The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
NEW LIGHTS AND BroYs.
The Light House Boards Notiaca-
ton to Mariners.


The light house board has made a.
number Of changes in the lights and
buoys Of the Savannah river to go into
effect to-day. The new channel viii be
lighted and buoyed in accordance with a
circular issued yesterday by the light
house Inspector Of this district, as follows:
Charleston, S. c., March II. is95-Notice
20 Mariners-Entrance to Savannah River
View channel Lighted and BuOyed-In
what follows all chart references are to
the latest edition of c. S. chart No. al0
courses and bearings are magnetic and
approximate and distances are also ap-
proximate.
The new channel from Tybee Roards to
tne Junction with the channel on Tybee
Knoll cut range consists of two dredge
cuts Joining one another at an angle Of
about ten degrees. The course on the
the hrst cut from seaward hereafter called
"hrst cut is ". by n. northerly.
The course on the second cut from sea
ward hereafter called second cut" is
". Is y.
Lights-On the night of Monday. March
IS. the following lights will be established
and maintained BY the officers of the
corps Of engineers in charge of the i'm
provement of the Savannah river:
The axis of the first cut will be marked
by range of two white Funck lanterns,
exhibited from the tops of piles whose
positions are determined as follows:
Front Light-On oyster beds training
wall at the intersection of the axis of the
first cut" produced. From the rear light
the front light bears E. by s., southerly,
distant three-quarters Of a nautical mile.
The hight of the front light above high
water is about feet-of the rear light,
about II feet.
The axis of the second CUT will be
marked by the range formed by Oyster
Beds light and a red Funck lantern exhib-
tied from the top of a pile, from which
pile Oyster Beds light bears w. * N. dis
tant one-haif nautical mile. Hight of
light above high water. about Il feet.
Buoyage-The following buoys have been
placed:
Entrance Buoy-Black, frst-cass can
buoy, marked with the letter IN about
l20 feet to the southwark of the axis of
first cut" with Tybee light bearing 5. w.
= W, depth Of water 10 feet.
First Angle Buoy-Black, frst-class can
buoy. marked IN L. about go feet to the
southwark of the axis of second cut"
Tybee light s. by w. i W, depth of
water Il feet.
Second Second Cut" Port Buoy-Black,
secOnd-class can buoy marked IN g."
about $50 feet to the southwark from the
axis Of the second cut" Tybee light S.
Is W., depth of water, ID feet
Third Second Cut" Port Buoy-Black,
second-class iron spar buoy, marked
IN g." about $50 feet to the southwark
from the axis of the second cut" Tybee
light s Is L., depth of water, 10 feet.
Fourth Second CUT Port Buoy-Black,
second-class iron spar buoy, marked IN
T." about 230 feet to the southwark from
the axis of the second cut" Tybee light
s. by L. q e.. depth Of water, 10 feet.
Fifth Second Cut" Port Buoy-Black,
second-class iron spar buoy, marked
IN g." about $50 feet to the southwark
light S. s. e. Y Z, depth of water, 13
feet.
Second Angle Buoy-Black, second-class
can buoy, marked IN H." about $50 feet
to the southwark from the axis of the
second cut" Tybee light s. F.. q s.. depth
of water, IL feet.
The following changes of buoyage will
be made soon
Borden channel entrance buoy, black
No. Z, will be discontinued.
Ten-foot lump buoy, red No. 2, will be
moved to a point about go feet to the
northward from the axis of the ''second
cut" Tybee light S. by w * w. This
buoy will then be known as First sec
ond cut starboard buoy"
St. Michaels shoal buoy. red No. 4, will
be moved to a point about 25O feet to the
northward from the axis of the second
cut Tybee light S. by E. Is f. This buoy
will then be known as second second cut
starboard buoy"
Discontinuance of Venus Point Front
Light-Venus Point front light will not be
lighted after the morning of march IS,
1895.