DT Data Page #

93

Newspaper

Daily Times Telephone

Newspaper Date

3/25/1886

Page #

3

Item Type

New wharf

Place

Arcata Mad River

Text

John Berka, agent for the Arcata & Mad River railroad filed a petition with the Board of Harbor Commission to extend the wharf 500' feet at a 40-50' feet width. Up to 11 vessels were loading all at once several times this past year. The wharf is one of the principle points of shipments of lumber on the bay, the output from 6 sawmills going out on the wharf.

Key Words

John Berka, Arcata & Mad River Railroad, Wharf

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