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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1911)
Completion Railroads to Tillamook Nears BEACH RESORTS and shallow enough to be warm. The hunting and fishing are within easy walking distance and beach resorts offering a greater variety of umuBement for the brain-weary are hard to find. The completed road will stand as a monument to E. E. Lytle, who or ganized the Pacific Railway & Navi gation Company, and whose efforts resulted^in the securing of the capi After many years of waiting, and tal necessary to inaugurate the pro many mure or lea» bona fide at ject. For years he fought against tempt» to connect the famous Tilla discouragements. When the panic mook Valley with the outaide world, of 1907 came it caused the cessation the first railroad project to make of construction work. After the good will be finished thia year, und flurry had passed Mr.JLytle secured 1911 will open up a new era for the the financial backing of the Harri “land bound,” and sometimes “wa man interests. Xt is promised that ter bound,” citizens of this beauti I operation of trains will begin about ful, fertile valley. They have spok July 1 of this year. en heretofore of a trip to Portland The construction of the Lytle rail as “going outside,” and the return road. as it is called in honor of the to Tillamook as “going inside.” man responsible for its inception, Indeed the local vernucular indi presented probably greater engi cates the isolated condition that has neering difficulties than it has been prevailed. The coining of tbe rail necessary to overcome in the build road has changed ull thia und the ing of any other railroad in the In the first place it citizens of Tilluuiook County are United States. looking forward to the time when wa t necessary to cut a right of way they can have all of the convenien through dense torests for the great ces of travel to which u country so er share of the road’s W) miles of rich in natural resources is entitled, length. The cutting of this trail i'erhaps there is no other railroad coat about as much a mile as it is offers, in so short a mileage, the va necessary to expend to place a prai riety und wonderful beauty of scen rie railroad in readiness for oper ery as does the Pucific Railway A ation. The entire financial outlay Navigation Company. will approximate $5,400,000, or about Leaving Portlund one traverses $60,000 a mile. for some miles the Willamette Val There are many tunnels, several ley. giving a picture of peace and of them of great length. In many plenty. Soon the locomotive begins places the road passes over high- its heavy breathing und the train is bunked streams and deep chasms. rushed through the first tunnel ; at Some of the bridges are of height once there breaks upon the view an and length su ficient to give them endless expanse of forest that ap rank in the list of the world’s great pears like a waving sea of green. est railway bridges. The grade Brought into dose proximity, winds around streams, under and however, the trnveler realises the through hills and over the Coast size of the individuals that go to Range of mountains, from whence make up the picture ; veritable it descends to Tillamook Bay, touch pinnta they tire. Miles and miles of ing Bay City and terminating at them on either »file of the railroud Tillamook City, the county seat of which penetrates the very heart of the county of the same name. The road taps a country rich^in the Coust^Range. This is said to be the finest standing body of timber natural resources und possibilities in the world, and seeing it one will of development. There are millions of feet of standing timber und the believe. In the early days of Oregon's his* district is especially udupted to tory (not so long, ago, either) the dairying and the growing of practi beyt citizen was the one that could cally all kinds of agricultural pro destroy the greatest number of these ducts. Monarchs "of the Forest ; the sole object of life being to -‘clear tlie land.” The Oregonian is now be ginning to appreciate his inheri tance ; “beginning” is the word, The Hill line (United Railways) because not one tenth of the people is now pushing its way with rock do realize the natural resources of this great state. If they did, the and dynamite though the Coast "Lvtle Road,” so-called, would not Range apd within another year will have waited all these years for out- give Tillamook County another al most direct air-line through wonder oide]cgpital. ful inountian secenerv from Port The-finished line will disclose to view some of the difficulties en land to Tillamook City and Bay countered in bnilding a railroad City. Thia will give us a two hours through the Const Range, but only train service from Portland to out the few who actually did the work bench resorts and make it possible will realize what has been overcome. for the Portlund business man to Locating a line of railroud through spend the summer with his wife n country whose contour cun be seen and family at our beach resorts ill one thing, and through u forest and himself transact business in jungle with precipitous mountain- the city during the day. Another aides is another. The engineer line is now being surveyed from must find the most economical path Willamina to Pacific City in the ns to grades und construction, and southern part of the county which when this is accomplished miles with the surveyed Hill Coast Line und mile» of adjacent country has will eventually give all parts of the b.