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J - Scfe'J -T-. "I ai . VATfdb'ABT err- dt ' -A . ftfojTh ai 0 7tSWv5T vol. xvni. JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY, &PRIL 19, 1870. jn;6.mjL LV , i.v r " -. 'jjjjgT ''-! -J ' " ' .S'WetJ:5arte mt ' . -o t i .Hat ' .i a - " ',., ffiW- S-f..4Wft4l ''i ' p V THE SENTINEL. rCBLISIIED SATURDAY MORNINGS V " B. PDOWELL, Cor. Third and C Streets. Jacksonville, Oregon. Term. orSubaerlptlotit On copy, one year (in adranw) ." t HH - irnotpal.Itllllri.Mpiratlon.of etnos.. 00 " Ifnotpniltilltlncnilof thejrer....t. O OO On. enpj luonUis In advance ? 52 2 ............ 1 W Rate of AdTettlilngi TSE&ytoSta u M S montln i .Tw Ona-frnrtu Column 3 months. 20 00 " o' " ......... 3) 00 Onc-dtir 3 : ' 300 0 " M One Column 3 montbs. .... ...- GO 00 " 6 " 90 00 rilOFESSIONAl, CARDS $-JU A YEAR. AIL BILLS PATABLE QUABW.RLT. Yearly AdT-ertUIng, anil Tranalrnt Atlrcr (Isrmcnts of Irregular leiiRth, con tracted for at Special Hatea. LEQAL TENDERS RECEIVED AT CUItttENT KATES. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. 1. 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WILL practice In all Courts or this State ; obtain Patents for all clashes of public lands, oolh mini ral and apricullural: attend promptly to collections, and attend to all Coun ty and 1'robate busines. Jack;oniIle, June 17, 1S71. G. H. AIKEN, M. D., Physician and Snrgeon, Jncksonville, Oregon. OFFICE In the old Orctbeck Hospital. DR. L. DANFORTH HAS LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE AND offers bis professional services to the pub lic Office at residence on Third street, op posite and west of the Methodist Church. December 28, 1872tf. S. F. CHAPIN, 2.1". D., JACKSOXVrLLE. Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE AXD RESWEXCE, RYAN'S BUICK BUILDING, 3d St., Between California & Slain Sts- J. N. JBELL, Jacksonville - M. X)., - Oregon. Will practice inilhe several branches of bis profession. OFFICE next door to the New Smg Store Jacksonville, Fib. 17 1872. X.S. 0SBCUX. E.C. BROOKS. OSBURN & BROOKS California Street, JACKSONVILLE, WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND a full assortment of DRUGS & MEDICINES, Also a full assortment of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. n. 8. OSBURN win gtT ih particular attention to the Drug Department. K. C BltOOKS will attend is tl repairing of Watchea,Clodta,Jewrtry,e. octlj, "TsJ. Notice to Miners IS HEUEBY GIVEN THAT I HAVE BEEN duly appointed, and that my bonds have leen duly approved, as V. 8. DEPUTY hURYEYOIt, Of Mineral Claims for Mioinf; District No. l.ii the State of Oregon. -Offise-oear Ashlasi Ortgon. B. F. 3IYR. October I, lS721j. Breakwater at Port Orford. BEPOKT OF MAJOR E0BEET. Portland, Ogn., Jan. 18, 1873. I have the honor to submit the lot lowing report of my examination at Port Orford, with a view to making a harbor of refuge at that point : On the 12lh of September, 1872, ac companied ,by assistant, Mr. F. 1L West, I left Portland, and reached Empire City, on Coos Bay, on the 15th. From Coos Bay, there being only a 1 trail, we proceeded on horseback. reaching Port Orford the night ot the J 7lh. We remained there five days. the bay and its surround- iAr"ns. As there was . . no uoai at the Dlace. except a licht skill, 1 h.id a mall raft constructed, and ,by means of some cas-pipe irom airold milL 4- n ri . with a cone at the head, succeeded in getting samples of the bottom of the' roadstead in eight fathoms. Judging from these samples, which were sand with a moderate mixture ot clayey substance, the bottom is excellent holding ground, for which it has a good reputation. The facilities for obtain ing rock could scarcely be better. A breakwater would naturally run from the point of rocks either north or south of Nelly's Cove, (see sketch annexed.) If starling' from the northern point, it would want to make a convex angle toward the sen, to increase the size of the harbor. The southern point has the advantage of eventually allowing of greater ex tension of the harbor, an J the cost of een the first 500 yards, the most unfavorable part, would only be 7 per cent, more than if located at the other point. On the 123d we left Port Orford, taking the trail to Hose burg, where we arrited on the 27th, and on the next uav reached Fortland. Other duties requiring my presence on the Upper Columbia and at'San Fran cisco, have delayed this report to the present. The