THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Do-lf-Yourself
School Filled
Lindale, Tex. - IUPD - Lin
dale school officials have
found the way to stretch tax
dollars. They have a brand
new do-it-yourself elementary
school.
And it will be almost filled
by 1,225 students.
Last year, the school board
was i'aced with increased en
rollment and growing class
room shortages. So, the board
bought a site and began cast
ing around for bids.
"They were all too high,
so the board decided it would
be the contractor and build
the school," a spokesman said.
The board found the ways
and means to cut corners on
construction costs. Today, the
new school is up.
In addition, the board has
undQf construction a 50 by
100 foot cafeteria and a new
band hall.
The entire project, includ
ing all the furniture, equip
ment and the cost of the
school site, hasn O cost the
taxpayers of the cOtrict an
additional dime.
The total bill comes to ap
proximately $150,000, just a
few dollars more than the
low bid the board received
on construction of the ele
mentary school alone.
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$42 Million Will Be
projects of the interstate free
way from the North Grants
Pass interchange south to the
Mistletoe railroad separation
there will have been expend
ed an amount approaching
$42 million for highway con
struction in the Grants Pass,
Medfora and Ashland area
since the enactment of the
Highway Act of 1956, Victor
D. Wolfe informed the Med
ford Kiwanis club at its
Wednesday noon luncheon.
Wolfe, an administrative as
sistant of the Oregon state
highway department, spoke to
Kiwanians on highway con
struction progress in this area.
Walter Wright, right-of-way
engineer for the department,
discussed land acquisition pol
lcies.
Kvans creek - Galls creek
section of the interstate high
way is scheduled to be ad
vertised and bids opened in
January, Wolfe reported. This
is a $1 million project and,
when conjQUO.d, would allow
traffic to use the freeway
from north of Grants Pass
to Galls creek, he said. He
added, mentioning intangibles
which might help or hinder,
"We are aiming atthe com
pletion of this seition in
1961."
Funds Not Allocated
Wolfe said the highway
commissioD would hope to be
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able to award a contract on
the Galls creek-Seven Oaks
section in the fall of 1961
with a 1963 completion date.
Funds, at present, are not al
located for this section.
The interstate is graded
from Sevei Oaks to Table
Rock rd. and in November
the commission awarded a
contract for grading and
structures from Table Rock
rd. to Jackson st.
The highway department,
Wolfe stated, is aiming at
opening the section from Sev
en Oaks to Crater Lake high
way interchange to traffic in
the fall of 1961. He pointed
out, however, (4Jiat because of
conflict with Aledford's anti
noise ordinance, which can
-Qiffect the contractor's method
ui ufjci ctviuii, uicie is possi
bility that Qie depart-.ient
may not be able to open this
section prior to 1962.
On Drawing Boards
Jackson st. to 121 si. sec
tion, all structure, is on the
design boards now and it is
the hope of the commission
to award the contract on the
$1.5 million structure some
time early in 1961. The high
way department said that this
project will take about 1
yeanOto complete.
It is hoped, the administra
tive assistant said, to let a
contract in December for con
struction of the Phoenix si
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phon and to let the contract
for the Mistletoe railroad sep
aration in 1961. This latter
section necessitates revision
of railroad alignmeni.
Hope of the commission is
award contract for grading
and part of the structures
from 12th st. to North Ash
land interchange at Valley
View rd. in 1961. Estimated
cost of this project is in the
neighborhood of $2 million.
Surfacing of this section
and balance of the structure
will follow the completu of
grading. This is at an addi
tional cost of $3V4 million,
Wolfe reported.
Virtually Complete
Wolfe mentioned that the
interstate is virtually com
plete from Portland south to
Eugene and construction
south of Eugene is being done
as rapidly as funds are avail
able. The freeway interstate from
Ashland to the California
line, he said, undoubtedly ill
start somewhat later in the
program since this is the sec
tion of Highway 99 between
r lifornia and Washington
which carries the least
amount of traffic. Desire of
the highway commission is to
construct more heavily trav
eled portions first.
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route to Klamath Falls, Wolfe
said that the Hanley ranch-
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On Freeway 99 in Rogue Valley
forest boundary section is un
der contract, that the grading
is practically complete on the
section and that surfacing
will be finished in the sum
mer of 1961. The bureau of
public roads has completed
grading on the forest bound-ary-McCallister
springs sec
tion and has recently award
ed a contract for grading on
the closing 12-mile gap.
May Be Open in 1961
This means, Wolfe pointed
out, that the route may be
open to the hardy traveler in
late 1961, since the motorist
would have to travel without
the benefits of surfacing. It
is hoped that the entire sec
tion under the BPR jurisdic
tion can be hard-surfaced by
late 1962 or the summer of
1963, the highway official
said.
The highway department,
according to Wolfe, plans ad
ditional work on Crater Lake
highway similar in scope to
that done in the past summer
on the Trail-lQLeod section.
(3 will consist of spending
some $50,000 for widening on
curves and other improve-ments-a
policing actior.-be-tween
Elk creek and Robbers
roost.
Wolfe stated that the high
way commission is planing
to let a contract in December
for four-laning on new align
ment a new section of the
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Southern Oregon's
Redwood highway from the
Applegate river to Crants
Pass. The contract will -e
in excess of SI million.
Growth in Population
Wolfe spoke of the tremend
ous growth in population, ve
hicle registration and r .'c
hicla mileage in Oregon, He
said that between 1946 and
1956 vehicle registration
jumped from 466,000 to 832,
000. Registration in 1959 was
844,777. "This enormous in
crease in vehicles must ha- e
adequate roads upon which
to safely travel," he declared.
The highway official said
that the staff of his depart
ment is cognizant of defi
ciencies in the system of high
ways but that he is sure the
deficiencies are and will con
tinue to be traceable strictly
to lack of funds.
Wolfe listed in Oregon 731
plus miles of highway on the
interstate system, 4,089 on the
primary system and 2,645 on
the secondary system. He "aid
this year Oregon has about
$12.5 millUii construction on
the primaiV systems, $9 mil
lion on the secondary systems
and $3.6 million for urban
construction. To this may be
added $31.5 million for inter
state construction, making a
total of about $56.6 million.
Studies Show Costs
New studies, Wolfe report
ed, indicate the following
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costs to bring the state sys
tem up to standards to die
1975 traffic: Primary system
$286.1 million, secondary sys
tem $163.6 million and urban
system $100.2. To this may
be added, he said, $525.4 mil
lion for completion of the in
terstate system.
Updating of these slUies
is being completed and it
would appear that the forego
ing figures will be consider
ably increased, according to
Wolfe.
The administrative asslita-it
said that from the figures,
that, based upon present in
come from road-user taxes,
the state will not have suf
ficient funds to do all con
struction necessary in the next
15 years to adequately M in
die 1975 traffic, even if the
state continues to receive 1 vl
eral allocations as at present.
Wolfe .ught out that,
when Congress enacted t'm
1956 Highway act, it attached
certain .cgulations so that the
necessary funds are not auto
matically available.
Wright said that an attemut
is made to secuiv highway
right-of-way property on fair
cash market value. A profes
sional appraisal program bol
sters these efforts. The policy
is to deal fairly and equitably
for the lands that are needed.
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