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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1934)
CASCADE LOCKS in only 10 minnti** from ItnmicvilL» dam. lu school:;, church*1*, ntwiou ami restauiant* aiv I’ntablirlu-d inutitu* tions. It is« permanent town will be* a permanent town after the dam i* completed. It net* above the huge lake which will be formed by the waters of the Columbia river when the dam in fni*hed. 'I he lake promises to make it a popular summer resort; it is on the famous Columbia River highway and the Union Pacific railroad, with completion of the dam it will enjoy the cheapest power rate in America. With the building of deep sea locks great ocean-going freighters can load and discharge cargo within a stone’s t h r o w of the business section. Owing to the fact that it is the nearest town to the darn on the Oregon side of the river it kss become the. reel» of hundreds of work nd gov ernment employes. THE DAM CHRONICLE VOLUME I I \M \liK I.IM K.S, t iRFGON, K K IhW ENGINEERS LOCATE NEW RAIL GRADE Why Not A '1'enl C olon y ? Workers ciuployvd on Bonneville dam w ant to live in Cascatlc l/ocks. liuntlrctls of them are living in* government camps because they cannot obtain houses. If living quaaehj were made available they would bring their families to Cascade Locks Now that the w»M*i rains are over and the weather is clearing up it would be pracitca! for the workers to occupy tents. This would permit them to bring their families up from Portland or down from Hood River. There is an abundance of vacant ground around in Cascade Ix>cks, j nrticularly at the east end of town. We believe water and sanitation facilities could be provided for the camp grounds ut a reas- onable cost. The ground could be laid out in lots and rented to workers at fair prices. Development of thr tent colony would have the added advantage of attracting families from Portland, who would like to spend the summer in the open. Workers ami business men alike would benefit from the tent colony. It would permit workers to reduce living expense«, would turn thousands of dollars loose in Cascade l*ockn each week. Union Pacific Tracks to Pass ' Through Two Short Tunnels Above Bonneville and at Eagle Creek. CiomiW dil engineer* have ally compieteti Ihe survey Iof re- • tation til the Union Pacific * rail rood track» from a point a mile »rti d llonnevtllr elation to a |**int lie \ ml l agir Cfrek but have not «k ! i net I whether it will It ne» r.--irv to hr mg* thr line ml ) Uasocdr Izxk» thi mh a tunnel Nearly 50 test holes have lieen unk in the title ol the mountain which hunt the river from the «lam till to the toll brxlgr Crew» wtuking .lay am! night m X-hour »hilt» are .lull na canatantly. It ha» been pretty well established from the borings th at the entire aide ol the mountain tn|* 'n| ol an old alide Union Pacific officials are protest- mu construction ol a tunnel for »he reason, they say, that a lunnrl w o u ld _________ be ri(e tisv r U> nwniyiuii Govern-. _ ^ „ „ ____ :T ' ~ ment engineers do not want to bulk! * rb o o | £nreQ m eBt ir,- Changes Sltow a tunnel either, but mat te l o r . . r , |o clim b From Friday to Sunday retort to one thi» »ide ol l--a«le creek g ..... nfdimeni ,n lhe ■ ( ___ aw«de Ixxk* .............._ i-_.