pt-i
l)ocuunNr
61ST
CONGRESS,
HOUSE OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. cJ DOCUMENT
61sr
' I HOUSE
"- coNeRrss,
No.35r.
35L
I J'o.
sa Srir;.ii, I - - :
2d&ssion.
OREGOI{.
RIYnR, OREGON.
YAQUINA
YAQUINARIVER,
IETTER
LETTER
FROM
FROM
IT'
WAR,
TilE
SECRETARY OF WA
TIIE SECRETARY
TRANSI{ITTING,
TRANSMITTING,
OF
REPOR'T OP
ENGTNEERS' REPORT
OF ENGINEERS,
Tr{E CHIEF
CHIEF OF
I.ROM THE
WITH AA LETTER
I,ETTER, FROM
WITH
YAQUINA
3.R,OM YAQUINA
OREGON, PROM
R,IVER, OREGON,
EXAMINATION
OP YAQUINA
YAQUINA RIVER,
Or.
EXAMINATION
CITY,
ELK CITY.
TO ELK
TO
ancl
llarbors and
and Harbors
Committee on Rivers and
to the
the Committee
DECEMBER
15,1g09.-Referred
1909.Referred to
DscrMnnn 15,
ordered
orderedto be printed.
nrinted.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
no,
,,",onY
i|.8";;#:;"'\1,
Washsngton, December 11, 1909.
ih" Chief
Chiuf
from the
have
the
honor
to
transmit
herewith
h*r"*ith aaletter
letter from
transmit
honor
the
have
I
SIR:
Srn: I
of
copyof
p"qi"".is, U.
rvithcopy
ultimo, together
5tlr ultimo,
of
U. S. Armv,.tlated
Army, dated 5th
of Engineers,
logclher with
Mclndoe, Corps
Engineers, datcd-July
dated July
CoIPgof .Engineers'
F''McTndoe,
J' F.
Maj' J.
a report from
fto- Maj.
from
"'r.pt"t
River,Oregon'
YaquinaRiver,Oregon,from
31,
1909,of
preliminary examination
examination of Yaquina
of aa preliminary
ir ,I'sgg,
provlslons
tlle
\Yltn
ur
comphance
by
hLm
Yaquina
to
Elk
City,
made
by
him
in
compliance
with
the
provisions
cit.y,
rnade
to
Yaquina
3,1909.
1909.
actof
ofMarch
}Iarch3,
of the
harboract
andharbor
the river
river and
respectfully,
Very respectfully,
M, DrccINsoN,
DrcrrxsoN,
J.
J. M.
Secretary
ll'ar.
Seuetoryof War.
ItnpnrsENTATrvES.
orREPRESENTATIVES.
TrrEHOUSE
Housr OF
The
oF THE
The SPEAKER
SpparnR, OF
DPPaRTITENT,
WAR
Wan DEPARTMENT,
rnnCHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
or THE
OFFICE
OF
onnrcn
i non.
Washington,
frIi:r,ifii5, 1909.
of,"November
oc.rnr
SIR:
sm:
to
transmissionto
for transmission
herev'ithfor
submitherewith
II have
honortotosubmit
thehonor
have the
of
Co|psof
F.Mclndoc,
-[lc]ndoc,Corps
J' F.
XIaj' J.
bv Maj.
1909.by
Congress
report of
of July 31,
31, 1909,
Conct'"..report
and
and
rivcr
brllre
Engineers,
on
preliminary
cxaminati"n_tutlrorized
examination
authorized
by
the
river
trne;o."rr, oit l,t.elirnin"ar;.
yaquinaRiver,
from
Orcgon,from
Hivet',Oregon,
ui Yaquina
IUug,of
harbor
llurt'h 3,
3,1909,
uppio""dMarch
o.i approved
i;;il;; act
CitY.
trlk City.
Yaquina
Yaquina to Elk
27--Si
D--61-2-\ro1 27--31
H D--Ot--2Vol
II
o
YAQUINA RIVER,
RIVER, OREGON.
YAQIJINA
OREGON.
.tr;
No work of improvement has
has ever
ever been
been_done
done on this river, but
^j"_y:lk^pj
improvement
oyer
over
$700,000
$7uu,000 has.
has been expended
expeuded in
in providing
providing a suitable
suitable
entrance
--Ho*"u"..
entrance
yaquina River
Yaquina Bay
to Yaquina
Bay. into
into_which
to
whiih the
the Yaquina
Ri?er flows.
no*i.
