Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader., March 26, 1920, Image 4

FACTS CONCERNING THE ROAD
lands by building good ronda with nil possible
haste.
Lane county must get ready to attract anil
welcome this new influx and activity or drop
out o f the procession.
1—
Benefits o f good roads.
Wo must build mod or* roads for the use and
2— Roods in Lane county th.it should bo con
benefit o f the people now here, as well us for
st rue tod a# soon as possible, and »h v .
the future development of the seuuty.
3— Cost o f boildiug these roads.
It will take large sums o f money, mol there
4—
Where will the money come from t
is no wav to avoid it, except hv not building
5—
Begular tax uithiu 0 per cent limitation, tho roads. W HICH Nil A L L IT BEt
ti—Special direct tax.
7— Bonds, how and why.
3 Cost o f Building These Roads.
8—
High taxes reduced.
The following is a list o f the roads proposed
ami the estimated cost o f building them:
1— Benefits of Good Koads
A moil lit Miles
Modern roads that can bo used every day in
1— Pacific highway west through
«0
the year are a necessity in the development of
Ferguson ................ ............ . $ ',000
our country district*.
*2 Pacific highway to lllachly
via Hear creek..................... 34.000 17.0
Modern roads for motor traffic are the indi­
3—
Klmira road to llar|H>le school
vidual transportation system o f the age.
house via Al\ adore............ . 50.000 10.0
A road that can be used only six months o f
4— From Alv adore
road
to
tho year may l«' likened to a railroad that op­
2.0
Franklin
______ _________ _ 10,000
erates only part of the veiir— they lose more
5—
Crow north to county line,
than hulf their value as a means o f transpor­
territorial roud. _______ ____ 170,000 22.0
tation.
tl— Flmiru through Noti to second
i'oor country roads cost the producers nearly
0.0
crossing of Elk creek ... ..... 43,000
twice as much to haul their products to market
7— Eugene to Gillespie corner via
as do good roads, and can not be used at all
Hadley villa
118,000 17.5
during that part of the year when market
S— Eugene to south line o f county
prices are generally best, compelling the pro­
via ls»rnne.............. ............... 100,000 20.5
ducers to haul their products during the busy-
9— Cottage Grove to l-orane........ 01,500 1(1.5
fall season when markets are cougcetcd and
10—
Cottage Grove to fork of
prices are generally lowest.
Const fork............................ 70.000 10.0
Farm land back from any rood at all. is of
11— Cottage drove to Disston...... 70.000 17.0
little value. latnds on u dirt road are latter,
12—
From Creswell east ami north
but still low in value. Farms on a good gravel
to intersect Goshen Lowell
or macadam road are worth much more than
3.0
10,000
other farms, both to the tiller o f the soil and
84,000 12 o
13—
Ooshen to Israeli............. ..........................................
in market values.
7.0
14—
Israeli to reserve________ 105.000
15—
Springfield to Lowell viu N a
What makes River road laud values high!
trim, Jasper aud Fall creek 25,000 10.0
GOOD ROADS.
16—
McKenzie
river
highway,
What makes laud on macadam rbads in the
50,000 35.0
Thurston to Blue river..........
WilUikenzie valley high in selling and tax val­
Hi,IKK} 13.5
17— Hayden bridge to W'oudliiig
ue 1 GOOD HOADS.
IS— llnyden bridge to intersect
Tear up these roads and the rental and sell­
McKenzie highway west to
ing values will immediately drop nearly one-
30,000
4.0
W altervill«
half.
19— Armitage to Linn county line
I f good roads affect these lands so much,
9.0
via Coburg and River road.... 54.000
what effect will good macadam muds have on
3.5
2<t— Junction City to Harrisburg .. 21.000
the 500,000 acres lying within one mile on
21— Eugene to Junction City via
either side of the proposed roads to be built
Irving ................ .......... ....... 7 7 ,000 11.0
under this program as laid out f
*22— l.orane to Wildcat creek...... 25.800 30.0
The producers of Oregon are paying over
*23— Wildcat to Cushman.... ......... 25,000 30.0
$5,000,900 per year in extra cost o f hauling
24— Glcntida to south line of
7.0
their products to market, more than it would
M a t } via Ada
.............. 49,000
cost i f the roads were good.
*25— Florence to north county line 30,500 203»
232,500 30.0
2*5— Florence to Pacific highwny
An enormous penalty for Oregon farmers to
(State and government share
pay for poor roads.
1943,500)
This would pay fiv e per cent oil One Hun­
27— Military
road, Reserve to
dred Million Dollars, und One Hundred Million
S u m m it_________________ ___ 151,500 47.0
Dollars would build them all a good road.
(State and government share
I-ane county pays its full share of this annual
♦ 431,500)
penalty.
Is it not time to stop paying this annual
Totals_________________________ $2,000,000 473.5
peualty and build good roads, even if we have
•These roads, Nos. 2, 22, 23 and 25, rnn only
to borrow the money to do i t f
be opened up, permanently located and the
Tho roads proposed (see map) will open up
worst places improved so they may be used.