____________________ Art Kolstod, j <1 K. mm , I Kiv I rnattve pUrw provide (or a tunnel |>j|t ^ Kjo,§ ^ ahnm, ,r„ 11». mllo to II • ll, , um and owner of thr tu tunnel b u»e«l It would come out west »1 the Inidgr ami would not nmpnitatr a clwnge in ti r railroad gruiie through laecade u k m . No decision has been rear ’> t ie government engineer» rr~ " ' r a change in the ixevrnt hignw«> grade, and no «let i»i<m will *- rr.u ie.t until aster the change» lo b e ma.le in the railroad grade ha«. Iwen detwie« upon Hw government engineers they h<>i>e to avoid a tunnel by curry- ing the railroad tracks up the hilUide. II this b clone a change necesaartly will have to tie made in the highway grade between Eagle errek and the bridge. State highway engineers are alter the government lo realign the high way grade for miles, but to «late mi (dans even u( a temporary character have been adopted. lhe change in the railroad gra.le will begin a mile cast of the Ibinne- villr station. The tracks mil »>»-• through a 600-foot tunnel under Tooth rock, cross Faiglc creek on a trestle and under the s|xir of the mountain another <>00-(««)t tunnel, tkivernment engineers «lr«lare the new gradr will be more satisfactory than thr present grade Church People Arc Becoming Active \PRIL 6, 1914 NUMBEK I BUILDING ACTIVE CASCADE LOCKS IS IN CASCADE LOCKS SHORT OF HOUSES Investors Turn Attention to Dnm Employes Experience Dif- Town in Increasing Num hculty in Finding Living bers as 0am Work Gets Quarters for Themselves Into Full Swing. and Families. Uving quarter» in Cascade I-ocks Alter lying dormant lor years. l \iw id- I nek» ha» «wakened to n n ioe families of men rmpkiyrd on How ut|v;,y with drvelopromt of the mid- nrvillr clam rrnuin at a premium Columbia river district and now 'leapite the ef\»rts of builder» u> [irumiar* to liecomr nor ol thr live- meet the demand (or houses I teat towns in thr Pari Ik onrthwrai Many two- and three room house» t.r.mth of thr town it reflected in « b,f“ hem* tail» in dillemu the increasing number ol new bust- I* * 1* town, numerous «mall rot- ora, houses which are being opened *“ ve ^owtructed in thowe and n thr rapid imr«.' . . thr |* p •'**"'»» along thr highway, but thr ulalkm s**PP|y remain« l«r from adequate. The town» strategic location at the * CtM? . ° f thf P « * * 1 * ^ 1 «'»on •«uth end ol the Hridgr ol the Gods. J 5 V * ^ - d it» jimiitnlt) to the Konnrv lle « “* ° knultr* ,l « «'-»mated «Ian.,»» attracting the attention o! In ^ E f t T veatora and p.rri, uUrly ol iav M an I' ■** ami bust n r» mm who .knurr to inve», 1K t i* J " " * * and lo, air ,n . enunuaity -huh wtti T ,he * * Undf n ! ? r be pevmanr.d and cont.nur to grow f * V * « " * * rwp«t«J to double after the dam la completed . Every available house in towa ia . . . - .. , * ncrflplitJ. arid it k not uncommon to ( *Kade Lock* rvprem themselves a, (tmi two (>r ^ , hrr_ «*. aid. iim.; !sv«*ts«*a<a. espying a one family dwelling. Them eapremmm of satisfaction are \ umernun hr.me» have taken in havine the result of drawine the at-l««. I . , . , , ^ , 0 »m ih, oplnta. pwvdl. fJjlfn ¿n lbr »rhnol wh,ch '* l*’u»cd in the I. O. that a large number of busines* firm, .Mlr,i |hjl( |hr a - — a ¡ntre^ . |mm 60 ¡n j q j j lo joa this 0 building, has changrrl the date will trek kxationa in the town .luring ^ ¿ ¡ j y M summn ai»p»«)athe> ^ ^ njr. mr.qimrrn in thr high of hw wrrkl> %h»w Imm Friday night 'he summer Uontrary to expectatkos, rnnken whivil ha* «limtw.1 lr«»m 22 to J 2. to SumUy night He is exhibiting J H laber of Portland, who con- employed on the dam are not cro»- The wh««il«. at present a port of good film« ami hi» »«und equipment Inilt a Urgr sharr of the vacant mg ihr river to rat and sleet) in the I|« xm I River county unit »>-»trm, i» equal to that fuuml in large houw» pro|wrty in town, b opening an oilier North Bonneville, buf art either liv- (fr (ll (Jg ^ .,f g w »mill i.iwn Ihr quality <•) rntert t is such on Main tree! '>|^a»iie the D m ig in the g^erMMM OMp ai the jn | hr •« h«*.l bu»a-» gather that it is m> longer nece»»ary (<»r Inn, in order to lake cate of inquiries damsitc or are ik<tung m’v f .