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Siuslaw River
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1934 - ____
March 20, 1931: "A petition bearing 268 names of western Lane county tax payers was presented to the county court Tuesday asking for a bridge across the river at Mapleton. The petition points out that there are a large number of farmers on the south side of the river who depend entirely on boats for transportation and that the 30 families have 36 children who have to cross the river to attend school.
The petition did not ask for the building of the cutoff to Richardson, however, it is said nearly all the signers are favorable. Judge Barnard said that no action could be taken by the court this year. Neither has the court decided as yet to build the shortcut road." (Siuslaw Oar)
The petition did not ask for the building of the cutoff to Richardson, however, it is said nearly all the signers are favorable. Judge Barnard said that no action could be taken by the court this year. Neither has the court decided as yet to build the shortcut road." (Siuslaw Oar)
February 16, 1934: “Work on the timber bridge to be constructed over the Siuslaw at Mapleton will be started immediately, without further wait for war department permission, County Commissioner Cal Young said Wednesday.
Men from the CCC camp at Mapleton will do the construction work, and the job has been pushed ahead because they have run out of work in their neighborhood, and the camp may have to be moved unless the new project is available, Siuslaw national forest men said.
County Bridge Superintendent A. C. Striker was here yesterday and stated that the bridge will have two Howe trusses in the center, each 105 feet in length, with trestle work on each end. Total length about 600 feet. The design has been approved by the state highway department.” (Siuslaw Oar)
February 16, 1934: “Work on the timber bridge to be constructed over the Siuslaw at Mapleton will be started immediately, without further wait for war department permission, County Commissioner Cal Young said Wednesday.
Men from the CCC camp at Mapleton will do the construction work, and the job has been pushed ahead because they have run out of work in their neighborhood, and the camp may have to be moved unless the new project is available, Siuslaw national forest men said.
County Bridge Superintendent A. C. Striker was here yesterday and stated that the bridge will have two Howe trusses in the center, each 105 feet in length, with trestle work on each end. Total length about 600 feet. The design has been approved by the state highway department.” (Siuslaw Oar)
February 18, 1934: "Leland Neeley of Mapleton was here Saturday conferring with the county court in regard to a possible contract to get out piling for the new Mapleton bridge." (The Eugene Register-Guard)
March 2, 1934: “Plans for the Mapleton bridge have just been received by the county court from the highway department.” (Siuslaw Oar)
March 2, 1934: “Plans for the Mapleton bridge have just been received by the county court from the highway department.” (Siuslaw Oar)
March 23, 1934: "Disagreement as to the location of the new county bridge over the Siuslaw river at Mapleton will probably be settled within a week and work on the structure is expected to be started immediately thereafter, members of the Lane county court said Friday.
At a conference Friday forenoon at the courthouse, attended by members of the county court, P.M. Morse, county engineer; C.E. Cutler, state highway engineer; and a committee from Mapleton chamber of commerce, the merits of the two locations under consideration were discussed. The state engineers have favored locating the bridge diagonally across the river, while the county engineering department favors a span straight across, arguing that it would be less expensive than to build it at an angle..
Members of the Mapleton delegation, John Beck, H.F. Addison, L. Wheeler and Pony Ellingsen, stated that the people of that section are not interested in who builds the bridge and are not so particularly about its exact location but what they want is immediate action.
The Mapleton chamber of commerce is a new group, organized only Thursday night with a charter membership of 20. T.J. Neeley is president, Pony Ellingsen, vice-president and George H. Johnson, secretary-treasurer." (Eugene Register-Guard)
March 30, 1934: “Mapleton has been worrying somewhat over rumors that they are not to get a bridge. A group of boosters from that place visited the members of the county court last Friday and learned that the bridge would be built. The delay is due to a possible change of location. Highway engineers want it placed at an angle across the river to reduce a curve at the south end of the bridge.” (Siuslaw Oar)
March 30, 1934: “Mapleton has been worrying somewhat over rumors that they are not to get a bridge. A group of boosters from that place visited the members of the county court last Friday and learned that the bridge would be built. The delay is due to a possible change of location. Highway engineers want it placed at an angle across the river to reduce a curve at the south end of the bridge.” (Siuslaw Oar)
April 4, 1934: "When the signatures of the Port of Siuslaw commission are affixed to the draft of the plans for the big bridge over the Siuslaw river at Mapleton they will be forwarded by the state highway commission to the war department for final approval, it was learned Wednesday.
