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Copy of Letter addressed to
Charles Bain Astoria. Oregon
W Braden Portland. " (Oregon)
Abbott & Co " (Portland Oregon)
Duplicate of page 462
Office. L.H. Engineer 13th Dist
Portland, Oregon
July, 22. 1871.

Sir.
I have received a bid for building a keeper dwelling at Cape Foulweather. 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 that 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 Lighthouse 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.
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