Coos County Sees Bond to Fund Western Oregon Roads
The article discusses Oregon road legislation and a proposed $6,000,000 bond to finance hard surface paving, post and forest road designations, and state funds. It highlights Coos County’s role shaping western Oregon routes from Roseburg to Coos Bay and the Myrtle Point corridor, with potential summer traffic openings and new paving milestones if the bond passes.
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Oregon
Washington
California
Post and Forest Road
Cascades
Government
Mountains
Bend
Isaac
State Highway Commission
Roseburg
Myrtle Point
Marshfield
Eugene
Siuslaw
Coos Bay
Coos ‘County
WSS
Coos
Highway Commission
Sheik
Said't
Coos County
Myrtle Poo
O Highway Commission
Sas
Lane
Douglas
Bay
Umpqua
Lakeside
Gardiner
Grenada
Lake County
Timber construction in building New Roads Oregon speech
Eugene March 10 O P M Goss technical engineer of the West Coast Lumberman's association spoke at the first public meeting under a legislative act authorizing 6,000,000 in bonds for statewide road building Delegates from nearly all Oregon counties attended He noted the lumber industry accounts for a large share of wages and taxes and urged timber construction to play a key role in an economic highway plan He praised Oregon pine as a strong valuable structural wood with abundant supply and potential for scientific treatment.
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Eugene, Or
O. P. M. Goss
West Coast Lumberman’s Association
Oregon
Goss
Pacific “Northwest
United ‘States
Industrial Review highlights Oregon growth and projects
Industrial Review lists multiple Oregon cities planning or completing buildings, plants, and infrastructure in 1917 and 1916. Projects include schools in Corvallis and Estacada, a 20 mile municipal railroad in Klamath Falls, a large Willbridge plant, shingle and cheese factories, and river and power developments. The piece also notes railway and water power policy debates and praises advertising for economic confidence.
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Klamath Falls
Big Spring
Gearhart
Corvallis
Hillsboro
Washington County Union High School
Pacific Coast Steel Co
Willbridge
Pendleton
Elks
McMinnville
Gold Hill
Astoria
Heener Margaret
Portland
Portland Rare Milk & Cream Co
Damascus Creamery
West
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. P. Co
New Orleans
Galveton
Columbia Bridge
S. P. L. & Power Co
Juniper Springs Co
Gresham
Columbia Slough
Congress
Bandon
Estacada
Tillamook
Newberg
iYoncolld
Todd Quicksilver
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Good Roads Association
Evewat
Dip
Arth Linn
Poonna Giunge
C. E
Anraka
Roseburg, Or
Schell
Myrtle Creek
United States
Industrial Review
Winchester Water Company
Southern Pacific Co
Shedd
Saddle Butte
Oregon City
Gladstone
la Grande
Freewater
Walla Walla
Cannary
Stayton—Brown Petrell
Independence
Oregon Power ‘Co
Pacific Telephone Co
Cushman
San Francisco
Grants Pass
Illinois Valley
Standifer Clarkson Co
Smith Mill
Florence
Vancouver B. C
Donald
Evergreen
Astoria—Deep Sea- Fishing Co
National Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Going & Harvey Co
Marshfield, Ore
Myrtle. Point
Broadway
Anderson Avenue
Going & Harvey
Henry Kitchell Webster
Blair
the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishe
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