est Uth Settlement No Solution
'or Eugenes Negro Families
kl Uth Ave. settlement.
Ii81 " !... service nor
L tanks, nor neat
- . . . nsrrfen you can-
it 6"
wiv and gaping cracks
worry that their
"".Cmav break a leg.
Uus Water .
r wells were dug
fcr.. . eet water; they
KatMactory-the water
rfmurky and salty to be
t.ror washing clothes.
' a W be carted m nunc
nB". Tt's mecious
torn nue'-
Logically,
,uf( from page zZlovLent Wi' reson S,ate built their own church, too, and'ty Planning Consultant Howard
There :pr0vide data for an r,n.mr, eaicatea it to everybody's GooVBuford shudders at the lmpuca-
- .L ..i"j iiicui. i Thpsp nie u-r -.oj i u - : tion of the world.
back yard?
plan' i
survey of th Npci-nnc r?,,.. t
AiA rr .".U.."B I mamer that Cllhmimn f ....U.
"iu u lueiaay mat ne felt thp j- . . -'' out.
FEPC Act, had eenerallv hlilvisl0n Plat to the Central Lane
beneficial. county Planning Commission
Why West 11th?
With such dismal conditions.
avoided. Structures went up with
out building permits and show it,
according to the Leaeue of Women
Voters of Eugene who investigated
there is also too
Whenever Lane
K, S observing that rain has
there is o"s"
!w'.... u the eround
4B?-j .rnnnd the homes
..1 There's iust enough
,tt in". . j
r.0 float the garoasK
.Tmake living miserable.
f,itoon slices through this
h rSA K,irpt fuii of
thai puiievi - -u
hnttnm last
W"!., it into the yards
mounds. No children have
U off this slimy mua row
it water, yei.
icfi Encroaches
L several residents, like Sam
l-olds, are ieaniu u
Fv Engineers intend to move
tch again, wniie me
0 lakes 18 ieet on m
' it'll loo off some 90 feet in
at move, he figures.
at fears are not without
,!ion. A U.S. Corps ol En-
L, administrator, who de-
U to be identified, said Tues-
U long-range pians can iur
I. fhanees in the Amazon s
pa
ir., Vpuroes note that the Ama
dredging had reauceo. some
i! Hood menace. It also ere-
ii nrablems. One bridge, Its
Wition weakened by dredg-
trashed out Oct. 15, 1950. That
a had proviaea a second ac
ta the homes from West 11th
k when the other approach
closed bymud.
ill Own Bridge
Em weeks ago - the Negro
cinnity got tired of waiting
at bridge to be replaced
iouri they watched similar
:jts being rebuilt nearby
hive iust completed the proj- i
tanselves. They provided
limn materials and labor.
:se community-spirited peo-
!lso laid gravel on the muddy
tiletween their homes 12th
fa call it but it still needs
nmifeabie amount of grave:
mi Braise it out of the cozy
":e kids could use a weather
for mornings they wait be
pto highway for a school bus.
pi speaking of buses, there is
nr,nt service to Eugene but
ms think twice-a-day serv
wuld be a Godsend.
feetJ Water Supply
Pftsro folk list an adequate
F supply as the most pressing
of their inadeouate and
prable location but housing
mua, suo-suostandard.
t Jo not conclude that the
Coity is dresEv because it
fJ ai dirt. Theer is evidence
f'-rere eifort by the mothers
P their children and homes
Welfare Burden
investigation disclosed these
are nnt :
Rmliare agencies.
t Weif y' Lane .Co.unty Pub-
A iu .. '-"mmission neaa,
;J fhe Negroes have propor
given us less trouble
white people. We have, at
J?,,' onIy ne case on
France. We.ve found them
f-jucrauvc." N
''1 -'ati0n Armv can find
. - ....inuius ot emergency
n-"e piven m i . t .
Rrw . "iws in me
offices, said, "These col-I-
Wen e l,..- ,
tsi c ,H;ver Deen a
r--y on ue "
ltl PiHU L- ....
kx r. ' cn,eI of the Ameri
E;..Yoss.Lane chapter, ob-
k kept in I organization
fcjril ,arca "We lind the
. dre quite self sufi.
C h.ave helPed them some
r -e? have abj 4
'lie n t"L .v.'
,tar incidentally,
r -iMds is a member of our
" f i" m and we are very
. u' his servi, ti
t2 " unlawful to note in
wnemer a nerson
why have the Negroes settled onlthe settlement in early 1951
West 11th Ave.? It might be of interest to note
When one coloreH snnv-ocmn ! that here are five acres of oroD-
talked with a representative form erty w'tn'n shouting distance of
me governor s omce about living . ivieinoaisi enurenj
conditions of approximately 200 1 wh'b sold in 1945 for $1000. Cur
Negroes in Lane County he was!re.ntlv tbs 'and is listed at $4000
asked, diplomatically, "Why don'tlw',n a two-bedroom house, a
you go back home?" . jbunkhouse and outbuildings. In
Back home! THIS is my homc,a5,aiUon t0 .the 'our-year-old sol-
I . . . . " 'llfllV erttlCtr,,.tnrt phtnlnH nn.
concrete foundation house, the
owner of this property observed
mat his live-member family lived
in the bunkhouse until the per
manent dwelling could be built.
Within that $4000 price, too, is
a 22-foot well and an electric
pump. This piece of land has a
pear, an apple and a plum tree,
in addition to decorative trees.
Can you call the Negro devel
opment a settlement? City-Coun-
Im here!" Many local Negro folk
trace their "Eugene" residence
oacK inrough 1841.
In March, 1948, many Negoes
were forced to vacate county
owned land to make way for the
new Ferry St. bridge. A citizens'
committee of 15 whites and 7
Negroes was formed to relocate
tnese families.
Impossible Problems
"It is unreasonable, econom
ically, to install water in the area
and if water were obtained the
sewage problem .would remain
impossible. The water table of the
area is so high there Is no means
of taking care of the effluent. The
I cost of getting water would be
nothing compared with the cost of
sewage facilities.
"It is a crime that these people
were allowed to locate on that
property when there is other latid
available. It would be far better
to relocate these people. Relocat-
and i ng them would cost only a frac
tion of putting facilities into that
swamp," Buford noted
This is a quick glimpse of life
among the Negroes of the Eugene
area.
'No Man's Land'
This committee wanted to avoid
locating the Negroes in a separate,
district, but found vacant houses
scarce and those few not available I
to colored folk. A number of oth-
ers secured small shacks for higlr
rent in the Glenwood district in
an alley off of South Concord Ave.
Five Eugene realtors handled:
sales of available lots on West 11th j
Ave.
The late county judge. Clinton
Hurd, protested that the area is
no man's land" and advised
against its consideration for hous
ing anyone. But the urge to own
a piece ol earth was strong and
immediate. The average lot 52x160
went for $300. Some are 52x128
minus the Amazon ditch.
' Sam Reynolds' four lots came
to $3500, however. They held an
unfinished house. Sam valued this
house at $300 and notes that the
2x4 foundation is in need of re
placement. At $30 a month, he'll
be buying this property for some
years to come.
The two lots containing a small
two-room shack, and which the
colored folk wanted as the site
for a church of their own, was
purchased for $2000. That's no
typographical error: $2000. They
MRS. WILL KNOX HERE
Mrs. Will Knox, former resi
dent of this community, but now
of Idaho, is visiting her son, Clif
ford Knox and family, and with
her old friends.
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