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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915 EVENING EDITION. SECTION TWO
.V Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull Jq Q
mid Coon Day Advertiser.
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THE TROUBUE ABOUT TIDAL
WAVES IS THAT THEY CAR
RY OFF'AS MUCH AS THEY
BRING IN. . mLY
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THE'siim of $20,927 repr'esonfa
the total sum Bpont'ln JUarsli
del j lu 19 1G for utrcotH sliib
f,Hj and bow or work. It wao dl
tjrf as follows: I ,;-
Street excavating
Street paving
Street planklue . .
Wooden sidewalks .
roacrcto sidewalks
1 1 i ifjii)
.. 11,1530
7,d08
2, -til
i,r03
Wooden curb 1,020
Concrete curb '. 7G3
Eer work ', . .'t..1'7
The various different public uri-
proTement proJectB nro given In' do-
till below:
Htiect worie,
The excavating, paving and plank
ing of otrectH in the clty In detail
follow:
Kxca. Paving Plan
Ttnth co 2'7?
Eljhth ... 1,273 GG4
Anderson . 123 40C
Tenth .... I3 C3r
Twelfth C. 1,20-1 1.C10 198
Frost S. .. T'O 1,308 . ' f
Central ... 875
Broadway . 23 1,300-
Eljhlh T. .42 (. 918
' $2,973 $3,G3G 7,008
Kldowalk "Work
The wooden walks laid by tho city
Wlow:
Khlh Tcrraco $ 305
Tth Street 1,140
Efjhlh" Street 290
AtdetJon Avenue 212
.Tiellth Court 9G
Hemlock Avenue 183
Total by city 7
1,291
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Private walks laid wero
Birch Avenuo . ,
U"
Total wooden walks ...$2,411
The concrete walks laid by tho city
Wow: "
Iroadway $ 241
IieKth Court 731
Front street south 22G
M
Total laid by city $1,187
Central avenue prlvato
work "" 31C
Total concreto wnfka . . .tl,G02
Curbing Work
Wooden curbing was laid by tho
fya follows: .
Ma Torraco $- 191
ta5 itreet G73
rioo Avouuo 52 i
DMh itreet 1D2
Illlth Court G2
I !
total wooden curb .,..'. .'. $1,020 j
oe concreto curb laid liv tlm city
Htyi: x
rH5My .. &
'w aireot .,V.1 ir
KWW??WW5W5PW?
-JHUCH BUILDING llJs
il SUBURBS OF CITVAf
; DONE THIS-YER t
D &;!$
"P1TK the cry of qull Hinqs
there has been consldorablp
building this year In First
'Mllon. TllQ jjgnroa Bhow a Kreat
w'eue 0f novv, jlonjeB
Closing la the list of tho build-
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fuloni !
tmader Peterson $1,200
B- Gehrke G00
". Mass .... , GOO
'"Holmes 500'
01ean ,",. 3p6
,- Harris 800
Vh Scott .: '. . " " rn'A
, $4,400
11 Edition to this tim nevnolds
ieiOBmrnt n., ...
omo-
!7 "ke $2,700 putting In 2
puttlng In 25 Q feet
:WM6 and
doing grading on
Waavn ., i: ." ...
7"?oacoal nnif i,.io niwi non
r'of Dlankln n.,ini.i ..t t f
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, , rurn tuoro nave oeen aiii- nw -
Woulton ,.. . , : .nftr
(iulte a immbor of now home,
u "' ',,,u:o uuitp a res
nt. ti,o following is
" nouses built ti.iu v.P
esldonce
ta list
l7?IU' chanol $1,009
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Snyder
jJ'Sonneson .
2fpneii .;;; ;;;; ;;;.
"1 Laltl..
259
1,29.9
1,809
890
' 2G0
1.090
2,099
J.099
Mv. Hni,'.:
lir n,,i
,i Deelman
1,009
1.000
"rohardt
'"'""VO worKS
Cost $20;000 For the Year
Twelfth Court 378
Front street south ..'.'.'.' 8'J
Total by tho city ..; ?CG3
Central Avouuo prlvato work 110
Total concrete curbing . ..$703
,j How ci- Work
t The. following uower work Was
dbno during the year and the fcost
of ejlcli project:
Seventh ntreet $1,17
Twelfth Court , '543
Total sower work $1,714
Work for 101(1
l'ubllp Improvements already slat
pl for 191G lndicato that next year
will probably seo much work dono.