P.M. Morse, county engineer, received a letter from State Bridge Engineer McCullough, asking that the plans be sent to the port commissioners for their signatures and then return them to the state commission for transmission to the war department.
The plans as finally decided upon call for two covered spans each 105 feet in length, one approach 304 feet long, making a total length of 652 feet.
The bridge will not extend exactly straight across the stream but not at such an angle as at first proposed." (Eugene Register-Guard)
April 13, 1934: “The large timbers to be used in the construction of the truss spans of the Mapleton bridge, which have been hewn out by C.C.C. Crews, are being hauled to the location this week.” (Siuslaw Oar)
April 13, 1934: “The large timbers to be used in the construction of the truss spans of the Mapleton bridge, which have been hewn out by C.C.C. Crews, are being hauled to the location this week.” (Siuslaw Oar)
April 25, 1934: "Army engineers will conduct a hearing Thursday at 1 p.m. at Mapleton on the application of the company to erect the bridge over the Siuslaw river at that point. Whenever there is an objection on the part of anyone to the erection of a bridge over a navigable stream a hearing is provided for. Someone evidently has filed objections, according to members of the county court.
While the Siuslaw is not navigable for boats larger than the launch size above the bridge site, the county in making its plans provided for a lift so that a pile driver or derrick of any kind could be transported above the span.
Members of the county court and County Engineer Morse will attend the hearing." (Eugene Register-Guard)
April 27, 1934: "Lieutenants Newcomer and Evans of the United States army engineers, after the hearing on the Mapleton bridge application at Mapleton Thursday, said they would report favorably and it is expected that official action of the war department will be forthcoming in a short time, according to county officials who attended the hearing.
A petition signed by practically every citizen of Mapleton and vicinity asking that the bridge be located at the site as finally decided ipon was read at the hearing.
A call for bids to furnish lumber for the bridge is now being made by the county court and it is expected that work on the span will be started as soon as materials can be delivered. Men from the CCC camp at Mapleton will do a greater part of the work under county supervision." (Eugene Register-Guard)
May 18, 1934: “Good progress is being made in the construction work of the Mapleton bridge. False work now extends across the river and material is being assembled from the four mills which were awarded contracts. The Yellow Fir mill at Cushman has been sawing some of the large timbers recently.” (Siuslaw Oar)
May 18, 1934: “Good progress is being made in the construction work of the Mapleton bridge. False work now extends across the river and material is being assembled from the four mills which were awarded contracts. The Yellow Fir mill at Cushman has been sawing some of the large timbers recently.” (Siuslaw Oar)
August 10, 1934: “The second span of the new Mapleton bridge will be swung into place this week, and if fills at each end were ready, the bridge could be opened to traffic within two weeks, according to Bridge Engineer Art Striker. The fills have not been started yet, however, and will delay the opening.
The forest service is putting in the fills, and CCC labor has been utilized in constructing the bridge.” (Siuslaw Oar)
August 10, 1934: “The second span of the new Mapleton bridge will be swung into place this week, and if fills at each end were ready, the bridge could be opened to traffic within two weeks, according to Bridge Engineer Art Striker. The fills have not been started yet, however, and will delay the opening.
The forest service is putting in the fills, and CCC labor has been utilized in constructing the bridge.” (Siuslaw Oar)
August 20, 1934: "The big bridge over the Siuslaw river will be opened to traffic just as soon as a temporary approach can be built at each end to suffice until dirt fills are made, according to Cal M. Young, county commissioner.
The CCC crew that has been at work on the bridge since construction was started will probably put the fills in, the commissioner said." (Eugene Register-Guard)
September 28, 1934: “The bridge will soon be completed. It is a dandy structure 600 feet long and the best of its kind in the county. Mapleton is proud of it and have just desire in putting on a real dedication. County officers and several state officials have been invited to participate in the program, and the whole countryside is given a royal welcome to join in the celebration.” (Siuslaw Oar)
September 28, 1934: “The bridge will soon be completed. It is a dandy structure 600 feet long and the best of its kind in the county. Mapleton is proud of it and have just desire in putting on a real dedication. County officers and several state officials have been invited to participate in the program, and the whole countryside is given a royal welcome to join in the celebration.” (Siuslaw Oar)
September 28, 1934: "All Lane county will be invited to attend the dedication of the new county bridge over the Siuslaw river at Mapleton some time in October, it was announced by a number of Mapleton residents, in Eugene Thursday.
