8 Capital Journal. Salem. Oregon, Friday. October 7, 1949
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Roof for Senate Joseph Duke, sergeant-at-arms; David
Lynn, capital architect; and Sen. Dennis Chavez of New
Mexico (left to right) inspect new senate roof in Washington.
State Group Plans
Capitol Zones Future
(Continued from Page 1)
Post Office Joins Protest
Against Salem Losing UAL
Pre-hearing conference material on the West Coast Airlines
United Air Lines schedule in this area has been compiled by the
CAB and a copy sent the Capital Journal by the office of Rep.
Walter Norblad.
In mimeographed form, the data includes the information col
lected at the conference and not
that previously filed in written ak a a
form by those persons andlf lf I AJfinrr
groups opposing removal fVlv LCGUwIJ
United Air Lines service from
Salem.
Among those opposing sus
pension of United service in
Salem at the conference was the
counsel for the post office
The counsel in his protest
atated that "the department does
not oppose the proposals in the
Pacific Northwest under the
board's show-cause order with
certain qualifications.
One of those qualifications
atated "United's service should
continue at Salem but the post
office has no objection to' add
ing this city to West Coast's
rout if no additional mileage
is involved."
Listed as being in attendance
at the hearing were G. Robert
Henry and Victor E. Netterville
for West Coast Airlines, Inc.;
James Francis Reilly and John
T. Lorch for United Air Lines;
Theodore I. Seaman for Empire
Air Lines; Frank J. Delaney
and Julian T. Cromelin for the
postmaster general; Helen H.
Kiefer, administrative assistant
to Senator Wayne Morse; and
Ronald H. Cohen and Allen E.
Lande, public counsel.
Previously, Chris J. Kowiti,
attorney for the city of Salem:
Clay Cochran of the Chamber of
Commerce; Sen. Guy Cordon,
Sen. Wayne Morse, and Rep.
Walter Norblad had filed writ
ten protests with the board.
Newly weds Start East
Monmouth Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Beirl and Mr. and Mrs. James
Belrl of Ashland, Wis., left this
week after visiting with Mrs.
Charles Baker and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baker and
family, Mrs. Joe Beirl and Mrs.
Baker are sisters. This was
Mr. and Mrs. James Beirl's
honeymoon as they were mar
ried Just previous to making
this trip.
Oppose Bridges
Bend, Ore., Oct. 7 m The
Hawaiian pineapple barge at
The Dalles and Harry Bridget!
were the key topics today as the
annual Oregon CIO convention
opened here.
Bridges drew a rebuff from
state CIO leaders yesterday
Delegates now will be asked to
support their leaders action
Leading the fight against the
state leaders will be Bridges'
longshoremen from Astoria and
Portland.
The Portland longshoremen
submitted to the executive board
a resolution calling on the gov
ernment to drop a Derjury
charge against Bridges. The re
solution said the charge was a
move to destroy the Long
shore union, headed by Bridges.
The executive board, however,
recommended that the conven
tion reject the resolution.
The fight over this resolution
is expected to bring up the "hot
cargo pineapple at The Dalles.
The pineapple was barged over
before end of a Hawaiian long
shore strike. It was picketed,
and owners were unable to un
load. The discussion may indi
cate whether longshoremen now
are willing to let the barge be
unloaded.
Safety Drive Planned
Woodburn At the regular
meeting of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce this week plans
were outlined to conduct a safe
week of October 24 to 28. Plans
were also made far a party for
members and their wives on the
ty campaign in Woodburn the
evening of October 29. Lapel
pins and membership cards were
distributed.
The index finger of the Statue
of Liberty is eight feet long.
2. Development of East Sum
mer street. Paving and side
walks at new highway building.
"In the capitol area across
Court street from the capitol
building, on the half block
bounded by Court, Capitol, Che
meketa and East Summer
streets, a new state office build
ing now nears completion.