Not njl or tho projects have been de
cided oji and many moro will conic
up through the yonr to bo authorized
by tho city council.
Principal among tho scheduled Im
provements Is tho paving of north
Droadwny from Markot Avenue at
least to, Alder, and possibly to the
Junction with Front street, thus op-
onlng another hard surface road out
of tho city.
Front street will bo redecked'from
Hemlock avenuo to tho north lino of
N'asburg Addition.
Pavhtfj Is Needed
Central avenuo will bo lu need of
paving frqm Fourth streot out pos
sibly to 11th. This will also lucludo
a necessary fill through sonio parts.
Promised for 1910 Is tho opening
of Fifth, Sixth and Seventh strcotH
from Central over to Dennett Avo
uuo. FHIb will bo nocessary and
tho Improvement will bo of planus.
At tho present time Droadway,
Fourth and Tenth streets nro tho
only routes loading to south Mnrsh
flold; traffic (Ionian da tho opening
of tboBe now streets and tho coun
cil Bovoral times has intimated this
will bo dono in 1910.
Tenth street will possibly ho glvon
a permanent improvement from Cen
tral to Uonnott avenuo.
El rod avouuo Instead of bolug ro
decked botwoen Uroadway and 11th
atroets will possibly ho given a hard
surface.
Sidewalk Work
In tho foro part of 19 1G will bo
completed somo 1,G00 fcot of Bide
walk and curbing, amounting in coBt
to approximately 3,200, about tho
block 'surroundod by Contral and
Commercial and Front and Uroad
way stroets. This work will bo un
dorway boforo January 1,
Thoro Is In project a main sower
lino .along Front streot, from near
the corner of Market to Aldor ave
nuo and thence to tho bay.
Along this same stretch will go a
new coicroto sidewalk and curbing,
Iho plans and specifications having
already! een drawn.
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BANK REP0RTS.0F t
CURRY COUNTY t
t v SHOW PROSPERITY
$
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HAT Ulirry vounvy ih m i-
class condition is Indicated
by tho recent reports of the
conditions of tho banks. Tho Cur
rv County Bank of Gold Ueach
shows individual deposits subject
to check", $G7,17l: domand certifi
cates of deposit, $397 and tlrao and
qftVlligs deposits, $14,397.
The Brookings Stato Bank at
Brookings, in tho Southern1 part of
the cpunty, although tho mill thoro
Is cloBed for tho winter, shows tho
fqljowlng deposits: Individual de
posits subject to check, $27,434;
demand certificates of doposlta,
qG1; time and savings deposits,
$9,007. ,
The Bank of Port Orford, which
lakes care of tho business lu tho
northern part 01 in" w
Lrt orford. shows: Individual de-
Water ami iis.li vtP.iHlnns noslts subject to check, $1J,70-,
laoboen made. . demand certificates of deposit, $1.-
th n,.. .. .. ...'. K,. .im ami Ravines doposlts,
This shows a total of approximate
ly $13G,000 of woney ro jMj
J. E. Hunt
Marlon Leah "
John LlnderbecK -"
200
200
150
Hans Flotnor . . . . ,
John F. Huffman
rs i. Ciminer
" "" $14,300
Besides these improvements the
company owning Bay Park has built
soSo 500 feet of trestllng lead ng
from the county road into the uddl-
X COOS COUNTY HAS I
t WORKED HARD FOR 1
t ' GOOD ROAD CAUSE X
GOOD roads for Coos county
woro discussed more, und
greater strides woro taken to
ward the permanent improvement of
tho highways throughout tho county
in 191G than in any previous yenr In
tho history of southwestern Oregon.
Summed up briefly, tho flood
Itoads Association wnii reorganized,
Stato Highway Engineer Cnutlne In
spected tho roads of Coos, a movo for
a $375,000 bond Ibsuo for permn
nont roads was Bot on foot and tho
county court has adopted a budget
Including moro than $200,000 for
oxpondlturo on Coos highways m
1910, by far tho largest amount ov
er approprlnted.
"Pormacent Itoads" is an npt slo
gan at tho psychological moment.
For 40 years and moro winter traf
fic botweon tho cities of tho county
has been practically Impossible.
Trade and business has Increased to
the point where, with majority voice,
It can demand that action bo taken.
IVopIo Heroine Actlvo
Tho cry wns heard. Tho Coos
County Good Itoads Association wns
formed nnew In September with
Charles Hall at Its head. Then was
launched tio educational campaign
toward a $375,000 bond Issue for
permanent highways. Othors favor
a $2,000,000 bond Issue, enough
monoy to pavo ovory mile of tho
main roads lu tho county.
