The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-01-27
IMPROVEMENT OF YlQUlNA BAY.
$500, 600 Needed for that Purpose.
The Legislature Asked for that Amount.
TEE PEOPLE SHOULD DEMAND II,

Tho last Legislature of Oregon asked Con
gress to appropriate $500, 900 for the purpos'
of aiding the improvement of the harbor a
Yaquina Bay. They did not make this re
quest unadvisedly. But Oh the contrary thu
legislature being composed of members from
all parts of the State, representing varied
and important interests, comprehended fui
we'll the great Importance and absolute ne
cessity of this improvement to the people o.
Oregon.
In the face of this recommendation, to oul
utter surprise bill has been introduced IL
Congress by member from this State ask
inu only the small sum of 100000. 1t is
true this is the sum recommended by Col.
Gillespie, chief of engineers, in his last an
pual report. Yet Col. Gillespy has always
maintained an aggressive opposition to the
Improvement of that harbor, and the friends
of Yaquina Bay scarcely expected that he
would recommend anything for that pur.
pose. Many of them were surprised to
learn that he had so far yielded as to rec
enmend this small sum.
1t is self evident to every observer Of the
$40, 600 appropriation that the sum of 5000,
COO will be little enough to carry on the
work to any possible advantage and accom-
plish the benefits desired to the harbor.
The completion of the Oregon Pacific Rail
road in the near future which is now being
built from that harbor to the heart of the
valley makes it an impel ative necessity that
the larger amount be appropriated in order
that deep sea ships can enter without diff
Guilty to carry away the produce of this
valley and Eastern Oregon.
The toiling thousands of the producers of
this State who have in the aggregate con-
tributed within the last twenty years, mill
ions upon millions of their hard earned SUBJ
stance to carry their produce to the sea
board by way of the mouth of the Columbia
River, distance of not less than two hun
dred and twenty miles, when nearly all OF
these great sums for freight can be saved,
and get their produce to the Yaquina Bay
within distance Of from sixty to seventy
miles. should rise up in mass and with
indignation demand that our Senators and
Representatives in Congress see to it that
a sum of not less than 5000, 600 be forthcom-
ing by way of the appropriation under con-
sideration. The earnest and persistent de-
mand of an outraged and long neglected
people for their just and equal rights from
the hands of those who represent them is
not only a right inherent in them but an
absolute duty they owe to themselves and
their posterity if they ever expect to be re-
lisved from the extortions and disadvantages
of the past. If the people interested in
this matter do not ask for their just deserts
the uninterested will not do it ;or them.
Congress has ever been liberal in aiding
improvements of this kind, and if she is
made to know the Importance and absolute
necessity of this one she will not make this
locality an exception.
We feel confident that the foregoing views
are appreciated by the people of Oregon,
because since writing the above we learn
that meetings have been held at several of
the most important points in the Willamette
Valley for the purpose of favorable action
upon the above questions.