Future Growth of Springfield
Draws Arguments-at Meeting
Bec;se Springfield is growing
more rJtidlf than most cornmu
nitiesf it faces a future "full of
pitfalls H3 promise," StuJrt
Walsh, econorrftc consultant, told
a group of some 50 residents of
'that city Wednesday night.
He urged the city leaSers to
foliw "a careful and .canny'
plan of future growth, and re
asserted his conviction' that the
most immediate step to be taken
in the arta east of Springfield is
surface drainage to 'end the
health hazard of standing, . con
laminated water. "
Walsh appeared at a public
. meeting to give a report on his
firm's economic survey of an
nexation problems in the residen
tial fringe area east of the city.
' : Also speaking was Ralph Rod
erick, of a Corvallis engineering
firm that made a study of sani-
tary and -storm sewer needs for
the area. ,
EXPLAINS FINANCING
Al Nelson, head of the Spring
field Chamber of Commerce's in
dustrial committee, explained
how industrial members of the
chamber financed, the two sur
veys to seek a solution to annexa
tion problems.
The Rev. Joseph Barnett acted
as moderator of the meeting.
The audience included city
eouncilmen and Other city offi
Airport Funds Assured,
CAA Official Declares
Eugene can be assured of
enough federal aid funds to "com
plete most of the planned im
provements at Mahlon Sweet Air
port under a bill passed by Con
gress Wednesday, according to a
Civil Aeronautics official in
Seattle!
Charles W. Drew, district air
port engineer for the CAA, told
the Register-Guard Thursday that
the 252 million dollar authoriza
tion and money bill for projects
to be started in the next four
years would provide enough for
the community 'to really do the
job up properly."
The only thing lacking to as
sure the work is President Eisen
hower's signature on the Senate
House compromise bill approved
by the Senate Wednesday.
SEPARATE BILL
According to Drew, a separate
bill that provides 20 million dol
lars of the total for work to be
done this fiscal year contains
I about $139,000 for work on the
Eugene airport.
The money would be the fed
eral government's share of costs
WEATHER
Dashes Indjcnle Kaln
U.S. WEATHER FORECAST
Eugene and vicinity:
Mostly sunny through Fri
day. Little change in temper
ature. Predicted high Thurs
day, 83: low Thursday night,
48; high Friday, 85. Predict
ed low humidity Thursday,
- 30 per cent. Western Oregon
Mostly cloudy on coast,
mostly sunny in interior
through Friday. Highs, 82-95
except 60-70 on coast; lows,
50-58.
Local Statistics: Highest
temperature Wednesday, 81;
low Thursday morning, 45;
rain in 24 hours ending
10:30 a.m. Thursday, 0
1 inches; total for month, .37
inches; normal for month, .26
inches; stage of river at
7:30 a.m. Thursday, minus
2.6 feet. Reading at 10:30
a.m. Thursday: barometer,
29.98 inches, falling; humid
ity, 58 per cent; wind, NNW
8. Prevailing wind Wednes
day, N 10.5. ,
Sunrise and sunset , (PST):
' Friday, 4:50 a.m., and 7:47 '
. p.m.; Saturday, 4:51 a.m.,
and 7:46 p.m.
OREGOM COAST
" Mostly cloudy night and morn
ings, partly" sunny In afternoon
' through Friday. Beach winds
northweit 5-15 miles an hone
Thursday, southwest Friday. Low
Thursday nlnht S3; hlh Friday
5.
FIRE WEATHER,
Slight warming "with moderaie
fire- danger interior West and
Central Oregon through Friday.
Continued low danger on coast.
Lowest humidlua in per cent or
higher w-est of cascades 20-30
per cent interior Soithwt and
. Ctntral Oregon. .
low Tmperttlurs and Am
t, assori wtn prf.s , SIM0N Ir. v. simon.2. of urn'
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cials, several representatives of
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.,
gount; officials, and residents of
ine area concerned.
Walsh said he agreed witl the
eifjinetring report, vhich indi
cated that tke eventual solution
to the pntblems of the area east,
of the city will call for a new
trunk sewer and'sewer lines, es
timated t cost about .51.400.000.
