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cal year. Owing to the great extent of the " Hog's Back" Shoals, which spread out to about ten miles in width at the broadest part between the shore-lines, there is no perceptible rise in the river at this locality ; but the forces of the currents...
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soundings made about the close of Tune give depths ranging from 2 1/2 to 5 fathoms. The point of a narrow ledge of rocks extends out and near to the farthest extremity of the outer line of the pile-foundation of one of them. Up to the present time...
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X.—SURVEY OF SAND ISLAND, MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
The annual survey of this island was made on the 4th and 5th of December, 1874, to ascertain the changes in its outlines, caused by the terrific gales from the southwest which swept...
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X.—SURVEY OF SAND ISLAND, MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
The annual survey of this island was made on the 4th and 5th of December, 1874, to ascertain the changes in its outlines, caused by the terrific gales from the southwest which swept...
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occurred, and those have almost invariably resulted from attempts to sail across it against a strong ebb-tide, either when the winds have not been propitious, or have died away before accomplishing the passage. It is proposed to occasionally send,...
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From the same pamphlet another quotation is made, originally taken from the Commercial Herald, 21st of May, 1874, which reads as follows
In the case of the Columbia River Bar there can be no room for doubt. The number of casualties that have...
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From the same pamphlet another quotation is made, originally taken from the Commercial Herald, 21st of May, 1874, which reads as follows
In the case of the Columbia River Bar there can be no room for doubt. The number of casualties that have...
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750 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
seven seconds, with an interval of fourteen seconds, then a blast of four seconds, followed by an interval of thirty-five seconds. It may be stated that, during the late changes in the outlines of Point...
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750 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
seven seconds, with an interval of fourteen seconds, then a blast of four seconds, followed by an interval of thirty-five seconds. It may be stated that, during the late changes in the outlines of Point...
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750 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
seven seconds, with an interval of fourteen seconds, then a blast of four seconds, followed by an interval of thirty-five seconds. It may be stated that, during the late changes in the outlines of Point...
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tary of the Board of Trade of Portland, in this State, requesting certain information for this office regarding "the amount of tonnage to date, especially of grain and flour, exported from Oregon direct from this port in ocean-bound steamers and...
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These vessels took away of our grain-crop as follows :
Tons.
Wheat to foreign countries -- 70, 488
Flour to foreign countries 12,762
Wheat to California ------ ---- ------. 1, 450
Flour to California -- — 7, 204
Oats to California...
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EXPORTS OF FLOUR TO DATE.
Cleared. Vessels. Barrels. Value.
Sept. 30 French bark Marrianne 784 83, 200
Nov. 2 British bark Arbutus, Queenstown 1, 934 7, 736
7 British bark Eliz. Doug-all, Hong-Kong 5, 455 19, 841
12 British ship...
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XVI.-APPROPRIATIONS.
A table presenting the amounts of the several appropriations annually made by the Congress of the United States, and expended during the past several years, is appended. As figures cannot deceive, it exhibits too...
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XVII.--TABLES.
The accompanying tables are appended for general information. No. 1.-Tables of distances.
Miles. Remarks.
PORTLAND.
Swan Island Bar 2 2
head of Willamette Slough, (Post-Office 7 Bar.)
9 Through slough to...
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No. 3.-Table of high-waters above lowest low-water mark at different localities on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875.
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday.
Month.
Date. Height....
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No. 4.-Table of lengths, widths, and depths of cuts by United States dredger, together with quantities of material removed from bars in the Willamette and
Columbia Rivers, during the fiscal years of 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875.
FISCAL YEAR...
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Mouth of \Willamette do 234 110 -17.5 4, 600
Saint Helen's Bar, (new cut)- Columbia River 600 3, 750
do (t)September 12 to October 8, 1874, moved dredger to Post Office Bar. Previous examinations made of all the bars preparatory to...
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER ABOVE OREGON CITY, OREGON. The report in regard to this improvement for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1875, is respectfully submitted. The operations consisted in the removal of snags,... |
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two snags of from 20 to 90 feet, some of which were deeply embedded in the gravel, and consequently very difficult to remove. On that day she reached Weston Bend and took out thirty more ; it was there necessary to use the powder. On the 27th she...
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one hundred and ninety-three snags, from L50 to 30 feet in length, the majority of them very long, were removed, cut up, and thrown on the bank, completely out of the way, on account of the narrowness of the channel ; it is two miles long, and...
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having become clear and low. The river was found to be full of obstructions between Corvallis and Harrisburg, and its condition far worse between the latter place and Eugene City.
June.—On the 4th of this mouth the snag-boat drifted down to...
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intelligent pilots, the nature of the obstructions to navigation were made plainly discernible; the extent, depth, and general character of the many bars and shoals ; the localities where generally occur the lodgments of rafts, drift, snags,...
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