Sunday. October 7. 1 9S8
Arterial Street Program P
TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
'rojposed
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Plan Would Cost
City $1,656,100
In 10-Year Period
(Editor'! net: This is the
first of a sarias of four arliclas
oascribing the four sagmtnls
of the capital improvamanl
.program on which votars of
Madford will pan at the Not.
6 alaction. Today's articla dis
cusses tha artarial llraat pro
J act. Subsequent articlai will
dascriba tha proposals for
fttorm aawari, sanitary sawers
' and off-street parking).
' Br EARL ADAMS
Mail Tribuna City Editor
A $2,371,000 capital improve
ment program approved by the
Medford city council in August,
will be submitted to Medford
voters at the Nov. 6 general el
. ection. It is contained in four
separate proposals.
The first is Sl.656.100 for
development of arterial streets.
The arterial street program
has been adopted from a 1954
plan based on a detailed traffic
study. The original program,
which included 25 projects,
woud have cost an estimated
$10,870,000, of which the city
would have paid $4,130,000.
The modified program is bas
ed on the original program, but
the revised plan is estimated to
cost Medford $1,656,100, a re
duction of almost $2'. a million.
Before the arterial street pro
gram can begin, voters must de
cide on a charter amendment
authorizing the city "to acquire
property for, establish, extend,
widen, construct, equip and
maintain public streets in and as
part of an arterial street stysem."
Included in the same ballot
title will be provisions for fi
nancing the job.
Financing would be partly by
a $220,000 general obligation
bond issue. The bonds would ma
ture over a period of up to 20
years, at not more than 4 per
cent interest. The money would
be used chiefly to obtain rights
of way during the next eight
months.
Levy Taxas
The city council would be
authorized to levy taxes on prop
erly within the city, in addition
to other taxes, to pay the prin
cipal and interest on the bonds
The rest of the money needed
over a 10-year period would be
raised by a tax levy of $143,600
each year. I his ad valorem tax
would not be levied until after
June 30, 1957.
The tax levy would provide
funds for actual construction of
arterial streets during the 10
years in which the tax is levied
and some would be used for
rights of way as well. The first
construction would begin next
fall after the tax money becomes
available.
The ballot title reads:
"Puropse: Amend Madford
City Chartar to authorlsa City
to designata. establish, con
struct and maintain artarial
public atiaats; and, for said
purposes to issua not exceed
ing $220,000.00 Canaral Obli
gation bonds and lory an an
nual tax of $143,600.00 for 10
yeara not subject to limitations
of Articla XI. Section 11, Con
stitution of Oregon."
Construction costs include in
tersections, structures, and traf.
fic control, in addition to rights
of way. The city also finances
part of the paving costs for
streets which are more than 36
feet wide in residential areas
and more than 44 feet in com
mercial areas. However, city
officials point out that residents
are assessed for paving up to 36
feet wide. In commercial areas
assessments are levied for pav
ing up to 44 feet wide. The city
finances the difference between
those figures and the actual
width of the street.
Among modifications of the
original recommendations is a
provision for a grade crossing
at Tenth st. with a 44-foot street
between Grape st. and Central
axe., instead of a long railroad
underpass and a 66-foot pave
ment. The grade crossing alter
nate is estimated to be a saving
of about $768,200.
Vern Thorpe, city public
works director, who prepared
the alternate plan, said there is
no question as to the advantages
of an undercrossing over a grade
crossing at Tenth St., but he
said the advantages do not seem
to justify the greater expendi
tures for an undercrossing at
Ipast for several years.
Othar Modifications
Other street plans have been
modified to save right of way
costs and moving of buildings.
Several streets have been nar
rowed from 66 feet to 52 feet,
with parking to be prohibited
during peak traffic flows, to re
duce overall cost of the pro
gram. The Seventh-Eighth st. couplet
was chosen instead of a Seventh
Sixth st. couplet, because the
furmer has several advantages,
Thorpe said. Among them are
an additional railroad crossing,
and a one-way coupletc all the
way to the west city limit', in
stead of only to Orange st. as
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originally recommended.
