New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-25
OFFICIAL NOTICES,

sso shall present conditions, psrsieulazly regard
| ing currents favorable to said work.
have control over the commeretsl use Of the
channel or channels on which he 10 engaged-td
this extent, that vessel shall attempt passage
without the pilot in charge first obtain pormlssaoI
fer such passage from the said officer In comm and
| III. That such control. while tfiecting the pqr
for which it is given VIZ fee,'sasaS noe
| commerce, said officer. whenever engaged d
dredging should vessel be presented Tor PAST age
! through % channel being dredged it haviPg on
| board pilot who reports his vessel OF suitable
| draft as specified in preceding regulations. sup
Piled with steam power. as also specified, aud IN
its proper order of precedence. shall give permis
| sion to pass and shall remove his dredgeboat or
dredgeboats out of the channel or to one side, to
lsv suc h Vessel and the work of dredging.
Such permission shall be sgnified in the manner
hereafter indicated under the head Of signals
Nv. The said officer 10 command shall cause 10
be kept In POSITION each side Of the channel
dredged q line of spar buOys, with . distance b'.
tween adjacent spars of each line o. not over iooo
feet and shall further place on suitable number
of these. lanterns. which he shall keep lighted,
when necessary, during dark nights.
shall cause to b. laced at Pilot Town. in position
to be from passing vessels, large bulletin
board, on which every Wednesday and Saturday
afternoon he shall cause to be displayed Ia large
letters aud figures such information regarding the
depth ard condition Of the channel dredgad, the
time high tide, and such other par tculars as may
attempt a passage of The channel dredged. he
shall also establish water guage at the same
point, having its Zero at extreme low tide.
VI Ire said officer in command shsll a,so On
every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon te!e-
graph to his commanding officer IN New ORR ans
city. the information displayed at the bulletin
board above directed.
ALL PERSONS
T. No person shall will.nlly destroy remove. or
injure any buoy, light, shore mark, survey mar
aud nff he rod hog fnVa
tho authority Of the latter, nor shall any person
90 iterate. change or add to any notice placed on
the hefOre described bulletin board at Pilot Town,
without authority from the officer above named.
SIGNALS.
l. During the times the office In command OF
the dredge boat aforesaid shall assume CONTROL
the commercial use OF the channel or chan
nels aforesaid he shall to be displayed ut the
masthead CT the dreGge boat engaged in improving
such channel or channels, during the daytime. "
canvas globe Tor balIOOn) painted black and FIVE
lanterns, one above the other. While these s.s-
halls are up the channel iA which they are dis
played shall be barred to the passage OF all vessels.
without permission as at resaid.
When they are up and permission is asked to
pass their lowering to the deck and remaining
lowered fifteen minutes shall indicate PEI NILSSON;
II they ba lowered and immediately hoisted az aln
this shall indicate refusal Of permission.
When they are not up, no permission will be re-
II. Vessels approaching the channel dredsed. as
soon as boarded by bar pilot, when the aforesaid
black globe - displayed, small display, In such
position to be plainly seen at two miles distance
from the dredge boat, he following eignal, " hich
can be made with flags Of any code, viz:
1t the vessel be drawing fifteen feet or less.
code flag at the masthead; If fifteen and u halt
feet. two flags and one additional hAg for each
addlt ioual one half foot of draught.
From this the officer in command of the dredge
boat knowing the stage of the tide, the depth of
channel aud condition OF its bottom, and seeing
the steam power engaged can Judge If it be proper
TO allow the passage OF the vessel and can sign al
accordingly IN time to prevent delay.
The pilot shall cause these signals to be displayed
when necessary.
III. When the red lights are displayed in place
place Of tire globe or balloon ators said, the signal
asking permission to pass shall be made with
lights from the masthead of the vesse! seeking
passage, as follows:
One white light to indicate draft Of Is feet or
lees; white with ono red above Is Is feet; one
white, with one d below. is feet; two white one
above the other l6'a feet; two white with one red
above, II feet; tive white with one led between.
III: feet; two white with one red below, 10 feet;
one red, i3h feet; one white moved rapidly up and
down distance of about TIVE nty feet, 10 feet;
red moved in the same way. 1873 feet: one white
ard one red, moved as above. 70 feet ana over.
The distance between lights shall be five feet,
and the signal sh Ill be displayed until answered.
The display of these Signals shall be construed
as report Of the pilot display ing them that he has
the required steam power to aid the vessel on
which he is engaged.
". The dredge boat remaining one side Of the
channel for the passage CT another vessel shall
give the usual steam whistle signal for passing
port or starboard, and this shall be responded to
and obeyed by the passing vessel. on the order Of
the pilot. de22 lot