Brookings-Harbor pilot., November 29, 1956, Image 6

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B .cokii.">H aifcor Pilot
Brookings, O iegon
Thursday, November 29, 1956
EARLY ENGINEERS' REPORT GIVEN ON LOCAL HARROR
'•
“ C. ' e is c u ttin g
fed < od.
n th e < hetco R iver,
about eight m iles from the m outh.
The cap acity of th is m ill is 15,000
j . i ii- .t ag o u s an d h s
1 • • u .. ■ of y e a r a r e v a j meter- b. m feet r e r 8 h our sh ift, ih e
cu t is hauled by tru c k s, via ( re s ­
null r.d ed by i ® ‘
ce n t C >’ to G ra '.ts P ass, w hence
:o ■’ »
. X a tirc l Resources: T ? t m it is shipped bv rail fo r in terio r
deliveries in C alifornia. At th is
• q n i n e r v Co n
«
tim e, bu iness in B rookings is
¡m ated a t 9.5 billion b. feet, o
.ui h one th ird is tr ib u ta ry to v ery qu’et. alth o u g h som e tra d e
is developed d u rin g th e su m m er
”n -too Cove. A lt' ■
it
rt:
m onths from the to u ris t tra ffic
th e principal resource, th e re a
on the G eg 1 n C oast highw ay.
n. ru l h po its co n tain n g go
I E d ito r’s N ote: H ere i- m uch
copper, and ch o m i'im in t e i
re se a rc h w ork to be done: V ERh
- o n . The fa c t t h a t m ining >a
t been ex ten siv e’v dev lo e ' MUCH and the PIL O T su g g e sts
its being handled by people w ho
- r r o vahly due to ’ h - ir. i e
'
of t h ’ p rin cip al d r o s i’s m ak e it th e ir business. To be im ­
pressive, i. mu t be a com piehen-
C hrom ic-oxide is p lentiful in th
sive e, on m e survey of a t least
h i a th e r - n e n ’ sm e
fo u r counties, w ith th e c o o p era­
• f ■' i ’i f e s
o:
th '
P a rtf
tion of t v rvo :e in th e ir a eas. It
* ♦ i • nee -sc ■ »' o sh •
ore to th e e a s t coast, fo r reduc­ is a EIG P R O JE C T and can be
backed by BIG A G G REG A TE
tion a n d high tra n s p o rta tio n costs
F IG U R E S . Thi survey should in­
p e lude pr f tai If o p e ratio n , h
clude at least som ething on all
,. •. cion? 1 fo r a -ricult ir
• of sm all s t r s along »th. th e num bered . n r ig .a p h s follow ­
ing in th s re p o rt u i t h special
'r si : n l a few t c ts of b otto
land in th e n irro w can y o n s of the a tte n tio n to No. 16. i
11. H ighw ays: 'The O iegon
sm all m ountain s t r am s.
In d e r rie
' p r i n - p - ' C oast H ighw ay, U. S. 101, w hich
P i d els the coa t from th e C al-
• o -..f ♦vein ' " ’ of 1 t ,■ ye ir
iforniu
line to the m outh of th e
l a's • ■ n • sted of log fo th e ex
t de. ? sav m dl. h iv i g C olum bia R iver, passes th P ugh
170.000 b. f. d aily cap acity , w as B rookings. A secondary road fol­
r. • riv o p erated a t B o kin g - lows ; :e C hetco R iver u p stre a m
r-d to 't id“ sh ip m en ts of t m for a d istance of ab o u t 20 m iles.
1°. R ad :o ad s
r w >re m ade for sev eral y e a r
♦3. B ridge : T h ere a re no
he m ill burned, in 1926, an 1
h ’ m i li.n ety h as been rem oved, 1 r dges r t X 'het' o Cove. T he
t ♦’■'e i esen t tim e, th ? only oo- bri 'ge ca ry in g the O regon C oast
H .rh 'v a y across th e C hetco R iver,
■ a t ’ng lum ber m ill.ng in th? vi
' n j to -ts d ?’?rs f ation
o
i r miles dittan*.
*■•••*■• 'b? t
; • it n r .1 ice an I v h
rance of the Coquille River has
a im rc .ed by twin je.L es. it consum es. It is ns. su b ject
S h ip L o a d in g L u m b e r a t R ro o k it
/ ( 'd O
A 4 -
Z W
and e n tran ce
o C ve ar. 1 B -n 1 n is t he
o rt C r
: m j oved h a r - o
n;
d. d is ta n t 48 miles. T his is an
■ < n ro ad t .d o-- i'
¡on fro m n > *
'.orm s. A com bined b re a k w a te r
r.d pier cont ucted a t P o rt Ch­
ord by p riv a te in te re s ts has been
dem olished by l e a ’. *
hips a re now being loaded from
i tim b e r w h a rf
tru c te d . S hips of a b o u t 22 feet
’r a f t can be accom odated a t th is
hat'f.
