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,THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. . PORTLAND,1 SUNPAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7, 1917. r rniiMTV pn&n Riincrr ; uuuni i uunii uuuulj. rjji :-'.-.! - ' " 'io permpavement: PROGRAM TO GO ON What Is to Be Done With ' County Roads Within City Limits Creates Question, .; ? - MORE PARK FACILITIES Addition! Use of Colombia Xlret sTie-away would Be Ka4 fey Dereli ; oplsf score mete Kacee. '. " '" " " ' ' , In making up the county road bud get for next year the board of county commissioner will-keep InV irtew the continuation of the hard surfacing program begun two year ago, Song of Pacific Northwest Sounds " In the Southland A. -definite mm will be set aside for paving. Among the roads to oe considered is the Eighty-second street road to Clackamas county, the Colum bia' slough road and the Base Line ex tension. - ' ' A question to be determined is the treatment to be accorded county roads within the city limits. At present there, is a gap between the paved street of the city and the paved road Of the county on a number of main roads, such as the Llnnton road. White House road, Canyon road. Base Line road Powell valley road and Foster road. : When the county bond issue was ordered two years ago the parts of these roads within the city boundary were included for the reason it was felt that the improvement should be mad Jy, the city instead of the county. ' A different phase to the question has been created by an act of the last legislature which makes all incor porated cities and towns separate road districts. Under this law Port land Is now road district No. 1. An other .feature of the law Is that 70 per cent of the money ratsajj By taxa tion in a road district must be spent within that district. If the law Is literally observed the commissioners will now have funds available for paving these roads Inside the city limits. . A practical difficulty, however, is. that along these , roads street grades have not been established. Should the county paye them the -work would probably be done o the present road bed which is not on the city grader. In the course of a few years the city might decide to improve the streets! This would involve the tearing up of the pavement at a consequent loss Highway Vaxking Facilities Provision will probably be made in next year's county road budget for enlarged parking facilities and camp ing grounds along the Columbia river highway. One of the first comments made by visitors to the highway Is on the, lack of sufficient parking room..' This is especially noticeable on Sundays and holidays. Owing to the want of room for picnic parties and campers the highway aa a place of healthful resort is not utilised as it could be and those who contributed to Its construction are not getting full return for their money. To popular, Ise tae' Columbia gorge there should be better facilities in the way of rest stations and parks. The United Stales forest service has established a camping ground at Eagle creek, but it Is Inadequate. There are a number of other locations between Kagle creek and Crown Point which could be fitted up in a similar man ,ner. )t has been KUggested that these . should be acquired by the public be fore they are bought up by private Individuals for summer homes 'and for .speculation purposes. With an appropriation of 150,000 or 160,000 Road master Teon estimates that several locations can be obtained and imi roved which will nrovide a valuable adjunct to the highway and make it. sttll more popular. One of these 'spots Is the body of land in ahleh the "figure eight" la located. ' 0 TMs tract contains about four acres iand on it stands the choicest body of timber on the highway. Ever since the highway was started it has been hoped that some rich man who wanted to hand his name down to posterity as a public spirited cttlsen would mi- Chase It and dedicate it to the public se at least,, ir not give It outright. Under the heading, "Hark to - Son of Paclflo - North weat.M there appears in a recent issue of the San Francisco Call the following: - - "There are some things' about which on cannot argue. .-' 4ft "And Herbert Cuthbert, execu tive secretary of the Pacific 4 Northwest Tourist association, representing Oregon,-Washing-.', ton .and British Columbia, said one of . those, things to a' Call - representative today. . ' ' :K - "Our people come tof'CaU-. f ornla by the thousand every winter,' he said, 'and spend thousands ' and thousands of dollars with you. Can't we"rea- Ht '. sonably and rightfully expect 'that you" will come Vto us in summer and give us back some of the money V ..-'- Of "Of course we can and we should, and undoubtedly we Shan after Cuthbert ha accom.-, In HIGHVAY COMMISSION II ADAMS ARGUES FOR IS TO HANDLE ABOUT VEST SIDE HIGHWAY 13,000,000 IN , 1918 ; BY WAY OF BALLSTON .: JTV ' '' ' ''.'' 