However,
t'ne,commerce
usrng this entrance
the commerce using
entrancc became
becamc so small
smail and
and insignificant
insicnificant
tnat the
that
tneimprovement
lmproyement was
abandoned pursuant
provisions of
was abandoned
pursuant to
to provisions
of
sectron 7
section
7 oI
of the river
rivcr and
ancl harbor act
act of
of March
l\Iarch 3,
B. 1905.
1g05.
r.
concur in the opinion
I concur
gpinion of
of the
the district
district officer, the division engineer,
engineer,
"rygr,-pne-iiui.ior,
o_f
and the Board of
Engineers for
for Rivers
Riversand
u"a
iiulrno..lrr"t
Harbors
that the
locality
tn"l8".lly
{ngineers
,Tqn:P^"-"r.{
rs not
nof
in
question is
now
nowworthy
worthy ofofimprovement
improvement by
by the
the General
Generdl
*^_qy_::l]9r,
bioyernment.
Government.
Very respectfully,
respectfully,
+,.*
Cli,ef of Engineer.s,
Eng,ineers,U.
Chief
u. S. Armq.
Army.
PRELIMINARY
RELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF YAQUINA
YAOUIN-q'RIVER,
RIVDR' OREGON,
oREGoN' FROM
FRotr'l
YAQUINA To
YAQUINA
TO ELK
Er,K CiTY.
across
miles, and thence
thenceacross
From
to Yaquina, about 22| _miles,
oysterville to
From Oysterville
depth
least depth
tl;o channel has a least
y;.^;;;E;;"""J-U".
oce&n,_
tL. ocean,
Yaquina
Bay and bar to
tiPI
to the
seen
be
wi!
From
the
above
description
it
will
be
seen
des-cription
above
the
From
tia".
fo* tide.
of
12 feet at low
3!
,ifii}*t".d
River
Yaquina
the
miles
from
Yaquina
to
Elk
City
Citi
EIk
to
Yaquina
trom
-it.r
that
for
the
17
t6""r?1
if.#tJt
feet,
feet to
6 feet,
to^6
of 5Q**feet
tidd.of
range of tide
u,,"rug"range
unaverage
is a tidal estuary with an
i;;ii;;i';tuuiy-iuitit
Slough,
DepotSlough,
mo.tl'ofof Depot
the mouth
at the
bar at
a mud
mud bar
f,, a
and
except f:
tili,-;""nri1
;;; that,
rs
ehannelis
the channel
depih in the
least depth
the least
where
the depth
feet, the
depdh is only 2 "fcet,
iot".. thb
ttde'
lolv tide.
meanlow
about
at mean
feetat
about 33 feet
-"til;;;;Y;q"i"u
Yaquina
headof Yaquina
the head
abovethe
mile above
half aa mile
The town of Yaquina is
l. about
abouthalf
is aa
milewide.
widc. It is
about11mile
g;; which
and-about
long and
mileslong
Bay,
is about
utr,j"t3Bmiles
*hi.h L
Eastern
the
Corvallis
and
Eastern
Corvallis
of.
termiirus
mall
settlement
and
the
terminus
of
the
una
i#'"it'!-iiiir*ni
said
summer months is said
during the summer
Bdy,^and
entrance to
Yaquina Bay,
and during
lo'Vu,i"i"u
bottom
people.
A
narrow
strip
of
bottom
of
narrow
strip
A
peoplg.
""t*"""
thousand
by'several
to
be
visited
by
several
thousand
i" ["-"i.it*d
not extensive
extensive
its tributary
tributarysloughs,
land
sloughs, but it is
anclits
ttin river
iio"t and
i"ra borders
l"talr. the
il not
I]nrreo STATES
Sr,lrEs ENGINEER
UNITED
ENcrrqerin OFFICE,
Onnrcr.
hilly and
andcovered
covered
is hilly
countryis
neighboiingcountry
the neighboring
and the
d, and
or
highly cultivated,
;;hdht";ittti;;t
populated'
sparsel.ypopulated.
The valley
thereforesparsely
vallev is therefore
with
brush.
with"brirsh.
