZ eee LamieS AW), (SOsIth iso als bee Mon itnaticc te Moose Jaw

my eer INGO sista OI eta eR ce i Moose Jaw LOS AT Esa Willie gir FR yes se yicthct ce Gea ate Rb oem Indian Head OSM tice: J. J.obetstenson: 1545 Ooh ve ae eee Poplar Lake 106. Finlagaiic Donnell era senteet e ter St. Albert Dy atietan ttre: Pred tl slamorcratt ”.\ 0s: ais ene el eae eee .|Kenlis 1 Oe ana tn. ee Dungag pei wan... ey os soe ao eee Regina MOON beatae tage DL. EAT HERE ic cae oa Saks eee Grenfell EAU Searels oh Jacob Laaehauseth.. 1. cass oe. eee Fort Saskatchewan Le ane Ge J: Alphonsererince#.. cts aes a nee Battleford Doe tae James WoaGiey, Whos wa. ote een ene Pense LAS ey ae toe J Oban Mb iia reed bce to ok aoe 2 ae a Ebenezer SB ee oy 5 Thomas.A,, Waterfield ......... 0.54 0eun Yorkton LG ith tee Jesse BY Walker tin, oibotits eiemnne one Lethbridge L1G). a Aes RICH GSE, BRC IS CEC he niki 5 tly ws 2g eid Siete Hf BELTS cote ercier, El eniy Bs, Meetry: © Als bins ee ence oer eee Grenfell DS oui a ree Richard. PaOrtewell | prices ite yeteeto eens Clover Bar PO eta a ioe Charles Shincler ‘aus iia wee cee at ree Grenfell 120... io pel Metliees Kage atk 8 ae oe een De Winton Charles Knight

SCHEDULE OF ENGINEERS’ CERTIFICATES


ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE STEAM BOILERS ORDINANCE,— Continued,

PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATES.—Continued.

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To carry out the provisions of the Ordinance two inspectors of steam boilers were appointed in 1898, Mr. Dan Evans, of Edmonton, and Mr. W. C. Wilcox, of Wapéila, being selected for these positions. Both these gentlemen are thoroughly qualitied engineers and have been actively at work since their appointment in completing boiler inspections. Up to the end of the year 48 boilers were inspected and a great cleal of valuable information collected as to the number of boilers in the Territories, The inspectors have also been employed in assisting me to get the questions for examination in shape and in preparing certain regulations, which the Ordinance prescribes are to be promulgated from time to time upon the authority of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, regarding general questions not specially dealt with in the Ordinance.

From present information available we have been able to schedule some four hundred boilers now being used in the Territories. Of this number probably two-thirds are boilers of threshing engines, the remainder being the usual stationery boilers used in Marites Diotomes: eleva- tors, creameries, &. The number of threshing engines is increasing very rapidly and in a very short time the inspection of boilers of this class will require the full time of one of the inspectors. It is very important that threshing engine boilers should be inspected annually. These boilers are in many cases operated very carelessly, are not properly looked after or sheltered when not in operation, and explosions of such boilers when

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in operation is sure to result in serious loss of life owing to the large number of men employed about them at that time.

Referring to the desirability of having boilers inspected and the granting of certificates of qualification to engineers operating the same it will, 1 assume, be granted that any question involving danger to human life should be dealt with by the Government under well defined and strictly enforced regulations, but as bearing directly on the subject, the opinions of engineers in the older provinces regarding this matter, as illustrated by the following resolution passed at a late meeting of one. of the lodges of the Canadian Association of Stationery Engineers in To- ronto, is worthy of note: ‘

“That the members of Toronto No. 1, C.A.S.E., deeply deplore the loss of life and personal injury to the innocent victims who suffered at the recent boiler explosion at the ice house in the east end of the city ; and as a body of engineers wish to place ourselves upon record as con- curring with the verdict of the coroner's jury which clearly set out the fact that the man in charge was incompetent; and that all boilers should be under the charge of practical engineers who have certificates, and that each boiler be inspected yearly by some competent person.”

THE VILLAGE ORDINANCE.

The administration of The Village Ordinance was delegated to this department atthe last session of the Legislative Assembly, the Ordinance having been largely amended and extended at that session.

