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WEEKLY MAMS GAZETTE.
CorvaUis, Feb. 21, 1879.
THE HARBOR OF REFUGE !
A Commercial Necessity
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
Cape FoulweatlitT Survey!
EXAMINATION OF CAPE FOUUVEATHEE
harbok, oregon.
United States Enotnkkb Office,
Portland, Or., . 23, 1878.
General: I have the honor to
franemit herewith a chart of Cape
Foulweather Harbor, O-econ, tngth
er with the repor t of Mr. R A. Hab
ersham, assistant engineer, and to
Submit the following report of an ex
amination and survey made under
my direction in accordance with the
ael'bf Congress, approved June 18,
1878.
o eject of examination.
The object of he examination and
survey of this harbor was "to ascer
tain its adaptability as a harbor of
refuge."
Early in August I organized a par
ty for tliis work and placed it in
charge of Mr. It. A. Habershanr, as
sistant engineer, with orders to pro
ceed to Cape Foulweather and make
the necessary surveys to carry out
the law. This party proceeded to
CorvaUis, Oregon, via the Willamette
rfver; thence by wagons across the
Coast Range of mountains to New
port, on Yaquina Bay, and tl ence to
Cape Foulweather, where they camp
ed until the survey was completed.
On Sept 8th I visited Cape Foul
weather and made a general examin
ation of the locality.
DESCRIPTION OF THE HARBORS.
Cape Foulweather is situated on
the' western coast of Oregon,1 in latr
tu.de 44 debtees 43 minutes north,
longitude 124 degrees 05 minutes
west, and forms a headland boldly jut
ting out about three-fourths of a mile
into the sea from the low beach with
lligh mountains in rear of it.
It is a mass of black basalt rising
to a height of from 80 to 100 feet
above the sea, the base honeycombed
with caves formed by. the action of
the'Waves. The cape, by its position,
forms bays on the north and south,
the one fronting northwest and the
other south and southwest. On the
north theshbre line is crescent shaped,
ther outer extremitv oointinir north.' a
-i i i.j '
reef making out from it in a direction
north-northeast a distance of about
5,000 feet, terminating at a lone rock
about 1,800 feet from the brach. The
depths on this reef vary from 10 to
30 feet except tor a distance. of alrout
1;200 feet near the cape, where there
is a channel of that width with a
depth of from 30 to 40 feet. The
lone rock referred to at the north end
of the reef seems to be connected
with a rocky point opposite on shore
by a well-marked reef, upon which
there is a depth of four fathoms.
The north bay is irtclosed, there
fore, on the east by the mainland, on
the south by the cape, and on the
flrest by the long reef. It is nearly a
mile long, and about 1,700 feet wide
between the three fathom curve and
the reef. It contains about 200 acres,
with a depth of from 3 to 8 fathoms,
and a sandy bottom. As fai as could
be judged, there is good holding
ground for anchoring vessels, al
though I understand that no vessel
has pver put cred.
This south bay is formed by the
main shore and the cape, and is pro
tected on the east, north sud north
west. On the south and southwest
it isopen and exposed to the terrible
southern gales, from which it is most
desired to find shelter. The bottom
is sandy, the depth jiradually increas
ing from near the shore, where it is 3
fathoms, to 20 fathoms 2 miles off
shore. The general depth, on a line
drawn south from the cape, is from 4
to 6 fathoms.
TIDE, FOGS, &C ,
The spring tides rise and fall about
9 feet. Dense-fogs overhang the cape
from time to time during the year,
particularly during the month of
Jnly.
THE nARBOR OF REFUGE.
About 3 fnilns south of Cape
Foulweather -is Yaquina Bay, the
mouUi of Yaquina river. A railroad
ijfprojected to connect this hay with
the Willamette river. It is anticipat
ed that when this is completed a large
amount of stain nd other produce
now finding its market via the Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers will seek
an outlet via the Yaquina Bay.
About three quarters of a mile off
lire entrance to this bay a dangerous
reef of rocks, extending in a north
. and south direction, with many nar:
TOW and dangerous channels across
it, is reported by the Coast Survey,
and laid down on their charts. I am
informed tht tb residents in t.lip
VlClhltv TVrPSnmefl that n vo..f nvtond.