8. T rib u ta y A r a The trib u -
ir y a re a w hich is n a tu ra lly t r i ­
hut, ry to C hetco f o . ' , as
bout 55 sq u are m iles in e x te n t,
n c l’ides th e e x tre m e ‘' r'
:.d of C u rry C ounty. O regon, and
s r i i l l p a t of D I N r e C ounty
C alifornia. The region i
■ ¡..".is,
fL r iy
w ell tim b red,
<i«:sely
s tiled
an 1, c” "? *n
w ate- th e {dune of referen ce.
long th e coa t. g e n erally Jif -
5. C hetco R iver, w hich e n te rs ■ult of access. ~ h ■ i n o p r
th e ocean ab o u t one m ile e a s t of ■f th e tr ib u ta ry < r a a a 1 1
C hetco P o in t, is a sm all m oun- n th > boun l.'./.e > o r t
i 1-
ta i n s tre a m o f m o d erate flow’, ex-
Tat’onal F o re st.
ta in s tre a m o f model a te flow, ex-
t E d ito r's N o te:
■? ‘ r
th e C o ast R an g e M ountains, a-
re a of the t'
' O
b out 25 m iles n o rth e a s t of C hetco
ics. plus D .l N o rte is close t
Cove an d d ra in s an a re a of about ’,000 sq u are m les V ' 1
365 q u a re m iles. The low er tw o >f th is a re a i nonproductive, nt
m ile reach of tho s tre a m is tidal the p resen t tim e, by fa r th e g nt
an d can be n av ig ated by sm all
r p ro p o rtio n is an econom ic bloc
b o ats a n d launches, a t h igh tide. if exce tio n a llv b r
T h e e n tra n c e is u su ally a b o u t 60
alu e and s espe dally in te re tin g
fe e t in w id th a t low tid e w ith
d e p th s of 1 to 2 feet, b u t it is
- — ;r,"
' ^*5
knqw n to have been closed en- ,
:
>
Z
tife ly d u rin g low w’a te r season
/
by th e actio n of th e se a s on the
z
san d an d g rav el b a rs a t its m outh.
z
F o r m ap s o f th is a re a see U. S.
C oa it an d G eodetic S u rv ey C h a rt
No. 5896,
6. T he p o p u latio n of C u rry
C o u n ty w as 3,257, in 1930, an in­
crease of 232 since th e 1920 cen­
su s. B ro o k in g s, an in co rp o rated
tow n located a t C hetco Cove,, had
a 1930 p o p u latio n of 273 w ith in
its v o tin g p re c in c t lim its. T he en ­
tire p o p u latio n of th e trib u ta ry
a re a is p ro b ab ly n o t in excess of
of 1,500.
7. A d jacen t P o rts. T he n e a r­
e s t im proved h a ib o r to th e so u th
| s a t C re sc e n t C ity, C alifo rn ia,
21 a ir m iles d is ta n t. T h is p o rt is
an open ro a d ste d w hich h a s been
im proved by th e g o v ern m en t by
m eans of a b re a k w a te r 3,000 feet
long. To th e north, th e n e a re s t
im p ro v ed hai^xir is a t B andon,
E a rly S h ip L o a d in g L u m b e r in C h e tc o C o v e
t
75 i E d ito r's N ote: T he in co rp o r­
a te d C ity of B rookings now h as
a p o p u latio n g re a te r th a n all of e a s t of the Cove w ould not be a f ­ rock p innacles to provide s u ffi­ equate terminal facilities would
C u rry had a t th e tim e of th is fected by an y proposed im prove­ c ien t d e p th for deep c r a f t vessels. be rep resen ted by th e elim in atio n
20. C om m erce and V essel T r a f ­ of th e co st of ra ftin g an d to w in g
su rv ey and th e city plus th e ru ra l m ent.
