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TWENTY-TWO
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1926.
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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.
I This year the couuty under the
I Market Koad system graded two
miles, graded aud suriaced five
miles; rcsarmcett-1 mrlea,- paved
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