Across Chemeketa from it, con
struction will be started soon by
the state highway commission
on an office building. . . .
Across the mall from the high
way building, on the west side
of Summer street and between
Chemeketa and Center streets,
the board of control is buying
land. . . .
"When the purchase is com
pleted it is planned to relocate
Summer street by closing it be
tween 'Center and Chemeketa
and extending East and West
Summer streets through to Cen
ter. At the same time the cap
itol mall should be enlarged to
cover the full area between
Court and Center streets with
the same essential design car
ried out as now exists. This is
a portion of the capitol develop
ment plan recommended to the
legislature and to the Salem
common council. . . . The re
sponsibility of the city of Salem
will be limited to action closing
Summer street for the length of
one block and approving the
dedication of East and West
Summer streets in its place
"Chemeketa street crosses the
area that . . . would be included
in the capitol mall. It also
passes between the new office
building and the coming high
way building. In crossing the
mall the street detracts from the
dignity of the setting of the
state buildings. If retained it
makes impossible the extension
of the mall to the north in the
most desirable and satisfactory
manner.
"The recommendation of the
commission is that Chemeketa
street be closed between Capitol
and Winter. . . . This recommen
dation , , . the commission re
gards as one of the most im
portant. . . . Probably no other
will arouse more discussion and
unfavorable comment. Never
theless the commission feels
that no other item (except the
overall extension of the capitol
area itself) has more bearing on
the future of the capitol group.
. . . Most of the expected ad
verse comment will come from
only two sources, the unin
formed , . . and, secondly, from
that group of citizens who are
unwilling to accept any change
in the existing street grid which
might cause re-routing of a bus
schedule or the questionable in
convenience of personal travel
east and west.
"It should be noted immedi
ately that the Baldock plan as
adopted by the Salem city coun
cil . , . provides a traffic pat
tern on Chemeketa street which,
in effect, reduces the use of
Chemeketa street in this two
block section by 30 per cent.
The suggested change in' the
southbound traffic artery from
Summer street to Winter street
(as recommended by the capitol
planning commission) would
provide an equally suitable
westerly turn-off on Chemeketa
and thus prevent the use of the
capitol mall as a major traffic
artery. This suggested change in
the Baldock plan adequately
opens Chemeketa street for
westbound traffic from Winter
street and still provides access
for eastbound traffic on Cheme
keta beyond Capitol street from
the Court street artery.
"From the viewpoint of traf
fic alone, the closure of Cheme
keta between Winter and Cap
itol presents no problem, and
with consideration of Winter
street as the southbound artery
would, in fact, materially assist
the general traffic pattern.
"Completely apart from the
practical phase of traffic flow,
five cross streets east and west
no matter what the traffic
grid develops divide the ex
tended mall into tod many equal
rectangular areas for any suit
able development as an ap
proach to the capitol. . . .
"Long prior to publication of
the Baldock plan or one-way
street traffic control the Oregon
architects and planners were
agreed that east-west traffic
across the mall should be con
centrated at only two crossings
Marion street and Center
street. Whether these are one-
way or two-way streets is not
actually of much concern from
a basic planning viewpoint.
''When and if the Southern
Pacific railroad is rerouted
Union street should also be
closed to provide suitable tran
sition from the formal mall
treatment into the park at the
north end of the capitol grounds.
At this time Chemeketa street
would have to be closed since
the depression of tracks along
12th street would certainly
make it a dead-.end.
3. When purchase of property
In Block 82 has been completed
by the board of control, arrange
ments for development of West
Summer street and extension of
capitol mall.
. . . The commission re
commends that the second block
of the mall follow existing pre
cedent so as to effect as nearly
as possible a continuous unified
treatment. The entire two-block
length would provide a suitably
scaled ground design in keeping
with the mortumentality of the
capitol building. . . .