14. P re lim in a ry R ep o rts: The fic: T h ere a re no reco rd s in th is of the logs to the ships a t a n c h o r
ire i o f so u th e n C u rry alone p ro ­
b ably exceeds 7500. In C u rry. only p rto r re p o rt is th e p re lim in ­ office o f w a te r-b o rn e com m erce in deep w a te r a s w as th e c a se in
Jo sep h in e, an d Ja ck so n co u n ties a ry e x a m in atio n re p o rt, u n d er re ­ p rio r to 1923, alth o u g h in a brief 1935 and 1936. It is e stim a te d
olus Del N >rte C ounty, C alif., the view, herein, w hich i d e sc rib e ! su b m itted by B ro o k in g s C ham ­ th a t the elim in atio n of th is h a n ­
ber of C om m erce, a t a public dling cost w ould re s u lt in a s a v ­
logical a re a trib u ta ry to th e P o rt in P a ra g r a p h 2. of th is re p o rt.
h e arin g held on N ovem ber 8, 1935, ing of 50 c en ts per ton. an d on
of B ro o k in g s th e re could w ell be
15. E x istin g P ro je c ts: None.
aS the 1936 to n n a g e
a q u a r t 'r m Ilion people. T he 1950
16. Local C ooperation: No o f­ fig u res a re given w hich indicate th e bn.l
census tallied o v er 91.000 in Jos- fe rs of co o p eratio n have been th a t lum ber sh ip m en ts from 1914 would re p re se n t an a n n u a l s a v ­
m ade by local in te re sts w hich to 1922. inclusive, av erag ed 44.- ings of $12,300.
24. If. u n d er p re s e n t conditions,
w ould reduce th e cost of the d e ­ 000 tons, annually. The follow .ng
the
lum ber in d u s try should be r e ­
from
s
ta
tis
tic
s
cover
th
e
period
sired im p ovem ente to the U nited
vived, th e o u tp u t of th e n u ll or
1923 to 1936. inclusive.
S ta te s.
m ills for w a te r sh ip m e n ts w ould
17. O th e r Im p ro v e m e n ti .te rm ­
No. of Max. p ro b ab ly be shipped hv w ay of
Ton*
inal and tr a n s fe r facilities: P re v ­
Val. Ves. D raft C rescen t C ity ha. bor, only 28
Yr. Shipped
ious to 1917. incom ing fre ig h t and
m iles d is ta n t by h ighw ay. An im ­
o u tg o in g sh ip m e n ts of lum ber 1923 77.637 $2,504,02«) 53
19
proved h a rb o r a t C h etco Cove
w ere handled by a “h gh-line” s y ­ 1924 55.302
20
1,802.200 72
w ould th e re fo r re s u lt in sav in g s
stem of tig g in g , extending from 1925 51.940
22
1,447,025 76
on
lum ber sh ip m e n ts in
the
th e to p of th e bluff to deep w et
1926 (M ill i it B ro o k in g s burned
am ount of the cost of h a u l to
in th e h a bor. D u rin g the S p r ng
and n« > lu m b er sh ip m en ts C rescen t C ity and on th e b a sis of
an d S u m m er of 1917, a tr e a te I
m ade. »
fo u r cen ts a ton mile, th e sav in g
tim b e r w h a rf w as co n stru cte d 1927
18
66.948
3
1.860
w ould be $1 12 per ton. It is co n ,
w h.ch extended 1 V •’ fh< Liu ‘ 1929
16
40,920
1
2.046
sidered
th a t han d lin g c h a rg e s
line for 1,200 feet, in a so u th w es­ 1935 22.000
26
200,000
6
te rly direction, hea 1-on to the a v ­ 1936' 24,641
26 w ould be th e sam e w h eth er sh ip ­
82,547
4
m en ts w ere m ade by w ay o f C re s­
e ra g e ru n of th e seas, so th a t
Logs tow eil in r a f ts to ships a t
cent C ity or C hetco Cove. N o d e ­
ships b erth ed at the s tru c tu e anchor in deep w a te r.