1 ' ' .'' ' ' " Multnomah .Will : Not Share in Road. Commissioner Says the - Allotment, ; Leaving Kg Route He Favors Would Sum to Other Counties. Serve Larger Population. jthe. assessed, value of Polk county ies vi ostne route. The country along . this route, he adds, is devoted largely to fruit raising,- mach of which is Just coming into bearing. This' mean a greater need for good roads and more tonnag per aero for trans poEtatlonver : the roads than general or grain farming. The rdute, he as serts, is" for the most part fairly level. Between- Dallas and . the : Perrydale Junction there are only two heavy Revenues of f 1,200,000 Derived Trom This County Will Be Spent on Co. lumbia and Pactfio Klghways. plislTed his program , here California, "The Call man who talked to Cuthbert has never been in the Pacific Northwest at least not any farther north than Santa Rosa but after listening to Cuthbert for five minutes to day he Just begged for mercy or he could not go on with his work, but. would have to pack his grip and go to Oregon, "Washington and British Colum- bla right away, leaving his city editor in an awful lurch! ' "Why, folks, to. listen to Cuth- bert the Pacific Northwest is H what most of us pray for after we die. It is paradise and heaven and apple pfe a la mode itr and Los Angeles all combined. It is full of the biggest trees jjt and the biggest rivers and the biggest fish (and how they bite, oh, how they bite!) and the best looking ' women and ' the ilk most enterprising mn and the 4t finest climate and the best equipped railroads. 4t. "But why should we advertise the Paciric Northwest for Cuth? ift bert he is getting paid for do- ing it! Take our advice if you 41 want to learn "how to express yourself descriptively, how to ifc sound like a beautifully 11- lustrated folder, how to be a it combination Circe and Lorelei ift listen to Cuthbert. "His idea Is to get 100.000 tourists to tha Pacific North ifr west next summer, by rail and r automobile or airship for all Jie cares but come, oh. Call reader, come, whatever you do, and see for yourself how won derful the world is Just north of you. "So says Herbert Cuthberf ' ' it rfc nfr T T "T "V "I fT, "I" I' "I I X This hope, however, has not been real teed. Before - the . highway was built It could , have been .purchased for a few thousand dollars, but how U is understood that it is held at 140,000. or J50.000. ' At Wahkeen Park ' i At WahkeensT park, presented to the olty by S. Benson, there is large -tract between, the- railroad nd the river. This eould" be made avail able by the construction of an over head railroad crossing. In addition, the grounds could" be filled and leveled off by . pumping sand up from the be.d MONEY FOR BIG TRlMs HUGE TONNAGE. FORESEEN grades" which can' ba ' easily reduced. . Discussing the course of travel Commissioner Adams says through traffic ' originating at Independ ence and south of there goes to Portland by the way of Salem and Oregon City, by the way of "West Salem and Dayton and by the way of Riclrt-eall. Amity and Dayton. Travel originating at Salem and Quih of there goes to Port land by way of Wheatland 'ferry and Newberg, by "ta way .of Oregon City and by the way of West Salem and Dayton. ' , ' ' BaTM Klna acUes ot Turing '. The travel for Portland from Mon mouth. Dallas. Falls City and north of there goes by way of McMinnville, Amjty, Dayton and Newberg largely. Travel for the coast from Dallas, Independence, Salem and the south, which is large, goes by the way of Dallas. Ballston and 8heridan very largely.-' From these statements Mr.'' Adams draws' the conclusion that the BAll ston. route would accommodate- both the coast travel and the travel for Portland originating north and west of Independence. Another argument advanced ayihlra in favor of the Ballston route la that it would connect with the McMinnville Sheridan road near Eellvue, thtm sav ing nine miles of pavement - construction.:--v ? , ' iT - . Connection With KcBdiinvllle-eberL. dan Boad STear BaUvne Will Bar Sin BCUes of nnr, Mm Says.' Btandpolnt under the terms of the have available for next year's' construe- commission recommending that the tion a' fund approximating $3,000,000. 1 west side Pacific highway be located Of. this fund I2.000.000 win come Ircm between McMinnville and Dallas by a bond Issue, $220,000 from the quar- t . - itii . -iw . (d nnn f,,n, t-l way of Ballston with a stub road from license fees and $472,000 from the I wEauiuiviue 10 aiwiji rixgnway uom post road appropriation, half of which I missioner Adams says that the aues- is contributed by the federal govern- tlon should be treated from a local menu J state is taken as a basis of apportion- .Mv road oona law. ment 25 per cent, or $750,000, will .go I "If the road is to be a short line. to Eastern Oregon and 75 per cent, or I through or trunk road." he adds, "it $3,250,000 to western Oregon. Inas- snouid not be located on the llnes'we much as Multnomah county Is to re-1 have considered. It probably should ceive no state aid. the Western Ore-1 be built on a line north from Corvallis gon allotment will be divided among through Monmouth and Kickreall. Day. the coast and Willamette valley coun- ton and Newberg to Portland with stub ties. . I service to Independence, Dallas and iffnitnommJi Viti riT Unit J McMinnville. or through . Independence Forty per cent of the state road rev- west Baiemand tbence tbroutt enues is derived from Multnomah I county. Therefore, this county will iength of Sontea Usted pay Jnto the road fund $1,200,000. It The distance from Independence to is proposed to apply this to the two Portland by the several routes is as main trunk highways, Columbia river follows: Via Salem and Oregon City, highway and Pacific highway. On the 64 miles; via .West Salem, Dayton and Pacific highway, in Douglas, Josephine I Newberg, 60 miles; via Kickreall, and Jackson cpunties, it is planned to I Amity, McMinnville and Newberg, expend $450,000 and on the Columbia I 68.5 miles; via Dallas, Ballston, Mc river highway m Hood River and I Minnviue and Newberg, 74 miles. Wasco counties, the sum or $750,000. I As located by the legislature the Under this disposition or Multnomah l road is to run rrom the Multnomah county's contribution there can be no county lino through Washington criticism that counties removed from county and Yamhill county by way of the Columbia river highway are paying Hillsboro, Forest Grove, McMinnville for it. From The Dalles to- Astoria it I to Dallas, Monmouth and Independence will be built by the counties through I in Polk county. which it passes, assisted by Muitno- Conforming to this location .there man county. are. between McMinnville and Dallas Uttle Paving East of Cascades I three available routes as follows: Via For the Willamette valley and coast I Amity. McCoy and Kickreall with a counties .there will be available, after stub, to Dallas, distance 24 ft miles; deducting the Multnomah county con- via Amity and Perrydale to Dallas, tributlon, . $1,050,000 to be expended distance 23 miles; via Ballston to chiefly m hard surface This amount Dallas. . distance 25 miles. The Polk will provida v for approximately. 