Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-05-24
TOLEDO FOR COUNTY SEAT.
Several Reasons urged why the
Seat of Business Of Lincoln
county should be per-
manently located
at Toledo.

The question tnat Is now aD-
sorbing the minds of the voters and
all others vitally interested in the
welfare and progress Of the new
county Of Lincoln is the permanent
location of the county seat. This
is one of those questions that must
be settled by voters Of the county,
aud is a question that can remain
Settled only by being settled right.
1t is also a question that in 90 cases
out of 100 engenders a bitterness
between different localities Of the
county if the struggle is long con-
tinued. The question Of a perma-
nent location of the county seat is
not one of those obtuse questions
that requires columns of type and
kegs of ink to elucidate and for
that reason the LEADER has not
continually dinned into the ears of
its readers the peculiar fitness of
any particular place, nor the utter
unftness of any other, nor called
any person or place bad name for
desiring the county seat to be To-
Gated to suit them. And it desires
to preface this article with state
ment that we impugn the motives
of no citizens of any locality who
are honestly striving to get the
coveted prize. 1t Is a matter fol
the people to settle and calling
names nor violent language will
not affect the ballot box.
1t is now but short time Until
the people will pass upon this mat
ter with their ballots, and the
LEADER feels that it is justified in
setting forth the advantages oi
Toledo for permanent county seat.
The first and most prominent among
these is the matter of
LOCATION.
Toledo is located near the geo.
graphical center Of the county, and
is almost exactly in the center Of
population as a careful canvas of
the residents of the county is such
that every indication assures us
that this center Of population will
not be disturbed by the natural in
crease. This can be easily proven
by comparison of years gore by
The only portion of the country
that promises an extremely rapid
in crease OF population is the Sileti
CT ,untry, and by its location i
would only strengthen Toledo:
position. In fact the expected
early opening of the Siletz reserva
4 ton is d very potent argument il
i favor of Toledo. There is now
good TOAD to the reservation from
Toledo, and it taps that country a
the short distance of seven miles
| NJ other town in the county cal
get to the reservation line short @
ten miles of mountain road, an,
none can tap the Siletz river shor
of fourteen miles, and these road
are yet to build, and they can neve
be made as good as the road lead
ing from Toledo on account Of tn
mountains which must be climbed
The next most important point t
be considered is the
N ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PLACE.
Again in this respect Toled
leads all other candidates for count
seat honors- But first let us n
mark that when the question
accessible ty is considered the who
people m ust be taken into it. 1t
most MI nifestly Unfair to argue. f'
a place because it is more acce
sible to one locality when oth'
and more populous localities al
rend cred almost inaccessible. 1t
fror , O standpoint Of the whole tn
To edo argues. Toledo is situate
on both river and railroad. TT
ft rmer makes the place accessib
( or water craft from the west si'
of the county and towards the ga
for distance offifteen miles. II
railroad running entirely throul
4 the county along the Yaquina riv
" makes it easily accessible to t
people along its entire line of
miles. 1t is connected with Ne
6 port by a good wagon road of eig
miles length, and Yaquina City
a road of only six miles! Both
these roads will be shortened by
s, least two miles when the Dunt