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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
January 21, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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wsdav. January 21, 1965 SHELTON---MASON COUNTY JOURNAL--Published in "Chr{stmastown, U.Z.A.', Shelton, Washington LETTERS To The Editor CREWS CHASTIZED LACK OF COURTESIES had it. Clear up to here. morning I stood in my drive- and watched a county road with a snow blade mounted front knock down my mail paper box. This was caused (1) the blade kicking up a spray of slush, snow and (2) by a truck driven en- fast and, (3) by a coun- employee who evidently had disregard for people's prop- mail boxes or driveways as charged along the county Is. fully z~alize present snow weather conditions place a burden on county road However, this has happen- when there was no need hurry-up, slam-bang tactics. this is not just an isolated This is typical of the : of concern and consideration ithe general public and prop- owners on county roads. By count this is the fifth time [leCrews have knocked down u up my mail box. I never one Word of apology, never that the box was nor had any offers to set again. When it was neces- to take it up for road work Yanked it up and on the ground, there- by bending the box and breaking the angle brace. While they were working the road I set up a temporary stand for the mail box. This was knock- ed doom. I moved it back temp- orarily again to a fence post about 25 feet from the road. This time a skillful bulldozer operator man- aged to back into the post, lenock- ing down the box, post and two sections of fence. Surprisingly he said they would set iL up first thing in the morning. Not surpris- ingly, I never had the offer re- peated next day. The situation be- gan to present interesting prob- lems. There was 0nly one place left that just might be safe---a utilities pole by the driveway. With the permission of the PUt) linemen working there I nailed it to the pole where it remained un- til I put it permanently (I thought) back across the road. (By the way--you people who have had contacts with the tele- phone, PUD and Mason County crews--have you noticed the cour- tesy, consideration and willingness to help in their contacts with the public of PUD and phone crews and the lack of it (in most cases) in the county crews from the top on down? T am not alone in this opinion. I believe a stiff course in public relations is indicated for the county engineering depart- ment.) Incidents such aS the mail box game) a needless ;l,v~Ul~lent of an approach 1o a r'oad that had been on lhe prop(:rty for 12 years, and a. rebuill driveway that consisted :of g5 l)ere(,nt l'~,c].: have conlpolul- (l.ed the situation. Since iL llas !lal¢(ul a period of some years to reach this point of indignation and frustration I might as well Lake i a blast at the work done, nat done and remaining to be done on this Northcliff Road. ~Vhat work has been completed so far has not, contrary to nsual trends, en- hanced the value of property along this road. Why not? Well, just stop and take a property owner's view from the side. Along this stretch the road was built so high that iL looks like a dyke. I don't claim to know road engineering but I (and other property own- ers) fail to see the necessity of raising this road so far above its original height. Along our front yards the road fill is up to three feet higher than formerly. Up the road iL is six and seven feet high- er than the old road. After liv- ing here 15 years I feel qualified to say this is not a low, swampy area. There has never been a drainage problem on this road. By the calender it will take nntil some time this summer (we all hope) to finish this short stretch of road. Actual work was begun in 1963---with a little finger counting you get three years Lo straighten, grade and top a see- :ion of road less than one mile long--and this a heavily travelled road. And what horrible condition this road is in right now! From the Northcliff Addition road south to the city limits there is by actual count 1,392 chuck holes from four to six inches deep and up to two feet wide. This short stretch was torn up, widened, graded and gra~- veled e;u'ly in the fall and left lhal way for the winter. With all this snow and slush I suppose it was almo:~t impossible to do any necessary grading. But the logical question comes to mind-- why tear up such a short, but heavily traveled piece of road in the fail. knowing it can't be com- pleted until the next SUlmner ? One wonders if this work had been let to a private contractor how long it would have taken to do the whole stretch. I assume plmming and schedul- ing of road work is always a bit of a problem. However, there is definitely room for improvemeut in many areas whine officials and crews find it necessary to meet, cooperate witl! and fulfill their ob- ligations to the public. Jay Abel 1850 Northcliff Road Editor, The .lournal Re Doctor Raymond H. Waid's letter to the Editor about bus to Olympia. Certainly I go along with his thinking with this addi- tion: "Why not some bus lines, Shelton proper? Gave all this a lot of thought, often wonder how a youngster, growing up in Shelton or any city, finds out anything at all about the City he lives in? I would compare the 12 year old with myself when I was a 12 year old. For me this was in 1902, living in easy walking distance of down- town Denver. Often when I had a whole dime in my pocket, would board a down-town street car, ride to the end of line: to one