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PUBLIC WORKS REPORT (1908-09).
Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
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REPORT OP THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1908-09 THEG0VERNMENTOF THE PROVINCE OF BBITlSti COLUMBIA PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Richard Wolfenden, I.S.O., V.D., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1910. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 3 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. 1908-09. To His Honour Thomas Wilson Paterson, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour : Herewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of my Department for the fiscal year ended 31st March, 1909, in compliance with the provisions of the Public Works Act. THOMAS TAYLOR, Minister of Public Works. Works Department, Victoria, B. C, January, 1910. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). E 5 PUBLIC WORKS REPORT. SUMMARY. Correspondence (9 months) :—Letters inwards, 5,035, and 5,130 folios of letters outwards. Vouchers approved and passed, 9,427. The work carried on in the several Electoral Districts during the fiscal year ending 31st March, 1909, is described as follows:— Alberni District. Western Division. Cowichan Trail—12 miles cleared out and repaired. Comox Trail—3 miles of trail cleared out; 7 miles built 6 feet wide. Gravel Pit Road—§ mile grubbed and graded 14 feet wide; part gravelled and ditched. Nicholas Cross-Road—§ mile cleared and grubbed; some corduroying, gravelling, filling and ditching done. Compton Road—General repairs. J. Andrews's Road—Gravelling and general repairs. Woodward Road—Timber cut 20 feet wide for 2 miles; general repairs. River Front Road—General repairs; holes filled in, stumps taken out, etc.; two old bridges removed, and two boxes with gates, 30 feet by 14 feet, put in. Creamery Road—450 feet cribbed and filled with rock and gravel; 375 feet filled in ; 180 feet by 16 feet by 2 feet excavated : 2,000 feet cleared, grubbed and gravelled; other general repairs done. Patterson Addition—450 feet cleared, grubbed, graded and gravelled ; one culvert put in. Alberni Streets—Parts cleared of brush and stumps, graded, gravelled and ditched; one box drain, 120 feet, and several culverts put in; holes filled in and hills excavated. Nanaimo Road—14,000 feet forest cleared, 40 feet wide ; 4,000 feet graded and grubbed ; 3,000 feet gravelled; 440 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet cribbed; 9 culverts put in and general repairs made. Sproat Lake, Clayoquot Trail—4 miles slashed and grubbed. Survis Road—5,000 feet cleared, grubbed and graded 12 feet wide ; some ditching done; holes filled in, and 2 culverts, 12 feet by 4 feet, put in. Eastern Division. Forest cleared 4J acres ; grubbed 2|- acres; graded 27,235 lineal feet; cribbed 237 lineal feet, average 15 feet wide; ditched 10,375 lineal feet; gravelled 24,590 lineal feet by 6 feet by 6 inches; filled in 7,610 cubic yards; excavated rock 110 cubic yards; put in 45 new culverts 24 feet to 14 feet long by 18 feet to 2 feet wide; built 11 bridges 90 feet to 14 feet long by 16 feet to 12 feet wide; cleaned out log jams; brushed out roads, cleaned ditches, cut out logs and made general repairs; repaired Van Anda Wharf. Sproat Lake Road—2,500 feet graded ; 350 feet by 12 feet by 4 feet excavated ; 350 feet cribbed; 224 cubic yards rock excavated; 2 culverts put in, 16 feet by 3 feet; holes and hollows filled in and general repairs done. Drinkwater Road—4,500 feet graded and gravelled ; ditching and general repairs done. Beaver Creek Road—Brushed out 8 miles, 20 feet wide; 10 culverts renewed and general repairs done. R. Thompson's Road—4,800 feet grubbed and graded ; 3 culverts built; general repairs done. Cowley's Road—4,500 feet gravelled, 6 feet by 6 inches. Quatsino Waggon Road—2,600 feet new road made, 12 feet wide. Quatsino Sound—4| miles of trails constructed. West Arm and San Josef Valley—2 miles of trail cleared and graded. Clayoquot and Ucluelet Trails—About 3-| miles of trails brushed out, partly ditched and corduroyed; general repairs on other roads and trails in district; 17 bridges built 190 feet to 20 feet long and 10 feet to 14 feet wide; other bridges repaired and replanked and culverts replaced. Jolly and Kitsucksus Creeks—Brush and timber jams cleared out and creeks straightened to prevent flooding roads. Atlin District. Atlin Division. Moose Arm Road—3 miles new road cut to avoid springy wet ground. Rainy Hollow Road—Cleared 4| miles 40 feet wide; graded 2,677 feet by 12 feet; built 12 bridges from 48 feet to 20 feet long by 12 feet wide; put in 15 culverts ; did some ditching, corduroying and filling in holes and other general repairs required. Wilson Creek Road—3 miles of new road built, with one bridge 30 feet by 12 feet; 15 culverts and 400 feet of corduroy; rebuilt bridge on Pine Creek, and one on Gold Run. General repairs on other roads and trails, brushing out, removing logs, etc. Telegraph Creek Division, Dease Lake Trail, 73 miles long—Grubbed 1 mile; corduroyed 140 feet; re-covered some small bridges; brushed and cleared trail where required. Teslin Lake Trail to Nahleen River, 95 miles—Corduroyed 300 feet; built 9 bridges averaging 13 feet by 6 feet, and 2 bridges 20 feet by 6 feet; repaired 460 feet old corduroy; removed stones and fallen trees from trail and made general repairs. Telegraph Creek Townsite—Stikine Avenue, Teslin Avenue and other streets partly re- graded ; holes filled in ; 870 feet of cribbing done, 4 feet high, and other necessary repairs done. Glenora Waggon Road, 14 miles—General repairs done. Cariboo District. Southern Division. Main Trunk Road—Graded 6,840 feet by 21 feet; ditched 2-| miles; excavated 1,580 cubic yards earth and 1,700 cubic yards rock; filled in 1,500 cubic yards ; put in 7 culverts. Other roads—Cleared 27 acres; graded 27,423 feet, average width 14 feet; ditched 8,400 feet; excavated earth 2,400 cubic yards ; excavated rock 500 cubic yards ; stoned 60^ miles; put in 78 culverts 24 feet to 16 feet long by 4 feet wide; corduroyed 498 feet by 16 feet; gravelled 2,346 feet by 8 feet by 8 inches ; cribbed 880 feet by 5 feet; filled in 672 cubic yards ; built 9 bridges 149 feet to 30 feet long and 25 feet to 16 feet wide; protected river bank at T. R. Young's by cribbing 852 feet long, 6 feet high on brush mattress 2 feet thick and filled in with 435 cubic yards of rock. Northern Division. Main Trunk Road—Forest cleared 275 acres; grubbed 6,930 feet by 8 feet wide; graded 4,848 feet by 24 feet wide; ditched 19,719 feet; cribbed 1,653 feet 9 feet high; excavated earth 15,000 cubic yards; filled in 16,000 cubic yards ; gravelled 17,544 feet by 12 feet by 12 inches ; put in 31 culverts 22 feet by 4 feet by 3 inches. Other roads—Cleared 20J acres; grubbed 2^ acres ; graded 6,189 feet by 8 feet; corduroyed 150 feet by 8 feet; ditched 4,254 feet; cribbed 150 feet by 8 feet wide; excavated earth 30 cubic yards, rock 25 cubic yards ; put in 12 culverts 10 feet by 2 feet. Trails—Brushed and cleared out logs 40 miles ; cleaned out ditches; repaired bridges, corduroy and culverts; cut out fallen timber and made general repairs on all trails; built 3 bridges 50 feet to 12 feet by 8 feet. Quesnel Ferry—Repaired scow and cable ; put new cover plates on west tower ; cleaned out gravel slide on east side of river 300 feet by 6 feet by 4 feet; repaired stable. Bridges—Built 5 bridges 62 feet to 315 feet long and 10 feet to 18 feet wide ; put in approaches and filling. Quesnel Breakwater—Built 162 feet long, 20 feet wide in bottom and 8 feet on top, filled with 250 tons rock, 50 tons gravel and 15 tons brush. Chilliwhack District. Forest cleared J- acre; grubbed ^ acre; graded 6,855 lineal feet; ditched 225 lineal feet; gravelled 3,175 lineal feet; excavated earth 2,377 cubic yards; filled in 67 cubic yards; put in one culvert 24 feet long. Cut out fallen timber, filled up holes, repaired bridges and made general repairs on existing roads. Columbia District. Main Trunk Road, Golden to Mud Creek, 118 miles—General repairs done and road widened in several places ; roots and rocks blown out; cut-off of one mile made between 66 and 68 mile posts. Eight and a half miles of new roads built in neighbourhood of Salmon River. Five miles of new roads completed and two bridges built on Main Toby Creek Road. Three-quarters of a mile of new road made to connect North Fork and South Fork of Findley Creek. Eighteen miles of new trail built on west side of Kootenay River to connect Vermilion and Sinclair Pass trails. Seven hundred feet of new sidewalk built at Rogers Pass. One-quarter mile new sidewalk built at Golden ; Golden streets extended, graded, gravelled and repaired. All other roads and trails have had general repairs done, slides cleared out, ditches cleaned and gravelling done. Comox District. Forest cleared 17^ acres; grubbed 2|- acres; graded 128,394 lineal feet, average width 15 feet; gravelled 42,195 lineal feet, average width 10 feet by 6 inches ; ditched 29,220 lineal feet; turnpiked 1,185 lineal feet; corduroyed 1,581 lineal feet, average width 12 feet; filled in 8,463 cubic yards ; cribbing 629 lineal feet. Made 2|- miles new roads and J mile trail. Put in 57 new culverts. Brushed out both sides of 70 miles of roads, cut out fallen trees and removed slides and stones ; repaired culverts and bridges and made general repairs on all roads in district. Built 19 new bridges from 190 feet to 14 feet long, and 18 feet to 8 feet wide; repaired and recovered other bridges. Repaired, drove new piles, etc., Whaleton wharf, Cortez Island; Quathiaski Cove, Valdez Island ; Denman Island wharf; Hornby Island wharf; Ford's Cove. Built new wharves—Manson's wharf, Cortez Island; Sointula, Malcolm Island ; and a new floating wharf at Port Harvey, Cracroft Island. Made repairs to Government office and lock-up, Cumberland. Bank Protection, Tsolum River—Drove 78 cedar piles, faced with planking and filled in behind with 1,225 loads brush, 2,500 loads stone and 225 loads gravel. Cowichan District. Forest cleared 13J acres; grubbed 1 acre; gravelled 35,585 feet; graded 9,270 feet; cribbed 1,613 lineal feet; filled in 3,000 cubic yards ; ditched 9,255 lineal feet; corduroyed 136 lineal feet; excavated 2,000 cubic yards. Put in 42 new culverts. Built crib breakwater to protect bank and road, Chemainus River, 560 feet long by 7 feet by 6 feet; laid on brush mattress and filled with gravel. Cut out windfalls, cleared ditches, brushed and made general repairs on all roads. Repaired 3 large bridges and built one new bridge, Koksilah River Road. Cranbrook District. Cranbrook-Fort Steele—Built 4J miles new road. St. Mary's Road—Relocated and made 2 miles new road. Wardner-Fort Steele Road—Relocated and made ^ mile new road; built small bridge over creek. Cranbrook Roads—Built new road to Hamilton's and Scanlon's. Extended road across ford to Crothers Siding. Moyie Streets—Graded Victoria, Tavistock, Moyie, Queen's, and Medora Avenues, and Campbell, Government, and Half-Moon Streets; laid sidewalks on Moyie, Queen's, and Tavistock Avenues. Marysville Streets—Graded Main Street. Bridges—St. Mary's Bridge at Mission; rebuilt three spans Queen truss, 84 feet each ; rebuilt upper part of piers and abutments. Kootenay Bridge, Fort Steele—Renewed floor timbers and decking. Cut out fallen timber and made general repairs where required on other roads in district. Delta District. Forest cleared I| acres; grubbed f acre; graded 17,800 lineal feet, 30 feet wide; cribbed 150 lineal feet by 6 feet wide ; stoned 180 lineal feet by 14 feet wide; ditched 2,640 lineal feet; gravelled 38,700 lineal feet by 14 feet by 10 inches ; cleaned ditches and made general repairs. Westminster Bridge—Excavated 120 cubic yards of earth ; cribbed 370 feet by 5 feet by 11 feet. Replanked 35 feet of main bridge. Dewdney District. Forest cleared 31 \ acres; grubbed 5| acres; graded 27,727 lineal feet, 25 feet to 12 feet wide; gravelled 18,487 lineal feet by 10 feet by 10 inches; ditched 19,395 lineal feet; filled in 22,856 cubic yards; excavated earth 25,200 cubic yards; excavated rock 600 cubic yards; cribbed 322 lineal feet by 17 feet to 5 feet wide ; put in 83 culverts 16 feet to 40 feet long by 3 feet; built sidewalks 6,279 lineal feet by 4 inches; corduroyed 1,553 lineal feet by 16 feet; logged 9 acres; macadamised 2,970 lineal feet by 16 feet by 10 inches; dredged 14,520 lineal feet by 18 feet by 4 feet; put up 2,000 lineal feet hog-proof wire fence; built 13 new bridges from 26 feet to 479 feet long by 12 feet to 16 feet wide. Repaired wharf on Harrison Lake; blasted stumps and rocks; brushed out several miles at sides of roads; cleaned out ditches and made general repairs on roads and streets, bridges and sidewalks where required. Esquimalt District. Forest cleared 61 acres; grubbed 41 acres; graded 13,047 lineal feet, 12 feet to 30 feet wide; excavated earth 4,210 cubic yards; excavated rock 300 cubic yards; filled in 4,560 cubic yards; macadamised 3,625 lineal feet by 20 feet wide; corduroyed 240 lineal feet by 16 feet wide; gravelled 22,412 lineal feet by 10 feet by 8 inches ; ditched 8,877 lineal feet; sidewalks, 4,491 lineal feet by 3 feet; cribbing, 724 lineal feet by 7 feet. Put in 39 new culverts; 1 stone culvert, 40 feet by 4 feet; 1 pipe culvert, 30 feet by 1 foot by 1 foot; Built 3 new bridges; cut out fallen trees, removed loose stones, cleaned out ditches, brushed out along roads and made general repairs where required. Fernie District. Bull River-Phillips Road—Repaired 13 miles and gravelled 1J miles, 10 feet by 8 inches; built two new bridges, 40 feet by 75 feet long; cut out 6 tu rning" places; cut out 3 miles of trail at Bull River and made other general repairs. Jaffray, mouth of Elk River—Repaired 22 miles of road ; repaired bridges and put in culverts; removed rocks and stumps and filled in washouts. Fernie-Michelmouth—Built 5 miles of new road, clearing forest 30 feet wide ; put in culverts and bridges ; changed road between Fernie and Hosmer for 1| miles ; put in 1,500 feet of corduroy ; graded and gravelled 5 miles of road ; built two bridges, each 100 feet by 14 feet; built 400 feet of cribbing on Elk River, 10 feet by 6 feet; built' new bridge over Coal Creek, 150 feet by 14 feet, and 85 feet of trestle in Fernie town, 18 feet wide. Michel-Crow's Nest—Built 6,000 feet of new road, of which a considerable portion was rock work. Hosmer—Put in 112 feet of trestle ; built two large new bridges at Fernie and Hosmer ; made general repairs on all roads and trails where required ; repaired bridges and culverts; removed rock and mud slides, fallen trees, etc., filled up hollows and graded up some streets. 