subject of making a harbor of refuge at Port Orford can better be understood by first considering some facts in regard to similar undertakings. The United Slates commission, in their report of 1829, onf tlie form to be j givers li Piii. rtNK'Lora. l(alcw:ftCfe state' at Cherbourg, the part oflhe slope ot the breakwater below 15 feet assumed a slope of 5 base to 4 altitude; while from the 15 feet plcne to low water the slope was 3 to 1; from low est water to highest water 11 base to 2altitudi; audaboc high water 2 to 1. These slopes are, of course, de pendent on the size of the material used, but, in connection with expe rience elsewhere, show that the great est force of the wave is exerted be tween high and low water; that -its forco is great as low as 15 feet below low water, and that below that lexel'it can be almot-t ignored. The English engineeis take liom 12 to 15 feet be low low water as the depth influenced, to any extent, by the waves; and it is generally admitted that below 15 feet a rubble mass, as it comes from the quanies, will retain a slope ot 1J- base to 1 altitude. The lorm of a breakwater to best overcome the power of the waves has been very thoroughly discussed since about 1845, when the commissioners appointed by the English Government "united engineers to furnish plans for a breakwater at Dover. Tlie commis sioners adopted the vertical plan ot cut masomy from the bottom of the sea as the best for the purpose, and its success settled the question as to whether a vertical wall 70 feet high could stand the waves as well as a 6lope. In re building Cherbourg (1831-1853) the plan above mentioned as given in 1829 by the United States commission, and upon which was based the profilo of the Delaware breakwater, was aban doned. and an almost vertical wall 30 eet thick founded at lo.w water level on the mass of rubble stones was built to a hight of eight feet C inches above high water, with a parapet G feet 6 inches high. The breakwater at Portland, Eng land, is composed of a mass of rubble extending to high water, and after being exposed to the sea, and having assumed a somewhat permanent shape, a trench was exca atcd to low water, and an upright wall built to 20 feet above high water. At Alderney the rubble mound was raised to the height of low water, and the upright wall' founded 12 feet below that. At Holy head a similar combination of a rubble mound, capped with a vertical wall, was adopted, the top of the wall being as much as 60 feet above the ground. The one at Aldernay extends into 12 fathoms water, with 17 feet of spring tides, giving a depth of 89 feet from extreme high water. All these break waters are extensive, and of recent construction. Cherbourg, on its pres ent plan, was commenced in 1831 and completed in 1853, being 4,120 yards long. Holyhead was commenced in 1849, and is 2,360 yards long. Without asy attempt to discuss the merits ot the two systems, I would merely refer to to the fact that the more modern t breakwaters are not being, built on the gentle slope principle', the English usintr a vertical wall sloping lrom-ltie sea. as at Dover, or founded" on .a-rub ble mass, as at Portland, Aldernay, and Tlolyhead, and the French nse the' latter plan, as at 'Cherbourg, or a 'modi-' tication ot it by placing in tront ot tne wall and the rnbble underneath im mense blocks of concrete, Aeghing over 20 tons, as at the moles at Mar-' seilles, CetteLa Ciotat,Tort Vcndres, and Cassis, (at Cassis concrete blocks weighing 44 tods were used) these blocks having a slope of 1 to H base to 1 altitude below the water-line, antl above this line the slopoJis never (rentier than 2 base to 1 vertical; or lastly, as in the continuation since; 1847 of the mode at Algiers, which is upon the plan of building up a rubble mound to the nniform depth ot 33 feet, and npon this depositing, as. pierre perdue, concrete blocks weighing 22 ton", which take on the seaward side. a slope ot 1J base to 1 vertical,, and on the interior $ to 1. AVfth all this practical testimony be fore us it certainly, is not necessary to go uacic to tne plans oi ino ueiaware, Plymouth and Cherbourg breakwaters, the latest of which, the Delaware, was adopted in 1829, only a few years be, fore it was abandoned at Cherbourg, t, -As experience has taught that below 15 feet below low water, ordinary rub ble will retain a slope ot 14; base to 1 vertical, up to that level rubble stones should be used as a matter of economy. tJut