Report to accompany House resolution 5776. "The floods of 1933 caused severe damage in all portions of the Yaquina River Valley and damaging floods occur at intervals from 2 to 4 years. It is believed these floods warrant investigation with a view to determining flood-protective measures."
Local interests had requested reinforcing dikes and dams in the Toledo and Pooles Slough areas, as well as work in the Mill Four district and Boones and Nutes Sloughs. While the Pooles Slough and Toledo area work was rejected, in the name of flood control work on the Mill Four...
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.
This is a response for a request for improvement of the Yaquina Bay bar and harbor entrance. Includes information on port and terminal facilities, area industries and commerce, and work done upriver from Yaquina to Elk City. Concludes that further work on the harbor entrance is unjustified.
In 1892, the Senate Committee on Commerce requested the original 1880 survey reports on Yaquina Bay be furnished to them. The 1880 documents are included in this report.
Authorizes extensions of the north and south jetties and maintenance dredging to improve the entrance to the harbor at Yaquina Bay. Describes past harbor improvements and expenditures and gives a brief description of the area and economic activities involving the harbor.