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I IK Eugene Hank lltnderi I'nion No. 130 If your problems arc Lane County is well stocked with highway plans. All it needs now is highway money. That is a reasonably accurate nutshell picture of the way this county is providing for its future transportation needs. State and county governments have outlined on maps the roadways that will be needed here for some years to come.

How well construction keeps up with traffic demand depends primarily on how quickly the responsible agencies can accumulate the money needed to pay for the work. The biggest non-urban road programs in the county now are the state's Pacific Freeway and the county's metropolitan peripheral road system. Last year was marked by major accomplishments in both programs. The giant Judkins Point bridge was completed east of Eugene, allowing north-south traffic to bypass the city on the freeway. And the first piece of the peripheral system was opened to traffic, a section between River Road and Coburg Road incorporating the Santa Clara bridge over the Willamette River.

The Pacific Freeway is a state project being constructed under the national interstate highway program. Federal money pays 92 per cent of the cost. Completion Due This Fall Only unfinished portion of the freeway in Lane County now lies between Eugene and the Douglas County line. Work is underway on the portion between Eugene and Cottage Grove and should be completed by this fall. The highway department plans to let contract for paving the remaining stretch, Cottage Grove to Divide, this year.

When this contract is fulfilled the entire freeway, built to take care of what traffic is estimated to be in 1975, will be finished in Lane County. A sub-portion of the state's freeway construction in Lane County is represented by what is officially known as Interstate Route 105, and more commonly known as Street. This four-lane freeway runs now between Coburg Road tve have answers that arc practical Many years of service to the Emerald Empire have brought us face to face with just about every conceivable electrical problem. We seek the practical, less costly solution and fully guarantee every phase of our workmanship. Licensed and insured highly trained personnel.

Home service calls, of course. Whatever your electrical need phone Dl 5-3231. Open Saturdays 'til 1 p.m. and Springfield's Mill Street. The plans are to extend it at both ends.

To the west, Street will be pushed along the north bank of the Willamette River to a point across from the northern terminals of Washington and Jefferson Streets in Eugene. A bridge will be built over the river here, connecting Street with the main city by way of Washington and Jefferson. To the east, Street is to be extended from Mill Street until eventually it ties in with the McKenzie Highway near 57th Street. Metro Area Circled The county's peripheral road system, with only the River Road-Coburg Road section in place now, is planned to encircle the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area with limited access roadway. From its present Coburg Road terminal the peripheral belt will move east to the Pacific Freeway, then southeast to Springfield.

From its present River Road terminal the peripheral belt will move west to Highway 99, south to 11th Avenue, and eventually will skirt around the southern fringe of Eugene. One piece of the peripheral road has already been graded and filled and now awaits surfacing. This is the new Bloomberg Road extending from the Pacific Freeway south of Eugene southwesterly to connect with 30th Avenue. A final section in the peripheral network is scheduled to take traffic from a point on the road now in being, between River Road and Coburg Road, south to the proposed Washington-Jefferson Streets bridge across the Willamette. This piece of peripheral road will actually meet the westward extension of Street at a large interchange north of the bridge, both roads converging to feed traffic onto the bridge.

Other Projects Underway There are other major road projects either underway or planned in the county. They include: Reconstruction of the McKenzie Highway from Blue River to McKenzie Bridge. A choice of routes whether to follow the present route or to cross the river and extend along the south bank-is now being weighed and analyzed by the state highway department. No decision has been made. Completion of the Clear Lake Cutoff.

This 20-mile section of state roadway, which connects the McKenzie and Santiam highways, is expected to be completed this summer. Completion of Route F. This project has probably stirred more interest than any other in recent years. It is due to be finished this fall. The road provides a shortened route from the central county to the coast.

Besides these larger projects, there are numerous smaller road jobs both in progress and planned for the future. The state and county highway departments divide their funds between the major routes that link places of high population density with one another, and the minor routes that connect every dot on the map with every other dot. Whether the work be major or minor, however, the real highway problem is one of money. The work can be done only as fast as the money becomes available. Only time, and traffic, will tell whether the programs that are envisioned on maps can be followed on the sites at a rate that keeps pace with increasing needs.

AW Remodeling and New Construction Residential Commercial Industrial All Tvnpe nf I inhf inn Fixture a Flprrrirnl Henrinn nnrl Rpnnirinn 3 -1 a Estimates Without Obligation Clarke Electric Co. Member Lane County Electrical Assn. 233 West 7th Avenue Phone Dl 5-3231 MM MM CO For Over Half a Century a Vital Force in the Growth of Oregon's Economic History! up the partnership and each went his separate way. Julius moved his operation south to Vaughn, then to Lowell and in 1933 Julius and his two sons built their present forest operation at Horton. Today: our scientifically managed tree farm, powerful logging machinery, sawmill, green veneer factory (at Horton) lumber re-manufacturing operation and our new Junction City Plywood plant, make the Hult Lumber and Plywood Company one of the finest integrated forest products industries in the entire area.

The Nebraska-born Hult brothers, Julius, Oscar, Philip and Melvin, with their famous mule, Budweiser, began operating a crude mill at Colton, Oregon in 1906. In fact we were looking over the original warranty deed for the property the other day. Tough, long hours were the lot of lumbermen in those days where more muscle was used than machinery. Julius dreamed of establishing an industry that would last generation upon generation. After twenty hard and difficult years at Colton, the brothers broke tlx Wl 1 I I DPI THE JUNCTION CITY DIVISION has the re-saw, planer, dry kiln, cooling and lumber storage docks which are under complete cover from the weather.

Flanking both sides are sidings of the Southern Pacific and Oregon Electric roilroads. A large traveling crane extends across the right of the plant. The general office is maintained in Junction City. t' v.r. OUR NEW PLYWOOD PLANT IN JUNCTION CITY has added close to half a million dollars annually to Junction City's lumber payroll.

This modern plant produces 42-5 million feet of plywood monthly. This consists mostly of sanded plywood panels. About 50 of our production is exterior and 50 interior. This plant located in the northeast part of town, utilizes tho latest automatic and semiautomatic machinery available to the plywood industry. OUR TREE FARM good utilization and sound conservation is the policy of Hult management.

Carefully planned harvesting insures rapid re-seeding of logged lands while permanently maintained fire roads give quick access to every corner of Hult timber in case of emergency. A real effort is made to keep the trees, nature's only renewoble resource, in productive growth. This watchful forest management promotes the conservation of Oregon's watersheds and the propagation of the state's valuable wild life. THE HORTON DIVISION OF HULT LUMBER COMPANY located in the foothills of the coost range is the sawmill, veneer plant, chippers, machine shop, log ponds, forestry and logging departments. From Horton, rough lumber is trucked to Junction City, veneer and chips to plywood and paper plants.

The Horton plant, with the Junction City plants, contribute a payroll in excess of a million dollars annually to Lone County income. i-e-" HULT LUMBER and PLYWOOD CO. MORTON and JUNCTION CITY, OREGON.