EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. October it. 1951
No Decision Planned on New Freeway
For Year; More Studies Are Planned
Yesterday'! hearing on loca
tion of a proposed Highway 99
freeway emphasized the predica
ment facing highway commis
sioners: Any route they select
for the freeway will "step on
someone's toes."
At the close of the hearing,
commissioners said more studies
will be made and no decision
will be announced for at least
another year. They added that
no construction would start until
about five years from now.
Express Opinions
About 30 witnesses expressed
their opinions on the four pro
posed routes before highway
commission officials and a crowd
of about 800 public officials,
farmers, landowners, business
men, attorneys and interested
Jackson county residents.
The three-hour hearing was
held in the Craterian theater
rather than city council cham
bers to accommodate the large
crowd. Since law provides for
hearings of this type to be held
in the city hall, officials "check
ed in" at the council chambers
before proceeding to the theater
for the 10 a.m. session.
At the beginning of the ses
sion, W. C. (Dutch Williams,
highway engineer, traced the
four'proposed freeway routes on
maps which covered one wall of
the stage. He also gave cost
estimates for each route and
present usage of land surround
ing each route.
Routes Listed
The four proposed routes are
the Hillcrest line (east of the
Medford city limits). Bear Creek
route (running through Medford
parallel with Bear Creek), Gen
nesse route (east of Bear Creek
within the city limits) and the
West Medford-Oak Grove west
of the city.
According to Williams, dis
tance of the routes is about the
game slightly more than 25
miles. Costs have been estimated
as follows:
Hillcrest, $18,343,000 total
($16,580,000 construction and
$1,763,000 right of way); Gen
nesse, $18,295,000 total ($15,500,
000 construction and $2,795,000
right of way); Bear Creek or
Hawthorne Park line, $18,723,000
total ($16,327,000 construction
and $2,396,000 right of way);
and West Medford-Oak Grove
line, $22,497,000 total ($19,245.
000 construction and $3,252,000
right of way).
Land usages were listed as
follows:
Hillcrest, 1,050 acres, of which
111.8 acres are orchard land, 848
other agriculture land, 32 com
mercial and 58.3 residential;
Gennesse, 1,082 commercial and
36 residential; Bear Creek, 1,052
acres, of which 1.3 are orchard
land, 943 other agriculture land,
92 commercial and 15.6 residen
tial. Specific figures concerning
homes on residential land were
not reported. It was estimated
by commissioners that the Gen
nesse line directly involved about
35 homes.
Landowners Introduced
Otto Frohnmayer, Medford at
torney, introduced :everal land
owners who are promoting the
Bear Creek route in preferance
to the Hillcrest line. The group's
second choice for the freeway,
he said, is the Gennesse line.
Frohnmayer introduced 15 wit
nesses, including Howard E.
Bush, president of the Jackson
County Fruit Growers league;
W. B. (Ben) Tucker, county agri
culture extension agent; C. B.
Cordy, county horticulture agent;
Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of the
Medford Irrigation District; Paul
Culbertson, president of the
MID; Walter A. Hoffbuhr, man
ager of the Talent Irrigation Dis
trict; David Holmes, director
and spokesman for the TID; Rob
ert Duff, Medford city manager;
Paul Rynning, county engineer;
Dan Adams, Phoenix city mayor;
S. M. Tuttle, Rogue River Val
ley Traffic association; Rodney
Keating, county judge; Otto A.
Ewaldson, Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce president; Earl
Miller, Medford mayor; and the
Rev. George R. V. Bolster, presi
dent of the Rogue Valley Memo
rial hospital board of directors.
Frohnmayer said the impres
sion had been given before the
hearing that the West Medford
Oak Grove route would not be
seriously considered by the com
mission for several reasons, in
cluding the expense factor. He
said for that reason, his witnesses
would limit their arguments to
the other three routes.
Several witnesses pointed out
that the Hillcrest line would
cut farm and orchard land into
triangles in many places. Farm
ing a triangular plot ol lana,
they contended, can not be done
economically. Most farms and
orchards are laid out in rectan
gular patterns.
They also stated that irrigation
and drainage contours would be
upset. Cordy said that destruc
tion of fruit land by the Hill
crest route would mean an an
nual loss of $210,000 to the val
ley. He based the figure on a
production estimate of 300 boxes
of fruit per acre at $4 per box.
He said replacement of these
orchards would be a long process
and pointed out that there is not
much other land in the valley
that is adaptable to orchard
growth.
Land Eliminated
Irrigationists said that 400 to
500 acres of irrigated property
or potential irrigation property
on the Talent Irrigation district
alone would be eliminated en
tirely or in part by a freeway
on the Hillcrest line. It was
pointed out there is a "limited
supply" of land on which ir
rigation can be done to optimum
advantage.
In the Medford Irrigation dis
trict, about 1,860 individual
users would be adversely affect
ed by the Hillcrest freeway
route, officials said.
It was also argued that as
sessment would be raised and
serious distribution and main
tenance problems would result
from a freeway at that location.
They said some problem would
develop if the Bear Creek route
vere chosen, but described the
problems as "far less serious"
than those which would result
from the Hillcrest route.
Duff and Rynning testified
that the Hillcrest route would
involve considerably more ex
pense for access roads than the
Bear Creek route would. The
City's share of additional access
loads on the Hillcrest route was
listed as $160,000 and the coun
ty's share. $330,000.
Phoenix Mayor
The Phoenix mayor present
ed a city council recommenda
tion that the Gennessee or Bear
Creek route be selected in pre
ference to the Hillcrest route,
he said the council believed
these other lines would result
in shorter more convenient ac
cess roads and less business loss.
