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TUESDAY, .I1JI.Y 10. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Columbia River Town Now Choosing New Building Site
Eugene The relocated city
of Boardman, Ore., may see a
four-fold increase in its popu
lation and a corresponding up
surge in the number of busi
ness establishments in the
next 15 years, if the Boeing
company's nearby rocket test
facilities are placed in full
operation.
This estimate of Boardman'!
future is contained in a report
recently published by the Uni
versity of Oregon bureau of
municipal research and serv
ice. The study was done in col
laboration with the Seattle of
fice of Cornell, Howland,
Hayes and Merryflcld, con
sulting engineers, and was fi
nanced by funds from Board
man and from the U.S. Hous
ing and Home finance agency.
Growth Siudiea
The future population and
economic growth of Board-
is.
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man is being studied in prep
aration for choosing a new
site for the town. The present
site, on the Columbia river
in Morrow county 162 miles
east of Portland, will be inun
dated in 1917 by the pool cre
ated by the John Day dam
now under construction on the
Columbia near the mouth of
the John Day river.
Future reports from the
Bureau and the consulting en
gineers will contain recom
mendations for a specific new
townsltc, detailed town plans,
and drafts of zoning and sub
division regulations. One ten
tative new townsite which has
been suggested would place
the community a mile south
cast of its present location
within Boardman's extended
city limits.
One of the chief factors in
Boardman's future is the de
velopment of the Boardman
Space Age industrial park, a
100,000-acrc tract southwest
of the town which has been
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Local Bank Reveals
Business Figures
First National Bank of
Oregon gained a new high in
deposits and loans at mid
year, according to Ralph J.
Voss, bank president.
Medford branch deposits to
taled $28,333,858, while loans
outstanding were $21,408,083,
R. C. Ross, branch manager
said. Deposits a year ago
stood at $27,419,348, while
the loan total was $15,159,
569. Central Point branch man
ager F. C. Ayres stated that
deposits were $3,254,806 and
loans were $3,661,393 there.
At a comparable time last
year the figures were $3,300,
506 an;', $2,884,781.
Deposits of $1,059,506 and
loans of $838,145 were re
ported by Emmett Whitham,
manager of the Phoenix
branch of the bank. At this
time last year deposits were
$637,530, and loans were
$295,966.
Total resources for the
First National Bank of Ore
gon stand at $1,020,698,266.
leased by the state of Oregon
to the Boeing company for
"its activities in the develop
ment of space vehicles," the
report points out.
Craw To Arrive
First step in this develop
ment will be tne arrival of a
temporary 50-man construc
tion force in the Boardman
area to build the structural
portions of a rocket engine
test stand. It is anticipated
that this work will begin this
year.
When work on this struc
ture is finished, Boardman
may expect a permanent pop
ulation increase of 30 to 50
people, including mainte
nance personnel, their fam
ilies, and "community support
workers," who will provide
goods and services to the new
residents. This increase will
come, providing residential
and commercial facilities are
available, the report says.
If the facility is further de
veloped to provide complete
instrumentation and all equip
ment necessary for a single
test stand capable of running
static tests of rockets with
three to five million pound
thrusts, another 30 to 50 peo
ple will arrive in Boardman.
It is "reasonably certain" .that
this will occur within one to
three years, according to the
report.
Over the long range, if the
test facilities are fully de
veloped, Boardman may ex
pect a population increase of
"up to 400 persons," the re
port states. In addition, the
town must be prepared to pro
vide as many as a hundred
transient' workers who will
come to the facility for rocket
test firings.
"Planning for the develop
ment of the townsite should
be such as to allow for expan
sion to accommodate this ad-
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dltional population, but no ac
tual investment in facilities in
ant'eipation of this population
is Justified at the present
time," the report Mates.
One drawback to Board
man's participation in the
space age will be the noise
from rocket tests, which will
occur about once a month ini
tially and last for two or three
minutes. The frequency of
tests will increase as the facil
ities are expanded.
At the present site of Board
man, about 11 miles from the
test stand location, and at any
of the new townsites thus far
proposed, the sound will reach
approximately 100 decibels, a
noise level "similar to that of
a nearby riveter driving rivets
in steel construction work,"
according to the report.
"This noise level may be
come a serious cause of com
plaint from residents," the re
port warns, and the noise can
not be avoided unless the
town is moved from 25 to 30
miles away. Concerted efforts
are being made to minimize
the noise and vibration, the
Boeing company has reported.
In addition to the test fa
cilities, other developments
may boost Boardman's present
population of 157 to 600 or
700 in 1977 and increase the
number of business facilities
from the present 18 to 40 or
50.
Increatt In Traffic
Among these factors Is the
increased traffic which may
be expected on Interstate 80
North, when it replaces U. S.
Highway 30 in the next few
years.
Much of Boardman's pres
ent population and employ
ment Is dependent on its high
way location, and its future
economic health will depend
partially on easy access from
the new highway and space
for as many as 23 traffic
oriented businesses at its new
townsite, according to the re
port. The development of the
John Day pool as an impor
tant recreational area for wa
ter sports enthusiasts, hunters,
fishermen, and tourists will
also add to Boardman's eco
nomic potential, the report
says.
In line with these recrea
tional aims, the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers has pro
posed a waterfront park at
Boardman, and the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife service has pro
posed the development of a
29,730-acre waterfowl man
agement area in the Board
man vicinity.
The Corps of Engineers has
reported that Boardman is
suitably located as a Colum
river port, which could mc
42,100 tons of cargo annual
This cargo would con:
mainly of petroleum prodm
but could include a portion
Morrow county farm pr
ucts, if county roads from 1
upland farm and wheat an
were improved, the resear
ers point out.
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