But,, he said, beyond the prob
lems of financing such asystem
would be the problem of several
years' fela before the system
could be. constructed.
SURFACE DRAINAGE,
However, Walsh said a system
for surface drainage could be con
structed within a, few months
time, a,t.much less cost, to drain
off water from the area and make
septic tanks function properly.
Such a proposal was termed a
"gamble" by Milton Buehler, of
the Lane" County Health Depart
ment. He said there is no assur
ance that drainage would be e
fective in the dense soil and that
it is "almost impossible" to set
up a drainage district under ex
isting laws.
Many communities have solved
similar health problems with
drainage, Walsh replied. "It's a
matter of putting gravity and
hydraulic engineering to work,
he declared.
In reply to a question irgm
for four projects here. The' four,
sought by the city council and
City Manager Robert Finlayson
are:
Purchase of land for a "clear
zone" at the north, end of the
main instrument-landing runway,
Apron construction adjacent
to the new administration nulla
ing at the east end of the field.
Extension of the north-south
instrument-runway.
High intensity lighting for
the same runway.
Drew said these are the proj
ects he recommended for approv
al when he sent budget requests
to Washington. He cautioned that
he has not had official word of
the projects being left in the bud
get. The CAA official also said that
other projects requested by the
city were omitted trom tne cur
rent budget request. These were:
complete reconstruction of the
north-south runway, acquisition of
land for a service area, construc
tion of a light-plane tie-down
area, and a seal-coat resurfacing
for all existing runways.
NOT ELIGIBLE .
Thn lntter Droiects is not con
sidered an item eligible for fed
oral aid, he added.
Tlrmv intimated that the city
will be able to go ahead, however,
with nlanning for the omitted
projects if the latest bill is signed.
The 252 million total would
Dermit Eugene to plan and start
the projects within tne next lour
years. The federal government,
after the plans are approved,
would then share in tne costs.
Prcumably, this cost would be
split on a 50-50 basis.
That would mean Eugene will
have to find about 5139,000 if the
airport work is to start this year.
Much of this money has already
been set aside with funds re
ceived from the sale of Airpark
lands.
VITAL
STATISTICS
BIRTHS
AT SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
July l. 1S55
BAKER Mr. and Mra. Glenn Baker,
342 Kalmia St. Junction City, daugh
ter. BALI.. Mr. and Mr. Vaughn W.
Ball. Rl. 2, Box 835, Junction City,
a daughter.
HARDING Mr. and Mr. Harold
D. Harding. 941 Washington St., Eu
gtne, a daughter.
HUNT Mr. and Mr. David L.
Hunt, 135 S. 51t St., Springfield, a
daughter.
KRAMER Mr. and Mn. Jerome
L. Kramer, 544 W. 20th St., Eugene, a
dflugnter.
McGRADY Mr. and Mr. Byron
M. McGrady, Star Rt., Mohawk, a
daughter.
PAI.ANUK Mr. and' Mr- George S.
Palanuk, 29 Aider St:, Eugene, a
aon.
SANVERS Mr. and Mr. Flo.d D.
Sanden. 1510 Bethel Dr., Eugene, a
daughter.
SHANKS Mr. and Mm. John E.
ShankK.MMO Franklin Blvd., Eugene,
a daughter.
TREIBER Mr. and Mra. DougSu
J. Trelber, Ri." 1, Box 102, Creawell,
a ion.
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, MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
. July 2. 1955 .
foVst Mr. and Mm. Richard
C. Fout. 2296-4 Patteraon Dr., Eu-
VVHEAjT Mr. and Mrs. Bob fi.
Whit, Rt. 1, Junctffan City, aarlaih.
ter.. , e
DEATHS . .
.i.kin. a- - -nn-Kh,aa tim
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JONES Otli G. Jonea. 51. of 4K
if. Main St., Springfield, dial July 2".
j Service will be at Bartholomew
Buell Chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. with
I !frment0ln tmt Memorial aGardys.
DIV0ll(?t GRANTED
I Roy W. Mian. from A?vce at Mlt-
nra Gladvs Shouith fraaai Jesate R.