He also said Bear Creek is a
natural barrier and a highway
would be an additional barrier
He said he believed it would
be advisable to build the high
way along the exisiting barrier
Mayor Miller stated that, con
trary to statements by some
ether people, he didn't believe
travelers on the Hillcrest route
would get a view of the city
He also said construction of a
freeway through the city would
create problems in future plan
ning for city streets.
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The Rev. Mr. Bolster said the
Hillcrest route would "seriously
affect, if not actually imperil"
the Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital now under construction
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near Barnett rd. He listed noise
and excessive traffic of a free
awy as the most damaging fac
tors in locating the freeway on
the Hillcrest line. He added
that the hospital would be about
500 feet from an access road.
Judge Keating, on behalf of
the county court, and Ewaldson,
cn behalf of the chamber of
commerce, presented recom
mendations that the Bear Creek
route be selected in preference
to the Hillcrest line. Reasons in
cluded economic factors, con
venience and adverse effects of
the Hillcrest line on orchard
and farm land.
Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson, a
housewife, also took a stand
against the Hillcrest line.
Frank Ross, a landowner in
the vicinity of the proposed
West Side route, drew a round
of applause by suggesting con
sideration of a new route run
ning above the Hillcrest line and
bordering the valley.
Dick House, local insurance
salesman, supported Ross' rec
ommendation. J. C. Barnes,
another land owner, recommend
ed a freeway elevated over Bear
Creek. He also suggested space
under the freeway be used for
off-street parking and that park
ways be placed on each side.
Long Testimony
One of the longest testimonies
of the morning was that of C. W.
Reames, Medford attorney.
Reames said he had repeatedly
requested specific figures, maps
and other data, including the
exact number of trees that would
be removed, and he had not re
ceived it from the highway com
mission. He added that no one
else had received that informa
tion and, gesturing to the whole
crowd, said, "None of you know
vhat you're talking about be
cause you don't have trie fig
ures." He particularly attacked test
imony of irrigation district of
ficials, saying "My heart bleeds
for them. Millions of dollars
have just been appropriated for
their use." He stated that the
freeway should not go through
the city and said several peti
tions had been signed by at
least 584 people opposing the
Gennessee line. Reames added,
' We're liable to have a war at
any time and wouldn't want a
highway which is liable to be
bombed running through the
city."
Advocating the Hillcrest
route, Mel Krows, a landowner,
s.nid, "In recent years a great
deal of orchard land has been
sold voluntarily for subdivisions.
I don't see in long range plan
ning how putting a freeway
through the orchards would de
stioy the economy of the area."
Cut Property Value
Others argued that a freeway
through the city would cut
property' value, create a bad
environment for children,
"blight" the city and displace
many residents.
Kenneth Denman, Medford
attorney, estimated that 58
homes (rather than the highway
commission's estimate of 35)
would be eliminated on the Gen
nessee line. He added that 280
homes would be within 300 feet
feet of the right-of-way and 685
homes would be within one-third
of a mile east of the highway,
thus being adversely affected,
especially by noise. He pointed
out that elsewhere in the state
freeways have by-passed cities
End stated that a "growing city"
does not suffer by being by
passed. Donald E. Faber, mayor of
Central Point, appealed to the
commission to locate the freeway
awy from the city of Central
Point.
The commissioners said those
desiring to write letters concern
ing the freeway routes may ad
dress them to the state highway
commission office in Salem.
Officials attending included
Williams, Ben R. Chandler of
Coos Bay, chairman of the com-
Grange Notes
POMONA GRANGE
The next meeting of Jackson
County Pomona Grange will be
held Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10:00
a.m. in the Eagle Point Grange
hall.
This will not be a pot-luck
dinner as usual, but the meal will
be served by the ladies of Eagle
Point Grange. Special order of
business is the election of of
ficers for the next two years.
Four hundred different in
sects attack livestock in this
country at one time or another.
Altogether, these are said to cost
growers an estimated $500 mil
lion or more each year.
mission, ind Charles H. Reyn
olds, La Grande, a commission
member.
Diaper Banner Tells
About 75th Child
West AUis, Wis. (U.R) Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Philippi
hoisted diapers at their front
window to signify the arrival of
their 75th Infant.
Over the past 7V4 years, the
couple has temporarily sheltered
75 foster children. The babies
spend anywhere between a few
months to three years in the
Philippi's care before being
given permanent homes.
Several neighbors and friends
joined the Philippis in welcom
ing the 75th addition to the
group. The three-week old boy's
arrival was announced by a ban
ner of diapers fluttering in the
front windows and pink and blue
spotlights on the home.
UPS AND DOWNS
Traverse City, Mich. U.B
"There are a lot of hills between
here and Detroit," said a 13-year-old
runaway boy after he was
picked up by state police. The
police said he should know. The
youth pedalled the 260 miles
from his Detroit home to Trav
erse City on a bicycle.
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SHY NORTHLAND HAS A FINE
RECORD OF HARD WORK FOR
JACKSON COUNTY
and his 8 Years as County Commissioner Have Given
him the training, experience and understanding of
county affairs ... a value to you the tax payer, and
now is the time to profit by that experience. "Shy" it
capable and always ready and willing to do more.
And as Courthouse superintendent, a non-paying
extra activity, Shy Morthland has saved the tax
payers over $3,000 annually.
Reelect A Commissioner Who SERVES ALL. THE PEO
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AFFILIATIONS.
Vote X-124 L. G. "Shy"
MORTHLAND
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
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L. G. "Shy" MORTHLAND
Adv. Pd. for by Morthland
for Commissioner Comm.
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