10 Ed. 7 Puclic Works Report (1908-09). F 9 Grand Forks District. Cascade and Gladstone Road—Built 1 bridge across Sutherland Creek ; made several repairs. Grand Forks and Carson Road—Took down hill west end of Columbia Bridge ; widened and raised road to grade at railway crossing. Grand Forks and Cascade Road—Built new road into Cascade, 600 feet by 12 feet. Built new road east of Grand Forks, 1 mile long, 16 feet wide, and put in 2 culverts; widened road near river, through rock, to 16 feet; made general repairs. Grand Forks and Franklin Road—Built 2 new bridges and repaired 6; made cut-off -|- mile; cleared out ditches, brushed and made general repairs on other roads. Repaired Hardy Bridge. Greenwood District. Forest cleared 3 acres; grubbed 2|- acres; graded 7,080 lineal feet, 20 feet to 12 feet wide; ditched 65,900 lineal feet; stoned 25 miles of road; gravelled 27,325 lineal feet; filled in 13,190 cubic yards ; excavated earth 2,080 cubic yards; excavated rock 1,106 cubic yards. Put in 47 new culverts, 20 feet to 16 feet by 2 feet. Built 1 bridge, 14 feet by 6 feet. Made general repairs on all roads and trails in district; cleaned out rock and mud slides; cut out fallen timber and removed loose stones ; repaired culverts and bridges. Islands District. Mayne, Pender, Saturna, Galiano and Salt Spring Islands. Forest cleared 2 acres ; grubbed J acre; graded 76,875 lineal feet; gravelled 22,180 lineal feet by 7 feet by 5 inches; ditched 6,170 lineal feet; put in 36 culverts ; built 3 bridges, 28 feet by 10 feet; cribbed 150 lineal feet. Made 6,150 lineal feet of new roads, 10 feet wide, 900 feet mostly rock work. Made general repairs on roads, cleaned out ditches, filled holes, cut brush and fallen trees. Repaired wharves on Mayne Island, Galiano Island and Pier Island. Built new wharf at Burgoyne Bay; head of wharf, 40 feet by 60 feet; approach, 100 feet by 16 feet. Built new wharf at Fulford Harbour ; head of wharf, 40 feet by 60 feet; approach, 120 feet by 16 feet. Built new wharf at Hope Bay ; head of wharf, 40 feet by 75 feet; approach, 140 feet by 16 feet. The three new wharves built with protected piles and covered with 3-inch planking. Gabriola Island. Forest cleared \ acre; grubbed | acre; graded 2,880 lineal feet, 12 feet wide; ditched 3,500 lineal feet; corduroyed 3,000 lineal feet; gravelled 1,980 lineal feet by 6 feet by 6 inches; made 20 culverts, 8 feet to 15 feet long; built 1 bridge, 30 feet by 12 feet; general repairs to roads, taking out roots and rock and cutting brush ; repaired wharf at De Coursey Island. Kamloops District. Forest cleared 42 acres; grubbed 35| acres; graded 80,340 lineal feet, average 12 feet wide; gravelled 1,815 lineal feet by 10 feet by 10 inches; cribbed 120lineal feet by 10 feet by 3 feet; filled 150 cubic yards; turnpiked 3,960 lineal feet; corduroyed 270 lineal feet by 14 feet; put in 33 culverts, average 15 feet long and 6 feet wide; built 7 bridges, 120 feet to 22 feet long and 10 feet to 16 feet wide; made 1J- miles of new road, Ducks and Grand Prairie ; cleared out slides and fallen timber; cut out brush ; filled in holes and made general repairs on roads and trails; repaired bridges and culverts. Eagle River Bridge—Put in new span 103 feet, and 77 feet of approach. Kamloops Bridge—750 feet long, replanked with 4-inch planking. Savonas Bridge—Two new spans built, one a Howe truss 164 feet long and the other a King truss 63 feet long. F 10 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Kaslo District. Forest cleared 24| acres; grubbed 12|- acres ; graded 50,142 lineal feet, average 10 feet wide; gravelled 600 lineal feet by 8 feet by 8 inches ; corduroyed 1,359 lineal feet by 15 feet; cribbed 270 lineal feet, from 3 feet fo 8 feet wide. Put in 3 culverts ; built 23 bridges, from 275 feet to 50 feet long, and from 14 feet to 6 feet wide. Put in 900 feet of sidewalk, 6 feet wide ; made 5 miles of new trails. Cleared out slides, cut out fallen timber, removed rocks and did general repairs on roads, trails and bridges in the district. Lillooet District. West Division. The largest part of the work in this division was in making general repairs and improvements to existing roads, trails, bridges and culverts. Four new bridges were built, from 110 feet to 25 feet long by 12 feet to 14 feet wide; 440 lineal feet of cribbing, from 5 feet to 8 feet high, was put in. One mile of new trail was made near Bridge River Road, 5 feet wide ; made half of a new road near Pavilion Mountain; cut out brush, removed rocks and fallen trees and made general repairs to all trails, roads and bridges. East Division. Forest cleared 39 acres; grubbed 1J acres; graded 168,925 lineal feet, 5 feet to 8 feet wide ; gravelled 13,241 lineal feet, from 12 feet to 16 feet wide and 1 foot deep ; ditched 1,660 lineal feet; macadamised 26,680 lineal feet by 10 feet wide and 9 inches deep ; cribbed 170 lineal feet by 4 feet; corduroyed 90 lineal feet by 8 feet ; excavated rock, 8 cubic yards ; excavated gravel, 1,231 cubic yards ; filled in 446 cubic yards. Put in 49 culverts, 16 feet to 24 feet, various widths ; built 1 bridge, 36 feet by 18 feet; blasted out and removed rocks and roots; cleared off rock and mud slides and fallen trees; filled in washouts, repaired bridges and culverts, cleaned out ditches and made general surface repairs on all roads and trails. Nanaimo City District. Grubbed \ acre ; graded 920 lineal feet 18 feet wide ; ditched 920 lineal feet; gravelled 12,965 lineal feet by 7 feet by 6 inches; put in 4 culverts, 36 feet to 24 feet long by 1 foot; built one bridge, 82 feet by 16 feet. Riprapped with stone and brush, 160 feet by 10 feet; cleaned out ditches, filled in holes and made general repairs on roads and bridges. Newcastle District. Forest cleared 3J acres ; grubbed 4| acres ; graded 37,932 lineal feet by 13 feet; gravelled 23,070 lineal feet by 6 feet by 6 inches; ditched 23,770 lineal feet; turnpiked 2,700 lineal feet by 20 feet; cribbed 126 lineal feet by 10 feet by 2 feet; excavated earth, 815 cubic yards ; excavated rock, 455 cubic yards; filled in 1,544 cubic yards; culverts, put in 40, 20 feet to 12 feet long; corduroyed 845 lineal feet by 16 feet by 1 foot. Brushed several miles of roads and trails ; removed loose stones, etc., and filled up holes ; repaired culverts and bridges where needed and made general repairs. Cut out windfalls on 18 miles of Sutton's Trail for prospectors. Okanagan District. Forest'cleared 150 acres; grubbed 67J acres; graded 358,260 lineal feet, from 45 feet to 8 feet wide; ditched 5,460 lineal feet; corduroyed 1,890 lineal feet, from 18 feet to 12 feet wide; cribbed 9,080 lineal feet, from 16 feet to 5 feet high ; excavated earth 61,352 cubic yards ; excavated rock 570 cubic yards ; filled in 7,407 cubic yards ; stoned 4,486 lineal feet by 8 feet. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 11 Put in 82 culverts, 28 feet to 10 feet long by 2 feet to 18 feet wide. Built 72 bridges from 16 feet to 50 feet long by 12 feet to 16 feet wide. Laid 1,800 lineal feet of sidewalk. Built brush and rock dyke 746 feet by 14 feet by 5 feet. Fenced 1,900 feet. Built pile- driver. Also cleared out mud and rock slides, cut out fallen trees and made general repairs on existing roads, trails, bridges and culverts. Revelstoke District. Forest cleared 5 acres; grubbed 2J acres; graded 13,250 lineal feet by 20 feet; ditched 3,400 lineal feet; gravelled 2,900 lineal feet by 30 feet by 5 inches; corduroyed 2,600 lineal feet; excavated earth, 1,060 cubic yards. Built 8 new bridges, from 120 feet to 18 feet long and 16 feet to 10 feet wide. Made 4 miles of new roads and 22| miles of new trails. Completed trail from Revelstoke to Canoe River, 12 miles ; cleared and grubbed 4J miles; graded and put in 1,900 feet of corduroy; brushed out trails and roads; removed slides and fallen timber ; filled holes ; regraded in places and made general repairs on all existing roads and trails. Repaired bridges and culverts, replacing latter where required, and putting in new corduroy where needed. Old Illecillewaet Bridge at Revelstoke, Salmon Creek Bridge and Fish River Bridge repaired and strengthened. Downie Creek Bridge—Built new bridge, 108 feet, Queen truss, and 100 feet of approach, 10 feet wide. New Illecillewaet Bridge—Howe truss 125 feet and two 65-foot spans, and 50-foot approach, width 16 feet. Preliminary work for Columbia River traffic bridge completed. Carnes Creek Bridge—60 feet long, 10 feet wide, approaches 40 feet. Richmond District. Forest cleared 123J acres; grubbed 68J acres; graded 114,372 lineal feet, average width 25 feet; ditched 19,214 lineal feet; gravelled 1,470 lineal feet by 15 feet by 8 inches; corduroyed 4,897 lineal feet, from 6 feet to 18 feet wide; cribbed 2,348 lineal feet; excavated earth 43,452 cubic yards; excavated rock 1,250 cubic yards ; filled in 25,199 cubic yards ; put in 85 culverts, from 20 feet to 30 feet long. Built 32 bridges, from 210 feet to 22 feet long and from 17 feet to 8 feet wide. Built 1 Howe truss bridge, Squamish River, 120-foot span; approach 152 feet, with brush mattress 60 feet by 15 feet by 10 feet sunk round pier. Built wharf at Hopkins's, Howe Sound, 40 feet by 60 feet, with approach 310 feet by 16 feet. Built wharf at Deserted Bay, Jarvis Inlet, 38 feet by 60 feet, with approach 80 feet by 20 feet. Repaired other bridges and culverts ; remade and filled in miles of road damaged by floods and made general repairs. Similkameen District. Forest cleared 233J acres; grubbed 49 acres; graded 2,750 lineal feet; gravelled 15,900 lineal feet, 8 feet by 6 inches; cribbed 3,780 lineal feet by 5 feet; excavated rock 1,000 cubic yards. Built 20 bridges, from 70 feet to 30 feet long. Made 25 miles of new roads, 1,000 feet along rock slide, with long slopes. Made 5 miles of new trail. Repaired culverts and bridges, brushed out roads and trails, cleared away slides and fallen trees, and made general repairs. Skeena District. Bear River Road—Made 8 miles of road, including 1 mile of heavy rock work. Cape Fife Trail—Made 5 miles of new trail. Cumshewa Inlet—Made 7 miles of trail. Glacier Creek Trail—Making new trail. Jedway Trails—Making new trails. Kitsumkalum Main Road—Made 5| miles of road. Kitsumkalum Lake Trail—Trail opened this season. Lawn Hill Road—Made and repaired 4 miles of road. F 12 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Lawn Hill-Skidegate Road—Partly made this season. Lawn Hill-North Road—Two and a half miles of road made. Little Canyon-Deep Creek Road—Seven miles made this year. Little Canyon-Lakelse River Trail—Some work done on this trail. Lockport-Tassoo Harbour Trail—Ten miles long; opened up for prospectors. Port Essington Sidewalks—Repairs made. Port Simpson Sidewalks—Repairs made. Portland Canal Trails—Built and repaired. Queen Charlotte City-Skidegate Trail—Repairs, etc. Sewell Inlet,-Kootenay Harbour Trail—Several miles were made this season. General repairs on trails and roads. Bella Coola Division. Salumpt River Bridge—Sixty-two-foot King truss; total length, 215 feet; approach, pile bents. Three new bridges, between 22 and 26 miles up river, one 200 feet, bents and mudsills. Two short bridges, 30 feet each. New road, 2| miles, with three bridges, one 100 feet and two shorter. New trail, 9 miles. General repairs on 32 miles of road and 45 miles of trail. Repairs on bridges, owing to fall floods. Slocan District. Columbia River Road—Built 2 miles, cleared 4-|- miles. Carpenter Creek—New trail 3 miles, and 2 bridges, 40 feet by 6 feet. Nakusp and Box Lake Road—Made 1 mile. Built one bridge on Noble Five Trail. Silverton-Four-mile Road—Several miles practically remade and widened; some rock work. Red Mountain Road—Half-mile. Springer Creek Road—8J miles of heavy repairs; bridges and cribbing renewed. Slocan River Road—1J miles new road made; 1J miles new trail to "Soldier Boy." Ten-mile Creek Road—9-| miles heavy repairs, including new bridges, culverts and cribbings. General repairs to all existing trails, roads and bridges ; mud slides and loose rock removed, and culverts renewed. Yale District. Forest cleared f acre; grubbed f acre; graded 3,962 lineal feet by 12 feet; gravelled 160 lineal feet by 10 feet by 10 inches; ditched 120 lineal feet; cribbing 945 lineal feet, average width 7 feet; turnpiked 1,580 lineal feet by 20 feet; filled in 220 cubic yards ; put in 10 culverts. Built 1 new bridge, 26 feet by 10 feet. Made 2-|- miles of new road. Built new stable for Government Agent, Ashcroft. Made general repairs on roads and trails. Cleaned out ditches, removed mud and rock slides, cut out fallen trees, repaired bridges and culverts, etc. Ymir District. Forest cleared 160| acres; grubbed 61 acres; graded 188,350 lineal feet, average width 12 feet; ditched 5,010 lineal feet; gravelled 2,037 lineal feet by 12 feet by 12 inches; cribbed 5,581 lineal feet by 6 feet by 7 feet; put in 101 culverts, 16 feet to 12 feet by 8 feet to 1 foot; excavated earth 37,638 cubic yards; excavated rock 3,264 cubic yards; stoned 38,430 lineal feet; filled in 2,081 cubic yards; built 3,763 lineal feet of sidewalks, 5 feet by 6 feet wide ; corduroyed 7,522 lineal feet, 15 feet by 16 feet wide ; made 18J miles of new trails; made If miles of new roads ; built 134 bridges, from 190 feet to 25 feet long, and from 16 feet to 7 feet wide Removed slides and fallen timber, repaired bridges, and made general repairs on existing roads and trails. Trail Creek Division. Norway Mountain Road—Cutting down bank, blasting out rocky points and general repairs. Red Mountain Road—Widening and making general repairs and clearing out rock and mud slides. Rossland-Northport Road—Clearing out ditches and culverts; removing slides and making diversion of road for 1,260 feet. