1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books

Officice of Light House Engineer Thirteenth District Portland, Oregon April 14 1873

Chairman Light House Board, Washington, DC

Sir: I have the honor to make the following Report of Operations for the month of March 1873.

Cape Foulweather Lt Station, Ogn. Completed painting of Iron Work of Tower. Graded outside of enclosure on west side of tower.

Probable Operations for April Complete work, if missing parts of Lantern are received.

Point Adams, Ogn. Inspected, in company with Capt Spotts, LH Inspector, with reference to location of Light House & Fog Signal.

Cape Hancock Lt Station, W.T. Completed painting. Put up eave-troughs & pipes. Repaired chimney. Inspected Oil House as completed - Examined, with Capt. Spotts, Keeper & Assistants.

Cape Flattery Lt. Station, W.T. Put Fog Signal into complete repair. Inspected Fog Signal, & examined Keeper & Assistants, with Capt. Spotts.

Probable Operations for April. Make estimate & plans to submit to Lt. Ho. Board for tank for temporary ??? & water fog Signal.

Ediz Hook Lt Station, W.S.

Thoroughly completed zinc parapet covering. Examined Keeper & Assistant in company with Capt. Spotts.

New Dungeness Lt. Station, W.S. Purchased and shipped materials for completion of repairs. Put floor in Boat House & battens on sides. Finished door, & furnished paddock for same. Connected work-house with cistern by covered pipe. Put coat paint on Boat House & 2 coats on inside of Store Room. Inspected work of Repairs, & examined Keeper & Assistant with Capt. Spotts.

Probable Operations for April Put eave-troughs (galvanized iron) in place of defective ones on Store Room. Refit pump in Cistern. Put 2" coat paint on Boat-House; 1 coat paint on inside & outside of store-room. Put stakes to fence. Build 60 ft of new ways for Boat. Repair Boat Carriage. Connect Storeroom with Cisterns. Paint Roofs of Storeroom & Boat House.

Examined Keepers & Assistants at Admiralty Head & Smiths Island Lt. Houses, with Capt. Spotts.

Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Henry M. Roberts Maj. of Eng'rs & L.H. Eng'r, Thirteenth District.

(Appointment Records) Yaquina Bay

Keeper - Vol 2 Appointments.

Charles H. Pierce - July 26, 1871 Disc. Oct 1, 1874

(Pierce Appointed as Keeper Cape Blanco -aft Nov 3 1874)

February 28 2

Sir:

Upon further consideration of your recommendation of the 30th September last, that the contractor for construction of the Keeper's dwelling at the Cape Foulweather Light Station be allowed an extension of sixty days time from the first day of July next, the Board has decided to allow the contractor the extension asked - that is, until the 28th day of August next.

Very respectfully,

Major H. M. Robert Corps of Engineers USA L.H. Engineer Portland, Oregon

??? H. Elliot Major of Engineers, U.S.A. Engineer Secretary

Treasury Department Office of the Lighthouse Board Washington July 19, 1902.

File No. 2992.

One Enclosure.

Commander W.F. Day, U.S.A., Inspector 13th Light-House District, Portland, Oregon.

Sir: Referring to your endorsement of 24 June, 1902, on the resignation of Mr. Ewald Glass as Second Assistant Keeper of Yaquina Head, Oreg., light-station, the Board encloses-herewith Department letter of 15 July 1902, accepting the resignation of Mr. Glass to take effect from and including 11 June, 1902. Respectfully, (Signature?) Captain, U.S.A., Naval Secretary.