Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1916-12-08
SHALL WE ENLARGE
OUR PORT DISTRICTS

In order that the people of
Lincoln County may know what
is being done in regard to the
proposed improvement of va
quina Bay Bar, | may say that
a Joint Committee of ten, five
appointed by the Toledo Com
mercial Club and five appointed
by the Newport Commercial
Club to act in conjunction with
the Port District OF Toledo and
Newport have had under con-
sideration for the past two
months the matter of providing
ways and means whereby one
half OF the proposed improve
ment of Yaquina Bay Bar could
be raised by taxation without
too great a burdca upon the tax
payers of Lincoln County. The
Committe in conjunction with
the said Port Districts, Toledo
and Newport have finally deter
mined upon the following plan
which, if carried out, will re-
suit in raising the necessary
funds to pay for one half of the
said improvements providing
the Government appropriates
the other half. First they have
agreed that the two Port Dis
trirts, Toledo and Newport will,
unGer the act Of 1911 providing
for the enlargement of the
boundaries of Port Districts, en-
larged said two Port Districts so
that each of said two Port Dis
tricts may take in one half of
all that territory in Lincoln
County not embraced in the
Port District of Alsea dividing
said territory equally between
assessed valuation of all the
said two ports according to the
pTousrty in said territory accord
ins " the assessed valuation OF
Std property for the year 1916,
u. 1o~ this division if carried out
and voted into said two Port
Districts by the people living in
said territory, Toledo Port Dis
tliot viii have four million and
thirty thousand dollars asses
slbie property within the bound
aries of it's territory, and New
port will have four million and
thirty thousand dollars worth
oi assessible property within the
boundaries of it's said territory.
I, IS proposed to submit said
proposition to the voters of the
territory proposed to be taken
into said Port District. The law
provides that a petition be cir
oulatgd and that if per cent of
the voters in Port District asks
for the enlargement of a Port
District, then said petition is
presented to the County Court
and it is the duty of the County
Court to call an election giving
forty days notice that an election
will be held for the purpose of
voting upon the enlargement. of
sad Port Districts. The people
residing within the boundaries OF
the present Port District will
vo e upon it and the people liv-
ing within the boundaries of the
territory that is proposed to be
taken in by said Port District al
go vote upon the question
whether they are to be taken in
to said Port District or not.
Nnen the election is held the
votes cast in the proposed ter
ri,ory to be taken in, are count
ed first and if said proposed en-
larecment of said Port District
has carried, then the vote in the
Port District is canvassed and II
IL has carried the Court issues
It's proclamation accordingly.
The Act of 1911 to provide for
the changing of boundaries of
Ports will probably have to be
amended by striking out the
words water shed as the present
law provides only for taking in
territories OF certain water shed
It is thought, however there Will
be no opposition to this as Port
Districts in other counties de-
sire the same amendment.
During the months of July
and August the Government OF
the United States under it's To-
cal Board of Engineers at Port
land, Oregon has caused a sur
vey to be made of the Yaquina
Bay Bar, and an unofficial esti,
mate Just received from the En-
gineer's Office at Portland .esti'
mate that In order to restore tn.
jetties to their former height ant
extend the South Jetty two
thousand feet and the NORTH
lefty one thousand feet that 8
twenty foot channel at NEAR
low tide may be obtained on va
cp;pa Raw I1ar for the sum o.