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 13 Trail-Rossland Road—Making some general repairs and building new bridge, 100 feet long, over Floyd Creek. Trails—Work consisted in cutting out fallen timber and repairing corduroy. Statement of Road Machines, Plant, etc., on hand, March 31st, 1909. District. CO 0 H 6 Ph Q w CP > p CD s 2 6 bs> u 0 fr 6 2 9 O a CO s cc IH 0 w CO a o bo 60 ea f to bo o s 4 2 6 8 2 a: U <D ft cS £4 O co 14 2 11 12 3 m u CO ce u o 2 11 o a CO CD O =8 O « c . O 0 If CO 1 M c o P3 4CJ 05 0 o CO C8 O 16 3 3 28 3 *230 ft. +200 ii Atlin 2 3 *320 H *500 „ +300 „ *100 ,i +300 „ 1 . 2 3 1 13 10 4 2 +1 1 8 19 25 15 *385 „ +675 „ *1200 „ *885 m +2450 .. *300 ii +200 „ 2 2 1 3 8 6 2 4 6 11 2 2 1 2 1 3 Esquimalt 33 2 *925 „ +1295 ii *200 „ *600 i, 1 2 I 5 3 8 2 1 2 6 2 1 11 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 IS 1 1 2 8 27 5 Kamloops 3 *1000 „ +200 ii *200 .i +200 „ *920 ii +810 „ 3 13 3 1 38 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 *305 „ +75 „ *625 „ 1-200 ,i *425 „ +1425 ii *900 H +300 „ *4 coils. +1300 ft. *600 ii *600 ,i +450 ii +100 M 1 4 6 1 2 6 2 25 2 5 6 2 1 4 3 110 37 5 12 6 2 5 3 12 199 14 tl 4 30 3 16 2 1 13 2 2 2 2 Richmond Similkameen 2 3 1 3 Yale 3 8 260 2 2 7 2 21 39 1 44 67 40 2 3 2 1 Total *11920 ii +10480 ,i 6 * Manila. + Steel. J Horse. I Steam. F 14 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 WORKS AND BUILDINGS. Repairs to Capitol Buildings. (Vote 112—$14,000.) Expenditure, $14,041.81. Installing water tanks in attics, additional plumbing and general repairs. Repairs to Government Buildings throughout the Province. (Vote 113—$4,000.) Expenditure, $4,710.17, on the following buildings: Alberni, Ashcroft, Atlin, Barkerville, Clinton, Cranbrook, Duncan, Fairview, Fernie, Golden, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Hazelton, Jedway, Kamloops, Lillooet, Midway, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Nicola, Princeton, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Rossland, Trout Lake, Vernon, Victoria, Yale. Public Hospital for the Insane. (Vote 114—$10,000.) Expenditure, $8,999.38. Repairs to building, etc. Hospital for Insane, Coquitlam (new). (Vote 115—$60,000.) Expenditure, $33,335.18. Furniture for Government Offices throughout the Province. (Vote 117—$11,000.) Expenditure, $11,105.70, for the following offices: Alberni, Ashcroft, Atlin, Barkerville, Cranbrook, Duncan, Fairview, Fernie, Feld, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Hazelton, Jedway, Kamloops, Lytton, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Nicola, 150-Mile House, Port Simpson, Prince Rupert, Revelstoke, Skeena, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. Improvement of Government Grounds, Victoria. (Vote 118—$4,800.) Expenditure, $4,635.28. Improvement to Government Reserves. (Vote 119—$1,500.) Expenditure, $1,146.66, at the following points: Alberni, Ashcroft, Cranbrook, Cumberland, Golden, Greenwood, Hope, Kamloops, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Prince Rupert. Revelstoke, Richmond, Vernon. Court House, Nelson. (Vote 120—$42,000.) Expenditure, $40,560.87. Payment of progress estimates and salary of Clerk of Works. Court House, Vancouver. (Vote 121—$153,000.) Expenditure, $153,209.45. Payment of progress estimates, Architect's fees, salary of Clerk of Works, etc. Court House, Vancouver. (Vote 122—$1,500.) Expenditure, $1,472.46. Repairs to building and general care of the grounds, etc. Court House, Kamloops. (Vote 123—$53,000.) Expenditure, $51,776.56. Payment of progress estimates and the salary of the Clerk of Works, etc. Court House, Fernie. (Vote 123a—$10,000.) Expenditure, $5,270.70. Government Buildings, Prince Rupert. (Vote 123b—$13,400) Expenditure, $13,429.63. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 15 Industrial School, Vancouver. (Vote 124—$20,500.) Expenditure, $20,614.76. Payment of progress estimates, Architect's fees, salary of the Clerk of Works, etc. Gaols and Lock-ups throughout the Province. (Vote 125—$8,000.) Expenditure, $9,389.51, on the buildings at the following places: Alberni, Arrowhead, Ashcroft, Barkerville, Preston, Elko, Field, Fernie, Golden, Hazelton, Hedley, Jedway, Kamloops, Keremeos, Merritt, Midway, Moyie, Nelson, New Westminster, Nicola, Port Essington, Port Simpson, Prince Rupert, Sapperton, Skeena, Vancouver, Victoria, Yale. Public Schools throughout the Province. (Vote 126—$74,000.) Expenditure, $81,214.35, on the following: Abbotsford, two rooms, frame; Black Mountain, one room, large; Camp Slough, two rooms, frame; Capilano, one room, large; Chilliwack, two-story, four rooms; Coldstream, one room, large; East Kensington, one room, small; East Oyster, one room, small; Fruitlands, one room, large; Fruitvale. one room, large; Glenmore, one room, large; Haney, two rooms, frame ; Hastings, one room, large; McBride, one room, small; Notch Hill, one room, large; Peachland, four rooms, frame; Pitt Meadows, one room, large; Ridgedale, one room, large ; South Hastings, one room, large; Straiton, one room, small; Summerland, two rooms, frame; Webster's Corners, one room, small; West North Thompson, one room, small; Whonnock, one room, large. Government grants were made to the following : Point Grey Municipality, Port Moody Municipality, City of Golden, City of Kamloops, Roseberry, Little Fort, Tuck's, Union Bay, Tynehead, Golden, Dundonald, Chilliwack. General repairs to other buildings, and purchase of furniture, etc. Provincial Normal School, Vancouver. (Vote 127—$40,000.) Expenditure, $54,501.90. Architect's fees, progress estimates and salary of Clerk of Works, etc. Government House, Victoria. (Vote 128—$10,100.) Expenditure, $9,295.43. General repairs, furnishings, fuel and light. F 16 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE. New structures, unless there is a special vote therefor, renewals and all repairs costing over $50, are usually charged to this vote, and those costing under and up to $50 are generally charged to the district vote. Alberni District. Renewals and repairs to bridges were made on the following roads and trails : Cowichan Trail, Comox Trail, Gravel Pit Road, Mission Road, Nicholas Cross Road, Central Lake Road, Survis Road, Sproat Lake Road, Colman's Road, Beaver Creek Road, Best's Connection Road, McCoy Lake Road, Lake Shore Road, Creamery Road, Quatsino Waggon Road, Colony Lake Trail, and Ucuelet Peninsula Shore Trail. In Alberni District East, eight small bridges were built and four bridges repaired ; on Texada Island two small bridges were built. Atlin District. Five small bridges were built in this district and repairs made on one bridge. Cariboo District. A bridge was built at Beaver Lake on the Quesnel Forks Road. On the Alkali Lake Road a bridge was built over San Jose Creek at Onward Ranch. In North Cariboo District several small bridges were built and general repairs made, the most important being over Williams, Saunders, Peters, Dunivan and Slough Creeks. Columbia District. Four bridges were built in this district and general repairs made to others. Comox District. Six small bridges were built on Cortez Island roads and one on Read Island. Bridges were built and repaired on the Victoria-Campbell River Road. Renewals and repairs were made on the following: Minto, Rees, Hardy's, Galarnos, Swansky's, Shelter Point, Stuart's, and Matthewson's. Cowichan District. General repairs were made to the Cowichan Lake Road bridges; also to the following : Cowichan River Bridge at Duncan, Robinson's, Lewis's and Twin Bridge. Cranbrook district. In January, 1909, plans were prepared for a new bridge over the Kootenay River at Fort Steele, and a contract let to the Kootenay Engineering Works of Nelson for the ironwork. This bridge is at present in course of construction and will be fully referred to in next year's report. St. Mary's Bridge at Mission was rebuilt and repairs made to the Kootenay River Bridge at Fort Steele, and the Wolf Creek Bridge was rebuilt. Delta District. A bridge was designed and is at present in course of construction over the Fraser River at Canoe Pass, and when completed will consist of 30 bays of pile-bent approach, three 63-foot King trusses, one 103-foot Howe truss, one 123-foot Howe truss and one 140-foot steel swing span. Built three bridges, Sunnyside Road, North Shore, Port Moody Bay. Built bridge across Coquitlam River, online of Pitt River Road, 120-foot Bowstring truss with approaches thereto. General repairs were made to the upper bridge, Coquitlam, Westminster Junction. Two small bridges were built on Section 1, Dewdney Trunk Road. Repairs were made to bridges on the Bonson and Port Hammond Road. Seven bridges were built along the Port Douglas Road and five others repaired. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report. F 17 Esquimalt District. The necessary bridges for use on the line of the Vancouver Island Trunk Road, Gold- stream to Mill Bay, were designed, and construction is now under way. Built three new small bridges, and renewed floor of one other bridge. Fernie District. Bridges were built over the Elk River at Hosmer and Fernie, and a bridge at Gateway over slough between Kootenay River and Gateway. Grand Forks District. A bridge was built across Sutherland Creek, on No. 2 Cascade and Gladstone Road. Two new bridges were built on the Grand Forks and Franklin Road, and six bridges repaired. General repairs were made on the Kettle River Bridge, Hardy's Crossing. Greenwood District. A Howe truss span, of 164 feet over all, was built over the Kettle River at Ingram's. The work performed by day labour was successfully carried out. Kamloops District. A log jam at the south end of Kamloops Lake having caused a scour, the north pier of the Savonas Bridge was washed out and two small spans carried away. These spans were replaced by one of 164 feet and one span of 63 feet, which shortened up the approach on the west side and gave a greater clearance under the bridge for the passage of logs. A new bridge was built across the Eagle River at Malakwa, a 103-foot span and approaches at either end, making a total length of 180 feet. The flooring of the Kamloops Bridge was renewed, using 750 lineal feet of 4-inch plank. Five small bridges were built and general repairs were made to others. Kaslo District. A bridge was built across Beaver Creek on the Lynchville Road, 160 feet long and 12 feet wide, made up of 8 bays, 20-foot centres. A small bridge was built across Crystal Creek, and another across the Duncan River at the Canyon. A bridge was built over the Lardo River at Gerrard, and comprises two Queen truss spans of 70 feet each. The east approach is 45 feet long, and the west approach 90 feet long. The bridge is 14 feet wide. A bridge crosses the Duncan River about 2 miles, above the West Fork, and 25 miles above Healey's Landing. It is a suspension span, hung on two 1-inch cables, and is 95 feet long and 6 feet wide. Rebuilt the Poplar Creek Bridge ; length 52 feet, 14 feet wide. Built one bridge across Taylor Creek on the west trail, Duncan River; length, 34 feet; width, 6 feet. Built bridge across Trout Creek, on the Beach Road at Trout Lake City. It is 52 feet long and 12 feet wide. The west approach is 35 feet long and the east approach 30 feet long. Built a bridge across the West Fork of the Duncan River, 23 miles above Healey's Landing. It is 53 feet long and 6 feet wide. Lillooet District. A bridge was built across the Lillooet River at Pemberton's, consisting of two spans of 103 feet each. One small bridge was built and one repaired. Nanaimo City District. Repairs were made on the Nanaimo River Bridge. One bridge was built over the Chase River at Leonard's, and sundry repairs were made to the following : Cricket Ground, Dickinson's and Millstone Bridges. F 18 Public Works Report. 