THE OREGON f SUNDAY JOURNAL : PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. : APRIL 9.. 1916,;
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COMPLAINT-TAKEN TO
MEAN CEMENT PEOPLE
VILL RGHT GUARANTY
Letter to Roadmaster Says
Road Roller Used on St.
Helens Road Too Heavy, .
PARTIALITY IS CHARGED
Statement XquaX Trntrntat Aecotdtd,
Zowmt, xrot Borne Out by fh
Tacts In the cut.
Wat. is regarded as a preliminary
t step by the guarantors of the cement
' concrete pavement on the Mnnton road
" to get out from under their 10 year
, maintenar.ee guarantee, Ja the receipt
. by Roadmaster Yeon of the following
; Utter from J. C. JSden of Seattle, pres
- tdent of the Superior Portland Cement
M company.
,1 am (tending photographs taken
.' on the Llnnton road showing: the abuse
ot the concrete pavement laid under
the guarantee of Mr. Coates and my
self. We desire at this time to enter
' a protest againrft the countv nerrnit-
. ting the pavement to be used In this
. way and to serve notice that we will
, not undertake to make any. repairs on
- account of damage done by the roller
shown in the pictures. In 'the first
, !lace, there is absolutely no necessity
- for rolling the shoulders with a ma
t chine of the sise being- used, neither
Is there the slightest necessity for any
.- part of the wheels coming in contact
. with the edge of the pavement.' In
- view of the fact that the shoulders
Have onlv. been rolled alongside the
. concrete, brick and wood block, sections
u it would appear as though the work
' was being done in the manner it is In
. order to purposely break up the con-
-crete slab and in the case of the
wood blocks to break down the curb
ing. In order to discredit those types
or pavement. I -am very much sur
prised that the county officials would
permit anything of this kind to be
done.
The photographs alluded to in Mr.
, .Eklen's letter are views of the county"s
road roller in operation along the edge
of the pavement. In stating that the
V shoulders are only, being rolled along
the concrete, brick and wood block
sections, Mr,.Kden seems to have been
misinformed, as an inspection of the
work shows that those along the bit-
, ulithic section are also beine rolled.
The record shows also fhat the
breaks In the pavement were in ex-'
istence long before the county began
the work of dressing up the shoulders.
They were due to the impact of the
heavy traffic on the road and the poor
sub base,
There have been breaks in the bltu
lithic section, but theyvhave all been
repaired by the contractor without
protest.
Eoads NotjBuiltf '
For Temporary Use
Roads are not Built for temporary
use,, or for a single generation,, says
Highway (Commissioner Allen, of Wash
ington. If they, are rightly built and
properly maintained, addsfhe, they will
last forever. 1 V
"The first thing to betaken Into con
sideration," said the commissioner,
"when a road is to be built. Is how and
where It Is to be located. If you are
going to attempt to please every per-
ENJOYS DRIVING BIG GAR
Figure Eight Will
, Be Paved at Once
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"Stretch Between Crows Point and
toarell Was tsft aat Tsar so
Couia Settle Hot.
; The work of paving the figure eight
section of the Columbia river high
58 Way with brick will be undertaken in
a few days. This section lies between
Crown Point and Latourell and was
'not paved last season, for the reason
' that the grade had not sufficiently
- settled. The contract was let to
Boyajohn Arnold company.
- It was the original intention to
make the pavement only 18 feet in
width, but owing to the many curves
it has been decided to make it 24 feet
"?,in order to eliminate the possibility
of accident.
It is expected to have the work
finished by the middle of next month.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
COSTLY AS PREVIOUS
TO ITS CONSOLIDATION
Withycombe's Prediction of a
Saving by Joining It With
Engineer's Office Fails.
SAVING COULD BE MADE
Elimination of Castlse Would Help,
Bat TWi ZmposslbU for Political
Beasons.
It will be recalled that the princi
pal argument used by Governor
i Wlthycombe 5n advocating the con
solidation of the state highway de
partment with the office . of state
engineer was that a great saving
could be made in administration ex
I pense. ( ,
The consolidation was made by the
legislature, but the results have not
Justified Governor Wlthycombe's as
sertion. The department is now costing the
taxpayers fully as much as it did
when Independent, despite the fact
that the volume of work is not so
great now as It was then.
