The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-08
OREGON'S NEEDS.
Measures Proposed for the improvement
Of Her Rivers and HaIb0TS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Representatiye
Hermann of Oregon evidently intends that
Oregon shall have her share of the river and
harbOr Improvements. He introduced the
following bills to-day: To reimburse the
settlers and purchasers on the even-num-
bered sections of public lands within the
limits of the Congressional grants In eases
OF forfeiture Of the odd-numbered sections;
to provide life-saying stations at or near
the mo nth of the Nehalem River, Oregon,
and for a life-saying crew, etc. appropri-
ating 500, COO for public buildings at Salem.
Oregon; to provide for the establishment of
a life-savng station at the mouth of the
Siuslaw River. Laue County, Oregon, and
for a crew thereat: providing for the COM
mencement of the work on the project pre-
pared and recommended by the Board of
United States Engineers for a breakWater
at the harbor of Port Oxford, Oregon. and
appropriatlng $500 eco therefor; pensiOning
soldiers who served In the Indian wars; for
Il public building at Baker City. Oregon, to
cost $4,000 increasing t. 5000 the COM
pensatlon Of the registers Of the land offices
and receivers Of public moneys in each land
district; providing for an appropriation Of
$3.50, 600 TO be expended in continuing the I'M
prOvements at The entrance of Coos Bay, Ore
gOn, and further sum Of S27, 800 for the I'M
prOvement of the inner harbOr Of Coos Bay
by the removal OF shoals and by dredging;
apprOpriating 100000 for improvements at
the entrance to the SluSlaw River, Oregon
RpprOpriating $4,000 for continuing the i'm
prOYemeniS at the mouth OF the CoQulle
River, Oregon; and further sum of $50 600
for improving the navigation of the upper
COQullle River from C0quile City to the
town Of Myrtle Point by obtaining per-
manent channel Of not less than four feet
depth at low tide; apprOpriating 100000
for the improvement of the entrance Of
Nehalem River, Oregon; apprupriating
100000 for the improvement Of Tillamo0k
Bay and Bar. or particularly for the i'm
prOyement of DRY Stocking Bar by clos
ing the dixie of one of the channels OF Hog
quarton Slough at the outlet thereof: also
improving junction Bar and to obtain deep
water TO the sea by connecting North aud
South channels, by dredging channel
200 feet wide at the bottom and Is
feet deep at low water; apprOpTiatnE
SI65,0O0 for the improvement of the en-
trance OF Eaquna Bay; apprOpratiug
$4,000 for completing the improvements
at the entrance Of COlumb ia River; apprO-
priatIng 100000 for continuing the work on
the canal and locks az the Cascades Of the
Columbia River; appTOpriating $1,000 for
improving the Willamette River, above
Portland, removing the snaGS, scraping the
bars and deepening the channel way to the
head Of navigation, and in protecting the
banks and avoiding the breaks at hide
pendence, Salem, Albany Corvallis, Harris
burgh and other special points on said river.
and a further appropriation of SO, go for
improving the navigation at Ross Island,
and the sum of SIS, 900 for improving the
navigation at ClackamaS Rapids, and a fur
ther sum of 5000 for improving the navga-
ton on the first bend above Corvallis, and
in clearing the chute thereat, all of which
projects have been recommended by the
Board of Engineers, and approved by Chief
Engineer CaSeV.