1910 Newcastle District. Two new bridges were built and repairs made to seven others. New Westminster District. Repairs were made to the electric interlocking system of the New Westminster Bridge over the Fraser River. Okanagan District. Built 66 small bridges and made general repairs to 12 others. Revelstoke District. The old bridge over the Illecillewaet River at Revelstoke was repaired, also the following : Salmon Creek Bridge, Fish River Bridge at Goldfields, and two small bridges. At Downie Creek a new bridge was built consisting of one 108-foot span, one 50-foot span, and some approach at each end, and a protective crib built on the upstream, south side above the bridge. In order to connect the Vernon Avenue Road with the Columbia River South Road a new bridge was built over the Illecillewaet River at Revelstoke, comprising one Howe truss 125 feet long and two spans of 65 feet each, and 50 feet of approach at each end. The extreme high water in June (1909) carried out the south pier and the 125-foot span, and one 65-foot span; the same flood undermined the concrete pier of the C.P.Ry., cutting the channel to a depth of 50 feet, where usually from 3 to 4 feet of water flowed. Eight small bridges have been built in this district, and two bridges repaired. The Columbia River Highway Bridge at Revelstoke is nearing completion and will be open for traffic during the coming year. Richmond District. A bridge was built across the North Arm of the Fraser River from the Mainland of South Vancouver Municipality to Twigge's Island, and from thence to Lulu Island. Commencing at the South Vancouver end, five bays of pile-bent approach lead up to a steel swing span 190 feet long; adjoining this is a wooden Howe truss fixed span of 144 feet; from thence southerly up to and across Mitchell's Island the bridge consists of pile bents and one 63-foot King truss, and more pile bents to Twigge's Island.. -From Twigge's Island to Lulu Island the bridge is of pile-bent construction, with the exception of two 123-foot Howe trusses which span the river at its deepest point. A new bridge over the Squamish River at Madill's was built to replace one washed away by the flood. This span is 120 feet long, with an approach 152 feet long. Made general repairs to the Eburne bridges. Beside the above, thirty new bridges were built in this district, twelve to replace those swept out by floods, and two were repaired. Similkameen District. Opposite Webster's Lane, Keremeos, a new bridge was built on the Similkameen River, comprising five spans of 103 feet each and 21 bays of pile-bent approach. The work was carried on by day labour under H. R. Swan, who completed the work in a very satisfactory manner. A bridge was also built over the Kettle River at Rock Creek, but was inadvertently omitted from last year's report. This bridge consists of one span of 144 feet and one 63 foot King truss and five bays of pile-bent approach, built by day labour under H. R. Swan and satisfactorily completed. Thirty-five small bridges were built and repairs made to several others. Skeena District. A 76-foot King truss resting on crib piers was built over the south branch of the Bella Coola River at Hogansburg. Slocan District. A bridge was built over the Slocan River near its junction with the Little Slocan River, made up of two spans each 74 feet long over all. Made general repairs to existing bridges. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report. F 19 Yale District. A bridge was built over the Thompson River at Spence's Bridge, comprising the following spans : Three 144-foot Howe truss spans, one 63-foot King truss, and six bays of trestle-bent approach, making a total length of about 620 feet deck measurement. This work was performed by day labour under the supervision of Arthur Stevenson, late Road Superintendent, and was completed in a satisfactory manner. A bridge was built over the Coldwater River at Merritt, consisting of one span of 103 feet. Made repairs to eleven bridges. Ymir District. A bridge was built across Goat and Little Goat Rivers, north of Kitchener. It comprises three 63-foot King trusses and eight bays of pile-bent approach. In this district 132 small bridges were built and repairs made to seven other bridges. F 20 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE. Roads, Streets, Bridges and Wharves. Nine Months ending Slst March, Alberni District. (Vote 131—$14,450.) /90c> Eastern Division. Road -Alberni Auld Beaver Creek Wharf . Biggs-Crossan Biological Station Blubber Bay-Gillis Bay. Clarkson-Jones Combatley Comox Crossan's Departure Bay Cross.. , Doumont , . . . Errington Fisher Gibbs-Stewart's Gilfillan Mine Gueulettes-Wallis Hamilton Knight Lawless Lawry McKibbon McNeil-Williams Morrison North-West Bay Parksville Cross Texada Island Tippets-Hamilton Totterdale's Walker Weigle Wellington Williams . General supplies, etc Western Division. Road- - Andrews, J . . Beaver Creek Cape Scott Central Lake Cherry Creek China Creek . Cowley 675 67 25 50 271 75 239 62 254 16 67 50 97 18 182 25 10 73 8 00 188 62 60 37 102 91 27 37 104 25 198 49 21 12 25 62 20 25 116 25 43 91 5 50 28 50 120 48 136 30 65 74 847 11 40 00 79 85 29 59 76 34 140 18 12 62 412 76 $ 57 25 728 46 918 99 276 37 205 37 257 25 117 00 Carried forward $ 7,287 18 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 21 Brought forward $ 7,287 18 Alberni District. (Vote 131—$14,450.)—Concluded. Road —Creamery Dry Creek Bridge Englishman's River .' Great Central Lake Kitsucksis Milltown McCoy Lake McKenzie, H Nanaimo-Patterson Addition Nicholas Paper Mill Quatsino P. O.-Colony Lake Bedford Roger Creek San Josef Valley . School-house Hill Scotch Settlement Spencer's Bridge Sproat Lake Stephenson Thompson Townsite Ucluelet-Wreck Bay Wood's Woodward Branch Trail — Black Warrior Cascade Cowichan-Alberm Clayoquot-Long Beach Clayoquot-Ucluelet Low Peninsula , Quatsino Ucluelet-Kennedy Lake Winter Harbour-Kaprino Harbour. Bridge—Wreck Bay Trail Street—Johnston (Alberni) ii Margaret n ii Somas ii General supplies, etc Atlin District. (Vote 132—$15,000.) Atlin Division. Road—A thin-Surprise.. Beaver's Mine . Birch Creek Boulder Bridge. Boulder Creek.. Indian River .. McKee Creek .. Otter Creek Rainy Hollow. . Ruby Creek . .. 62 35 7 50 94 15 346 68 672 24 2 50 98 25 271 00 179 50 2 50 39 00 50 00 158 75 9 73 36 47 57 24 25 00 1 5 689 90 54 00 130 75 447 75 15 55 193 25 36 50 40 00 50 00 36 00 185 75 88 00 25 25 774 50 392 50 100 00 279 50 37 26 8 93 591 25 904 75 $14,472 68 $ 449 50 15 00 82 00 281 00 269 00 30 00 52 40 5 00 3,915 03 797 00 Carried forward $ 5,895 93 F 22 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Brought forward ....... $ 5,895 93 Atlin District. (Vote 132—$15,000.)—Concluded. Road—Spruce Creek 66 00 ii Stevendyke 5 00 ii Talaha Bay .' 293 00 Wilson Creek 920 00 „ Wright Creek . 171 50 ,, Wynton 170 00 Trail — Carcross Winter 121 00 n Moose Arm 43 00 n Pine Creek Bridge-Surprise Lake 254 78 n Wynton-Toochi 7 50 Street—Atlin 189 00 ii Discovery 12 00 Replacing bridges washed away by dam at Surprise Lake 848 00 General supplies, etc 3,330 10 Road Superintendent 120 25 Telegraph Creek Division. Trail — Telegraph Creek-Dease Lake $ 124 00 Teslin Lake 338 75 Street—Telegraph Creek, Townsite 629 27 Avenue—Stikine , 1,051 34 General supplies, etc 178 16 $14,768 58 Cariboo District. (Vote 133—$24,660.) Northern Division. Road— Antler-Cunningham Creek $ 281 75 Blackwater-Fort George Sleigh 1,126 29 ii Baker-Chapman 25 00 ii Deacon's-Quesnel River ^ 7 00 ii Dragon Lake 7 00 ,, Eight-Mile Lake 54 00 ii Fraser Lake-Blackwater Sleigh 386 50 ii Grouse Creek 7 00 ii Jack of Clubs Creek 17 50 Nechaco . . ...... 9,986 96 m Peter's Creek-Pleasant Valley 608 20 n Quesnel River 216 43 ii Quesnel-Fort George 98 25 ii Slough Creek 7 00 ii Stout's Gulch-Lowhee 73 50 ii Stuart-Babine Portage 192 35 Van Winkle 189 50 Trail— Antler-Keith ley Creek 10 50 ,, Barkerville-Keithley Creek 130 75 ,i Bear Lake , 112 00 ii Cottonwood Canyon 21 00 ii Fraser Lake 118 77 ii Fountain Creek 143 50 ii Giscombe Portage 95 50 ,i Hixon Creek 88 00 n McLeod Lake 241 24 ii Quesnel-Fraser Lake-Telegraph 78 78 Carried forward $14,324 27 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 23 Brought forward $14,324 27 Cariboo District. (Vote 133—$24,660.)—Concluded. Ferry—Nechaco River ii Quesnel-Fraser River General , Road Superintendent Southern Division. Road —Alexandria-Mud Lake and Beaver Lake ii Beaver Lake-Horsefly ii Chilcotin-Main n Harper's Camp-Beaver Lake Valley ii Mud Lake-Alexandria-Soda Creek 150-Mile-Alkali Lake , 150-Mile-Horsefly M Quesnel Forks-158-Mile House ii Quesnel Forks-Keithley Creek Sleigh ii Quesnel Forks-Quesnel Lake ii Soda Creek-Chilcotin ii Soda Creek-Steamboat Landing ii Springfield Ranch ii Tatla Lake ii West Side-Fraser River Trail — Horsefly (upper) n Keithley Creek-Harvey Creek ii Martin Creek Bridge—Chimney Creek ii Ice Bridge-Soda Creek ii Quesnel Forks Ferry —Soda Creek n River Bank Protection, Chilcotin River General Road Superintendent 200 00 38 08 70 30 800 00 I 110 00 15 00 4,014 86 71 00 474 00 240 95 1,878 83 726 00 290 05 99 95 26 00 19 50 21 00 508 75 200 00 94 50 26 00 45 00 90 00 27 00 152 75 35 50 3 50 146 00 884 00 $25,632 79 Chillivvhack District. (Vote 134—$5,000.) Road — Abbotsford-Cultus Lake Crossing .,....$ 32 00 H Cultus Lake-Columbia Valley 1,361 10 Dairy Farm 500 00 ,, Hounson-Majuba Hill 35 00 Mount Baker 1,822 80 ii Westininster-Hope-Yale-Majuba Hill 793 50 General supplies, etc 91 25 Road Superintendent 360 00 $ 4,995 65 Columbia District. (Vote 135—$16,500.) Columbia Division. Road—Athalmer-Dutch Creek $ 882 48 M Cemetery 4 25 Findlay Creek 200 50 Giant Mine 285 00 Golden-Donald 55 00 Golden to Wharf 19 25 Horse Thief 432 25 Carried forward $ 1,878 73 F 24 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Brought forward $ 1,878 73 Columbia District. (Vote 135—$16,500.)—Concluded. Road —Kootenay 3 50 Main 5,219 65 i, Moberly Peak 100 00 ii Montgomery 21 37 No, 3 Creek 36110 Peavine 65 00 ii Spillimachene 126 00 Toby Creek 535 40 ii Washout Creek 666 93 ii Wilmer-Foresters Lodge 40 45 ii Wilmer Landing 79 50 n Windermere Loop 51 00 Trail— Boulder Creek 15 00 Canoe River 1,994 50 ii Charlemont 37 50 ii Comstock Mine 278 75 ii Dutch Creek 1 05 Horse Thief 174 50 ,i Kootenay River 20 00 ii North Fork-Spillimachene 42 80 „ Tinbasket Creek 50 00 Toby Creek 282 00 Street—Golden 258 75 Sidewalk—Field 659 86 Golden 1,715 34 Bridge —Athalmer Draw 50 00 ii Athalmer-Toby Creek 9 00 Bugaboo Road 400 00 Main Road 2 00 Mineral Creek 56 00 General 781 79 Road Superintendent 516 52 $16,493 99 Comox District. (Vote 136—$17,000.) Road—Anderton $ 216 75 to Lot 216 2 10 ii Burns 105 12 Cessford 30 00 i. Comox-Courtenay 1,373 59 ii Comax-J. Hardy . 29 74 ii Cortez Island 162 13 ii Cortez Island-Clytosin 259 04 n Cortez Island-Tiber 18 68 ii Cortez Island-Tacklamanica 122 49 ii Cumberland-Comox Lake 5 00 ii Cumberland-Courtenay , 2,554 29 ii Cumberland-Roy 662 78 ii Courtenay-Roy 718 33 Creech's , 834 60 H Denman Island 259 00 Carried forward $ 7,353 64 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 25 Brought forward $ 7,353 64 Comox District. (Vote 136—$17,000.)—Concluded. Road —Denman Island, east side , 30 00 ii ii north-west 127 75 ii ii south-east 166 25 ii ii wharf landing 17 00 ii Fraser-Harrigan 1,044 38 ii Grieve-Rennison 250 50 Halcrow 52137 ii Hawkins 74 25 „ Higgins-Knight 90 30 m Hodgson's 2 00 n Lawrence-Biscoe... , 91 00 n Lever 26 11 ii Little River , 14 75 ii Lot 163 , 50 00 Lot 176 86 00 Lund 150 00 ii Milligan-Parkins 206 87 n Minto School 91 12 Muir-Hawkins 508 96 H. McQuillan 40 75 R. McQuillan 383 37 Oyster-Campbell River 919 99 i, Point Holmes 540 19 Read Island 153 12 n Ryan-Hudson 84 87 Salmon River 645 67 ii Sandwick-Bridges 47 75 ii Smith-Ledingham 211 87 „ Union 51 50 ,i Upper Prairie 956 00 Valdez Island . . 563 15 Whaleton-Cortez Island 10 60 Trail — Goose Spit-Fords-Hornby Island 363 21 Lake 1,113 05 Hardy Bay-Quatsino Sound , 355 00 u General 24 14 $17,366 49 Cowichan District. (Vote 137—$9,000.) Road —Beach $ 349 43 „ Bear Valley 55 25 Bench • 51 61 ii Bowden-Vaux 29 25 ii Cameron-Taggert 157 00 ii Carvel-Jackson 83 50 Chapman 80 00 Cobble Hill 292 50 Cobble Hill-Mill Bay 55 55 ii Cowichan Lake • 1,391 61 ii Cowichan River ^09 00 Dightons ■ 40 c37 ,i Duncan-Sahtlam 261 37 Elford's 96 30 Carried forward $ 3,152 74 F 26 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Brought forward $ 3,152 74 Cowichan District. (Vote 137—$9,000.)—Conchided. Road— Fisher 46 50 „ Fraynejs 197 25 Glenora 44 00 Halhead 23 35 Hillbank 9 00 Hinks-Parry 145 25 Indian 279 45 Koksilah Flats 202 73 ,, Koksilah Mines 48 57 Koksilah River 274 37 Lakeside 82 86 r, Marshall 44 00 n Mountain 28 75 „ McKinley-Doupe 107 53 „ Old Koksilah 641 31 ii Old School-house 53 75 Parker 24 75 ii Riverside 6 85 Robinson 22 75 ii Shawnigan Lake 299 10 Telegraph 203 90 Waters 65 87 Watter's-Rowe's 46 62 Trail — Cottonwood-Cowichan Lake 16 50 n Cowichan Lake (south shore) 138 05 Bridge—Clemclemalats-Pimbury 13 50 Breakwater—Chemainus River 3,026 70 General supplies, etc 4 16 $9,250 18 Cranbrook District. (Vote 138—$13,500.) Road — Cranbrook-Fort Steele $ 977 76 ii Cranbrook-Hospital 45 50 n Cranbrook-Moyie 1,260 65 n Cranbrook Neighbourhood ... 