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OREGON'S 1924 HGUWAY P
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A Brief Review That Sets Forth Plainly a Number of Facts
That All Our People Ought to Get Firmly Fixed in Their
MindsOur Methods of Paying for Our Paved High
ways More Equitable Than Those of Any Other State
in the Union
(The following appears as the
leading article in the March issue
of "Oregon Business." the official
publication of the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Duby
Is the chairman of the Oregon
State Highway Commission. Note
these words of Mr. Duby: "Our
road bonds are being paid from the
automobile license tax and the tax
On gasoline. These bonds
are ' approximately $38,000,000
and as the total bonded Indebted-'
ness of the state of Oregon is ap
proximately $60,000,000 it
does not leare a very great indebt
edness to be taken acre of by direct
tax." (The fact is,, if everything
works out according to program,
none of the Oregon state bonds
will ever hare to be paid for by
direct taxation. Ed.) Following
is the article: )
By Wm. Ihiby
It Is a source of considerable
pleasure' to the writer to briefly
reTiew the work contemplated by
the state highway commission for
1924, including some projects
which are already under construc
tion and others which it is planned
to place under contract in the near
future.
On the Pacific Highway, the
paving of its 345 miles of length
north and south is practically com
pleted, and the outstanding feature
of the year will be the construction
of, new bridges across the Willam
ette river at Harrisburg replacing
the present Inadequate ferry, and
the new bridge at Albany replacing
the present obsolete structure.
The Paving of the Monmouth
Benton county line section in Polk
county, now In progress, will be
completed in the current year, thus
opening up the West Side highway
through to Junction City and di
viding traffic which heretofore has
congested the east side route. Of
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interest also is the contemplated
paving between Albany, and Cor
vallis, thus linking the East and
West Side highways together.
On the Lower Columbia River
highway, the new bridge at Lewis
and Clark river between Astoria
and Seaside will be completed in
1924 as will the roadbed widening
between Astoria and Svensen.
On the Old uregon Trail, there
will be many mllrs of new crushed
rock resurfacing between The
Dalles and Pendleton, and at Perry
and Oro Dell in Union county, two
railroad grade crossings will be
eliminated by overhead structures.
Also, mention should be made of
the new interstate bridge across
the Snake river at Ontario.
The year 1924 will see a Tast
improvement in The Dalies-California
highway. All the: grading
bctwfen Dufur and Cow: canyon
In Wasco county is now under con
tract, and rock surfacing will fol
low' as soon as the grades have set
tled, so that in 1925 there will be
a completed highway from The
Dalles through Maupin to Bend.
A contract has also been let for
grading and rock surfacing from
Cow canyon to the Sherman coun
ty line. This will give an improv
ed highway from Bend through
Sherman county to the Columbia
river by the end of 1924.
Between Bend and Klamath
Falls, also, considerable progress
will be made. Grading and surfac
ing from Allen Ranch, 17 miles
south of Bend, to Lapine and the
grading and surfacing of a 20-mile
section between" Crescent and Sand
creek are on the proposed program.
Work on that great Inland high
way, the John Day highway, will
also show progress. The weak link
at present is the unimproved 17
mile gap between Gwendolen and
Olex north at Condon in Gilliam
county. Negotiations are under
way at the present time with the
county for cooperation on this unit
which will complete the John Day
Highway through to Austin in
Grant county. Between Austin
and Unity, approximately 20 miles,
a cooperative project for 1924 be
tween the state and the forest ser
vice has been agreed upon.
On the Roosevelt Coast highway
progress is being made, although
necessarily slow on account of the
short working season and the great
expense. The largest units under
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Phone 299
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Salem Carpet Cleaning
and Fluff Rug Works
Rag and fluff rags woven
any sixes without seam a- New
mattresses made to order. Old
matu esses remade. Feathers
renovated. I buy all kinds of
old carpets for fluff rags.
Otto F. Z wicker, Prop.
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construction at the present time
are in southern Tillamook and northern-
Lincoln counties, which
when completed will link Tilla
mook and Newport together. Other
large units in Coos and Curry
counties are now under construc
tion or contemplated, which will
greatly reduce the unimproved
mileage in these two counties. The
total expenditures on the Roose
velt highway in the current year
will exceed one and one-half mil
lion dollars. It is the plan of the
commission to continue with con
struction on the Roosevelt High
way in a progressive way. year by
year until the whole highway is
completed.
In addition, there are many oth
er projects on which substantial
construction progress will be mado
the Mt. ifood loop. Crater Iake,
McKenzie, Corvallis-Newport, Al
sea, Ashland-Klamath Falls, etc.