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ed from Yaquina Head toward the
cape, and inclosed an area of about
1,000 acres, the ridge being, they
thought, well defined, and that upon
ft a breakwater could be constricted
vthich would form a fine harbor of
. refuge.
As far as I could learn, the object
of this survey was to locate a break
Water upon this supposed reef for a
i harbor of refuge.
"V The chart of the United States
jjsurvey shows no such reef, and
the very careful examination of As
sistant Engineer Habersham reports'
font knobs of rock apparently much
Harder than the rest of the bottom
from 12 to 30 feet under low water
level sitnated in a curved line in the
direction above indicated, but distant
from each other from one-fourth to
one-half a mile and with from 6 to 8
fathoms of water between them. On
these during low tide and heavy
weather the sea breaks constantly.
The chart transmitted herewith
shows a breakwater projected on this
line, starting from near Yaquina
Head and running west, then curving
to the north, and"terminating about a
mile and a half from the cape. Such
a harbor would present a large area
amply protected from southwest gales,
with a dfpth of from 3 to 8 fathoms.
The cape proper already presents a
o-ood nrntection from gales from the
north and northwest. This breakwa
ter would be about 9.900 feed long,
and constructed upon the plan adopt
ed by the board of engineers for the
Pacific coast. It is described in their
report of Feb. 14, 1 877, as follows :'
"We propose to build the base of
any breakwater up to the height of
15 feet below the level of low-water
of small stone ; that is to say, of such
stone as any quarry will furnish, and
while -quarrying out this great mass
to lay away all large stones of 5, TO
or 20 tons fof the construction of that
portion of the breakwater from 15
feet up to low-water. Upon this
foundation we propose lo build a ma
sonry wall faced with granite 25 feet
wide and 20 feet high, including foun
dation, protecting the seaward side
by bloeks of artificial stone jif nat
ural' cannot be obtained) of large size
(20 or 30 tons each) and thoroughly
paving the harbor side with large
blocks of granite to receive without
displacement the water thst will be
thrown over the wall in great storms.".
The cost of such a breakwater is
estimated bv Assistant Engineer Hab
ersham to be as follows:
iftnety-nine hundred feet, at
$1,052.57 per foot. 10,420.443 00
Contingencies, 10 per eent. . . 1,042,044 00
Total 11,462,487 00
It is highly probable that for pres
ent, purposes a breakwater would lie
sufficient storting from Yaquina Head,
running on the line projected, term:n
nt in.T iii 4. fathoms of water and hav
ing' a length of 4,900 feet; such a
work would cost as follows :
Fortfy-nirje hundred feet at
8854.57 per foot .$1,1S7,303 00
Contingencies, 10 per cent 419,739 00
Total 4,000,132 00
Such a breakwater would present
an area of 200 acres protected from
gales from the south and southwest.
The difficulty to be contended Willi
in using this harbor would be that
sailing - vessels entering . during a
southwest gale woirld be" obliged in
rounding the outer end to face the
wind.
Assistant Engineer Habersham
made a careful examination of the bay
north of t.'ie cape; no survey has ev
er before been made, it is believed, of
this bay, and as far as he' could learn
his boat was the fiist that ever enter
ed it. He reports that it is a natural
harbor of considerable extent with
out further improvement, and that be
was informed that during twut.hwest
gales quite an area inside is compara
tively smooth. Several of the sea-
I men who were employed as boatmen
on the survey, who had sailed for a
number of years between San Fran
cisco and Fuget Sound, and claimed
to be familiar with the coast, said
thaj if buoys were placed to mark
the frit ranee, vessels could no.w enter
for shelter from southwest gales.
From the examination made under
my diiection by Assistant Engineer
Habersham, and from his report and
my own observation, I think a better
harbor can be made north of the cape
than south of" it, by constructing a
breakwater running in a northwest
direction just inside the reef running
out from the cape; such a breakwater
would be about 600 feet long and
would contain within it an available
anchorage of from 50 to 100 acres
with a depth of from 3 to 8 fathoms.
The plan for such a work would be
similar to that already described, and
the cost is estimated by Mr. Haber
sham at $696,251. ,
The harbor could be greatly in
creased in size by constructing a
breakwater on the reef 'parallel 10 the
shore already described.
