Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-20
Roosevelt Highway
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should cooperate in the matter of
urging the delegations in Congress
from Oregon and California to do all
in their power to obtain more Federal
aid in the completion of these hign.
ways along the Oregon and California
coast.
In the afternoon the entire party
including over $50 people were dri-
ven out eight miles to the Red Wood
Park where lunchen was given and
speaking was resumed.
Hon. r. A. Booth Chairman of the
State Highway commission and Com.
missioners Barrette and Yeon were
the principal speakers each pledging
his support for the Roosevelt highway
they said now the Pacific highway and
other important roads had been built
that they would turn their attention
to the building of the Roosevelt high
way, Mr.. Booth said that the State
Highway Commission cooperating
with the seven coast counties and
Federal aid had spent $4,000. 900 90
already In constructing the Roosevelt
highway.
In the evening at Crescent City the
Del Norte Chamber of Commerce gave
dinner to the President of the Roose.
welt and Red Wood highway associa.
tions and the directors and their wifes,
at which time the two associations
elected Chairman and Secretary
forming a temporary Organization of
the two organizations for the purpose
OF working cooperating with the Ore
gon and California Delegation in Con-
gress to secure Federal aid for the as
sisting in the building of the Roosevelt
ard Red Wood highway from San
Francisco to Astoria
AT the present time the Roosevelt
highway is open and passab.e from
Marshfield South to Crescent City Cal
ifornia, and we met about one-hundred
Autos coming up the coast from Cal
lfornia to Oregon, they of course had
to make detour out over the Coast
Range by way OF Roseburg back to
the Pacific highway for the reason that
the Roosevelt highway is not open
from Mashfield north to Florence on
on the Ciuslaw Bay.
The Roosevelt highway from Sea-
side through Clatsop county to Tilla-
nook county to Neskwin, near Lincoln !
county line, and the contract has been |
let for the building of the ten-mile gap
between Neskwin in Tillamook county |
to Devils Lake in Lincoln county !
Now with the building of four miles
OF road from Otter Rock to Schooner |
Point where at the present time there |
is no road except along the beach |
when the tide is out the Roosevelt |
highway will be open for travel from
Seaside and Astoria via Til.amook to |
Newport and Toledo. Then there is |
a missing link from Newport to Wald-
port, and on to Yacha.s, and from |
Florence to Marshfield.
Therefore it will be possiable in |
another year to drive along the entire |
length Of the Oregon coat over the
Roosevelt highway, and there is no
doubt but what in side OF three or four
years 1t will be completed into a hard
surfaced highway.
Fred c. Baker of Tillamook who is
Secretary Of the Roosevelt Highway
association says that the Hotels in
Tillamook county is taxed to the ut
most to accomodaate the great tourist |
travel that is now pouring into Till |
amook beaches resourts, that when |
the link between Neskwin and DEVILS |
Lake now under contract is completed |
that Lincoln county will be the meca