New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-25
8ARBoRs ON TIE PACIFIC COAST
~ur NAyAL BOARD HUNTING A SITE FOR a
Y,vv YAnp-rAoUuEA BAYS ADVANTAGES

r,,r NAvAr, BOARD HUNTING SITE FOE
N.vv YARp--TAoUINA BAYS ADVANTAGES
-, or. March 1b.--Ths Naval Boara, OF
o,.1 csn,an Alfred T. Mahan 10 president leoen ~,
S.,.nAd an recommend site for NAVY t~4s Oh ~. =.
800 c.st noth Of San Francisco, has soous nc
.'snA ~ 1vbat II considers me best port on Eusse
snn,a n has been intlmated that Fort or0h1iN -
the selection mkdo. .... a,orv thu
Lnor1 ~ s-a,, m, sulf OF Mexico to Vancouver
1.,srd Tbsv are San Diego, San Francisco ana ~
snnnd Next In rank come the Columbia Eve l ".
1r.on,na Bay. OF the minor haroors inc 49,
coos RAY BhoAl Water Grays Harpor anu :. $50
~ pacsse oonst Is not ihdsnted with sooo hAsD ~
ME- tho Atlantic Coast Ysquina Bay o 80.
oss,ast harbors for a vessel to enter OF
ON this coast. moderate sdotionAi "a IN, ~.
On ~, ,os1rpsnt IN improving this harbor VIII, Do
tore reaching rock, give thirty feee Oh 49,. rae
80 a, MIR tida A Government engineer "no nae
considerable knowledge of this bar SAD reoon's
.,tnost anv depth of water could be secu'su 70 a.
,st,Iss ana breakwater now being built uhoer Wv
dreofton of the Government inc ooatV.A 80
stone, and can be easily blasted TO any aops -. =
moved from the channel The current "oN Tn.tn
deep channel after II was once ursuseu a,,.ot
ar s,Aor v.ssnIs can ride at anchor with peHee'
sssotv m any storm ever likely TO vht tnb ooA.s
H. ,s., tba ,vater IA the harbor scarcely cver so's
80 ron1h tbat the bay cannot be crossed saieV III
smail boat, There IS not single point perhaps, on
the Pacific coast that Offers equal advantages p"r
great seaport. ...> =, hs,nr
Yaauina Ba5 enjoys the great ADVANTAGE Oh Ov III
the most accessible point on the Oregon Voae~
Dragon Pacific Ralroad starts east from 'ns pO'i's
This road has been In operation about hvo y'sfs VIZ
"a now built 10 point the summit Oh me 20
Range that divides Oregon about the mioole AZ
crosses tho great willamette valley and taps inc
heart Of the agricultural region Of this state " con
meets and crosses the entire coast system On
IN Oregon Tho road u being pushed 70 INC ee ~, "
fast az men and money can do the WorA ny It ~
viii reach the great plain country IN oregon ea's ~
~ tesrade Range and inside OF Two years " Will
coonSct with and eros the Union Pacific kailroen
near the mouth OF the Malheur River and eonneot
the Chicngo and North western and other EeSHIn LV
Al BoIse CITY Idaho. When compietod 10 nAt poln.t
tha DRAGON Pacific win be by 300 miles ne snorses'
line OF railroad from Chicago TO the Peche O.os
This road also crosses the main line OF me souuor"
pacific here eighty mics east OF faqnma BAY.
Ihe Oregon development Company runs regular
lima ~ stesmers between YaQuBa BSy aad San Fran;
cisco IN Connection with the Oregon Pacific Rairoea
romnany These vessels arc oommodiOus and well
atted several steam schoones also maze ns Day
their starting point In the coastng trade. During
he summer hundreds Of people HOOK 70 feg'nha. 70
enjoy the cool and refreshing sea breeEes ana 20 Nn
ana bathe Many Of these people bring tents AND
camp among the trees on the bluns IN perfeos Sont
fort The climate this point Is perfeet IN eitner
Summer or wInter-not too warm or too cold. during
the last winter fee formed only twice about the thck
ness Of cardboard. aud snow foil on one day only