Joe Morris, Norman Morris, J.O. Beck and Ed Hansen, members of the Mapleton chamber of commerce, were here interviewing the county court on regard to putting in temporary approaches to the bridge so that travel could be started. This will enable the people of that section to go up the Sweets creek roads and permit of travel from that valley to Mapleton.
A date for the dedication of the bridge has not yet been determined but Sunday, October 7, has been suggested, Mr. Morris said. A seafood dinner and other attractions are being arranged for the event." (Eugene Register-Guard)
October 7, 1934: "Mapleton will entertain representatives from all sections of Lane county Sunday when the new bridge across the Siuslaw at Mapleton is dedicated with appropriate ceremonies." (Eugene Register-Guard)
October 12, 1934: “Mapleton exercised that good old time Siuslaw spirit in the dedication Sunday of the new bridge that spans the river at that place. A free sea food dinner served as a drawing card, that and the desire on the part of all Lane county people to participate in the free-hearted and home-like festivities of Western Lane people. More than 1200 meals were served and everyone had their fill of delicious salmon and clam chowder with all the trimmings that the good people of Mapleton abundantly furnished.
The bridge is the longest wooden span in the county. It was constructed under supervision of the county engineer by CCC men from the Mapleton camp. In due time it will be the main crossing for a world of traffic between Florence and Eugene over the short route now being surveyed by way of Knowles creek and general known as Route F.” (Siuslaw Oar)
October 12, 1934: “Mapleton exercised that good old time Siuslaw spirit in the dedication Sunday of the new bridge that spans the river at that place. A free sea food dinner served as a drawing card, that and the desire on the part of all Lane county people to participate in the free-hearted and home-like festivities of Western Lane people. More than 1200 meals were served and everyone had their fill of delicious salmon and clam chowder with all the trimmings that the good people of Mapleton abundantly furnished.
The bridge is the longest wooden span in the county. It was constructed under supervision of the county engineer by CCC men from the Mapleton camp. In due time it will be the main crossing for a world of traffic between Florence and Eugene over the short route now being surveyed by way of Knowles creek and general known as Route F.” (Siuslaw Oar)
October 19, 1934: “Opening of traffic over the new county bridge across the Siuslaw river at Mapleton is being held up on account of lack of funds with which to make the necessary fills at both ends of the span, says the Register-Guard.
Efforts have been made by members of the court to have the CCC crew at Mapleton put in the fills, but there are no trucks available with which to haul the materials and as the county has no funds at present with which to do the work, operations are at a standstill and will have to remain that way until funds are obtained, it was announced Monday by members of the court.
When work was started on the bridge early this year it was the understanding of the county court that if the county furnished the materials the CCC crews would do all the work. This, it was understood, included the fills, but now the national forest service, under whose direction the CCC men operate, has no trucks or power shovel available. R. S. Shelley, supervisor of the forest, informed the court Monday.” (Siuslaw Oar)
October 19, 1934: “Opening of traffic over the new county bridge across the Siuslaw river at Mapleton is being held up on account of lack of funds with which to make the necessary fills at both ends of the span, says the Register-Guard.
Efforts have been made by members of the court to have the CCC crew at Mapleton put in the fills, but there are no trucks available with which to haul the materials and as the county has no funds at present with which to do the work, operations are at a standstill and will have to remain that way until funds are obtained, it was announced Monday by members of the court.
When work was started on the bridge early this year it was the understanding of the county court that if the county furnished the materials the CCC crews would do all the work. This, it was understood, included the fills, but now the national forest service, under whose direction the CCC men operate, has no trucks or power shovel available. R. S. Shelley, supervisor of the forest, informed the court Monday.” (Siuslaw Oar)
October 26, 1934: "The fills for the approaches to the county's new bridge over the Siuslaw at Mapleton will be put in before winter weather sets in, according to O.E. Crowe, county commissioner, who returned Thursday night from Portland where he arranged with the national forest service for necessary labor and trucks. The county will furnish a power shovel.
