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li,nronr
1 REPORT
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No. rgtS.
1918.
1 Xo.
DEEPEIi, WATER
WATER,ON
DEEPER
YAQUINA BAY,
OREGON.
ON YAQUINA
BAy, OREGON.
FEBRUARY
22, l895.Comnutted
Fnsnulnv 22,
189b.-Oommittod totothe
theComniittee
House on
Comnifiee of
Wholo House
on the state
eteto
of the
the Whole
of
Uniou antl
of the Union
and ortlsrecl
ordered to
to bo
be printed.
punted.
HERMANN,ffrom
Mr. Elnnul,lv\
rom the Committee on
on Rivers
Rivers and
Elarbors,submitted
and Harbors,
submitted
followirrg
the
thefollowing
REPORT:
REPORT:
[To
accompanyH.H R.
R 8938]
8938.]
[To aocompany
The Committee
The
Committeeon
on Bivers
Rivers arrd.
and Harbors,
was referred
Elarbors, to whom
referred the
whom was
tho
bill
Ii.81138)
bill (H. K
8938) providing
providing tbrthe
for the apponitiuieiit
of a board
board of
appointrnerrt of
of engineers
eugirreers
to
to consider
consider and
and report
report on
on a new pr.oject
project fbr
for tleelrer
deeper water on
on the biti
bar of
Yaquina
Rily, in Oregon,
Oregou, having
Yaquina Bay,
having considered
considered.the
the same
samerespectfully
respectlully
report as
asfollows:
follows:
pro.jectof
the prqject
1888,as
of 1888,
That the
as rnodified
modifiediuin1892,
1892,requiring
requiringthe
the rrolth
north jebty
jetty
raised to
high tide,
groins be
to be raised
to full
l'ull high
tide, and
aurl that
tlrat five
five groins
be built
built from
from the south
jetty chaniielwards
chauuelward.s iu
Jetty
in ortler
order to
to prevent
prevent the
the currents
currents undermining
uudenniiliug the
the
jetty, is nearly completed, and
)etty,
and ititis
that said
is found
produced
fbuncl that
saidproject
has produced
lxoject has
a depth of 14 feet
feet at
at low
lowwater
wateron
onthe
thebar
baratatthe
the errtrance
entrance to
to the
the bay,
bay,
antl tlris
and
this bar
bar depth
depth and
and Iocation
locatioiiofchannelhas
been keptuniuterruptedly
keptuninterruptedly
of channelhas been
tluriug the entire year. We
find,however,
during
Wefind,
that the
however, that
theimportance
importance of
of this
thi's
bay is
bay
is such
such that
that tleeper
deeperwater
watershould
shouldbe
beprovidetl
piovided on
on the bar,
bar, with
with a
view of
view
of accommodatiug
accommodatingthe
the deep-draft
deep-draft foreign
foreign shipping
shipping which
which is now
now
off'eredad.ditional
offered
additionalinducement
inducementtotoerrter
enterby
byreason
reason of
of the contemplated
conternplated
extension eastward of
of the Oregon Pacific
Pacific Railroad,
Railroad, which
which itit is
is proposed,
pioposed,
proplietorship :iiid
under the new management
management now
now about
about to
to assume
&ssulnepropiietoiship
rud
control, shall
control,
shallconuect
connectwith
witheastern
easternterrniuals,
terminals,and
andthus
thus make
make aa transtrarrscontiuental
railway with
with its western
continental railway
western terminus
terminus on
the waters
waters of
of Yaquina
on the
Bav.
Bay.
lihis will
rsill so
preseut traffic,
so enlarge the present
already large
traffic, alr.eady
large and
increasing
aud increasing
^ This
lrorn and.
greatWillamette
from
and to the great
Willamette Valley,
justify and imperatively
Valley, as
as to
toiustifyand
iurperatively
reeuire deeper
require
deeper u'ater
water than
than has
has so
so far
far been obtained
by the
existing
obtained by
tbe existing
project.
Tlte bill now
now recommended
proposes aa board
recomrnendedproposes
board of three
eugiueer
Plgject. The
tbree engineer
officers of
Alrny, under
officers
of the
the United
United States
under the
grade of
Strtes Army,
lieuteurutthe grade
of lieutenantc o l o n e l ,t to
o bbe
e aappointed
colonel,
President,
p p o i l r t e dbby
y tthe
he P
r e s i d e u t ,and
n r r dsuch
w, i t l r the
the
s u c h -engineers,
e r r g i n e c r swith
Chief ol'INugiueers,
of Engineers, shall rnake
make aa tlrorougli
thorough examirratioriald
examination and survey, and
report a
aproject,
report
project, with
with an estimate
water
estirnateof
lbl obtaining
of cost, Ibr
obtainitrg deeper
deepc'r.u'ttcr
on the bar at
at the
the entrance
entranceof
of said
said Yaquimi
Bay.
Yaquina Bay.
is the
tire opinion
opinion of
ofyour
yourcommittee
committeeihat
thataa pioject
project carr
can be agreed
ou
agreed on
.- It is
t[at will
n'ill enable
enable the Government
that
to obtain
obtain a& permanent
depth
of
Goverumeut to
of water
clepth
I)ermaneut
sufficient totoenable
Sufficient
enableships
shipsengaged
engagedininforeign
foreignshipping
shippingtotoerrter.
enterYaquirra
Yaquiia
Bay
Ray without
without danger or
regardless of
oi delay,
if a
oi tlte
a further
the
deta-y,iegardless
extension of
fu"tndr extension
l[lsent,jetty
your committee
Present
jetty works, and with
said bill
bill
with this
this view
view your
report said
committee report
(Y, R.
(IT.
R. SSSsi.back
pass
8938) backtrjtotneElouse
the Housewith
withaarebommendation
recommendationthdt
that itit do pass
witt
Withau
ananrendment
ameijdmentininliues
lines5 5and
and6 6striking
strikingout
out the
the words
one
ancl-one
worcls ("and
civilianltt
Civilian;"and.
and also
alsostriking
striking out
out the
the ys16
word rr6$o,
"two" in
in line
line 4, and inserting
as
aa substitute
as
substitute for
forsaid
saidword
word((two,
"two" the
the word
read
word .(three.t, so as to read
'(three
"three offlcrs."
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