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f- -r . A-d V W ! ' lit ROVEHTS Oil STATE HIGHWAYS COST 12 MILLIQH Expenditure for 1922 Less Than 1921 When Peak of Pro gram Was Reached. miring the year bow eloaing there have been added to the state highway system 84 mile of payment. 290 miles of rock and gravel surfacing and 236 mile of new grade. To achieve this result the state highway department has expended, op to December . $12, C82.530.6S. The expenditure for the current year baa been $5,563,290 less than that of 121. daring which yea the present era of development reached its crest. For the biennlum of 1921-1922 the total amount or money spent to con nectlon with state highways was 838. 28.252. Of this amount the state funds supplied $28,830.70. The contribution from counties was $4,802,27$. From the federal government post road appro priations was derived $3425451 and from railroads In the - separation of grade .crosstngs came $79,71. - Since 1616 when to present high way development began the total spent . on state highway construction Includ ing cooperation from an sources has reached to approximately $56,000,000. For this large expenditure there Is to show the following mileage of com pleted work: : Pavement 679 miles, rock or gravel surfacing 1306.$ miles, grading 1760.6 miles. Of the pavement. 128.6 miles are of the cement concrete . type. - :v:i--'" ' KAIX CKOSSIJTOS KKDCCXU . A feature of highway construction has been the separation of railway and highway, crossings. , During the period from 1917 to 1922 there have been $$ railroad grade crossings elimi nated by structures. On 11 of these the highway has been place , under neath the railroad and on 22 the high way has been made to pass over. The total cost of these 33 structures has been $850,000. apportioned as follows: State, $450,000.; county, $180,000; rail road, $220,000. 7 Since 1917 bridges have been placed under construction' to the number . of 640. The total cost of these- bridges Is $5,800,000. Of these M bridges. 320 have been placed under construction during the last two years at a cost of $2,700,000.' - - - STATE B02CDS ISSUED ; The major funds for financing state highway work have been- derived from the Issuance of state road bonds. Based on the present assessed . valuation of the state the constitutional bonding limit is $40,300,000. Up to the present , time there have been sold bonds to the amount of $38,200,000, leaving available for , future .construction a balance of I I . mm., i . - jiiiit .mt, "STT . i . , , ;., - i . - , : f w t v ' y. Illire .v vi ' - x 1 1 4 -; :::- . ys.y.. .v :v , . . ;v:y-:: : : : - - ' I iLT" - - - i.-- 4 t ,. ; . . . 2 i s , .y'- ' , , $ t v . , - 1 . j: ' " ; , I I r ?t v - - A S 'S -y.,x i . , S.v. - 5 "1 - - - ' ' '4'" " ' ' - ' , r- J, I I 5 1 v - " v . , - - S t --- 2 y " i ' " 'J- ' V ' , " y ,t - y, J , f Crane! Aoenae Looking South from East Dao'u. Tm-inch Wenxnxicr Bilulithic on Foar-inch Compressed Crushed Stone Base. Constructed w 7907.' Photo Taken November 1922. w .. j . a sa .-ssvx..VX-106wM " " " - " " ' ' Wanrenite-Bitulithic Is PAVING INSURANCE , The- protection of pavement foundations against the disintegrating effects of traffic water and ether agencies tending to destroy, is aa much a function of a wearing surface as in the resistance to the -wear and impact of the traffic itself. - None but an asphalUe type of pavement will give the proteeUoa so greatly needed under the ravages of the fast moving vehicles of today. Warrenite-Bltultthic i a development of the earlier types of bituminous paving, based :on over taajf a century of experience in the -use of asphaltic pave ments, from which it is evolved. It affords proper protection, whatever the construction of the base tnaybe. so long as it is firm and unyielding and properly drained. It takes the Impact without : shattering a most important factor to meet modern traffic Our supervision is a . guarantee araum rryit.y-, e( specifications in construction.' c- 'pA $4,169,000. Includlna-th authorization of $2,500,000 voted - for the - BooaeveU highway on condition - it would be matched by the federal government, a condition which has not. yet been met. To finance their share of the cost of state highways counties have author ised the issuance of bonds to the amount of $21476,444. The amount which has been sold is 215.8169. Of the $36,200,000 state bonds sold that amount disposed of this year was $6,060,000.