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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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Plan tor Building Road to Shippington
Explained by Man Suggesting Method
(Note The following b the speech made by Police Jndge A. L. Leavitt at Werinelay night's meeting for
considering the toad qaeatioa.)
to any great extent In this particular i Add, for engineering and ex
instance. j traa 1,000
To give you an idea as to probable AM for rolling 600
cost or rather to give you something ' You liav a ttl ' $16,546
The Shippington road and its Im
provement has long been a lire topic;
and Is apparently very much alive
today. Tho matter has been before
unngioie upon wmen 10 Begin your .-, vuuuu .uuvuuu., . ulni purpose; ana mat more was nu
the council in various forms, and tbeeon8,deraUon3 , gha 7Wr at. ' warrenlto or bltullthlc should be de- appropriation or setting nslde of any
from the general fund for that pur
pose, they aro legally powerless to
expend one cent of tho moneys of the
Kcnornl fund for that purpose dur
ing tho year. Under tho taw as It
stands today the taxpayer has n right
to presume that tho expenditures of
the county court and the common '
council will bo limited and restricted
to the Items enumerated In their
budget and to tho amount of money ,
specifically appropriated nnd appor
tioned to the seroral funds for such
Items. !
Now, wo know, there are not In
cluded In tho last city budget an
Item for tho Improvement of the road '
from Delta street to Shippington. We ,
aleo know that no levy was made- for
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Ride on
EdVtUSES
tangible upon which to begin your lr cinder, water bound macadam, , that purpose; and that there was no
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expended about $500 on its repair lecently laid In this city,
and various other sums at different
times. The sums so spent wcro prac
tically thrown away, as is tho case
with all temporary repairs to dirt
highways.
The importance of the Shipping-
ton roadway as a thoroughfare be
tween the city and the wharves dur
ing the summer season, and between
the city and the lumbering industries
situated nt tho foot of the lake, both
winter and summer seems to cry
aloud for its improvement in some
permanent manner.
It seems to be pretty generally
conceded that the roadway should be
Improved this year, but how, in what
manner and at what cost, no one
seems to be prepared to say or to
advance a definite plan.
I have been requested to present
my views In this connection 'and I
shall do so as briefly as possible. In
doing so I shall proceed on the theory
that the Klamath Development com
pany is unable, financially, to make
the improvement, and, secondly, that
the property along the right of way
will not support a bond issue suf
ficient to finance the imprevement:
and this without regard to the charac
ter or cost of the improvement.
(I want to make the statement
right here that the success of the plan
I am about to unfold hinges almost
entirely on the cost).
To proceed. It is my understand
ing, and I think it is within the mem
ory of quite a number present, that
the Klamath Land and Transporta
tion company about the time they es
tablished or initiated their street car
service on Main street and California
avenue, contemplated a belt line, run
ning on the route indicated to Ship
pington and back over Oregon avenue
to Main street; that with that end
in view the company had a grade
established on, and the roadway
graded over the route or most of it
that It is supposed to follow with this
proposed improvement.
It is therefore my opinion that
whatever improvement is agreed
upon, that it will answer every pur
pose if laid on the grade established
by that company for its street car
service or practically on the road bed
as It stands.
The cost of cuts and fills necessary
to bring about a boulevard effect adds
Tery materially to the cost of an im
provement as I shall presently chow;
anB I can see no sufficient reason why
that luxury should be indulged in
council at one time appropriated and tentlon to three of the Improvements termlned on, the approximate cost
would vary,
The total cost of the Eighth and " ",us " wunwi
Ninth street improvement was $15,- eome elShteen month! Bo that a test
son i,iurt in ,. ,..f .. . should be made of oiled cinder as a
charge of $3,900 for excavation; I road u"nclng material. It being con
?3.400 for fills, or a total of 17.800 !tonded by somo that excellent results
couiu ue ooiainea ana roaaways im-
for cut and fill. There was a charge
of $12 for catch basins; $1,629 for
sewer pipe a total of $9,260 for
Items that I believe would or should
not figure.
The total cost of the Third street
improvement was $19,647.98.
Included in that cost was a
charge for excavation of .$4,495.00
Included in that cost was a
charge for excavation of 2,183.40
Included in that cost was a
charge for fill of 3,065.60
proved much cheaper. The test has
never been made, however, and we
nre still in the dark on that matter.
Somo have advocated four Inches
of crushed rock with a filler of cinder
oiled.
Supposing, for the sake of the dis
cussion, that the character of the Im
provement has been agreed upon, and
you have tho engineers' specifications
nnd estimated cost, how are you go
ing to proceed to put her through?
