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GREEN'S
North Fork Santiam River
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T10S-R2W-Sec7
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1876 - 1912
March 17, 1876: "A petition was presented to our County Court on yesterday, from parties near Jefferson, asking an appropriation for Green's Ferry route." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
August 4, 1876: "The County Court has been in session for a week past, and transacted considerable business. Most of the labor has been confined to auditing and paying claims against the county. Some time has been spent in adjusting disputes about county roads. In the proceedings on Saturday we find the following entry, in which many citizens of both Marion and Linn counties have a deep interest. It reads as follows:
"In the matter of construction of a bride across the North Fork of the Santiam river, at a point known as Green's Ferry:
Now at this day it was ordered by the Court that Jacob Conser be and he is hereby appointed a superintendent to let the contract, oversee the construction of and receive said bridge when completed in accordance with the plans and specifications now on file in this Court."
This bridge matter is creating considerable excitement among the people in 'the forks,' and the end is not yet.
Court adjourned to July 21, 1876." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
October 6, 1876: "Mr. Miller is of the firm of Miller and Sons, bridge builders, and of the firm now engaged in putting up the large bridge across Green's Ferry, on the Santiam. As Mr. Miller intends making Salem his home, he will be a welcome addition to the Capital city." (Weekly Oregon Statesman)
April 23, 1891: "The Salem Statesman says that the judge and commissioners of Marion county went to Jefferson Tuesday, where they were joined by the Linn county commissioners and proceeded to the Green bridge that spans the north fork of the Santiam river between the two counties. Their object was to make an examination of the structure, which has been condemned, as being in a dangerous condition. One of the piers is partly washed away. This structure is a covered one and is about 200 feet long. The result of the examination was to decide that the bridge was not unsafe, but to agree upon certain repairs to be made upon it." (Morning Daily Herald)
August 17, 1892: "Judge Hubbard returned today from Jefferson where he has been to investigate Green ferry bridge, two miles above that place on the Santiam. He met the Court of Linn county, and after consultation the two counties ordered the pier cleared and some good repairing put in, which will cost about $1500." (Daily Capital Journal)
August 23, 1892: "Judge Hubbard, of Marion county, and Judge Duncan, of Linn, were in this city Thursday. They went out and inspected the Green bridge and ordered the same repaired. In repairing the middle pier they will fill in with racine and drive 90 piles around it. The cost will be about $1000.--Jefferson Review." (Daily Capital Journal)
September 10, 1892: "Today the Marion and Linn county courts, accompanied by bridge expert F.J. Miller, are at the Green bridge on the Santiam, above Jefferson, known better as the Green ferry. This structure has had a new pier placed under one end of it, and some other needed repairs have been made. These gentlemen are inspecting it, the work having been done by J.B. Tillotson, of Albany." (Daily Capital Journal)
August 12, 1896: "The judges drove down and inspected the bridges at Stayton, Green's Ferry and Jefferson. All were in excellent shape with the exception of the latter which needs dome slight adjustment and repairs to the south approach. The Green's ferry bridge is a Smith truss and was constructed about twenty years ago." (Statesman Journal)
November 19, 1896: "It is reported here that the approach to Green's bridge was swept away by the high water." (Statesman Journal)
July 29, 1899: "County Judge G.P. Terrell and Judge George D. Barton, of Linn county, met at the Green's Ferry bridge on the Santiam, two miles above Jefferson, yesterday morning, for the purpose of making an examination of the center pier of the bridge, which was reported as being in a dangerous condition. The cribbing of the pier was found to be badly decayed, and is spreading under the weight of the gravel thrown inside to support and strengthen the pier. While this has weakened the structure somewhat, there is no immediate danger, but high water this fall is liable to cause the collapse of the bridge if the structure is not repaired before that time. The two judges agreed to have an examination made of the damaged bridge, and to secure an estimate of the probable cost of needed repairs. It is proposed to secure a metal cylinder instead of the old wooden cribbing, and by means of this make the threatened pier far stronger than it was with the old wooden breakwater. Frank Miller, of Albany will be ordered to make an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvements.
The bridge was constructed twenty-two years ago, and the cribbing, which has now outlived it usefulness, was constructed twelve years ago." (Statesman Journal)
August 31, 1899: "In the matter of the repair of the bridge across the Santiam river, known as Green's bridge. Ordered that said bridge be condemned for public use and he is authorized to prepare estimate of cost of cylinder piers for said bridge, and Mr. Tillson is authorized to put false work under said bridge at a cost of $96, to be borne jointly by Marion and Linn counties." (Statesman Journal)
September 27, 1899: "Bids for the building of a crib pier under the Green's Ferry bridge, over the Santiam river near Jefferson, were opened at Albany yesterday afternoon.
They were as follows:
Royal and Son $625
D.W. Harding 777
George D. Redinger 999
J.B. Tillotson 689." (Statesman Journal)
October 19, 1899: "County Judge G.P. Terrell received a telephone message from the contractor in charge of the repairs at the Green's Ferry bridge, near Jefferson, last night. The contractor, C.F. Royal, stated that he was ready to place the bridge upon the new pier, and that all danger from high water was past, the work of construction being about completed. This places the bridge at Green's Ferry in better condition than it has been for ten years." (Statesman Journal)
August 24, 1904: "The force of bridge carpenters that has been employed the past week in rebuilding the approach to the Lebanon bridge, across the South Fork of the Santiam river at that place, has completed the work there and was yesterday transferred to Green's bridge on the North Fork of the river between Scio and Jefferson, where extensive repairs have to be made in order to keep the bridge in condition for use by the public. This bridge is owned jointly by Marion and Linn counties. The repairs to be made there consist of strengthening one of the piers which has become weak, the partial rebuilding of the two approaches of the bridge, seventy feet on the Marion county side and 170 feet on the Linn county side; and a general overhauling of the covering of the bridge. The structure is one of the oldest in Linn county, was built over thirty years ago, and County Commissioner T.J. Butler assisted in it construction, and he is now in charge of the repairs being made." (Statesman Journal)
October 17, 1906: "Judge C.H. Stewart of Linn county was in the city yesterday to make arrangements with Judge Scott to examine the Green's bridge which spans the Santiam river three miles east of Jefferson. They will go tomorrow and see what can be done, especially to the pier on the Marion county side which is reported in such a bad shape as to make travel over it dangerous." (Statesman Journal)
December 24, 1909: "The Green bridge between Scio and Jefferson, is reported to be in a dangerous condition, on account of the middle pier being undermined." (Albany Democrat)
January 13, 1912: "Judge Bushey received advises this forenoon that the Green's Bridge on the Santiam was washed out at about 4 o'clock this morning.
The bridge was an old one--about 35 years of age, and for some years it had been expected that it would give way to the high water. The board of county commissioners will now face the problem of building a new one to take its place and it is estimated that a good steel bridge cannot be constructed for less than $45,000 or $50000." (Daily Capital Journal)
February 1, 1912: "Marion and Linn counties have established a ferry over the Santiam, where the high water recently washed out Green's bridge." (Statesman Journal)
February 2, 1912: "After considering at length the proposition of rebuilding the Green bridge which was washed away during the recent flood, the board of county commissioners prior to adjourning Wednesday afternoon, decided to install a ferry temporarily. The bridge washed away was an old structure and it is the intention of members of the board, when they build another, to make it of such a character that it will last for years to come. Probably by fall the board will be in a position to build the bridge." (Daily Capital Journal)