"Th;;"I;'""u
of 12,000
12'000
capacitv,of
There is one small
sawmill at
at Ek
Elk -Citv,
City, with
yiih3 a capacity
.t"utf t,iumill
capactotal capacoledowlth
sawmrlls,at'l
feet
lumber per day,
day, and
at Toledo
with a total
and two sawmills
of lumber
feet of
operated -to
to supply
supp[y the
th.e
are operate_d
per
day, which
which are
ity
feet per
1ib,000"feet
about125,000
of about
ii" of
- day,
'l'oledoand
small
and,a
at Toledo
a small
creamery.at
There is a creamery
lumber. There
local
for lumber.
demandfor
local demand
railthe railth-eirproduct by thc
which ship their
salmon
cannery at
at Oysterville,
Oysterville,which
;;i;;a;neiy
Iftqulna
rlver between
bolween Yaquina
on the river
operatedon.the
steamboatsare operated
No stekmboats
road.
road. No
obtainable'
were obtainable.
staListics
commeicialstatistics
and
Elk
were
nocommercial
attdno
Citv, and
eUi City,
*'th";i"*"*a
highway by
public,highway
asaapublic
usedas
areused
"raThe river and its
sloughsare
tributarysloughs
lt. tributary
small
barges,
on
small
barges'on
anct
launches
gasohne
farmers
and
others
who
own
gasoline
launches
and
ownwho
others
and
farmers
market and
anct
produetsto
to market
other products
which thev
they transporl
transport wood, h-a.y,
hay, and other
*hi.tl
account
onaccount
but, on
traffic is kept but,
this traffic
recordof this
supplibs. No record
bring
baclisupplies.
bring back
can not
not.be
be very great.
greqt.
of
the small
population, its.a-mount
its amount and
and value can
small poputation,
the
of
--fnu
rs the
interestsis
commercialinterests
localcommercial
The improvenent
desired
by the
thelocal
desiredby
impro'.'oeinent
ths
dredging
of the
the dhoals,
shoals, so
so that-vessels
that vessels which
which can
can cross
crossthe
the bar
bar at the
ar"agirrg 6t
Elk City,
arrcl
perhapseven
City. and
even to
to,Elk
entrance
and perhaps
T-oledo,-and
proceedto Toledo,
can proceed
entranc6can
areunable
ttnable
i.l.claimecl
load
otherwise it is
claimed they
they are
feet,.otherrvisc
14feet,
about14
of about
draftof
load to aa draft
Withthe cargo.
cargo., Ivithrehandlingof t\e,
rrithout aa rehandling
to use
ocean rransportation
transportation without
useocean
Portland,,Oreg.,
Oreg.,Jul11
Portlaiid,
31, 1909.
July Sl,'1909.
In compliance with department letter
letterof
of MarcL
March 8,
1I
S,1909,
tOOO,
,n aSIR:
llo:,-I",q9mRJjance,wilh,pepSrlment
v e the
r n e honor
n o n o r to
t o submit
have
s u . b m rthe
t . . t hfollowing
el o - l l o w i n greport
r e p o r t on
preliminarv
o n the
t h e preliminary
examination
of-|aq.uina
Yaquina Ri,vgr,
River, ,from
from Yaquina
YaqLiina.
to Elk
EiliCity,
to
Oreg.,
6iry;-o;;;:,
::l_T11_-il9l
" '
p
r o v r 0 e d rfor
o r ...oj
rin
n tthe
provided
and
n e rriver
rver a
n d harbor
h a r b o r act
a e t approved
a p p r o v e d March
x i a r c h 3,
3 , 1909.
I g0g.
The
Yaquina
River
has
previously
been
examined
beei'exa-ir,"aunder
gli"_t_I1l"',las previously
unaii,ii,u
the propro_
.-,J[:^ Ifol
vrsrons
visions
of the'ver
the river an.d
and harbor
and 1902,
harboracts
aetsof
of 1896
1gg6and
1i.Q2,
and the
the repbrts
reports
apd
thereon will
thereon
will be
be found in
in Documents
DocumentsNo.
No.^1r2,
112, nffty-niiir'-d*gr"rr,
Fifty-fifth Congress,
secondsession,
se.ssion,
second
and
andNo.
No.-240,
240,F'ifty-eighth
trlifty-eighthCongress,
Congi.ess,
;";;;;
second session.
.=.J*ru,,.