That question, aside from the ques-
In the Eighth and Ninth street im-1 Un ' cost, Is, I understand, to be
provement was laid 13,570 square. the most formidable stumbling block
yards of navlng at a cost of 95 cents tin the minds of those who are bend
per square yard, or $12,891.60. ! ing every effort to bring about the
In the Third street improvement improvement of the Shippington road.
there was laid 5.417 square yards I am here tonight, by request, to
of paving at $1.
The total cost of the Sixth street
Improvement was $29,245.16.
Included in that cost was a
charge for cut and fill. .$ 6,702.45
Included in that cost was a
charge for paving of . . .$20,281.60
21,714 square yards at 93 cents per
square yard.
The width of these improvements
varied. Third, Eighth and Ninth
streets are practically twenty-four
feet, except from Main to High, where
it is forty feet. Sixth street is full
width, forty-eight feet.
In my Judgment, based on what I
have seen of the Pacific highway and
from reports and accounts as to what
has been done and is being done else
where In road Improvements, a six
teen toot roadway is ample for the
traffic between this city and Shipping-ton.
Aside from the fact that sixteen
feet Is ample, it is evident to the un
prejudiced mind that under all the
circumstances surrounding this pro
posed Improvement you will do well
if you are able to finance It for that
width.
Estimating the distance from Delta
street, the end of the pavement on
the Eighth and Ninth street improve
ment, to the boat landing at one mile
and a quarter, and the improvement
of the roadway at sixteen feet, using
the cost of oil macadam as a basis
at 95 cents per square yard, the par
ing alone would cost $11,146.
Using wood curb at a cost of
22 cents per linear' foot,
add $ 2,900
SAXON SIX
A big touring car for five people
The evidence is
this "Six" excels
. "Sixes"
Touring Car $888
"Fours"
Boadster $400
Telford
Bros.
The year past saw strenuous rivalry in the
price class of Saxon "Six." "Fours." and
"Sixes" filled the field. Long before many
of each make were in road service the air
was charged with claims and counter claims
It remained for the test of actual perform
ances to determine the class cars from the
merely mediocre. Record after record in
speed, in power, in hill-cllmblng, In accel
eration, in economy fell before "Saxon"
Six. It set a pace too hot for most.
And now at the end of over a year In
owners' hands. it seems clear that Saxon
"Six" has fairly earned its place at the top
of its price class. This fact should win a
moment of your consideration; for the
verdict of performance carries weight.
And the price of Saxon "Biz" a new price
for a quality car has caused critical buy
ers to question higher-priced can. For they
see in this "Six' what can be saved to them
through modern methods, skilled engineer
ing and big output. Let us show you the
Saxon "Six."
assist In this matter and point tho
way; more accurately speaking, to
clear away some false Impressions
that have become fixed in the minds
of a good many of our people.
It seems to be the prevailing idea
or notion that the charter stands in
the way; that tho city Is tied down
to one, and only one way of making
or financing an Improvement of this
nature.
I have never been Impressed with
that idea; neither do-1 think a care
ful perusal of the charter warrants
such a construction.
The charter unequivocally delegates
to the council the power and author
ity to Improve streets and highways
at the expense of the adjacent prop
erty. That power Is found among
the powers delegated to the council
in Sub. 12 of Sec. 87, p 28.
Sub. Gl',4 of same section, p. 36,
delegates the power to do so either
at the expense of the adjacent prop
erty or at the general expense of the
city.
Under the power, granted, it was
necessary to provide specifically the
method of procedure to be followed
If the council determined to make
the cost a lien upon the adjacent prop
erty; the method of creating liens
could not safely be left to judgment
of first one council and then another.
Therefore, a uniform procedure is
provided in the charter, but the same
particularity was unnecessary to ren
der effective the power and author
ity to construct an improvement at
the expense of the city.
There is a principle of law, as old
as the municipal law Itself, to the
effect that where an express power
is delegated to a municipality the
power necessary to carry It into ef
fect is implied.
Having established by reference to
the charter that the city has the
authority to Improve a highway at the
general expense of the city, there yet
remains to be considered the pro
cedure to be followed in carrying that
power and authority Into effect
funds for that purpose. Therefore.
the council is legally powerless to (
expend nny of the funds provided for,
19 1G for thnt purpose. !
Apparently we are up against the
proverbial stone wall Let im see
whether we arc or nof
Granted, that the plans, specifica
tions and engineers' estimnto for tho
Improvement of tho Shippington high
way have been approved by the coun
cil; that the cost of the Improvement
will bo $ ; that It
Is necessary to make tho Improvement
this year.
