The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

would have been seated at the dinner table. and
ward the ducks were found In the debris OF the
wreck and were cleaned and eaten, with great
rslish 700 Tor nearly all the provisions d and !, al
supplies. There was six feet Of water In the
Chief Keeper Pesonen tells how he stood ON a
table and climbed out through a iransom .,.
a post. Dewey al Manila " was under no more
strai nor enduring a more terrible conflict; No
donb, the chief qualities for keeper OF ass,s'sn,
on this lone rock oi this fierce storm centre are
ssnguine natures aud undaunted sp,rits TO mee'
the terrible menace To reason and 10 Ne. ,.,--
projection 10 be provided for the keepers. \ con-
crcte roof three feet thick, with steel stanchions,
OF a PbSt had rsPee"d S d sslGSanfsd iron jo
canvas cover t9i the lenses has been placed BE-
tee, the lenses aud clockwork,
There is story curren! that this hlrric ,
small rock WAS already N the long ago Of tim:
split of. II alone suffered, But To guard against
such danger to the main rock ra non ,h corrosive n
iirs, order, There are ,os2 pieces Of glass q
upper tier. with - panels. The lamp IL 500
candle power. increased To 5000 candle.powrr
ey reflection and rciIac,ion. This lighss s is AZ
above mean sea level II is a FIRST order lens
apparatus encascd In lantern and gallery which
square, one story building 81 stone for outer
walls. and brick, iron aud wood for interior witt,
apparatus The light was frs, shown ON Feb 1,
1881. having been begun Oct. 81, 1879, and com
plc,cd under circumstances Of tho Creates, peril
landing place has been constructed FOR
s"se feet , square 's and fee, Gasp made
W wooden Stats closely put together. Ropcs
strongly bind each corner into which ron bolts
70 IpFa
derrick. The lighthouse tender buoys out at
,nc powerful can buoy. SOM $50 feet nor,lwcs!
passengers are transferred 10 the ships boat
and removed to the lower cage, into which they
40 fee, and when the station boat is used the
cage Is omitted and the entire outfit is dcrrckcd
np to The platform From to e ,ns dl Gs
Up the freight In ron stairway NOV CON.
"a cement steps along the side Of the Iamwny
have been substituted. Three tanks with II, i5l
gallons capacity. aud one cis,crn, 1887 gallons
IN The tanks bling used for the fox signals aud
that in the cistcrns being for the dwelling house
cnlivcned the scene with memories Of home, and
furnished summer vegetables It's soil s,s inches
lii depth. was brought from Tongue Point On
Astoria peninsula During winter this -oll was
boxed up and slowed away in safe place For
great tornado Of Dee o. 1894, wnshedt,hc boxes
into the sea, and now vegetables are brought
tundcr the rOsc) from the lovely gardens latsn
plains 4 telephone wire connects Win thu
station and with the keepers homes. but the
falling trees 81 the winter gales make II unscr
TillamOok Rock Light Station is in the Thir.
tenth lg hi house district. which includes the
coast and rivers OF Oregon Washington and
istra,iye work Major ". e Langnit Corps of
construction and repair, headquarters al Port
land. ore The district has twenty six light
stations with Keepers. aud Nv" ligh, vessels,
one al nlbtilla Reels near the entrance IL Puget
Sound and thr others at the mouth ~ the COlum-
bin, of from the North Beach breakers II has
eighteen fog signal stations. two of which are for
Ishhsh'p 70 oo ana 'hr o'hnr 2, T1liamook Rock
steam whistles and four bells ''o" """pe'' ''A
Alex. RustNd In nov keeper and George Still
well Fred llmmundson, August Nicewsrder
nook Rock Light Station. The chief keepers
have been nine, viz, George Rowe. May. in 1851.
With With R"Ss N"inG I'M, and harnny up I" 1855:
four years, aud AIel Rus,sd became chief in
g. better stations the following il list: Edward
{. Davis. 1886 IS: Point Robinson; {. tanner.
csp ssS os. SfOG BuIah. Ss5f WIZ
me,,e River J Fred Barker. 1895 W. Edi, Hook:
q: g. ,Iawf3Id 1890 o. CaGs flat'cIy all these
mrs, assistant: ". Il Langlois 1890 ss Destruction
Island. first assistant
llght ana Norm head light
are the chief guardians of the Columbia river
commerce. Point Adams light. adjacent TO Fort
stevens, having been abandoned and Cape Dis.
appointment light. adjacent To Fort Candy, being
too lar inland for on ocean beacon. having been
converted into fourth. class revolving light
and used merely a. a harbor light
The redeeming feature II fillamook station
Ia its clysian zephyr, known rs the chinook wind
howlng with perennial delight from the northw west
IN summer aud inpariing unequnled longevity
and coming in winter from the southwest with
healing on its wings. II makes almost per DE- tuol
spring in that glorious climate which is only
married by the herc- ocean gales that at times
render lie unsafe near the promuntories that
mark the extreme boundaries Of the home of this
glorious breeze, born Of the Japan current
At low tide row Of sn aer rocks lust out of
water can be seen southwesierly from TlAmook
Rock IN line with the large rock half way to shore
I'm indian legend says those were a giant Till.
amook Indian and his wife and Children OF the
earliest ages. who started TO wade across The
water 10 the north side Of the Columbia instead
81 using canoes and were changed by the god
TAI i'pas into these rocks a monument TO their
fIl u 4 An nhl leaa In.