Vol 1063 1894 repairs

Treasury Department Office of Light-House Board. Form 83

ESTIMATE OF COST PROPOSED WORKS.

Estimate cost of drainage of grounds around dwelling at Cape Foulweather Light Station, Oregon

ESTIMATE

Price Amount

300 feet ditching, labor only 0.15 45.00 200 “ 3” drain-tilling 2.50 5.00 150 “ 4” “ “ .03 4.50 laying tiles 10.00 1 ½ days teams and teamster 4.00 6.00 Expenses of tender 5.00 Sundries, travel, &c. 7.50

$83.00

Treasury Department Office of Light-House Board. Form 83

ESTIMATE OF COST PROPOSED WORKS.

Estimate for laying concrete foot walks around dwellings at Cape Foulweather Light Station, Oregon

ESTIMATE

Price Amount

10 lbs Portland Cement 2.60 26.00 250? bush sand & gravel .25 62.50 5 days cement man 3.5 17.50 6 “ laborer 2.25 13.50 2 “ teamster & team 4.00 8.00 Expenses of tender 10.00 Sundries 2.50

140.00

Treasury Department Office of Light-House Board. Form 83

ESTIMATE OF COST PROPOSED WORKS.

Estimate for repairing dwellings, barn, fences, &e. at Cape Foulweather Light Station, Oregon.

ESTIMATE

Price Amount

??? ft. copper strip for lightning rods. 12.00 galv. elbow .25 ??? ft. glav. Iron. Conductor 3” .96 ??? “ “ “ “ 4” 8.40 ??? pes.” “ 13 ft x 20 “ 4.20 ??? lbs shingle nails .20 ??? “ copper “ .90 Window frame 6.00 Sundries 8.09 7 days carpenter 3.50 24.50 3 “ tinner “ 10.50 3 “ painter 3.00 9.00 6 “ laborer 2.25 13.50 Traveling expenses + e. 17.50

116.00

Annual Report of the Engineer, Thirteenth Light House District for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1895.

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The District extends from the Southern boundary of Oregon, to the Northern limits of the United States, and embraces all the aids to navigation on the Pacific Coast of Oregon and Washington and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Straits of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound and Alaskan Waters. The aids to navigation, of which the Engineer Office has taken cognizance, are:-

19 Light Houses complete. 1 “ “ incomplete. 2 Steam Sirens. 4 Steam Whistles. 5 Hot Air Trumpets. 3 Bells operated by clocks. 1 “ “ “ “ incomplete.

The work of repairs and construction during the year, also the present conditions of the Stations and suggested improvements and repairs necessary to be made, are as follows:

The right to use the water and lay a pipe etc. from a spring outside the reservation was purchased, and a fence has been placed around the spring, a water tank purchased, and a fence has been placed around the spring, a water tank made, and pipes are being laid connecting it with the buildings and tower to supply water to the station for fire protection and irrigation.

This station is in good order.

No. 927. Yaquina Head,

The cellar floors of the dwelling were concreted and cemented over, drain tiles put in around the buildings and the brick foot walks cemented over. The neck of the cistern was raised and the grounds around it properly drained. Further repairs are to be made to the front of the dwellings, and the required materials have been purchased and delivered at the station.

Small repairs have been made to the roof and chimneys, of the work-room attached to the tower.