The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

nation will be furnished masters of yes
sells free of charge in United States hy-
geographic office. in custom house. CaD>
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicks receiv-
ed for transmission to the navy depart
ment,
Baltimore, Nd, May 25.-Sailed, steamer
Itasca, Savannah.
Boston, May 2S-Capt. Uribellarea OF
steamer Gaditano Span, which arrived
here yesterday from Cuba, reported that
he was unable to find the Nantucket shoal
light vessel No. Sc last Thursday night.
and believes that it has either drifted off
its station or that the electric light plant
with which it is lighted failed to work
at the time. This light vessel was placed
in a new position last October. about four,
teen miles southeast from her previous
station. Capt. Uribellarea circled the
locality for distance of twenty miles and
was unable to find any trace of it. The
weather was clear at the time and the
captain thinks 1t must have drifted off the
station.
Washington, d. c., May 21.-Notice is
given by the lighthouse board that on or
about May %, 1897, a gas buoy, painted
black and showing a fixed white light,
will be substituted for and established at
the mornings of Hen and Chickens (north-
easD buoy No. /, black SPAR in eighteen
feet of water, on the northeastery point
of Hen and Chickens shoal entrance TO
Larchmont harbor, westerly end of Lons
Island sound; west end of East break
water, Long Beach Point, N by e.; Great
Captain Island lighthouse, NE. by Il. 4
f.; Execution Rocks lighthouse, S. by w;
Table Rock spindle, w. This buoy will
be removed and its station marked by a
spar buoy during the winter months.
Notice is also given that, on or about
June Is. 1897, the following named lights
in the Cape Fear river viii be dscontin-
ued:
Upper Drum shoal post light, No IA
fixed red tubular lantern light, on the
easterIy side of the channel, about one
and one-half miles below Old Brunswick
Second eastern jetty post light, No. lS-A
fixed red tubular lantern light, on the
easterly side OF the channel, and the
westerly end Of the jetty.
Third western jetty post light, No l4-A
fixed white tubular lantern light, on the
westerly side Of the channel and the
easterly end Of the jetty.
On the same date lights, as follows, will
be established 20 mark the dredged chan
nes Of the river:
Midnight channel post light No. Ia
fixed white lantern light, on a black three
pile structure, with black day mark ana
the number In white, to be erected in the
buoy, No. II, on the west side Of Midnight
channel, at the bend, about midway OF
its length, and about 1-i6 miles MEAN
from Reeves Point.
Logs and Big Island channel post light,
No. "a fixed white lantern light, on
black three-pile structure, with black day
mark and the number In white, TO be
erected IN the water near Logs and Big
Island channel turn buoy, No. "a, on the
westerly side OF the Logs and Big Island
channel i'm the angle at the second bend.
Brunswick channel post light, No. ga
Fixed red lantern light, on red three
pile structure. with red day mark and
the number in black, TO be erected In the
water near Brunswick channel 0ower)
buoy, No. IS, on the eaaterly side OF and
at the lower entrance 60 Brunswick cham
mel
on the same date the numbers on the
following named post lights will be
changed IN order that the white lights on
the port side OF the channel will have
odd numbers and the red lights on the
starboard side viii have even numbers:
Lower swash channel post light from 1
70 @ old Brunswick post light from 70
3. Orton Point post light from . 70 3.
Lilllput post light from 10 to 4. Campbell
Island post light from II 20 z. First west
ern jetty post light from y 20 n. Fourth
eastern jetty post light from IS 70 3, ana
Hospital Point post Hight from IS 70 10