This north harbor, with the 600
feet breakwater, would-only be avail
able in south and southwest gales;
but during heavy weather from the
northwest vessels could anchor on
the other side of the cape.
Attention is respectfully invited to
the interesting report of Assistant En
gineer Habersham transmitted her
with. In making the examination
there were numerous minor dlffienl
ties to overcome, and Mr. Habersham
deserves credit for the efficient man
ner in which he carried out my ih
striictions.
Caue Foulweather is in the collec
tion district of Southern Oregon: The
The nearest port of entry is at New
port, Yaquina Bay; no revenue wascol-'
lected during, thelast fiscal year;:there
were no foreign' imports or exports;
about 600 tons of .assorted merchan
dise are brough t in annually by coast
wise vessels which carry away lum
ber and oysters; two sailing vessrls
of about 100 tons burden each, with
a draught of 9 feet, are running, be
tween San Francisco and Yaquina bay
There is a first order light house on
the cape, visible 19 mires. The near
est woiks of defense are at the mouth
of the Columbia river.
The value of the commerce to be
benefitted by this work would run up
into millions, as the benefit would be
felt by every vessel navigating the
Pacific Ocean between San Francisco
and the strait of Fuca.
For the necessity for a harbor of
refuge on this Northern Pacific Coast,
I respectfully call attention the inter
esting and elaborate report of the
hoard of engineers lor the Pacific
coast dated February 14, 1877.
I am, General, very , respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JOHN M. WILSON,
Maj. of Eng., Brev. Col. U. S. A.
Brig-Gen. A. A. Humphreys,
Chief of Eng. U.S. A.
bepoet of mr. bobebt a. haber
sham, assistant engineer.
United States Engineer Office,
Portland, Or., Sept. 16, 1878.
Colonel : I have the honor to sub
mit the following report of a survey
"at Cape Foulweather, to ascertain
its adaptability as a harbor of refuge,"
with a general plan of improvement,
and an approximate estimate of its
cost, made in pursuance of your in
structions dated August 8, of the pres
ent year.
This work was performed bptwecn
the 9lh and 23d of the same month.
To save repetition, I will here state
that all depths given refer, unless
otherwise specified, to the lowest of
mean low tides, as nearly as could be
determined from the tide tables for
the Pacific cast, published in San
Franciscet and from information fur
nished by residents of the locality.
No extreme tides occurred during
the progress of the survey, not even
at full moon.an unusual circumstance.
tofogkaphy and hydrography at
cape foulweather and '
its vicinity.
From Yaquina Head, which marks
the north side of the entrance to Ya
quina river, the shore line runs a lit
tle to the east of north for 4 miles, to
the end of Sonth Foulweather Beach;
thence westward for three fourths of
a mile to the southwest elbow of the
cape, where it begins to curve north
ward and eastward until it reaches
the extreme point of Cape Foul
weather, which points north ; thence
southeast, curving round to east, to
the point where the cape joins the"
mainland again ; thence north for
about 7 miles to a point known as
Old Cape Foal weather.
The shore line of Cape Foulweather
proper describes the figure of a half
crescent, the curved tip pointing
north. From this point a reef makes
out in a nearly direct line, course
north northeast, for 5,02-5 feet, term
inating in a bare rock, which, for
convenience, I have called Round
Rock, distant 1,800 feet from the low
tide line on the north beach, and im
mediately opposite Rocky Point, a
vertical cliff formed of rock of the
same character, of which it was for
merly a portion, as thesoundings show
a well marked ridge connecting them
about four fathoms under water.
The depths on this long reef, which
is nearly flat on its crest, vary from
10 to 30 feet from Round Rock lo
within 1,200 feet of the cape, where
a depression occurs which shows from
30 to 40 f'-el; the center being the
deepest. The north side of this gap
is marked by a rock on which the
swell breaks constantly, and which is
said to be bare at extreme low tide.
It is seen that the cape forms two
bays, one fronting northwest, the
other south and southwest. The
north bay, the outlines of which have
just been given, is inclosed on the
east by the mainland ; on the south
and southwest by the cape ; on the
west by the long reef; and on the
north by the reef which connects
Round Rock with Rocky Point. It is
nearly one mile in length and one
third of a mile across, the width
being measured from the curve of 18
feet depth to the west, reef, and
contains about 200 acres. The bot
tom is sandy, generally smooth,
forming good holding ground as fat
as can be judged, no vessel or craft
of any kind having up to this time
entered here that I can learn. The
depths vary from 3 to 8 fathoms.
