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ALKI POINT
1911: "Alki (Battery) Point, Wash.--The act of June 28, 1902, appropriated $6,000 for the construction of a fog signal at Battery Point, Puget Sound, opposite the city of Seattle. The original estimates upon which this appropriation was based contemplated the establishment of a fog-bell signal in connection with the lens-lantern light maintained at this point since 1887. By the act of February 26, 1907, the limit of cost of the fog signal station to be established in connection with the light station was increased by the sum of $8,000, making the total limit of cost $14,000, and the act of March 4, 1907, appropriated the additional amount thus authorized. The act of June 17, 1910, authorized an increase of $33,000 in the limit of cost to complete this light and fog signal, so as to make the total limit of cost $47,000 instead of $14,000, as heretofore authorized. The act of March 4, 1911, appropriated $33,000 for completing this light and fog signal. About one-half of the area of the site required was purchased during the fiscal year 1910. Arrangements for securing title to the remainder of the site are in progress and the plans are in the course of preparation. It is estimated that the station will be put into operation by March 1, 1912. The amount expended to June 30, 1911, was $9,175, leaving an unexpended balance of $37, 825." (Annual Report of the Lighthouse Commissioner)
April 1912: "Alki Point light station, Wash.: Bids opened April 1." (Lighthouse Service Bulletin)
April 3, 1912: "Bids were opened Monday in the office of Henry L. Beck, lighthouse inspector of the Seventh District, for the construction of a lighthouse of the fourth order at Al-Ki Point, a summer resort on Puget Sound, situated near Seattle, and in proximity to the path taken by a large number of vessels passing in and out of the bay.
It is estimated that the lighthouse will cost about $20,000, exclusive of the site. The machinery, lights and lens will be installed by the lighthouse department. The site was acquired by the government for $10,000. Inspector Beck will forward the bids to the bureau at Washington, accompanied by his recommendations, for approval. It is possible a contract will be awarded within the next two or three weeks. In that event the new lighthouse will be completed and equipped before the stormy season sets in next Fall." (The Port Townsend Daily Leader)
July 30, 1912: "Alki point lighthouse will be built by March, work starting on it today. It will be a concrete structure, 30 feet high and will cost $23,680." (The Seattle Star)
January 16, 1913: "A new lighthouse, with two keepers, at $800 a year each, is to be placed in operation April 1 to replace the old 'stake light' at Alki point, which has been cared for by Mrs. Martha Webb for $15 aq month. The stake light is one of the oldest marine marks in Puget Sound." (The Seattle Star)
May 31, 1913: "The new lighthouse, located on Alki Point, built at the cost of $10,000, has been completed, and the big 20,000 candlepower light will be turned on for the first time Sunday. So powerful is the light that it can be seen 13 miles distant in clear weather. The lighthouse will open to public inspection on all clear afternoons from 12:30 until an hour before sundown. A.G. Mahler, keeper of the West Point light, has been assigned to the new lighthouse." (The Seattle Star)