The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
NOTICE 10 MARINERS.

piIot charts and all hydrographic in
formation viii be furnished masters Of
/ vessels free Of charge in United States
1 uv9rographic Once IN custom house.
Captains are requested to call at the
Office.
for Transmission to the navy department.
For additional shipping news see other
columns
Little Captain Island East Reef Gas Buoy
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2O-Notice is
/ hereby given by the lighthouse board,
hat ON or about Jan. 3, 1885. the gas light
81 buoy. showing a fixed white light,
i marking the reef making off to the east
/ ward from Little Captain Island, entrance
. no Greenwich Cove, y. side of Long
. Stand Sound. Will be discontinued for
-he winter months, and there win be sub
/ ,atuted therefor a black spar buoy num-
Jones Rocks Gas Buoy, No. l.
on the same date. the gas-lighted buoy,
showing a fixed " hite light, to the south
/ ward and eastward of and close to Jones
Rocks. northerly side of the channel into
/ Greenwich cove, will be discontinued for
i the winter months. and there will be sub
stuted therefor a black spar buoy num-
hared /.
This notice affects the List of Beacons
ana Buoys. Third Lighthouse District,
! lS8 pages IS and 20.
\ Washington, D. c., Dec. 2O-Notice is
hereby given by the Lighthouse Board,
u that on or about Jan. 3, 1895, the gas
lighted buoy. showing fixed white light
now moored about 4 mile n. by f. from
Gardeners Island (discontinued) Light
house, 5. side of the entrance from Block
4 Island Sound into GARDENERS Bay, will be
A discontinued for the winter months and
here VIII be substituted therefor a black
A bell buoy, without number.
. This notice affects the List of Beacons
and Buoys Third Lighthouse District,
1893 page 50.
/ Washington, D. c.. Dec. 19.-Notice is
hereby given by the Lighthouse Board,
that on or about Jan. Ii. 1885,. there viii be
established the following described bea-
con lights, each visible around the entire
horizon:
Grassy Island Ledge Beacon-A fixed
red lantern light, l3 feet above the water,
on the red iron spindle. with cask on top,
on the s end of Grassy Island Ledge, west
erly entrance to Great Harbor, Woods
Hole
The approximate geographical position
Of the spindle is:
Latitude, North, Al degrees, 81 minutes,
n Is seconds; Longitude, West, 20 degrees,
go minutes, IS seconds.
Bearings and distances of prominent
objects are:
Wharf, NNE. u e, about 1900 feet.
Southwest corner of Old Colony r. r.
Wharf, E. by n, about a mile.
Nobska Pont Lighthouse, S. by E., Is
E., hmile.
Middle Ledge Beacon-Two fixed red
lantern lights, respectively IS and "A feet
above the water, one vertically below the
other on the black iron spindle, with
eask on Top, at the W. end of Middle
Ledge, channel through Woods Hole from
Il neyard Sound into BuzZards Bay.
The approximate geographical position
. or the spindle is:
Latitude North. Al degrees, 81 minutes,
4 seconds; Longitude, West, 20 degrees,
n 81 minutes, % seconds.
Bearings and distances of prominent
II objects are:
Grassy Island Ledge Spindle, e, x N,
4. s mile; Left Tangent Long Neck, NNW.
H Biographical positions, bearings, and
H distances are taken from Chart No 34S
n oil the L. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Il Bearings are magnetic, and distances in
nautical miles; nights are referred to
+. mean high water.
n This notice affects the List of Lights
f. and Fog Signals Atlantic and Gulf
n coasts, 1894, page 36, after No. 1872, and the
n List of Beacons and Buoys, Second Light
II mousse District, 1894, pages 81 and So.