The couplet also would elimi
nate left turn conflicts off West
Main St., which would be for
westbound traffic, and' permil
Sixth st. to remain a two-way
local street.
The following are brief des
criptions of projects in the ar
terial street program. They are
not necessarily listed in order of
priority.
MAIN-EIGHTH COUPLET
Both West Main st. and Eighth
st. are considered in one project
because when completed, the
streets would be limited to one
way traffic leading in and out
of the central business district.
Traffic on Main st. would be
westbound, and traffic on Eighth
st. would be eastbound.
Ultimate plans for the Main
Eighth st. couplet would provide
for extending Eighth St. west
to Lozier lane. However, until
West Main st. between Columbus
ave. and Lozier lane proves in
adequate to handle the traffic
flow, the terminus point for
Eighth st. will be Columbus ave.
Eighth st. would be improved
between Columbus and Oakdale
aves. and extended across the
railroad tracks to a 40-foot street
with parking restrictions.
The major cost to the city in
the Main Eighth st. couplet
would be extending Eighth St.
across Bear creek to connect with
East Main st. The route would
do less damage to Hawthorne
park, city officials pointed out,
and should not require any great
er costs for bridge construction
across Bear creek or paving con
nections than a Sixth st. couplet.
The state highway department
would finance much of the con
struction between Columbus ave.
and Riverside ave. since the
street would be part of the state
highwav svstem (Highway 238).
10-1 1TH COUPLET .
This project would provide
another east-west one-way street
system leading to the downtown
central business district. Tenth
st. west of Central ave. would be
for westbound traffic and ,11th
st. would serve eastbound traffic.
Tenth st. would be resurfaced
between Columbus ave. and Hol
ly st. and a railroad grade cross
ing would be constructed to ex
tend tho street eastward.
Major coslruction along Tenth
st. would be a bridge across Bear
creek to connect with Cottage St.
and extend Tenth near the east
bank of Bear creek a short dis
tance to connect with the present
East Tenth st. Between Cottage
st. and Willamette ave.. Tenth
st. would be widened and the
base reconstructed before sur
facing. The intersection at 11th and
Oakdale ave. would require
channelization for greater traffic
flows, and 11th st. between Co
lumbus ave. and Hamilton would
be resurfaced with standard pav
ing. There presently is a tem
porary light' oil surface.
JACKSON STREET
Jackson st. between McAnd-
rews rd. and Grape st. would be
resurfaced and parking may be
prohibited there during peak
traffic flows. Between Grape and i
Riverside ave., the street would I
be widened to carry four moving
lanes of traffic with parking re
strictions during peak hours.
ine bridge across Bear creek
would be widened, and between
the bridge and Hawthorne ave.
the street would be widened to
66 feet, providing parking for
Hawthorne park visitors. Four
lanes of moving traffic would be
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PRESENT PAVED STREETS
STREETS TO BE WIDENED
STREETS TO BE PAVED
provided with a 52-foot pave
ment between Hawthorne and
Crater Lake ave.
Between Crater Lake ave. and
Lindley ave., Jackson st. would
be widened to 44 feet with the
present base and pavement re
constructed. Jackson st. would be
extended from Barneburg rd. to
Hillcrest rd.
GRAPE-HOLLY COUPLET
Grape st. would be for north
bound traffic, and Holly st. for
southbound traffic. The couplet
would extend from Stewart ave.
on the south to Haven st. near
McLoughlin Junior High school
on the north.
Both streets would be
surfaced, and signals would be
installed.
OAKDALE AVENUE
Between Eighth st. and 12th
st., Oakdale ave. would be widen
ed to 52 feet, providing four
lanes with a four-foot divider.
Parking would be prohibited on
both sides during peak traffic
periods when volumes warrant
four moving lanes. Until that
time, city officials said, parking
could be permitted on both sides.
