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Municipal Improvements Made in 1912
CoiiBJdoralilrt' Iniprovnmnnt work
wan (Ijjne by tlio'clty liming tlio year
Jutit.c6flig bUIioiikIi more ncn(lon
WUBJiijld io o closing up of old
vrorH' tiion to, rmw. Howovor during
tho or,'f 117,273. 5t ' wpa otpended
for powworic.
Iii.jfl- n'ourly two'rnllpB of pave
inuiit was .laid, a total of 29,030
yard,ut k,cost of 06,a07. y
,1'jiB"BUPUOfi?300'6' wu expended
during 1912' for npw water mains.
During 1912 nearly u mllo and a
half yt Hanltary Bqwor wro con
Htruded at a coRt of fl 0,083 and
$1192 va expended fur fttorni
sowern.
, A. mllo and u li:(lf of coucreto (side
walks wu8 constructed at a cost of
$01 DC.
, During 1912 approximately $1500
was expended for u(reet grading In
tho city, nnil another J.'OO expended
for proper noHliif;H on uuiAvcd
(street)!.
Tho Hum of Jl.'l.fiOO was paid oul
an ll)o fclty'H uliaio of tho Main Htreot
brldgo and $5,91 for tho Jackson
street bridge.
JV now aop'tlc tank waH runacntrtotl
wltlcbVcoBt 1511)0. In order to effee-
Jy ljsp(
llvej:
dlspoKo of tho Howerago of tho
AJUiWlfi'nilM'Het building 'Was eon
structed at a cout of 1S00 during
tho year. ,
With un nittured lornl innrktH of
from SO to .10 million feet a enr of
mcrchftntnhlo timber, conmimed nn
tumlly In InilldliiK opnrntlouti and
fruit lioxt's, tho Hokuo HIwt valley
offers tho flne.it inducement of nny
locality In the country for n mill. All
of thin lumher In Imported, notwlth
ntnndlng the great timber holt mir
rouudlni; thl xectlou.
Tho 1'urlflc and Uastern will be
extended any reasonable distance In
to tho timber belt provided mieh a
mill Is constructed. It Is uot neces
sary to own timber In order to oper
ate a mill -ntutui.ni;e run be tterured
from tho government In the rewervo
at a prlco that will make operation
possible (linn avoiding heavy timber
Invcvitinenttt.
Tho people of the valley are pay
ing. In labor and freight over J 1 00
an hour, ten hour u day, for every
day In tho year, In railroad freight
and labor In other tiectloiiH for our
lumber alone. Klfteeu hundred car
loads of lumber base been unloaded
At Medford alono tho p.-ml three
ears. Tho 1912 connumptlou of box
ohooks totalled Sfi rani. Juxt In Med
ford. Development of the timber re
source of southern Oregon In tin
hands of thp government will prob
ably take place rapidly within the
next few years, no doubt much morn
quickly than tho tlmlier In ioexxlou
of private owners. Of tho 20,000,
000.000 feet of standing timber In
Jackson county more than one-half
of it U in tho hands of private own
ers. Yet tho lumbering Industry In
Jackson county U In Itx Infancy, vslillo
It should be foremost among all In
dustries in tho county. In some fu
ture time It certainly will he. but
such development depends on better
tramportutlon facilities Owncra of
largo tractB of timber have co inuc'i
capital Involved In tho acquirement
of their holdings that they aro re
luctant to Invest heavier In the con
struction of railroad In order to get
their timber to market. Market
values for lumber have constantly
boon lnercanlng and they feel It u
good Investment to continue holding
their timber. Tho government M
willing to sell Its mature timber nt
uny lime, and Its recently fire killed
'IiiiImt It Is advertising for kaIo no'v
at extraordinary low prlre, and In
largo enough bodied to warrant tb
construction of railroads to tho
timber.
Utile. Capital Nrt!cl
To buy timber from tho national
forest Involves a comparatively hiu.-iH
amount of capital. The tlmln-r Is
paid for by Installments as cut nnd
leaves tho purchaser free to use his
available money to Install logging
equlpmout. Any business proposition
which oaves tying up large aniounta
of capital Is the greatest inducement
to Industries. It Is reasonably cer
tain that the next few years will
bring about railroad extensions in
several parts of Jackson county to
tho timber within tho Crater National
forest.
Such development will mean mucn
for Jackson county. It will furnish
transportation to rcraoto districts,
mean tho employment of hundreds of
men with a corresponding big payroll
and mean money to tho merchants of
the cities in the county who will
furnish tho logging camim with their
equipment and supplies.
Counties Ilencflteil
Not only this, but as everyone
knows, 2G per cent of all receipts
from national forests go back to tho
counties In which tho forests are lo
cated. Kor tho fiscal year enllng
Juno 30, 1909, Jackson county rn
relvcd over IJfiOO. During tho pres
ent year It will recelvo more, and 'n
futuro years a sum, of 30 to fiO flion
sand dollars will bo a low avernr of
the amount Jackson county will re
ceive each year. This sum goes Into
tho county's school nnd rond fund.
Tho territory of timber trlbunry
to Medford exteuds far beyond tho
limits of Jackson county. While M'o
foroat nrea of Upper Hoguo river l.
immense, thuro Is an equally vnst
area to tho bouth and west, extending
Into JoHephlno county, In Oregon, and
Into Siskiyou, tho mountain barrlera
being mien as to make It luipowlblc;
to movo tho timber oicept from thi
Oregon side, ami through Medford,
tho nearest railroad point.
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Tho Pacific & ICustorn railroad nl
ready touches the timber bolt ot
Upper Hoguo river, and tho railroad
proposed to tho Uluo Ledge copper
mines will open up the vast limber' d
region of tho Siskiyou range.
Tho milling of tho lumber ft mil
theue great forests will bo i educed
lo minimum roi.t becati30 of tho un
limited water power ufforded by
Hoguo river and llutto creek on thu
one hand and by tho Applegate, U'.
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Medford Leads All in Improvements
Although u young city with be
tween 10,000 nml 11,000 population
tin Applegate, Joo and Klllott creeks MwlfoM Hat. expended tl.7BB,37flj
on tho other, ,ur ' "J '"'pruviuiieniH.
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eluded In this eatlmato Is of Mm."00" tixpomloil dining tho past four
grade. Tho trees aro long-bod'ed,
towering from 100 fo 300 feet, tho
straight brown trunks freo ot llmlis
for many feet up.
yearn.
Aledfjml lt known ns l)io liiMt pav
ed city, of its iilzo Ip tho world, It
lias. 18,01 miles of piiYQd Hticeta, a
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total yard'igo or ; HO, 2 1 I. 'Ibis wax
laid at a cost of fHHIUiOI.
Medford Iiiih 27.79 miles of distrib
uting water mains laid nt a tost or
f2l7,r,ii::. In addition In (his thu
dlly has u gravity witter iiytoin which
Ih 23 miles lu length mid wlifttji i'(int
$2715,000 lo VoiiHtiuct.
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cuiiided by 2U,2i inllwi 'jf iinnljuiy
. soweis whlfh nnd $so:i,K7 lo In
I stall. y huge new nepllo' tank, of
j latest design, hau recently been i;oiu
i plott'd ,
In iiddltlon lo thu mlnliury rowers
tho rlty linn laid I. ill iiilbm of nturiu
sewers giving (bo clt) peifeet drain
ago. Tho elty now lias 2j1.:h mlleii of
conernto tddetnalks and H mlleii, or
board walks which nrn ntildly heliiK
uupplmitud wllji cojiuilito'
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