The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

hydrography and topography.-From i'm
proVements and recent survey by United
States Engine ers, the following changes have
been noted and viii be shown on the next
editions of the Coast Survey charts:
Inc bar at entrance to San Pedro harbor
SHOWS all advance and a general deepening
between the outer end OF the jetties so that a
least depth OF IA feet is ROW shown at mean
low water.
The outer 800 feet of the west jetty is straight
and not curved, and for about that distance
the wall is not full height, but only to about
half tide. The shore line of Rattesnake
Island on the seaward side, back of the groin,
has changed so as to come back TO the jetty at
one place. The line extending south from the
Los Angeles Terminal Railroad is only a pier
head line and is merely imaginary.
Cali tornia (Suisun Bay-Sacramento River
Changes in hydrographyJ.-Recent improve
ments by the United States engineers have so
tsr increased the depths at the mouth of the
sacramento River that 81 fathoms can now
be carried into the river by the channel north
of Montezuma Island. This, with few other
changes in this vicinity, will be shown on the
next edition of the coast survey chart.
California (Humboldt Bay entrance
Changes in hydrog raphy)-A recent survey by
photography at the entrance to Humboldt
Bay across the bar has changed materially
from that shown on the charts. While q feet
Can still be carried over the bar the channel
is not as now located. 15-foot shoal has
formed near the middle of the entrance. and
vessels should not cross the bar without
local kn oWi edge.
Oregon (Coquille River entranee-Buoy
moved-New rocks and breakers).-A recent
examination by Ferdinand Westdahl, United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, off the en-
trance 10 Coquille River, has resulted in the
following changes, which have been added TO
the coast survey charts: The red nun-buoy
marked "Coquille," in white letters, is now
shown 4 mile \: 3 deg. E. true n. by W. u w.
mag.l from its old position.
CoquiIle rock is shown 1872 mile N. IS deg.
=. true, one. magnetic), from its old position.
The breaker from this rock is very well de-
fined and very heavy. 1t is reported that
nothing less than three fathoms has been
found Oh 1t By fishermen. The shape of the
rock, judging from the character of the break,
is flat-topped and wall-sided.
small pinnacle rock l 1882 miles S. S4 deg.
80 min. w. true, tSW. by W. q W. magnetic),
from Coquille River lighthouse: The break
from this rock is well defined and of rare oc-
currence, and may have least depth of six
feet over it.
rock with two heads about 10 yards apart,
l 3-16 miles s. SO deg. W. true, (SW. by w. u w.
magneticl. from CoquilIe River lighthouse.
The break from this rock is very much like
the last mentioned, but is more frequent.
The Bandon life-saVing crew report having
seen the top of one of the last two mentioned
rocks, but do not know which of the two it
was.
(SW. 7s w. mag., from Coquille River light
house, which has very heavy break.
a rock 1 11-16 miles S. 20 deg w. true (SW.
q w. mag.), from Coquile River lighthouse.
Judging from its break it is supposed to have
less than fathoms of water over it and to be
very ragged.
Wash Rocks. as shown on the chart, was
found to be single rock 40 mile N. T3 deg.
Z. true (NE. q L. mag.) from the northern of
the Wash Rocks. 1t has been frequently seen
in the trough OF swell, ana breaks con-
stantly.
1t has been noticed by members of the life
saving crew that the steamers bound for the
northWard in heavy northwest weather fre-
quently pass inside of the outer buoy, the red
nj m q fff,nnuillQ &c worry n
Gus and should be discontinued in view OF the
dangers that have been located.
Bering Sea Alaska, Norton Sound, ST.
Michael Bay-New survey. The recent survey
OF ST. Michael Bay by the officers OF the United
States revenue cutter Bear, under the dlrec-
ton OF Captain Francis Tuttle, United States
ReveRue Coast Survey, commanding, shows
generally from three feet TO one fathom less
water IN the harbor than is at present indi-
Gated by the Coast Survey chart. Outside the
herbor ADDITIONAL soundings were taken and
the changes VIII be shown on a new edition of
the chart.
The owners of the American ship Henry
B. Hyde are disguJted wits the outlook
here and have ordered the vessel home.
She will go from here in ballast to Homo
lulu and will there load sugar for New
York. For several months the Hyde has
been TIED up at Mission Rock, and both
the captain and officers are glad to get
chance to once more face the Horn.
The police detail for harbor duty for 1897
will be: Charles Cullum, station keeper;
Lionel Shaw, instructor in the police
gymnasium, and Sergeant Michael Filz-
gerald III charge at night. The others are
James Aitken, Sergeant John Avon,
Thomas f. Bean, Sergeant Stephen
Bunner. Charles ] Callahan, Charles
F. Castor, Augustus M. Cayot, Cor
poral Robert i. Cockrill, Dennis
Courneen, Patrick Crosby. Edward E.
Dalton, Thomas H. Dillon, Cornelius
Donohoe. Vincent f. Dowd, John r.
Dover, Thomas P. Ellis. William Fergu-
son, Sergeant John NJ. Fitzgibbons, p E.
Fleming, Sergeant Flanders, William E.
Gwinn, Charles II. Hall, William Henne-
berry. Peter Holland, Eugene FL. Harri-
gan, Charles M. James. George W. Lake,
James P. Mackey, Patrick a. Mahoney,
Sergeant Thomas Mahoney, John Man
ming, Thomas McGlynn, James McGrath,
John McGreevy, Charles O'Mallev, Hiram
G. Smith and Robert Nhittle. OF cou-se
Captain Duneavy remains III com mand of
the company. No better work has been
done on the police force than that done by
Captain Dunleavy's men, and that is say
ing good deal.