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' _-.... -,-. _ Wine by a trim]: route. The road. _ .- ' itself, would not be a permanent, ' o I high class highway, but would be ' . . built after the plan of the present "I F existing colonisation roads. In the _ southern sections there is a plenti-- ml supply of natural gravel and 1 ".' l stone for surfacing. Through the, . i i clay belt the road only requires l ;, ' t grading. since the soil substance is ' Pr .. i sufficiently firm to afford excellent ! roads. Roads such as these serve 3 -r_------------ i the greater part of the Pgairllle P33; . and it was over a m ar . thslegation From North Seeks! tgctfg'ad on the former "gigging litnhk'; [ . reat northern g way a Grading of North Bay- ! 't'f,,,t1"ir'igiltta,'i pt... image... . i successful ourney ree Cochrane Highway ', $33: $0. ' _. ', Cars Cannot Get Through. CONNECT LOCAL ROADS As the system of roads exists at ------------------. present. nothing larger than a to- :,' boggan can possibly its; through. . . . e are are now war ng n - Thousands of 1lisitors Would, in; gene of the long Itgttfh, 'r'1ht,'is .. _ nin the most feasible rou e or e Be Attracted From Trans higgway. and taking other steps to-l Canada Road ward the ultimate co-ordination of; the disconnected roads. I The route, it is pointedhout, bears, Ontario's Northland will probablyi a. definite relation to t e sec on! " un- Moon be opened to motor trafru'. 'YI f',iu't.ot,g"tTifit'ltftadl,iter'gtd',yl,-. fort is being exerted to have the} That road was completed last year isolated local systems of roads in by the filling in of the forty-mile the Northern districts between Nol'ih' gap on t3; f"tatrN'tomtt,'iol2-.ifsthh Bay and Cochrane co-ordination mil J',',',',, 'lt,?,',,",,'),',", logical outlet for; a trunk highway, and the rosults of) tourists from the United States; several conferences which have been! gite"lf, ,the Pull, by! whayeog'tggi . . . Dix e way. n re 2 held recently, and which culminatedI ago the {Dixie Highway, which not in a delegation from the North tol cam-lee an immense volume of. the Provincial Government this') tourst traffic. came to a sudden endl week, point to the possibility of thorn) at the American Sault. American 7 districts being made accessible this motorists making use of tho route' Year. generally turned their cars back ut, . " Dr. P. E. Doolittle of Toronto has the border or, at the most, made, been largely instrumental in bring-3 limited excursions into Canada over ing tho proposal to its present stage; the roads in the immediate vicinity Two weeks ago he was invited hiVi of the Canadian Saint. . members of several Northern Bean 5 of Trade and municipal bodies to go; Outlet B'tNygn Dixie mtrttwar. . , North and arrange a deputation toi, Three your! ego the Michigan visit the Hon. Beniah Bowman, underl Pikes Association came through On- whose Jurisdiction colonization roads) tario and formed the first body of are placed. As a result, some sol cars to break a trail through from delegates. representing FnRlehurt, I North Bay to Sault Ste. Marie. Since New Liskeard. Powassan, North Buy' that time the road grade has been and a number of other Northern improved and kept in good condi- municipalities came, to Toronto this' tton, and traffic from the northern week and learned that every effort end of the Dixie Highway now has would be made to grade a trunk road! an outlet through to North Bay. The ' through from North Bay to (inch-g completion, Iaat year: of the ungrad-l rane. The deputation would have) cd portions ot the North Pty-ren-.! been larger but for an untinlel)" broke road extended the outlet still: freight train wreck which blocked farther, and it is now possible for, the railway south of Cochrane and cars to travel through to Pembroke prevented the Cochrane delegates ttnd Ottawa, where connection is from arriving in time. l made with the Ontario and Quebec . Provincial systems. Seek Means of Access. I The additional fact that this The conference held with Hon. stretch forms an important section] Mr. Bowman was attended by repre- of the trans-Canada Highway will sentatives of the Board of Trade of result in a large volume of trLifiil Toronto. and Mr. G. M. Mcwilliam, i mostly tourist, being drawn from the; President of the Ontario Motor; Dixie Highway easterly. The north-, League. as well as by the Northern! ern districts have great attractions. delegates. Former requests for the] for the tourist and it is expected' grading of this road have come al-i that there will exist a natural desire most entirely from the North, but in" on their part to travel farther north this instance the Northern request from the trans-Canada route. In was strongly supported by the To- addition to the fact that the terri- Aonto organizations. It is realized tory is widely known because of its that the attractions of those districts mineral deposits and pulp products, are very great and that potential it has a summer resort feature. Lake tourist traffic inf great v'olurlrie awailts -ti'erntttramii" Dr. Doolittle pointed out, some means o access. nrmer y, Dr. Doolittle pointed out, the cry 1)ri'i,t1et"'/ltpcpna,eee,1.r,gttii . had been for some means of outlet Im been established 0 ""3?" 10161 for Northern cars to the southern 'and man f h n_ e ake, parts of the Province. The growth b y o t e small lake districts of the touring habit had reversed ttlfiuhdtirrg,. have scenic features that the point of view entirely, and now _ attract numbers of "Show. I there was a strong demand for some Permit Easy Ingress. I . means of access for visiting cars. a mSte long as itbhle lake districts re- l Sm Ale Isolated. I a n naccess e by road they can- Dr. Doolittle went northRo look a? .?e. apatmmzed- The grading of! over the various districts and view $.02: , it is Pointed out, will pen. them from the point of view of J. easy ingress by cars "Sing the . their potential value for the attrac- et/ian/tSa",',':', rmteaand it im Bxpect- 3 than of tourist:t :Iehtravelled over, Tfollow er evelopment will: ' t e grea er pa o t e territory be-, _ q _ tween Cochrane and North Bay and; imghiLe ntocht,1t,targitg"s, has been . gathered much data on the road) I t8 y t e Colo ization Road De- situation and the need of, and jump: 21):; In"; 2t delegation has been tication for, the building of the) iiiwlnieu'e1 , at the matter will be hiqhwar. Between North Bay and g en t e ullcst consideration. It ts _ Coohrane. he pointed out, there are _ .{egarded as probable that the Stad- a number of isolated systems of local ( ng w ll be undertaken this year. _ roads. All winter long, as an in- -------e-------- stance, a motor bus service has been . . Jr operating over a graded road be- tween North Bay and Timmins. Be- F tween Cobalt and Cochrane there are several similar stretches of road! and the only step necessary to ren- . . der these roads accessible to the out- l side world is the linking up of the; l