'+nu
lorrowinggeneral
The following
general description
description of
of the river
river is quoted
quotcdfrom
the
fromthe
,lasf
last report:
reDor[:
Yaquina.River^is
The Yaquina
River is aa small
rise in
small stream
streamwhich
which takes
takes its
its'ise
in the
ihe Coast
coast Range
Ra'ge of
of
rnountainsin Lincoln
Lincoln County,
county, Oreg.,
mountains
in a direct
oreg.,about
about30
pi'cinc
30miles
milesi"o
air""t line
the Pacific
rn" from
tr"o#irr-e
Ocean.
ocean. Twenty-one
Trventv-onemiles
mileslrbm
fromiis'nrouth
its mouthitit rr
is joined
by its principal
tributary,
1"r*^city
ilt""ifit?tbll;ly;
Big
Elk, at the small
of Elk
City. ih6
smail settlement
settlemenjl.of
The amount of
carried by
oilt fresh water carrreo
]rig. Elk,
oy
Et]. llir
both
is insignificant.
streaTs.is
both streams
insignificant. The
inlluence-extends
prt
The tidal influence
extends about
aboui 5r miles
mile.sabove
ibove Elk
oitv,
which is as
City, which
as far
fai as
as the
the streams
streamsmay
may be
beconsidered navigable, and then
##i"iyonly for
t*
skiffs and light-draft
lisht-dra{t scows.
scows.
"o"uiaut"J"u"ig"i.i;,'r;d
c.iiythe.riveris
At
Elk
City
the river is about
160
ab-out.
160feet
feet wide; between
betweenthat
pointand
that point
and the
the mouth
mouthof
-A!_EiY
oI
Depot
stough,
djstanceof.9
Depot Slough, a distance
9 miles, itit gradually
gradua[y widens
widens to about
ab'out800
feet. The
aoiti;.ith" controllins
deprhthroughout
throushoutthis
parrof
this part
trolling depth
the river is
about 3 feet at mean low tide, although
oi.the"river
iBirboiritfc;i;;;;;;i;;"ti;",
"ooo'tttougn
nrany long
long stretcheihave
depthsof
many
stretches have depths
feet and
and even
offrom
trorr'5r to 10
ioleJi
even more
more at the
the same
sdmestage.
stage.
sitt shoal
shoal or bar about 11 mile above
above the
- There is a silt
rhe mouth
mouth of
;t Depot
t;;;tSb;;iiJo
Slough on which
*.rr"o
prevailing
feef at
the
n1mean
meanlow
low tide.
rjde. R;[y1;;i1";ij;r";iiow
Rocky bar,
ii miles below Elk
!]1eprevailing depth is 3 feet
Eik
,6u
city, caused
caused.by
City,
by aa.bowlder
bowlder slide,
slide, is also
also an
an obstluction,
obstruction, but
but can
passed
with plenty
c"r be
i,rru".l-wir.h
nlentv
of
water bv
ef water
by hugging
bank.
hueqins the north
north bank. There
are also
at.oaa few
i"* snags
There are
between Elk City
uoaJr'n"i;"#iirfi'tiii
and
of Depot
Slough.
andthe
themouth
mouth"ol
D"epot
Sloush.
There is a mud bar
There
at
the
mouth
of
Depot
Slough
baf at the.mouth-of Depot slough on which
which the
the depth is but 22 feet
feet
at mean low tide and which interferes with
navigation between
with
t.;;;;;
deep
water in
the
a;6;';;i"'
i"
tn"
11,il,iL1tf*Jii?e.i
"u"Is"tioo
Yaquina
River proper and
Toledo.
#Tfl,T#:*ree
The average
averase ranE-e
range of
ofth-..,!i4"
the tide at Elk
EIk City
city is
is about
about 5b$ feet,
feet, which
which is
ie but slightly
slighily less
less
than at
lt the
than
of the
themouth
mouth"of
the river.
nver.
From
Toledo
downstream to
to oy.sterville,
Oysterville, about
about 66 miles,
miles, the
the river
- From Toledo downstream
.ver varies in width
width
from
800to-1,800{eet,
to 1,800 feet,except-at
except at ihe
the first bend
tje"a below
teto* Depot
neriof Slough,
Sro"qh, *n"r"lt
tTIq800
where it is
i. but
l"t
400
400 feet
feet wide.
wide. The
The channel
channeidepths
from 4a to
vary from
20 Teei
feet throughout
this distance,
iozo
th.";giltt';h"#diurno..,
{epthg.lgry
,,Chi"namans,,t;b;"it;ii;r-i;i;th;
two-silt.ban
g,ld
occur,
and two silt bars occur, one-at
one at the
tie "Chinamans," about 2 miles below the mouth
ilouth of
of
Dcpot
sioueh. on whicri
Depot Slough,
which the
the reast
least depth is about
feet, and one
auout,i4 fe;i,-;;d
;;i;.iidu"e
just above Oysterville,
iiyii".rritte,
with aboutt
fcet on it at
about 6 feet
mean
low
tide.
mean
ar
towtiOe.