Bo that as it may, tho permanent
road Issue Is broadly launched In
1915. Education lu good roads
constantly goes forward.
A test, or bettor, nn oxninplo of a
hard surfaco road for county uso
has been built, this year and la tho
first on a county road in Coos. This
Is the stretch immediately beyond
Mllllngton which Is now being- com
pleted by S. C. Small.
Tho road is niado with a baso of
crushed rock with an adequato sur
faco of bltullthlc nluo fcot wldo and
with a two-foot strip of crushed
rock on cither sldo. During tho
heaviest rain storms this road was
as pasBablo as any street In Marsh
field. Levied Skm-Iii1 Tax
In tho road district near McKlu
Icy voters lu November volunturlly
shouldorod n special road lovy for
Improvement In their district In
191G.
Botwoon Marshflold and Coqulllo
tho county court in 191 G spent somo
$20,000 in road work, tho greater
Town of Powers In Coos County
Made Wonderful Growth
THE establishment and growth
of tho now town of Powers In
southern Coos county is one of
the most romnrkablo developments
In this part or Oregon. One year
ago tho slto of tho town was a ranch
known as the Wagner place. Today
Powers Js qulto a modorn town and,
counting tho men employed in tho
surrounding logging camps, tho far
thest awoy of which Is throe miles,
thoro Is a total population In tho dis
trict of 1,000 persons. Thoro aro
200 chlldron of school ago who havo
tho advantage of tho new $15,000
school building which was erected.
Powers Is tho town which was es
tablished by tho Smith-Powers Log
ging Company. It Is on tho south
fork of tho Coqulllo river nineteen
miles bolow Myrtle Point and several
years a,go was one of tho most Iso
lated parts of tho county. In order
to reach an enormous amount of
tlmbor tho Smith-Powers company
found it necessary to built a rail
road to tho locality.' This was done
the. work being started In 1912. Tho
railroad was completed to Powers
last year and In addition side
tracks reaching the various
points where camps are located havo
been constructed so that there is a
total of about 22 miles of traek.
Operative Center
With tlw exception of ono camp
on Coos river all of tho logging op
orations of tho company aro now cen- (
tPi-fld nbout Powers. The company
has made tho town Its operative
hcadquartors. The offices are lc',iad congested to some extent there
ed thero and all business transacted wenj 2Q 8acJ.8 Qf maI went to Pow.
from that point. Tho town was, , er8 0Il ono day, so It need not be
named for us rounaer, a, n. xuclo.
I
the head of tho company.
The loggers wbo are married havo
tkelr families living in tho town and
: COALS MINES WILL X
X BE DEVELOPED BY X
X THE S. P. RAILROAD X
$$
I
T IS oxpected that tho develop
ment of tho coal resources of
Coos County Is one of tho Im
portant advantages which will bo
brought about by tho completion of
tho railroad to this place. Thoro
Is a largo territory back of Coos
County which needs coal. In part
of tho Willamette Valley coal Is so
high In prico now that It Is prohib
itory for ordinary ue. With tho
railroad tho Coos County coal can
be shipped to these points mid dis
posed of to ndvautago to the mine
operators, tho railroad and tho
consumers. Many bellovo ttmt tho
cool resources will iniiko possible
one day an Industry us big as that
of tho lumber .business,
lu anticipation of the opening of
a now markot by tho completion of
tho rnllronds, much work Iiiib boon
dono on tho Coos County mines.
The new mluo of the Coos Bny
'Fuel mid Coal Company, owned by
tho C. A. Smith Interests, but now
leased by Patrick Ilcnucsscy, tins
been put In shape for big operation.
It Ih located at Dolhinr, tho now
Postofflco and fetation on the rail
road between Mnrshfleld mid Co
qulllo. It Is an eletrlcally-equlppcd
mine, with compressed air machin
ery, and Is modorn In every way.
Work on oponlug tho mlno started
two years ago opd with a now mar
ket tho mlno will bo In shapo to
turn out largo amount of coal. t
Tho mlno Is on a tract of 1300
acres of land. Tho coal will run
easily 1000 tons to tho aero, giving
a visible output on tho Immediate
ly surrounding land of over 5,000,
000 tons of coal.
