Box 253 YB 1887 1888

RG 26 RECORDS OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

Lighthouse Series

LETTERS SENT TO DISTRICT INSPECTORS AND ENGINEERS, 1853-1910

Press Copies District 13 //Engineer// (striked out) Insp July 1, 1887- Dec. 31, 1889 Box 253 NC-31 Entry 23

1887 Dec. 21 Yaquina Bay - Oreg. Newport - Light establ't - Sen. Bill ??? asked.

1888 Jan'y 13 Yaquina City - Whistling buoy _ adrift Biuoy, black, No. 1 - gone - reported June 17 Yaquina Bay, near Newport, Oreg. - Light establ't Board's decision - adverse 1889 Feb'y 25 Yaquina Bay, Oreg. Pile beacons - action approved. July 19 Yaquina Bay, Oreg. Buoy placed action approved Dec. 16 Yaquina Bay, Oreg. Light establ't - Senate Bill 2159 -??? report? asked.

One Enclos.

21 Dec 7

Lieutenant Uriel Sebree, U.S.N. Inspecto 13th Lt. Ho. Dist.. Portland, Oreg.

Sir:

Enclosed is transmitted Senate Bill No. 706.ist introduced 13 Dec. '8th providing for the purchase of a site and the construction of a first order coast lighthouse on the headlands near Newport, at Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

The Board requests that you will report, with recommendation, your views as to the necessity for, and advisability of establishing a first order light on the headlands in question, as proposed by this bill.

Respectfully,

R.D. Evans

Commander, U.S.N. Naval Secretary

January 18th 8

Lt. U. Sebree, USN Inspector 13th L.H. District Portland, Oregon

Sir:

The copy given below of a memorandum furnished the Board by the Hydrographic Office, Navy Department, is sent you for your information, and the proper action in the premises, namely:

"Capt. W. Kelly Jr. fed Au. sh. "Willamette Valley, reports the following on buoys at Yaquina City - the whistling buoy drifted N.E. 1/4 N. No. 1 black buoy, gone

gone altogether."

Respectfully,

James N. ??? Major of Engineers, U.S.A. Engineer Secretary