. ih. Mildred Louine vriey from
i t i l'ard Winfrey, Zelma Be49
frnm wnva n. p-cr. juai
i Irnra F.dna M. Reck. MargarK VrV
Man fM-n Norm . William.. OO
?' aSnKaretetu from HerTert
iwm Henry Pe!in, Ow.
WaWh, Buehler concf
lomes should not have been per
mitted to by constructed in the
area, because of the difficulty of
mating septic tanks function.
"Then whv k the county still
issuing building permits there?"Jmeeting of the directors wi'J fol
H 1 - . u Al. I kllV. Ttptrtllnr Hifwlnrc' maatinn
questioned a man from the audi
ence.
'lMPOSSIBjLE'SQLVTiyN
Another of JVal.i'sfecommn
dations that 32nd and 33rd St.
couki be annexed ana ilea into
the city's agisting sewer line-
was challenged ky Mayor Edward
C. Harms Jr. .
"Unless I'm corrected bv our
-.,
acny engineer, saia nanus, i in
going to state that that solution
is not feasible anil is in fact im
possible." Acting Citv Engineer Bill Wil
liams last'week declared tdat lack
of grade ' for sewer line., exten
sions, plus the fact that present
lines are already overloaded,
would njake it impractical to ex
tend the lines beyona tne present
city limits.
Turning t the role of industry
the growth of the .area east
of the city, Walsh declared that
the opposition of Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co. to annexation is a
position "rather clear'and rather
reasonable."
EMERGENCY ANSWER.
He said the city could find an
'emergency answer" to the. prob
lem of financing sewer lines east
of the city by bringing in the big
timber firm to boost the assessed
valuation of the' area.
"You'd say there's a fall guy
nd we'll let him pick -up the
bill-," said Walsh. Such a move
would be "shortsighted," he
added, and would brand Spring
field as a city for industry to
avoid..
Mayor Harms cited the problem
of attempting to finance public
improvements without the as
sessed valuation of industry and
commercial areas. Residential
areas alone, he said, lack the tax-
paying ability to carry out large
public improvements.
If we zone areas so industry I
won't have to come into the city,'
acirpH Ifarmc "anri havo 3n mm
mercial development, where d
we go from.there?"
WALSH REPLIES
Some new industries will be in
terested in city services, Walsh
replied, and the city's commer
cial valuation will increase as
Springfield grows.
Walsh stressed his belief that
planning and zoning should be
aimed to make Springfield ' grow
to the north, rather than to con
tinue it; strip development along
the McKenzie Highway to the
east.
"A city Is a business," declared
Walsh, and must be planned for
economy of service,
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' NEWS
BRIEFS
LANE COUNTY Farm Bu
reau's annual prcnic for members
of all centers, their famines and
frien, ,ill bc Sunday, July 24,
at Armitage State Park. Dinner
will be at 12:30 p.m. tth coffee
and iffl'crpsm fitrnichol A eknft
low. Regular directors meeting
icheduled for July 28 has been
caffcelled.
MISS fAlfl.FVE .l'hn. ..an.
dictate for Miss lnivorse whose
picture appeal in Saturday's
Register-Guard, has relatives iji
this area, MayorEd Johnson Mrs.
Stanley Sumers and Dick John
son are first .cousins of her fa
ther. Dr. Norntint Johnson of Rut
land, yt. Mrs. Dora, Johnson of
cugene is ijr. jonnson s aunt,
OBSIDIANS will hike to Tipsoo
Lookout Sunday. Members will
meet at the County Park block t
7 a.m. or at Walter Creek at 8:48
a.m. Ray Sims and son, James,
are manning the Tidsoo. Lookout
tliis summer. The signup sheet is
at Hendershott .
, ELKS" Beanpickers Costume
Ball will be Saturday from 9:30
p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Elks
Country Glub. Freddie Yahn and
his orchestra will play, and there
will be prizes for the best cos
tumes.
ALL SQUARE dancers are in
vited to a dance Saturday at 8
p.m. in the American Legion Hall
B'h and C st-, S-nneficM Ted
King will call, and refreshments
will be served.
