Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-05-24

uatlon IS simply reversed. Wnlle
the upper country would be closer
by rail and the Big Elk by wagon
road, the upper Alsea and Drift
creek country would be further
than from Toledo, while the Va
quina, Beaver, Newport, Alsea and
Yahats country would be an ex-
cessive distance away and access
sible only by rail. TO reach Elk
City by wagon road would again
require the entire readjustment Of
the road system of the county,
which would take years of labor
and thousand of dollars Of road
taxes.
Another important item to be
considered is the
COST OF REMOVAL.
This, outside Of every other con-
sideration would be no inconsider-
able item. The county seat is now
something in the situation of man
who rents a house. 1t is fairly
established in good building which
it gets for nominal rent. The
county has already gone to con-
siderable expense in making and
arranging its quarters in this build
ing and has an option on the rent
of the same for two years longer.
A vault and many other necessaries
have been built and we do not
hesitate to assert that the county
would be to All expense and loss
for the simple moving of not cent
less than 800.
Under this head too must be
taken into consideration if the
county seat is removed to Elk City
or West Yaquina the expenses that
must be incurred by the county
before there can be any business
done. AT neither place is there a
building at all suitable for a court
house. In fact at West Yaquina
there is nothing at all but three or
four residence houses, none OF
which could be utilized at all for a
court house. This would take at
least all outlay of $1,000 to erect a
suitable building and while this
was being done the county would
have to do business in a tent. In
addition to this the site for court
house would have to be purchased
and it is perfectly safe to put the
lowest limit Of removing the county
records and placing them in
county building at either Yves,
Yaquina or Elk City at $1,000
In addition to this the county
would have to build a wharf OF
some kind Of landing at West
t Yaquina or people from the north
! side Of the Bay and river could only
| visit the county seat at certain
, stages Of the tide. To place the
county seat at West Yaquina woulc
} compel the county to made an out
a lay Of at least $8, 900 at once. Ii
e the present condition ofthe county
4 finances it would seem to be al
q utter impossibility for the county t.
: carry such a load. The situation
e at Elk City would probably b
e 81, 900 better for the county bu
It this would require the issuance c
e county warrants that the interes
. on for one year would pay the ren
k ON the present court house for tw
Il years. At Newport there ar
'f buildings that could be rente
'e cheaply enough, but there are thes
k OBJECTIONS AGAINST NEWPORT.
st 1t is situated away over TO on
Of side of the county. One of tf
'e strongest arguments for the div
er sion of the old county, and a goc
.6 one it was too, was that the count
IS seat was off to one side Of Il
Of county and thus imposed a burde
at on the people OF part Of the count
ca and yet the county seat at Corvall
al in the old county was nearer Il
'e center ofpopulation than the coun
Nj seat at Newport would be in Il
n. new. 1t is, as we have show
in almost inaccessible to large pa
I'D of the county. There are 9th
DIS objections against Newport, but
he is useless to .enumerate them, as
DIS is useless to object to Elk City,
b. the only actual competitors in Il
ty race for county seat from now
;ly are ? ~
I'D TOLEDO AND WEST YAOUINA.