Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-20
BUOYS.

BUOYS. Spar Buoys, Can Buoys, He'll Buoys l
 and Whistling BuOys.
 TcoNcLUDED]. The important idea of it all is that day or night, fog or light, when heavy seas are running large and strong enough to send a vessel right up bodily on rocks slanting far along under the sea and leave her there where she can never get off ex- cept in fragments, which soon far around shall strew the sea as effectually as Carribi- anca's ship was strewn by flame swept powder magazine of which all school children read the heroic story. The whistling buoy, say, is ever telling keep away from herel-A hundred cannon or an exploding magazine would hardly shatter a ship however strong much soon- CT or more completely tear her to pieces than would those great pillows I saw off Moose Peak, once they got her on the wild rocks by that light house. But the buoy is anchored half mile or more away and ever the great sea is moving it renews it's song and seems to say: However strong, however brave; brave not the coast line where ride sentinel! No watehword al lows safe passage to mortal here; the sea will take you in it's great green arms and hurl you on the rocks and over the rocks and against the rock cliffs and out of it all another world is your only escape and hope.
 And now we have arrived off Schoodic Point, which marks the eastern limit of Frenchman's bay, where, as I have some pillows, journeying from the far south, begin to seek their rest and will soon cease to roll. We are not on them to-day, or the Iris could not do this work very well. There is just gentle swell on the sea and having taken their bearings by certain designated objects on the coast, this way and that way, Captain Johnson swings the vessel rightly to launch the great buoy Meantime we have noted the block of granite on the forward deck is larger than the anchor stone of the spar buoy This one weighs seven CD tons! And the very strong iron-linked cable, with bar across within each link to make it stronger, is stretched in rows across the deck so as not to tangle in running out when it goes almost like a shot from a cannon in- to the deep sea. There are fathoms of water here where this coast guard is to be stationed all lonely and strong. And there may be some more fathoms of cable than those named to let it ride easily on possible pillows twenty or thirty feet from top to bottom. How it will shout when they come! The great, long underpipe hangs forward near the gangway. It's lower end has been released and now dips in the water on it's upper part. Near the great can is strong iron band or collar, with 8 suitable ring, into which one end of the cable has just been made fast. The derrick boom, worked by steam, has moved the heavy granite block as before to the edge of the dock on the port bow. The inspector, the captain, the mate, and the able-bodied seaman, and guests are all in safe positions to see the launch, to direct to assist according to the occasion chain will catch them as it goes. "All ready, MT. Grum" Aye, sir. All ready!" 'Stand clear!" 'sHeave off" Down goes the granite! Out and down goes the long heavy iron cable, and it goes swifter than you can fairly watch it all, and in less time than can tell it and be- fore expected. The great pipe had gone down, too, and the immense red can, whose lashings had been cut and held by a rope near the Iris, was floating on the sea and had already begun to toot and salute as as the water followed up the long pipe into the air chamber and began to show what it could do in making new music off Schoodic Point. And so it was launched! and it was a great pleasure to me to see it done. And we left it al- ready ringing low lone song on the gen. tie swells of that day and went on to Petit Manan to carry wood to light the fires of the fog whistle engines there. A whistling buoy gets it's force of vibrating the air out of the wave force, the other out of heat great forces which man has learned to con- trol to the limited extent of many impor- tant uses.
 They told me on the Iris that man got caught once in the out going chain, which a sweeping him past a stachion took his leg right off, and him into the sea. He was rescued, hospital cared for, add recov- cred, and became 8 lighthouse keeper. We met, in crossing Frenchmans bay, the large steamer "City of Richmond" whose captain saluted us and the Iris returned it, and both vessels slowed up, and stopped for minute or two while the captain con ferred with our officers, perhaps about this buoy then to be placed. And the Iris lay near the Richmond like pigmy under the shadow of giant. The Richmond goes much further east but calls at Bar Harbor and then back to Portland And so when I returned from the Maine coast, was on the City Inf Richmond nearly all one day and half the night, fine boat indeed. And this was the 29th day of November, and I asked the captain about that buoy. And he said, 'It did not stay there long, but had gone adrift or was wrecked and sunk. Whichever it was, hardly month per haps.
 We'll, know the November gales were pretty strong and the seas right high at and probably @ more v so off sehoodic @ aF Point Mlra More work then for the Iris to recover the startling concern and get it into place once more. If ever reader of this goes by the whistling buoy off Frenchman's bay or the other one which farther east and farther out rides the vast pillows, the green, roll ing hill of water, moving at times off Moores Peak, I ask him to take off his hat and give the same respectful salute for me.
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