Further, it will be the purpose
of the highway commission tolMfep-
the existing highway system in a
high state of repair by proper
maintenance and also to provide
such additions and betterments in
the form of guard fence, widening
roadbeds and widening and thick
ening road surfaces to meet the
demands of increased traffic,
hence the need of an adequate
maintenance and betterment fund.
Ln summing up the 1924 proT
gram, the estimateu expenditures
will be approximately as follows:
New construction, $6,100,000; in
terest and principal on bonds', $2,-
250,000; state cooperation on for
est projects, $800,000; mainten
ance and betterments, $2,250,000;
administration, $175,000; contin
gencies, $500,000; miscellaneous.
$300,000; total, $12,375,000.
The principal sources of income
are estimated as follows: Motor
license fees. $3,175,000: gasoline
tax, $2,300,000; estimated cooper
ation. Federal $1,700,000, county
$2,000,000: bonds, $500,000; one-
quarter mill tax. $260,000. These
items, added to the badance on
hand at the beginning of the year,
total in excess of $12,000,000, or
about balance the budget.
The development of the state
highway system is the greatest
economic problem ever undertaken
by the state of Oregon. Its total
cost now is in excess of $60,000,-
000 of which practically two-thirds
is represented by outstanding
bonds. The highvay commission
is mindful of the great confidence
which the people of the state have
placed in it and pledges itself to
constructing and maintaining a
state highway system which will
bring together the various com
munities and sections of the state,
having in mind the greatest good
to the state at large, and thereby
do its part toward making a great
er and better Oregon.
Just a word about our methods
of paying for our state highways.
It is probably different than any
other state In the Union and,
think, more equitable than that of
any other state. We hear a great
deal about the bond indebtedness
of the state of Oregon but we do
not hear anything with reference
to how our road bonds are taken
care of and it does seem to me that
In fairness to the people of the
state of Oregon they should be ad
vised and really could be if Ihey
had followed the accounts of the
works. But the fact remains that
our road bonds are being paid from
the automobile license tax and the
tax orih gasoline. The only money
derived frem a direct tax used on
the roads of Oregon by the' state
highway commission isp the one-
quarter mill tax which has been in
existence for a good many years
and which produces about $26i0,-
000 per year. '
The road bonds of the state of
Oregon are approximately 38 mil
lion dollars and as the total bond
ed indebtedness of the state of
Oregon is approximately 60 million
dollars yon can see that it does
not leave a very great bonded In
debtedness to be taken care of by
direct tax. I desire to make this
plain, especially to the tourist and
to the men who are seeking new
homes, that If they do not ubo the
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Salem in Position to Profit Greatly From the Development
of the Highway System Several Projects That Will
Add to Safety and Convenience Will Be Finished This
Year Great Work Already Done in Oregon, and Great
Work Yet to Be Done in This Slate
(Asked by the Slogan editor for
a general survey of the state high
way, work in Salem, and for spec
ial reference to what is going on
and to go'on near Salem, Roy A.
Klein, state highway engineer,
Its Great IJenefits
In future years it will be diffi
cult to estimate the full benefit
to a community of this wonderful
thoroughfare passing through the
the East Side Pacific highway.
With the Monmouth-Luckiamute
river and the. MlbUnjr-Corvallrs-
paving unaer way tni year, de
tours will be much in evidence. this
season in Benton and" Polk coun
ties, for which the department be
speaks the patience and considera
tion of the public with the assur
ance that the completed work will
be worth while and the temporary
inconvenience soon forgotten.
Pudding River Bridge
Of interest locally, also, is the
completion of the new bridge and
viaduct over the Pudding river at
Aurora, replacing the old, worn
out, narrow structure which has
stood there for somany years. This
project was the result of joint co
operation between Marion and
three Pacific coast dates. Travel Clackamas counties apd the state.
are visiting the state and staying
longer. The tourist is learning
that wonderful scenery and good
roads can be found here. Such
scenic spost as he Columbia" 'River
highway, the Oregon Caves, Crater
lake, the McKenzie river, the John
Day country, Wallowa' lake, the
Blue mountains, etc.. all can be
reached on improved roads with
out discomforts and Inconvenien
ces. ' '"' ; : - - c
But Oregonihighways are more
than tourist rdads. The great Pa
cific highway is first of all a mar
ket road, passing as It does
through the farming communities
between tho large cities, connect
ing in turn with roads leading in
from the fertile - valleys and the
prosperous districts' enroute. 1 - '
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Between Salem and Jefferson, on the Pacific Highway in Marion County
readily gave an interview substan
tially as follows: )
'Travel our highways, enjoy
our by-ways," fs a slogan suggest
ed by President Irving Vining of
the State Chamber of Commerce
which should have a particular ap
peal to tourists passing through
Marion county.
