B rookings-H arbor Pilot
T h ursday, O ctober 18, 1936
B rookings, O regon
P age N ine
Srooksrii^s is a J ¿7 New
Many people have h ard th rr
w as once a dock at Brookings
Possibly a resum e of that fact
w ill tie enlightening, not only to
the local residents but to a great
many people, and especially those
on the other side of the coast
range w ho may, some day, inter
est them selves in regard to their
potential seaport at Brookings.
ward the upper Rogue V alley.
The Pilot is privileged to make
avai'ahle a treatise Mr. Ward
wrote in January 1933 sum m ariz
ing his experiences. It is esp ecial
ly valuable because it w as w rit
ten by a qualified engineer w hose
trained mind foresaw and predic
ted further developm ent of the
Port of Brookings, especially in
an extension of the factual dem on
stration of operation over a per
iod of profitable years.
The Pilot herew ith brings you.
verbatim , the story Bill " ard
wrote.
No one w as more fam iliar with
the dork and its operation than
the late W illiam J . Ward. He was
a graduate civil engineer. Cornell
university, and came to < urry
county about 1906. Apparently he
w as scouting tim ber and locations
W. J. W ard
for a huge lum ber and box com
GENERAL SCHEME FOR
pany, then centered at St. Louis.
development
From the tim e he came to th •
HARBOR AND RIVER
county until his death in 1936. he
(J a n u a ry 1933)
had the resources and possibilities
As h as a lread y been stated , a
not only at his finger tips but did
much to com bine them in the I bill is now b efo re C o n g ress to pro
operation of the huge m ill and v ide fo r th e su rv ey an d th e p lan
f im n ro v em en t of B ro o k in g s Poi
did exploratory running of lev els
tco Cove, O regon as it is
from the Port of Brookings to
McKAY i> th«
unrelenting foe
of big TAXES
and big
GOVERNMENT
• Saved Taxpayers
$15,000,000.00
Here is
my record. . .
As G overnor: Balanced the
budget—Oregon escaped the
epidemic of deficit spending;
initiated the first major reorgan
ization of state government in a
generation that consolidated
separate departm ents; held the
tax line against risme a ' w
géeci
He does more than ta lk —
he acts. As Secretary of the
Interior he liquidated two un
necessary agencies saving tax
payers S10 million dollars; by
better purchasing methods cut
construction costs in one de
partment by $4 m illio n ; turned
the continuous operating losses
of the Alaska railroad into a
near m illio n d o lla r annual
p ro fit; saved SI00.000 by con
solidation of branch offices in
Portland. Oregon; streamlined
application processing in one
department and saved $280,000
in a year.
1 DOUG McKAY
1 V O U R Ù . S^SENATO Rj
(Bull l ’ h»ll.r».< hr. H IT S W « o h m s
l ’ oe:.n a.O re.
S uch protection w ill p e rm it the
co n stru ctio n of m any w h arv es, all
th a t w ould e v er be n ecessary to
c are for a city of m any th o u san d s,
and to dock ships su ffic ie n t to
su pply all of S o u th e rn O regon,
reg u larly an d safely. It is also
likely th a t a p lan for im prove
m en t w ould co m tem p late a je tty
from th e Cheteo River. Such a
je tty w ill confine th e flow of the
; C heteo R iv er and its tid a l basin
to th e w est shore, d irectly into th e
a rea p ro tected by th e b re a k w a te r.
T he b re a k w a te r w ould p ro tect the
m o uth of th riv e r, th u s confined,
and a d e p th of w a te r from 10 to
12 feet, on th e C heteo b ar, m ight
w ell be expected. T he riv e r, in
side its m outh, ran g es from 16 to
J. E. Brooking, official of th’’
20 feet deep, in th e c h a n e l along Brookings Box A 1 umber Co-, for
th
e
w
est
b
an
k
an
d
a
scope
of
close
L o a d e d C o a s te r L e a v in g B r o o k in g s
w hom the City of Brookings was
to one-half m ile is a v a ila b le be nam ed.— (Front the Milton Foster
fore th e O regon C oast H ighw ay
collection.)
b rid g e and shoal w a te r is encoun
tered . T hus, a sm all, b u t a d eq u ate
an d at th is b end th e re is a low’
inside h a rb o r could be m ade.