33
mouncrossesthe mounand crosses
Elk_City
Railroad,
parallels the
the river
river to Elk
City and
;hich parallels
d;ilr";], which
and
Pacific
lines
at
Corvallis
and at
at
Corvallis
lines
Pacific
Southern
t["
tains,
connecting
with
the
Southern
;;ffi. ;;il;ild;;h
navigation.
head of
of navigation.
the head
at the
village at
small village
is aa small
C-itv is
Ett City
Albany.
Alb-;i.;. Elk
ot
populattonof
with. aa population
co-unty,with
Linco]n county,
of Lincoln
Toledo,
the county
seatof
counl.yseat
Toled6, the
the
near its junction with the
ne111tg
Slo-ug.h,
Depot Slough,
on Depot
about
1,000,
is
i. situated
tit,iut"d on
'i{;;'fi;;;ith
;;;;;-i,rjoo,
situated near
near the
is'situated
600, is
abgut 600,
populi,tion of about
river. Newport, with a population
i1!;;.
W. L.L.MARSHALL,
X{,rnsn,lr,r,,
The
Sscnnr.tny or,
The SECRETARY
OF WAR.
Wc.n.
ORDGON.
YAQUINA
RIVtrN,OREGON.
YAQUTNA RIVER,
markets, on
on
freight rates to outside markets,
out
transportation tle
the freight
ocean transportation
out ocean
prohibitive, and
and
consideredprohibitive,
areconsidered
dairy
lumbdr,are
andlumber,
procluctsand
farm products
aoiry and farm
""a
presentcommerce
small.
is small.
commeroeis
for
this
reason
tho present
reasonthe
--The.e
ihis
-3i.{f;i
of.yellorv
There is
is said
said to'be
to be a very
body of
yellow fir
fir^anf
and sql:ufe
sruce
very large
large-body
srletz
or the
tneSiletz
timber,
feet,-t}
in th.e
the valley of
at 8,000,000,000
8,000,000,000
estimatedat
timber, estimated
-fe-et,
"{lny
may
River,which
whichmay
Yaquina
River,
from 10 to 20
River,
of the
theYaquina
miles north of
20 miles
Riuo.,'from
Yaqurna.
and
thc
Slouqh
of-Depot
find
an
outlet
to
market
by
way
of
Depot
Slough
and
the
Yaquina.
way
by
market
outlet
fi_ndan
brtng
rn order
orderto
to bring
constructtonin
In
under construction
railroadis now under
loggingrailroad
factaalogging
In fact
demand
Commerce
may,
in
the
future,
demand
future,
may,
in
the
Commerce
iimbcr.
out some
of
this
timber.
,jf
ttii.
ro-"
at
deepene{,but at
Toledobe
be deepened,
that
andToledo
Yaquina.and
betrveenYaquina
theshoals
shoalsbetween
that the
Iocal
prospectiveincrease
either local
in commerce,
commerce,either
increasein
the present
theprospective
time the
ih"
uresenttime
improveanyimprovewarrantany
uncertainto warrant
too uncertain
Valley,-is
or from
Sitz Valley,
is too
fiom the Siletz
Government.
GeneralGovernment.
ment
by the
theUeneral
menc by
4
YAQUINA RIVER, OBEGON.
YAQIJINA
OREGON.
t1,F
oft::},r?,
DOCUMENT
RErRESENTATIVES.
HousnOF
oFREPRESENTATiVES.
*rr*Hr#ss, HOUSE
d&ssion.
{ No.352.
I
At Toledo
Toleclo there is a public
At
public wharf
wharf with
with a frontage
frontage of 64 feet,
feet, in
ad_dition.to
two large
large private
private wharves
addition
to two
wharvesat
at the
thesawmills.
;;;iiG.
At this
this and
and
At
o_therpoints on the
the river
riyer wharf
other
wharf facilities
facilities are ample
amole for
for all needs.
needs.
