The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-25
TO ASSIST NAVIGATION.
Lighthouse Tender TO Place Buoys
and Beaeons on the sound.
Dangerous Rocks 10 be Marked vita
sPasdies-A Very Essgh Trip
Frera Astoria

The iightAos<e te5der Mazzsnsfs- APT.
Richardson. arrives in ,ors yesssrsssy e.
p. m troEs Astoria. for the purpa<e of
placing nunsrer Of new busys. stake
Lights ard -spsnesss'' In di@~rent parts q
the Ssaad from nsyupla TO Beiliaxh an
hsy and the ssa JN&r i.iAzsss Capt e.
s=bsee. Inspector OF lighthouses and
buoss- IS expectei here shout "Wednesday.
aud with one or tEo steamboat captains
vii seeomrsuy the Manzaaffs srouad the
sound g0r the purpose ~ determining tie
places AZ which tse buoys. lights and
-spindiess are 10 b. placed The nGmber
Of rev baoys win Se q. stake-iighss 10
aud -spiadie<~ fhrte o. Esar As there are
none sf q csc latter beseoilx Of navExarfou
n0w on the sound. Il may be vel TO ex-
plain What they arr
A spindle T. usef 10 designate a rock or
other place dangerous 70 FigAssoD. thai
u more OF iess covered af high tide and
exposed q, low tide. IL - an iron shaff
four OF fsxe feet long. firmly sestged Ia the
10 K. and snrnoaufed By s-arrel, painted
3 color that - easily disfsnxuisnable Tae
placing 81 the bnoys. lights and s,siHdles
viii well occupy several WEEKS
Capt. Richardson OF the Msnxausfa says
that hts trip around from Astoria was the
ro1ghe>t he ever experienced on the cass,
lie crossed the Columbia bar when he
could WITH great difficulty make headwsy
against the heavy seas The waters were
- highly disturbed that their surface was
literally covered with foam. Two special
agents Of the treasury biarfei the Man
zauifs At Astoria and came around 30 PORT
Townsend for the trip" They did not
saou their head above deck from the time
the Columbia tszr vas struck. Their desire
for a life On the ocean wave" was imme-
dlafeiy satisfied.
8 After the bar v IS crossed Capt Richard
son went down 10 Tillxfnoos Head, ibteud-
F. lag to land a lsDpist. bax the sea Wa. 50
nasty u was deemed imPrudent 10 attempt;
4 landing.
One week ago hast saturday the Nsnzaniia
visited Destruction island. where the neg
Z lighthouse is nader course of Construction
she tJok OF Assistant superintendent
Gould aud four brick mas0ns. the latter of
whom have been detained q month over
tho time they expected 20 re-
main BY the non-aFriyai of the
schooner Allie ]. Agar. which took sup
plies from this ciiF sbaHt five se * since.
Owing 70 the continued bad weather the
! Agar has been unable Ia make = landing.
though she made SIX attempts Thosr on
( the island believe thsf the schooner Is
wrecked A portion OF the wreck of =
seaOoner came ssiiore on Tafunsh island
tn other day. II Is believed 10 have been
a par OF TIE Algar. bat That vessel T. slated
10 be lying uog in Neaa bay waiting he's
chance to reach the island.
A scheme Is Dn foo; 10 divide the Thlr-
teeuta Lighthouse district. Masking the
light al Destruction island the most sogth,
efly ia The new district The headquar-
iers Of the old Thirteenth district will RI
main AZ Astoria. and the headquarters oi
the new viii be Seattle. j; is likely this
viii b. doae
The Nanxaniia yesterday took roai a. the
bunkErs. She will b. at the Canadian Pa
eihe wharf until Capt Sebree arrives