The south bay, so called, is open to
the south and west. It is bounded
on the north by the cape and on the
east by the 'mainland. The bottom
is sandy, sloping seaward, the depth
increasing uniformly from near the
beach, where it is 18 feet, to 20 fath
orrs at a distance of 2 miles from the
shore. The general depth on a line
draw") south from the cape is from 4
to 6 fathoms. It is rather a road
stead than a bay ; and while it is easy
of access from the ocean in any di
rection, is sheltered only from north
and east winds, which are never vio-.
lent.
From Yaquina Head to the north
end of Foulweather Beach the shore
presents a slope of from 50 degrees
to 80 degrees, tolerably uniform in
direction generally, but much broken
by sharp points and by ravines and
small valleys. The face of the cliff
shows soft sandstone overlying at
greater or less depths a bed of marl
filled with fossil shells. Numerous
small veins of water trickle down
the face of the sandstone, softening it
and contributing to the destructive
action of the weather, while the marl
underneath is also wearing away
under the' heavy blows of the surf.
Between Yaquina Head and the
cape four streams large enough to
furnish good water power, flowing
through small valleys more or less
heavify timbered, enter the . ocean.
Except in these valleys the vegeta
tion, although iuxuriant, is ofmall
growth, and consists of salal, whor
tleberry, fern, and scattering spruce
scrubs. The beach is from 300 to
800 feet wide, generally sandy, but
the frequent occurrence of rocks
above the surface show that the sand'
has little depth. The shore north of
the cape is of the same general char
acter. CapeEoulweather is a promontory,
covered with a thick carpet of grass
and fern, making out from the conti
nent, its crest line running from east
to west, at right angles to the general
course of the shore line, crossing two
conical summits respectively 400 and
350 feet high, descending the latter
at a slope ot about 30 degrees and
terminating in a flat point 80 feet
above mean sea level, on which the
lighthouse stands. The neck where
the promontory joins the continent is
2,300 feet across between low water
lines and about 200 feet above sea
level at its highest point. The prom
ontory is a mass of dense, hard, black
basalt, which seems to have been
forced like a wed jje into a cleft in the
sandstone. It ri ses vertically from
the sea to a heigl it of from 80 to 150
feet, in many places, overhanging the
water ; its face hollowed out into cav
erns and seamed with fissures, with
the sharp projections of fantastic
shape; the whole crumbling away
slowly from the effects of the winter
frosts and rains.. The base of the
cliff is honey combed with caves,
some of which might well be called
tunnels, as they extend a long dis
tance into the rock. One is said to
penetrate 80 feet in a direct, line from
the face. It vas not possible to
verify this state: xjent by measurement,
as the surf was washing in and out
of the cave with great force, but it is
probably not far from the truth. The
west end of the cape is surrounded
by a number of pinnacles of rock ris
ing vertically to a height of from 40
to 80 feet, out of the water. Seen
from a boat at a short distance, this
black, jagged iliass towering into the
air, with the surf lashing its base
with a noise like thunder, the scene
excels in granr-ieur the sight of Devil's
Canyon and Cape Horn, on the Cen
tral Pacific R lil road ; but it must be
a sight of terror to the unfortunate
mafiher who should see it as a lee
coast during the southwest gale.
WEATHER.
From November to April the pre
vailing winds are southerly. Some
times strong west winds occur, chang
ing ron ml to northwest, breaking
into heavy squalls, accompanied by
rain, hail, thunder, and lightning.
This is generally from February to
April. The gales which are princi
pally draded by mariners come
from the southwest. These ara some
times so strong that a man cannot
keep his feet, and pebbles as large as
hazel-nuts are caught up from the
be?ch and dashed against the light
tower, a height of more than 100 feet.
These gales reach a velocity of 60
miles per hour. Foirs so dense that
the shore is not visible from a dis
tance of 500 feet out at sea occur at
all seasons, but principally during
the month of July. Rain during the
winter is not so frequent as in the
Willamette Valley, but heavier;
snow is of rare occiyrance, always
light, and soon melts.