Previous to the amendment of the Ordinance and the transfer of its administration to this departinent the Ordinance relating to V illages and Unincorporated Towns had been administered through the office of the Territorial Secretary, and nine villages had been organised. Since the amendment of the Ordinance an additional eleven villages have been organised, making the total number now organised and in operation twenty, as shown by the following schedule:

SCHEDULE OF VILLAGES IN THE TERRITORIES WITH YEAR OF ORGANISATION AND NAMES OF PRESENT OVERSEERS.

LOCATION, re NAME OF VILLAGE, | ———_—-— rd x aed NAME OF OVERSEER.

| Sec. | Tp.| Rg.{M.| Ere aes

Bede. beeen | 14 | Bulwer 2 OER, LAOS aaa. Fred. Brodie Gibson, Battleford. 0. ouee Ses ie ol 83) 16 ore, (1698 ea John Henry Storer, Broadview ..: Siew a). 25116) 5} ale... Leoa tay: Angus McLeod. Catlstom.rs aio. ae Oe Dit Sp DQoan Arete. 1984, Mee J. A. Hammer. DUG ake ke ees Co ik eed es TS0S ee William J. Campbell. Plequnge.;.....eotaeee ' Bl Le 3) oe) feel eee (SOG) comin George J. Jupp. Grainsboro...” o:. nea Wl 0 tae 1804 aee A. M. Reynolds. - Gigichens, . i: ariep ores Led J) 2AVZaN A a he, 1899 higcis: J. J. Marshall. Cacenteth Ts oy eee Bua} Ly thy weak setae L804 Bend J. D. McDonell. CACOIMBOT. SA; ccna ke Pp OT BOM A ne: PSOG00 62s. I. N. Burdick. Lotmsdén 7 2h oT earn Lig! 2 ERMA ooRt Sern] Re ae Andrew Blair. Maple Creek ..0.:.3... SE AS: laid fe QB) 1B) eee ROG Lace J. J. English. OMS ek en er oad Se AO iG, Set SOR Sees George Cloakey. Pinichér® Greeiis, cn eek S Som Oe a0. A ets TOUR We tet A. R. Dempster. QOu’Appelle (Fort).. 20...) Foy OS PR OM pa rota ES98 SET S. C. Elkington. Redubeers; |: awe ee 17 | 88 | 27 | 4)... ..1894...../|George W. Greene, Rosthert: 5 wer oy bon 3 OD ated ak Une eae TSOB) yj, Isbrand D. Fehr. SAISOAtS ia. a. ee a Dsl aaa Ab phe alam a, eat 1S O4o San W. B. Smithett. Wapella ey. Sano te | ORE Be a hee eg 1S0G IEF |George E. Nugent Yorktosae./) 2: et IRE: (BS) 25 lo" Sale Oi ee. 1894..... .|W, L. D, Kilborn, _


The Village Ordinance as at present framed provides very simple and efficient machinery for the conduct of the affairs cf villages, but as the enforcement of its provisions regarding the organisation of villages is not compulsory, several places which should be organised have peti- tioned against the steps taken towards their organisation.

This action is, I think, largely due to ignorance of the provisions of the Ordinance, the prevalent idea being that organisation would entail high taxation and extensive municipal machinery. As a result of this feeling places like Wetaskiwin, Innisfail, High River, Canmore, Fort Saskatchewan and Okotoks, some of which are almost large enough to be designated as towns, have refused to avail themselves of the opportunity offered them for village organisation and are content to remain as portions of the local improvement districts comprising the townships within which these places are sitaated.

Tt is hardly necessary to point out that the provisions of The Local Innprovement Ordinance are quite unsuited to villages or towns. That Ordinance is specially framed to meet rural conditions, and the completion of many of the works required in village development cannot be undertaken under The Local Improvement Ordinance. Among these may be mentioned the safe-guarding of public health, the guarding against. fire, the providing of a water supply, the licensing of hawkers, and many other features that require attention when the settlement is such as is met with in village communities.