No,valuable
water power
porveris available
No
valuable water
availablefor
for development,
developmbnt,as
as the
the section
section
of the
the river
liver under
underconsideration
considerationis tidal.
tidal.
my opinion
opinion that neither
It isis my
ncither the
the present
pr,ese'tnor prospective
prospeciivedemands
demanrls
oI"rt
commercern
of
commerce
in thrs
this Iocalrty
locality warrant
warrant any expenditure
expenrliturbby
bv the
thcGeneral
General
Government,
th"eYaquina
Yaquina River,
Government,an{
andthat.
that the
Yaquina loto Elk
riivei, from
tro*-lo6,,i"a
rrr.
ulty, is
tsiirot
worthy"ot
rmprovement at the
City,
not worthy
of improvement
presenttime.
the present
timb.
ver' res'ectrull''
Very
respectfully,
F.MOIND0E,
J.F.
Mcrwoo',
J.
Major, Corps
Corpsof Engineers.
Eng,i.neers.
The CHIEF
Cnrnr of
of ENGINEERS,
ENcrNnnRs, U.
The
IJ. S.S.ARMY,
Anuy.
(Through the Division
Divisioir Engineer.)
(Through
Engineer.)
61ST CONGRESS,
S
MICII.
HARBOR
AT ROGERS
ROGERSCITY,
CITY,MICH.
HARBOR AT
LETTER
IETTEII,
FROM
rROII
indorsement.]
[First
[tr'lrst indorsement,]
OF WAR,
THE
SECRtrTARY OF
THH SECRETARY
IJxrrpo STATES
Sra.rns ENGINEER
Excrwppn OFFICE,
UNITED
Or.Ercn.
NoR'rurnnN
NORTHERN Plcrnrc
PACIFIC DIVISION,
Drvrsrow.
San Francisco,
Francisco,Cal.,
Cal.,August
San
August4,
1909.
4,'lg0g.
Rgpg"tfllly,forwarded
Respectfully forwarded to
to the Chief
Chief of
of Engineers,
Engineers, IJ.
S. Army,
Army,
U. S.
agreeingwith
the opinion
opinion expressed
agreeing
with the
expressedwithin.
withrn.
J?i[ BIDDLE,
JOHN
Li,eut.
cor.,
Lieut.
Col.,
Corps
of Engineers,
r rr,.
- r?;h";h
Di,ui,si6n
Ensineer.
Division
Engineer.
TRANSMITTING.
TRANSMITTING,
REPORT OF
OF
ENGINEER,S, REPORT
F3,OM rHE
CrrrEF OF
OF ENGINEERS,
WITH
A LETTER
THE CHIEF
LETTAn, FROM
WITII A
MICIT.
CIIY, MICH.
AT ROGERS
ROGER,S CITY,
IIAR,BON, AT
EXAMINATION
OF HARBOR
EXAMINATION
OF
[Third indorsement.]
[Third
Boenn
ExorlrnERs FOR
BOARD on
OF ENGINEERS
FoR,RIVERS
Rrvpns AND
eNo HARBORS,
Hannons.
Woshington,
D. 0.,
C.,September
Washington,
4,
Beptember
lg0g.
d, 1909.
returned to the
Respectfully
the
Chief
of
Engineers,
Chief
of
Engineers,
U.
S.
Army.
S.
Army.
f.e1ne9tf,u{y.
rt is
is stated
statedin the
It
that no'steamboats
the within
within report that
no steamboats now operate
operate
Y.oggr.n?
betweenYaquina and
on the Yaquina
River between
anclElk
City. The
Tlie adjacent
Elk City.
country is thinly populated anct
and the amount
amount of commerce
commercenow
now"jffi;;;
offering
offering
f9yitl_y_f_lirnry.popula,ted
fol:hipmenf
for'rhe
shipment or
in immediate
immediate prospect
prospectis
qr in
quitesmall.
is quite
small.
GeneralGovernment
Governrncnt.
The General
expended
expendednearly
nearly$700,000
providing
$700,000in providing
suitableentrance
entranceto Yaquina
a suitable
YaquinaHarbor,
Harbor, but
but no
iio advantage
advantas"was
J-. taken
t^ul;;
of
this impro-ve_menb.
improvement. On
the contrary the
onihe_contrary
the commerce, *iii"n
which *u,
was never
.ofthis
Iarge,.dwrndled
large,
dwindled away
away to
to a few
few hundred
hundred tons,
tons,"o**.."n,
and the
the improvement
and
improvement""u".
was
was
abandoned
abandoned
about
about1905.
