#road grading

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“Township Road Work Making Good Progress,” Cobalt Daily Nugget. June 28, 1911. Page 01. ---- Township road work is progressing at a remarkably fast rate, and by tonight, Silver street, will have been graded as far north as Prospect avenue, and within three or four days the men will have reached Lang street. About the second week of next month the steam roller will be put at work and the last touches will be put on the roads being improved under the township’s policy.

The road from the John Black to the Lumsden is now finished, and the road at the Temiskaming mine has been put in better condition, but the Beaver Mine has blocked the old road past its property for the second time. A large gang of men is working on the Latchford road, and it will not be long before that highway is in splendid shape.

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“The Rebuilding of Roads,” Daily British Whig. July 11, 1917. Page 05. ---- CHAIRMAN OF SUBURBAN ROAD AREA COMMISSION TALKS. --- The Road from Portsmouth to Le Moine’s Point is Being Graded and Will be Macadamized. --- A. M. Rankin, chairman of the Suburban Road Area Commission, is making an inspection of the Pearth and Sydenham roads to ascertain what improvements can be made to better improve these highways.

Mr. Rankin is constantly on the ‘job’ when good or better roads are concerned. The work in front of the penitentiary has been completed and the grading of King street from the end of the Rockwood Asylum grounds (limit of Portsmouth), west to Le Moine’s point, has been undertaken. This road will be graded and rebuilt on the most modern accepted standard. The crown will not be too high, being half an inch to the foot. It will be macadam surfaced with oil or tar of some kin.

To decide on the best kind of binding for the top, experiments will shortly be constructed on the Bath and York roads. The latter has started to give and is filled with small holes. These will be repaired and the binding surface applied for a short distance.

Money for building these roads is a big consideration. ‘We should have some money from the county and the government,’ said Mr. Rankin. The city’s assessment is limited to half a mill, but the Commission secures only two of the three mills levied on the county for roads.

Repairing of the side road through Glenburnie and from Connor’s corners continues and the other roads in that district will require due attention.

‘Speaking as chairman of the Commission I am trying to have the money spent this year in perfecting the drainage systems,’ said Mr. Rankin. ‘The water must first be taken up and then after repairing of the worst places the balance of our money will go into rebuilding of permanent highways.’