The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-11
Miscellaneous Appropriations
for the Pacific Northwest.
SEVERAL LIGHTHOUSES NEEDED.
The Indians Will Require . Quarter
of Million Dollars.
Gray's Harbor and Cape Disappoint-
mens Lights are Important. asd the
Flastery Fog signal Might Be Better
Situated.

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Especial. l-Secretary Cariisse's estimates
of appropriations required for the service
of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896.
contain many items of special interest TO
the Pacific Northwes The estimates for
rivers and harbors, which form no small
part of these, were sent in q week ago.
The next in Importance are those for light
houses. beacons and fog signals. and show
that the authorities here are alive to the
pressing needs of the large and continually
increasing commerce OF the North Pacific
Coast. There is q reduction of several
millions in the estimates for the coming
fiscal year. but no really important matter
has suffered q reduction. Another $50, 600
will bSappropriated for the enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion act. making $780,
COO in all available for this purpose. The
act authorizing this expenditure provides
for the prevention of thesnnlawfuI entry
into the United States by die appointment
of suitable officers TO infoeee the laws in
relation thereto, and fdr expenses of
returning TO China all Chinese persons
found to be unlawfully in the United
States, including the cost of Imprisonment
and actual expense OF conveyance to tine
frontier or seaboard for deportation.
LIGHTHOUSES. BEacoSs AND roc SIGNALS
For conn pieting the light and fog signal
station at Gray's harbor the secretary ad-
vises an appropriation Of $50, 500 By an
act approved July Z. 1884, SIS. 500 was ap-
propriated for a light at this point. BY
the act of March g. 1898. SO 600 additional
was appropriated for establishing first
class light and fog signal here, and author
ity was given to contract to an amount
not exceeding $4,000 therefor. An appro-
priation of $39, 500 is now needed for this
purpose in addition to the $35. 500 previ-
ously appropriated. The establishment OF
this light at cost not to exceed SIS, 900
was authorized by the act of February Is,
1888.
For the establishment of q first order
light on North Head. Cape Dsappoint-
ment, the secretary advises an appropria-
tion of $4,000. and adds: ''The present
light at Cape Disappointment is made
qaate. 1t is proposed to establish first
order light at North Head and reduce that
at Cape Disappointment to the fourth
order" When the proposed lights which
are being constructed at Gray's harbor
and Destruction island are unlpleted it
will only need the proposed light at North
Head to finish the lighting of the coast
from Cape Fiattery to TiIlamook rock
with fIrst-order lights.
Last February congress authorized the
establishment of light and fog signal
station at or near the mouth of the Will
lamette river on the Oregon shore of the
Columbia. and also beacons or post lights
and buovs at twenty-five different points
on the Willamette river between Portland
and Salem, Or. Ii is estimated that So 900
will he necessary for the former purpose
and $500 for the latter. The secretary
points out to congress the fact that 1.-The
entrance to the Willamette river from the
Columbia river is narrow, and vessels find
it difficult IN thick weather to locate that
entrance: a light and fog signal there
would obviate that difficulty"
In an appendix to the secretary's report
there is list of other items under this
heading variously classed as "Indispensa-
bic. Necessary" and Desirable" which
have received the sanction of the light
house board, but which are not specifically
authorized by law. The next four items
are classified as Indispensable" and are
said by the board to be urgently required
existing aids TO navigation.
An estimate of $1,000 is submitted for
the re-establishment Of the fog signal at
Cape Fisttery light station upon new
site. Ii has been found that the fog signal
AZ this important station will be much
more effective as an aid TO mariners if
removed to West island. The change
would make il necessary to build new
structures for accommodation of the
signal and new dwelling for the keeper.
Authority is asked to use SIS. coo of the
uLexpended balance of the $4,000 appro-
priatei in 1891 to establish light and fog
signal at the mouth of the Coauilie to
now place fog signal at the Cape Arago
light station. A fog signal is much needed
TO supplement the light, as the fogs are
dense and frequent along this part Of the
Oregon coast. aud there Is no doubt, since
the money has already been once appro.
priated. that the proper authorization for
its use will DO made by congress.
A growing commerce has made night
passage in and out of Yaquina bav. Or.
necessary. An appropriation of $500 is
asked for the establishment of inexpensive
lights. There is also . request for. 81 S7i
TO meet an additional cost incurred in
building the Umpqua river, Or, light
station. over the contract price.
Under the classification Necessary" the
lighthouse board submits an estimate of
sso,o for construction. equipping and
Quitting . steam lightship, with steam
fog signal. to be established at or near
Umatilla reef, at the Fiattery rocks. of the
Straits of Fuca. This Is the reef upon
whieh the steamship Michigan was
wrecked in January of the present year
and is pronounced by the board TO be one
OF the most dangerous points on the Coast
From this reef 70 Ta;oosh island the coast
is faI Of rocky isIets and submerged dan
gers. while the currents are rapid and IN
certain. Every effort will be made by
Washington's representative to secure the
appropriation which the lighthouse board
advises
For an artesian we'll q. the Puget sound
naval station the secretary submits an
estimate Of s, ,50
TIE WAITS oF TaE NATION
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small source Of expense 10 the govern
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