Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-01
WOULD MOVE BuoyS
new SOUTH CHANNEL NEEDS
MARKING Is RELIEF
E. O. McGLAUFLiN OF THE GRAYS
HARBOR TUG BOAT COMPANY
OFF ERS SUGGESTIONS AT
TUESDAY LUNCHEON OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Discussion of the proper marking
OF the channel over the Grays Har.
Dor bar and the method of the gov
ernment in placing the buoys, form
ed the most important theme discuss.
ed at Tuesday Moons luncheon of the
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce at
the Washington hotel. There were
a number of business men of Aber.
deem present, as we'll as two or three
from Hoquiam
E. o. McGlauflin, of the Northwest.
ern Lumber company and head of the
Grays Harbor Tug Boat company.
was the principal guest from Hoquam
and the Aberdeen Chamber is much
indebted to him for detailed explal-
alton Of the needs of the Harbor in
the way of channel markings, and
for advice as to how to secure prom
er buoys and keep them in position
Explain at Length
Mr. McGlauiiin was Introduced by
President l.. G.. Humbarear of The
Aberdeen Chamber and explained a..
length the conditions on the bar. ,!e
stated that two buoys had recently
gone adrift and that as soon as they
were missing tho matter had been
reported to Commander EI'icOtt .!f
tho Lighthouse board, at Portland
by the tug beat company. The Pore
land Office replied that the matte"
would be attended to and The buo3s
replaced as soon as convenient, In
the meantime, however, according TO
MIR. Mc(ilaullin, tie south channel,
which for many years has been too
shallow to admit Of use, showed Z;
gradual deepening and straisntcning
until now it was fully IS feet deep
at mean low water and offered Gi.
rect means of ingress and egress to
the harbor. The whiStling buoy an0
the fairway buoy still remained where
they had been placed several years
ago, but they marked the north chan
mel and as it was thought advisable
to abandon the north channel in favOr
of the new one, Mr.. McGlaudin sug-
gested that q move should be made
to have the old buOys removed to
the new location. In order to do this
it would be necessary to present rC
the government authorities at Wash
ington Through Commander EllicOtt' S
office "a request for the change set
the suggestion of Commander Eli
colt a petition directed to the light
house board was circulated at Tues
days meeting and signed. On mo-
ton Mr.. McGlaubin was selected as
the man who should have charge CT
the placing of the buoys, or rather,
of suggesting to the lighthouse au-
thorities the places for their location.
Mr.. McGlauflin agreed to take charge
of the work. in fact, offered to do
anything in his power to aid naviga-
tion into Grays Harbor. AS head of
the tug boat company it was felt that
he knew how best to safeguard the
shipping, hence his selection as
committee of one to oversee it.
Harbor in Disfavor
w. B. Mack of the Slade Mill COM
pany, also addressed the members.
He said he heartily seconded the ef-
forts now being made to mark The
channel and emphasized the need of
throwing the greatest safeguards
around shipping by stating that only
recently the Board of Underwriters
were seriously considering refusal tC
insure vessels and cargoeS entering
or crossing Grays Harbor bar. This
would have the effect, according to
Mr.. Mack, of practically stopping all
shipping business on the Harbor un-
til the difficulty was remedied lie
suggested that the Chamber OF Com
merce and all other interests work
for an order from the government di-
rectng the use of the bis ocean 60
ing dredge now stationed at the
mouth of the Columbia river. He
thought that, if the dredger could lie
used for few weeks during the sum-
mer season, the difficulties of the
Grays Harbor bar would in a great
measure be overcome. Mr.. McGlau-
fin heartily supported the plan pro-
posed by Mr. Mack and agreed to Use
what influence he possessed to this
end. He also expressed himself rs
favorable to the continuation of the
government jetty work but believed
that the jetty should be constructed
to height of midtide in order TO
have it most effective.