- 5 In addition to the Interest paid on bonds this year there has been paid out on maturing bonds $125,000. la. the past two years 296 contracts have been, let by the state . highway commission for construction. For these contracts & total of 2125 bids were re ceived. . " v . During the year the main accom plishment of the highway department has been the completion of the -Columbia river highway and the practical completed improvement of the Pacific highway. , The total length of the Co lumbia river highway from Astoria to Pendleton is 340.1 miles. Of this distance 208.1 miles ha ve .been paved and 137 miles rocked.'-' 1 HIGHWAY STATUS TOLD - - The status of the Pacific highway, 345.6 mile from the Interstate bridge. Portland, to the California state line on the summit of the Slsklyous Is as follows: i Three- hundred twenty-six and one half miles . are paved. 7.4 miles are graded to state standard and surfaced with rock, 6.3 miles- are graded to standard but not surfaced. 6.4 miles are not yet graded to state standard. This mileage comprises proposed grade separations, bridge at Harrisbnrg and grading In Oregon- City. , Where the highway is not paved or surfaced with rock i good detours are available. From, December 1, 1916, on December 1..1922, the expenditure on state high ways was S4Si329.S22.75. Of this $37. $06,181.02 was state funds, $6,880,212.68 was county, $4,546,530.65 - federal aid and $96,599.40 railroad funds. - The expenditure on each highway Is as follows: 1 '; Patine btshway . . . .. . ; .. . $ 1S.71T.1 22 Columbia rfw Mafeway '... 8, 62.464.77 Waat aide Wiwy ,1 10.545 27 The Dann-Califca-Bie 1.466.1 50.46 Joan Day ....... j .;. . J.25S.S99.7 OM Oracoe tra.t ......... . 2,S6.380.8a Centra Ofoe highway... 679.865.09 Oreawa-Washington . 1.786 893 8 Coast highway ...;' 2.9S4. 249.96 T-a Oraad Eatarprta . . , . :.- 8S.S06.64 Katerprt Flora ......... , 05.940.52 Bakar-Coraooopia. . ... ....... 427.952.5S Baker-Unity 81.095 54 MeKensie kirtway ...... , 872.868.51 aartant lttgfcwar ; .i ;,, . 4,S8.I1 Bead-Siatar ...w H3.618 65 Batid-Lkrrhrir .......... $44.019 24 Klamath rana-takerfcnr ... . 211,856-04 Aahlaad-Ktamatlt PaUa , . . . " 571.728 41 Madfanl-Crater Lake .... . . 090.404 2A Klaaaatk-Crater Lake . . . . . T.103.56 Onsta Paaa-Cramant City.. 67.678.16 Mb Hood Loos- . 836,868 65 Atoea Hcfaway .... . . 93.900 01 PeDdletoa-Joha Day hlfhiray 6,808 67 Tualatin Valley ......... 1,849,981.62 8alia-ZaIlaa - ......... - 671.S41.88 MeMinaTiUe-TiUamook ..... 1.004.959.84 Oorrallia-Newport .... . . 504.016.09 WUlanette Valley.-PIorence. 276.279.75 Coee Bay-Boaetmrc ........ 1,878.697.13 Peadlatoa-Oeld Splines .... 168.609-26 Crooked Hirer-Bear Cnek. . 487,661.81 TiHer-8onunitr Forest road... 88,333 88 Datchutea hitchway ....... - 83.09 Beatha-BeaTerton 168.941.92 Oeboeo : 609,558.14 ffbernaa hkfhway 884,102.62 Uaea lucfiway . . 102.976.76 the:; BEST:REOT Oregon Trail Better Known st"-- $'- " $ - , t . e st s . t .st Project Being Advertised By Walter K, Xeavehaas ' ;--'-! I The Old Oregon trail. Its history. it -traditions and its possibilities are De coming "better known to Oregon citi zens. The sentiment of the trail Is finding lodgment in. the hearts of many Ore gon citiaens who short time ago could see em history or sentiment in a road. " ' Oregon is slowly realising that Ja tbe Old Oregon trail It has - an asset which no other road In America has. If either California or Washington had the foundation in history to attach their names to a great national or even state highway, they would ex pend thousands of dollars la telling the world about It -To date Oregon has expended about $1000 in exploiting the Old Oregon trail and has : received advertising which money could not buy. Magazines of- national reputation are carrying the story of the trail and the eyes of the nation are turned to the West and to the trail. - , : With proper