c re a se in ex istin g w a te rra te ^ is
could lie bow -in to th e swells. The
21. T he la s t ship to load logs a n ticip ated . A t the p re s e n t tim e
w h a rf w as u ed continuously for
a
t
C hetco Cove sailed S ep tem b er, th e re are no lum ber nulls a t C h e t­
all lu m b er sh ip m en ts u ntil 1926
Local in te re sts s ta te th a t the 1936 L ogging o p e ra tio n s in th e co Cove «H rookings i and. w ith
m oney expended from 1912 to wood- have been disco n tin u ed , a t th e exception of a sm all am ount
1926. for shipping facilities, in ­ least, te m p o ra rily , an d th o u g h it of to n n ag e shipped in 1927 and
cluding co n stru ctio n of the w h arf, is s ta te d th e re a re in th e n e ig h ­ 1929, no lu m b er sh ip m e n ts have
am o u n ted to $195,714 furnished borhood of a m illion feet. b.m.. of been m ade since 1925. It is d o u b t­
logs,, o u t an d lying in th e woods, ful if any mill will be b uilt to re ­
e n tire ly by p riv a te intere ts
18 A so u th w esterly sto rm , in no plan s have been m ad e for m ov­ place the one destro y ed by fir >
M arch, 1936. w ish e d aw ay the ing them . It a p p e a rs unlikely th a t in 1926. b u t should th e dem and
o u te r S00 feet of the w h a rf and an y w a te r sh ip m e n ts w ill be m ade for lum ber, and m a rk e t conditions
a fire, on M iv 30, 1937, d e stro y ed d u rin g th e c u rre n t y e a r. The o u t­ w a ir a n t th e co n stru c tio n of a n ­
ab o u t 200 feet ad d itio n al. T he p u t of th e sm all m ill w hich is o th e r mill, th e sav in g s of $1 12
po rtio n rem aining, a t th is tim e, o p e ra tin g on th e C h etco R iv er is p er ton w ould apply on th a t p a r t
is a p a rt betw een the b lu ff and handled e n tire ly by tr u c k s an d of the m ill o u tp u t destin ed Tor
Bell Rock, ab o u t 200 feet, w hich a p p a re n tly w ould not be handled w a te r shipm ents.
25. In view of th e co m p a ra tiv e ly
is of r.<> u e. as it is p ra c tic a lly by w a te r in an y event as the re d ­
n d ’y land. T here are a t p resen t w ood lu m b er m a n u fa c tu re d is a t lim ited su pply of m e rc h a n ta b le
no o tht r te rm in a l facilities a t th e presen t hauled p a st C re sc e n t C ity tim b er w hich can be considered
as trib u ta ry to C hetco Cove and
p o rt The m ethod la st used to to th e ra ilro a d a t G ra n ts P a-s.
th erefo r, the in ad v isab ility of th*
22.
S
av
in
g
s:
A
t
th
e
p
resen
t
loud ships w as to tr a n s p o rt logs
in r a f ts to th e side of vessels a n ­ tim e th e re is p ra c tic a lly no p ro ­ n ecessary expen d itu res fo r a m ill
chored in th e deep w a te r of th e d u ctio n o f lum ber in th e vicinity, o r nulls of large daily o u tp u t, it
o u te r h a rb o r an d th e n load th e no te rm in a l fa cilities a re available is belived th a t if lu m b er sh ip ­
vessels by m ean s of ships' ta c k le . a t C h etco Cove, and th e re is no m en ts by w a te r w ere to lie re ­
19 Im p ro v em e n ts D esired: L o­ w a te r com m erce. U n d er the c ir­ sum ed th e annual to n n ag e w ould
cal in te re sts, a t a public h e a rin g c u m s ta n c e s it a p p e a ls th a t if w a ­ n o t exceed the am ount shipped
held :-i B rookings on N ovem ber te r com m erce is re su m ed it w ill previous to 1926. a n a v e ra g e of
1935 ex p ressed th e ir d e sire fo r j be lim ited to th e sh ip m en t of logs about 60.000 tons On th is hypo­
an im provem ent of the h a rb o r by a s in 1935 and 1936 unless th e th e tic a l basis, assu m in g th a t a
th e c o n stru c tio n of a b re a k w a te r lum ber in d u s try is revived by th e m ill and term in al facilities w ere
ex te n d in g
so u th w e ste rly ,
fio m c o n stru c tio n of m illing facilities co n stru cte d and o p erated , th e to­
23. On fo reig n sh ip m e n t of logs ta l possible sav in g s are e stim a te d
C hetco P o in t a d ista n n e e of ab o u t
C ontinued on N ext P ag e
feet, a lso tiie rem oval of a th e sav in g s th a t w ould res i.
re n t r ? im pro red h a rb o r a id ad
n
u
m
b
er
of
m
en
e
:.g
i--.b
I'ld lim e lo g g ers i.iak n„ a tu t m i g-iint re th v od tr e e ne.» b>. Hole th e n i e ’i!i<'*.
The P o rt of B ro o k in g s h a s been c e rta in «lata not now p e rta in in g
outlined, in p rev io u s PIL O TS, and or of in co n seq u en tial s ig n ifi­
m ostly from an u n official angle. cance is o m itted .