My suggestion Is thnt tho cost as
shown by the estimate of the engineer
be divided into three equal parts of
each, payable In one,
two and three years.
Submit to the people at the general
election to be held May 1, these two
propesitions:
First Shnll tho common council
improve the Shippington roadwny
from Delta street to Shippington nt
tho expense of the city nt n cost of
In accordance
with the plans and specifications on
fllo? Vote yes or no.
Second Shall the common couu-,
ell be authorized nnd directed to In
clude in Its 1917 budget the sum of
$ the same being one
third of tho cost of Improving the
Shippington roadway from Delta
street to Shippington; and In Its
budgets for each of the following two
years a like sum of $ for
the same purpose. .
Granted, that both propositions are
answered in the affirmative.
Then let the council proceed with
tho Improvement, Issuing warrants
against the Shippington road improve
ment fund in three series, payable In
one, two nnd three years to the con
tractor. Arrange with the two banks
to handle tho warrants at par as an
investment to insure bids on a cash i
basis.
This plan or Idea has this advant
age: you know where you are at the
moment the votes are counted. If tho
verdict la in the nmrraatlvo, the pro-'
cedure is simple. j
Tho direction to the council to pro-1
vldo tho funds by including in its '
(.ilfienntiatil Vttirtcrtt rr tAm fsw ihni !
ouuoituEui. uuujws nu 4v;ui twi beat
specific purpose assures the holder
of the warrants of payment at the
end of a fixed period.
I believe, gentlemen, that the pro
cedure I have outlined narrows the
matter down to two propositions and
they must be determined almost be
fore you start, vis:
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TIRES
Ride on Savage Tires and you will secure:
Road Comfort Every Savage Tire is propor
tioned exactly right, and is shock absorbing in
the highest degree. Easy on you, easy on the
car.
Safety The Savage Grip Tire is two safety
treads in one the vacuum type plus diagonal
ribs. Savage Grip grips the road when all others
fail.
Extra Mileage 1,000 extra miles in the guar
antee adjustments on the basis of 4,500 miles
instead of 3,500. And anywhere up to 15,000
extra miles in actual mileage. Many Savages
run over 20,000 miles.
Ask for Tire Book
FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR
C. E. GATES
MEDPOltl), OltlXJOX
this improvement could be made this
year. I have outlined tho only feas
ible way undor all tho circumstances
Tho character or the improvement . that it can be accomplished. It Is
and Its cost. tho way of least resistance; less ox-
You must have something reason- j posed to legal Impediments and there
ably definite to submit to the average fore tho best calculated to get re-
PLEVNA
FARMERS
citizen If you want his co-operation I suits.
nnd Vila Vnln I
If the Improvement is going to
cost $15,000, say so, without stutter
ing and put up It up to him and ask
his support.
How much and how badly does
10 FORM A CLUB
tiitii ,.
' iani!ii.r
To begin with, let it be distinctly i this city, as a city, need an Improved
understood that notwithstanding the
power to improve a highway at the
general expense is expressly granted,
the council must exercise the power
in accordance with law or its acts
will be nullified at the suit of any
taxpayer.
The council In expending the money
of the taxpayer from any particular
; fund in any one year is restricted by
the law of this state to the amount
provided in-lts budget for the specific
roadway to Shippington and the boat
landings? The answer to that ques
tion must be your guide In determin
ing the amount to be expended.
In Is worth $15,000, $16,000 or
$20,000? Remember, we are talk
ing in big figures. I think it should
cort less than the first named amount.
Assuming that the cost would be
$15,000, or thereabouts, and that the
taxable property of the city totals
$3,000,000, that means an additional
OFFfCFRS NAMED
BY CO. MEDICOS
1 this petition, (ttid it Is hoped that the
j petition may ho favorably acted upon
, by tho county commission"'
Tho Hccond munUloii presented wu
pest vrndluitlou, ospecUHl'
nnd ground squirrels, the
ifnrmora In tin-so dlstilrts having suf-
. fcrod considerable ilupredntlons from
these peats during tho pnt season.
CAM, IS ISSUED .XIK MEETING T.o special committee appointed
TO Hi: HELD TUESDAY AT TIIEi",ot mHt Saturday, ut tho homo of Mm.
T. O. Hague, nnd plans wcro formu
PLEVNA SCHOOL HOUSE, WHEN luted In dotnll for u now orguiiliatlon.