999 55 n Cranbrook-Palmer Bar 583 20 ii Cranbrook-Skookumchuck 959 60 .1 Fenwick 252 93 ,i Fort Steele-Ball River 59 00 ii Fort Steele-Golden 923 73 ,i Fort Steele-Kalispel 131 70 ii Fort Steele-Shingle Creek 22 75 ii Fort Steele-Wardner 418 50 i. Fort Steele-Wildhorse 97 50 ii Isadore Canyon 67 40 ii Kimberly-Marysville 37 50 ii Mission-Fort Steele 42 00 n Mount Baker 169 00 ii Pekin Sleigh 10 00 ii St. Mary 1,276 69 ii St. Mary's Main 101 20 n St. Mary's East Fork 39 50 ,i St. Mary's West Fork 17 25 Carried forward $ 8,492 91 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 27 Brought forward $ 8,492 91 Cranbrook District. (Vote 138—$13,500.)—Concluded. Road —St. Mary's North Fork 22 25 ii Wardner-Fort Steele . 79 00 White Fish 74 00 ,i Wildhorse North Fork 25 00 Wycliffe 34 50 Street—Moyie 2,000 50 Marysville 187 00 Bridge—Kingsgate-Curzon . 25 00 ,, Mission 44 50 „ St. Mary's 37 50 General . 606 84 Road Superintendent 1,875 85 $13,504 85 Delta District. (Vote 139—$1,500.) Road—Brown % 12 00 Coast Meridian ...-..- 827 50 Hjorth , 191 25 ii Johnston 152 85 Milton 28 85 Road Superintendent 262 60 ... $ 1,475 05 Dewdney District. (Vote 140—$20,000.) Road — Aliceville-Port Moody $ 6 10 ii Bonson-Port Hammond 121 08 Cade 20 00 ii Ford-Pitt Meadows 431 25 ,i Hampton-Pitt Meadows 50 00 „ Harris-Pitt Meadows 144 93 ,i Hatzic Valley-Stave Lake 2,147 22 ii Higginson 173 41 n McKamey-Newton 573 75 ii Nicomen Island 161 10 ii North Nicomen 15 00 ii Pitt Meadows-Port Hammond 309 85 Pitt River 1,246 81 n Port Hammond School-house 501 33 Port Moody Hill 74 60 Sharpe-McKinney 69 00 ii Stave Lake-Mission City »■ • ■ 18 00 „ Whonnock Main 448 40 ii Whonnock River 88 75 Trail — Sunnyside-Port Moody 344 40 Avenue—Grand 1,036 07 ,, Home - 185 63 ii Third-New Westminster 28 40 Street — Calgary 168 30 California 12 00 „ Clark-Port Moody 348 19 Grand 2,571 32 James 437 98 Carried forward $ 11,732 87 Brought forward $ 11,732 87 Dewdney District. (Vote 140—$20,000.)—Concluded. Street — Port Moody 1,836 44 „ Queen-Port Moody 36 00 ii Railway 8 00 Seattle 20 00 ii Washington-Mission City 3,611 05 Bridge— North Shore Road-Port Moody 153 96 ,i Port Moody Bay-Murray Street 83 20 Wharf —Bonson's , 14 65 Ferry —Pitt River 255 07 General supplies, etc , 1,549 47 Road Superintendent 764 20 $ 20,067 91 Esquimalt District. (Vote 141—$17,000.) Road—Admiral's $ 490 80 Atkins 59 00 ii Bernard-Gregory 8 75 Clark 44 00 „ Colville 193 00 Colwood 1,991 18 ii Craigflower , 407 75 ,. Dawkins 90 00 Douglas 328 10 ii Esquimalt 520 67 „ Gordon's 3100 Happy Valley 1,159 91 „ Helmcken 97 00 ,i Kemp's 7 50 „ King's 65 00 ii Margison 62 75 i, Metchosin 790 32 i, Midstream 242 89 i, Otter Point 262 47 i, Port Renfrew 243 50 n Rowntree 60 00 Shirley and Bridge 138 75 n Shawnigan Lake and Mill 207 35 Sooke 1,228 74 „ Thetis Lake 151 35 ii Victoria-Campbell River (branch at Strathcona Hotel) 25 00 Trail—Bugaboo Port Renfrew 106 44 Avenue—Constance 162 00 .. Terrace 149 25 ii Victoria 91 60 Street — Acadia 194 75 i, Carrie 315 63 ii Constance Cove , 207 50 „ Croft 12 50 ii Florence 247 50 i. Fraser 284 87 Gore 25 00 Head 341 95 ii Lampson 83 50 Carried forward $ 11,129 27 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 29 Brought forward $11,129 27 Esquimalt District. (Vote 141—$17,000.)—Concluded. Street — Liverpool 145 50 ,. Lyall 1,123 60 ii Smith 198 00 „ Wellington 531 50 Bridge —Parsons , 6 85 n Sharewood 14 50 Phillips 34 87 Esquimalt Village 8 50 General 2,247 19 Road Superintendent 1,567 85 $ 17,004 63 Fernie District. (Vote 142—$22,950.) Road—Baynes Lake-Waldo $ 72 00 „ Bull River-Phillips 1,728 15 „ Cedar Valley 24 00 Coal Creek 340 95 ii Fernie-Coal Creek-Hosmer 502 25 ii Fernie-Coal Creek Mines 313 35 ii Fernie-Michelmouth 9,920 13 H Fernie-Morrissey 301 15 „ Hosmer-Michel 104 25 „ Jaffray-South Sand Creek 1,220 00 „ Michel-Crow's Nest 670 75 ii Michel Northwards , 374 25 Street — Elko 50 50 Fernie West 263 81 i, Hosmer 2,534 67 Michel, 127 95 Bridge —Elk River 42 75 Fernie 35 00 ii Hosmer approaches 100 00 „ Pack Cridge Elko 44 00 ii Slough at Gateway 85 52 i, Gateway Ferry 506 60 ii Cribwork Fernie-Hosmer Road 220 50 General—Plants, etc 1,253 37 Road Superintendent 1,805 61 $22,641 51 Grand Forks. (Vote 143—$7,300.) Road —Carson Bridge $ 22 00 Cascade Fife 12 00 „ Cascade-Gladstone , 1,179 00 „ Eholt-Phcenix 12 00 ii Grand Forks-Anaconda 187 50 n Grand Forks-Carson, south side 5 50 Grand Forks-Cascade 3,996 25 Grand Forks-Eholt 55 00 ii Grand Forks-Franklin 1,078 75 u Grand Forks-Pass Creek 250 25 „ Grand Forks-Phoenix 39 00 General—Plant, tools, supplies, etc 462 85 $ 7,300 10 F 30 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Greenwood District. (Vote 144—$7,000.) Road —Eholt-Long Lake $ 291 07 ii Eholt-Summit Camp • • • • 349 75 ii Greenwood-Copper Camp 329 37 Greenwood-Eholt =,. 581 70 ii Greenwood-Midway 3,255 07 H Greenwood-Phoenix , 734 65 ii Long Lake Camp Branch 18 00 ii Myers Creek Branch 9 00 Rock Creek-Midway 522 00 Wellington Camp Branch 132 00 White's Camp Branch. . 292 00 Roads—General , 361 55 Road Superintendent 120 25 $6,996 41 Islands District. (Vote 145—$8,000.) Road —Gabriola Island $ 658 96 ii Galiano Island 574 25 i, Mayne Island , 427 50 ii Pender and Saturna Islands 973 15 .1 Salt Spring Island (north) 3,219 47 ii Salt Spring Island (south) 1,376 26 ii Sidney Island , 300 00 ii Thetis and Kuper Islands . . . . 566 50 Kamloops District. (Vote.146—$18,500.) Road —Adams Lake '. ; . n Campbell Creek-Queen's Gulch ii Dennis Valley ii Ducks-Grand Prairie „u Ducks-Range .................. n Eagle River (north side) ......... . . . ..!."....' ii Fish Lake . ."..'.' n Grand Prairie n Kamloops-Nicola ii Kamloops-Savona ii Kamloops--!huswap ii Kamloops-Tranquille . ii Louis Creek ii Mobley-Tappen ii North Thompson (east side) ii North Thompson-Sullivan Valley ii North Thompson (west side) ......... ......... .... .... 2 810 Notch Hill-Blind Bay , ..... ii Notch Hill-Carlin ii Notch Hill-Tappen ii Paxton-6-Mile Creek ii Paxton Valley ii Scotch Creek , ii Shuswap-Salmon Arm ii Shuswap-Tappen .,,.,., Roads—Malakwa ..... . . . .. Notch Hill .............'..:.•..,,./..'; Bridge—Thompson River (south) . , Carried forward $ 10,595 13 $ 8,096 09 $ 567 75 241 75 124 25 95 62 27 00 396 65 359 75 665 52 62 50 275 87 91 00 71 75 159 75 100 00 214 75 25 00 2,810 21 25 37 320 50 806 00 183 00 69 00 1,063 71 415 87 91 72 613 54 463 55 253 75 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 31 Brought forward $ 10,595 13 Kamloops District. (Vote 146—$18,500.)—Concluded, Bridge—Savona 15 00 Ferry—Eagle River 187 18 ,i Notch Hill 87 94 ii Savona 761 18 Plant, tools, supplies, etc 6,673 54 Road Superintendent 180 10 $ 18,500 07 Kaslo District. (Vote 147—$26,600.) Road — Ainsworth (south) $ 1,582 73 Crawford Creek 248 50 ii Howser Lake 258 00 Kaslo Creek-South Fork 50 40 ii Kaslo (north) 1,118 50 n Kaslo (south) 3,640 35 n Lardeau River (protection) 547 75 Lynchville 1,998 64 ii McDonald's 41 50 ii Roberts : 50 00 ,i Spokane 24 00 Trout Creek 48 00 n Trout Lake-Beaton 902 00 Trout Lake-10-Mile 6,624 96 Wadd's 780 40 Trail — Ainsworth-Woodbury 66 00 ii Argenta-Howser 35 50 Avaln : 27163 Bismarck 200 00 ii Canyon Creek 42 00 „ Cariboo Creek 100 00 n Cascade Creek 50 00 Coffee Creek-North Fork 50 00 ii Ferguson-Northern 266 00 „ • Flint Mine 250 00 ii Gainor Creek t 6 00 ,i Gallagher 100 00 ii Great Britain 15 00 Hall Creek 1,570 90 Hamil Creek 475 35 Ibex 30 00 Kaslo Creek-North Fork 196 50 u Lardeau-North Fork 30 00 Lardeau-South Fork 108 00 Long Creek 150 00 ii Lucky Boy 26 50 Milford Creek 25 00 Poplar Creek 36 00 Silver Glance 50 00 „ Silver Spray 50 00 ii Summit 81 00 Swede Group 12 00 „ Tenderfoot Creek 50 10 „ Wellington : 50 00 Woodbury-North Fork 608 68 Carried forward $22,917 99 F 32 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Brought forward $ 22,917 99 Kaslo District. (Vote 147—$26,600.)—Concluded. Sidewalk—Kaslo Streets—Lardeau Bridge—Cariboo Creek ii Cascade Creek n Duncan River ii Lardeau River-City it Lardeau River-Poplar ii North Fork , ii Taylor Creek ii Trout Creek Supplies—General Road Superintendent Lillooet District. (Vote 148—$14,000.) Road — Big Bar n Bridge Creek-Canon Lake ii Bridge Creek-Horse Lake , n Bridge River ii Canoe Creek-Churn Creek Ferry ii Cariboo Main ii Churn Creek Ferry n Clinton-Alkali ii Clinton-Alkali-Dog Creek to Bridge Creek ii Clinton-Alkali-Kelly Lake ii Dog Creek-Churn Creek Ferry ii Dougherty's ii Empire Valley ii Graham's-South Bonaparte " Hanceville Bridge ii Hat Creek ii Horsefly ii Jones-Dickey ii Lillooet-Clinton ii Lillooet-Seton Lake ii Marble Canyon ii McKinley-Hamilton-Ogden-Lauder ii North Bonaparte 134-Mile House n Pavilion Mountain No. 2 ii Paxton , , n Pemberton Portage ,,., ii Pigeon-Raphael ii Rayson's ii 70-Mile House ii Springhouse-Pigeon's ii 10-Mile House-Green Lake ii Tyaxon Mountain-North Fork ii Upper Big Creek ii Upper Bonaparte. , , ii Upper Deadman Creek ii Upper Dog Creek ii Upper Hat Creek ii Wood's , , 789 65 30 00 30 25 3 00 32 00 6 00 26 00 6 00 30 00 6 00 769 21 1,963 85 $26,609 95 $ 200 00 90 00 45 50 1,183 50 56 50 1,313 03 862 77 1,619 29 53 25 20 00 60 00 15 00 82 50 127 50 10 00 86 25 78 00 115 00 890 50 57 50 112 50 50 00 315 00 3 75 831 50 40 00 501 20 170 55 50 00 10 00 5 00 5 00 60 00 115 00 100 00 65 00 258 00 257 50 599 91 Carried forward $ 9,916 09 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 33 Brought forward $ 9,916 09 Lillooet District. (Vote 148—$14,000.)—Concluded. Road —Wycott 35 00 Trail — Anderson Lake ' 115 00 ii Cadwallander Creek 30 00 ii Seton Lake .. 160 75 ii West Fraser River 402 50 Street—Second Street (Lillooet) 132 50 Bridge—Bridge River 130 00 ii Vedan's-Chilcotin River 60 00 Supplies—General 671 05 Road Superintendent 1,785 40 $ 14,038 20 Nanaimo City District. (Vote 149—$2,700.) Road —Brechin $ 77 72 ,i Departure Bay 160 37 ii Five-Acre Lot 351 56 Northfield 96 12 n Stoves & Raines 113 25 ii Victoria-Campbell River 127 35 Supplies—General . 1,735 55 $ 2,661 92 Newcastle District. (Vote 150—$14,000.) Road — Andrea & Bell $ 46 00 „ Beck-Fiddick 653 29 Bennie 283 50 Blank 213 62 Breck's 273 49 ii Brenton-Page 582 45 Dools 137 50 n Extension 48 50 n Harwood-Nanaimo Lake 464 74 Haslam 144 00 Hemer's 145 37 Holden-Corso 404 99 „ Holm-Gorgo 643 12 „ Jingle Pot-East Wellington 560 87 Juriot's 60 62 Ladysmith Wharf 81 00 ii Michael's (new) 333 87 McGregor's 268 31 Preece 238 25 Reed-Olsen 52 50 ,, Rittan's 159 50 „ South Wellington 114 92 „ Tokala's , 27 50 Thomas 151 25 n "Victoria-Campbell River . 41 68 Waterloo 6,942 10 „ Westwood 319 37 n Woobanks 61 50 Trail — Sutton's 93 75 Bridge—Haslam Creek Protection 48 50 Supplies—General , 366 21 $13,962 27 F 34 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Ro Okanagan District. (Vote 151—$38,000.) ad— Allen-Blackburn ...$ 35 00 i Armstrong-Grande Prairie 47 50 i Bass 36 00 i Bathville i Bathville-Shinffle Creek 870 82 732 80 , B. X 582 36 34 00 12 50 553 97 321 50 684 32 , Crawford's Hill i Currie's 137 50 4,373 56 22 50 i Dean's 195 05 i Deep Creek 218 00 i Eden Flat 18 18 6 00 574 94 i Forturie 22 00 i Gallaghar's 35 00 i Gibson's , 30 00 67 50 i Glen Robinson 431 20 K. L. O i Kelowna-Mission Creek 95 00 1,613 00 1,160 50 496 75 44 15 i Mabel Lake 1,881 95 i Mara 1,113 46 i Mission Creek 632 75 i Mura-Mission i Naramata Fruit Lots 63 00 2,056 08 1,420 06 94 54 i Peachland Fruit Lots , .. . 243 49 i Penticton roads 8 80 2,049 48 1,313 68 180 75 i Salmon Arm 54 25 746 37 i Salmon River , 656 87 . Scotty Creek-Mill Creek •, 15 00 139 25 i Si wash Reserve ... 1,271 15 i Six-Mile Creek 106 00 i South Okanagan 16 00 i Trinitv Valley 614 30 250 00 1,067 63 39 94 78 73 1,173 15 i Vernon-Long Lake 443 64 $31,200 92 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 35 Brought forward , $ 31,200 92 Okanagan District. (Vote 151—$38,000.)—Concluded. Road — Vernon-Mission 65 00 ii Vernon-Monashee 3,463 49 ii Vernon-Trouson 87 33 ii Westbank 370 74 Wharf-Long Lake , , 2 50 Woodville 101 25 ii Woodward's 262 25 ii Westbank Section Clearing-Rashdale Creek 50 00 Sidewalk—Peachland 402 39 Bridge—Mara 26 00 n Okanagan-Penticton Creek 36 25 ii Salmon River 10 00 Swing Bridge (No. 410) 43 13 Supplies—General 191 96 Road Superintendent 1,636 40 $37,949 61 Revelstoke District. (Vote 152—$21,000.) Road —Boundary $ 361 65 n Camborne-Fish River 790 40 ii Cemetery Extension . . .' 92 75 ii Columbia River (north) 1,145 72 ii Columbia River (south) 4,266 43 ii Comap'.ix-Beaton Waggon 1,859 68 ii Eagle Pass Waggon 99 50 Fish River 1,243 40 ii Greely Creek Waggon 991 36 ii Hall's Landing Waggon 300 72 ii Trout Lake Waggon 1,741 65 ii Vernon Avenue 198 80 n Waverly Waggon 545 55 Trail — Big Bend Main 1,842 72 Boyd Creek 36 00 ,. Canoe River 2,384 18 n Downie Creek 38 00 Fish River 25 15 ii Isaac Creek ,. 35 00 ii Menhenick-Scott Creek 92 00 ii Mount Victoria 371 25 Pool Creek 13100 „ Sable Creek 114 00 Scout 12 00 Smith Creek 600 00 Streets—Arrowhead . 