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T.OIINA KAY.
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finmar Vuci Concerning: Thi
liortant Sraport.
Th fart that oI h:ulors are
fw and far lietwtrn along the coast
line of the Pacific ocean, enhances
the importance to commerce of
every bay that hy nature or,artLG-
oal means, can lie made safe for
vessels to enter ami depart from.
On the coast of California there
are only two ood harlors where
larjre shij can enter and depart
with cargoes, they are San Diego
and San Francisco. On the coast
of Oregon there arc also two liar
lMrs where large ships can enter
and secure outlet to the east by rail,
they an the Columbia river and
Yaquina Hay.
rmps entering me ionium iia river
are at the expense of towage to
Portland, over a hundred miles to
reach railntud transportation. Ships
that can go to Portland and load to
their full capacity, can enter Ya-
iuina Hay and reach trans-continental
railway connections in
twenty minutes after crossing the
oar. .i tne present time larger
ships cart enter the Columbia river
and go to Portland, than can get
into this bay, but they can only
partially load at Portland, and have
to take on the balance of their
cargo at Astoria. Pilot and stow
age fees cost from $00 to $1000 for
vessels going to Portland. At Ya
piiiia the cost for scch service
would not exceed $50 for the largest
vessel. A vessel of any size can
fie at sea in less than thirty min
utes after she casts off her lines at
the railroad docks in Yaquina. It
takes from one to three days for a
vessel to get to sea from Portland.
Frequently a vessel can make the
trip from Yaquina Hay to San
Francisco in the time it would take
her to get over the Columbia river
bar.
Yaouin.i Hay is situated in lati
tude 44 deg., 40 min., V,Q see., longi
tude 124 deg., 0.'J min., west, and
is 105 miles south of the Columbia
river and about 450 miles north of
San Francisco.
The United States government
has recognized the imiortanee of
Yaquina Bay to the shipping and
commercial interest of this coast,
and is making very extensive im
provements in order to deepen the
water over the bar. Under the
direction of the U. S. engineer de
partment, nearly foOO.OOO has
already been exjiended in building
jetties. The government will prob
ably siend .',000,000 on the en
trance before work is finished. The
jetty on the south side is already
constructed toward tin? bar, a dis- i
tance oi over leet.- oi k. is
now leing pushed on the "north
jetty and it is exected to run this
jetty out some 000 feet this season.
At average high tides there is now
from 2: to '24 feet of water on the
bar. The deeiest water on the
Columbia river bar is only :',0 feet.
The engineers expect to get 20 feet
on the Yaquina Hay bar when the
jetties are completed. The distance
aeross the bar is only 000 feet and
the main channel runs almost
straight from the mouth of the har
bor to sea.
pur-
On the west end of Yaquina
Head the governmcntowns between
::0 and 40 acres of land. A . short
time ago it was proposed to sell
this land but the secretary of war
refused to approve the sale on the
ground that Yaquina Hay would)
soon le of such imj.xrtanee as a I
sea-port that the irovernment would
be obliged to build permanent forti
fications and would need all the
land it owned for military
poses.
The bay is. inside, one and one
half miles wide and about six
miles long, and jierfectly land
locked. All the vessels on the
Pacific coast could ride safely at
anchor in this bay at the same
time, iiisiue oi me rar mere is
from r0 to 45 feet of water. i
Yaquina river takes its rise at !
the summit of the coast range and
empties into the hay six or seven
miles from the mouth of the har
bor. This river is navigable for
vessels of ten feet, draft for about
twenty miles.
KAll.KO.XI F.UIUTIKS.
Yaquina Hay enjoys the great
advantage of being the most access
able point on the Oregon coast.
Ihere are several places in thej
coast range through which rail
roads can be constructed by this
ba3r with easy grades ami a small
cost. At present the Oregon Paci
fic is the only road built to the hay.
This road has now leen in ojer
ation about five years. It is of the
standard gauge, and constructed in
the most iK-rfect manner. The
grades are easy and the road is
never obstructed by snow. It is
now built to a joint near the sum
mit of the Cascade range, that di
vides Oregon attout the center.
About 150 miles of the road is in
operation. It crosses the great
Willamette Valley in the center
and taps the very heart of the agri
cultural region of this state. It con
nects and crosses the entire coast
system of railroads in Oregon. The
road is being pushed to the east as
fast as men and money can do the
work. w Hy the coming fall it will
reach the great plain country in
Oregon east of the Cascade range
and inside of two years it will con
nect and cross the Union Pacific
railroad near the mouth of the
Malheur river and connect with
the Chicago x Northwestern and
other eaatern roads at Boise City,
Idaho. When completed to that
point it will be the shortest line of
railroad built from Chicago to the
Pacific ocean. The road crosses
the main line of the Southern Pa
cific at Albany, eighty miles east of
i aqiiina Hay.
STKAMSMIl LINKS, ETC.
The Oregon Development com
pany run a regular line of steamers
C. B. "WINN,
Fire, Marine, Life and Accident Insurance Agency
Hartford Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., organizec 1794, assets,
$5. 750,080.47; losses paid, over $33,000,000.
Commercial Union Assurance Co. (limited) of London, England, organized
1861, assets $12,229,194; losses paid over $54,000,000.
Commersial Insurance Co., Fire Jarine, of California, nrgmized 1872, as
sets $450,0SC,70, losses pid. $2,101,032.71.
Travelers Insurance Co., Life and Accident, of Hartford, Conn.
Assets ?10,3S2,7S1.92, paid policy holder $16,000,000.
SPKCIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
Insurance of Grain in felines.
MARINE INSURANCE VIA
YAQUINA BAY ROUTE
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THE
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ccideut tickets for sale at 25 cents per day, or-ffl.TO.
in event of accidental death or SI.) per weekXor dl
fur MOiliit'a riitriurr
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pmmg injury.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
WILL & STARK
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
between laquina Hay and San
rrancisco. ineir vessels are com-i
modious, well fitted and make the
trip in about forty-four hours. It is
a very pleasant voyage to take and
varies the monotony of land travel.
Several steam schooners make this
hay their starting point in the coast
ing trade. Inside the hay there is
a regular steamboat line between
Newport and Yaquina 'City that
makes a regular trip eacli way.
A Fine Line of Jewelry !
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A GOOD LUNCH, FRUITS AND ALL KINDS OF CANNED GOODS, FRESH PIES AND
CAKES, CAN BE FOUND AT THE STORE OF
CONRAD M
EYER
(iold Headed Canes and Nuelties in Jewelry at
very reasonable prices.
e-r Next Dook to LiNN C."rltv Bank.-&
-PROPRIETOR OF THE-
OLD &frd PE)LIAi3LE) tai Bakefy
A FULL STOCK OF STAPLE GROCERIES, FINE CLASSWARE AND CROCKERY
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. ,
Fresh Baked Bread Everv Dav, Cakes, Pies, Etc.
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VUUVUILUQ AlUVJUW
The people Of Albany and Linn county are now enjoying an era of Prosperity, and to keep pace with the progress
of! the city and country, I have largely increased mv stock for the present season's trade, including
Lunch Goods, Fancy and Staple Groceries, Canned Goods of All Kinds, Fruits,
Soda Water and Refreshing Summer Brinks.
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My stock of groceries, provisions, luneh and picnic goods, glassware and crockei'Y, was never mor complete, and pricts arc as low as any homest house can sell
-A. G-rea-t C02aTrerLien.ce to City customers.
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fort:
C, 3EET. SIFIEILTCIElie,
AT THE OLD STAND, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE HOTEL