The county hlshway pystem,
supplementing and connecting
with the state highways as It docs,
makes a network of improved
highways reaching to all sections
of the county which makes read
ily accessible the more remote dis
tricts to the tourists and also con
nects and brings in closer touch
the people of Hie surrounding
communities with tho capital city,
as well as affording a convenient
market for their market products.
Salem in Fine Position
Salem, by reason of its position
in the heart of the Willamette val
ley on the Pacific highway, is in
a position to profit immeasurably
as a result of the development of
the state highway system. .
The Pacific highway is now
paved throughout practically its
entire length ln Washington and
Oregon, and only a relatively short
gap remains unpaved in California.
This premier highway, reaching as
it does from Tia Juana on the
Mexican border to Vancouver in
British Columbia, Is rightfully
named the Pacific.
state roads, so far as the state is
concerned, they will not be taxed
to pay for them and my experience
has been that those who do use
them are perfectly willing to pay
for them.
In so far as the county coopera
tion Is concerned I think that is
largely provided by bondv issues of
the counties cooperating and, of
course, is a direct tax on the people
of the counties so cooperating. But
ui the part of the state there Is no
direct tax oh the people for the
state -highway bonds of tho state
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over certain sections of the Pacific
highway has already reached near
ly three thousand vehicles a day.
It is not unreasonable to estimate
that travel will reach this figure
or even greater near Salem in the
not distant future.
Of Interest to Salem
Several projects of interest to
the people of Salem and Marion
county are on the state highway
program this year, the most im
portant of which, perhaps, from
a state-wide standpoint, is the con
struction of a new bridge across
the Willamette at Harrisburg, re
placing the present inadequate fer
ry service, which will greatly facil
itate travel on the Pacific highway.
It is hoped also to place under con
tract in the near future the new
bridge at Albany, replacing the
present obsolete and weakened
structure.
The contract for paving tho Al-bany-Corvallis
highway on the
Benton county side of tho river
has recently been let. This section
is 9.5 miles in length and the type
chosen Is cement concrete 18 feet
in width with thickened edges.
This is the heaviest pavement yet
laid in the state, and the design
is expected to give excellent re
sults. On the West Sido
During the past year, the com
pletion of the paving of the
Holmes Gap-Rickreall section of
the West Side highway has done
much to put Salem in closer touch
with tho west side communitif
especially McMinnville and Aml
The completion of the last re
maining unit of the West Side
highway between Monmouth and
the Lucklamute river will be of
even greater importance, as it will
close up a gap which has been the
subject of litigation for Beveral
years and thus open up the entire
West Side highway from Junction
City to Portland. The diversion
of through travel to the West Side
route on its completion will do
much to relieve the congestion on
Salem people who travel to
Portland will some day in the late
summer have an opportunity to
travel over the new bridge on the
bluffs between Canemah and Ore
gon City, eliminating the narrow
plank roadway along the basin.
This improvement has been fn
course of construction for a year,
the progress being necessarily 6low
on account of the desirability of
coordinating the highway, work
with that of the Southern Pacific
company, which is widening its
roadbed to provide second track
facilities. The new location elim
inates the present dangerous rail
road grade crossing at Canemah
and crosses underneath the rail
road tracks at Fifth street in Ore
gon City. It also affords an ex
cellent view of the fails of the
Willamette and the indutsries.
Beautiful Canemah park is easily
reached from this new route.
TouristH Stay Lcngor
It is a matter or common obser
vation that the tourist season In
Oregon Is beginning earlier and
Work in Every County f
In the state at large, good pro
gress has been made and some
work has been done in every coun
ty. The present status of the state
highway system of 4450; ''miles.
which represents about ten per
cent of the public road mileage of
the state, is as follows: Paved 860
miles, surfaced with rock or gravel
1590 miles, unsurfaced earth roads
graded to state highway standards '
285 miles, unimproved 1715 miles.
It fs apparent both that much has
been done and that much remains
to be done.
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Problems of the Future
As the construction of highways
progresses and as traffic Increases,
thet problem of maintenance de
velops, as does also the problem
of the gradual improvements or
betterment of the highways to
make them meet the ever Increas
ing demands of those who use
them. Road surfaces most be kept;"
in repair, and they must be widen-.
ed and thickened ' to adequately
care for Increasing traffic. Wood-J
ending later each year. This, of 'en and . steel bridges must be re
course, means that more tourists placed with more permanent strnc-
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