412 40 Comaplix 450 00 Bridge—Fish River 4 00 Snow service 32 00 Supplies—General 538 70 Road Superintendent 240 92 $20,996 93 F 36 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Richmond District. (Vote 153—$24,000.) Road— Bowen Island , $ 2,727 29 ii Deserted Bav-Jervis Inlet 418 36 Gibson-Sechelt 3,954 00 Sechelt 950 50 n Squamish Valley 6,854 18 ii Vancouver-Westminster 321 75 Lot 301-North Arm 445 19 Lot 301-Westminster 223 53 Lot 301-Humphrey Street 113 00 Lot 301-Scott Street 34 00 „ Lot 301-Sophia Street 230 50 „ Lot 301-Fifteenth Avenue 170 00 ,, Lot 301-Eighteenth Avenue 17 85 „ Lot 301-Twentieth Avenue 578 87 „ Lot 301-Twenty-second Avenue 235 50 n Lot 301-Twenty-third Avenue 145 25 Roads—Lot 301 (General) , 2,515 10 Street—Third, North Vancouver 1,986 11 Bridge—Cheakamus 17 33 Eburne 36 10 Supplies—General 759 80 Road Superintendent 1,267 25 $24,001 46 Similkameen District. (Vote 154—$33,750.) Road —Apex Mountain $ 1,985 57 ii Armstrong Ferrv 96 00 „ Bear Creek 1,063 60 ii Camp McKinney-Sidley , 115 50 M Cemetery-Princeton 34 50 Copper Mountain (Allison). 1,693 99 Ellis Creek 249 30 ii Fairview-Keremeos 211 09 ii Fairview-Osoyoos 195 20 ii Fairview-Penticton 1,611 57 n Fairview-Rock Creek 668 30 n Fairview-White Lake 232 05 „ Farleigh 24 00 5-Mile-Princeton 925 86 Fish Lake-Nickle Plate 204 00 Hedley-Otter Lake 4,458 92 „ Hedley-Princeton , 132 00 „ Hedley-20-Mile Creek 157 50 „ Keremeos-Hedley 1,163 30 ii Keremeos-Junction Ranch 619 02 ti Kettle River (east side) 300 00 „ Kilpoola Lake 171 00 ii Main Kettle River 499 45 ., Marron Valley 199 63 n Myers Flat-O. K. Falls 1,741 15 ii McLean Creek 182 00 ,. 1-Mile 246 00 ii 1-Mile-Princeton 460 90 ii Osoyoos Sidley Mountain 4,856 77 ii Osoyoos-Similkameen 682 65 Carried forward $ 25,180 82 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 37 Brought forward $25,180 82 Similkameen District. (Vote 154—$35,750.)—Concluded. Road —Park Ranch 47 00 ii Pearce-Princeton 100 00 ii Penticton (south) ■ • •'■ 964 55 ,i Penticton-Fish Lake 1,250 40 ii Princeton-Ashnola 483 85 ,i Reed Creek 217 65 ii Rock Mountain 452 25 ii Rock Mountain-Myncaster Station 577 25 n Sally Mine 146 45 ii Schisler 201 00 n Shingle Creek , 850 00 ii Sidley Mountain 86 50 ii South Keremeos 253 95 n Summers Creek 351 00 ii West Fork Kettle River 1,236 45 ii White Lake-Junction Ranch 6 00 ii Wilson Creek 250 50 Trail — Camp Rest-Nickle Plate 45 00 n Champion Creek Bridge 501 60 n China Creek 150 00 ii Hope Mountain 134 50 ii Kelly Creek 75 00 ii Kennedy Mountain (Roach River) 409 00 ii Princeton-Hope Mountain 246 50 ii Rambler Mine 107 00 .1 Summit City 126 00 General supplies, etc 673 18 Road Superintendent 583 68 $35,707 08 Skeena District. (Vote 155—$49,000.) Road —Aldermere-Pleasant Valley $ 5,018 30 ,i Bella Coola Waggon 3,771 24 .. Bella Coola Wharf 7 00 ii Francois Lake Sleigh (north and south) 1,007 32 ii Hazelton-Aldermere 12,943 05 ii Kimsquit-Kitamaat 31 50 ii Kitamaat Valley Waggon 2,865 67 „ Mud Hill , 216 85 ii Port Simpson 25 00 n Sand Spit Point-Morseby Island 149 50 Roads—Queen Charlotte Islands 1,990 55 Trail — Aldermere Telqua 3,000 00 n Balmoral Cannery 250 00 ii Carlisle Cannery 319 83 ii Collinson-Carpenter Bay 67 20 ii Copper River 1,684 43 ii Driftwood Creek 414 47 ii Francois Lake-Pleasant Valley 159 05 n Hazelton-Ingenica 269 73 ii Hazelton-Manson 1,157 47 ii Hudson Bay Mountain 502 90 ii Inverness , 36 00 ii Jedway-Ikeda 145 25 Carried forward $36,032 31 F 38 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Brought forward $36,032 31 Skeena District. (Vote 155—$49,000.)— Concluded. Trail — Kitsumkalum 1,265 85 n Klun-koi Bay-Tassoo Harbour 372 00 ii Kootenai 114 00 n Lawn Hill 1,378 50 „ Little Bluff 75 36 ii Little Canyon 470 50 ii Moricetown-Babine Range 1,700 00 ii Precipice-Bella Coola 262 70 ii Sewell Inlet-Tassoo Harbour 540 25 ii Skidegate Inlet-Security Bay 369 00 n Sloan-Upper Bella Coola 316 68 Trout River 450 00 n West Narrows-Security Bay 108 50 Bridge—Bulkley Valley 89 29 it Copper River 286 12 ii No. 2 Creek 48 00 . 20-Mile Creek 2 00 Sidewalk—Essington 209 25 Hazelton 19 00 Supplies—General 2,663 98 Road Superintendent 1,785 25 $48,558 44 Slocan District. (Vote 156—$18,700.) Road — Cariboo Creek $ 227 50- ii Carpenter-South Fork 684 13 ii Columbia River 54 55 „ Columbia Valley 3,295 66 ii Lemon Creek 511 00 ii McQuigan 195 00 n Nakusp-Box Lake 785 00 .1 Nakusp (east) 486 25 ii New Denver-Canyon Siding 590 95 n New Denver-Silverton 25 50 n Ottawa Mine 50 00 n Silverton-4-Mile Creek 1,290 15 ii Silverton-Red Mountain 662 85 ii Slocan-Beaver Creek 427 00 ii Slocan-Lemon Creek , 163 39 ii Slocan Biver 1,804 05 ii Slocan Star Mine 95 65 n Springer Creek 474 83 10-Mile Creek 695 00 ii Three Forks-Sandon-Cody Roads 397 57 ii Vancouver 91 00 Trail — American Boy 15 00 ii Antoine 27 00 ii Bear 25 00 ,i Carpenter Creek (North Fork) 757 34 ii Chieftain 186 00 ii Cody Creek 153 00 n 8 to 10-Mile 12 00 Elkhorn 100 00 .1 Evening Star • 95 00 Carried forward $14,377 38 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 39 Brought forward $14,377 38 Slocan District. (Vote 156—$18,700.)—Concluded. Trail — 4-Mile 39 00 Jo-Jo 66 00 ii Lemon Creek 95 00 ii Lemon Creek (North Fork) 38 50 ii Millie Mack 353 55 n Mountain Cow 195 00 ii McAllister 41 00 ii New Denver-Three Forks .. 64 00 ii Noble Five 42 00 ii Sandon-Ivanhoe 52 00 n Sandon-Reco 226 25 Soldier Boy 100 00 ., Sunset 20 00 n 10-Mile Creek , 20 00 ii Texas 25 00 ,. Three Forks-Bear Lake 57 00 ii Trout Creek 30 00 12-Mile 68 00 ii Wilson Creek 30 00 ii Wonderful Queen Bess 37 00 Sidewalks—New Denver 357 25 n Silverton 676 56 Bridge—Graham's 17 00 ii Lemon Creek 8 00 ii McCormick's 40 00 ,i Slocan City 21 00 General supplies, etc 393 25 Road Superintendent 1,229 10 Yale District. (Vote 157—$10,000.) Road — Cache Creek-Savonas . n Coldwater ii Coquehalla ii Cornwall ii Deadman Creek ii Granite Creek . ii Gulliford ii Harper Mill . ....... ii Highland Valley ii Hope Section ii Kirby ii Lillooet-Lytton ii Lower Nicola-Smith. . . ii Lual n Main Trunk-Nicola . . . ii Merritt-Middlesboro. . . n Merritt-Nicola ii Mclnnes ii Nicola n Nicola-Spence's Bridge ii Penny's ii Popcum $18,718 84 131 37 45 50 141 87 78 12 249 45 100 50 6 00 35 00 260 63 140 75 102 25 248 00 12 75 43 00 707 50 64 38 493 08 84 00 50 85 488 38 156 18 1,043 84 Carried forward $ 4,683 40 F 40 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 44 75 6 00 6 00 700 00 36 75 109 25 128 12 48 75 76 27 43 00 223 98 1,311 87 1,244 05 $10,023 14 $ 408 30 888 88 50 00 436 00 1,681 74 823 17 Brought forward $ 4,683 40 Yale District. (Vote 157— $10,000.)—Concluded. Road —Princeton-Nicola 1,360 95 ic Quechena ii Savonas-Mammette Lake ii Yale-Hope Trail — Boulder Creek ii Hope-Nicola n Similkameen ii Skagit-Similkameen Bridge—Ashcroft ii Chapman Ferry—Lytton Street—Ashcroft General supplies, etc 1,311 Road Superintendent 1,244 Ymir District. (Vote 158—$40,000.) Road —Alice Mine n Balfour . n Carr ii Creston-Duck Creek ii Creston-Errickson ii Creston-Port Hill ii Creston-Scott Hobden 25 00 ,i Edgewood Needles 1,289 00 ii Edgewood 1,075 15 ii Emerald Mine 197 20 n Erie-Arlington Mine 300 00 n Erie-Sayward 1,708 45 Errickson-Port Hill 679 80 ii Eureka Mine 90 00 ii Fire Valley 60 78 n Goat River 145 50 ii Granite 1,562 95 ii Granite-49 Creek 5 80 ii Green City-Bella Rosa Mine 604 75 Gruig's Creek 376 00 ii Harrop-Proctor 2,026 31 n Jordan-Edgewood , 10 50 ii Kitchener-Creston 1,298 50 ii Kootenay River 1,028 87 ii Monaghan's-Tagham 85 n Needles 429 25 ii Nelson-49 Creek 1,002 50 ii Norway Mountain 470 80 n Pend d'Oreille 1,362 25 ii Porcupine Creek 66 00 ii Proctor 20 25 n Queen Victoria Mine 1,000 00 ■ i Red Mountain 133 50 ii Renata Creek-Lot 8,069 650 83 ii Robson 207 75 ii Rossland-Northport 750 95 ii Rossland-Trail 9,925 54 Carried forward $32,783 12 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 41 Brought forward $ 32,783 12 Ymir District. (Vote 158—$40,000.)—Concluded. Road —Sayward-Waneta 1,988 80 ii Second Relief 636 55 „ Silver King 81 85 ii Tachum 22 00 „ Trail-Castlegar 511 53 ., Whatshan Creek , 1,089 50 i. Wilson 62 00 „ Wolfe Creek 125 00 ,, Ymir Townsite 92 30 i, Ymir 479 92 Roads—Lot 1,316 125 00 Lot 182 54 00 u Creston , 27 30 Trail — Big Patch 90 00 ii Champion Creek 75 00 „ Deer Creek 195 00 Dewdney 168 60 ,, 5-Mile-Mountain Depot 70 00 ii Goat River-White Grouse 138 00 i, Lucky Boy 238 60 ii Murphy Creek 244 50 i, 9-Mile-West Arm Kootenay River 42 00 ii Oronoco-London 102 00 Rosebud 18 00 ii Rossland-Gladstone 6 00 ii Sayward 19 50 ii Summit Creek 100 50 White Grouse 325 50 n Whitewater 84 00 Bridge—Goat River 1 25 Street—Pine-Fairview, Lot 58a 491 75 Hoover-Addition A, Lot 182 222 00 Sidewalk—Fairview 393 11 ii Hoover Street , 108 81 General supplies, etc 468 71 Road Superintendent 39 00 $41,730 70 Vancouver Island Trunk Road. (Vote 159—$40,500.) Expenditure $ 19,049 01 Victoria-Campbell River Road. (Vote 160—$10,725.) Esquimalt Division $ 1,172 85 Cowichan ii 689 66 Alberni „ 2,832 74 Nanaimo City „ .'. 67 00 Newcastle „ 2,900 80 Comox .. 3,246 61 $10,909 66 Englishman's River-Alberni Road. (Vote 161—$2,200.) Eastern Division $ 809 57 Western n 1,278 16 $ 2,087 73 F 42 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Dewdney Trunk Road. (Vote 162—$10,000.) Port Moody-New Westminster Road. (Vote 163—$3 Yale Trunk Road. (Vote 164—$20,000.) Lillooet-Lytton Road. (Vote 165—$2,250.) Lillooet Division ...$ 5,000 ...$ .. $ . .$ 10,001 ) 3,499 20,033 1,287 1,011 03 80 67 50 76 Cariboo Main Road. (Vote 166—$42,500.) Sections 3 and 4 . $ $ 2,229 20,954 21,413 26 06 68 $ Williams Lake-Soda Creek Road. (Vote 167—$3,000.) Aid to South Vancouver (including Point Grey). (Vote 168— Point Grey. Road —Johnson 9 42,367 74 2,613 15 -$50,000.) 3,805 09 45,245 21 1,032 60 4,336 95 1,255 50 1,750 54 1,343 75 13 75 119 00 306 00 837 96 150 95 864 15 100 00 151 20 1,008 76 580 00 1,322 60 1.371 23 3,236 65 6,972 09 781 70 2,934 50 3,334 43 100 00 25 05 541 35 D. L. 301 ii Ninth ii Tenth ii No. 2 Point Grey Road Hastings Townsite. ii Ferguson ....$ Street—Albert ,. McGill ... \ 5 83,520 92 10 Ed 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 43 Brought forward $ 83,520 92 Aid to South Vancouver (including Point Grey). (Vote 168—$50,000.)—Concluded. Hastings Townsite. Street—Triumph $ 580 95 i. Yale 100 00 Avenue—Fifth 2,163 70 Thirteenth 4,735 93 i, Twenty-fifth 3,529 73 Twenty-ninth 1,386 25 Supplies—General 2,973 47 Vancouver City. Street—Granville $ 2,000 00 ii Lansdowne 7 00 Avenue—Ninth 5,079 26 $106,077 30 Abel-Windermere Lake Road. (Vote 169—$2,000.) .Expenditure $ 1,934 52 Pea Vine Road (Completion). (Vote 170—$2,000.) Expenditure $ 1,999 99 St. Mary's River Road. (Vote 171—$1,000.) Expenditure $ 997 52 Hall Creek-Porcupine Flat. (Vote 172—$5,000.) Expenditure $ 5,015 89 Lynchville Road. (Vote 173—$2,000.) Expenditure $ 1,997 75 Enderby-Mable Lake Road. (Vote 174—$8,000.) Expenditure $ 8,039 44 West Side-Okanagan Lake Road. (Vote 175—$5,000.) Expenditure $ 4,860 20 Bear Creek Road. (Vote 176-$4,400.) Expenditure $ 4,499 85 Twenty-Mile Creek Road. (Vote 177—$10,000.) Expenditure $ 9,992 97 Yellowstone Road. (Vote 178—$2,500.) Expenditure $ 2,538 94 Slocan Junction-Thrums Road. (Vote 179—$1,500.) Expenditure Nil. Sheep Creek Road. (Vote 180-$2,000.) Expenditure $ 1,264 10 Creston-Scot-Holden Road. (Vote 181—$500.) Expenditure $ 500 65 Creston-Atwood Road. (Vote 182—$500.) Expenditure $ 236 30 Trail-Castlegar Road. (Vote 183—$2,500.) Expenditure $ 2,488 53 F 44 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Canoe River Trail. (Vote 184—$2,500.) Expenditure , $ 2,530 75 Pemberton Meadows Trail. (Vote 185—$4,300.) Expenditure $ 4,206 35 Road Machinery. (Vote 186—$10,000.) Expenditure $ 10,148 49 Bridge-Eraser River-Lillooet. (Vote 187—$40,000.) Expenditure $ 137 50 Westminster Bridge. (Vote 188—$10,900.) Expenditure $ 10,865 55 Wharves. (Vote 190—$36,000.) Alberni District—Beaver Creek $ 17 67 ii Clayoquot 100 00 n n Ladysmith 912 14 ii „ Van Anda 822 17 Atlin „ Reserve C, Stickine R 200 00 Comox n Clytosin-Cortes Island 1,164 73 n n Comox 138 65 ii n Denman Island 691 25 ii „ Hornby Island 1,142 43 ii ii Malcolm Island 1,476 74 n ii Port Harvey 944 57 ii n Quathiaski Cove 476 40 ii ii Whalebone Cove 34 17 ii ii Whaletown , 389 60 Cowichan m Cowichan 201 27 Dewdney n Harrison Hot Springs 195 90 Esquimalt n East Sooke 200 00 ii ii Sooke 151 55 Islands n Burgoyne Bay (S. Salt Spring) 1,117 05 H n De Comsey 270 65 ii ii Denman 40 00 n .. Fulford Harbour 1,135 30 H n Galiano 15 87 ii „ Hope Bay (Pender) 3,113 58 Mayne 733 85 „ Miners'Bay 214 80 ii „ Pender 13 25 Pier 11 50 ii n Port Washington 616 83 ii ii Saturna 527 38 ii i, Stindy's Bay 38 00 ii ii Wharves generally , 2,290 25 Kaslo n Ainsworth 499 43 Okanagan n Carr's Landing 521 25 „ „ Gellatly 628 95 ,i ii Greata 248 80 ii n Kelowna-Westbank 461 32 n u Long Lake 612 35 n n Okanagan Lake 6 00 n n Quathiaski Cove 597 25 u ,i South Okanagan 13 82 Carried forward $22,986 62 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 45 Brought forward Wharves. (Vote 190—f Okanagan District—Swanbracing Trepanier. 3,000.)