ANNUAL KANSAS picnic will
be Sunday, July 31, at Eleanor
Park in Albany. A basket dinner
will be held at noon, with coffee
and watermelon furnished.
THE PUBLIC is Invited to par
ticipate in a discussion of "What
I Believe" Friday, at 8 p.m. in
Friendly House, 2445 Kincaid St
EUGENE HIGH band members
are asked to report for practice
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
j Escape Charge
I JpniPn nV I riltv
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Sidney Goldsby, 27, Glenwood,
pleaded innocent in district court
Wednesday afternoon to a charge
of escaping from custody.
Judge Kenneth Poole schedul
ed a trial for Thursday at 3 p.m.
Goldsby, who had beeh fined
$50 and sentenced to two days in
Eugene Municipal Jail for driv
ing with a suspended license, was
accused of walking away from an
outside work crew shortly before
noon Tuesday. He was appre
hended two hours later in Glenwood.
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HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME Lawrence St., from
11th to 13th Ave., was receiving a thick coat of asphalt
weduesday as the business district paving project neared
v completion. The project is
improvements made- this year at the request ot properly
owners. This paving was installed by T. C. Wildish, who
Officials Told
Woman Using
Store as Sitter
Juvenile authorities were asked
Wednesday to investigate a report
that a Eugene woman was using
a downtown department store as
a baby-sitting service.
Jack W. Bryan, an official of
the Bon Marche store, asked po
lice to pick up two girls who had
been left in the store all afternoon
by their mother.
Police said the girls, 6 and 8
years old, were dirty and un
kempt. They said the younger
girl hail a badly skinned knee
which had been bandaged by
clerks at the store.
The girls told police their moth
cr instructed them t play in the
store while she visited friends.
The girls had been left in the
store several other times, police
said.
An officer returned the girls to
their home and reported the inci
dent to county juvenile authori
ties. '
Favors Conference
TOKYO UPI Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama said Thursday
he favored a world conference on
Far Eastern problems and want
ed Japan to participate.
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SECTION B EUGENE,
Contract Let
For Structure
A $45,488 contract was awarded
Wednesday to Waldo S. Hardie St
Son, Eugene general contractors,
to provide for construction of a
two-story-and-basemcnt addition
to the Eugene Pacific Telephone
Co. central office.
Thaxter Reed, PT&T Eugene
manager, explained that the build
ing will house additional central
office equipment needed to han
dle constantly increasing tele
phone traffic in the Eugene
Springfield area.
Reed noted that added facilities
are expected to be ready for use
about April 1, 1957. Hardie &
Son will start work immediately
and are to complete the building
in October, 1956. Then Western
Electric Co. crews will install the
equipment needed.
Measuring 59 by 25 feet, the
new building addition will be lo
cated at the southeast corner of
the telephone building, occupying
a portion of the present company
parking area.
Five contractors, four of them
from Eugene, entered bids for
the PT&T expansion project. The
bids ranged to $60,200.
OF THE FINES I I
A FIT FOR
WOMEN'S
SHOES
Values to M 9I
.. SALE
Valuei to 11.95
SALE
Valuei to 1195
SAI.K
Valuei to l 95
SALE 11.95
Valuei to 19.95
MALE 13.95
MEN'S
SHOES
Valuei to 995
SALE
' Valuei to 12.95
HALF.
95
Valuei to 14.95
SALE
Value! to 17.95
9.95
SALE 12.93
Valuri to 24.95
SALE IS.ft
CHILDREN'S
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Vafuei'lo n
SALE 2.95
ValtiM lo 9 95
SALE 4.93
iluei to 7.95
SALE 4.93
Valuei to 93
SALE 4.9
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t'Reg.-Guard photos, Wiltshire engr.)
along with Stanton Payne, another contractor, has been a
successful bidder on most of the city projects this year, ;
The new section' of Lawrence St. is 42 feet wide and ;
has new concrete curbs and gutters. Property owners -pay
for 36 feet of the width, with the city's special levy
absorbing the remainder of the cost. .
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