1905. , Under
under these
theseconditions
probable,thai
conditionsit is no't
not probable
that
stretchof
tlre stretch
of river
river under
the
underconsideration
considerationwould
would be
buextensively
e*i6".i*i!
used
used
if
improved.
if imnroved.
Inierested.parties
werenotified
notifietlby
by the
Interested
parties were
thedistrict
districtofficer
offieerof
of his
his adverse
adverse
grven an opportunity
antl given
qeport
report and
opportunity to submit
submit their
their views
Yiewsto the
the Board.
Board.
commun'catronhas
une
One communication
has been
beenreceived
receivedfrom
from a firm
fi.rminterested
intcrestedin
in
business
business,in
in Toledo,
Toledo,.in
in which
which itit is recommended
that the
recommendedttrat
tti"- river
ri""i be
t.
pornt.
improved
lmproved to that point.
rlrom
the facts
factsbefore
beforeit the
From the
the Board
Boardis
is forced
forceclto concur
concur in the
the opinion
opinion
district officer
officer and
expressed
by the district
gSpressedby
anclthe
thedivision
clivision-""ei"u"i
engineer tlrut
that
Yqguina River is not at
Yaquina
at this
this time
time worthy
worthy of
of improvement.
improvementi.
For the
the Board:
Board:
Locnwoop,
D. W. LOCKWOOD,
Colonel,
Corps
Colonel,Corps
of Engineers,
of
Enuinpcrs.
'Meitber
BeniorMember of
Senior
5f the
Board.
theEoard.
o
and ordered
ordered
DRCEMBRR
1909.Referredtotoihe
the Committee
Committeeon
onRivers
Rivers and
and Ilarbors
Harbors and
1909.-Referred
Dncpurnn 15.15,
printed.
to be printed.
j
J
i
T)np,rRrtr{ENT,
WAR
\\tan DEPARTMENT,
Washingtov,
Washin,glon,
December
L)ecertber
11,
11, 1909.
1909.
leftel from
irerewithaa letter
from the
SIR:
have the honor
transmitherewith
the
honor to
to transmit
Sm: fI have
<latedNovember
9,1909,
1909,together
Army, dated
together
Chief of
of Engineers,
Engineers, U.
U. S. Army,
November9,
f,ieut.Col.
Ool.C.
\{c,D.Townsend,
Towusend,Corps
Corpsof
with
from
report
fromLieut.
C.MeD.
copv of aa report
rvith copy
'June
preliminar.l'
examinrtiorrof
of aapreliminary
ot'
Engineers,
dated June 18,
examination
18,1909,
1909,of
trn,:inecrs,datotl
in compliance
harbor
with the
the
mrideby
by him
him in
comliliance
u'ith
City, \]ich.,
)lich,,made
RogersCity,
at Rogers
harborat
1909.
provisions
actof
}Iarch 3,
3, 1909.
provisions
of the river and
and harbor
harboract
ofMarch
of
'
Very
respect{ully'
very respectfully,
},[. DICKINSoN,
DrcxrNs'x,
J.
J. M.
Secretaryof War.
War.
Secretary
ort REPRESENTATIVES.
RppnnsENTATI\rES.
OF rnn
THE Houso
HOUSE OF
SpparconoF
The
The SPEAKER
q|a;ii
Wan DEPARTMENT,
DnrlRTuENT,
WAR
liuctxenns,
OF
T U E CHIEF
n ENGINEERS,
o F THE
Crnnn o
OFFICE
O E E r c p OF
|I'asht nyJtott,,November
Noueatber 9, 1909.
1909.
Washington,
hcrewith for
for transmission
transmission to
to
tosubmit
subrnit herewith
havo the
the honor
honor to
SIR:
Srn: II have
X{cD.Townsend,
1909,by
Lieut. Col.
Townsend,
Congress
report of ,fune
June 18,
18,1909,
by Lieut.
Col.C.
C.McD.
Congressreport
preliminary examination
the
authorizecl by
Corps
of Engineers,
on preliminary
examination authorized
by the
Engineers, on
Corps of
il{arch 3,
1909, of
of "Rogers
River
act approved
City,
Iiarbor'act
3, 1909,
d,pprovedMarch
Riv'er and
and Harbor
"Rogers"City,
*tL