—Concluded. Richmond Skeena Vesuvius Bay Westbank Ferry Slip Whiteman's Creek Wilson's Bowen Island Deserted Bay-Jervis Inlet. . . Gibson Hope Point (Howe Sound) .. Hopkins Imperial Street (Point Grey) Squamish Jedway Prince Rupert Plant, etc. (all districts) $22,986 62 75 00 822 18 73 89 21 06 469 45 38 95 1,109 57 1,133 00 555 07 20 00 2,592 16 30 00 723 45 271 45 253 27 4,003 84 $35,178 96 Contingencies. (Vote 212—$30,000—1908-09.) Alberni— Alberni-Parksville Road $ 1,107 12 ,i Beaver Creek Road 200 00 China Creek Road 35 00 ii Compton Road (extension) 481 59 ,, Drinkwater Road 25 00 „ Kitsucksis Road 450 00 i, Sproat Lake Road 140 50 ii So. Joseph Valley Road 1,114 61 „ Third Avenue 55 75 ii Roads (general) 43 80 „ Quatsino Trail 315 05 ii Gravel pit for road 500 00 Atlin— McDame Creek Trail 92 25 Camborne—■ Government Buildings 29 00 Chilliwhack—■ Ballam Slough (protection) 20 00 ii Camp Slough (protection works) 5,566 31 i, Elk Creek (interception ditch) 1,600 00 ii Grennell Slough (removing jams) 50 25 ii Matsqui (protection works) 271 37 ii Purchase (land dyking purpose) 3,100 00 Comox— Tsolum River (protection works) 3,639 96 Nelson City— Court House 4,426 25 n Vernon Street (fill in against retaining wall) 172 50 New Westminster City—Asylum Boulevard 1,875 00 Revelstoke— Beaton-Comaplix Road 3 15 n Columbia River (south) 331 25 Greely Creek Road 473 95 „ Big Bend (main trail) 170 00 Saanich— Central Road 210 25 n Bowker Estate Road 1,290 45 „ East and West Road 1,747 57 „ Arbutus Road 100 00 ,, Fill in swamp 291 75 Soda Creek— Ferry 922 90 General supplies, etc 434 59 ,287 17 F 46 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE. (Vote No. 189—$247,000.) Electoral District Name. Amount. 1 92 00 101 25 99 25 208 80 288 40 72 31 41 37 145 25 111 50 997 60 McCarter's McCoy Creek 2,158 63 i 856 29 721 50 381 50 140 99 505 81 226 68 557 40 233 62 165 25 1,015 16 Peters Creek Slough Creek Yale Trunk Road-Matsqui 4,804 20 864 19 Chilliwhack 5 00 130 00 2,216 02 342 60 155 00 274 75 280 40 33 25 618 30 637 25 7 85 59 00 108 39 14 00 Canal Flat „ Main Road No. 3 Creek Wilmer Floating Comox-Hardy Road 4,881 81 Comox % 135 50 56 57 5 00 118 14 4 50 80 01 239 91 284 90 117 77 65 53 85 35 290 24 271 23 Gully-Campbell River Road Minto Stuart's-Campbell River Road Swansky's-Campbell River Road Victoria-Campbell River Road n a south of Union Bay Duncan Road 1,754 65 $ 120 65 40 59 300 67 64 35 337 75 Koksilah-Riverside Road Robinson's Twin bridges Kootenay-Fort Steele 864 01 Cranbrook % 2,185 17 530 66 3,606 19 6,322 02 33,350 70 Delta % 55,000 21 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 47 Bridges throughout the Province.—Continued. Electoral District Dewdney . . . a . .. a ... // . .. « . .. a ... a . .. n . .. a ... a . .. // . .. it . .. Esquimalt .. it . .. it n . .. it . .. tt ... Fernie // ... tt ... tt ... tt .. . it .. . it ... Grand Forks Greenwood.. // . .. it . .. Kamloops. . /; . .. it . . . it . . . Kaslo a . .. n ... it . .. // . .. // . .. it ... ti . .. it . .. Lillooet .., Name. Brought forward. Across Slough to Hatzic Island Aliceville-Port Moody Coquitlam-Pitt River Coquitlam-West Junction Keatsy Slough-Pitt Meadows McEwen Island-Hatzic Lake Nicomen Slough Noon-Port Moody Port Douglas-Pemberton Road Port Douglas-Tipella Road Port Hammond Bay Port Moody Bay Stave Lake-Hatzie Valley Road (3 bridges) ... West Junction-Luss bridges, Coquitlam River Albert Head Deadman's River. East Sooke Road. Millstream Muir Creek Otter Point Road Phillips-Sooke . .. Shearwood Elk River-Coal Creek. .. Elk River-Fernie Elk River-Hosmer . Elk River-Morrison-Elko . Front Street Kootenay River Gateway. Slough-Gateway Hardy Anaconda Kettle River-lngram's Kettle River-Midway. Armstrong Kamloops Malakwa-Eagle River Savonas Thompson River Beaver Creek Crocker Duncan (West Fork) Gervard Goodman-Duncan River .. Lardeau River Lynchville MaeFadden Poplar Creek Trout Creek Trout Lake-10-Mile Road. Cariboo Main Road Chilcotin Churn Creek Graham-South Bonaparte Road. Lillooet-Fraser River Mound-Leon Lake Road 111-Mile Creek Amount. 255 85 467 95 2,906 40 715 76 125 77 136 35 41 50 102 30 716 50 67 35 149 73 296 50 150 75 164 75 343 00 258 95 120 76 56 50 98 20 38 50 52 95 138 57 ; 3,312 48 11,896 82 7,000 08 133 00 124 09 161 05 700 00 $ 99 05 5,732 96 106 50 20 15 1,976 40 1,290 90 9,975 67 715 39 398 00 79 50 884 28 1,619 13 100 50 344 45 57 00 8 40 203 OS 305 95 265 83 Carried forward. 544 15 64 06 298 00 40 00 5 00 74 95 50 00 55,000 21 6,297 46 1,107 43 23,327 52 323 45 5,938 51 13,978 51 4,266 12 1,076 16 $110,239 21 F 48 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Bridges throughout the Province.—Continued. Lillooet Nanaimo City. Newcastle Okanagan. Revelstoke. Richmond Brought forward.. Pemberton-Portage Road Vedan-Chilcotin River Five-Acre Lots. ■ Leonard's Mill Stone Nanaimo River Extension Road Gilfillan's Road Haslam Creek Jingle Pot-Westwood's South Wellington Thatcher's Creek Bessette Creek Butters-Bessette Creek Calendar's Road (west side) Carney's Creighton Valley Road Dry Creek Eden Flat Road Enderby section Swing's Creek Fosberry-Trout Creek Pox Gaddes Gallagher-Mission Creek Irish Creek Janes Creek-McAlta Harris Creek Road K. L. 0. Road Lumby section Mara Road Mill Creek Mission McDougall Creek No. 42 Road Otter Creek Penticton Reiswig Renwick Salmon River Sawmill Creek Shuswap River Smith Creek... Spallumchene River-Enderby Spencer Swamp Road Vernon-Kamloops Road Vernon-Kelowna Road Vernon-Penticton Road Carnes Creek Columbia River (Revelstoke) Downie Creek Fish River Greely Creek (Illecillewaet River) Illecillewaet (new) Illecillewaet (old) Salmon Creek Cheakamus Eburne Carried forward . $ 1,076 16 1110,239 21 75 00 1,623 75 2,774 91 $ 160 85 193 50 52 72 16 62 423 09 $ 66 78 172 13 15 75 162 75 66 25 33 51 517 17 $ 616 09 7 00 172 80 267 90 629 26 511 38 242 35 822 80 155 77 390 80 286 25 105 00 30 00 72 50 50 00 283 65 38 00 26 44 187 00 16 95 48 50 508 00 140 14 200 00 542 16 16 90 190 01 313 99 132 95 301 83 14 00 105 00 465 00 99 25 542 00 50 00 8,582 17 f 469 50 4,609 75 2,281 04 40 40 428 48 11,496 25 1,708 16 169 15 21,202 73 $ 5,125 56 1,180 57 $ 6,306 13 $143,739 88 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 49 Bridges throughout the Province.—Continued. Electoral District Richmond Similkameen Skeena Slocan Yale Ymir Name. Brought forward. Lillooet-Pemberton Meadows... Lower Squamish Valley Madill North Arm Fraser River Pemberton Trail Third Street, North Vancouver. Upper Squamish Valley Irrigation Diteh, Similkameen River. Ellen Creek Fairview-Okanagan River Johnson Creek Keremeos-Similkameen River Kettle River 0. K. Falls Penticton Swing Princeton-Similkameen ' Strawberry Creek 20-Mile Creek White Cabin Aldermere Trail Bear River-Portland Canal Bulkley River-Pleasant Valley Bulkley Valley Chieftain Creek Copper River Hazelton-Aldermere Trail Ksigumal River Noosatsum River (temporary crossing) Saloomt River Snutty-Hagensborg Telkwa 20-Mile Creek Beaver Creek. Burden McFayden's .. Slocan River. . Watson's Armitage Ashcroft Coldwater River Canf ord Gordon Creek Lindly-Nicola River Lytton Main Road Nicola River-Merritt School Creek Spence's Texas Lake Road Demolishing old Ashcroft Bridge Arrow Creek Beaver Creek-Erie-Sayward Road. Champion Creek Creston-Goat River Dog Creek-Cedar Street Dog Creek-Main Street Goat River Crossing (Kitchener).. Goat River (No. 2) Amount. Carried forward. % 6,306 13 $143,739 88 1,876 34 14 50 5,301 35 24,881 24 320 75 1,847 72 203 60 40,751 63 $ 4,000 00 121 00 262 60 90 25 8,648 59 268 00 227 25 446 65 301 50 201 35 1,470 34 146 25 16,183 78 $ 118 90 2,260 31 1,361 61 2,965 27 228 68 4,271 18 73 15 300 00 49 90 898 54 132 95 3,962 14 62 00 16,684 63 $ 134 94 52 00 1,819 84 354 00 100 00 2,460 78 $ 68 95 252 23 1,464 13 90 68 67 20 851 83 27 28 30 75 616 17 63 16 598 45 109 92 708 87 4,949 59 $ 3,491 13 116 78 62 20 5,581 92 562 16 233 33 2,713 44 719 64 \13,480 60 $224,770 29 F 50 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Bridges throughout the Province.—Concluded. Electoral District Ymir Name. Brought forward. Granite Creek Grey's Creek Hoover Street Kitehener-Creston Road ... Maple Street Porcupine Creek Rossland-Trail Road Salmon River (North Fork) Sand Creek Scholfield Creek Scott-Hobden Road Sheep Creek Silver King Road Stoney-Murphy Creeks .... Thompson Creek Whatshan Creek Plant throughout the Province Total..... Amount. $13,480 60 $224,770 29 82 53 74 85 155 34 171 00 189 68 105 20 506 40 175 10 34 19 239 15 679 74 82 50 916 26 1 20 71 15 579 88 17,544 77 4,217 86 $246,532 92 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 51 TENDERS RECEIVED AND CONTRACTS AWARDED. July 1st, 1908, to March 81st, 1909. Schools. Work and Tenderers. Abbotsford—Two-room, frame : W. H. Menzies Dawson & McCoubrey L. Hanson Black Mountain—One-room, large : M. J. Curtis Ira C. Jones D. Fraser & Sons W. Gray Camp Slodgh—Two-room, frame : # Braithwaite & Glass Thos. Hemphill R. H. Brock C. Vradenborg Courtenay—One-room, large : Jas. Carthew N. A. McLeod A. Kerton Dolans Corners—One-room, large : A. H. Blair Gibbard & Boutwell Ira C. Jones Jackson & Parker Haney—Two-room, frame : W. H. Menzies , Sloan & Harrison Hastings, South—One-room, large : Lays & Co Rogers & Crane Gregor & Gregor Crowder & Stuart F. Coeroft C. A. Hilchey Hjorth Road—One-room, large : Sloan & Harrison J. Brown L. Hanson Gilchrist & Smith Keremeos—Two-room, frame : J. Knudson Boeing & Brass J. Knudson Boeing & Brass Boeing & Brass McBride—One-room, small: R. Williamson J. McRae Dawson & McCoubrey Amount. $2,475 00 2,650 00 3,500 00 1,615 00 1,700 00 1,785 00 2,600 00 2,895 00 2,974 00 2,995 00 3,480 00 2,000 00 2,200 00 1,795 00 1,394 00 1,550 00 1,575 00 1,580 00 2,685 00 2,800 00 1,250 00 1,485 00 1,715 00 1,720 00 1,749 00 2,000 00 1,550 00 1,575 00 1,625 00 4,500 00 4,675 00 4,250 00 4,475 00 4,450 00 1,080 00 1,100 00 1,500 00 Remarks. Awarded ; completed. Awarded; completed. Awarded; completed. Not awarded. Awarded ; completed. Awarded ; completed. Awarded ; completed. Awarded ; completed. Awarded ; completed. Not awarded. Awarded; completed. Awarded ; completed. F 52 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Schools—Concluded. Work and Tenderers Normal School, Vancouer : J. M. McLuckie sandstone „ brick J. S. McClay sandstone /, brick Smith & Sherbourne sandstone „ brick Baynes & Horie sandstone it brick Albert Adams sandstone ,, brick J. J. Dissette sandstone „ brick J. Layfield & Co sandstone a ' brick Notch Hill—One room, large : Ira C. Jones Jaekson & Parker J. Green Binns & McBeth North Thompson West- G. Lavery Binns & McBeth , A. C. Taylor One room, small: Oyster East—One room, small : D. Nicholson L. C. Young Pitt Meadows—One room, large : J. Brown W. J. Percy W. H. Menzies L. Hanson E. E. Adair Quesnelle—One room, large : W. F. Shepherd wood finish „ plaster and brick work H. JoyGe logs ,; frame Ridgedale—One room, large: Hayton & Johnston L. Hanson Dawson & McCoubrey Summerland—Two-room, frame : Nelson Bros H. C. Mellor Desks : Supply needed for year ending March 31st, 1909: J. A. Lee E. G. Parnell Weiler Bros. Clark & Stuart Co Supply needed for year ending March 31st, 1910: Clark & Stuart Co Prince Rupert Agencies J. S. Duncan J, A. Lee ... Dunn Bros. . . Amount. Remarks. $59,900 00 Awarded ; completed. 59,900 00 61,500 00 61,500 00 69,900 00 67,873 00 72,110 00 71,545 00 73,686 00 67,474 00 82,900 00 73,200 00 78,518 00 77,464 00 1,560 00 Awarded ; completed. 1,650 00 1,670 00 2,150 00 ♦ 1,460 00 Awarded ; completed. 1,630 00 1,685 00 i 1,250 00 Awarded ; completed. 1,445 00 1,000 00 Not in order. 1,550 00 Awarded ; completed. 1,608 00 1,650 00 2,250 00 3,450 00 3,850 00 2,800 00 Awarded. 3,450 00 1,550 00 Awarded ; completed. 1,730 00 1,750 00 4,000 00 Awarded ; completed. 4,356 00 2,327 00 Awarded. 2,337 00 2,478 00 2,375 00 3,600 00 Awarded. 4,779 00 3,821 00 4,020 00 4,150 00 6,375 00 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 53 Bridges. Work and Tenderers. Amount. Remarks. Columbia River Bridge, Revelstoke : (Construction.) Gillett & McDonald $ 43,500 00 47,928 00 67,910 00 150,000 00 4 95 4 10 5 67 3 67 6 00 3 and 3 50 6 50 Awarded. Awarded. (Iron work.) Wm. O'Neil & Co Ross Howard Iron Works ... .wrought iron per 100 lbs. Ferries. Naramatta, Summerland : Lowest rates. . Accepted. C. N. Higgins Government Buildings. Alberni Office—Septic tank : T. McKinnon $ 647 00 3,429 00 3,940 00 4,350 00 33,686 00 39,000 00 49,000 00 28,000 00 15,119 00 17,856 00 17,581 00 22,875 00 20,919 14 21,127 00 21,674 00 21,900 00 Awarded Awarded Awarded; Awarded; completed, completed. Government House, Victoria—Port cochere : A Wood Land Registry—New Westminster : J. C. Allen E. H. Oudaille J. C. Allen in progress. Vancouver Court House : (Heating, Webster system.) Vanstone Heating and Plumbi R. J. Nott (Heating, Johnston system) in progress. R. J. Nott Gaols and Lock-Ups. Merrit—Three cells: Thomas & Mitchell $1,274 00 1,570 00 1,645 00 1,725 00 1,600 00 Awarded Awarded completed. P. McLean Nelson—Heating : S. A Wye completed. F 54 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Sewerage. Work and Tenderers. Prince Rupert—Temporary system : Grant Bros. & Co Westholme Lumber Co J. D. Campbell & J. M. Lynch J. W. Bye Hugh McDonald International Contract Co Amount. $22,741 05 39,522 30 43,909 45 44,574 10 45,735 72 48,527 02 Remarks. Awarded. VANCOUVER ISLAND TRUNK ROAD. Tenderers. J. Haggerty & Co J. D. Wilkinson , E. Pinson f Westholme Lumber Co. Weeks & Nightingale.. Robert Frayne. C. C. Smith.... Sec. 1. $8,800 9,400 Sec. 6. 