In (February, 1915, under the Bowl
by administration the office payroll
of the department was approximately
$1200.
For July. . after the consolidation
' had been made and Knglneer Can tine
been 4ut Jn charge, the payroll was,
according to the annual report of Mr.
Canfine, tl239.5S, The September roll
was 11571.27. In October. 11S74.C7
was callejl for. The amount paid out
In November was 11474.74.
- Wo MaUrlal Saving Effected.
In January the supreme court de
cided that State Engineer Lewis was
the y head of thfc department. - Under
his administration the payroll for
February called for $2307.52. It should
be explained however, that a number
of field men were included, and that
this, roll cannot be fairly used for
comparative purposes. 'Eliminating
the field force the cost of the admin
istrative office is about the: same as
under the Bowlby regime.
.. It will be seen that thus far no
ma tarjat saving in the conduct of tin
off Ice- has been made. - -
At small reduction in cost was made
by Engineer kewis when he,, took
charge in January last by. a reorgan
isation of the bridge department,
i Political Reasons Zafluenee.
' Engl peer Iwis has suggested to
the-state highway commission that a
considerable reduction of expense can
be brought about by the discharge of
Chief ;.Deputy Cantine, whose salary
is $1 jo per month, but it is . under
stood "that for political reasons both
Governor .Wlthycombe and . Treasurer
Kay fare not inclined to agree 'with
the state engineer. - -
Not only does State Knglneer Lewis
say that the wprk of the of fice does
not justify : the retention ; of . a chief
deputy, but he also Intimates that
Deputy Cani tie is insubordinate and
not conducive to harmony in the de
partmfnt. ...
. Thai there had been friction between
the state enginer and the chief deputy
ls weH known.
The-- situation places Governor
Withycombe In a peculiar positiom
He is now made to appear in opposi
tion to an "economy of. administration
which, he proclaimed would be ef
fected when the state highway de
partment was consolidated with the
office of the state engineer.
TAYLOR BILL IS ONLY : -CHANCE
AT PRESENT
FOR MT. HOOD ROAD
Wash i ngton Advices Indicate
No . Prospect Congress Will
i Appropriate. Money,
TIMBER INCOME IS BASIS
Certain Per cent of Bevenne AvaUable
for Const ruction In Beserves If
Act Becomes Xw.
Advices from Washington indicate
that Bere is no prospect that con
gress wilt make a direct appropriation
for- the construction of the Mt.- Hoed
foop road, as provided for In a: bill
introduced by Representative McAr
thur asking for an appropriation of
$200,000 f or ' thia purpose. .
The - only encouragement for gov
ernment aid for this road is found in
the bill introduced by Representative
Taylor of Colorado , providing for the
advancement - of money; on timber in
the forest - reserves. .
The Taylor bill has been Indorsed
by the United States forest service
and is regarded as "a department
measure. -.-.j--.-.-
It has also been Indorsed by i the
Portland Chamber of Commerce . and
nearly every other commercial organ
ization in the state to which it baa
been submitted. Similar action. . has
been taken In other states having for
est reserves. ' It would seem, there-
small amount of public pressure on
members of congress to enact the bill
into .a law.,; ; :':- r,:; ; f v, 77, , -Agreement
Must Be Cooperative.
.According to the text of the bill the
sum of $1,000,000 is to be appropriated
annually out of the,, national treasury
for a term of 10 years, making 110.
000 000 altogether. ,
' The money Is to be expended under
the supervision of the secretary, of
agriculture upon the request of the
proper state and county officials for
the. survey, construction and mainten
ance of roads and trails within or
only partly;, within the national for
ests.: : :;.''.-..
It is provided however, that the
state or county shall enter into a co
operative agreement" with "the depart
ment of agriculture. A further pro
vision is that the aggregate expendi
tures In any state or county rhall net
exceed 10 per cent of the value of thf
timber and forage Resources which are
or will be available for income upon
the national forest lands within the
respective county or counties where
in the roads or trails will be con
structed, ---if: i ,
" M. Hood Boad Seads XJst.