T he consu m m atio n of th is w ork pass or “ sad d le w ith a th in lid g e
w ould give to B rookings an ideal se p a ra tin g its w a te rs from those
a rra n g e m e n t. L arge, off shore v e s of th e Illinois R iver A nd it is
sels could load o r d isch arg e at th e th ro u g h tin s T in c u p P ass th a t a
ra ilro a d has been p ro jected from
w h arv es. T he sm aller “co asters
could ta k e th e ir choice. T he com- th e so u th e rn and e a ste rn p a rts of
m erical fishing fleet could safely O regon to th e coast. 1 hen th e v a st
an ch o r in th e lea of th e b reak i ra ilro a d sj stem s of S o u th ern O re
w ater, or could ru n into fresh j gon w ould be co n nected w ith th e
w a te r in th e C heteo R iver. P lea P acific O cean at B rookings. T he
su re boats and y ach ts could be C h eteo R iver ro u ts is d irect, sh o rt
c a re d for safely and easily and ' and ch eap to co n stru c t an d low in
pow er cru isers, for o u tsid e fishing m a in te n a n c e costs. A t u n n e l
an d to u rin g , w ould find a safe th ro u g h th e T in cu p P ass of som e
6200 feet w oul 1 p e n e tra te in to th e
and read ily accessible h av en
w a te rs of th e Illinois R iv er at an
T he cost of th is w o rk w ould be e lev a tio n of no, m uch o v er 1200
low as th e re are am p le q u a n titie s feet and som e fo rtv m iles w ould
of su ita b le rock read ily ad jac en t he fu rn ish ed in w hich to m ak e
F o rm e r 120 0 F t. D o c k a t B r o o k in g s P o rt
to th e co n stru ctio n . A nd th e m ag 1 th e clim b. T h e g rad es w o u ld be
n itu d e of th e w ork to be done is v ery sm all. T h e to n n ag e th a t such
kn o w n on th e U n ited S ta te s G eo h an d led over th is w h a rf all w ith j sm all T w o o r tw o and a h a lf m il
a ra ilro a d w ould develop»* is p ro
detic C h a rts ). T h e h a rb o r h as a l out one cen t of dam ag e to ships, lion d o llars w ould do all th e w ork
b lem atical. B ut w ith th e v a st
cargo
or
to
eq
u
ip
m
en
t.
T
he
fact
read y been c a re fu lly su rv e y t t
th a t t he g o v ern m en t w ould be a g ric u ltu ra l reso u rces of th e in
th a t th e w h a rf still stan d s today
an d th e so u n d in g s ta k e n
b
called ipton to p erfo rm . A nd th e re te r io r valley s an d th e g re a t tim
sw eepings. T h is w o rk w as star ted (J a n u a ry 1933) w ith o u t one cent w ould be no ad d itio n a l cost in
b e re d a re a s of th e coast co u n try ,
of
m
oney
h
av
in
g
been
spent
on
it
in 1910, by th e o rg in al su rv ey s,
y early d red g in g or in ex p en siv e in co n ju n c tio n w ith a w ide a re a
an d e la b ro a te d in 1913 to 1916. for m a in te n a n c e or any o th e r ac m ain ten an ce. T he p la n is most
of u n d ev elo p ed m in e ra l lan d s c a p
D u rin g 1916 an d 1917 all rocks in co u n t since 1925, sp eak s m ost elo- j feasab le an d v ery econom ical.
q
u
e
n
tly
for
th
e
fine
n
a
tu
ra
l
p
ro
a b le of p ro d u cin g larg e am o u n ts
th e ro ad sted on w h ich a d e “ th c*
Railroad
of co p p er and v a ry in g a m o u n ts of
36 feet at low tid e w as n o t found, tectio n of th e h a rb o r.
B rookings, as has been stated , m an y o th e r co m m erical ores, the
w ere rem o v ed to th a . d e p ,h o
F ro m th e C heteo P o in t w est of
b lastin g A n ch o rs w e re e x p rt
th e h a rb o r f its p ro te c tin g fe a tu re ) is at th e m o uth of th e C heteo ra ilro a d should soon pay. once
placed an d su ita b le m o o r i n g i b re a k w a te r w ill pro b ab ly be r e R iver. T h is stre a m rises som e fif n o rm al co n d itio n s p rev ail. S outh
buoys a ttach ed . D u rin g th e sum com m ended. T h is b re a k w a te r will ty m iles east, in th e C oast range
m er of 1917, a fine w h a rf. 1200 e x te n d se a w a rd for som e 2.000 or of m ou n tain s. Som e tw e n ty m iles i'in O regon h as long looked for an
feet long, w as co n stru c te d into 3.000 feet. It w ill serv e to abso from its head, th e C heteo R iver o u tle t to th e sea And th e coast
th e b ay and in all som e 350 m il lu te ly pro tect th e p resen t bay and has a la rg e tr ib u ta ry called Tin c o u n try w an ts b e tte r access to the
lion feet of lu m b e r an d lu m b er fu r th e r p ro tect th e m ile of e x cup C reek flow ing into it from the in te rio r. T h e tw o w ill s u r e l y he
n o rth . P a rt w ay up T in cu p C reek
p ro d u cts and m an y th o u san d s of p a n se from th e C heteo P o in t to
m ak es a sh a rp bend to th e east, jo in ed before n o t too long.
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