Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-09-10
NEWPORT

The Port Commission of New
port and the Port Commission
of Toledo held a meeting in this
city a short time ago for the pur-
pose of discussing ways and
means to get the Yaquina bar
harbor improved. Assistant U.
S. Engineer ]. S. Polhemus was
present at the meeting and gave
some valuable suggestions in re-
gard to the Improvement. Said
the money for the survey could
be secured, but for the improve
ment Of the harbor the people
must bear part of the expense.
Hon. b. F. Jones was also pres
ent at the meeting and gave
some valuable suggestions. He
thought the hole county should
be back Of the movement and the
adjacent Valley counties as well.
He thought the proposition of
improvement Of the bar could not
be made too strong. In accor-
dance with his idea, which was
endorsed by members of both the
port commissions the following
resolutions were unanimously
9 adopted: Resolved, That we,
the members of the Newport and
Toledo Port Commissions, being
in session the 31st day of August,
1915, join in recommending that
as Port Commissioners and cit
liens of Lincoln and adjoining
counties in the willamette valley
and Eastern Oregon, who are Wit
ally interested in having a deep
sea harbor at Yaquina bay, to
work in harmony to call mass
meeting nd put forth our best
efforts to obtain an appropria-
ton sufficient from the govern
ment to do this work. And, Be
1t Further Resolved, That it is
the sense of this meeting that a
port commission district be Or
ganized to embrace the whole of
Lincoln county and that a notice
be given through the press of the
county calling a mass meeting to
be held at Newport September
Is, 1915, at one o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of devising some
means to have the Yaquina bar
and harbor improved. Signed,
o. F. Jacobson, president, New
port district; c. b. Crosno, secre-
tary port of Toledo.
F. N. Hayden, Judge Miller and
County Commissioners Wake
field and Hurt stayed over night
in Newport Monday. The Court
is on a tour Of inspection of
roads and bridges in the county.
Mr.. Hayden is taking them in
his auto over the various road
districts. They have already in
spected the Eastern part of the
county, Big Elk, Tum Tum, Lit
tie Elk and Yaquina, then going
over the big mountain from Nor
tons to Rock creek in the auto,
and now they are on their way
to inspect roads and bridges in
the South part of the county,
Five Rivers, Yachats, Ocean
View and Alsea. This inspec-
tion is done for the purpose of
gaining personal knowledge
of all sections of the county and
to know the condition of the
roads and bridges already built
and to see where other roads
and bridges ought to be built
. and to come in personal contact
with the people and learn from
them what they want and need.
The Northern and Western parts
of the county will be visited later.
II speaks well for the condition
of the roads of the county when
autos can go over so many OF
them. Some 500 autos have
come to Newport this year and
all speak of the splendid condi-
ton of the roads from the Valley
to the sea. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank,
who came to Newport in ten
hours by auto from Portland,
said the road across the noun
tain was in splendid condition
and was the best road of any
coming to the seashore from the
Valley. The Pioneer Mountain
is the most difficult to cross but
is better this year than last for
autos. This mountain can be
avoided by running the road up
Simpson creek and down the
Olalla and connect with the
main road at the Towner place.
A much better grade could be
gotten this way, or the road
might be run from Morrison to
Elk City and then along the va
quina river to the mouth of Mill
creek. This would give water