- Fifteen 'per -cent' of the 25 per cent
forest Income which comes to : the
county under the existing law is to be
retained until the United States treas
ury has been reimbursed for money
advanced. In road and trail construc
tlon. . ':.-,-;..,- ....-'7 -
Should the Taylor bill become a law
it is quite probable that the first work
undertaken by tb,e department of agrl.
culture would be the Mt Hood road.
So far as known it is at. the . head
of the list of pending projects, having
been surveyed and located. 'All esti
mates of cost have also been prepared
and as. soon as money la available
construction can begin.
; Furthermore the forest service , is
very anxious to demonstrate what it
can do in making popular the forests
as recreation grounds for the pubilo.
3Iiss Norma Redman takes great pleasure in driving a Chalmers Six.
son whoi is to be affected by the pro
posed highway, you are going to have
a mighty difficult time of it. Here is
the Idea;
"A road has to be laid out for the
best interests of all, and the future
must be' taken into consideration-. If
the best1 place to build that road is 20
feet in front of a man's property, the
road ought to be built there; and If it
needs the strip of land where that
man's house stands, it will have to run
through sthe man's house.
"Where right of way cannot be got
ten through friendly settlement, then
condemnation should follow. But
since I have been connected with the
department, there has been but little
trouble In obtaining right of way and
the rights of way that, were wanted.
Location is all important."
Nez Perce Finds Use
Of i Drags Effective
The use of road drags has been found
f great benefit, In the maintenance of
roads in Nes Perce county. Idaho.
The best results are obtained in theJ
early spring, while the ground is wet
and workable. Following the storms,
the oili is In the most favorable con
dition, and by being moved toward the
center in thin layers, it is rollca into
place by the . wheels of vehicles and
hoofs of horses, , and hammered until
a wearing surface that is practically
waterproof Is provided.
GOOD ROADS NEWS NOTES
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
r.our Bridges Planned. Four bridges fall. The county court had been pe-
are to be constructed before the As
toria-Tillamook road is open to sum
mer travel.
tltioned to call a special election on
the question of a $700,000 bond issue
for road improvement
Independence Bay Bet for Openiaft. otiusx 10 iinwayA
Plans are being made by good roads i survey is Demg made ror a road be
boosters of Astoria, Warrenton and 'tween Scottsburg and Reedsport, in
Seaside to celebrate July 4 the formal j Iouglas county. The road when built
opening of the four and one-half sec-; wlll connect the beach at Winchester
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tlons of hard surface road between
Columbia beach and West station.
Work to Start Soon. Work will
start in the near futtlre on the open
ing of the. Columbia river highway
between Astoria and Knappa. Whether
the road will be opened for a further
distance depends largely upon action
taken by Columbia county.
To Improve XcKensle Hoad. The
county commissioners of Lane county
have planned this year's workon the
McKenxle pass road. The proposed
Improvement includes the elimination
of a bad hill between Foley Springs
and McKenzle bridge, and quite a lot
of heavy work in the neighborhood of
Blue river.
Direct Tax Is Pavored. At a meet
ing of about 25 taxpayers, members of
the old Umatilla County Good Roads
association, a resolution favoring a di
rect millage tax for road improvement
Instead of a bond Issue, was passed.
Kust Walt General Election. Ac
cording to an opinion given by County
Attorney Severs of Lane county a
bond Issue cannot be voted on at the
May primary election, but must ba
considered at the general election this
bay, Reedsport and Gardiner -directly
with Scottsburg. giving a straight out
let from the coast to the Pacific high
way at Drain, without having to travel
20 miles of the distance by boat.
When the road Is opened to travel it
is the plan of Lakeside and Coos Bay
residents to build a road from the
bay to connect with it. This will
give Coos Bay connecction with the
Pacific highway.
Independence Is Disappointed. Ac
cording to the Polk County Observer
the $3009 appropriation from the state
highway fund for Polk county is to be
expended on the road from Dallas to i
Salem instead of the Salem-Independence
road, as has been generally
understood. The change is a disap
pointment to the people ' of Inde
pendence. Will Start Surrey Keart Week. The
survey - of the ' Medford-Crater Lake
highway will begin next week with a
crew of 12 men under Engineer J. W.
Ball of the' United States office of
public roads. The work wlll probably
cover a period of five months. In all
probability the route will follow the
course of the Rogue river as nearly
as possible.
