ENPages That Mention Yaquina Bay
Box 251 YB YH reprimand stove 1874 to 1875
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1874 Sept. 8 Yaquina Bay Replacing Buoys. 1875 Feb. 4 Yaquina Bay Appointment of officer in charge as Inspector of Customs Mch. 23 Yerba Buena Fog signal appropriation - location of site June 8 Yaquina Bay Sale of property at. Oct. 18 Yaquina Bay Pay of custodian 1876 May 13 Yaquina Bay Payment of custodian " 22 Yaquina Bay Buoys. Authority to pay for transportation of. " 29 Yaquina Bay. Recovery of Buoy. Sept. 19 Yaquina Bay. Recovery of Buoys - bill for. July 6 Yaquina Bay. Buoy Service authorized. 1879 Dec. 5 Yaquina Bay. Buoys to be replaced.
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September 8,
Sir
Referring to your letter of February 4 and mine in answer thereto of February 13th relative to replacing buoys at Yaquina Bay, Oregon, you are informed that Senator Mitchell of Oregon had written this office on the subject, insisting that it is news??? any??? the buoys should be replaced. You are therefore requested to replace as many of them as are necessary to satisfy the demands of commerce, in such time and in such manner as you may deem best. You will use your discretion in determining whether or not to use
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Yaquina Bay: shall property be sold.
June 8 5
Sir:
Your opinion is requested as to whether it is desirable to possess the Yaquina Bay Light Station property, in view of the expense and trouble its custody entails on the Light House Establishment, now that the light is discontinued???. If you think it should be disposed of please state when you think would be the best time for its sale.
Very respectfully, ??? Naval Secretary
Lt. Comdr. Louis Kempff Inspector 13th L.H. District, Astoria, Oregon.
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Yaquina Bay - Pay of Custodian
One Enclosure.
October 18th 5
Sir:
Enclosed herewith you will find a copy of a letter from the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury, dated October 5th, by which the Board is authorized to pay Mr. R.A. Bensall, at a rate not to exceed $600 per annum for his services while in charge of the Light-House property at Yaquina Bay, Oregon. In accordance with this authority you are authorized to make the payment in question from the appropriation for salaries of Light-House Keepers. Funds for this purpose will be sent you. Please refer to this letter, by date, on the voucher, as your authority for making the payment.
Very respectfully, ??? Naval Secretary
Lt. Commndr. L. Kempff. Inspector 13th L.H. Dist. Astoria, Oregon.
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Yaquina Bay Payment of Custodian
May 13th ???
In reply to yours of April 25th I have to say that the amounts sent you per letter of October 10th, 1875, was to pay R.A. Bensell custodian of Yaquina Light-Station his salary in that capacity, from November 10th, 1874, to September 14th, 1875. That being understood to be the term of his service. As the service was rendered during parts of two different fiscal years, it was necessary to send a portion of the funds, ($384.78) from the appropriation for Salaries of Keepers of Light Houses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and the remainder from the appropriation for Salaries of Keepers of Light Houses