A cull Is now iHHUud for all living" "
tho territory moiitloncd nnd Interested
In tho movement to assemble on me-
COMMITTEE ItEPOKTH
(Hernia Spiclul Service)
purpose. In other words, if the coun- j levey of 2 mills each year for the next
inree years, u me procedure i nave
Indicated is followed ont.
Gentlemen, you have asked me how
ell has not provided in Its budget
for the purchase of land for a park
site and appropriated, say $5,000
"SIX OF
SIXTEEN"
I Mitchell
I
II Central Garage
$1375 Klamath Falls
Three and Five Passenger Bodies.
Cantilever Springs, accessability, one
man top, two unit, three point sus
pension, fifty horsepower, full float
ing rear axle, etc.
Come in and See the Balance of
Specifications
TERMS
Manufactured by one of the oldest
companies in the United States.
Full stream line body; the car with
red wheels; extra long hood makes
it a car of beauty.
Dlt. HUNT 18 PRESIDENT OF THK PLEVNA, March 10 Dollnltu sltps
KLAMATH on MFi.in.ti ao.v ,ownnl tho '"nmtlon of n club com
KLAMATH CO. MEDICAL ASSW 108cd of tll0 f(lrmen) of Uih
MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC MAY,111 bo ,nkea ,lt ,l meeting to ho held
iipm.in,.n. Ut U "' '" '''"ny. t tho Plevna
"h HELD MTEIt school house. At that Urn. tho com-
jinlltco In clmrgo of preliminary iir-
ningcmcntH will tender Its report
I
(lny ut the Plovnn school house.
There will ho n piognini of enter
tainment, followed by the usual dln
nur, after which tho report of tb
committee will be rendered, and tl"
mutter of a permanent orKaiilMt'011
will bo tnkon up In earnest
County Agriculturist (iliiluyer n
signified hlH Intention of being l)rMj"
The Klamath County Medical Sod-1 At tho Joint miin.' n,i ,....... I .n ... il. inn work.
ety met last evening at the city hall. Hon hold on Washington's birthday', Messrs Uushon IllmmolrlgMM
onTyTr aTfolltr "" 'rtf001 """ " "" '
lowing year as follows. farmers of Kno, Plovnn, Itouiid Luke with J A. Btnnsblo nnd Mrs. T. 0.
President, Dr. Warren Hunt; vice nd Orlndalo woro represented by JilTeJZtM Dr. W D. Hl
president. Dr. Geo. A. Cathey; BCCr-1 Prcaonco of over eighty nt tho dinner. "5 aZl ere Zy
tury and treasurer, Dr. A. A. Soule. M'cc'ai commlttco wna appointed to secretary.
Dr. L. h. Truax gave a very timely nvoBtlgato tho desirability of tho for-' ,,,,, niinrt nf ,., , Dlll,ont do N
paper on tho therapeutic ue of tho X- mntlon, community organization I , ' IT t?.e ,'rDlt powder
Ray. Ho also gave a brief history of to wor,c ror uor rends, pest orndlca. I '"' ". C." t '? r!lJLt. for
his tudy course this winter. I tlon' emtUflcntlon of school groundH ' . ? . . .' ""L ,. Itft
month, shows net earnings of I57.',
840,000, which is tonfold the w
earnings for 10H, when this ItW
was C, 008,168.
Dr. fi. v. pi.i.o, io.i .i. .. uuu wmiiar ncodu of tho distrint
paper, citing some cases of his own I Sl"",rl"lC,"k'"t FroU Corson wus
experience,
After further discussion by Drs.
Jonnson, Hunt, Cathey nnd Harris,
the society adjourned to meet April
14th. At this tlmo Dr. Wright will
have a paper.
Tho now president plans somo good
work by the members, with possibly
some open or popmar meetings, in
Which the Public can dlarna. n I....
discussed any question of a medical
present and luldressod tho mootlnir.
At thnt tlmo a petition was drawn
up which has sluce boon filed with the
county clork requesting thnt tho big
hill southwest of tho city of Klamath
i' mis nnu near tho city limits be low.
A hydroaoroplano flight around tk
world will bo attempted within
.. ji- Pnrttr
erod (n n unKni.i .m . . " iew monius, accoruiue '
nunc A r." T t' " '?? H. Adams of Boston, who W
lived In San Francisco to start i"
construction of his flying machine 0B
which he expects to spend 170(0-
The advertisements in this PM
reach the entire community.
traffic, A larco ntimlim- nt mii,n.i.
In tho Palls wcro vory glad of the op
portunlty to add their signatures to
An Aetna disability policy nrotacta
your income. See Cbilcota. 9
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