The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-28

Tompkinsville, n. Y, July 25.-Notice is
given by the light house board that on or
about Aug. 5, 1896, two gas-lghted buoys
Will be substituted for spar buoys in the
east channel, New York lower bay, as fol-
lows:
East bank gas buoy, painted red. num-
bered 2 in white, and Showing a fixed red
light in place of the spar buoy of same
color and number, in about twenty-four
feet of water. Bearings OF prominent OBJ
jects are: Centennial Tower Coney Is
land, n by e a E; North Hook beacon
SSW y w; Homer shoal light house w
Is S.
East bank gas buoy, painted red, num-
bered in white, and showing a fixed red
light in place of the spar buoy Of same
color and number; In about twenty-one
feet of water The bearings are: Sandy
Hook light house z w; Romer shoal
light house, SW u 3; Elm Tree light
house, NV q w.
The lights OF these buoys should be Wis
ible in clear weather from one and one
half to one and three-quarter miles.
Washington, July 25-Notice is given
by the light house board that on or about
Aug. TO- 1896, a fixed red lantern will be
established on the structure recently
erected on the nOrtherly end of the +
breakwater at the entrance to the harbor
of Port Jefferson, south side OF Long Is
land sound. The light will illuminate the
entire horizon. The focal plane Of the
light will be about thirty-seven feet above
mean high water level. The light may be
seen about three miles in clear weather.
The structure is a white, wedge
shaped, wooden skeleton, with a bracket
at the top from which the lantern will be
suspended resting on a rough stone and
concrete pier. The approximate geograph-
ical position Of the light will be: Latitude
N, 40 So d; longitude w, q Oj 81 Stratford
shoal middle groun) light house, N "a
e, nearly 81 miles; Port Jefferson west
beacon light, 4 w Is q W. 1872 mile;
q ful,F
erly, IA miles. During thick or foggy
weather "A bell will be struck by machin-
cry a double blow every 80 secondsio5
Port Jefferson West Beacon LightNNo-
tice is also given that on or about Aug.
TO- 1896, fixed white lantern light will be
established on the structure recently
erected on the point of the beach on the
westerly side of the entrance to the har-
Dor of Port Jefferson, south side of Long
Island sound The light will illuminate
the entire horizon. The focal plane Of
the light will be about thirty feet above
mean high water level The light may be
seen about four, plles in clear weather.
The structure consists Of pyramidal
concrete pier supporting a white post,
with a bracket at the top from which the
lantern will be suspended. The approx
mate geographical position Of the light
will be: Latitude N, 40 So C00; longitude
w, 70 05 900; Port Jefferson east break
water beacon light, n 4 E IN g E), 1872
mile; Stratford shoal (middle ground)
light house, n e e, about 532 miles; Old
Field point light house, NV rs w, 1 1892
miles.
Bearings are magnetic and given APP
proximately; distances are in nautical
miles.
Notice is also given that on or about
Aug. is, 1895, an experimental bell buoy.
painted red, will be established on the
east side Of the entrance to the main ship
channel into Mobile bay. The buoy will
be located off the southerly extremity of
southeast shoal. about IA nautical miles
SSE II r (magnetic) from Sand Island
light house, and about $50 feet to the
westward of the present position of knoll
buoy No. 2 red, second class nun, which
will be discontinued on the same date
Exact bearings for the bell buoy will be
given when it shall have been placed. The
sailing directions for entering the channel
will not be affected by this change in
buoys.