﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OEEGON. 
  11 
  

  

  in 
  sufRcient 
  abundance 
  to 
  warrant 
  private 
  investigation 
  was 
  touclied 
  

   upon, 
  while 
  off 
  Newport, 
  thougli 
  no 
  scallops 
  were 
  secured, 
  a 
  great 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  tlie 
  smaller 
  flatfislies 
  was 
  demonstrated. 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  investigation 
  was 
  also 
  extended 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  take 
  in 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  coastal 
  banks 
  off 
  Grays 
  Harbor, 
  

   where 
  one 
  set 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  soundings 
  were 
  made. 
  After 
  touching 
  

   at 
  Seattle 
  and 
  coaling 
  at 
  Union 
  Bay, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  the 
  Albatross 
  

   proceeded 
  to 
  Sausalito, 
  Cal., 
  where 
  she 
  arrived 
  September 
  15, 
  1914. 
  

  

  RESULTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  INVESTIGATION. 
  

   WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS. 
  

  

  While 
  en 
  route 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  investigation 
  the 
  Albatross 
  was 
  com- 
  

   pelled 
  to 
  heave 
  to 
  for 
  17 
  hours, 
  and 
  several 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  survey 
  

   boisterous 
  seas 
  necessitated 
  the 
  cessation 
  of 
  fishing 
  operations. 
  

  

  That 
  fishing 
  trials 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  Newport 
  on 
  so 
  few 
  days 
  was 
  not 
  

   due 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  weather, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  on 
  the 
  

   bar 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Yaquina 
  Bay. 
  Sets 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  but 
  14 
  of 
  36 
  

   possible 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  spent 
  there. 
  On 
  16 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  22 
  

   days 
  the 
  fog 
  was 
  very 
  thick 
  or 
  threatening, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  6 
  days 
  

   either 
  tidal 
  conditions 
  or, 
  more 
  frequently, 
  breakers 
  rendered 
  the 
  bar 
  

   impassable. 
  During 
  practically 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  spent 
  at 
  New- 
  

   port 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  bar, 
  aside 
  from 
  other 
  conditions, 
  prevented 
  

   fishing. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  Pilot, 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  (second 
  edition, 
  1909) 
  

   says: 
  

  

  The 
  channsl 
  over 
  the 
  bar 
  (at 
  Newport, 
  Oreg.) 
  has 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  11 
  to 
  14 
  feet, 
  but 
  is 
  

   narrow 
  and 
  winding 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  attempted 
  by 
  strangers 
  without 
  a 
  pilot. 
  A 
  

   reef 
  extends 
  for 
  nearly 
  IJ 
  miles 
  northward 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  about 
  J 
  mile 
  offshore; 
  and 
  

   southward 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  1 
  mile, 
  is 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  sunken 
  rocks, 
  

   usually 
  showing 
  a 
  breaker. 
  In 
  the 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  entrance, 
  which 
  id 
  between 
  these 
  

   rocks 
  and 
  the 
  reef, 
  the 
  bottom 
  is 
  irregular, 
  with 
  several 
  depths 
  of 
  4 
  fathoms 
  and 
  less. 
  

   Inside 
  the 
  entrance 
  the 
  channel 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  frequent 
  change. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  The 
  entrance 
  

   in 
  winter 
  is 
  exceptionally 
  bad 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  swell 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  is 
  not 
  

   recommended. 
  

  

  The 
  channel 
  over 
  Newport 
  bar, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  experience 
  with 
  it 
  

   indicated, 
  has 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  9 
  feet 
  at 
  low 
  water, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  claimed 
  

   locally 
  that 
  a 
  channel 
  carrying 
  14 
  feet 
  can 
  be 
  followed. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   gap 
  in 
  the 
  reef 
  through 
  which 
  small 
  craft 
  can 
  approach 
  the 
  bar 
  chan- 
  

   nel 
  from 
  the 
  west, 
  avoiding 
  taking 
  the 
  seas 
  broadside 
  on 
  in 
  north- 
  

   westerly 
  weather. 
  This 
  gap 
  usually 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  picked 
  up 
  by 
  

   one 
  famihar 
  with 
  its 
  position, 
  provided 
  the 
  breakers 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  high 
  

   as 
  to 
  completely 
  obscure 
  it. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  two 
  partially 
  completed 
  breakwaters 
  off 
  the 
  harbor 
  en- 
  

   trance, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  almost 
  worse 
  than 
  useless, 
  ending 
  well 
  within 
  

   the 
  most 
  dangerous 
  ground. 
  Until 
  they 
  are 
  extended 
  into 
  suffi- 
  

  

  