publicity the Old Oregon trail will become the best known high way in America. This because of its history and Its sentiment, because It is the shortest route to the Northweat, because its roadbed la the beat, be cause It leads through a cultivated and populated country, because .of its varied scenlo grandeur and because of the lure of the very nam trail." SUPPORT EXPECTED But it will take finances to carry out the work of working the trail with the design of the ox team and : covered wagon, and to property advertise it. In-order to raise funds a membership campaign Is being carried on la all of the towns along the trail - through Idaho and Oregon. Portland has given its moral Indorsement but Portland will OSCAS XimDSTSOX LlNDSTROM & Feigenson CONTRACTORS BRIDGES CULVERTS 201 Worcester Bld Portland. Oregon - Phone Bwdy, GRAND AYE., are just three of the great number of pavements that have -been constructed with Wanrenite-Bitulithic in Portland. Next time you pass these streets stop and examine their surface and judge for yourself their ' condition after seventeen years of service in a city where traffic has increased, over two hundred per cent. Then add the fact that the heaviest vehicle . in 1905 was barely three-ton, while today' a ten-ton truck is a common sight. No stronger proof is necessary. Seventeen years'-service on the principal streets of Portland and over eleven years' service in upwards of 150 cities in the North west, and the Columbia River Highway now passing its seventh' year of use, are the best guarantee for our efficiency and integrity as contractors. Keen critics of good pavements know that Warrenite-Bitulithic streets and highways are tv assist , materially tn a financial way; as practically ail of the tourists coming Into the state over the old trail are headed for Portland, Portland Is figuring on a widespread advertising campaign, and what better advertising medium baa Oregon than the old Oregon trail? The road over the Blue mountain which has been the bugaboo of the tourin for . years is practically completed and tourists will com la increasing numbers next year and the years to coma over the Old Oregon trail. '-' Our sister state of Idaho Is as keenly Interested in the Old Oregon trail as Oregon, and a bill will be introduced in the Idaho legislature this winter to designate the east and west highway across that state the Old Oregon trail. A bill will also be presented to the Oregon legislature . to designate the east and west highway across Oregon as the OM Oregon trail, retaining the identity of the Columbia river high way xrom The Dalles to Astoria as a unit of the trail, and also- linking la the Saount Hood loop as a unit, all be ing! closely connected historically and physically. With proper financial support the Old Oregon trail will be known as such from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean. Such a result will be a tribute to the memory- of the pioneer, an 'ob ject to the rising generation and an ever Increasing tourist traffic to the great Northwest. - We believe Oregon win meet the Issue and protect Ita heritage. Oregon has . been looking for something to centralise on as a common advertising mediumwithout sectional strife er jeal ousy, one that is peculiarly statewide, one that will have a wide appeal and excite the . imagination. It la la the Old Oregon trail. WK SC. rEIGEKSOK Main 6871 FIFTH ST CONSTRUCTED r.lQUE TOURISTS . USE AUTO CAMP Z' SSaBBeaBBBasSBBjBBSS 61 BWBSSa B i A M . S 7 , 1922 Shows a xu Increase of 14,364 in , Registration " of Travelers. " W A total -of 25.876 persons were reg istered at the Portland municipal auto camp during the year according to a report from the bureau of parks filed with City Commissioner Pier. This Is an increase of 14.364 over the regis tration of the previous year, which waa Z1.01X. . , - - The report shows the total number Of antes registered was 11.149, as com pared with 6686 the previous year, and the total receipts were $10,829. aa com- pairen wun $3.Z76A0 for 1921. '. in Aiay tae camp ground - was en larged from 12 to 24 acres. This more than doubled the capacity aa there are now accommodations for 1500 machines at one tune. J. A. McKACHERjr, Pres. v C. &. MeUOlfAU), Manager Th e kGilpin Construction Company WORCESTER BUILDING ' Portland, Oregon - FOURTEENTH Astoria, BSIDOES W HASTES SOCXS -11.