Between Seventh and Eighth
sts. it would be widened to 66
feet to provide parking spaces
in the block along with four
lanes of traffic. A traffic light
would be installed at the corner
of Eighth st.
The section between Fourth
and Sixth sts. would we widened
to 44 feet. The section presently
is 30 feet wide with no parking
on the west side of the street.
MeANDREWS ROAD
Between West Jackson st. and
Sage rd., McAndrews would be
44 feet wide, and between Sage
rd. and Bear creek, would be 52
feet wide to provide an ultimate
four lanes of traffic with new
flashing light signals at the rail
road crossing.
City off icials said that prop
erty along McAndrews rd. pres-
ently outside the city limits
could either be assessed for inv
provements by the county, or it
may be inside the city limits at
the time the section is construct
ed. KING STREET
King st. intersections at Stew
art ave. and 11th st. would be
reconstructed. The street be
tween Dakota and 11th is 30 feet
wide, and consideration has been
given the possibility that parking
be prohibited rather than re-
movng several shade trees for
widening.
From 11th st. to Eighth st.,
King st. would be widened to
provide four lanes of traffic since
the section of street would be an
important feeder to the central
business district from the 11th
st. arterial as well as King st.
CRATER LAKE AVENUE
Parking would be prohibited
on both sides of Crater Lake
ave. between Main and Jackson
sts. instead of widening the
present 30-foot pavement to 44
feet.
Between Jackson st. and the
city limits, the street would be
widened to 44 feet and improved
with curbs, gutters and resurfac
ing. COLUMBUS AVENUE
Columbus ave. between Stew
art ave. and McAndrews rd.
would be all repaved. and widen
ed where necessary. Between
Stewart ave. and 10th st the
street would be widened.
The light gravel surfacing be
tween 10th and Main sts. and the
light oiled surface strip betweep
Main and Jackson sts. would be
replaced with standard width
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ARTERIAL STREET PROGRAM Shown
above are projects outlined in the proposed
arterial street program which will be submit
ted to Medford voters at the Nov. 6 general
election. The. proposed 10-year program will
cost the city$1.656,000. If approved the pro
gram will be financed ihrough a $220,000
general obligation bond issue and a $143,000
tax levy each year for 10 years. The proposed
program, includes three one-way couplets.
They are Main and Eighth, Tenth and 11th,
and Grape and Holly sts. Central and River
side aves. would remain the same. Among the
major projects will be extending Tenth st.
from Central ave. across Bear creek to con
nect with Cottage st. and Willamette ave. An
additional railroad crossing will be provided
and pavement. The street would
be extended to McAndrews rd.
across the housing project land,
which eventually would be trans
ferred to the city.
STEWART AVENUE
The existing 20-foot wide
street, which has a light oiled
surface, would be replaced with
a 44-foot pavement between
Columbus ave. and Holly st. In
cluded in the project along the
section would be strips of rights
of way. 11 intersections and con
struction of a box culvert to
eliminate the large drainage
ditch along the south side of the
street to Mevers lane, which
now creates a traffic hazard. '
Between Holy st. ad the rail
road, and to South Riverside
ave., Stewart ave. would be
widened to 66 feet, providing
lor lour lanes of moving traffic
two intersections, and a box cul
vert.
WILLAMETTE AVENUE
The maior nortion of Willa.
mette ave. is outside the present
city limits. However, city offi
cials pointed out that it is an im
portant connecting link between
the city street svstem to the nrn-
posed freeway and the present
lour-lane highway between Med
ford and Ashland.
Willamette ave. would be
widened to 44 feet and paved.
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HILLCREST
East Main st. from Bear
creek to Willamette ave. would
be widened 2Vi feet along the
north side tn 52 fppt. nrnvirfini
four lanes for moving traffic.
Parking would be restricted dur
ing peak traffic flows three times
daily.
Present pavement would be
resurface. anH iraffir. nhannal.
ized at Cottage st. until Ninth st.
is widened between Cottage st.
and Willamette ave.
