The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01

has made changes In road No, ~
sending same in writing to the clerk
and In case he fails to do this he /,
to grade the road on the survey, CLERK
| instructed TO hold warrants for sale
work until such Information Is re-
ceiyed from the supervisor OF road d!s-
trict No, Is,
Report Of viewers on road petitionet
for by c. S. Dow and others, read first
time and laid over for second read
ing,
Ordered that the agreement mad,
by the road master with ]. II, Smith
for furnishing. making and laying pun
cheon on road between Elsie and
Jewell. near Red BLUM. at the price
OF $3.50 per rod for puncheon ana /;
cents for fixing grade. same not tc
exceed 100 rods, is approved,
Annual Report of Road Master.
To the Honorable County Court Clat-
sop County, Oregon;
Geutlemen--I beg TO submit my re-
port as road master for the year 1906,
and at this think review Of the
work done for the year would be in
order and assist in preparing esti-
mates for the coming year,
First. The road work done by the
county within the city limits during
the year, consists OF building the
piece OF road TO connect 18th and 18th
streets In Shively's Astoria, at cost
of s275; building and rocking the
connection on Polk, or 9Th street, TO
the Youngs Bay bridge. at cost Of
1894; improvement of the Smith Point
road. s677: and the road built to the
Tongue Point Mill Company's mill at
a cost of s1,95i. / also find, by re-
ferring to the county clerks books,
that there has been expended on coun-
ty roads outside of the city limits, the
sum of s12,16107, ana on bridges the
sum Of s6.O26.33. all of the above is
in addition TO the special levies made
by the various districts of the coun-
ty
A review Of the roads in the county
should be classed as improved, which
means graded and rocked or planked,
partially improved means graded but
not covered. OF the improved roads
there are at the present time 55 miles
and of the partially improved roads
there are ss miles, total amount Of
roads laid out in the county, under
new law, which requires proper grades.
estimates. ETC., is approximately ESQ
miles.
Road to which the county is, at
present paying special attendtion are
as follows: Road No. n, from Olney to
Jewell, Jewell to Vesper, Jewell to
Elsie, Elsie to Junction, Seaside to
Elk Creek, Seaside to Push, Astoria
to arrenton and F'lavel, and to con-
nection with road down Clatsop plains
and to Seaside, Astoria to John Day,
Tucker Creek to Olney via Young's
River Falls, Lewis & Clark road, road
between Svensen and Knappa, road
from Aldrich Point up Blind Slough,
through Settlement, also road to
county line on south to connect with
Tillamook county The fact that the
court has taken quite an interest In
a good road to Tillamook county has
lead to an examination of several
routes and there seems to be no other
way but that eventually two roads
will have to be, or ought to be, built;
that is, one by the coast route and
one through the interior. The old
Buchanan trail Is being opened at an
expense of 5000, which will afford an
outlet for cattle and people on horse
back, but the mail route Is by the
ocean beach and on which this coun- |
ty has spent some money this year.
BY the ocean route the beach can
be used from Elk Creek to Archcape,