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il PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MATTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1915 Construction of Pacific Highway in Jackson County z?E 1 1 hi 1 1 1 1" NJ2KflS4KS? -si VhHHrn? HitJjyQTfcSM2''C 3T??jS H k Twbt jilHJr. 3ilE I i BekVPIb tSiil ftiiWKlwMfrMjBtfjyjfc tBm "Srf-ffiBT flfc TjraflPTBtf lirVT- B l T Tk- w IT- i-f 1 fe bRmL w v3t, r B PiRK tiBBBlBSlto'HJ,c'M.'WsBBPrf5r Haftc-diK s Er v y T M-Wir ."jIn irKi--- 0 J ?JSwvv?y j v Tf luTx ' i ! yft 1 S 4 9 vtMsl 1 I B? I jVm------3- I KflljHtf&: .3r '' jilS"irflM 03 KsR F;:JEHHHk- t -v .s.i E1Hf it " .ilWPHBlWE V7 .r7gl 1 1 - -llKiHii.Mldi H7 w '-?i5JiGPlWrf .n SJV iflastfyk-. 7JMH-B13iffli------I t dfl------ B-:l MmJMR-kralllM TBBf.. MHi3MBvBIHflBWRn-1M:MQVa9Ki fcr 1 Br- v4IWClKfSsi-HliMB Ll t ,jA m f miffiri 1 ii illlfrnWnHwr iHnll wl' XiWrnmMdSm BPPPiBB.tftHi V- IMB TiriEJhl BfWBBIav K&slB'iHHKV H JKHItKiWMHnttflHBRSm n IKPHIA H!IBhB91SmHHIHIH w SbRi m . Ji k DbjUm t Wbf c jimHIB kilt trmti?'fiMHb .j ,j Awn' ikuiniin coiititlu Cement. 11jji.ui. iiuiutt maiumi; -.i.li'Uui. toncitio HikIiwu)'. Pacific Highway (Conttlnuod Horn rno 1.) Along this stretch of routl is u sprint; of water bo cold that it makes ouo'b teeth hurt, and of sufficient quantity to keoj) h Itttlo Btroam run ulng during the hottest weather. All at onco the pass is reached and crossod and ono looks down Into the beautiful lloguo' rlvor valley over miles of wooded mountains and cliffs and tho floor of tho valley boyond with Mt. Pitt in tho distance. Tho highway follows ,tho rldgo for a short distance within vlow of both valloyH one In Oregon and tho othor in California, then it dips and runs along tho hlllsido toward tho railway station at Siskiyou at tho north ontranco of tho long Southern Pacific tunnel. Jinny long curves are necessary on this route, hut our plan of keeping tho curves big enough so as to glvo a long vlslhlo stretch of road ahead, has been maintained. At Siskiyou tho road approaches tho track on a hlx per cent grado and turns through threo Quarters of a circle, and fol lows on down tho hlllsido making u hair pin curve. From this point down to Stlnoman It Is nocessary to dovelopo considerable dlstanco and put In qulto a number of scenic curves In order to get down on a six por cent grado. At Stlnoman Is was necessary to make a comploto loop and coino around under our awn road in order to savo a tremendously oxponsivo fill. Tho highway crosses tho Southern Pacific trucks on an over-head crossing built of rein forced concrcto, then makes tho big loop and comes around under anoth er concoroto span, carrying the high way over itself. Wo havp. nnothcr reinforced concrete brldgo over the railway at Dollurhldo's crossing to avoid that grado crobsiug. It has been tho policy of tho department to do uway entlroly with all grado crosuing8 of tho railroad In order to avoid danger to llfo. Uy tho building of this now road, six vory dangerous grado crossings of tho railroad will be dono awuy with, It Is tho belief of Htato Mtghwuy Kngl neor Howlby, that when an expensive road Is being built, and an cxponslvo pavement placed upon it, that it should bo so locatod that the peoplo, a few years hence, will not havo to abandon tho road becauso of Us dan gerous crossings or heavy grades, Considerable opposition has devel oped to over or under crossing In tho county, but It Is tho belief that tho plan of absoluto safety to llfo, and tho building for futuro truffle, as well as for tho present, Is ap proved by thp great majority. Two miles more of grado, winding In uud out along tho wooded hill sldos, and tho floor of tho valley Is reached and tho hlghwuy winds among farms that wcro soon from the summit 2000 fcot above. Tho road passes through Ashland, a beautiful city at tho foothills or tho Siskiyou mountains, woll paved and pleasingly situated. At tho north city limits, It Is plan to avoid tho now dangerous rullroad crossing and heavy grade, by pass ing under the railroad track at a point approximately 300 feet north of tho present grado crossing. This roadway will pass undor tho track in a long straight lino which will not only do away with nil possibility of collision with trains, but also .with tho vehiclos on tho highway. Duo to tho fact thut right of way could not bo obtained through tho Hillings property without going to extromo measures, this crossing and tho now V. ktkkkkkWkkwmt2S.k rtwJM umrK-iicncry tonsiruciion (',,. AniIiiiIiu ....w.,o una m Tul n. (Vnli.w.,t Vut ou Hlskbou rudo. Lower Section of Completed lllgluvuy. Photon by AWhIoh, Couitexy Oiegou Journal. to culvortH and brldgoa, all of which aro built of pormnnont mutorlul masonry, coucroto, ' concroto plpo, and corrugatod Ingot Iron plpo. It has been tho plan of tho county court and tho highway commission to so build tho road that thoro will not need to bo an evor increasing grade was not built nor pnvod thta year. When thoro aro so many other parts of tho county whoro tho peo plo, Individually and as a community, aro willing and glad to mako sacri fices for tho good of tho road, It has beon thought unwlso to go 'to tho oxponso of forcing tho construction on tho Ashlnud hill, Tho ontlro coat of tho. Siskiyou mountain section, i:ij miles, Is shown by tho statement on pago u, ox coptlng part of ono over-crossing of tho B. 1'. railway and tho grudlng connected therewith which Is still Incomplete. Approximately J28.000.00 or 30 por cent of tho ontlro cost of tho con struction of tho SlHkiyoti grado i duo J .(Continued, on pago flvo,),
