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Box 256 Harry G. Littlefield 1898 unsuitable

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Treasury Department Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. June 25, 1898

B. Two Enclosures

Commander J.C. Morong, U.S.N. Inspector 13th Light-House District, Portland, Oregon.

Sir:

Enclosed is sent you for delivery, Department letter of 23 June, '98, addressed to Mr. Harry Sherman Littlefield, appointing him Second Assistant Keeper of Yaquina Head, Oreg., light-station, with compensation at the rate of $550 a year, from date of entering on duty, in place of Mr. James B. Hermann, transferred.

There is also returned for the action of the Local Civil Service Board for the Light-House Service, the application of Mr. Littlefield on Form 1025.

Respectfully,

S.W. Achley ??

Commander, U.S.N., Naval Secretary

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Box 255 CF to YH 1896, YB 1894 1895

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RG 26 Records of the United States Coast Guard

Lighthouse Service

Letters sent to District Inspectors and Engineers, 1852-1910

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Thirteenth District Inspector Jul. 1, 1894 - Dec. 31, 1895 V1.540 Jan. 1, 1896 - Jun. 30, 1897 V1.586

Box 255 NC-31, Entry 23

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(All communications should be adressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.")

Treasury Department Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, 16 September '96.

Lieut. Commander J.P. Merrell. U.S.N., Inspector 13th L.H. District, Portland, Oregon.

Sir:- Referring to your report of operations of the tender Manzanita, of 8 September, '96, and the statement there in that "materials for Cape Foulweather Light Station" were landed, the Board invites your attention to the fact that the official name of the station has been Yaquina Head since the publication of the List of Lights, Pacific Coast, 1895, and requests that you use the official name in all future correspondence relative to the station.

Respectfully, Geo F.F. Wilde Commander, U.S.N., Naval Secretary.

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(All communications should be addressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.")

Treasury Department Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, 8 Nov. '94.

Commander O.W. Farenholt, U.S.N., Inspector 13th L.H. District, Portland, Oreg.

Sir: The Board, at its session on 5 Nov., '94, decided to establish inexpensive beacon lights at Yaquina Bay, Oreg, at a cost not to exceed $300., to be paid for from the appropriation, Repairs of Light-Houses.

The Engineer of the 13th Light-House District has been directed to take the proper measures for the establishment of these lights. The Board requests you to take the proper measures for employing a laborer to act as keeper of these lights, as not more than ten dollars per month, each.

Respectfully, Geo F.F. Wilde Commander, U.S.N., Naval Secretary.

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(All communication should be addressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.") 4 Inclosures. Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington D.C., Nov. 23, 1894.

Commander O.W. Farenholt, U.S.N., Inspector, 13th Light House District, Portland, Oregon,

Sir: Referring to your letter of the 17th November, 1894, the Board has to say that your recommendations are approved and that you are authorized to pay Mr. J. McCullum of Newport, Oregon, $100.00 for the recovery and delivery on the Government wharf at Newport, Oregon, of the Yaquina Bay whistling buoy which went adrift and lodged among the rocks north of the Cape Foulweather Light Station, and which can not be recovered by the tender. The authority to pay the above amount for the recovery of the buoy is conditional upon its delivery at Newport, Oregon, in fair condition. The bids forwarded with your letter are returned herewith. Respectfully, Geo. F.F. Wilde Commander, U.S.N., Naval Secretary.

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