YH LH location and building Vol. 311

Office of the Light House Engineer Thirteenth District

Portland, Oregon, September 4, 1871

Rear Admiral W.B. Shubrick Chairman Light House Board Washington, D.C.

Sir:

I have the honor to submit the following Report of Light House Operations for August, 1871.

Work done on New Light House at Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Labor furnished by Ben Simpson per contract dated June 19, 1871. Mason's work completed. Carpenter's work completed except work in placing deck plate in tower. Painter's work completed except roof. Laborers work completed except making brick walk and assisting in adjusting lantern, etc.

Work to be done at Yaquina L.H. in September -

If received, the deck plate lantern and lends are to be fitted in place.

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In tower, Carpenter's and Laborer's work to be completed -

Brick walk to be laid from rear gate to house and soil placed on surface of garden.

Cape Hancock Light Station. Wash Ty.

Completed new house and frame for fog bell in place of those destroyed by the blast of the 15" gun - Dimensions as follows. House 10 feet square by 8 feet high. Balloon frame weather boarded, painted white. Bell frame is 8 1/2 feet high from the floor and made of 10 in square timber.

In the Light House the plate glass that was broken has been replaced.

Per contract with C.F. Brown dated June 19, 1871, the new dwelling for light keeper is in course of construction, the brickwork being completed and frame up.

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material raised with it to the top of the island. I think that work cannot not be commenced on the cistern and building before the last of September.

Cape Foulweather Light Station - Oregon August .14. made contract with .C. F. Brown to build Light Keepers dwelling for $11500_coin. Quadruplicates contracts_&c. Sent for Approval to .L.H. Board. August_22_

Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Henry M Robert Maj. of Eng'rs & L.H. Eng'r, Thirteenth District. 313

Endorsement on annexed Letter from Chas F. Brown.

Office Light House engineer 13th Dist. Portland, Oregon. September 30. 1871

Respectfully referred to Rear Admiral W. B. Shubrick Chairman of Light House Board. I returned yesterday from Cape Foulweather. Where I went to locate the buildings and make preparations for commencing work. While at Newport Yaquina Bay there were three vessels in the harbor containing all the material of the Light Keepers dwelling (excepting the Fir Lumber which had been ordered at a Sawmill on the bay) Two of the vessels sailed from San Francisco August 28. and measures had been adopted that would have resulted in putting the work through in time. had it not been for a Severe Storm and trouble with the mails. A letter written by me to Mr Ben

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Simpson was received the day ??? ??? (before - 20 days?) after it was written _ The same day he received the bill of Fir Lumber for the Light Keepers dwelling at Cape Foulweather which he had mailed in San Francisco, 32 days before to his partner at the Saw mill on Yaquina Bay which however had been duplicated 3 days before just after Mr. Brown and I arrived at the bay. During the 7 days from the time I left Corvallis for Cape Foulweather till my return it rained every day. On account of the failure in the mails the preparations for landing material had not been made. As the Tower Cannot be completed before next fall it seemed on the whole best not to commence the dwelling as it would be impossible to enclose it before the rainy season sets in. Every means is being used to get all the materials on the site

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