Tho Beaver Hill mlno has nlso
bcou opcratod during tho year and
extcnslvo development work has
bcou In progress for somo tlmo
past. Tho LI I) by mlno, under loaao
of Gcorgo Doll, has also been op
orated as ;voll as mines on tho Co
qulllo River. Thoro nro also a
number of smaller mines in tho
county mid on Coos Bay which hnvo
been partially developed, and which,
It la bollovcd later on with a mar
kot afforded by tho railroad, will
all co mo In for a full share of en
largement of operations.'
shnro of It going toward putting this
much used highway on a pormanont
grado, duo preparation for tho ex
pected hard surfaco improvement.
naturally with tho placo tho head
quarters for tho company business
tho men mako It tholr headquarters.
Tho beueflt of all thla trado la on
Joyed by those who hnvo started
business ventures in tho placo.
Powers Is by no means n ono man
town nor n more company headquar
ters Every onp who wnnts to es
tablish a legitimate business Is en
couraged and all of thoso who have
made business ventures In tho place
havo done splondldly.
Slto Ideal Ono
Tho site was an Ideal one for the
location of a town and tho ranch
was purchased by tho company for
this purpose when tho road wns
tlrst proposed. Other land around
the town proper was laid out Into
additions so tho building has spread
over qulto a lot of territory. Thero
aro probably 150 buildings and Iioub
04 In and around tho place.
Powers Is not incorporated but it
lias tho advantages of large and old
er places. Tho company put In a
first class water supply and electric
lights aro furnished. It also is not
without somo governmont. Dr. Man
zer Is tho Justice of the peace and
Gorgo Lango and Charles Zimmer
man aro the constables and will
maintain order should the occasion
arlso.
Brovtti Ih Postmaster
Powers is also a lost offleo and
tt ft T..n.m anlirna no rtrtat rtl nutnr
th(jra Jg qulte a mUe bll8,ne8S ,
M DJUWH OlbXD I'UOHMWuvut
that lino and a dally mall service
A fow days ago when the parcel post
iought that Uje ,,eopi0'ot Powers
1 do not get letters and packages
Tjie, place has been made as com
fortable a place to live as possible
t NEW STATION FOR V
X THE COAST GUARD X
X HAS BEEN BUILT X
FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND dol
lars becamo nvatlablo this
year for tho erection of a now
Coast Guard Station on Charleston
Bay, GO seconds run from tho bar
by motor boat. Tho station now
stands virtually completed and tho
end of this month Is oxpected to
seo tho crow and Its equipment of
boats removed to the entrance of
tho harbor. Furthermore, this year
has given to Coos Bay ono of tho
half dozen high-power government
wireless stations on tho coast, tho
plans for which aro now being made.
Old Tinio Watchmen
Coos Bay's first llfc-savcra wero
a rouplo of watchmen who usod to
be stationed bolow tho Capo Arago
lighthouse. When theso men saw
ships lu distress, It was tholr duty
to hurry back to Ernplro ns fast
rm possible and spread the alarm
for help. The crows that wont
out from thoro woro volunteers.
Later tho government guvo Coos
Bny a life-saving station. A slto
was purchased Inside tho harbor,
so far Inside that right now It
takes tho power boat exactly 28
minutes, under tho best of conditions
to get from the station to tho bar.
Thoro was a protest.
New Station Built
This year thou becamo avnllablo
tho Congressional appropriation.
John Hlllstrom, of Marshflold, was
tho nuccossful blddor for erecting
tho Coast Guard Station on IIh now
slto. Hero nro located kecpor's
quarters, houses fop tho crow, and
a boat-house largo enough for tho
cntlro equipment, with a launenway
loading to tho water. Within tho
last few days tho government has
authorized furthor monoy for tho
) building rf walks about tho station,
) to make Wflll and also to build un
a rotalnlng wall on tho north sldo
of tho station that facos onto tho
bar.
Tho now wiroloss station becamo
available through tho efforts of tho
Chamber of Commerce. Monoy
was raised, $840 to bo exact, for
tho purchase of better than four
acres In Reynolds Addition, and horo
tho station will bo erected. Tho
governmont officials havo already
sanctioned tho movo and tho nb
Btract for tho slto and othor papors
aro now In Washington under Inves
tigation by tho Naval officials.
In Eight Months
ami thero is nn nood to en nut of
town to seouro anything that might
bo wanted
Aost Kierj thing Tltero
The town has its butchor shop,
groceries, gonornl stores, hnndllng
clothing and othor lines, hardware
storo, plumbing establishment, Jow
olry storo, shoo making shop, con
fectionery storo, four pool halls, tol
ephono exchange, moving plcturo
show seating 350 people, threo res
taurants, olght room school, furul
turo storo and a hotel known as Tho
Gagnon, which is conducted by
Georgo Craig.
