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Copy of Letter Addressed to
Charl ?? Bain ??? Oregon
Mr. Braden ??????
Abbott & Lamb ????????
Ben Simpson Onealta Oregon

Office Light House Engineer
13th District, Portland Oregon
July 22 1871

Sir

I have received a bid for building a Keepers Dwelling at Cape Foulweather Oregon, the duplicate of the one you bid upon for Cape Disappointment. I had expected to do the work by days labor, but it is possible it may be let out by contract if by such a course the work can be done much more economically. The building would have to be inclosed (sic) by the 1st of November 1871 and completed before June 30 1872. The site of the Light House is about 4 1/2 miles from Newport on Yaquina Bay. A half mile of road on the Cape which will be built by the Government will give a wagon road between the Cape and Newport, which would need some repairs (266)