Progress Review
01 Highway Work
Given lor 1916-26
(This is another in series
of article! entitled "Glimpses
at Highway History," prepared
by Ralph Waiion. highway de
partment writer.)
"In harmony with the demand
of the people for a curtailment
of public expenditures, and in
view of the fact that the state
highway system has now reached
a state of improvement which
satisfies the most pressing of the
demands for modern transnorta-
tion facilities, there has been dur
ing the biennial period just
closed, a marKea slackening or
slowing down in state highway
operations." This is the first sen
tence of the 1923-24 report of
me state nignway engineer.
On November 30, two years
later, tne commission in its sum'
mary for the preceding two
years, recalls that 1926 "rounds
out a full decade since the in
auguration of the present state
highway program, and pro
ceeds to take inventory of the
progress of those 10 years. In
1916 there had been 33,917 reg
istered motor vehicles in Oregon
with license fees collected of
S146.232. Outside of Multnomah,
excluding a few miles in Clatsop
and Jackson counties, "there was
no pavement at all." Gravel
roads were "narrow and rough";
there was no "continuity of im
provement, with frequent im
passable gaps." The "state high
way system then existed only on
paper; the Columbia highway
had just been opened as a dirt
road to Hood River and to As
toria. The Mt. Hood loop was
only a vision. The Pacific high
way was impassable after the
first rains, as were all roads lead
ing to the coast. The route to
Pendleton was over the hills by
a circuitous route involving long,
steep grades."
At the close of 1926 there had
been constructed 178 miles of
cement and 550 miles of bitumin
ous pavement in the 4,468 miles
of the state highway system, plus
2,137 miles of crushed rock and
gravel surfacing and 2,491 miles
of grading. In addition were 371
miles of crushed rock and 461
miles of grading in the forest
road program of the bureau of
public roads. Multnomah coun
ty and cities of more than 2,000
population, without financial as
sistance from the state, had
paved their streets over which
the state highway route ran to
give a grand total of 897 miles
of pavement, 576 miles of oiled
macadam, 1,747 miles of crushed
rock and gravel, 301 miles grad
ed and 947 unimproved and 575
bridges over 20 feet in length
had been constructed.
In the 10 years the commission
had expended, not including mar
ket road funds, $99,001,922, of
which $12,575,876 was county,
$9,976,414 government $462,674
railroad and $75,986,956 state
funds. Bonded debt and interest
had claimed $15,940,531 of the
state funds. In addition, upward
of $17 million of state, county
and district funds had been ex
pended under the market road
law.
In this period the commission
adopted the plan and set the
first of the concrete mile posts
along the major highways indi
cating the distance from Port
land, commencing at Broadway
and Washington streets.
A start was made at widening
pavements from 16 to 20 feet
to meet growing traffic demands.
In 1923. 16 miles of road had
been oiled, to lay dust, as an
experiment; 55 miles more were
added in 1924. In 1925 this was
boosted by 160, and in 1926 an
other 343 miles the birth of the
oil mat and bituminous macadam
surfacing which since has spread
throughout the nation.
Log overloading and heavy
freight trucks and excessive
speed troubles plagued the com
mission then as now.
The report ends: "The commis
sion strongly recommends that
no new state highways be added
to the state highway map until
the present system is completed
or. at least, further advanced. It
is believed that the present sys
tem, which covers approximate
ly 10 per cent of the public road
mileage, is adequate to cover the
needs of the state."
Water Sales Would Assist
Financing of Proposed New
Commission Expansion Plan
Income which would be de
rived from the sale of water un
der the proposed expansion of
the city's water facilities was es
timated today by Robert A. Duff,
superintendent of the water
commission, at more than $5,830
per month.
Nearby communities would
benefit from the proposed expan
sion, Duff said, but they would
have to pay for it.
Amount Paid High
Records of the water commis
sion show that outside users of
Medford water have paid S677,
736.50 for water since 1927.
Since Nov. 7, 1945, no new serv
ice out of the city has been grant
ed except in organized water dis
tricts and municipalities which
are under contract with the city.
This has created a large re
serve of Dotential users, and it
is expected that when the new
water line is completed revenue
from suburban users will run
more than $70,000 per year. No
sales will be made to outside us
ers except for the water that is
available over and aoove re
quirements of the city.
Present plant for expansion of
the system call for the total de
velopment of the Big Springs
area for the use of the city. The
transmission line capacity of both
the old and new lines will be
sufficient to carry 37 cubic feet
of water per second, or 23,912,
064 gallons per day, which is the
expected maximum flow of these
springs during the driest season.
Life 60 Yaars
Since the expected life of the
new line is 60 years, the capac
ity of the transmission pipe lines
should be large enough to care
for the needs of the city during
the greater portion of its life
time. The potential demand for
water can only be estimated.
Duff said, but population in
creases indicate that the addi
tion of the new aqueduct, at the
oresent rate of consumption, will
meet the city's requirements for
about 50 years or until the popu
lation served approaches 54,000
leople. During that time tne city
will have an excess of water for
sale to outside users. These wa
ter sales, together with revenue
at existing rates by city users,
will pay all the costs of the wa
ter development, Duff stated.
'COON BLITZED
Cleveland, O. (U.R) Frank
Harrold Jr. used modern war
fare methods to catch an animal
prowler that got into his garage,
put tracks on his new car and
upset a can of blue paint. He
started the engine on the car
and shut the garage doors. An
hour later he opened the doors
and hauled out an asphyxiated
iu-pouna raccoon
rLL'f Via.
'Acme I etephoto
BAD HEADACHE Loralne Workman (left). 27, of Los Angeles,
decided she wanted to die. After she wrote farewell notes and played
a torch song on a phonograph, Miss Workman put a gun to her
temple and pulled the trigger. But she didn't die. The .25-callber
bullet flattened against her skull, turned In its trajectory, coursing
upwards under her scalp until it lodged at a point directly opposite
point of entrance (X-ray, right). Physicians said she will have a bad
headache, but will live.
Wednesday. May 10. 1950
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TTO
Federal Excise Taxes
On Cigars Reduced
Washington, May 10 (U.R)
House tax writers tentatively
agreed today to cut federal ex
cise taxes on cigars by one-third
about $15 million a year.
The 33 per cent reduction
voted by the house ways and
means committee would affect
all cigars retailing at less than
30 cents each. The present rates
range from $2.30 ot $2U a thousand.
Tallahassee, Fla. (U.R) The
Florida road department has
named the state road from Jas
per to Suwannee the Stephen
Foster highway in honor of the
composer of "Old Folks at
Home."
Ml
tee pn lite 'em so
Toasted fresh and sweet -for
folks eat Kellogg'a Corn
Flakes fast as we make 'em!
They're your bargain in
goodness. Uet KeUogg't
corn ruutes.
MOTHER KNOWS
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