aljove this level special precau tions must be adopted to resit the waves. It was found necessary at the Plymouth breakwater to pave all the part above low water with heavj blocks of stone, usually 4 feet by 3 feet 0 inches, by 3 feet, eet in cement, and it was intended to continue this below water with the diving bell. In the great storm of 1838 some of these cut granite blocks, weighing 3 tons, as, well as some as heavy as 8 ton, were torn up and cast into the sound. I he French provide against this dim eulty usually by a coating ot heavy concrete block-", whichlho sea cannot move; 25 tons weight seems to have answered everywhere 'except at Cassis,1- ana mere tney naa-io aoanaoH -i siiHiW?kr. niakiT llifTT '"4 ' weight! 'A.t-Cllerbourgwtlie wall founded below low water, but, m "rJrp lectcd up to that level by a screen of immense stones descending to 16 feet below low water. At the extremities of the work, where the storms would have the greatest effect, ordinary blocks of stone were thought insuffi cient, and recourse was hail to artifi cial blocks or rubble ot 20 cubic meters each, or about 44 tons weight. Tlie first of these were placed in position in 1S4C and 1862. At the Frwich inter national exposition, the minister ot rinaTtrnf furnished a model ot the work as completed, and reported that these artificial blocks Have, as a general rule, successfully withstood the chemical action of the sea water. Were it not for the expense, I should prefer "an upright wall of masonry founded on a rubbl6 mound, at a depth of 20 feet below low water; but those at Cherbourg and Portland begin near the low water line, and I think it safe to adopt this plan, having an apron of heavy cjicrete or rubble masonry blcroks cjjtmdmg from low water to 15 feet below, at a slope of 2J base to 1 vertical, -rln all fhe walls referred to the faces were of cut stone, well bohded, and the hearting usually ot rubble masonry. In tho construction of the rabble mound at Plymouth at first only the very largest stones were ued. At Portland and Holyhead the large and small stones are mixed together, even the quarry rubbish being used of fill up the interstices. The practice ot the French engineers, which seems preferable, is to sort the stones, using tail the, ruijbish.and small stones ml the hearting, while all the larger blocks arc sav cd for the coating and upper part. The method adopted at Portland and Holyhead, of delivering all the ma terial by rail-cars, has proved very suc cessful. At Holyhead one million tons of stone were in this way deposited in one year. By having the piles long enough, and placing the superstructure 12 feet above the highest water, work was carried on all year. The piles, 90 feet long, were driven without difficulty, the lower ends be ing weighted with stones. The paral lel tracks were placed about 30 feet apart. It was found best not to brace the piles or have any connection be tween them below 12 feet above the highest tides. At Holyhead, in com mencing the work, railroad tracks were laid from the quarries to the breakwa ter, and one-third of a mile on the line of the breakwater, stone Teing deposit it ed at once around them to support them. At these two works, Portland and Holyhead, there was a preliminary J expenditure of from $400,000 to $450,- tAnn .....1 !- iLn ..-J .L... .. ... !.-.. i uuu, uuu, in iuc cuu, bucy oeeui i,u uavt cost less, in proportion to tteir size; than most ot the English breakwaters. I That at Portland cost, for the part 8 tathoms ot water, about 51,800 per'lrn ! eat yard, and tlia one at Holyhead. abdaf 12,400, exclusive," inhoth cases, of the preliminary expenditure of over pawjjrwjo. 'lhebreakwateratirlymoulh is 7 fthoms watert ion the "pumper ,ueT,nd gentle-slppe .plan, the-,upper sarfaotybelrjg payer w5th heavy stones set in cement;, cost! $4,500' per linear yardr including all jexpenses. Thai at Dover, an upright wall of masonry, for the prt ia 7 lathoins, being construct ew;18,yost $6,200 per linear yard. Tj lorBJ "any idea ot the cost of such werLi'oH.tho Pacific Coast at this date iVilre Necessary to compare wages dMimt of the material under the dif-i feKtitrGamstances. In England, in 185,1 he. daily wages of a laborer were 90 CU; 'of a mason, $1.50; and tlie eiC!m'iA barrel of ltoman cement, tLBjJOB'lhis coast a' laborer's wages are nearly three times as great, and the other itess fully three and one halt tinjlMaa .nracli. Supposing an equal facility for procuring