- VI1 : : ' -1 coast When the rrotmda were enlarged the city park bureau also Installed more kitchenettes. Utundrir facilities -and in augurated the distribution of hot water. A concession was mm let ror me ope ration '.of, a store for provisions . and accessories in' the eamp grounds. Angosturas the month of the largest receipts, las well aa the largest num ber of dates, the - receipt for that month being $1,016.50 and the number or macmnes oeinaj AUGUST MX9 - MOUTH The record of registrations for the seven months of the camp's activities Shows: :' - -r-'-v-- . i- -;!'. "i,y" :: Triot to May X ltn." 169 eats, ill persons; May. 480 can, 1328 persons; June 1645 cars, 5181 persons I July, 3012 ears, 9S3T persona; August, 3046 ears. 9641 persons ; September, 1766 ears, 5346 persons; October. 800 ears. 2460 persona ; November 251 ears, 77$ persona. The receipts by months ran aa fol lows: Prior to May ly $37.50: May. $587.50; June, $1691.50: July. $2921.60; Auguet. $2961.50; September... $157$; October, $803.50 ;. November. $1$. : The largest number of autos cams from 2he state of Washington, -. these totaling 1427. Next - came California, with J65V cara, and third was Oregon, with 851 cars. . -'.The Test territory from' which visi tors to the Portland asto camp were gathered is shown by the following registrations: r - . - eilvrnrTlee-Pres. x, H.A.DICX, Seey. STREET DOCK Oregon rai-BRirnro 8TEXL C0H8TXVCTI0V 0w- Alabama, 8; Arisona, 4$; Arkansas, 15 ; California, 2651 ; Colorado, 219 ; ConnecUcutt. 12 : Te aware. 1 j XHstrlct of Columbia. 7 : Florida, Oeorgia, 3 ; laa&o, czt; Illinois, zzo; Indiana. 90; Iowa. 160; Kansaa. 123; Kentucky. 11; lowlaiana. 7; Maine. 8 : Maryland. 1; Massachusetts. 27 : Michigan 146 ; Min nesota, 306 ; lussisalppl. T ; Missouri, 129; Montana. 413 ; Nebraska. 163 ; Nevada, 23; New Hampshire, 2: New Jrsey. 29 ; New Mexico, 10 ; New Tors. 69 : North. Carolina, 6 ; North Xakota, 75 ; Ohio. ITS ; Oklahoma, 106 ; Oregon. Dougan & Clirisiiiaii .';,;-G.e net ai ;: r ' :, : ! : Gontractors PORTLAND SEATTLE BroaJvau. Looking South from Cllsan Street Tiro-inch Warrenlle- DiUilithle on Six-inch Hydraulic Concrete Base, r Pavement Constructed "in 1913." Photo Taken November. 1922. Conservative- Estimates ; Based on Multnomah County Traffic Records Place the Tonnage Past, mg Over This Pavement ai Exceeding 1 0.000 J0Q0 Tens Yearip. . The Industry fof WaircnittBitiiIithic Employs Oregon Families . We have operated In Portland for over twelve years, a thoroughly equipped laboratory, located at East Salmon and water streets, where from fifty to one hundred samples are tested daily from all parts of the Northwest: and from which as a center a corps of inspectors and engineers, whose families live in Portland, travel ever the Northwest as far east as North Dakota and as far south as Arisona. The volume of businees done outside the state during the past ten yeare has exceeded $3,000,000 annually. . . . Over two hundred men who live In Portland are sent our during the' working season and their earnings retnrn here to support their families. Much of the materials used originate In this section and thousands of tons pass over the docks in this city. We maintain a - complete shop in Portland. It is erected on our " own property, where we manufacture- and repair our equipment and upwards of fifty men are employed. All of our bonds la payment for work and collections pass through Portland banks. & 13. 851 ; Pennsylvania, 79 ; Rhode Island, ! $ ; South Carolina, 2 ; South Dakota, 121 ;; Tennessee, 4 : Texas, ,10$. ;Ttah. 85; Vermont, 1; Virginia. 6; Wash ington, 3427; West. Virginia. $; Wis consin. 114 : ' Wyoming. 129; Alaska. 4 ; Hawaii. 2; PhUlpplne Islands. 2 ; Al berta, Canada. 100; British Columbia, 242 ; Manitoba, Canada. $ ; ; Ontario, Canada. 3 ; Quebec, Canada, 1 ; Sas katchewan, Canada. 24 ; Panama Canal Zone.'. 2 ; China- 2 ; Honduras. Central America, 1 ; Mexico. 2; New Zealand, 1: Norway. 1. . n - . t - 3 y0i Pm V