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1.1 TWENTY-TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1926. i i Highway System of Douglas County Roadmaster Frear give interesting information regarding marvelou system of road traversing all part of this section Progret ahown during tHe year 1925 Market road receive much money Reedsport highway notable achievement. (By F, C. FiW, Douglas County Uoad Master! .. Duugla county, no doubt rank nign auioug uie counue of. uie Slate 01 Oregon, In road aud bruiae, wnuu on slop to consid er mat tun couuiy with an are o( nearly buuu b-re miles; a pop ulauou ol i,uov, tut 4UVU ttuie 01 couuty roans; ia witw at state highway; ig wU ot lureai dvd ouuitul road, and Hue bridge. " a nule, ! road lor every zu inuaoi from Beedeport to Sootuborg, a distance of U mile. Tor uk la uider the supervision ol lb bu reau of public ruada and will be completed early next year. Tbia road when completed, will greatly benefit tbe western end of Douglas county which heretofore baa bad aq outlet except by rail or boat. In addition to tbia work FORTY DISTRICTS VOTE SPECIAL ROAD TAX TO RAISE $100,000 wearing suriaee at a eoat of jf,-; Bridges accuse the Bomb Lnipqua ling orer tbe Southern Iaelf ic ' year'a road work If the action of !" There la some doubt, how- i district In their special tax meet. lng the taxpayer considerable, pier, throughout with a 2 Inch by ! one-half mile of it ... i Hun.ev.it hi.h... fmm H.rd.m,.' .,i .n P.nifn, hi.h.' hi h. "n? ..0,1 fV? "t!"'l "" Um"mteU deck and asphalt pavement, aud constructed two new north; the Oakland overhead croks-i major project, of the coming the county call for bids on any section of road, as cost data Is kept on the hauling by these iruvk lor each Job, so that In call- ma' lur bids we practically know Paving of roads east and west I iT east from the end of tbe Doug-1 will provide tor at least another the slate highway commission com- of Roseburz. and continuation of : las street navemenL The funds are ; mu" 01 tna Pavement wmcu is pleled a three mile section of the the pavement between . GlendaleeIpected to continue the hard ur-;,,et ta w""n- facing east about a quarter of a Many other Important Improve ments are provided for by vartoua wuat any certain Job gnuuld cost, j market road standards. sue. me iuuqa tor tuis onuge and L'mpaua rivers. , : tracks and the Calapoola river, and road districts in voting special were raised t,y two speciar tax 0 26 d , . k 1 uul oae-half mil of concrete pave- j taxes meu the approval of the levies voted in hoad Wist, let No. e w ,3 ,bf, yea, .7,1.. ' "" " Winchester. county court In tbe examination of 9 aaiaiavoi, nuav K UUUO. IMfl ai,(,na , . I......-. ... t H-Va 17 tvT.l, brklKe a bum according to ttUlt) I t iTl 7n r-." J utnu and one bridge tor every CSTw tnhuriiliinil I The UmDoua National Forest Ser-I the proceedings. giving the direction to the nt I vice this year graded the North "he Dixonville-hdenbower dls- The county this year operated Tna Bound Prairie bridge at i tentlon to ee that these sign and : besides opening up several sections porttoe to be applied to pay- iwq rocg crushing slant of their " " " irms are maluulued. own. Th nna Uit nulh of Vnn.'"" "' ff. v niui sieei calla and tbe other Just west 0 1 Pn and 1M teet of approach. Thi Thla year DoukUui ( nt MUMt in t K MHlMpn nit nt that t - - - ' - - .i - " iU,rk. Rm fftlnal and that nnm- county re- ! coaIlty- erous special tax levies should lnhabitanta, ' 70 ner cent of our county roads are suiiaood with gravel and pass able at all times of the year for auto Ualtlo. The other 3u per cent ar (wing unproved by spec ial taxu and market road xuuus. W'u have Wilis of concrete pave sieut and 1-i mile of asphalt pave ment eo cQuuty roads. Neaiiy I s of the entire Pacific hlghnay, from the Calilornla state Uuu U) the Washington (late line, or to be exact, Jul wiles traverses (joucutt county from norm to south and 1 paved Its entire length. During the past year, tXiugla coun ty, alone has spent oa county roads and bridges uie sum of JieO.ouu. (ft Uu amount tbe greater part was spent fur road maintenance and bridge construction, as practi cally ail of the special taxea were voted Jur maintenance work. ', Tbe county Is divided into H road diairiota with road patrol men, rjicu patrolman ha a road graderi twq t'reauus and other woall .tools tor inalutaiulng and cuuslruoting roads. ' -in ii)ot oases the patrolman has cjiuitia of Uie, Oonsuucllon work in. bis dlsUicL In some cases where the grading Is heavy the tftuuty cither contract the work sup plied tcvea road districts with ex cellent crushed rock while the Drain plant supplied five districts. These districts had all voted spec- ; bridge was built troni one span of eclved an allotment of 75,0o0 from I In conclusion I would ay that j within a very few year have an I i ..... . . 