Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-06-05
Newport

Schillinsky, passed out over the bar
at 5 o'clock a. m. Monday. Capt.
Tracy Davis acted as pilot. The
Bandon had on board $4,000 feet |
of green lumber. The bar was a !
little rough with large swells. She /,
drew 13l feet of water and the |
shallowest place on the bar made
by soudings at the time was 1S
feet. The deepest was 30 feet,
making an average of about Is feet
with u tide Of 5 feet. 8 inches.
The life saving boat, "Undaunted"
with Surfman Gustoson acting as
captain and Rich Chatterton. en-
gineer. went alung ever the bar to
bring the pilot back. The dredge
Oregon and tug Printer, Capt.
Johnson, went out at the same
time. The tug having in tow the
big dredge. Capt. Stuart acted al
pilot. When these vessels got over
the bar and blew their whistles
everybody was happy. A number
of people were on the bluff watch
ing the vessels cross the bar. This
is an important event for the va
quina Bay asd the great Willamette
Valley, because it will always be an
outlet to the sea and will be pro-
lection to the people in the way of
regulating fares and freights. By
the expenditure of three or four
hundred thousand dollars the chan
mel can be made or 6 feet deeDer.
The Bandon goes to San Pedro and
will return in about Is days. This
harbor and Yaquina Bay is coming
to the front again and ! think
she will stay there this time.
The channel now from Newport to
Toledo is all the way from 10 to 80
feet at low water. The dredge
deepened the channel to TOLEDO to
II feet a low tide and 200 feet
wide. This gives II feet of water
at high tide. The reef of rocks at
Mill 4, which extended across the
bay has been taken out rs feet and
nuw the water at that place is
twelve feet low tide. and it is the
purpose of the port commission to
take cut the balance of the reef
and make the channel $50 feet
wide. Toledo has the attention Uf
Congress now and will no doubt
get what she asks for in the way of
appropriations. The citizens of
Toledo and the Toledo Lumber
company must be congratulated
upon their great achievement. Had
it not been for a few men opposing
the proposition we would have had
but one port and that would have
embraced Yaquina and Big Elk
rivers and the name would have
been Port of Yaquina."
The Newport Commercial Club
held a special meeting Saturday
evening for the purpose of inviting
Capt. Schillinsky of the steamer
Bandon. Can't. johnson of the tug
Printer. Capt. Garner of the Ollie
S.. Capt. Morse of the Ahwaneda,
Capt. Shook of the dredge Oregon,
Engineer Wright and J. B. Miller
of the Toledo Lumber company,
TO discuss the matter of further
improving the bar and the river.
The plan suggested was to have the
channel properly buoyed from New
port to Toledo and some change of
the buoys leading out over the
bar. The fsir-way buoy should be
placed in the middle of the chan
mel. far enough out so the pilots
could see il and come into the har-
Dor. II is the duty of the port
commission to put this buoy in, but
SO far they have not done it. A
vote Of thanks was extended to
these gentlemen by the Club for
their presence and the suggestions
made along the line Of improve
ments.
Tho trial of Miss Virginia Keene
teacher IN the Eighth Grade in the
public school Of Newport. charged
with cruel treatment Of the pupils
in her class by slapping them in
the face. pulling their hair and
calling them pet names. such as
mullet head. puppy dogs, etc.
came I'D for trial Friday
evening before the Board Of Direc-
tors, Superintendent Coin was also
present. The prosecution was re-
presented by viii L. Gwynn and the
defence by Newton Mccoy, a law
yer from Portland. A number Of
witnesses were examined on both
sides. The case was deliberated on
for few hours and then dismissed
for lack Of sufficient evidence TO
convict.
The bath house amusement COM
pany 10 putting in merry-go-round
at Nye beach in front of the bath
house.
Mrs. P. NJ. Abbey has gone to st.
Ma,in gnyinua for tho bpnnhl of hpr