of out- lying parks or simply out in the cmmtry. Wander arm~nd some on foot, L:tlce iu the sights, maybe bark I)ack aL some farmer's dog'. After an eye full would boars street car again and iL was back down-town and short walk home At Union depot, there was ahvays a number of "spring-wagons" (fore runner of the pick-up truck) parked, as railroad passengers de- barked, these spring wagons would deliver their baggage any place in city limits for 10¢. I hung around them a lot, making myself useful, like holding the horse, helping with the baggage, ete, got a good look at the City I lived in, from wagon-bed or seat with driver. One experience that stays with me: This man, well dressed drove a nice carriage, various homes spotted throughout the City. Took lots of rides with him, interesting, ahvays different di- rections, localities etc. I'd help out, like holding the horse 'til he got out and tied him up, then watch things 'til he came back. Last trip I made with him ended at the City Park, he gave me enough change, expected me to board street car and go home. While I was waiUng for my street car, a lady showed, beautiful, I thought, he helped her in, got in himself. Me? Soon as the car- riage got goin', I climbed on the rear axel. He drove to a tiny stream, beautiful place, out-skirts Denver. They both were sure sur- prised individuals when they found out they had me along! He frown- ed, she laughed ,then he laughed and I was accepted. Helped pick wild flowers for the lady, shared in the lunch. Party broke up, got ride inside, this time, to nearest street car line and saw them no more. I like to think they got mar- ried and lived happily ever after! (Have mentioned the spring- wagon as the fore-runner of mod- ern pick-up-truck. Wmfld you like to know the fore-framer of modern dump truck? Ordinary, heavy d- wheel wagon, floor of body was all 2" x 4"s, side walls, all 2" x 4"s with two end gates, all wood. How dump? Simply take wagon bed apart, both end gates out first and remove 2" x 4"s one at a time, reassemble and drive off. In my kid daz have rode lots of them, helped empty, but never loaded any. ) Bus service to Olympia? Indeed yes! In town, too, and other out- lying districts. Just meditate; these modern freeways, too often all four lanes loaded with cars going one direction, bumper-to- bumper and fender-to-fender, each car with a capacity of some seven passengers, yet the vast ma- jority have no passenger at all. Just one lone driver! We have a Golden-Age-Club in Shelton. They had one, too, when and where I was a 12 year old in Denver. How did them Golden- Agers get down town ? They boarded a street car, paid a nickle. How does the Shelton-Golden. Agers get down town or any place more than across the street? What about the teen-ager, Hill- crest, when the girl he's compos- ing firey verse to, lives at Moun- tain View ? Good questions ? ? Chas. E. McGonagle, Snail-Watcher You Can't Beat The Journal Want Ads PAGE 7 HAVE FUN, MR. EVANS! Editor, The Journal: The signs of things lo come on the hill in Olympia in the coming four years shapes 1]p as pro(if, as demonstrated in the last elec- tion, that any machine created and nurture by elections must every so often throw a bone to the elec- torate in order to retain its insid- ious machination in power. The pious meuLhings published before the last election that three consecutive terms in office would be a detriment to the state should have warned the voter that com- ing from potential third-termers and nmlLiple-termers that these mouthings were only deceptive phrases contrived to turn the spotlight on some whipping boy, thereby diverting public attention from the fact that since 1958 the electorate of the State of Wash- ington has had no control over salaries and expenditures demand- ed by its employees. The legislators who are sup-: posedly direct representatives of the electorate have never had the intestinal fortitude to as a body to raise their salaries above the level of a hitch-hiker to Olympia every two years, yet they sit in session dazzled by marble hall splendor and machine oratory and gravely give the nod that vetoes the right of the employer to bar- gain in any way with the employee over wages or the right to hire or fire. You know, when a Tex cotton- picker can double-talk his way into 14 million bucks with the right to quash any questions as to how and a bunch of so-called Democrats in the state of Waslt- ington can control the electorate even to dumping a sacrifice now and then, it's time to revise Web- s|cr'::~ meaning of den]ocraey. lata Ve fun, ~I.r. Evans, ~'OI1 Ctl}lll~*e the ]lanle on the go\'er- nor's sa, lary check. Cliff Collins. FOOl) F()I{ TIIOU/GIIT To the bJditor: Dear Bill : ]n regards to an article pub- lished in the Journal of Thursday, Jan. 7, 1965 eutitled, "Some Thoughts About Saluting Our Flag". I want to take this oppor- tunity to peraonnally thank Bernie for expressing his views the way he but believes right. I will have to agree with him in all respects. If more of our "so-called" Am- erican citizens would install in the minds and hearts of their children the ideals that Bernie has expressed, we would have a better America in which to live. I would like to go a step farther and say it is very disappointing when on special occasions, or hol- idays, to see the very few flags displayed by private families. I want to say also that Our Flag is the emblem of a nation of free people who, above every- thing else, are determined to con- throe to live free. 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