'tl,u ITnllH U, IImmoi, nf bR. , TWtniln pnunlv. with ihft IUIlllniA - A the wliicniRr irnik. mil manna the United States Uureau of rub-i uougias county, witn me assistance excellent system of oermanent span from Uie Oakland bridge, over ! "c Mola to be applied In surfac- . of the bureau of public roads, the j roads, reaching into every section the Calapoola, and v. us constructed I lnk tne new Reedsport highway, state highway commission, the of the county. along tne same standards as the ever concerning the validity of this , tUga, lax. Tbo Melrose district Is provid ing ei,;ht mills for the extension of Uie puvement westward from the Soldiers llomq. A thU road U aiaiket road stale aid eaa ba cured although the anmu-U of aa- Forty DlttricU Vote Forty read districts In Dougfts county voted special road taxes this year, setting a new record and tpsurlug decided Improve ment In road condition for the kiium to ba itven ta a matter l upon wh'ch the state must act I The special road tax method of The Glendale district has al-' providing funds for road improve ready paved a portion of the road ' ment la growing more and suoie leading from the city to the high- - way and a special tax of 5 mills (Continued to page 23) ial taxes and cost data was kept ' Ueckiey bridge, and cost 12,600.( on the crushing and hauling which was all done by county crushers, trucks and equipment. After keep ing a careful check on the work It was found that rock had been de livered oa the road up to 10 and 13 mile from the plant at hot to exceed 13 60 per cubic yard. Last year IT road district out The tuud for this bridge were raised by a 10 mill special lax levy in Koad District No. bO and the Market Koad Fundi. Tbe Cotluy Creek bridge replace the old one which was washed out by last year flood and consists of a 31 foot A frame truss and IsO linear feet of approach. T his bridge of voted special taxes lor Uiej" bu'11 on county standard plans uialuiensnoa and costruciion ol their roads and bridge, As these taxe were collected in, each sec tion of the road was credited with 11 share of the tax and once each month the patrolman received a statement a to the exact amount or balance be had on any certain sec lion ol road within his district. This year 40 road district voted special taxea to be spent during l2g on construction and mainten ance of road. Tula is the larg est number of special taxe ever voted In the history of Douglas county In one year for road work, and will raise nearly tiUO.WO. This year the county built and re- and cost 14,066. In addition to the above work nearly all the steel and wooden truss bridge were paiuted. Tbe Oak street bridge, in Hose burg, was also repaired, aa last year' flood washed out the base ot one pier. This necessitated the placing of 60 yards ot concrete un der the center pier, as this pier was undermined to a depth ol feet. The bridge floor, which was prac tically all worn out, was replaced by a laminated i Inch by 4 Inch deck wilh asphalt mup coat. This year tbe new Market Iload law weut Into effect which will no doubt prove more satisfactory than Uie old law. Under the new law 13 main lateral roads have been designated and placed ou the mar ket road system looking forward paired over 76 bridge, as consider uc send la lis own tractor and able damage waa caused by the ex- nt fsrinea and anapea iremeur wet weatner of last win- .. .. .... i.n.u.r.mrv to muT-, ter. klanv bruises that were oh! to a ten year program. The desig ning 'lt county own and op-: and poorly constructed were waah-'oaUon of these maiaet road must emits' two of tuese'ouuiu. whicn'ed out. Mer and abutments uu- first be approved by the county consist ot a 30 M. K Uest tractor i dermined and In some case the ! court and also tne state highway irad su Adams leaning wneel grad- bank washed away Irom the end commission. After this system e'r equipped w"n a scaruyiug at-! of the bridges. Borne of the larger , ha been adopted, no road can be taciiuieut and 10 toot blade. '1 nese I bridges that were built this year added to or aropped from this list KTUUUig outfit are very efficient were the Beckluy bridge across wituout the approval of both the Lresuapiug old gravel road, that, the Umpqua river at fcikton. the' stale highway commission and the save become rutted or f uU ol cor-1 Hound Prairie bridge across the ! couuty court, ruiiuuou or la building new ; South lliupqua al Hound ITalrie, I Under this new system the plan and the Couev Creek brldae across ' I not only to build to a standard ILtach district hiring the outfit1 Coffey creek ou the Cauyonviile- j grade and alignment but to pro- j nw in i,.r dsv lur the same. Trail road. Aside Irom these brld- vide for the maintenance ol each i inch i turned back to Uie geuer-1 ge there were many small bridges section. al road IUUU mua vreauus a mun- wiuit isiujiui ,u .vuavH - - lug tujid to use care of tne main- v loot. The lleckley bridge con tffiisuce and depreciation on Ihe sUls of a 247 fool steel spas, a iractor aud grader. To county 1 110 foot steel span and 217 feet ot awns five large trucks and tour approach. This bridge waa built Cord trucks whlcb are hired out i from two of the discarded, spans la theiivariou road districts at a1 on the old highway bridge at Wlu ueumrnl rent sulilcleul to cover Chester. TheBe spans were dis costiia, opqraUon, repair and do- mantled, hauled to h'lkton, reln preclHlion. Tuese trucks are v- forced and redirected on concrete 'Ibis maintenance must j be provided and budgeted up to I Kuu per mile per year as tbu road requires, w hile under the new sys I tern perhaps not so much territory ' can be covered. The roads when I once built will be maintained. 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