For the information contained in
this paragraph I am indebted to Cap
tain S. P. Wass, custodian of the
light house at Cape Fouhveather.
TIDES.
The spring tides, with the ocean in
its normal condition, rise and fall 9
I feet. During strong west winds the
hgh tides have l cached a height ot
1 2 feet above mean low-water mark.
The influence of ordinary high tides
extends to Pioneer, 30 miles above
! the mouth of the Yaqnina, the tide
! rising and falling from 4 lo 6 i'eet.
LOCATION FOE A HARBOR OF REFUGE.
It has generally been believed by
the residents of the country around
Yaqu'uoa Bay that a reef from 3 to 5
fathoms under water extends in a
curved firfe from Yaquina Head to
ward Cape Foulweather, terminating
about one and a half miles south of
the cape, inclosing a basin having a
smooth, sandy bottom, which covers
an area of nearly 1,000 acres, and
that a breakwater built along the
crest of the supposed reef would con
vert the basin into a harbor of shel
ter for vessels in distress as well as a
port of entry.
It was for the purpose of ascer
taining the feasibility of this project
that a survey was requested by those
interested, among whom may be in
eluded all of the people of that sec
tion of Oregon whose nearest outlet
to the ocean lies through the valley
of the Yaquina River. . The chart of
the United States .Coast Survey in
this locality and my soundings over
the same ground show that no such
reef exists. There are 4 knobs of
sJi'ndstone, harder than the rest-of the
bottom, from 12 to 30 feet under low
water level, situated in a curved line
in the direction above indicated, but
distant from each other from one
fourth to one-half a mile, and with
from 30 to 50 feet of water between
them. On these, during low tides and
heavy swells, the sea breaks constan
tly, suggesting the presence of a con
tinuous reef.
The length of breakwater which
this project contemplates would be
9,900 feet, with an average depth of
26 feet below low-tide level.
Its cost per linear foot, on the gen
eral plan recommended by the board
of engineers, Pacific coast, would be
as follows:
Ashlar masonry, 21.67 cubic
yards, at 18 8410 60
Rubble masonry, 14.08 cubic
yards, at 89 126 72
Small rough rubble, 73.00
cubic yards, at 83 219 00
Large rough rubble, 59.25
cubic yards, at 85 296 25
Per linear foot .
1,052 57
Xine thousand linear feet,
at 81,052.57 , .. 10,420,443 00
Add for contingencies 10
per cent 1,042,044 30
Total 11,462,487 30
The estimate forrongh rubble may
appear excessive, but the stone would
have to be brought from Cape Foul
weather. the nearest point where hard
rock is found, and where, owing to
the prevalence of heavy seas, the
loading of bargfs would be expen
sive and dangerous, often impossible,
necessitating the suspension of the
work until the recurrence of smoother
water should allow the boats to ap
proach the quarries with safety.
There is no question that such a
work, if carried out. would greatly
benefit navigation by affording shel
ter from southwest gales. Some
such protection is absolutely required.
But a better harbor, at much less cost,
would be secured by building a break
water from the extreme point of Cape
Foulweather northward, inside of the
reef above described, for a distance
of 600 feet. This would inclose an
area of about 100 acres, under the
lee of the cape, with good anchorage
in lrom 4 to 8 fathoms of water, hav
ing a free entrance from the west
1,200 feet. wide. Such a harbor would
satisfy the piesent necessities, not
only as a refuge but also as a port of
entry, Yaquina Bay being accessi
ble only to light-draught coasting
vessels; and it might be enlarged at
any future time, if desired, by ex
tending the breakwater along the reef.
The cost per linear foot of a break
water here, on the plan recommended,
would be as nearly as can be esti
mated from the data obtained, as
follows, its dimensions being: Length
COO feet, average depth below low
tide 31 feet.
Ashlar masonry 8410 60
Rubble masonry 126 72
Small rough rubble, 110 cubic
yards, at 2 220 00
Large rough ruble, 59.25 cubic
yards, at 4 237 00
Per linear foot .
994 32
Making for its length of 600 feet, 598,592 00
Add for contingences 10 per cent, 59;659 20
Total 656,251 20
Here the stone could be obtained
from the shore end of the wall and
hauled in cars along the top, extend
ing the track as the work progressed,
making the costof transportation less
than in the south bay. The above
estimates are in gold coin.
