The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-20
State Roads Must be Built Says Gov.
Chamberlain Ia Special Message.

State Roads Must be Built Says Gov.
Chamberlain Ia Special Message,
The following is clipped from
the Portland Journal Of Wednes-
day: Governor Chamberlain sent
a hot special message to the leg
Iislature this afternoon calling
upon them to put rough the
amendment to ti constitution
providing for state aided rail-
roads. The amendment has al
ready passed the house, but has
been hung upn the senate, The
message is generally looked upon
as suikirga a hard blow at HIarri-
man and Emphasizes the states S
determination to build her own
railroads ComIugas it did with
announcement alleged TO have
been made through Hartman Of
aroad up the Deschutes, il caused
surprise,
The President and Members of
The Senate: The Importance to
the people of the state Of house
Joint resolution No15 introduced
by the speaker of the house of
representatives leads me to adj
dress YOU a brief message for
fear that in the multitude of
matters demanding your atten-
ton at the close of the session its
Importance may be overlooked.
This resolution passed the
house on Monday night, has been
received by the senate, and am
just advised reported upon un-
favorably by the committee to
whom it was referred. 1t has
for it's purpose the submission to
the people of an amendment of
article ii of the constitution so
as to authorize the creation of
railroad districts within the state
empowered to construct railroads
or other highways, authorizes the
purchase or construction of rail-
roads, the pledgjng of credit of.
state or county the levy of tax
es, the condemnation of rights of
way and The exercise of other
powers usually incident to rail-
way construction and the opera
tion OF railways by the state.
The people OF Oregon and par
ticuIarly those along the coast
line and in central and south
eastern Oregon have been en-
tirely neglected and ignored in
so far as their needs for trans
por,ation facilities are concerned. |
The railroad company which con-
trolls the destiuics of the state |
has promised from time to time, |
through It's officials that it would |
extend It's lines into the neglect
ed territory and give some relief |
to the producers and consumers, |
but as often as these promises
have been made they have been
violated and although the Sec
ions 70 which / call your atten-
ion are being rapidly settled up
md are being developed, trans
)ortation facilities are entirely
lenied them and the develop
nc~t of the state is in conse-
lucnce greatly retarded and the
,aople impoverished. /
The very next day after the ]
referred to passed the
.ouse it was announced in glar-
lg headlines in some Of the daily J
apers Of the state that central 3
)regon would at once be opened /
p and a road extended along the I
)eschutos river TO reach one of &
he richest sections of the state S
nd u the same papers where 8
his announcement was made, it /
reported that this proposed In
institutional amendment would o
e killed in the senate and the f
uestion OF amending the consd- Y
ltion submitted TO the people k
the form Of a bin calling for a
institutional convention. e
1t setHs to me that the time %
as arrived when Oregon ought n
do something to reliev b p
If from the oppression Of rail- =.
ad monopoly If her people r,