< cade ^ py|„|t jwf M Uistamr of several resident- of (aw aitr laxks to drive (or property. The office will be laicka. m, on r4tb 0f t„wn, thu» up to Mood River or down to Port- houwd In a 2-story 20 by .10 building The fact that (a -* ode lawks »• fn*|ii 5 K educational facilities to chil- land to see a good show It is hoprd which is now in course ol construe- only ten minutes from the damsite (jfen wb<w4> (#lbrf, arr employed on that the t«»wn give» him the coopcra- lion, ami wU4 hr in charge ol \V_JD by car makes it easier for workers to lbr (|Bm (ion and Mpporl th.n hi dr»er ves • Kee»^r ■ live on the Oregon side rather than on the Washington sj«ie of the river There afr now mhir than 1300 men employed -on the different contracts which have hero let in esnaectiun with Coristruction of tfir dam. Hun dreds of men are supporting families in Hood River, in Portland and in other towns on their wages. l*robabiy a majority of th«-M- would prefer to move their families to Cascade Locks if they could find a place to live. A dozen or more new louses have gone up within the past 60 days. These houses have been rented before ¡the carpenters could finish them. Bcnnott Comes to Rescue Of the Unwashed I he influx of pe«>pl«* to Cascade Locks caught the town in an em barrassing, and we might add, an noying situation. Just now they have siying noying situation. There have not lx*en enough l>ath tubs to g«> around and the weather has hardly Ixm warm enough to encourage bath ing in the river. The condition is be ing remedied, at least in a measure, by Frank Bennett, proprietor of the ham Inn who is causing puhli« showers to lx- installed in thr base ment of his new building With the rapid increase in |M>pula- tion, members of different church «lenominxlions in fa c a d e I^icks are beginning to talk of organising con gregation,. The pulpit of the Metho dist church here Is occupied every Tuesday night by Rev. Nat Buckley, (Kistor of the Methodist church at Hood. River. The MethodisU are holding Sunday school every Sunday morning an«l the Kpwnrth league meets at the rhurch each Sunday Mrs Kim m ell In P ortland H ospital night. Mrs. C. kimmdl, who conducts the l he Catholic church is holding no Columbia liotel^ has g«»nr to P«>rt- services as yet. It is reportr«! that one of the employes «in government \ 10-root raise in the Columbia bored feverishly t k rp the lte%hih . le. mi (u»t as prclumnar» work OB tand to receive t*e b n e u for an ah work, wlw* is an ordained < hristi.m rjvrr bj)H threatened to carry out of the «lam above water, and with the Hi .¡evtlle dam wa» Eottiae well erssed cor Her condition is not coo minister «K l commence to hold ser- , offmlamH |M.twl.,.„ H,.,d(onl .»land cessation ................ «il ‘ the rains there ------------------------------* * ■ * tdxa - * ol - the heighth of ^ tS I ld e W i r’nftgerous, out thr obcess is is every umler way. - An vices on Sunday, (irobably otitiknirs iin(j tbp majn|aIH| on ||„. o rrgon si«le, Indication that th»*\ have won the th« dam may he ubtamed from this' ivitig her much pain Cast .ole lawks if the weather clears up an«l becomes |da^pi^ ,-ff,,rts nf contractors to lieat battle. I An uitesnpdfd isisr in the picture, taken during a visit of t he 1 ,rj ' ntk sfnt her flowers and best I dea sa nt again. O P ^|an fjyp,. W'orkmen have !a- rivet i.i-t ......n.1 ... ri«d I Port I., ml e h ...,I* ..I « **• {l»“ ,r,ovrr>' a" H turn to tw home ti>wn.
