Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-04-06
QUESTIONS RELATING TO
YAQUlNA BAR IMPROVE
MENT & PORT EXTENSION

! MENT q PORT EXTENSION
Question
What would be the immediate bene-
fit OF the proposed Port extension?
Answer
Immediately upon the extending of
the Port boundries as now proposed,
our ability to meet the U. S. Govern
ment in Financing this Yaquina Bar
Improvement Is assured, The Engin.
eers would proceed with the arrange
ments, and the assembling of the
equipment. AS the Government is
now irrevocably committed to this pro-
ject, the only possible chance Of fail.
ure is for the voters themselves on
May first to defeat 1t. Should the
decision OF the People be favorable,
the expending of 100000. for labor
and material is assured, this will
place Lincoln County on the map for
future progress, and Improvement.
Question
What will be the future benefit de.
+ rived from the proposed Harbor I'M
provement?
Answer
Through the increase in population,
and prestage and our progressive poll
cy which this improvement will estab.
lish, reaching as 1t will every nook
and corner Of Lincoln County, furnish.
Ing to its Citizens better transporta-
tion, better roads, better standards Of
living, and last but not least, home
market, the magnitude OF which is
; hard at this time to understand.
) Question
Should this debt be created wha.
would the principle amount to, and
, what would the interest charge be PEI
, year, on $1,000 assessed value of
J property?
I Answer
!. On the present (9l6) assessed val.
;. uation, this proposed debt would be a
lien of $46.45 on every $1,000 OF a,
a sessed value and the interest charge
6 would be $3.50 per year.
). Question
Does the present, and future pros
pective commerce justify the expen
diture OF this amount Of public money
, and Of what does 1t consist?
Answer
r. While the present active commerce
II is small, the immediate prospective
t. commerce is very large, we may state
n this in stronger terms by saying that
2 this immediate prospective commerce
y has two Of the great factors, suppl,
s and demand, and only lacks what this
d Improvement improvement will fur
nish, transportation facilities, To max,
1t present and active commerce. Trans
portation is the key to the Who'll,
situation, and can only be supplied b!
r the improvement OF our Bar. Tn,
great immediate prospective commerce
y is our timber.
Is Question
m What is the volume of the present
IN immediate, prospective, and futur,
'e commerce?
70 Answer
ID We have In Lincoln County Is Bill
Is lion feet, board measure. of ripe an,
over ripe merchantable timber, whicl
rs means q commerce of not less thai
W $50 Million Tons. this will require
Is Million cars. OF 10000 capacity eacl
Or or Is Thousand Ships with one mi
lion feet carrying capacity to marke
our timber requiring not less than 8
years OF heavy traffic. Vast as thi
may be the future prospective CON
merce is greater, and covers III
y whole field Of modern and future bus
ness. With this great undevelope
County, capable of supporting one mi
lion people, future commerce will b
!. gathered from and distributed to tn
- farms and cities OF the present an,
future. With our excellent buildin
Stone the value OF which having lon
been established, and the manufact
uring possibilities OF the future, ca
the statement be doubted, that as tn
immediate prospective commerce
reduced In volume, other comoditie
Of commerce will Increase, so that tn
commerce OF the future will increas
both in Importance and volume.
Question
Is there danger that this vast tim
ber commerce will be maj keted to tn
detriment OF farming and other resI
dent properties in the payment o
these Improvement bonds?
Answer
The very fact that this improvement
IN will be made, placing this large amour