stone, we would hae't6irtuliiply the abovcfignres by 3 to" get atthecostot similar structures oiTtJhis coast. Taking into considera ttonthe depth xf thewater at Port Or-foilr-ten fathoms) the Dover stylo of brtakwatcr would cost, there, over twenty thousand dollars per linear yajd, o for the entire 1,500 yards thir tytmillions of dollars. With these preliminary remarks up-on-the different methods adopted in tho construction of existing breakwa ters, I' proceed to the subject of the availability of Port Orford for a harbor of refuge and tho cost of making it one. On the 750 miles of sea coast' bet ween San Francisco and the Straits of Fuca, a'distantfe equal to that from New York.10 Charleston, there is not a sin geharbor' that can be, entered during a southerly gale. Twenty five miles ro-uth of midway between these poinls ts'Port Orford, according to the United States Coast Pilot "by far the best sura mer roadstead on the coast between JLs Reyes and the Straits pf Juan de Fuca." The harbor is formed by a point of lind making out from the main coast 16 the southwest for one mile. The ti adland is bold and precipitous, at- (.infta height ot 50 feet, and pro line harbor, which has a eooct oot- kl I ! 1 V .-?! ",, "l the south. 'lo'protecftW harbor Jrontr southerly storms nwould require the Construction oftabrpalcwater, which I-v.vouId propose to put in 10 fathoms wBter On this line, the breakwater cquld be made 1,500 yards long, and wjiuld give a protected area of 220 acres, varying in depth at low water from 3 to Uufcitiigms. Tho entrance at the eas tern end of the breakwater, measuring to the 5 fathom curveT would be 400 yards wide; and to the 3 fathom curve would bo COO yards, giving ample I room and depth ot water for vessels'1 to enter in a gale. Tho western end of the breakwater, would start about 100 yards from the extremity not tho head land, leaving this small opening mere ly to prevent deposit in the harbor. However, for some time to, come there would be no necessity for building the breakwater more than 500 yards long. As the waves come in from the west of sbnfi in the storms that affect this road- J stead, a breakwater 500 yards long will give a protected area ot 40 acres noUincInding the water, less than 18 fecJ-deej, Which would-be available for small vessels. It may prove advis able to unite the breakwater with the mainland, but tho opening insures the harbor against shoaling, and it is very well protected ty two rocks. The method ot constructing the work which I would recommend is as fol lows : the terms high and low water as used iu this report refer to highest and Jowest spring-tides, which I have taken 'at 11 feet apart, the mean rise ot the tide being 5.1 feet. (Ij) The rubble mass below 25 feet beJinv low water, would be composed LofJPLgrxy. rubbish and small stones, wTlh'an interior coating (all the coat ings 4being measured horizontally) ol 15 le'ct, and an exterior coaling ot 30 feetpf stones, weighing over 500 pounds each. From 25 to 15 feet be low low water the hearting would con sist of stones heavier than 500 pounds, with an interior covering 15 feet thick of stones of over 1,000 pounds, and an exterior covering 40 feet thick of stoiielf from two to six tons, averaging about f our'tons, this same size of stones being used above the depth ot 15 feet, wiih"3"coveriDi on the exterior side 40 feet tftick pf artificial blocks ot concrete or rubble masonry, weighing about 25 tons each, and extending to low-water line. "T 5'' If the breaky rater were ever cxtend- ed beyond the it would be much more exp these blocks might have li eased in size. alter-Jsachjng ' yards from the Btarting-pd The inlenq .this mound would be 1 op stepor .slope rater would up to 25 Jeet J be If base1 U lAbove that level it, woulf lo 1 vertical. (2.) At 5 J pater would be laid a ioj krete 5 feet thick, an1) 1 kail 42 feet thick at lc-'j 33 feet at ike to, 18 feet i above low water, or seven .feet above high water, giving each facek batter of 3 inches to the foot. There would be a parapet 8 feet thick and seven' feet high on the top ot the wall, thus rais ing its sea-face to 14, feet, above high water or 25 feet 'above lowwater. The faces of-the wall would, be oi dressed masonry well bonded, and the filling of rubble masonry. (3.) The United States should pur chase the headland so as to own the quarries and a site for fortifications, and avoid possible complications and dolays in ,the prosecution ot