The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1895-02-22
THAT GROIN.
The Other Side of the Yaquina
Bay Question.

The other day two Yaquina Bay mel
were rushing to Salem to secure ME
mortal asking the war department I,
issue an order preventing the construc
ton OF groin into the channel at th,
bay, with the innunendo that it was be.
ing done TO kill the Bay. So it looked
The DEMocaAT desiring to give botl
sides OF the matter, which the public il
always entitled TO, has secured the fol.
lowing version OF the reasons for con.
structing the groin from q source We are
not privileged 10 divulge:
| NEWPORT, Feb. II, ls95.-lst. As 10
the groin now being built out from the
south jetty, at a point near what il now
and always has been shoal water, and
over stretch of sand that no vessel up
TO date has willingly crossed or gone
near, will state that il is not being
built for the purpose Of killing Yaauina
| Bay. After constant study, extending
over period Of nearly two years, the
engineer officers in charge of this work
decided to build this groin for the pur-
pose OF remedying defect in the chan
mel that had always existed here, and
which during the last two years has be-
come worse, towit: the inner bar. /
may state rigat here, ii was expected
that this very bar would form, because
oil the eonyerging jeities, but il was well
known how 10 remedy IL and therefore
this form Was adopted as being the very
best for this place. This groin is off this
bar and by contracting the distance at
| this place to correspond with il at its
end /; will cut cut this inner bar. this Is
the sole object of the groins and /; il a
| well established practice to accompIish
| this class of remedies.
In regard 10 the opinion OF Yaauina
Bay people, ] may state that the CITY
council OF Newport held Z meeting and
sent committee to Salem on this sub
| iect, while the meeting was in session
and during all that day and al that time
the engineer was in his Office 10 give
them all the information in his posses.
sion, bat il il evident they did not de-
sire il as they did no; call upon or send
| for him, he also Offered to forward nj
once any communication they cared q
make direct, but they did not aouep,
this. Meme oi these, who ] understand
are opposed 10 this place, have visitesl
the groin, though several OF them hays
teen requested TO do so. Neither up Il
the time OF the meeting nor until il wa.
over and the committee for Salem had
left not any OF those present Saw \ sin.
gle map OF the channel 81 that point and
did not know the channel depth there
nor do they in reality know where thu
channel i. A. go the sand washing into
the hay il il undoubtedly true that mos,
of il does come from the south: but no:
one ounce Of i remains in the has as il
y carried out on the next ebb tide. sc
much u this the case that below lias
/ from the government dock q. Newport Il
she south government dock and tbs. END
of the ieiiics, oycF 500, 600 c1bse wards
oi sand has b-sn secured auav sincs
these works were commenced, in Other
words in that AREA there Is today oye.
SO .oo0 cubsc yards more water thar
there Was in lss0.
As 10 the location Of tie iron; ends oi
| ;hc iei;ies ] can only state that the ie..
ties acre located and the end located lly
as able body ot engineers as can l.
gotten ior this class OF work. No point
Of the work has bs>en neglected a; the ex.
| l,eGise 81 the Others, and IS 10 the exten.
sion OF the south ie;sy several hundred
feet, will say that il you will read Capt.
| Syuaons report for las; wear 1894, yog
viii see that he recommended il for go
feet :but unfortunately the beard Of army
! engineers are not endowed with the Wis
dom that runs 20 waste here and thoagtl
il best TO wait awhile and see Just wha.
| ihe present jefties would accomplish be-
fore going hapiaaxard into further move
mcnt ot the har se3warsf, and T-erhats
on the rS-ef. Il may be remarked iha;
] .
the ietties as long as the south jeity WAS
being built and it has gone 500 feei since
| 1850 bat no such rate OF moycmen. was
noticed while the north jctty was being
built nor is any noticed now.
Since the present engineer has been in
charge Of this work. Tor the past two
years. he has given constant study nigh.
| and dAv In the problem, and certainly is
as well qualified 10 Judge az the many
here. who don't kuow what a sub currcn,
means. Il certainly must seem 10 ans
lair minded person that engineers, and
am no, speaking Of a single individual
but all connected with this work, are IS
capable oi judging wha; will be results
as those who never made study OF thu.
or any other harisor improvement.
Il Is bui just 10 say that some whc
oppose the present plan are honest in
their opposition, but am compelled &c
believe that others have only personal
ends in their opposition and that this
true interest of Iaquina Bay will not b
found their only motive.
As TO why the north je;ty was bsiili
instead OF extending the south jetty, it i:
the helief of engineers that both lettie:
were necessary, while the talent her,
differ, some believing that only til,
south jetty should have only been bull
and others maintain that only the nortt
ietiy has done any good. Only yester
day an able sea captain asked il the en-
tire work could have been accomplishes
and better results secured by singh
north jetty.
The groin is 1880 feet from the end o
|, the letiy and 30 feet back from th,
buoy. The channel at the groin is 50
feet wide before any rock is reached an,
it is over Is feet below low water level a
the extreme north edge of the channe
the deepest water at the groin and il
front OF it is Is feet and it never has beel
, more. The deepest water over whicl
the groin is built is - feet. No water o
sand passes through the south jetty a
any point. The distance between tn
: jetties at the end s 1923 feet and at thi
groin il is 1900 feet. Y.