The system of taxation provided for under The Local Improvement Ordinance is also quite unsuited to villages. Under that Ordinance one quarter section of land is made the basis of taxation, and as a consequence the holders of village lots up to 160 acres in area only pay the same tax as the person owning one lot. There is also the further difficulty that under ‘The Local Improvement Ordinance the majority of the residents fix the location and character of each year’s work, and in districts containing places which should be organised as villages the population in these places of course out-number the rural population in the district, and are thus able to dictate not only as to the location and character of the season’s work but also with reference to the election of the overseer of the district. This condition of affairs is not fair to the local improvement districts containing places which should be organised as villages under The Village Ordinance.

CONCLUSION.

As was intimated in the opening pages of this report, it was expected that considerable space would be required to discuss intelligently many of the questions dealt with through the Department of Public Works. The references herein contained to many of these subjects have been made as brief as possible, but the limits of the report have grown somewhat beyond those originally contemplated. The importance of full discussion and information regarding many of these questions, particularly in the inception of the departmental administration relating thereto will, however, probably be accepted as a reasonable excuse for the somewhat voluminous character of the report.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,

, J. S. DENNIS, Department of Public Works, Deputy Commissioner.

Regina, Assiniboia, ti January 2nd, 1899,

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Bridges, constructign of learns -Aobelad teeocaree spelt ieee eee a APO OL WHOGDED Ad i wi giddy ani bane ute > eee eee i comparison of cost of, under old and present systems of con-

SOLU PEROT ts 2 ds tachi Or th abe ed ee es uniformity or design Tor, meeded occ ao 2 ee ee s Saving to be effected thereby.... ..... oes sa ali ee aie oe gee es steel superstructures for, preferable to wooden ................. ee of where erected...... Sead eet eee eee a comparative cost of superstructures of...°.0.).....) 0.0.07. 2. - existing, should ‘be painted wur trie, se) eee ee ee ms schedule Of fe MTU YR OO ht eae Se

Correspondence, increase of, leads to partial revision of Public Works sytem if, AAO SUT, cae. ae Re, SO ee ee

Coal mining, a growing industry .............. d ie SAE EA eats Coal mines, schedule of 4, .......402...... oF. sic. ee eee

“f néturns Of of 8 pubiastsdyst Lisetyre on eke ees eee et aes tae er ng agcidents in {ore ., ssacunhd pps wage eee on ee 5 work of inspeptors of... 7 saniaatt-alaater be licen eae ae ep examinations: under Ordinance « ..« av-.4.k<8 eat tehs 2 ee i‘ certified managers, pit and fire bosses of ...................-.

Culverts, their importance in securing good roads........................ ce unsuitableness of wooden........... Rete Perk Faas Piven» re suitability and cost of vitrified pipes i gy OR eer ee eee

Dams, need for more........ twee ue? Teak Te Oe Se aie tae ee oe er b's a serious defects of Aine ase eee caghiny-h? He OX Rea ee Lee eae ee a danger of using water from present...... ............ vis he eee Er suggested remedy for danger 3 po. eee eee i pehediwte off... 22.71 oo MMT CPTI EE, ee ee eae ee

Kxpenditure, Legislative Assembly obtains right to control ....7....5.0.., Ferries, two' classes of...) 0.8) ae 51 oo a Oa TEEN BY EE ee

. evils of old ersten of toll collection. CREE ee Ca ae he ee present system of toll collection. . PIT a ee et}

‘f schedule -of jc4% xis -te: seacs Meet: td ee ee Fireguards; location of.ahown op, Mags)... lod. 4h Ge a ee

*) defined system of construction of, should obtain .......... 6 made by railway companies ineffectual ... ..... of safe aa es how to improve those made by railway companies........ # making machine desirable... ; 8: occas. ee ane 4 CXPENGICUPE ADAM sais. 2 ints, wo ide ke ee he

Funds, system of equal distribution ae why CHAD! . iis. og wee eae Highways, regulations for closing of ............. so -cApS seniaenteds Eee ee

ES already closed 42-22. 4, ds tye pak oes oe ee a Implements, class of owned by Government. tga. 2 os ee

af how. used |. 7. her MOPAR CRO 8a Sige ss SR pesos sn SU [rrigation, increasing: importericetol I Tita, er

a work ‘done-tmdert A Gis: Vi ka< ods 5 bho Soe eee a Districts Ordinance, passing of... .............. thie Wak PSE ty ‘ scope of Ordinanceske avin .ce cs wah eee bl <Bad YL Es le Ree as Ordinance simple of application: :....iViA {shalt eden eee,

