The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-23
Important Changes MADE by the
Treasury Department.

The rrsteS state coast ard geodeftc
survey hzs made important corrections
for November OF me charts published cy
Ire eface. The corrections for TIE North
PacGsn are as follows. al bearings given
beanx magnetic ali distances in nautical
mics ara al depths At mean low water:
Oregon.
q c5Quiiie River Entrance-E hange In
ps1as PosieIor-SeE Rocks and Bfea kers.
"A rer@nt examination by Mr.. Ferdinand
WeEfdahi Tnsrs8 states coast ara geo.
detlc survey. OF 5ns efir~is'. 70 Jysel.ials
changes, whseh nave been added 10 the
The red nun buoy. marked ''coqufiie''
In white letters, Is now shown ons-fourtn
az ! mile y. BY W : ". fron lis old
SsaaSsfII~ rock f. xfsowa one thirty-second
q mile Ne. from It's Old position The
breakes from this rock Is very well de-
fined and very heavy. II Is reported mat
Fsor4lfug less than fathoms has been
found or IL ~ fishermen The shape OF
the rock Judging from the character Of
fne hrs-gx. i lat topped and wall sided.
a small pinnacle rock about one and
seven thirty seconds miles SN py W =
IL from CoauiIle river entrance light.
ire break from this rock Is well defined
and OF rare occurrence, and may nave a
least depth OF feet over II
A rock with two heads about ten yards
apart, one and three-sixtsenths miles
gW. b. vs.. = W from Ccquille river en-
trance light. The break from this rock
r. very much like the last mentioned. but
Il morn frequent. The Bandon life-say-
ing crew report having seen the top OF
one OF the last Two mentioned rocks. but
do not know which Of the TWO Il was.
,s9rtv-sesords miles sw. 4 W. from Co
guile river entrance light, which has
very heavy break.
a rock one and eleven-sixteenths miles
SE y ~. from CoaHille riven entrance
light Judging from its break. II - sup
posed 20 have less than four fafnoms OF
water over II, and 70 be very ragged.
wash rocks. as shown on the chart.
was found 10 be a single rock one-fortieth
OF a mile NJ. q Z. from the northern OF
the Wash rocks. IL has been frequently
seen IN the trough OF swell, ana breaks
constantly.
ii mas been noticed by members of the
Me-saving crew that steamers bound 10
the n0rthward In heavy northwest wealth
or frequently pass inside OF the outer
baaoy the red nun marked "Coquille.'
This Is very dangerous and should be dis
continued, in view OF the new dangers
that have been located.
CIR. Ferdinand Westdahl; u >. ana
G. S. November 2, lsss.-charts affected:
"a Irmpqna River-Buoy Discontinued
The black can buoy. No. J. on the norm
entrance 70 Umpqua river, Just inside
has been discontinued and erased from
d H. II. B., November II. 1sss.-chart az
81. Yaquina River Entrance-Buoy Cor
ration The letter "Y," in white. Is
painted on the whistling buoy of va
qulna entrance. and the chart has been
H. n. 4. November IS, lsss.-chart at
fected; s.e5d)
Oregon and Washington.
81 Columbia River Entranee-Buoy Pc
sgtlons changed.-The positions OF the
huoys at the mouth of the Columbia river
have been changed as follows:
The whisgling buoy. on which the letter
''Cs' Is painted In white has been moved
one and one-half miles NNW. = w. from
its former position. on the bearings:
Outer end Of 1etty, CIatsop spit, T. by N,
distant miles; Tangent North head.
N$E !. T..
The perpendicular black and white
striped buoy. marked M 5, has been
moved seven-eighths Of mile NNW. a
w from It's former position, on the bear
lngs. outer end Of 1etty. Clatsop spit.
T. 4 n, distant "a miles; Tangent North
head NNE.
The black and white perpendicular
striped nun buoy has been moved five
eighths OF a mile NNW. a W. from its
former position, on the bearings Outer
end OF jetty. Clatsop spit. E. II s, dis
tsnt 81 miles; Tangent North head. y.
by r. = f.
the black and white perpendicular
striped can buoy has been moved one
fourth OF a mile N by +. from Its former
position on the bearings: Outer end OF
lefty. Clatsop spit. r. by s. distant 2&
miles; Tangent North head. n. y w.