Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01


En,esrss iise liss IL Patrnts fssued BY the Pa
,s.s tlrsre unlsr dass q June llth, we note wisf
si.s.srr thr grant 81 patent to 0ur much e.
s.eu.es eIioe si,iaea, Capt. joseph Forrest If
oakville diusriss. Capt. Forrest has not invented
: ~asl.sux machidc. : hew-fangled ehura, nor
IL ! fsfmxaie. such ns we have been bothered
VIA. ard which nobody wants to use. He
$3.50 business. md has invented something
whieh he and All mariners hare heretofore Gelt
~ waus 81 In naviwaaing she intricate ehannelS
az cur rivers and inland waters. His object Is 10
threw = light On DARK places and indicate 10 the
raarincs she way in which be sbesla 70. Most
a. - knew whas Il u 10 wait On sOme lonely
wharf On : dark Winters rnoruing lor the steam.
hoas. uncertain whether she win come in or cot,
sbefe beinr 10 Light % show. AID resurnisv
h5me. have ~ NOS Cursed the delay eansea by
ne a,opuinx 81 the boat antil he Captain. pr,rl
Inc anSiohssy shroush she darkness could make
ons she ssbash'i which marked TIE channel.
How mach hssanr would Il DO to have The dan.
9ssous poinls % she chnnnsl ana Tie wharvo
marked b. sialioaary lightsa Tistis Capt
Forrsss proposes 70 10 n : practical aad ecOaon-
icaf manner, aud 10 accomplish he desired ~.
suls he has intented : lamp Or lantern which
lights itself 1t snndosh. sxsinRuishes iGselfiR
ms naorai1x and keeps on doing 80 Cor week
Or % a = time without requiring any atiekaion,
he lamp operating automatically By and a. No.
oiar a. clock work ehh make Il. Moreover. he
lantern does rot require 70 Pc removed from itS
position II any time duplicate sets Of lamps bsy
ing prosi1ta, al that isneccssary % Be done hy
the uarsv In charge Il 10 withdraw the old set Of
lamps and replace Il with freshly trimmed ses
and wind up the mechAnism. Toe signal light
Is shen good for another wreck or so. The KEEP
err carries home the set Of Tampa Withdrawn from
the lantern and trims and cleans Il at his leisure
having the cleaa set Of lamps ready for insertioA
into the lantern At the proper time. The aa,
vantages Of such signal lantern are obviously
very great. A light house which only required
attention once a week, which would light up a,
shutdown and extinguish the light in the morn.
ing without the aid Of a resident light house
keeper, would be much more economical than
one which required daily and Nightly attention.
and when we come to consider the many thou.
sand minor lights Of our bays, rivers, and Other
| fulaud waters WHICH toulu DC FeplaCeu Win
Capt Forests invention the saving thereby efecs
ted would be simply enormous. TheinveniionOr
Capt Forrest can be applied TO buoys and float.
ing light ships as well as 10 fixed objects On
land and we hope that the day is not Ear distant
when not only our toFtuOus channels and steam.
boat wharves viii be lie up with this useful and
economical light, but the United States Light
/ House Board will take the matter in hand and
provide all the minor light houses with Capt
Forests automatically operating lantern. Such
a light would, it seems 10 us, be Of peculiar ad-
vantage on the dangerous coasts Of the Carolinas
and Florida where 30 many vessels are wrecked
and where from the nature Of the coast il is 81.
most impossible to have sufficient number Of
permanent light houses Of the usual construction.
/ With this invention the whole coast eau he
| lighted mp at a cost comparatively inConsidcFabs
and the laiDps could be attended 10 by the coast
guard or men at the life preserving stations
| without extra cost. Capt. Forrest is now max
| ing arrangements to have his lanterns manuiac.
tured SO as 10 be able TO supply the public DE-
mand and is Otherwise preparing TO introduce
his invention 10 public use. Wewish him evriy
success