This document is a report on a survey of Alsea River done with the intent to determine how best to remove obstructions to make it easier for boats to pass through.
Includes a brief report of a survey of the Yaquina River to the head of tide, including part of the Big Elk River up to Sunset Quarry. Concludes that the river is "sufficiently navigable to meet all demands of commerce," (p.2) and does not recommend any improvements.
Reports on a study to consider increasing the depth of the channel at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. Recommends against further channel deepening. "In my opinion it is beyond the power of man to make it into a harbor of sufficient capacity for deep-draft ships engaged in foreign commerce, or...
Report to accompany House Resolution 8938. Improvements to the entrance to Yaquina Bay had produced a depth of 14 feet at low water at the bar. Greater depth was desired. This bill authorizes a survey to study the problem and estimate costs of deepening the entrance to the harbor.
In 1892, the bar at the entrance of Yaquina Bay was 14 feet deep at low tide. Requests to deepen the entrance to 25 feet came from local residents, including supporters of T. Egenton Hogg's Oregon Pacific Railroad, which had its terminus on the bay at Yaquina. The request to...
Discusses appropriations for engineering projects in Yaquina Bay, the Willamette River and the Yamhill River. Money was appropriated for continuing improvement of the Yaquina Bay jetties, for a "snag boat" and to build dikes on the Willamette River, and for a lock and dam on the Yamhill River.
Published March 1897. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Forwards to the Congress an estimate from the Secretary of War for the fiscal year 1898/1899, estimating a cost of $150,000 for improvements to the Yaquina Bay harbor.