the work. This will' not intcrtcrcAvith-theforma-' tion of a town at the place. There h not at present a single building or any improvement on the part needed by the United States.,, . -t (4.) The United States having pur chased the land, should construct five parallel linesi of narrow-guago railroad track along Ae "astS? 30Oyards of the proposed breakwater, and a double track Irom the breakwater along the shore, with side tracks for each quar ry. The probable amount ot single railroad track required would be '21 miles, with, an addition of three fifths mile more to complete the 500 yards of breakwater. The superstructure for the railroad would" be placed upon piles, and so that its lowest timber would be 12 feet 'above high water. (5.) The United States should fur nish all the equipments for the rail road, including 'at least two locomo tives, fifty dnmping cats (four wheels) and such tools as1 are necessary for re pairing the engines also, two steam cranes, andrwator'tanks, and provide for a supply of water. (6.) Alter these preparations, tho en tire work to be done with each appro priation should be let to one contrac tor, so that one man would control the work, and thus have every facility for sclecling'stone for each class of work. By tho United States making all these preliminary arrangements, which take lime and cost a great deal, there will be much more competition among contractors, and there will be much more saved during the progress of the work than the cost of the preliminary work. In the end the Government has io-pay fovit, andlit VmkI InHtor do-so at tne oegiunmg. ah ordinary wear ami tear the Government should 'bear, bht the contractor should be required to bear all other expenses. The exact cost ot this preliminary work it is diffi cult to state, but 1 think"$250,000 will possibly cover it, of Which, however, over $50,000 would bo charged to the item of rubble, which would hayo to be deposited to protect the piles in the line of the breakwater, and would form part of the breakwater. , This $50,000 is sufficient to coverall of tho after ex pense of prolonging tho railroads, Through the courtesy of Mr. Thomas B.Morris, division engineer Northern Pacific Railroad, I am enabled to fur nish the following rough estimate of the railroad, etc.: Two and a half miles of track, (superstructure) at $8,000 a mile. .. $20,000 One mile of pile trestle-work... 35,000 One mile of pile trestle-work... 25,000 Half a mile of grading for switches .y. 8,000 Twjo engine? ,vvith tailis, e. . -14,000 Fifty cars (dumpers) complete.. (25,000 Two steam-cranes... ."' 8,000 Sundries, (water tanks, switch es, lathes, tools, etc 15,000 150,000 The entire headland of Port Orford is rock, rising at least 50 feet vertical ly from the water, and soon reaching an altitude of 100 feet. This rock is mainly a fine sandstone, with occasion ally a scam of hard volcanic rock, which has been forced up to fill the the crevices. By the Government con structing, as recommended, the five parallel tracks of railway along the length of the breakwater, and a double track along the edge of the shore, with a sufficient number of side tracks to ac commodate the quarries, and furnishing the locomotives and cars, the stone could be quarried and deposited in the lino of the breakwater for $2 per cubic yard, excepting the portions which are required to average 4 tons, which I es timate to cost o per cubic yard. Blasting harder rock on tho North ern Pacific Railroad in Washington Territory last year, removing 5 miles by railroad, and building up tho riprap wall, never cost over $1.25 currency, including wear and tear of track, en gines, etc The cost of a breakwater 500 yards long, built at Port Orford in ten fath oms of water on the abovo plan, 1" es timate to cost as follows: 390,000 cubic feet of first-class masonry, at $1 $390,000 1,050,000 cubic feet of rubble masonry, at 40 cents 420,000 700,000' cubic yards ot con crete or rabble, masonry blocks of .25 tons, at fifty cents j,. 350,000 400,000 cnbio yards rubble- stone,at$2 800,000 50,000 cubic yards rubble. stone, averaging 4 tons, at rtfsr tfittf 250,000' 2,210,000, Add 20 per cent, for conlin- ' rfdnniba' j5Mtj t .? Preliminary expenses, "pur chase of land, buildings, equipping railroad, etc 442,000 i 250,000. Total......., 2,902,000 Very respectfully, your obedient'ser vant,, Henry if. I&beist, " jMajorot Engineers, U. S. A. 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