-en surveyed thoroughly. This county |direct railroad connection has been n long, difficult piece ol with Portland. A company has been organized to work, but the end is in sight. The trnveler soon finds himself in construct a railroad from Tillamook skirting the the Nehalem Valley, and a beautiful City to Bayoceun, fertile valley it ia ; the road follow» south side of Tillamook Buy. the river and buy of the nume name toward the sen until suddenly as the train rounds Fisher's Point, the Pacific itself bursts upon the view , running very close to the “edge” Much ns the railroad transporta of things for nine miles, thetruveler tion will do for Tillamook County, is virtually ut sea, for where the expecially in tlie matter of opening truck rounds Garibaldi Point, just tip our beach resorts to nil of the outside lillumook liar, it really up- interior, the great movement of |K-urs to be over tlie water. This freight, expecially of low grade wonderful view alone is worth the lumber, must necessarily be by trip; »kitting tlie bay closely Tilla water. Tillamook County bus three nat mook t. ity is reached anil the pnssen gcis tire landed m the very heart ot ural harlsirs; Nelialcm Bay nt the th busy little city that has held the mouth of the Nehalem River in the north part of the county, with an fort lot over 50 years. Il takes n great deal of o| timism area of nlaiut i square miles; Tilla to see rx tarns from the great mook Buy about the center of tlie sums expended on such u rond us county, with n tidal urea of about Illis ; w loir tlie < omillui Il ir» ferì It’s square miles; Nestucca Bay at tlie impetus nt cuci- the railroad the mouth of the Big Ne»*ucca in must biiie its time, but eirntnallv the southern part of the county. they too mil make good, Tlie upet • Nehalem Bay al the mouth of the ing up ol this new teiritorv meitne Nehalem River is the natural out a great ileal lor I ..ill.mil. It tu inga let for over twenty billion feet of “Iiome” the traffic that hue been I standing timber on the watershed. tnlmtarv to seaports principally. ■ and around this bay will spring up The tinffic ot the present with its ' the vast mills to manufacture tins dairying products anti the supplies j timber into lumber much of which incident thereto, it is expected, will to reach the markets of the world greatly tin reuse. The coming of must go in ocean carriers of not tlie railroad will cans* ten bladtsof less than one million feet cargo grass to grow where one has lien. capacity. To meet this condition I he I>eau1ilul lieuchesmade acces i all that ia needed is the deep- sible will give Portland at least a ening of the channel over the bar tliree-hour service to several sum by jetties, tlie Port ot Nehalem has mer resorts that sre not sur|>aasrd voted fflrtrt*’.«» to t>egin the work, o i tlie Pacific. for here we have not which isslieady in progress and only the sea bathing tn the same the additional government appropri old ocean, but a tine stretch ot hard ation will lie »ecuisd in due time to sand end several beautiful treah give this bay the needed depth of water lakes ted by mountain streama water for ocean commence. Map of Tillamook County, Oregon PR. & N. C. ROAD capì Tillamook County i Has Sixty Miles of Sea Coast. The Pioneer Rail road to Build to Tillamook. Hill Rushing Road to Tillamook. I .P/rnE^. I Tillamook Bay with a tidal area of 13,!j miles and into which pour the waters of five rivers is com pletely land locked,connects with the ocean through a gorge 750 feet wide with a low water depth of 60 feet. The outside bar has a low water depth of 13 feet which the Govern- ment Engineers reports can be easily deepened to 20 feet at low water by jetties, giving one of the finest harbors on the coast from San Franciso to the sound. To carry out the plans of the Government Engi neers giving a minimum low tide depth of 20 feet on the bar and dredg ing the sturgeon channel to the bay to give a high tide depth of 23 feet to Bay City and 21 feet to Tillamook City will require the expenditure of about two million dollars. Con ditioned on the Government mak ing the necessary appropriation to carry out Hie proposed plans, the Port of Tillamook has pledged its- self to raise by taxation $450,00(100 of this amount and the Port of Bay City $200,000.00, or between the two Porte they have pledged nearly one- third of the total amount required to dotlie work. With the favorable report of the Government Engineers, with the two Ports contributing nearly one-third of the required amount, with the