Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-05-11
TOU Velle Talks
On Highway

County Judge Tou Velle, who was
in Ashland a few days ago, said the
plans for the county highway getting
in and out OF Ashland were in the
same condition that they have been
since the hearing given in the matter
of property rights affected by the sur
vey coming under the railroad track
west of town The official proceed
ings in that case show that the coun-
ty commissioners continued the case
hence there is nothing doing in the
matter.
At the hearing, and in other ways
not official, il appears to the mem
! bers OF the county court that Ashland
Or at least a considerable number
of its prominent citiZens-does not
approve OF the survey under the rail-
road track. The members of the
county court are rather Waiting on
! Ashland citizens to get together in
some way and agree upon the route
upon which the people wish to get
in and out OF town.
Judge Tou Velle says it would
please him TO serve the wishes of the
Ipeople of Ashland in this matter, so
far as it is possible to do so, and he |
would be pleased to have the people |
get together and agree upon the mat /
ter. He believes the people could get |
the right Of way much easier than !
the county court. I'm Siskiyou coun- |
ty." said Judge Tou Velle, the coun- |
ty supervisors have guaranteed the
state highway commission the right
of way through the county at no eX-
pense and the county commissioners
would like to see the citizens OF Ash
land work out the problem in and out
= of the town.
THE right of way so far has not
, cost the county anything and it is the
wish of the court not to pay out any
| thing for right OF way and they have
= no intention of doing so. From the
north the road is being constructed
toward Ashland and will continue un-
til il gets up to the zone of the dis
puted right of way. South of Ash
S land the work of grading the Siski-
YOU mountains for distance OF over
thirteen miles is being pushed vigor-
: Ously by the contractor and the con-
tract price is so low that nobody but
the contractor is doing any worry
ing"
Judge Tou Velle says he pays no
attention to the foolish remarks made
by a few who predict Ashland will
not be connected up with the county
highway under the present bond is
sue. Il have always had the friendli-
l. est kind of feeling for the people OF
p Ashland and it would take mighty
10 lot of something more than conversa-
tional wind to make me believe that
the citizens of Ashland would seri-
ously think they were not getting a
fair deal from the county court
o. The way Ashland is located topo-
graphically. and the holdings at each
u entrance to the city being in the pos
lie session of citizens who are strong in
le their own individual ideas and feel
nj ings in regard to the manner in when
their properties should be favored
makes it necessary to 90 slower al
r. this point than at any other. AS the
v county highway will be permanent
IL affair for generations to come II Il
necessary that its routing and con
as struction be accomplished with tina
fact in front of the officials who are
Immediately responsible for it.
ut would have pleased the count!
court to have been able to proceed
Vi right along without interruption ant
c! without the necessity OF having u
or appeal to the people of Ashland in tn
RI matter, but we feel that the peopl
of Ashland will in their own way ant
in due time arrive at some agreeabl
way of solving the problem.
1t has been frequently said, in con
IN versation on the streets, that IN
80 Waite holdings across Bear cree
would eventually get the highwa
OF through Ashland for the reason tina
the Waite holdings have said at Varl
Gus times they would pay the price o
the county highway If 1t was locate
that way and they would give bon
that it would cost the taxpayers
lty the county not one cent. 1t is ger
ct orally believed they would do tina
r,, for the reason that the Waite holo
~ ings built the roads through the trac
at their own expense and then deu
DDS Gated the roads to the county. \
they own long sweep of land tina
would connect the disputed territor
in and out of the Ashland distric
all the constant revival of this report
not pleasant news to the proper,
the owners of the town. The impossibi
ity of finding out definitely that it
merely hot air adds to the uneas
my ness of events.
ted While il is a fact that the call fc
the bond election described the rout
as coming through the city of Asl
land along the main county roa'
there is nothing preventing the wan
holdings from building a hard su
an face road through their tract an
ion making their own connections al
-, taking their chances on getting the
VIII returns in the opportunities for sci
lat- ing their lands which they have c'
lay up in small tracts for selling pu
,di- poses. They would only have to hai
surface the present Waite boulevai
u ! which they built themselves and ad
Will such additional hard surface road
and would bring them to the eonnectlI
point desired with the county hig
way east OF Ashland.