The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-02
So the People May Know

against Mr.. Gumaer to obtain justice
and right which we could not get in
a friendly way after over three years
of energetic attempts,
For the past few weeks several
Florence parties, many of whom pay
not cent of taxes. have been inter.
esting themselves to give the people OF
Portland road But back of all
this road viewing, - back of all the
poetic allusions to white horse
gulch. - razor back mound, and the
pyramid of Cheops, as painted by our
famous citizen poet, Mr.. Spencer, we
tind that each has an AK to grind.
Mr.. Spencer has filed on eighty acres
of land ON the side of the pyramid
southeast of Portland, and proposes to
found u modern Rome, having the
famous seven hills multiplied several
times, and of course he is anxious to
have the Portland road pass through
the Apian way.
The people of Portland and Beaver,
have not asked at ANY time for the ex.
tension of the road farther east than
| the Hot Springs road, and after Third
street has thus been extended. then
the question of building the road
through to Portland and Beaver
should he taken up in businesslike
manner. II should not be governed
by favoriteism, and the benefits that
would accrue to the City OF Spencer,
or the Portland cement works or to
any individual should not enter into
tie matter
Competent engineers should run one
or more surveys unGer direction of the
county commissioners to determine
| the most direct and feasible route, and
the results obtained by such competent
aud careful surveys should guide
the comm issi oners in their decision.
The claim rs made that the road
south of the railroad would save to
| the taxpayers the $1,000 which must be
paid Mr.. Gumaer but it would cost
several times $1,000 to bridge the mum
erous arroyas and gulches oI, the road
which Messrs. Gumaer and Spencer
ARE trying to hoodwink the commits
sioners into substituting for the road
first proposed Besides, at best the
Gunner Spencer road would be subject
ton washouts, menacing the lives of
travellers and would be continual
source of expense III keeping il in re-
pair. And, too, If the right of way
is worth $1,000 TO Gumaer by the north
route. it is worth equally as much to
the United Oil company on the south
side of the tracks Some of the peo
pie of Florence seem to be blind TO
their own interests. In starting out
for II drive. which WAY can you go to
find good roadway leading from
Florence? Nature has provided y
pleasant valley east of Florence, and
yet the will of one bigotted indivi-
dual deprives the people of Florence
Of drive way through it, and this
same bigotted man has thus tar sue
ceeded in building wall east of town,
and all the residents in the east end
of the county are compelled to drive
up over the hills. wind in and through
gulches and arroyas, cross dozen
trains. and travel twice the actual
distance in order to get into the city.
/ simply make these public state
ments because OF the fact that many
misrepresentation have been made by
lie Gumaer. Spencer clique. The peo-
pie of eastern Fremont county have
no object in view except to secure the
besi possible road into Florence. The
county commissioners have already
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