Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-10-08
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NEWPORT .

'Ihe newport FOrt COmmlS-
sion held a meeting in the coun-
Gil chamber Monday the 4th,
both fore and afternoon to con-
slider the proposition of making
a landing at South Beach. All
the members of the Commission
were prenent, viz: Thos. Lease,
Ted Moore, Ed Stocker, R. F.
Baker and Captain Jacobson.
The Captain presided at the
meeting. A delegation from
Waldport, headed by DR.. G. e.
Linton, was present, also D. s.
Conrad and o. o. Gooch, repre-
senting Pacific View and Har-
borton. These new towns cover
the ground on South Beach on
the homestead of l.. e. Davis.
These new cities have been sur
veyed, plated and laid off into
town sites and are now seeking
recognition as embryo cities.
DIR. Linton was called for and
responded with an eloquent adj
dress, advocating advancement
and progression. Said when he
first went to Waldport he was ac-
companied by Lee Doty, owner
of the mail contract. "On the
way down to Waldport Il sup
pose at Seal Rocks l saw a hat
laying on the mud. | started to
pick it up, and all at once heard
a voice away down in the mud
yelling, hold on; that is my hat.
The Doctor and Doty got the
man out and after he had time
to get his breath, he said, "Still
below me is my horse. and you
must help me get him out" and
after several bours of hard
work the horse was gotten out
also. This was the muddiest
place ever saw" said DIR. Lin
ton. "The road ought to be
made better" The Doctor said
that this same road had been SO
; improved that an auto going at
the rate of twenty miles an hour
can pass over it. This is pro-
gression. This story reminds
me Of the old deacon, who was
always chiding his members for
telling big stories. He said,
Brothers and Sisters, l have
shed barrels of tears over your
misfortune" but no doubt the
, roads were bad in the early days
when the people travelled in
primitive ways. DIR. Linton was
very much in earnest and is q
great advocate Of building good
roads and harbors. He said the
people of Waldport would help
pay the expense Of such i'm
provement. He said the Port
Commission at Waldport had
$500 of port money that was ly-
ing idle. II 1t was possible the
people of Waldport would pu,
the money up to help dig a chan.
mel or build a tramway to the
landing. Messrs. Gooch and
Conard were also very anxious
to have the Improvement made
and good landing secured or {
tramway built. The distanc,
would be about one half mile
One plan suggested is to dredg,
a channel from buoy No. 8 t.
the landing four feet deep ant
fifty feet wide. The cost Of thii
would be about S2,500. Their,
is so much still, dead water OF
the south side Of the bay that {
channel could not be kept oper
by the current. The wind ant
storms would soon wash in tn,
sand and mud and the channe
would soon be filed up again
Some OF the speakers thought
wrong to experiment with th'
peoples money; thought W
should know what can be don
before exDending. any morey
Some are of the opinion that
would be better and cheaper I,
build q tramway. The Sout
Beach people win. no doubt. pu
In the docks at their own eS
pense. The people are gettin
tired Of high taxes and the citie
OF the county have already a
much debt as they can handl,
A resolution was unanimousl
passed at the meeting lcvying
. two mill tax on the property {
the district to pay for the in
provement. A two mill tax wi
raise $4,000. II this amour
should not be sufficient to max
the Improvement the Sout
Beach people will make up tn
deficiency. The Improvement
needed and there will be som
way to make It.
The weather is fine and ever,
one is doing up their Fall worl