Candidate Opposes
Comprehensive Road
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Pendleton Man Declares la Platform Ha
Will Devote Energies, If Elected, to
Oettlxur Better Kesnlts for Outlay.
K. W. Ritner, of Pendleton, who ls a
candidate for election to the leglsla
ture, has announced himself in favor of
the abolishment of the road supervisor
system. "If I should be elected." says
he, "I will devote all my energies to
ward securing a revision of the Oregon
road laws, with the view of changing
the present Inefficient and- extrava
gant system under which we are now
working, and nnder which the county
received less -than 60 cents of value for
every Si spent. I believe that, if any
permanent road work is done,' the coun
ty court should have the authority to
place all such work in the hands ot a
competent road engineer; and that all
work should be done 'under his direc
tion, rather than "to have each separate
road supervisor handle the work In his
respective district. At present Umatil
la county has over 40 road supervisors,
each working independently of the
other. Consequently, we have 40 dif
ferent methods of building roads.
Automobile Club Has
A Successful Season
Reports Rendered at Annnal Meeting,
Beyiew Activities of the Fast Tear
Financial Condition Is So and.
' : That Portland has "now one of the
most successful , organizations of mo
tor owners in the Portland Automobile
club, was ef f ectively brought out in
the review of the last year, made by
President Overmire at the club's an
nual meeting, Wednesday night. -
-The. club's activities have grown in
number from-year to year and a re
capitulation showed,, briefly that In
the following things the organisation
has had a successful part:
In the' tourist rush of 191S the or
ganization ' came to the - front in the
matter of - giving the visitors all the
touring information that was asked
for. Also for the benefit of visitors
to i- the : Columbia river highway the
clubhouse and grounds were kept open
to the tourists who could step in for
refreshments and rest. : ,
The club also has been hacking with
Its moral and physical support, the
trafflo ordinances and the safety first
commission ami again : pledged itself
to continue thia work. . ,
7Mr7 Overmire also brought out the i
fact that the club stands .ready to help I
the Oregon National Guard in the mat-1
ter of a motor auxiliary.
Supervisor Systeny Plan Is Set Forth
Deputy State Engineer Reports Sevan
of Sis Investigations In Coos County
Made During past Pew Weeks.
A comprehensive plan for the im
provement of the highways of Coos
county has been set forth In a report
made by, E. I. Cantine. chief deputy
state engineer. The report was made
under the direction of J. II. Lewis, the
state engineer, under instructions of
the Oregon state, highway commission,
in compliance with a request made by
the Coos county court and the Coos
County Good Roads association.
Mr. Cantine recommends that there
be mad a through trunk road from
the Douglas county line on the north,
South through Lakeside.! on Tenmile
lakes, to Coos Bay, and from the latter
place to Coquille and Bswidon, and
south to the Curry county line, and
from Coquille .south to Myrtle Point,
and from there east along the middle
fork of the Coquille river, leading
again to the Douglas county line by
way of Camas valley, and to connect
with the Pacific highway at Dil lards
or Greens.
Englneer'Cantine states that the out
let toward the north would te an im
portant one, and would be a route from
Coos county to the Willamette valley
by way of the Umpquas river and Elk
Creek, to Drain, a water grade line,
connecting the Pacific highway and
coast road. The road to the north is
only partially opened, and. If built,
would be a new outlet. The road to
Curry county also now exists, but it is
recommended that this. like other
roads now in use, be. improved. ,
Coos county has been expending ,
$200,000 a year for some years past on !
road work in all parts of the oounty.
It was urged by the good roads asso
ciation that some general plan be
sought and followed so the money could
be spent to the best possible advan
tage. It will now be up to the county
court and the Good Roads association
to take some action on the report which
has been submitted by Engineer Can
tine. . , ' "
working this out are now under way
and a . demonstration of it will be
staged soon. v7, " :r' ' -.7 "
The financial report of the" club
showed a decidedly healthier tone than
the one of a year ao.' The clnb de
cided some time ago to dispense with
a steward at the clubhouse, and turned
toe aomtionai'iworfcoveritoSGeormi
Chambers, the managing secretary. :
: A net gain on the grille of the club
amounting to SS04 was reoortftd
Plans for last year's report showed a loss of $900.
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