immense tonnage waiting transportation as soon as the work is completed, with large timber interests pulling in favor of the project, with Portland busi ness interests heartily endorsing the development of this one of its nat ural tributaries, there is little doubt but that the appropriations will soon be passed by Congress and when the Panama Canal is completed Tillamook lumber in large ocean freighters will be waiting to pass through. Come to Tillamook and Grow Up with this Won derful Country. ¡ígs 1 À Ä i® if © Ocean Traffic 1 TILLAMOOK COUNTY Has one of the best natural harbors be tween San Francisco Bay and the mouth of the Columbia River. Has 32,000,(XX),000 feet of merchantable timber. Has great natural resources in divers branches. Has balance of trade always in its favor. Has equable temperature, insuring bodi ly comfort. Has good wages for working men in cash each month. Has abundant rainfall, guaranteeing crops and water. Has good schools within reach of every home. Has an honest, law-abiding, peaceful population. Has healthfulness, especially absence of fevers and malaria. Has laud unsurpassed in productiveness. Has pure, cool mountain water in abun dance. Has magnificent mountain and beach scenery. Has splendid hunting and fishing. TILLAMOOK COUNTY HAS No Chinese, to compete with American labor. No irrigation, with its expensive litia- tiou. No codling moths to destroy the apples, No potato pests of any kind. No long severe winters when stock must be housed and fed. No severe frosts to destroy vegetation. No crop failures, from any cause what ever. No earthquakes, cyclones or blizzards. No tramps or strikes. TILLAMOOK COUNTY NEEDS O e More manufactures in nearly all lines. Capable, energetic settlers who mean business. Harbor improvements. 7. ( Tillamook County is the Most Prosperous Section of Oregon. Vast as is Tillamook County’s, wealth of timber, it can hardly be I doubted that in its splendid ocean beaches it has wrapped up almost as great a source of wealth, and one that will wax with the coming years as Portland, the Willamette Valley and the Inland Empire grows in wealth and population. Only sixty miles from Portland, or an easy two hours run through the picturesque coast range, and the tired city and valley dweller can find himself transported from the heat oppressed city and valley’ to the beach resorts of Tillamook County, “fanned by breezes salt and cool,” to sport in the surf on the gently sloping beaches, or watch the happy children digging in the white sand, with dull care banished by the ceaseless lullaby of the breakers. With the finest of trout fishing in the near by mountain streams ; clain digging on the long stretches of beach ; Chinook, silver-side and steelhead salmon in the bays and tributaries during the running sea son ; deep-sea cod, halibut, skul- pers and dozens of other varities of fish on the off-shore banks; with weird colonies of seal lions to visit where the stretches of beach give way place to bold, rocky, cavern- lined promontories, feathered o’er with primal forests', carved and chiseled^ into fantastic outlines by the ceaseless beat of old Naptune's water-hammer; with fine roads for automobiling through an ever changing scene of »fountain, valley, forest, or along the hard beach where the waves lap the whirling wheels of your machine ; in no other place can the person seeking a summer outing find such relaxa tion, such variety, such invigora tion of mind and .body as at the Tillamook beach resirts. Bayocean, Brighton, Garibaldi, Lake Lytle, Neskowin, Netarts, Pacific City and'other beaches are famous, and millions of dollars are being expended to make them all that the most exacting could de mand in the way of comfort, con- venience and attaction. Tillamook County has become favorite goal for thousands of auto- moboile parties. One’good feature about the roads in Tillamook Coun- ty in the Summer is that little or no dust is encountered, and with the delightful cool weather at that sea son of the year, is a source of enjoy, ment to those out for Summer reation and pleasure. Tillamook City. Tillamook City is situated at the head of Navigation on Hoquarton Slough and is the County Seat as well as the largest city in the Coiin- ty. It has u population of 2,0® white people, there being nu ne- groes, Chinese or Japaneseresiderft in the County, and but few Indiana. Tillamook City has a live, pro- gressive Commercial Club with commodious premises, being one of the best club rooms in the state. Tlie Tillamook Public and High School, which was erected in 19® at a cost of $8,(XX). 