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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1957)
Statesman. Sa!rm. Or. Thiirs.. Fh. 2T. ,,K77!SV Would Need Official Okeh btreet Designation Change o o : o 8Ury Im m Bare It The proposed street nam grid vjor the Salem area taken under consideration Wednesday evening by the Marion County Planning Commission would need approval of the Salem City Council and i the Marion County Court If the x Hearing Airs High Dam Plan BPAl'L, W. HARVEY JR. Anftoriated Press Writer Representatives of farm, labor and public power groups pleaded here Wednesday niRht for a fed eral high dam in Hells Canyon as a means of providing more power to create much-needed employ ment in Oregon. But Idaho Power Co., which has a Federal Power Commis sion license to build three low clams in the canyon on the Snake lliver, countered that these pro jects would produce almost as much power as a high dam, and do it much more quickly. The hearing was before the Senate State and Federal Affairs Committee, which is considering a house-passed memorial asking Congress to appropriate funds to huild the high dam. It would 1 flood nut the sites of the three low dams, one of which is under construction. Elmer McClure, master of the Oregon State Grange, declared that the difference in power out put between the high dalrfand the low dams would mean 70,000 additional jobs. However, Robert F. Ball, Boise, argued that the high dam would produce 785,000 kilowatts of de pendable power, compared with 767,000 by the lower dams. Cost Cited He said the high dam would ttost 399 million dollars, and the low dms 133 millions. "So," Ball said, "for only, an jctri 18,000 kilowatts you would1 spend an extra quarter of a bil-,- lion dollars of public funds. In nur three low dams, the public .isn't asked to contribute any mon ey, and the company would pay ' 10 million dollars a year in taxes, including one million to" the state of Oregon." James T. Marr, secretary of the National Hells Canyon Assn. and executive secretary of the AKL CIO State Labor Council, said the . company is acting illegally in building the low dams without a stat license. It applied for a license from the State Hydro electric Commission, which hasn't acted. Marr said that his aaociatlon appealed last week to the U. S. Supreme Coot from a federal cir cuit court order which upheld the "granting of the FPC license for " the low dams. He said it s time that the states of Washington and Oregon fi- commlssion does recommend the proposal to these bodies. The proposal, as presented by planning technician' David Baker, would generally organize Salem street names so that named streets would run east and west and num bered avenues would run north and south. The street naming plan would be related to efforts already un derway to simplify addresses in the Salem area, which include geoeraohic prefixes 'and a new house numbering grid approved by me city. The grid system Is designed so that outlying areas can be in cluded in the naming program if they so desire, Baker pointed out. Areas which the program could cover include South Salem, Four Corners, Kcizer District, Aums villc, Brooks and Turner, Request Maa Commission members requested Baker to prepare a grid system to include street names in the West Salem area. Members failed to reach agreement on whether Salem street names should be continued across the river into West Salem if it were included under the program. Baker estimated that some 30 or 40 street names would be changed in the area lying two or three miles outside of the city limits. The grid plan provides for 26- blnck alphabetical listing of street names in. these areas. The first I block north of Kcizer would be mimed alphabetically for rivers of the world, then a block named .after mountains, and the final list ing after noted Americans. Names Suggested The area south of Boone Road would be named for cities in the, first 26-hlock area, colleges in the second, and women's first names in the final block. Verne McMullen requested that the commission attempt to coin pile an alphabetical listing of names of Marion County pioneers to substitute for one of these, blocks. ' I Under the proposed plan, the boundary streets for geographic prefixes would retain their names but ,the designation would be changed , to boulevard. These in clude Liberty Road. N. River 1 Road, and part of Commercial Street. The boulevard designation also would apply to major artcr- lals on -the county development plan. Circular or winding thorough' fares would use the designation of Terrace. Drive or Way. In presenting the proposal, Bak er pointed out that the street name grid would prove advantageous and convenient to tourists, would decrease cost of delivery and other service to area residents. and cut down on inefficient oper ation of emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances. Quick Vote on Mideast Plan Threatened WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 GK-Ma- jority Leader Johnson D-Tex) threatened late today to force a quick Senate vote on the Middle Fast resolution- unless senators start showing up on the floor to debate it. The Senate was virtually de serted at times today. "We are not going to dilly-dally on a matter of this importance, Johnson declared. He said he didn't want to be lecturing his colleagues but that he was prepared to vote on the big policy issue at any time and if senators continued to absent themselves the resolution will be acted on. The Senate has set aside about two weeks to debate President Ei senhower's program. NOTirr. or final hearing As executrix of the estate of Fred Mrier. deceased, the underfctjtned hHS filed in the Circuit Court of Oregon, for Marion Countv, in probate, her final account in the estate of, laid decedent, and 2.1 February 1!)S7, 10.1,0 o'clock, a in., and the courtroom of said court bave been appointed by said -ourt for hearing of objections to iaia account ana settlement there- of. AGNES MEIER BEAL Kxct'Utrtx Carson & Girson Douglas L. Hay Attorneys for Executrix Jan. 24, 31. Feb. 7. H. 21. n a need the hich court appeal, in stead of jnaking the Hells Can yon Assn. do it. Other Speakers Harley Libby, president of -the-Oregon Farmers Union, favored' the high dam because "it would develop the full potential of the river. The Idaho Power project imperils the development of the full resources." Others who spoke for the high dam were Lee Wooden, president of the Oregon Rural Electric Co operative Assn., Byron C. 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