Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-02-16
OREGON INDUS
TRIAL REVIEW

law uldkeTS SuOulu Ue uuOTe COu-
servative in the passing of leg
islation affecting industries.
Eugene-S. P. Co., pays $40
900 monthly to 1873 Eugene EN-
ployees; AZ employees of Pac.
Tel. & Tel. Co. here receive
$1S65.15 bonus.
Medford-City council agrees
to assist proposed establishment
of box factory by extending wa
ter main to north boundary OF
city.
Reedsport-New hotel plann-
ed.
Albany-About so wagon
loads Of gravel being hauled dai-
ly to nearby road districts and
8 to carloads loaded daily for
outlying districts in Linn coun-
ty.
Florence-$S3S9 contract let
for new Coast Guard station.
Portland-L. G. Gilman, Pres.
of North Bank Road announces
expenditure of 1,250,000 by his
road for 1917, mostly in Oregon.
Dufur-150, 900 bushel' grain
warehouse contemplated here.
Bend-Bend Water, Light &
Power Co. to install $4,000 pump
ing plant.
heppner-100,0 900 bushel ele-
vator planned here.
Bandon-Woolen mill ano
ship yard expected to resume op
erations soon.
Lebanon-Citizens working to
get cannery.
La Grande to have new three
story business block.
Agness-Longest suspension
bridge on Coast about complet-
ed across Rogue river here.
Main spann sos feet while its an
chors are 635 feet apart.
Survey of Eugene-Coos Bay
highway begun. If this road is
ever completed it will eliminate
one of the worst and most used
roads in the world.
Donald sends out more freight
than any other small station on
Oregon Electric.
Reedsport-Cold storage plant
to be built here.
international Paper Co., OF
Boston takes option on large
timber holdings in Umpqua
country at $4,5O0,000 and pros
poets are for large pulp and pa
per mill on lower Umpqua river.
Astoria will build dredge for
harbor work.
In commenting on a recent in
crease in pay aggregating $780,
900 a year, granted by P. r. l..
& P. Co. to platform men, Pres.
Griffith said: "The increase of
one cent an hour, which is to
become effective not later than
July l, has been made in spite
OF the fact that the company has
been, and still is, showing large
decreases in earnings. 1t will be
made not because the conditions
OF the company warrants it, but
in the hope of better conditions
in the future and in apprecia-
ton of the loyal support OF the
trainmen."
Coos Bay-During the first
half OF January this port shipped
: more lumber to San Francisco
than any other harbor -on the
| coast.
) North Plains - Beaverton
, Brick & Tile Co. has been reor'
ganized and will be put in opera
2 ton with about 80 men.
Reedsport-S. p. Co., to builc
large floating dock here.
: Cottage Grove-Utah-ldaho
! Sugar Co., contracting beets a
! $3.50 f. o. b. cars here. Th'
: Sugor factory recently built a
Grants Pass is a great asset tt
, farmers of that section as it per
;. mits development of one OF thu
5 most staple farm crops, sugal
beets.
z Toledo-New sawmill in pros
e pect here.
!. Gresham--Cameron and Tay
y lor lumber interests building
e mile logging railroad.
New steamer line to operat'
o between Coos Bay and Sal
e Francisco.
Eccles interests of Ogden
II Utah buy $4,000,000 worth o
g timber in Columbia riv;r ant
e Coast counties and will buil'
k mill on Columbia river or Tilla
n nook Bay.
. NMcMinnville-Sugar beets ar
: taking the place of hops and
experiments here are successful
e sugar factory is promised thi
n section by Salt Lake interests.
o Marshfield-Five-mile logginj
IS railroad to be built by Nortl
/ Bend Mill and Lumber Co.
e Bend Water Light & Powe