3,400 6,950 Sec. 7. $ 6,600 7,100 17,850 Sec. 8. $ 4,955 8,910 5,300 7,500 9,680 16,940 Total. $26,755 8,910 28,750 7,500 9,680 34,790 Schedule Rates, Additional Work. Clearing per acre. I 50 25 52 150 150 Metalling per sq. yard. ) 45 30 50 * 62i t 40 * 62J t 40 1 00 Retain - ing wall per ou. yard. $3 50 2 50 3 50 1 25 1 25 1 00 Remarks. Awarded. * Broken stone. t Gravel. * Broken stone. t Gravel. PRINCE RUPERT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. Tenderers. W. W. Forrester T. R. Nickson & Co Westholme Lumber Co Wm. P. Lynch, G. W. Morrow J. M. Lynch, J. D. Campbell . J. E. Larkins, E. C. La Trase. Palmer & Henning Westholme Lumber Co T. R. Nixon & Co Palmer & Henning Plank road per sq. foot. 14i < I5A 16 16J 16f 16| 181 18i 154 16& 163 Plank walk per sq. foot. 7 c. 7 qio 7i '2 7 » Excavating per cu. yard. Earth. Rock 29 1 00 60 60 65 60 1 00 75 $1 50 1 60 1 95 1 60 1 55 1 49 1 70 1 60 Close cutting per acre. 34 65 185 49 125 50 75 100 Kind of lumber used. Fir Spruce, hemlock Fir Spruce, fir & hemlock Spruce & hemlock.... Spruce ,. Fir Spruce & hemlock.... Fir, spruce & hemlock Spruce & hemlock.... Spruce or hemlock ... Remarks. Not awarded. Awarded; in progress. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09.) F 55 Joshua Kingham, Hall & Walker, W. Allan, FUEL. Victoria Public Buildings. i.60 per short ton, or 0.33 per lb.—lump coal. 1.65 „ 0.3325 i, ., i.75 per long ton, or 0.301 n n Vancouver Court House. Evans, Coleman & Evans, $7 per long ton, or 0.3125 per tt>.—lump coal. Macdonald, Marpole & Co., $7 per short ton, or 0.35 u n New Westminster. Gilley Bros.: Gaol and Court House—$7 per short ton in sacks, or 0.35 per lb.—lump coal. Hospital for Insane—$6.10 n bulk, or 0.305 n u Comox coal— $6.75 n n 0.335 n h Public Buildings, Westminster. Mayers & Preston, $6.75 per short ton in bulk, or 0.335 per lb.—lump coal. Hospital for Insane. Gilley Bros., $4. 70 per short ton, or 0. 235 per lb.—washed nuts. Comox coal, $4.95 h 0.2475 n n Mayers & Preston, $5.45 n 0.2725 n n Buildings at Victoria, Vancouver and New Westminster. Victoria Fuel Co., $6.75 per long ton, or 0.301 per lb.—lump coal. Awarded. ii $6 ii 0.223 ii unwashed nuts. F 56 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 M H M § H Q 2 h PL, 3 D >< h n W . 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" rt o c-h SS? * £ 53 (-] (11 .*H bh5 s 5h ^ CJ ■—.•9 ja ci B'm OccO 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 57 TIMBER INSPECTOR'S REPORT. Vancouver, B. C, 31st December, 1909. To the Honourable The Chief Commissioner of Lands, Victoria, B. C. Sir,—I have the honour to hand you the accompanying statement, which shows the area of land now under timber leases, by whom such leases are held, and the yearly rental payable thereon; the number of special timber licences issued during the year 1909, and the amount of revenue received; also the quantity of timber cut upon Provincial lands and the amount of royalty in respect of same. The area of leaseholds is 792,295 acres ; rental $ 83,045 47 The number of special timber licences is 15,164 ; fees therefor 1,965,162 21 Total for rentals and licence fees . . $2,048,207 68 Timber royalty for year 1909 :— Cut upon Crown lands under licence 434,840,827 feet $217,420 41 „ „ lease 87,610,544 „ 43,805 27 „ ,i pulp lease... 7,639,129 „ 3,819 57 Add royalty collected on cordwood, etc.... 3,099,380 n 1,549 69 533,189,880 ii $ 266,594 94 Timber tax for year 1909 :— On timber manufactured in Province 51,642,000 >■ $ 516 42 On timber not manufactured in Province. . 3,785,750 n 3,785 75 588,617,630 ,. $ 4,302 17 Scaling fees collected 21,732 45 Total revenue derived from timber sources $2,340,837 24 Respectfully submitted, A. HASLAM, Timber Inspector. F 58 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 cm r- ■f Su C4 o a *H d g g ooo o"lC3 O" w O H l-H h < h « w ■a a j Ci | v § s- G t- £ rt 3 « ^P3S5 & « I ■* ft P P> 43 CJ H 3 H CO ■tt 9 eu {j» CD B H 3 a 3 « pa o o o < Q ri «' 10 '3 £ — — — •s i % 9 s> a 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 59 ■ et * i ri (2 11 ^ *9 > Ph D O a £ <g i 1 3 3 33 S? a pq a o pi o o o fi «J PS Q O S £ S n (N (M W M © rH d CO CO CO CO 90 w ia ia m F 60 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 « O 13 IT. cj 63 g i-i « s s s © CO O M H CO I-H H Eh co Eh pq i> S» £ «q Pi s H •3 OOO a « « Sh s a » — a g O B B *rn B '^ C SO |B .J •§ -S . F ^ ffl B *3 B K H <i a 5 O =3 J. "O a <s M 3 3 d § d fl lOCDCOcocOCOcpcpco 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 61 8 8 8 .a B > 5 a Pi z a ps 1 3 a i s ■§ v? cm a a & s o . a •= Ph £ a a a c« s h a 3 o o 3 4> a d K 0> .3 o a *H- «8 3 r-I d -J-0 o Q a o O CJ a * z, h 6 s S s B h .a ■g PC O Ph s .a oi -S D &H W * C S « « K Ph S "S IH b ja — .2 Pi Pi Pi a M Ci O- Cl CS F 62 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 CO O Oi Ol CIO CO o CM ■* oo CO o CO o co m co co •8 co a i—i H DQ H H < H so Ph Ph Ph * J- 4 1 r ■1 ^ a r* r» Q S 3 3 2 a a 3 j o B ia ■< *3 •B ■ a S I r3 d M J8 S ■8 a. I B P« BS r- rH :S rH IM CO 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 63 tn -# co >a o o o CO CM CO ** f J IS I- ■a f us w F 64 Public Works Report (1908-09). 191 REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR OF DYKES. Office of Inspector of Dykes, Victoria, December 31st, 1909. Hon. Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works, Victoria, B. C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit herewith my annual report on the maintenance and management of the dyking works in the Chilliwack, Matsqui, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows districts for the current year. Contrary to general expectations, the height of the freshet in the Fraser this year was slightly below the average. During the early part of the season all indications pointed to unusually high water. On account of the cold and backward weather that extended far into the spring, there was but a very light run-off during the earlier part of the season, and as the conditions were similar to those which preceded all previous high floods, of which there is any record, it was naturally expected that they would be followed by similar results. That such was not the case is due to the fact that the weather over the area of the upper reaches of the Fraser remained unusually cool throughout the summer. The following is a record of the maximum freshet heights in the Fraser River for the years designated, as observed at Chilliwack, Matsqui and Pitt River :— Year. Chilliwack. Matsqui. Pitt River. Date. H. W. Date. H. W. Date. H. W. 1894 75.85 72.00 70.80 68.35 72.85 68 50 68.05 65.40 66.00 69.50 71.20 69.10 June July June it a July June n a 6 27 3 6 18 11 12 9 13 34.52 31.00 29.05 27.15 31.80 26.95 25.50 22.10 22.70 27.00 29.60 27.40 June tt July June a n a July June ir it 6 28 3 6 18 12 12 9 12 5 15 18 14 75 1900 1901 „ 27 2 12.00 10 75 19021 1903 1904 . -2\ July 5/ June 18 „ 9 9.75 12.75 9 82 1905 1906 | 1907 „ 11 9 July 13 June 5 8.75 7.70 7.40 9 70 5 16 17 1908 „ 14 11 50 1909 „ 16 10 20 Although the fall freshet in 1908, which occurred early in November of that year, was the highest of which there was any record up to that date—the gauge at Pitt River registering 8.5 feet—that record was broken on the 29th of November last, when the recorded reading on the same gauge was 9.6 feet, an elevation of only four-tenths (0.40) of one foot below the average height of the summer freshets of the ten preceding years. The high water in November, 1908, was due not only to heavy rains, but also to the effects of melting snow caused by accompanying Chinook winds. The flood in November of 1909 was occasioned almost entirely by an excessively heavy rainfall, there being but very little snow on the mountains at that time. If the conditions had been similar to those which existed the year previous, the fall freshet would have reached a height considerably above that recorded. The gauge reading at the Coquitlam Meteorological Station recorded a rainfall of 5.5. inches in 42 hours during the latter part of November, and 3.42 inches in 10 hours early in December. 10 Ed. 7 Public Works Report (1908-09). F 65 The following is a detailed statement of expenditure on maintenance account from 1st October, 1908, to 30th September, 1909, inclusive:— Service. Dyking District. Chilliwack Matsqui. Maple Ridge. Coquitlam. Pitt Meadows. Tract No. 1 17 50 Tract No.a Pumping Plant— Fuel purchased 1909 1 8 00 78 00 149 33 91 20 $1,614 80 1,375 00 1,636 76 186 40 28 85 525 00 $ 327 00 1,294 48 920 17 156 39 140 00 $ 432 20 1,060 84 784 48 137 12 61 24 35 00 Cost of new pumping plant and 4,975 98 Credit fuel on hand Oct. 1st, 1909 .. 326 53 18 00 308 53 522 11 134 75 5,366 81 1,757 80 2,838 04 828 08 2,475 88 578 12 17 50 5,010 98 Total cost of pumping Maintenance & management of dyke Repairs, including wages of caretaker Brushing ... Box-drain in dyke ditch Cleaning out and enlarging inter- 3,609 01 489 20 110 00 2,009 96 843 72 380 50 1,897 76 367 22 174 47 708 03 423 79 22 10 21 06 147 97 33 39 17 25 68 31 17 50 86 36 95 52 11 50 7 74 53 91 10 04 6 20 25 01 5,010 98 87 28 142 03 44 20 67 10 54 92 385 70 74 14 44 89 178 10 2 50 11 00 Plant 7 36 Salary of Inspector of Dykes Travelling expenses, Inspector of Dykes, proportionate Office expenses, proportionate amt. Salary of Clerk, n n Collector's commissions and ex- 874 08 158 62 99 28 403 78 340 35 4 00 470 00 87 40 53 12 216 00 3 50 51 67 12 57 5 91 23 80 Expenses Court of Revision Cost of maintenance and manage- 2,536 97 1,473 42 5,082 43 2,031 57 1,983 59 296 28 313 78 341 62 Total expenditure 2,845 50 4,041 53 3,881 35 5,352 60 Statement showing the Annual Assessment on Capital Account, the Assessment on Maintenance Account from October 1st, 1908, to September 30th, 1909, also the rate of assessment per acre. Dyking District. Chilliwack Matsqui Maple Ridge, high land a low // Coquitlam Pitt Meadows, Tract No. 1 ... // // 2 ... Amount of Assessment on Capital Acet. 110,000 00 . 6,250 00 1,349 05 5,020 75 2,899 40 853 50 889 90 Assessment on Maintenance Account for 1909. $2,845 50 5,082 43 855 94 3,185 69 3,881 35 313 78 5,352 60 Acreage. 19,017.1 10,180.5 2,613.93 5,778.83 3,220.70 1,174.78 1,124.49 Approx. rate of Assessment. Capital Acct. 0.52/v 0-61 -fu 051A 0.86-A 0.90 0.72^ 0.79TV Maint. Acct. 0.15 0.50 0.32^ 0.55^ 1.20 ft 0.26& 4.76 Total. 0.67 l.UA 0.84iV 1.42 2.10A 0.99 ,*„ 5.55^ F 66 Public Works Report (1908-09). 1910 Payment or Assessments for 1908. The following table shows the total amount of assessment due for 1908 in the different districts, the amount paid prior to the date of sale of lands for unpaid assessments, and the amount due at that date. Chilliwack. Matsqui. Maple Ridge. Coquitlam. Pitt Meadows. Tract No. 1 Tract No. 2 $10,000 00 2,692 76 $6,250 00 6,654 29 $6,369 80 4,372 66 $2,899 40 2,894 00 $853 50 373 37 1,226 87 1,226 87 $889 90 365 00 Total amount of assessment.. Paid prior to date of sale... 12,692 76 12,692 76 12,904 29 12,896 06 10,742 46 10,546 63 5,793 40 5,675 17 1,254 90 1,254 90 Unpaid at date of sale 8 23 195 83 118 23 Fraser River Protection Work. There was expended, during 1909, for protection works, near Ballam Slough, and for the removal of log jams near the upper end of Grenell Slough, Chilliwack District, the sum of $5,793.31, the whole cost of which was borne by the Provincial Government. A small sum amounting to $150 was expended on river protection work at Matsqui. In order to secure the safety of the dyke, some additional protection work will be required, near the upper end of Grenell Slough and also at Matsqui, an estimate for which will be submitted after some further details are obtained, which can best be done when the water is at its lowest stage. Drainage. The principal drainage work that has been carried out this year is in the Chilliwack Valley, where about 12| miles of dredging work has been completed. The work performed includes dredging out the channel of the Semialt River from its mouth to its source, near the south-west corner of Section 23 ; thence continuing the dredge cut easterly and northerly to the Elk Creek Interception Ditch, at a point a quarter of a mile south of the north-west corner of Section 24; thence north along that ditch to near the outlet at Hope Slough. Also the cleaning out and deepening the Semialt Interception Ditch, which extends from a point near the south-east corner of Section 22 westerly along the foot of the high land to the Chilliwack River. The total cost of the work performed was approximately $28,500, portions of which were contributed by the Municipality of Chilliwack (under provision of a special by-law), by the Provincial Government, and by private subscription of landowners interested. As a result of the work, good drainage facilities have been provided for an area of about 6,500 acres, a large portion of which was formerly unfit for cultivation. As evidence of the beneficial effects of the drainage work, it might be mentioned that a tract of land in the upper part of the valley was recently sold at the rate of $180 per acre, whereas prior to the carrying out of the drainage reclamation work the market price of the same land would not have exceeded $30 per acre. As the necessity for providing improved drainage facilities becomes more generally recognised throughout the several Dyking Districts, the increase in value of the lands affected becomes more and more apparent. Respectfully submitted, E. A. Wilmot, Inspector of Dykes. VICTORIA, B. C.: Printed by Richard Wolfbndkn, I.S.O., V.D., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1810.
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