70 county court has agreed to take out miles of pavement, basing the calcula- some turns which will reduce the dis- tlon on a pavement 12 feet in -width. I tance to approximately 22 V4 miles.- With an allotment of only 7s0,000, 1 Ballston Sonta Favored H is evioeni law oui jiuw p&vtmeiu I Am it h. rnn. v. tiw..ii -.wu i181 the Cascades In- a 8tub to Dallas Commissioner Adams "u"tt iu wio l" -" I says he does not think that it would iMHwtBurtt . " comply with the spirit of th ,law -Tj: ' "V ''-y .'-''"v .''''''". ' ' " 4 " -'"'' ' . - X - C Five-Passe iigr Totuinff 715 roadstUr 9700 PORTLAND. Immediate Deliveries ost, road money. Oregon Roads Excel Neighboring Routes! of the river as was done at Multno mah falls. It is a well wooded place and fully supplied with water .from Wahkeenah creek. Room could be made here for the parking of hundreds of automobiles. Another location is Just east of Horsetail falls on a level spot between the bluff and the highway. On a little J further near Warrendale is another location which would make an excel lent park. Other places capable of de velopment are between McCord and . Under the terms of a law passed, oy van-ciyite ttm lsat lerlalatur lh rnnntv hna tha tW State a - - - power to conaemn iana ior parKg though it might in a technical or legal sense. If this route were to be adopted? he continues," "it would be better to build rrom McMinnville to Kickreall and then to Dallas and from Dallas to Salem and the Salem-Dallas road with Independence connecting Monmouth So Declares stay r. -ran. niyxe, wno i with the system at Independence, omit- Drove rrom Pooatello via nevadal "g tne road trom oalias to Monmouth and irortnem California, . I i,7 v ' ." ' - '-v- I The second route, by . way of Perrv. From Pocatello to Portland by way 1 dale, Mr. Adams dismisses with the of Nevada and Northern California, J observation that it will not serve the was the unusual route taken -by Kay I territory to the best advanta.ee be. F. Van Slyke and party. sides being hilly and costly to improve. Koad conditions of every, sort from Arguing- in favor of the Ballston the kind that requires three hours to j route. Commissioner Adams says that go 12 miles to paved stretches that! it runs through a more thickly settled invite unlimited speed were traversed 1 part of the territory to be served than ana tne eniira party were very mucn i euner or tne other routes. relieved to arrive-in Portland. - I Future Tonnas-a ramuii but. van oiyae nas oeen in .ousiness H. furth-,. fi. .v. v in Pocatello and came to Portland to locate here, where his parents reside. Before taking up settlement they went on a visit' to Seattle and expect to return in a snort time. In spite of all the criticism heard about the condition of .Oregon roads. pays the roads in decided comDll- ment by saying that the country well as operate them. Under this law roads are in much better shape than the county may take over from th ' those in the other states through city the Wahkeenah and Multnomah t which they traveled. 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Perry, secretary of the U-ood Roads committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. who says that labor and materials constitute the largest items in road work and therefore offer the greatest possibilities tn economy. in deciding upon the kind of road to build, he says that type should b selected for which the materials can be bought at least expense, delivered. and which will require the least labor in producing a finished road, always provided, however, that the material is suited to the kind and amount of traffic the -road will have to bear. Traffic Census Suggested A' trarnc census should first be taken, the probable increase of traffic after reconstruction of the road cal culated and then an estimate made of the probable- cost of maintenance of different types of road under such traffic for a period, of years from 10 to 20.. This maintenance cost, nlus interest, should be added to first cost1 of construction. This will determine ' which of several types will be mst economical. It Is false economy to choose a kind of road merely because it will cost less to build than a more durable road, ... One of the things that makes road building costly is the fact that it hi been the practice in many states to let contracts for many short pieces ct road, often for sections of less that mile. Such jobs are too small to warrant the use of equipment for do ing the work in the cheapest way. Iowa to Repair Roads -Linn county. Iowa,, which has been known as the -mudhole of the Lincoln ; highway and avoided by cross-country tourists, has-adopted a program for ,, the betterment of the highways by the expenditure of $276,000. 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