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boral Tmprovement: Districts, schedule Of o \radicu cea ties ox sue caweKleg is i WOTK GONE DVeit wer satire Serer all's: dhe ys siesn i overseers to assist in public works........ _ non-resident land owners to pay taxes... ‘$ organisation of, inexpensive ..... :

A cheap and simple to work .:.;..:.......5. 0 provide lessons in road making........ i do not permit indebtedness................ u collection of overdue taxes... ............

provide work for residents): 23... 2.6... 00- Ee compared with municipalities............. oe Ordinance unsuited for villages ........... - Ordinance, objections to considered .....

Legislative and departmental buildings, unsuitability of................. . building grounds,:attempt to improve ........05..5..i6.0e))

Dee ae ETTICOnIaLalssTLe Ol ger pete wey mera ane An oS A EN Vignal chant yep? Mane NOcaGipn Olmireg UALS OW 2 cukadsned: aise tei: lee 4 tioathu wok avi es es, POS iets ROG pirt id INO siwe ewes, Sage aii Denmele eit, Teche st icu, oarhast ay

e increase in attendance aticlagses: ih). ..6. jee thn edinde 2 ¥, permanent buildings for suggested .......... seas e sess ae.

ss difficulties in way of providing building for............... he land endowment should be set aside to assist .....,.......

EEC VV Or came DiSbODICA LSU Vey: Of: fcd Meee esc | chica adding sek tteles «ccs oo alee MRCOnMNUCHsTeECOUC.O emt rosea eet os to 6 ie che Messy te oye hes

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er A CX DIANA IOMIOL SV SUCTION Ole re yim hakie Ge 580.2 ih districts, division, of —Perritoriesanto.. +2 sec ncee<> ls eas ss

rf SYorer aS. anwhOle SaUSLACLOry 25 5. so roe sce i eeu a comparative statement of old and present system of......

ge GOOCH OLE ULE Os eye RE one den Gare ai aicae or ain 8

a Local Improvement District overseers to assist in ......... 4 PePalTs. UO, pag litsu.C ATO Cae wt meray teen a crete Ce doa aaa i HY cost of may be reduced by more permanent structures ...

- dealt with by Department, synopsis of .......,.........5.. ia Ordinances administered by Department of ...... ......

Report of Department covers more than fiscal year...................-.. Hoad allowances, regulations forclosing Of)... 0.2. 6.606 eee wee eee ne eees

s Glredd vy CLOSER tii eee Mace eo ark as alas lhnga se alee es

eee irEOT CANCE LOMLALTUCES (Ol POO mre Metta iG aisle aiele ae aie math oi « loss owing to bad. ..2) 6c. TO Be) inal, © Pant dish RG. 08

** | efforts to improve, how made ... 2.0.0.5. -20.565 Lhe ere ee Ants: om Cenmed: policy in making, to be tollowed), 0.0. see eee ceases

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ca ICL CEL OMI OMI ex reentinen Wr ene er nF 4,6 60> eo pi fest rah ae 8 Steam Boilers Ordinance, difficulties in administering....................

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Steam boilers, operators of, to hold certificate of qualification............ % schedule of certified operators Of ............... BMS Un sos ae appointment of inspectors of...... ........., Rar s\ 9 cg engines for should be examined annually..................

Surveye,curiy records Of,-in state Of Chaos). 40.61... s.ce sae Z come under control of Territorial Government ................. - aupenipved improvement In record Of ..0 0.6 ve cwl ee ek eee se i TROL TULL MNY ty eee ie telat nif Pon ah fe) ef oC aE a vue Ale 'y wae o's ad d Of NeW TORS. 259,44 Picea Preteen Rae hth: Mn iin end oa

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efficiency of machinery provided by Ordinance................ 10] Water, scarcity of ..62\) 2110 Goi, anet Jerre, 6)

“ early steps taken’ to supply iy Pyne wee ge 57

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