Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-14

that makes butterfat come high. Our
farmers could do the same thing here
II they would unite and follow their
example. But they vote million dol
crease their bank account one cent
they might have to sell their cows to
pay their taxes. The proposition is
misleading because it assumes that
100000 would build and repair and
hardsurface 120 miles of road. How
is this? To say nothing about build
ing any new roads, and suppose you
used the cheapest material for sur
facing, wood planking, and suppose you
could get 1t delivered along the right
Of way for SIS. per M.-which you
could not not these times, the material
would cost $4,000 mile or $4,000.
The 100000 would scarcely make
beginning.
The proposition is unfair because 1t
asks us to bond the county to the full
legal limit that we are allowed to bond
and then appropriates large part of
1t where there is no public demand for
a road and leaves out a very important
section without any aid 1t proposes
to construct hard surfaced road from
Toledo to Elk City by way of Mill
Creek. This would make a double
track of hard surfaced roads between
those two points while other near by
points for which there is public de.
mand get nothing. From Elk City the
natural and easy and economic route
is by the way of Pioneer and Simpson
Creek, and 1t is shorter route than
by the way of Mill Creek. There is
only one team owned between Elk
City and Mill Creek. This proposed
line from Toledo runs over tidelands,
near tidelands, and miles Of rock cut
that make 1t very expensive road to
build-notwithstanding an imported
county road Supervisor who located It
said that the cost would be light. |
would advise those who disagree with
me on this matter 10 follow the sur.
vey stakes from Toledo to Elk CITY
But this is not the worst feature in the
building of this road. The Yaquina
! River, in its windinEs and wanderings
from Elk City to Mill Creek forms the
hugh Ok Bow or Peninsula with II,
apix at Logans Point and its base near
the old Government Quarry. II IS
four miles around this peninsula and
only one fourth of mile across It,
base-four miles of expensive road tc
build to get one fourth of a mile. Tbi,
Is not the little but the big Joker that
makes this route impracticable. This
Is why 1t Is nearer from Elk CITY tr
Toledo and the coast by the way O,
Simpson Creek. would advise those
who are not familiar with this route
to call at the Clerks or Assessors Office
and examine large map which gives
an exact description of this great O,
Bow. II any one should advise the
building of a hard surfaced road from
Toledo to Newport along the river and
bay would think that his mental bal
ance was out of gear and yet the two
propositions are nearly identical
The two most important valleys In
the central part of our county are the
iaquina.Little Elk and the Big Elk
These valleys Join at Elk City and
both valleys can most directly and
economically reach the coast on n
trunk line by the way Simpson creek
and Toledo. No road of equal length
In the county could be permanently
improved at so little expense as the
road through the Big Elk Valley. This
valley contains as many tillable acres
as the valley of the Yaquina.Little Elk
1t furnishes as many opportunities for
the building OF homes and incre1sine
the wealth Of the county as the other
This improvement could be made at
less cost than the useless Mil
Creek road. believe the present prop
osition Is unfair and contrary to tho
welfare Of the county. A. q CLARK.