COOS BAY HARBOR
I INDUSTRIES
f OOS BAY Is situated in North latitude, 4J degrees and 25
I minutes and west longitude 124 degrees and 20 minutes,
k and is the commercial key to a largr ortion tit thr im-
mense State of Oregon. It Is situated altout midway be
tween San Francisco and I'uget Sound. Its length, In
a semi-circle, is about fifteen miles and most of its shore front Is so
happily shaped as to make It easy of access from the land. With
tht limited appropriations made by Congress for the building of the
North Jetty, a depth of water on the bar of 20 feet at low tide hat been
maintained, and is susceptible of such improvement as will make it
almost an ideal harttor. The bar being only about 100 yards in
length, and having deep water immediately outside is easily krpt
open by the flow of water from the bay when tides are going cm..
On the south side of the entrance to the harbor, a hiih
peninsula of rock forms an almost natural jetty and protects
the entrance from the south winds, and makes the entrance an
unusually easy one.
From the en rarnc to ine harbor, the bay take a noiihcbitcrly
course for eight or nin; miles with deep water all the way (except-
tine a short sho-al which can easily br drtdged) to North Head, '
where it takss a sharp turn and runs in an almost southerly direction ;
for about six miles. ;
I UMBKKINO has been one of the chief Industries ot this sec-
I tion. There are fur sawmills on the bay ranging In ca-
L paclty from 25,000 to 150,000 feet of lumber daily, and
capable of tinning out alwut 500,000 fert per day. The
product of the mills is shipped In steam and sailing vessels
to various parts ol the world. South Africa, Southern California
and the Islands take much of the lumber shipped from this port.
Cheap timber and the facilities for its manufacture and marketing
has made the lumherliit; industry uite profitable. With the advent
of railroads, much of this lumber will find a msrket tn thr Kattrrn
states. Thr demand however has kept pace with the supply, ami Is
likrly to increase So much of the output of the nulls is shipped
that it has been difficult to gel IuiiiImT to supply the local demand.
The standing timber in Coos County alone is estimated at I rum
ten to fifteen billions of fert. An engineer, who ought to be author
ity on the subject, claims that it t now growing as fast as as it it lie.
ing cut. lie this as it may, there is sufficient to keep mills running
for many yrars to conir.
There are a number of mills on the Cxuillr river, which ship
their product through the bay and in smaller vessels which enter thr
Coquille river at Ilandnn. That ship(ed out via thr bay Is brought
to the docks at Marshfield by the Coos Hay, Kotrburg A Kattrm
Railway.
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It Is about midway between the Columbia river on thr north Ifnr
of Oregon and Humboldt hay in California, th- only orh-r important)
harbors between San Francisco and I'uget Sound. All the numerous
harbors on the Atlan'ic Coast claim thriving and populous cities,,
and if the Pacific Coast is to become the center of the world's com-l
merce, in the near future as so many predict, her limited number of
ports must become Important points and share thr attmiion of
capiul. I
Coos Bay harbor is completely land locked and furnlih-s safr j
anchorage for vessels in weather most stormy. It is distant from San
Francisco about 400 miles, the same from Puget Sound, 185 miles
from the Columbia river, and 200 miles north of Humboldt bay. '
It is nearest by direct route to Japan, China, Siam and the
Islands and iri easy reach by water to Alaska.
With the variety and richness of the rrsources immediately sur
' rounding and tributary to it, it must come to the front, not only as
an important shipping jwint, but also as a manufacturing center. It
is the nearest Coast outlet from Salt Lake City, and is the center of
perhaps the largest and richest section of the United States not yet
reached by a transcontinental railroad.
The tide and table lands abutting upon the bay afford abundant
sites for mills and factories, and being the center of so vast an area,
rich in the natural products of this favored land It seems a most in
viting field.
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MANUFACTORIES
THE indications are that manufacturing will p'ay an iniMiitant
part in the building up of this section of country, and specially
a city on the bay. At North llend a woolen mill has been
completed which will rmploy 250 hands; also a large sash,
door and blind factory and a shingl; mill. A company U bring
organized t.i construct a furniture factory, therr being so much tim
ber at hand which is well adapted for use In the making of furniture.
A company has been organized anil material ordered for a $10,000
foundry and machine shop.
At Marshfield, thrrc is a tannery, salmon cannery, clam can
nery, an ice ami cold storage plant, a foundry and two machine
shops, two sawmills, one wood mill, two ship yards, a creamery, two
brrweries, a cigar factory, and a bottling works. A match factory
would pay. Much white cedar in blocks is shipped to San Francisco
for use in making matches. Thrrr is an abundance of wood suit
able for use in making pulp and paper; spruce, alder, hemlock and
white fir can br used in its manufacture.
Slack coal can be laid down at the docks on barges at $1.00 per
ton. With an abundance of cheap fuel and material and thr world
for a market, manufacturing will br profitablr and thr condition
here seem most favorable.