Work will be started as soon as the forest service can obtain the trucks from other camps, CCC men from the Mapleton camp will do the work.
(Eugene Register-Guard)
November 2, 1934: "Work will be started Tuesday on the fills for the approaches to the big county bridge at Mapleton and it is expected that a 24-hour shift will be maintained until the job is completed, according to P.M. Morse, county engineer, who was in that locality Thursday.
A big power shovel owned by the Anderson-Middleton Lumber company and used on it logging railroad above Cottage Grove, has been rented and CCC men will do the work. It will require at least 15,000 yards of earth to make the fills and this will include the 'Y' on the Mapleton side, but it is planned to use only enough this winter to enable traffic to pass over the span and the 'Y' will be completed next year." (Eugene Register-Guard)
January 4, 1935: “The recent high water brought down quite a mass of drift and logs causing a jam at the new bridge. It was soon dislodged by men in boats. No damage resulted.” (Siuslaw Oar)
January 4, 1935: “The recent high water brought down quite a mass of drift and logs causing a jam at the new bridge. It was soon dislodged by men in boats. No damage resulted.” (Siuslaw Oar)
October 29, 1935: "A boom may be necessary to protect the middle pier of the new bridge over the Siuslaw at Mapleton, in the opinion of residents of that section, and steps may soon be taken by the county court to build it before the high water in the river comes.
County Commissioner Cal M. Young, County Engineer P.M. Morse and County Bridge Foreman Arthur Striker looked the situation over on Tuesday. There is danger of logs and driftwood lodging against the pier during extreme high water, the county officials have been told by old residents of Mapleton, and it is feared that if the pier is not protected it may be badly damaged." (Eugene Register-Guard)
February 14, 1936: “The fin boom being constructed at the Mapleton bridge to protect the middle pier from logs and driftwood is about completed, according to Cal M. Young, county commissioner, who was there Monday in company with Arthur Striker, county bridge foreman.” (Siuslaw Oar)
February 14, 1936: “The fin boom being constructed at the Mapleton bridge to protect the middle pier from logs and driftwood is about completed, according to Cal M. Young, county commissioner, who was there Monday in company with Arthur Striker, county bridge foreman.” (Siuslaw Oar)
April 28, 1939: "A county road crew is at work completing the fill from the Siuslaw bridge at Mapleton to the highway, earth being taken from the opposite side of the rover. It will take 4000 or 5000 yards to do the job. P.M. Morse, county engineer, and Cal M. Young, county commissioner, were there Tuesday, looking after the work and arranging for right of way for Route F and Knowles creek. They came to an agreement with Gordon Camp for right of way through his place.
Plans were also laid to change the course of Knowles creek in two places on the Camp property, one place being a distance of 600 feet and the other 300." (Eugene Register-Guard)
February 19, 1944: "The county bridge crew is laying new planking on the bridge at Mapleton." (Eugene Register-Guard)
November 17, 1948: "The wooden bridge across the Siuslaw River at Mapleton, which connects the city of Mapleton with the Knowles Creek road, Mapleton School, and what will eventually be the Route F highway, is in serious state of deterioration especially at the approaches, according to P. M. Morse, county surveyor, and repairs were to be made starting Monday, Nov. 15
According to notices which have been given to local logging concerns, the bridge will be closed to vehicles (but not to pedestrians) 8:30 a.m. to noon, and 1-4:30 p.m., for the next twp weeks.
Miller Sorenson is in charge of the repairs, under A. C. Striker, county bridge superintendent.
The school buses are not expected to be greatly incommoded by the necessary repairs, according to Morse, as the school is only a short distance past the bridge and foot traffic will not be disturbed." (Eugene Register-Guard)
August 27, 1951: "Improvements to the bridge across the Siuslaw have been taking place the past week by the county bridge crew. Additional light is being provided by openings on the east side and a walk is being built for the safety of pedestrians." (The Eugene Register)
November 24, 1951: "The Mapleton Bridge which recently underwent extensive repairs and painting and the construction of a catwalk for the benefit of school children and all pedestrians, has proved to be a big benefit to the the community." (Eugene Register-Guard)
December 12, 1951: "A dangerous log jam was removed by tug boats from the Mapleton bridge Wednesday morning." (Eugene Register-Guard)