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This road would place the Light House within easy access from the village of Newport. The most important place in that section of country.

Cape Foulweather itself is at present unapproachable I understand from the South. A road of 10 miles length would have to be built from Yaquina Point costing at least $5000. coin and the item of freight would be increased if hauled from from Newport at the rate of $2.coin per ton. estimating from the best data I could obtain. This would give an aggregate increase of cost on these two items of say $15,000. coin, if the material were transported from Newport to Cape Foulweather.

But I understand that the best route to Cape Foulweather is to ship to the Siletz river about 10 miles north of the Cape. from which point the Cape is more easily approached.

Again it is probable that much of the freight may be landed at the Cape or Point as the case maybe when the cost would be much more equalized.

All things considered. I should estimate the

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