East Main st. between Willa
mette ave. and Highland drive
would be widened to 52 feet re
placing 36-foot and 20-foot sec
tions. From Hiphlanri ririvo in
the present city lmiits, East Main
St.. Vallev View and Hillcrpst
rd. would be widened to 44 feet,
replacing the present 20-foot
light oiled surface.
10-YEAR PERIOD
The arterial street rjrorram
has been projected over a 10
year period with approximately
10 per cent of the program being
accomplished each year.
The priority of various sec
tions was determined by the
estimated 1970 traffic volumes.
in otner instances, right of way
purchases twere recommpnrfpH
early in the program in order
mat properties could be acquired
before expensive buildings were
constructed.
KILLED IN CRASH
Pendleton (U.R) Ted March,
57, of Milton-Freewater, Ore.,
was killed early Saturday when
the truck in which he was rid
ing with three hunting com
panions blew a tire and over
turned in a ditch three miles
south of Ukiah Junction, 53 miles
south of Pendleton. The death
was the 16th fatality in Umatilla
county this year.
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Seven Adult Training
Classes Win Start
In Schools I his Week
Seven adult training classes
will commence in Medford pub
lic schools this week, according
to Lindsay M. Vinsel, director of
adult education.
Registration for the first se
mester classes ended Friday, Vin
sel said. Second semester classes
will start later in the school year.
One of two tailoring classes
will start at 7 p.m. tomorrow in
room 15 of Medford High school
with Mrs. Orma Farnham in
structing. The class will meet
Monday and Thursday evenings
starting tomorrow night. The sec
ond tailoring class will meet Tu
esday evenings starting Oct. 9 in
room 8 at McLoughlin Junior
High school. Mrs. Hazel McKin
sey will be instructor.
Advanced Clothing
Mrs. McKinstry also will in
struct a class in advanced cloth
ing which will start in room 8
of McLoughlin Junior High
school Thursday between 7 and
10 p.m.
The beginning clothing class
was divided into two sessions,
Vinsel said, because of the re
Informational
Under Way By
The county informational
membership campaign for the
Southern Oregon Child Guidance
Clinic association received a good
start during the first week of
October, according to Mrs. Ro
land Holmes, county membership
chairman.
Letters of invitation to join
along with informative broch
ures, were sent to 900 county res
idents. Personal visits will be
made to many residents to an
swer questions and explain the
clinic's work, she said.
The community chairmen also
are interested in arranging pro
grams about the clinic with any
group who wants and requests
such service, she said. The cam
paign does not cover the Med
ford area in the fall where the as
sociation is working with the
United Medford Crusade during
its annual fund raising drive for
member agencies.
In Ashland Mrs. Norman
Christleib and Mrs. Phil Gates
are ccK:hairman, with Mrs. Alex
Peterson, Mrs. Frank Haines,
Mrs. Dan Bulkley, and Mrs. Rob
ert O'Harra assisting.
Mrs. Ted Fredenburg and Mrs.
Keith Scott are workers in Butte
Falls.
Central Point Area
In Central Point Mrs. Earl
Yoakley directs a group of four
workers. They are Mrs. Wilton
White. Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain,
Mrs. M. B. Caster and Mrs. A. M.
Setness.
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at Eighth st., which also will be extended
across Bear creek to connect with East Main
st. near Hawthorne park. Willamette ave.
would be extended southward to Barnett rd.
to help handle traffic to and from Highway
99, Other streets which would be improved
include McAndrews rd., Columbus ave., Stew
art ave. and Jackson st. East Main st. would
be improved at the east end, along with
Valley View and Hillcrest to the city limits.
Eventually, Eighth st. would be extended to
connect with West Main st. west of Lozier
lane. City officials said, however, that Colum
bus ave. would be the terminus for the Eighth
st. couplet until West Main st. between Co
lumbus ave. and Lozier lane is adequate to
handle traffic flow.
sponse. The first class will meet
starting, Wednesday, Oct. 10, be
tween 7 and 9:30 p.m. hn-oom 15
at Medford High school. JUiss
Jean Brooks will be instructor.