00) is a fine modern structure of two stories and a base- ment. It is heated by steam, and is provided with a good ventilation system. In addition to the public school facilities afforded the people of Tillamook City, there is a splen- did parochial school new under the management of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, occupying a large three story frame building in the eastern part of the city. The city has several modern concrete buildings. Churches of various denominations are well repre sented, the Adventists, Metho- dists, Christians, Catholics, Uni ted Brethern and Presbyterians each having their own building. Pure mountain water is supplied to the City through a new $50,OOft® water system. There is a well or. ganized volunteer fire department, and an electric system of lighting It has graveled streets anil good sidewalks, also local and long dis tance telephone systems. It enjoys a daily mail, has two banks, two weekly newspapers, two saw-mills, two cheese factories, opera house, as well as the usual number of busi ness houses, restaurants and hotels. Bay City. Bay City is located on Tillamook Bay, about seven miles from Tilla mook C ity. It has factory sites convenient to deep water nndto the railroad "now building. The town is situated on terraces overlooking the bay, making it one of the mo9t beautifully situated towns in the County. It has a plentiful supply of pure mountain water, also a first class hotels, a tine school building, The lands of Tillamook County two churches, saw mills and bank, may be classed under three head», and salmon cannery, besides mer viz., bottom land, prairie land and chandise stores, etc. hill land. Bottom lands are of three classes, Cloverdale, on the Nestucca River, namely, ordinary “creek bottom” bids fair to become one of the lead with which every farmer is familiar; ing towns of the Couuty. Here are river bottom, which is land built up located two churches, hotel, cheese by overflow and deposit of sediment; factory, newspaper, implement and and tide lands, being those which feed store, general' merchandise are overflowed more or less by salt store, drug store and other enter water. The river bottom is by far Small vessels enter the the most valuable for agricultural prises. Nestucca harbor and supply the purposes, and can be relied upon to produce from four to six tons of hay stores regularly, carrying out the per acre, oats yielding the latter products of that end of the County. amount. Lands of this nature con Daily stage lines to Tillamook City and Sheridan. stitute the greater part of the bot tom lands of the county, and are practically inexhaustible. The tide \\ oods is a small town on the lands produce an immense quantity Nestucca River, below Cloverdale. of tide land , grass and are used Ocean Park, near at hand, is a fa principally for pasturage for young vorite summer resort, where bun stock. dreds of people spend their outings Prairie land is of a lighter char from all parts of the state. acter and must be sustained by fer- | tilizers. Surrounding the valleys Beaver is situated about midway are ranges of bench or table land, which is most valuable for fruit between Tillamook City and Clover dale. It is the center of a farming raising or as grazing land. I community and supports a cheese The hill lands are mostly heavily- A hotel and covered with timber, and are so ex factory and saw-mill. tensive and so valuable that they general merchandise store are lo cated here also. insure the future wealth of Tilla mook County. The hills in the south part of the county were burnt Hobsonville is a small mill town 1 over many years ago, ktlling the on the Tillamook Ray. The Miami I.umber Co.’s mill is located at this , timber, and they are most valuable place, in connection with whichthey . for stock raising or as grazing land ¡conduct a general rnerchandist j for goats and sheep. «•tore and a hotel. The surface of Tillamook County is for tbe most part rough. The I _^<»ariba*di, a short distance from Coast Range Mountains pass Hobsonville, _____ just inside ------- , is located ---- to 1.. the Bay. Sa mud through »he entire eastern part of ' ’fi* entrance ■ the county. The northern anil BJmore’s salmon cannery is located at this place, also two general mer ,southern parts of the county are chandise stores and other enterprie- I hilly, while the central part is com paratively level. The northern part is the most heavily timbered section At Nehalem are located gene and the southern part has the least ral merchandise stores, drugstott timber. hotel, cannety, saw-mill, gooff school, etc. Thia place is destined to liecome a center of industrial ac tivity when the timber on the Ne halem River la-gins to move. Small vessels are able to enter tbe The people of Tillamook County- , the Nehalem Harbor, carrying is are enthusiastic over good roads, supplies and taking out the pro and the County Court is expending ducts of that section ci the county- the large sum of $125.000 annually upon them. It has now three " heeler ia located on the NebaRff* rock crushing plants, with three river, ami is a station on the U.K gasoline road rollers, situated in A N. to.'» railway, with bright pros different parts of the county, build pects of becoming a manufactunsff ing good roads, and on this account • cente«-. It has a bank and one o the largest sawmills m the count*. Tillamook Lands. Cloverdale. Woods. Beaver. Hobsonville. Garibaldi. Nehalem. Good Roads Wheeler.