The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-24

Changes of Interest to Mariners In
The Northwest.

Townseaa has received treasury Depart
merit Notice % Mariners No %fs. con-
tanning chart corrections for April as los
lowk:
Coos tsv-B1spy r~moves-lScrth sT.t
1etty .hsley. black caa, no, l. has pssa
moved sb0st i nile WV ". i W. fFefn
Is former possIioa . tas ne1r5aES: - Csge
south: sstaro rock. rs e. NJ The eaoy
rcw marks the extremity OF rhe sand SLY
making or frazn the oster ems! ~ the noria
and the outer buoy. The charts have heea
fsS7: chart affected, 6,sz1
Washington.
Cape rlztfery--Fox signal discontinued
Notice has been given shat the sounding oc
Tatoosa island, OF Caps Flattsry. entrance
.Iiseontinned between the dat4s Of April 10
and June Is. 1851, on account OF r palfs.
The charts haze been corrected according
Is IL III. X. Local -. 10 M April H. 1871,
charts affected. 6, 80 and aeoa)
Washington sosind--Sezs baoys--A sec
ord class can buoy. red and black nor xon-
TAI stripes. has been placed IN 2 iest ,s 2.
submerged rocks between Eliza Island and
spoint Frances. Belingham bay. Nhen
passing between this baoy and Eifza ISL
and il should be given berth OF about 30
yards il Is shown on the charts. on the
bearings. Eliza fsisns tuortn poinil, : r.
= s.. Chuckanut island center, y =. ~
f. y E.: Point Frances buoy. No. 0. NV.
s ~.
A firss-elass spar buoy. red, No. Q, has
edge OF the foul ground making out from
Point Frances, Hale passage. IL - SHOWN
on the charts. on the oearings. Eliza ISL
ana sls enter center EN- E'N'E. !. E.
a seeord-class nan buoy, red. No. 9. has
been placed IN "a feet or water e marx
Dor. Guemes channel II IS shown on the
charts, on the bearings: shannon point,
S.w. : 3; Cypress Island lsouthwesi
p ssonihea s1 poino. NV. Is ".
A bell buoy, red and black horizontal
stripes. has been placed Ia 30 feet OF water
TO mark the shoai az the eastern end OF
Lawson reef. Rosario. strait. II Is shown
ii STAND nd ". s s: su'Ith ISLAND light s-s,W.
y w; Deception Island. y. z. = T. Inc
charts have been corrected accordingly.
Q. H. b. Local N to NJ. April ;, 1897;
charts affected, eg5s and 500.
Gulf OF Gsorgia-clements reef-NeW
buoy-on April l. 1897 second-eiass nun
buoy, red. No. >. was established III - feet
OF water, about i mile \. +. OF Clements
chart. on the bearings: r, Point tSaturna
isianlD. w.SW/1s w: Skipjack island
lcenterl. s.W. 4 s.. Point Migley. f. = y.
The charts have been corrected according
~. L. H. II. Local y. to NJ. April Il. 1887;
chart affected e.so8)
Puget sound-Port Orchard approaches-
Changes in depths-An examination OF the
surveys Of RicA pa ssage end Agate passage
has been made with the result that snoaler
soundings in the channel of Rich passage
Will be shown. In Agate passage IL IS
found that So instead OF So fathoIns can
be carried through. The next editions OF
the charts will show the changes. tCharts
affected. 6,i5o $50 and 6, 400
Alaska.
Bering sea-Adiitionai soundings-The
next editions of the charts Will show addi-
tlonal soundings taken in Boring sea by
the IT, s. fish commission steamer Alba
tross under the command OF Lieut.. Com
manders r. j. Drake and JEFF +. Moser,
IT, s. navy in 1866 The work OF the
former consists Of two lines between Uni
max pass and Coma dorski islands, and a
large area lying 10 the northwestward OF
Tnalaska Island: that of the latter a line
between comandorski islands and Cape
Koslof, Kamschatka. Charts affected,
$500 910o II. and 81,