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A Collection of Road Reports
St. John's District

St. John's DISTRICT

Street	Amount expended	Balance remaining
Brine's Bridge to Portugal Cove Road	Grant .... 90 0 0
2 Contracts, 20 perches	89 11 1
Compensation	0 8 11-----90 0 0
Merrigan's to George's Pond	Grant .... 75 0 0
1 Contract, 125 perches	74 18 7
Carried to surplus account	0 1 5-----75 0 0
Fergus's to Carrol's, by Barking Kettle	Grant .... 130 0 0
2 Contracts, 69 ½ perches	119 14 1
Compensation for land	8 13 4
Proportion of Contract for drain at C. Esq's.	1 12 7-----130 0 0
Carrol's to Pokeham Path	Grant .... 50 0 0
1 Contract, 47 perches Road, and 2 walled drains	43 6 8
Surplus account	6 13 4-----50 0 0
Dreeling's Well Road	Grant .... 180 0 0
2 Contracts, 129 perches	180 0 0
Belle Isle Beach to Lance Cove	Grant .... 135 0 0
2 Contracts, 226 perches	133 18 3
Incidentals to Thos. Byrne per Executive	1 1 9-----135 0 0
Upper Long Pond to Three Ponds	Grant .... 90 0 0
3 Contracts, 330 perches, and repairs to Bridge	86 12 10
Surplus account	3 7 2-----90 0 0
Upper Long Pond Road, east of Dr. Fleming's Farm	Grant .... 70 0 0
1 Contract, 167 perches	59 14 0
Compensation paid by Executive	8 13 4
Proportion of Contract of Dwyer's, for drain	1 12 8-----70 0 0
Penny-well Path Road	Grant .... 70 0 0
1 Contract, and proportion of another, 201 perches	69 6 1
Compensation	0 13 11-----70 0 0
Church, over Garrison Hill to Long Pond	Grant .... 90 0 0
2 Contracts, 173 perches	77 2 4
Compensation	4 8 10-----81 11 2	8 8 10
Improvements in Beck's Cove	Grant .... 70 0 0
1 Contract, reservoir, well, pipes, fire plug, supply pump, and the road made good	64 2 8
Compensation	5 17 4-----70 0 0
Portugal Cove to Torbay Road at Wyatt's Cottage	Grant .... 45 0 0
1 Contract and portion of another, 73 Perches (first contract)	38 11 0
Compensation	5 17 1
Surplus account	0 11 11-----45 0 0
Bridge near Thomas Ambrose's	Grant .... 20 0 0
2 Contracts, 20 Perches road, and 1 bridge 10 feet span	19 15 9
Carried to surplus account 2s. 2d. 2s. 1d.	0 4 3-----20 0 0
Cross Drains from Stone Bridge to Forest Road	Grant .... 25 0 0
1 Contract, drain and cross drains and repairing road	20 16 0
Compensation	4 4 0-----25 0 0
Barter's Hill	Grant .... 45 0 0
1 Contract, 20 ¾ Perches at 50s. cy.	44 19 2
Surplus account	0 0 10-----45 0 0
Goolds to within Two Miles Bay Bulls	Grant .... 400 0 0
8 Contracts, 859 perches	394 7 4
Compensation	5 12 8-----400 0 0
Two Miles Road next Bay Bulls	Grant .... 200 0 0
1 Contract and portion of two others, 332 Perches	156 13 4
Compensation	43 6 8-----200 0 0
Palk's House to Topsail	Grant ....1000 0 0
15 Contracts, 2127 Perches 143 Ditto about from Palk's to Judge DesBarres Total 2270 Perches	994 7 4
Compensation	5 12 8-----1000 0 0
Topsail to Holyrood	Grant ....1200 0 0
28 Contracts, 1797 ½ perches Road,12 Bridges	1197 6 5
Compensation	2 13 7-----1200 0 0
Holyrood to Salmonier	Grant .... 1000 0 0
28 Contracts, 3314 perches, road 16 feet wide, and material from drains spread over 8 feet centre road, 5180 perches opening 12 feet wide, 22 bridges	825 14 0
2 Instalments on a contract	28 0 6
Amount paid on Whelan's contract	28 17 9
Amount paid for erecting Tilts	8 13 4
Work per Fury, paid by Executive	1 12 6
Compensation by ditto	15 0 0
Amount transferred to this road Vic. 8, cap. 4.	78 1 7-----985 19 9	14 0 3
Collier's to Ship Harbor	Grant .... 1000 0 0
The expenses incurred on this line of Road have not been brought under the control of the Board
Surplus sums
Amount transferred to this account as per this Statement	163 19 4
8 Contracts, 275 ½ perches, and sundry repairs on Roads, Bridges, and cross-drains	147 16 8
Instalment on Contract	9 19 1-----157 15 9	6 3 7
		£78 16 11

Page Contributed by Barbara McGrath
Page Transcribed by Ivy F. Benoit (April 22, 2002)
Page Revised by Craig Peterman (September 2002)

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