The second class in beginning
clothing will be held between
7 and 9:30 p.m. beginning Wed
nesday, Oct. 10. in room 8 at Mc
Loughlin Junior High school.
Mrs. McKinstry will be instruc
tor. Driver Training
A driver training class with
Hal Carver instructing will start
at Medford High school between
4 and 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8.
The first session will be held in
the cafeteria. The course will in
clude both classroom and behind-the-wheel
training.
Classes in drawing and sketch
ing, taught by Steve Bayless, will
be held between 7:30 and 9:30
p.m. starting Tuesday. Oct. 9, in
room 7 of McLoughlin Junior
High school.
Vinsel pointed out that adult
training classes are held for self
improvement and no school cred
it is given.
Drive Gets
Association
Mrs. W. H. Young is the chair
man of the Eagle Point Browns
boro drive and to help her are
Mrs. Glenn Hale, Mrs. Victor
Hay, and Mrs. Raphael Garner.
Elk-Trail Prospect, Shady Cove
communities will be contacted
by Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry and
Mrs. Dave Bergren. The Gold
Hall Health Unit will assist Mrs.
Norman Gail in contacting Gold
Hill residents. In Jacksonville,
Mrs. Melvin Hall and Mrs. Fred
Richardson are -co-workers; in
Phoenix Mrs. Bert Stancliffe and
workers Mrs. I. S. Thomas, Mrs.
Warren Kelsoe and Mrs. A Curtis
Stockstill; with Mrs. Phil Engle
as chairman, assisting will be
Loren Casebier, John Harr, and
Mrs. Yvonne Pugh in Rogue Riv
er and Mrs. Doris Burkett and
Mr. George Marsters in Wimer.
Mrs. William Ziegler is chair
man in Applegate and Ruch area.
Talent will be covered by Dr.
Loren Messenger, chairman; Mrs.
Jack Suksdorf, Mrs. John Bald
win. Mr. Irving Thomas, Mr. A1-'
vin Wheeler, Mr. Clarence Hold
ridge, workers.
Mrs. Holmes stressed that any
interested person can become a
member of Southern Oregon
Child Guidance Clinic associa
tion. If someone is interested and
was not covered in the mailing
list, they can contact any person
working in the campaign or the
clinic office, 307 Leverette build
ing, phone 3-3174.
Two Juveniles Are
Indicted by Jury
Portland (U.R) A federal
grand jury in Portland Friday
took action not seen in Oregon
federal courts in five years
it indicted two juveniles on at
tempted burglary charges.
Raymond S. Ainge, 16, and
Ronald Eugene Huffman, 17, are
accused of breaking into the
Bank of Oregon at Woodburn
and the post office station at
the Woodburn variety store.
The two cases were part of a
one-night series of break-ins in
August at two banks, a post of
fice, a hardware store and two
taverns in Gervais and Wood
burn. Marion county authorities said
they turned the youths over to
federal agents because they
were "too tough for us to
handle." Juveniles normally are
charges by federal courts, re
gal dless of the nature of their
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Fire Destroys Lumber
Firm in Hood River .
Hood River (U.R) Fire,
which broke out shortly after 2
a.m. Saturday, destroyed th
Neal Creek Lumber Company's
sawmill. Owners estimated loss
at $250,000.
More than 100 volunteer fire
men from surrounding rural fire
districts fought the blaze and
kept it from spreading to the
company's dry. kiln and planer
shed, located about six miles
south of here. .
. Sacramento. Calif j (U.R)
Light plane pilots landing at the
municipal airport reported they
were flying through "flak." Po
lice investigated and found three
boys, aged 5, 10, and 12 years
firing stones at low-flying air
craft with slingshots. None of
the aircraft was hit.
crimes. No minors had been in
dicted for felonies in Oregon
for five years prior to Friday's
bills against Ainge and Huff
man. of Beef au Jus
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