Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-09
IMPROVE
COOS BAY
HARB0R
IMPORTANCE TO WHOLE
STATE OF OREGON
Ideal Body of Water for a
Harbor of Refuge, Says
Globe TrOtter

3 DROP - IMPROVE NJ.
Thomas E. Armistead of the Halle.
wood Cream Co., attended the Farm
ers' and Shippers congress at North
Bend, and on his return wrote the fol
lowing boost for the Oregon Tradesman
Of June /:
A Boost for Coos Bay.
Portland, Or. May 30, 1906.
Mr.. ONO Strong, Editor Oregon Trades
| man.
Dear Sir: AS l know you to be sim
cerely interested in the advancement
of every part Of the state of Oregon,
and as feel you can, through the me.
dfum of your valuable paper, lend
added impetus to any particular
point which may be worthy of public
notice, and which is striving for rec
ognition, will this week devote space
you reserve for the Hazelwood Co. to
a few words about the Coos Bay coun-
try.
Last week I had the good fortune
to be one of the Portland delegates
attending the Farmers and Shippers
congress held in North Bend, Oregon,
and that visit has impressed upon me
the Importance of the State of Oregon
of deepening the entrance to Coos Bay
and making the harbor accessible to
vessels of large tonnage. OF the har-
Dor as it exists today, / would say, al
though l have seen more commodious
bodies of water, have never in all
my travels-cove7ing good portion
of the four divisions of the world
visited harbor lying as near the
ocean and at the same time so COM
pletely land-locked, assuring absolute
safety to the smallest craft, no matter
how violent a storm be raging outside. |
Its contiguity to the ocean also min
imizes towage charges.
AS harboy of refuge, Coos Bay
is. an ideal body of water and if NO
other reasons could be urged for its
Improvement that alone should COM
pei the people of the entire Pacific |
coast to demand that the government !
take immediate steps to make the
port available for such purpose.
But Coos Bay has other and very
important claims to recognition as
port, and these are the natural products
Of the territory tributary to it, con-
'isting primarily of timber, coal and
roL, supplemented by the Agricultural
Possibilities, which are wonderfully
'lch, foremost among which rank dairy
PRODUCTS, the soil being admirably
itted for raising forage of all kinds,
specially alfalfa and red clover; the
conditions, too, are perfect
or cattle, frost and snow being un-
'nown, Wills the temperature in sum-
ner is never oppressively hot.
The channel way has been pronounc-
ID by competent engineers as being
asy of improvements; this fact has al.
eady been demonstrated beyond ques-
ion, short stone jetty built on the
orth side of the entrance being al
eady secured to a depth of % feet
rom an original of IL to IA, and this
Notwithstanding the main outflow of
he tide escaped over the south spit.
he full volume of water could be con
ned TO the channel by building jetty
n the south side, this. concentration of
orce would, it is confidently believed,
ut out the bed to level of 40 feet,
sufficient depth for the passage of
he largest merchant vessels
The making accessible of so valua-
le harbor is not alone of local ad-
antage TO the Coos Bay district, but
of vital necessity to the growth and
rosperity of the nation and should be
D accepted.
Trusting l have not encroached too
lueh on your space nor imposed upon
oun own state loyalty, 1 am,
Yours for Oregon,
THOMAS y. ARATISTEAD