Item 6: PH - Ordinance Renaming 3rd/4th Connector

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......... '- '- t'lf',R-01-- pR'( H I>JILE\' 1 '::,41 644 1611:> r ... t"-I.::'. ~ litn~tielM! yeu, th~ Shelton b' decided to reeU1l\~ con:5truction of the hOUl~e &.1S originally planned. Work reeumed in April, 1888 with 8. watchman hired \0 oversee the prop. .rty. The house wae COMpleted ~ometlMe in October when the Shelton&~ were firet reported to occupy th6 house, 9 Dr. Shelton 'll'ae interested in obtainlng an extene1,on of W111tulette Street thro~h the 0 d: C nll.r~. At the Auguat 30, 1888 l'fteeting of the UI11vere1ty of Oregon Eo&rd of R.gent~f Shelton tr1&d to ~lly support for the project. The University of Oregon ~ae intereeted 1n a portion of the butte cre~t for an ob- servatory. Shelton had con$1dered deeding a piece of land to the University 1f they would grant hie ae~1etance in getting the right of wa.y. The board, reluc- tAnt to get 1nvolvod with l'ai1roa.d land e....ap8, refused. In September, .1888 Shelton &greed to sell the Un1ver~1ty & plot 100' x 1801 on the ea8t ~rown of the butte which included R deed stating & right of way for egress and 1ngrese to and fro" the tract to be 1ncluded, \If.H. A'bre.IllB ,<a.s awarded. the contract a.nd a Mini-rendition of Vl1l11rd Hall beoa.1I\e the observatory. nIle building wa.s left unattended over the years and beealle such & public nuisance that the Un1venity had the bulld1~ destroyed 1n 1905. In the spring of 1892 Shelton WAs inlStru- .ental in putting 1n .. roadway up to the top of Skinner'lS Mte w1th 1t's beginning at the 1nterse<:t1on of Third and Pearl Street~. 10 She 1 ton, known for hie public-6pirH, wa,e. -deeply involved in the 1S0<:1a.1 and economic fabric of 19th oentury Eugene".ll In a.dditlon to hll5 lledlca.l practice and role 1n the city's fust wa.ter cOllrpany. he owned. at least one cOllL\llerclal block 1n ~ene &s well aa land out5ide of the cUy. 'When he died of leukemlA and pnewaonia. in February of 189) at trle age of 49, he was n.1d to have U\8.158ed · 8111&11 fortune, Thia he left to hi!! wife Adah a.nd hie d.a.~hter Alberta..l2 Hot aueh 1~ known of AdAh. Her grandchildren recollect her love of beauti- ful things and L deep 1ntereet in gardening, which eeeme evident on the Shelton 'Property. She lllOV~ to Portla.nd after Al be rt.a., IS wedding tc Robert McMurphy In July of 1893. She died 1n 1910. Alberta (&15. Robert McMurphy) wae a lIIellber of the f1ret g1'.'M.uating cas:'! a.t the Un1ver:sity of Or"egon School of Mus1c. She was 1nvolved in nuaerous civic arId soc1al affairs. Robert McMurphy W&3 born 1866 ~n P1erce county Wi~con~in. He was employ&d by th6 railroad company before mov1ng to Port lAnd in 1889. There he a.ccepted the po~1t1on of per~on&l secretary to Ceor~e Andrewe of the 0 &: C,railroad company. RO~I't W&8 also very active in e1vtc affaire as well ILe 1'l11g~jn€; HI his l1vl1hooo of real eeta.te and insw:- &nce. , He helped organiu the Wlllalllette Va.lley j{oolen JllMuflleturing Company in