Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-09-28

on the road with modern meth
ods, (not at Mr.. Jones estimated
finished road. viz; $1665), but
can be made for less money than
Mr.. Jones' mile of plank road
will actually cost. AS l will show
before | close, his estimates"
are only very poor guesses.
Mr.. Jones, in his prediction
speeches, claims that he met at
these various places 95 per cent
of the people and that they were
all in favor Of his suggested
roads. Now, as a matter of fact,
at this Toledo meeting, there
were only nine. | was one OF
them, and of the others, none
has said he was strong for the
proposition. Really n-i-n-e Co.
people is not 95 per cent of the
people in Toledo's two precincts.
If Mr.. Jones other assertion are
as wide of the fact, and believe
they are, then you have gotten
the right angle to measure his
road proposition by.
In his Toledo speech, Mr..
Jones said that he had used all
available means to Inform HIM
self as to the cost of construc-
ton, ETC." Is this a fact? Last
winter the county court had the
road surveyed from Old Life
Saving Station to Lutgens. 1t
was a very careful Job under
County Surveyor Mcmillan, and
his report, on file ever since with
the county court. shows an es-
timated cost of $4,000. Jones
evidently could not find this, or
perhaps, did not know where to
find it. Yet he proposes to go
through Beaver Creek and Bay
View, throwing more mileage in
the road, and plank it all the
way, and by this very careful
. system of estimates" do same
dJ COoI vi 9of,OOo.
Mr.. Jones says that our need
| for a year-round road is imper-
, ative. Admitted. Yet he spends
| all his money, and fails to pro-
, wide a bridge across Siletz,
r across Alsea Bay, and the va
' Iauina at Toledo at a probable
{ cost of one hundred thounsand
dollars and a very important
e connecting link for a year-round
road.
My proposed route has the ad.
r vantage Of eliminating the cost
of useless bridge at Siletz Bay
besides the nine miles OF extra
heavy construction of new roaG
from Toledo to Elk City, from
the immediate construction cos
, of this road, thereby providing
more money for actual perman,
U ent results.
\ Mr.. Jones estimates" S15,.
4 $40 for a finished plank roaC
n from Rock Creek bridge TO To
n ledo, a distance of II miles. Al
I his own estimate of $16G5 X Il
+ equals $2S,205.
=. He estimates" spiking Il
stringers S75 per mile, 800
O nails "a per pound; OF 40d nail!
4 there are Is in one pound. Pres
o ent wholesale cost in Portland
n $5.25 per hundred, carriage 20c.
q equals $5.45 +. o. b. Portland. 81!
: nails to each plank, we have ;
d cost for nails alone, if 30ds ar,
), used of S71.94 per mile, and i
40ds are used $95..92, +. o. b
V Portland, to say nothing of cos
:, of labor.
g Now, where such simple cal
J. culations as these cannot b
n fairly and honestly made by Nj
= Jones, of what value is his so
n called estimates on the cost O
" moving dirt, etc., without an
ID engineering data to start from
10 And lest we forget, he has omit
j. ted all engineering costs, whic
10 be probably $40 mile.
Ia Now, Mr.. Jones moves {
"a Newport and proceeds to drin
a. a clam cocktail at the Abbey
"a and eat some whale steak at tn
,6 LOG Cabin" and proceeds owe
4 lthe country spouting what h
i, calls booster" stuff, regardles
v Of facts. How does he get hi
"a s15,520 on Siletz road, and o
,e other estimates? 1t Is pure de
w eeption, intended to make us bC
nt lieve he really did use figures |
n. arriving at his conclusions. Hi
g conclusions were reached Will
Id facing q typewriter, with bot
of hands flying in the frenzied al
Ia tempt to keep up with the wheel
10 In his head.
u Now, these sand-lot specula
nj tors, for whom Mr.. Jones istalk
p ing, at the last legislature, sc
,lk ceded from Lincoln County b
10 having a law passed removin
IN Newport from the taxing powe
10 Of the County Court. So, MI