Thero is also n sower system and
tho company has located In the
town its railroad round houso and
machine shops. E. J. Loney of
Port Orford Is starting a now bank
which will tako care of tho finan
cial affairs. Several of the Marsh
flold business concerns havo branch
houses thero, among them tho Hub
and Lockhart and Parsons drug
company,
Big Daily Output
Tho Smith-Powers road connect
ing with tho Southern Pacific at
Myrtle Point tho latter runs a train
for frolght and passenger service
each way every day. Tho logging
company Is now sending out two
trains of forty cars each ovory day
loaded with logs. As these logs
run about 0,000 feet to tho car it
means that In the neighborhood of
half a million feet of logs aro haul
ed out of Powers every day. This
can be kept up for years and years.
The railroad Is ono which, taps bil
lions of feet of timber, enough to
keep tho big Smith mill running for
several generations. It will be nec
essary from time to tlmo to extend
tracks In different directions to
reach camps which will be opened
Dredge Moved A Million
Feet of Sand From Bar
D
URINQ tho first days in Oct
ober tho government bar
dredgo Colonel P. S. Mlchlc
pulled in her suction pipe and sailed
up tho bay to Ernplro from tho
Coos Bay bar. Sho had Just com
pleted her season's work, the dredg
ing of close on to 1,000,000 cubic
yards pf snud, leaving tho bar deep
ened to the depth of 30 feet by ac
tual soundings. April had seen tho
completion of tho $000,000 tnnor
harbor project, a chaiiuol 300 feet
wide, with tho exception of the
lodge opposlto Pigeon Point, and
25 fcot deep from tho bar to tho
C. A. Smith mill.
Considering theso two projects,
1915 has been nn eventful one to
tho commerco of Coos Bay.
Bar Dredgo Work
For 1915 nn appioprlatlon of
$50,000 was rocolvod from tho War
Department for tho operation of tho
bar dredgo. Mlchlc. This vessel,
loaned through tho winter mouths
to Humboldt Bay at tho rate of $50
a day, returned to Coos Bny In
April and began her tnsk of making
a 30 foot channel to tho ope:, -ca.
In tho five months sho worked,
tho dredgo niado tho record run of
tho world for nny dredgo her size.
Her highest month found 210,001)
cubic yards scooped off tho bar and
taken out to sen. When sho quit, ear
ly In October, tho dredge has taken
approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards
off tho cntraiico to Coos Bay.
Thlrt Foot Depth
Captain James Polhemun, Jr., In
chargo of tho work for tho govern
ment, boforo leaving niado a survey
of tho entrance. His maps show a
30 foot channel nt least GOO fcot
wldo, out past tho black buoy, and
In somo places tho depth Is 35 feot.
Tho end of tho work In 1914 had
seen a depth of water -at from 23 to
27 feet. Tho facts conclusively
spoak for thomsolvcs, In going to
show that tho dredgo Is nolng ef
ficient work.
Want Jetty Now
Thero has Just boon completed a
momorlal addressed to tho govern
ment corps of engineers In Port
land nnd to Congress, sotting forth
14 reasons why tho government
should npproprlato $1,000,000 for
rebuilding the north Jetty at tho
ontranco of Coos Bay and also mak
ing a survoy of tho Innor harbor
for a 30 foot channel from tho bar
to tho C. A. Smith mill.
And whllo tho work on tho bnr
went forward, tho dredgo Senttlo, of
tho Pugot Sound Brldgo and Dredg
ing company, under tho direction of
Supt. R. E. Miller, plungod hor
snout Into tho mud of tho Inner har
Twmmmwiffwwj
X FEWER ARRESTS
X IN THE PAST YEAR
I I HAN UUKIN6 19 4 lit WAS EXPENSIVE 1
$$
T
HREE hundred and ten arrests
were necessary In 1915 to
keep law and order lu Marsh-
field, a fact that sometimes kept tho
offlcors outiy. This number Is low
er than tho total In 1914.
Yot In splto of tho number, Judge
Butler declares the goneral fund re
ceived but little in tho way of fines,
tho greater sharo of tho inebriates
being minus their capital bofoio
reaching the Hotel do Carter,
Chief Carter reports a falling off
lu tho number of his visitors lately.
