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Department of Commerce and Labor
Light-House Establishment

Office of Inspector, 13th District
Portland, Oreg.

6 September, 1904

The Light-House Board,
Washington.

Sirs.
In accordance with the Board's
letter of 30 August, 1904, File No. 1053,
I recommend the appointment of
Mr. Michael Ludescher as Second
Assistant Keeper at Yaquina Head
Light Station, Oregon, at a salary
of $550.00
Mr. Ludescher has an average
of 87.40 per sent in the list of
eligibles for Assistant Keepers in
Class 4, certified to the Board
2 April, 1904.
Of those whose names stand
above his on that list Mr. Otto Hansen
(letter enclosed with recommendation
of Mr. Cornelius W. Stidham (letter
of 5 July, 1904, enclosed) have
declined appointment to New
Dungeness Light Station on account
of the lack of suitable quarters for
their families.
THe same objection applies in the
present case, as Yaquina Head Light
Station has quarters for the families
of only two Keepers. I was instructed
br the Board's letter of 15 August, 1904,
File No. 1053, to recommend for
appointment at this station only
"Assistant Keepers without families,
or who understand that no accomodations
for their families will be provided."