T his re p o rt w as not p rin ted
T he follow ing d a ta , from th e files
of C h arles G ra y sh e l d eals w ith w hen c u rre n t.
it from th e p e rtin e n t a ltitu d e .<f
(« 'O ffic a l T itle* >
th e U. S. A rm y E n g in e e rs who,
3. D escrip tio n : C hetco Cove
in the long run, a re th o e w hose in C o rry C ounty, is on th e O re­
opinions w ould b ear th e m ost gon C o ast in la titu d e 42 deg O 2 'z
w eig h t w hen becom ing a p a rt of n o rth . It lies fo u r m iles n o rth e rly
d a ta n ec e ssa ry to o b ta in fed eral fro m th e O reg o n -C alifo rn ia b o u n ­
ap p ro v al an d help.
d a ry an d is situ a te d a t th e n o rth ­
I* is m ost v alu ab le in p re s e n t­
erly end o f Pelican Ray. an e x ­
ing synopsis of req u ired in g in e e r­
ten siv e b ig h t form ed by th e w e s t­
ing and econom ic d a ta an d should
e rly ex tension of th e c o a st line
be closely follow ed in fu tu re e x ­
b etw een P oint St. G eorge, C a lif­
ploring of th e p ro ject. A lthough
o rn ia, and C ape F e ire lo , O regon.
it is n e a rly tw e n ty y e a rs ago
F rom th e S ta te Line th e g e n e ra l
th e r e has really been little, if an y
tre n d of th e c o ast is n o rth w e st
c h a n g e in th e p h y sical a sp e c ts in­
to C h etco Cove, w hence it ex ten d s
volved but th e re h as been a g re a t
w esterly in a broken, irre g u la r
c h a n g e in th e econom ic a sp e c ts,
line for one m ile to C hetco point,
som e of w hich w ould h av e been
a rough, ro ck y h ead lan d ab o u t
rid icu lo u s even to su g g e st, back
Ho feet in heig h t, w hich fo rtn s the
w hen th is o u tlin e w as p rep ared .
w e ste rly lim it o f C h etco Cove.
T he fo rm u la fo r p re s e n ta tio n ot
The to w n of B ro o k in g s is situ a te d
th e schem e to th e A rm y E n g in ­
on th e low rolling hills im m e d ia t­
e e rs re m a in s th e sam e an d th e
ely n o rth of th e cove.
P IL O T
believes th e
follow ing
4. T h e sh o re line of C h etco
could well be em ployed a s it
Cove is a rocky b luff from 60 to
s ta n d s w ith th e acq u isitio n and
HO fe e t in heig h t, its irre g u la r
in sertio n of u p -to -d a te d a ta and
and jag g e d co u rse being bo rd ered
th e n th e w hole w ould be a stro n g
by n u m ero u s visible an d su b ­
a rg u m e n t w ith no po in ts left to
m erged rocks, m an y of w hich li®
q u e stio n o r dou b t It could th en
sev eral h u n d red y a rd s seaw ard
be convincing evidence fo r both
of th e low w a te r line. T he cove i
dock, b re a k w a te r, h ighw ay, u n i
an open ro a d ste d u n p ro tected
co m m ercial in te re s ts to fu r th e r
from th e so u th and so u th w est, b u t
tra n a i o rta tio n , over th e w h a r v ii
at. B lo ck in g s as a real necessity th e p ro jectin g headland of C h e t­
co P o in t provides p ro tectio n from
fo r th e dev elopm ent Of a huge
econom ic a re a now In ad eq u ately th e w est and n o rth w e st we tth e
and. to a lesser e x te n t, fro m ti e
served
w e ste rly I /elV< A consul rabl*
T his is a tr a n s c rip t of file No.
p a rt of th e h a rb o r a re a Is shoal
ESC650-1.19, O ffice of th e D ist­
and th e re a re m any rock p in n a
ric t E ngineer. P o rtla n d , d ated
A u g u st 25, 1937, an d w as su b ­ ap p eal h from the sea. Th • con
trolling d ep th m ay be considered
m itte d m com pliance w ith r so ­
lu tio n by th e C o m m ittee on C om ­ cle . a few of w hich lie in th e
m erce of th e U n ited S ta te s S en ­ as 21 feet, w hich is th e m n .m u .
a te , ad o p ted M arch 2d. 1937. an 1 d i th, at m ean low w a te r, over
lying b ’tw een th e s te
th e C o m m ittee on R iv ers and ti:> n e k
H arb o s of th e H ouse of R ep re­ i f the old v h a r f an d th e sea The
av e ra g e rise of th e h ig h er tid es
se n ta tiv e
ad o p ted
A u g u st 5,
U 6 3 ft. w ith e x tra e x tre m e tid es
1937.
s.n g P.6 feet a b u .e m .u a .u
In p l a t s w h ere
ap p e a r.