Ho predicts that 191G will seo a
drought In moro ways than ouo,
Tho following aro the arrests by
mouths In 1915; In January, tho
high water murk, 49; February
18; March, 37; April, 37: May, 20;
Juno, 23; July, 29; August, 20; Sep
tember, 27; October, 33; November,
17; and so far In December abou
four.
It Is Interesting and gratifying
that but very few arrests wero for
serious crimes.
on different sites, but Powers was
deslgnod to bo the center of opera
tions. When A. II. Powers Is ask
ed how long it will tako to uso up
all tho timber that the railroad will
reach ho will tell you that his child
ren will never live to eeo tho day
that It Is all exhaustod.
Tho growth of tho town has been
wonderfully rapid but tho placo had
a reason for Us springing Into oxis-
tance and has still more reason to build a coast road from Canada to
contlnuo to prosper, 'Mexico. ,J
bor and made thero a channel deep
deep enough for good shod shlpB.
Big Job Completed '
In April, 1915, tho craft completed
her to3k. Sho 3iad labored 20
months nnd had removed a total of
1,519,405 cubic yards of mud and
sand from the channel at tho cost pf
12 cents per cubic yard. Tho total
cost of tho project completed thjs
year was $031,501.52, money raised
by special levies within tho Port of
Coos Bay, tho lovy of no ono year
exceeding four mills,
Considering tho fact that In 1914
something llku 525,303 tons of
freight went In nnd out of Oooa
Bny, and this wns valued nt about
$7,100,120, It Is not at all surpris
ing that Coos Bny spent bucV wi
amount on hor harbor. In 1900
tho figures woro 104,294 tons of
freight.
Amount Paid Out
Tho following nro tho amounts
paid the dredging company In 1915
and tho cubic yards removed from
the harbor:
Month Amount Paid Cu. Yds.
January . ..'. $30,001.79. . .253,447
February .... 19,705.34:. .15G.302
March 9.5G0.49... 76,494
April 12,214.85... 90,700
Total
$77,482.47
580,949
I)i edging InlotM
Under tho supervision of tho Port
of Coos liny $20,000 was Bpont In
19t5 lu dredging tho Inlets of tho
bny. Work wuh done by tho dredg
es Reaver and Oregon, of tho Lar
son Dredging company on North
Inlet, Ilnynes Inlet, Wtllancli Inlot
nnd a llttlo on Kontuolc Inlet. Lat-
l or tho dredgo Oregon, for tho Rey
nolds Dovelopmont company did con
sldorublo dredging on Coal Bank
Inlet.
Work nt Allegany
This year thoro was $3,000 avall
nblo from tho government for tho
dredging and cleaning out of tho
north aud south forks of Coos Riv
or. Tho Oregon Increased tho depth
of water at Allegany from throo to
nbout six foot and took out several
bad shoals nnd snag lower rtown.
On tho south fork tho wator was
Increased In depth up as far as tho
landing at Camp 1, work that wns
absolutely necessary to allow tho
coutluuanco of navigation. Theso
projects wero under tho direction"
of Capt. Polhomus,
Removed Shoals
Boforo leaving for Portland In
December tho dredgo Michlo spent,
ouo day taking out somo shoals op
poslto tho Southern Pacific docks.
In tho upper bay. Tho vessel will
return again next spring to contlnuo
her work on tho Coos Bay bar.
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UTSIDU of tho nctual North
Bond brldgo construction tho
Southern Pacific Bpont ap
proximately $350,000 In Coos
county in 1915 on tho Wlllamotto'
1'mlflo railroad. Of this amount
all hut $108, 3G0 was spent horo in
tho comity for labor nnd materials
that could bo bought In this vicin
ity. Tho bridge, as It now stands'"
complete, cost something bettor
than $1,000,000, tho greater sharo
of it being built this year, and a'
good deal of the oxpondlturo going
to the Gig crow of men, somotlmes
numbering more thou 100, that
woro at work.
Tho approximate figures of ex
penditures are interesting to note:
3000 feet of tunnel $21,000
4,300 feot of trestle 43,000
Grading of 1,130 fee.t 50,000
Rip-rap 1,200 foot 60,000
Laying steel, wages 4,000
Wuges for engineers ...,,, 11,000
Ties, about 4G cents each ,, 34,500
Refilling to grado S.000
Total $347,720
'theso figures lucludo only tho lm-i
provoment dono to the Douglas.
'ounty line, over approximately 21
miles of railroad, tho work on which
Is not yet completed.
Ono movement started this year
was that which was presented by
Fred Holllster of North Bend to
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