- -ed f thon
for intensive cultivation several ‘ - hundred
The suras provided will not finish these four
sand acres of the finest fruit and farm land
roads.
in the northwest.
The Road Bonds
GOOD ROADS, GOOD SENSE; (
One hundred thousand acres o f fruit land
will produce an annual crop worth from twenty
to fift y million dollars.
Fruit must have good roads to reach tho
market in good condition.
The income derived from this source would
benefit all the people— producer, merchant, doc­
tor, lawyer, etc.
Good roads opening up these thousands of
acres will attract thousands o f people.
New houses, new barns, new herds, and mil­
lions of dollars' worth o f taxable property will
spring into existence and find their way onto
the tux rolls.
2— Roads In Lane County That Should Be Con­
structed as Soon as Possible, and Why.
The county .road building department, upon
request, presented the committee o f thirty-
eight a complete and comprehensively connected
county road system.
I f these two officers (county engineer and
county road master) are not qualified to map
out a road program for the coutity, who can
speak with authority!
It is true that this program does not pretend
to cover all the roads o f Lane county, and no
doubt some important roads are not included;
however,
mu.-t remeinlier that with all the
roads taken care of on the road .program by a
bond isspe, mueh tax money heretofore expend­
ed on these same roads would be released for
expenditure on rouds not included in the road
bond program.
We feel safe in saying that this road pro­
gram is probably the best that any set o f men
representing every part of the county and every
industry in it would agree on, and it was adopt­
ed and recommended by the committee o f
thirty-eight and the annual taxpayers’ meeting,
which is good evidence that it is the best we
can agree upon.
I f we had raised the money and built these
roads three or four years ago we would now
have the use of them and would probably have
several thousand more people in the county
and a taxable value several million dollars more
than we now have.
A ll observers seem to ngree that Oregon is on
the verge of a large influx wf new people from
the east and middle west, and that a wonderful
industrial activity is due.
Other counties are planning to develop their
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These estimates ns made by the county en­
gineer and county road master are based on the
cost to the county for building similar roads
in 1919, with 20 jior cent added as a factor of
safety.
"GOOD RQAD5, GOOD 5E>hfSE, C
4— Where W ill the Money Come From?
There aro three ways o f securing money to
bnild roads:
a— Our present system with six per cent in­
crease each year over the preceding year, lim­
ited by the state constitution.
b— By direct tax, or voting a special levy
over the whole county each year, to be collected
and used the year following.
c— By borrowing money (bonding the county)
and paying it back while we use the roads it
builds.
5— Regular Tax With Six Per Cent Limitation.
Under our present system, for 1920 we
can raise for roads..... ........................ $107,500
Market road tax from the county........
35,(33)
Market road tax from tin- state..........— 35,000
To Whom It
Some people have made the statement that the money to he provided l>\ the I
desire to say that the estimates of cost of building these roads of the type s|
1ÍJ1ÍJ , with twenty per cent added as a factor of safety. We believe that the
Speei lied in the bond issues:
1— From Pneific Highway west through Ferguson:
$237,500
O f this amount $105,000 must be used to pay
o ff warrants, maintain and build bridges for
road district purposes mid maintenance of pres­
ent roads, leaving only $72,500 available for
new road work, and of this amount, $70,000 is
market road money provided by the last legis­
lature, one half of which is contributed by the
state.
With a crying need for the construction of
about 300 miles of main county roads, estimated
to cost around $1,500.(33), it will take over 20
years to build these roads alone, without build­
ing any other roads outside of these 300 miles.
Whu) will become o f the roads of lesecr im
portanceT
There is only one nnswef, and that is, we can
not build them, but must continue to travel
them without much improvement, just as we
have done for the past 20 years.
DO WE W IHII TO DO T H IH f
6-- Special Direct Tax.
Under the direct tax method, the levy could
be raised from CtVj mills, as at present, to 10
mills for road purposes alone, but this sum
H Eugene to south line o f County via Lorane:
Amount allotted $27,0(3), distance of 5 miles, width of
grade 30 feet, 3 miles of 12 foot surface, 3 miles of 10
foot surface. Gravel inarinliun.
Amount a Hot bed $1(91,0(31, distance o f 1*15 miles. » ulti
o f grulle 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed rock m n udum
None o f this money iillottcd for distance bet ween Loras*
amt county line.
2— From Pacific Highway to Blachly viu Bear Creek:
Amount allotted $34,0(31, distance of 17 miles, 4 miles
width o f grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface; 3 miles width of
grade 30 fi>et, 10 foot surface; and 10 miles over High
Pass; no funds provided in bond issue. Crushed rock or
gravel macadam.
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Amount iillottcd $94,5*3), distimie o f III 5 miles, width "I
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed rock macadam.
10 ■ Cottage Grove to forks of Coast Fork:
Amount allotted $7*1,00(1, distaine o f 1*1 miles, width "I
grade 30 feet, 12 foot siirfnre. Crushed rock iMiudiim
This amount is expected to build road Slid type to l.»n
• Ion Springs. .Surplus, if any, tn be used on extension.