The hydrograpbic work of the
Coast Survey in this vicinity termin
ates at the extremity of Cape Foul
weather. No survey had ever been
made of this bay, and, so far as T
could learn, my boat was the first
that had ever-entered it. It is a nat
ural harbor of considerable extent,
even without improvement. I am in
formed that during southwest gales
the whole of the area inside of the
reef is comparatively smooth, and
the southeast portion quite so. Several
of the seamen employed as boatmen
on this snrvey, who had sailed for a
number of years between San Fran
cisco and Puget Sound, and claimed
to be familiar with the coast and its
climate, said that if two buoys were
placed to mark the entrance, and the
fact published for the information of
mariners, vessels of any draught
could enter here, not only for shelter,
but for purposes' of commerce. If
this opinion be correct and there
seems to be no reason to the contrary
the circumstance is of interest in
connection with the fact that a nar
row OTuge rail way' is now under eon-f
struction from CorvaUis, on the Wil
lamette to Yaquina Bay.
Last winter there "were a number
of vessels in distress off Cape Foul
weather at different times, and one
that I am aware of was lost, with all
on board. In describing this bay I
omitted to mention that there is a
rock on which the swell breaks dur
ing westerly and northerly weather.
It is small, and lies about 500 feet
from the mainland, nearly opposite
the entrance. It is not in the way of
vessels anchoring.
Learning that a cove, with good
anchorage, existed about ten miles
north of the cape, and wishing to get
all information possible on the sub
ject of a refuge, I went there by sea,
two members of my party being'
familiar witli the spot. I found it to
be an indentation in the rocky coast,
three-fourths of a mile long and about
1,000 feet wide; its longer diameter
parallel to the general direction of
the coast line with from 6 to 10 fath
oms depth, well sheltered from north
wind, but open to the west and south
west. This place is called Wrecker's
Cove, the name having been given
by men who saved, or rather, collect
ed, some fragments of the schooner
Uncle Sam, lost a mile north of .the
cove about two years since. Re
spectfully submitted.
ROBERT A. HABERSHAM,
Assistant Engineer.
Colonel John M. Wilson,
Major Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
CGAST SURVEYS.
The following paragraph is taken from a
recent number of the San Francisco Chronicle:
For some time past there has been a con
troversy going on between General Hum
phreys, Chief of Engineers, United States
Army, and Superintendent Patterson, of
the United States Survey Department, the
point being whether the military engineers
should have control of the coast survey as
well as of construction. The National
Academy of Science proposed. to consolidate
all the government surveys of the west and
place them under the coast survey. On the
13th inst. Secretary McOrary sent to the
senate a long communication on the subject,
stating that "Since a thorough survey of
the west, of any kind, will involve millions
of dollars, and since the plan proposed by
the National Academy, if adopted, will pre
vent the supplying of the war department
with the maps which are requisite for the
economic administration, and for the use of
its officers in the field, I would invite special
consideration of the Senate to the commu
nication of the Chief of Engineers, with
the recommendation that the appropriation
for military surveys shall remain as before."
The position taken by General Humphreys
is that the Academy of Science exceeded its
authority in making the recommendation
for the consolidation of all the survey. As
to the cost of the'plan proposed he says that
scores of years would elapse and hundreds
of millions of dollars have to be expended
before the survey could be completed, while
by the plau now carried on by the War De
partment, which is geodetic as well as topo
graphic, the survey of the whole interior
region would be completed in ten or fifteen
years at a cost not exceeding 2,000,000. In
reply to this, Superintendent Patterson sent
a letter to congress insisting that there
would be a -great sa ving of money and no
overlapping of work if the military engin
eers were confined to the duties of construc
tion and surveys placed exclusively in the
hands of the United States survey depart
ment. He explains that in the surveys only
13 engineers are employed, against 150 civil
ians, and that, in fact, while the engineers
get all the credit for all the surveys made,
the civil assistants do all the work.
A lady asked the judge what she
would say in court if she were asked
her age. The blunt jurist replied,
"Say, madam, what I believe to be
the truth, that you are not vet come
to the years of discretion."
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SION. - . San Francisco, July 9, 1878.
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