Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-19
ENG|N EERS
A PP R 0 Y {
HARBOR
Crescent City Project Is Ap-
proved, and the Building
Of a Breakwater to Cost
$4,000 Is Recommended

That success has attended tho ef-
forts OF the people Of southern Ore
gon and northern California In their
efforts TO obtain approval OF the fed
eral government for the Improvement
OF the harbor at CreEcant City was
made certain Saturday morning
when o. 3. Blanchard. chairman OF
tho local harbor committee from the
Commercial club, received telegram
from Congressman Kent's private
secretary, Tho telegram stated that
tho board OF army engineers In Its
report recommended the harbor im-
provement, and asked for an appro-
priation to cover the cost OF the
breakwater. this cost being given at
sio0. 900. or this amount which II
Ia estimated the breakwater will cost.
the report makes its recommended
tion contingent upon the providing Of
100000 by private donation and the
construction OF the railroad from
Grants Pass.
The report OF the approval OF the
Crescent City project BY the board Of
engineers brought Joy to Grants
Pass. The full value OF the railroad
TO the coast. and assurance OF its con-
tinuation beyond Takilma, depended
largely upon improvement Of the har-
Dor at tidewater. While action OF
congress is yet required to make
funds available. the important fact
OF approval OF the project itself
makes the appropriation certain TO
come. where an adverse report would
have killed II probably for all time.
The board OF engineers has made
an exhaustive examination into the
harbor at Crescent City and the need
for it's Improvement. During the
summer of 1914. members OF the
board came up the coast to Crescent
City. where they we're met by dele
cation from Grants Pass with auto
mobiles and brought through to this
city. They were made acquainted
with the vast amount of commerce
that would be affected by Me building
OF the harbor, and were undoubtedly
impressed by what they saw and
heard. Later q delegation from this
district, including men from Grants
Pass and Crescent City. went back TO
Washington and at o hearing before
the board presented data bearing up
on the project and the industrial
needs for It's taking up. Or. J, r.
Reddy and o. $. Blanchard repre-
sented Grants Pass and Josephine
county at this hearing, Last August
members OF the congressional COM
mittee on rivers and harbors inves-
tigated the project, coming up the
coast to Crescent city, and being
brought overland to Grants Pass by
delegation from here, as were the
engineers. A meeting was held at
Crescent City before tho start for
Grants Pass, and the congressman
were fully informed OF the vast re-
sources tributary to the harbor.
The conditions which the board
OF engineers have imposed for the
development OF the harbor are direct
ly In line with the representations
that have been made to them at all
times, At tho meeting held at Cres-
cent City, and In the arguments pre-
scented by the representatives OF the
city at all times, the willingness OF
the people OF Del Norte county to aid
In the startling OF the work has been
states. II Ia proposed to bond the
county under the provisions OF q law
passed BY the last California legisla-
ture to raise the fund, and In a
statement Just ISSUED at Crescent City
the pledge 10 renewed. I'm fact, the
people Of Del Norte have guaranteed
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