3— From Elmira road to llarpole school house:
Amount allotted $50,000, distance of 10 miles, width of
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Gravel muendnm.
II
4— From Alvadore road to Franklin:
Amount allotted $10,13)0, distance of 2 miles, width of
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Gravel macadam.
5
0— Elmira through Noti' to second crossing of Elk creek:
12 From Creswell east nml south via Cloverdule, to Const
Fork bridge on Lowell road:
Amount allotted $43,000, distance of (> miles, width of
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed rock mitrudnm.
Amount allotted $40,0*31, distance o f 3.(1 miles, width "f
grade .10 feet, 12 font surface. Gravel uiiicndnin
13
7— Eugene to Gillespie corner via Hiulleyville:
Amount allotted $113,000, distance of 17.5 miles, width of
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed rock maendam.
Cottage Grove to Disston:
Ariiiiiiilt allotted $70,000, distance of 17.0 miles, width "I
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed rock ntinuilnni.
The amount allotted is estimated to build to Sharp's
creek, the surplus, if any, to be used on extension O'
Disston.
From Crow north to county line, Territorial road:
Amount allotted $170,(3)0, distance of 22 miles, with of
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Gravel macadam.
Cottage Grove to Lorane:
Goshen to Lowell:
Amount allotted $34,otto, distance o f 12.0 miles, width " f
grade 30 feet, 12 foot surface. Crushed ruck inarmin'
These Arc; the Officers of the Association
President, Fred Fisk
• E. C. VanOresdell, Mabel
Secretary, M. B. Glass
Jos, Morris, Maplcton
Treasurer, L. I,. Goodrich,
Ralph Taylor. Seed
First Nat '1 Hank, Eugene
Marion Wheeler, Lake Creek
I). E. Voran, Eugene *
Vico • Presidents:
T. C, Wheeler, Cottage Grove Cal Young, Willakenzie
Elbert Bede, Cottage Grove
T. (J. Green, .Coburg
J. Vv. Bergman, Florence
W. C. Washburne Junction
P. P. Colgaard, Elmira
M. Warren, Spencer
F E. Taylor, Thurston
J. A. Holcomb, Alv adore
Forrest Miller Junction City Chester Noland. Creswell
E. J. Adams, Eugene
N. J. Bryant, Franklin
Charles Neal, Vida
Curtis Neet, Lowell
Wrn. Klussman, Irving
K. E. Morrison, Hpringfield
Clinton Hurd, Harrisburg
il. H. Earle, Blachly
C. R. Jones, Oakridgo
O. L. Dunlap. Junction City
O. E. Crow. Inorane
H. P. Markuson, Junction
E. C. Huffman. Crow Htago
Max Arp, Manta Clara
N. F. Macduff, Cascade Forest H. C. Wheeler, Pleasant U i 11
R. H. Hhclley, Hiusïuw Fores.1, Ê. W. Mathews, Goshen
J. L. Furnish, Ada
C M. Forth, lieeeta
II. M. Peterson, Minerva
E. L. Rapp, Noti
F. C. Drury, Blue River
W. M. Homers, Paris
J. V. ITeck, Vendu
Smith Taylor. McKenzie
Jas. Richardson, Crow Hinge
Walter Price, Marcóla
F. F. Cooper, Eugene
G. W. G riffin, Eugene
Committee:
E x c e i-utive
l
E. J. Adams, Engi ne
Cal M. Young, Willakenzie
fl. W. G riffin, Eugene
E. E. Morrison. Hpringfield
I». E. Yoran, Eugene
,
would not be available until the year following
tho year in which it was voted.
This would mean a tax o f $4.50 on each $1(310
o f taxable property for road purposes alone
higher than taxi's are at present and would
make taxes excessively burdensome while the
roads o f linne county are under construction,
and those sharing the benefits thereafter would
in no part bear their due proportion o f the
exjwinse.
I f the direct tux method should be adopted,
it would raise an additional $157,5(3), o f which
$110,250 must be distributed buck among the
several road districts and incorporated cities,
and would only lonve the sum o f $47,260 to be
put into the county rood building fund.
This system would reduce the 20 years it will
take to complete our proposed road program un
der the present system, to «boat 12 Jeers, pro
viib'il we vote this speeial tax every year for
12 years.
The money raised by the direct tux Method
could be used nuly as the law provides, which
is as follows:
“ Huid tax shall be paid in money and levied
and collectei| in the same manner as other conn
ty taxes are levied and colleeteil, and when so
collected shall be used, for road purposes only.
as M l I M "I
,
shall be apportioned
tricts, including distci'
ateil cities apd towns
smnunt o f tsxnble I1
shall bear to the wind'
erty in the county, »
cent shall be appl'P1'
in the county ns $»«•
sinners rourt may u"
27. Rond Isiws *uf <)rP*
Again, the direct •
trinili if program "■ rl
point and no ending P
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS PAID FOR BY THE LANE COUNTY GOOD R 1