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(All communication should be addressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.") Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington D.C., 1 Dec., '94
Commander O.W. Farenholt, U.S.N., Inspector 13th L.H. District, Portland, Oreg.
Sir: Your letter of 24 Nov., '94, relating to the lights to be established at Yaquina Bay, has been received. In reply, the Board requests you to confer with the Engineer of the District, and with him make a joint report and recommendatioin as to the location of these lights, and the number of lights now recommended. 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, D.C., 27 Feb'y, '95
M.M.B.
Telegram Official Business.
Light-House Inspector, Portland, Oreg.
Put laborers in charge of Yaquina beacons. Light beacons. Issue local notice.
Wilde Naval Secretary.
Charge Light-House Board. Govt. rates.
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M.M.B.
(All communications should be addressed to "THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD.")
Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C., 27 Feb'y, '95.
Commander O. W. Farenholt, U. S. N., Inspector 13th L. H. District, Portland, Oreg.
Sir:
The following is a copy of a telegram sent you to-day:
"Put laborers in charge of Yaquina beacons. Light beacons. Issue local notice."
Respectfully, George F. F. Wilde Commander, U. S. N., Naval Secretary.
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M.M.B. 4 Enclosures.
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Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C., 19 March, '95.
Commander O. W. Farenholt, U. S. N., Inspector 13th L. H. District, Portland, Oreg.
Sir:
The Board returns to you enclosed; for revision, Forms 87 for post lights recently established in Yaquina Bay, Oreg., enclosed in your letter of 12 March, '95.
The Board requests you to substitute bearings on objects shown on the chart, as required by the explanatory heading of the space in the form set apart for bearings, in order that the positions of the post lights may be accurately plotted from them.
Referring to your Notice to Mariners of the establishment of these post lights, of which you enclosed a copy with the above named letter, the Board requests that when you again issue a Notice you will give bearings so chosen that the mariner will be enabled to plot the aids on his charts without being obliged to seek additional information from other sources.
The Board is of the opinion that the lights marking the chan-
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M.M.B. 3 Enclosures.
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Treasury Department, Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C., 22 March, '95.
Commander O. W. Farenholt, U. S. N., Inspector 13th L. H. District, Portland, Oreg.
Sir:
Enclosed is sent you a copy of a letter from Hon. Binger Hermann, M. C., dated 19 March, '95, together with a copy of its enclosure, a petition of citizens of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, asking for the establishment of a stake light on Ford's Point (Coquille Point,) for the purpose of defining the channel between McLane's Point and the end of the Bulk Head at Yaquina: and a tracing of Yaquina Bay.
The Board requests you to confer with the Engineer of the District, and with him make a joint report and recommendation as to the necessity for and advisability of establishing the light in question.
Respectfully, George F. F. Wilde Commander, U. S. N., Naval Secretary.