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Office of the Light House Inspector Twelfth District San Francisco, Cal., May 28th, 1874
Professor Joseph I Lowry Chairman of the LH Board Washington DC
Sir,
I have the honor to report my return to this office from Yaquina Bay after continuing with your instruction of November 12th 1873. The joint report on the subject of the Engineer and myself have been forwarded to the Board from Portland Oregon. Upon examination at Cape Foulweather we found that it would be impossible to be build a tramway that would not be washed away every winter, and every summer it is a bad landing and could only be used in very smooth weather, it will