Whatever traffic uses East
or West Summer street should
be the casual and slower traffic
of visitors and tourists, Inter
ested in the capitol group, ra
ther than the blind, mad rush of
arterial traffic bent on the
quickest route to the city center.
"How long it may be before
still another new building may
be required the commission will
not attempt to prophesy. It
wishes, however, to record its
recommendation that the next
building should be placed on
the block bounded by Center.
Capitol, Marion and Summer
streets. This carries the further
recommendation that the prop
erty in this block be acquired.
4. Development of parking
area In connection with highway
and. new office building. This to
Include Chemeketa street In vi
cinity if street is closed by the
city.
"Another point in the series of
recommendations , , . involves
the joint service parking area
between the new state office.
building and the projected high-
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way commission building with
entrance only from Capitol
street, and not to extend in plan
beyond the East Summer street
profile of either building.
"... Such a joint area will
provide better service alleys to
both buildings. ... It would pre
vent repetition of service drives
along the major traffic artery;
will retain both East and West
Summer streets as vista streets
and further protect the mall
from excessive traffic.
S. Closing of Summer street
between Marlon and Center, ex
tension of mall to Marion, and
also of East and West Summer
streets.
"... On August 22 the Sa
lem common council approved
the Baldock plan . . . limiting
the use of Summer street from
Fairgrounds road to Chemeketa
street to southbound traffic. . .
"Summer street bisects the
section which . . . should be de
dicated to state capitol area de
velopment. Step by step, as the
development proceeds, less and
less of Summer street will exist
as it now stands. Extension of
the capitol mall northward with
the attendant closing of the por
tion of Summer street that
would be involved, and the
opening of new sections of East
and West Summer street, will
shorten Summer street. Already
indeed, there is in prospect in
the near future . . . the closing
(relocation) of Summer street
between Chemeketa and Center.
When this is done the execution
of the Baldock plan with respect
to one-way traffic on Summer
and Chemeketa will involve two
corner turns not contemplated
by the plan (one of which will
be a left turn) and, for a short
section of Center street, traffic
against that to which Center
street will be dedicated. Accord
ingly, the commission recom
mends, both to avoid this traf
fic obstruction, and in recogni
tion of the ultimate use of the
area now traversed by Summer
street, that the contract be
tween the city and the state be
amended (Amendments stated).
6. Amendment of contract be
tween city and state to elimin
ate Summer street from traffic
grid and substitution of Winter
street.
"This change in the Baldock
plan . . . will take southbound
traffic off Summer street and
eliminate the confusion that will
be created if that traffic is
forced to take the turns now in
prospect to get from Summer
to Chemeketa via Center and
West Summer. ...
"Marion street ... is set up in i
the Baldock plan as one-way for
westbound traffic, and it may
be urged that Summer could be
made a one-wav street in Mar.
ion until further develnnmnt
carried the state's ownership
north of Marion. Such develop
ment ... is nrohahlv nmm vrt
away, but such use of Marion,
witn Lnemeketa elimi n a t e d
from the grid, would break
down one phase of the plan,
wnue tne use of Marion with
Chemeketa retained in the grid
would develop the problem of
how to route traffic from Mar
ion to Chemeketa and also in
volve undesirable left turns.
"All difficulties rnnlri be re.
solved from the nnint nf vlpu;
of the capitol planning commis
sion if Winter were substituted
for Summer as the street to car
ry southbound traffic from Fair
grounds road to Chemeketa
street.
7. Development of Waverly
street for parking purposes if
closed by city as recommended.
"The commission next calls
attention to Waverly street, run
ning from Court to State, with
the original state office build
ing and the supreme court
building on one side, and the
easterly portion of the grounds
adjacent to the capitol building
on the other. The street is but
little used as a thoroughfare.
Its chief use is for parking, and
adjacent to it and between the
office building and the supreme
court building, is a parking area
now being enlarged. To enable
the use of the street in the high
est degree for parking purposes
the commission recommend
that it be vacated . . ."
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