The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-22


Columbia river enirlncc~North head.
light eStao asae0-0n May r. iSS a fixed
waite Agst ~ ghe HTsS order vas estao-
lisat1 - i!le JoWcr yCcSAtiX erected OF ne
point 81 Neria head. cape ptSappoini-
G3Ps45. 1CrtGesly stSe Of tAe mouth % tha
CVta1.1iS river tnt foCAl plane ot to
iehl = lSe fee% above mean hiSa Mater.
quarter miles IA cseAr wGethet. The atsvr~-
q : eye T1;ss0 feet above tar sea mo
llshI Is visible .gora "a irog9t> u: approach
from seAwaIG Excepting sroEn The NORTH
ward 70 the eastward ot :. by r. Is T..
The tower Is tt0tS0t GtafvG. c0ntCa.
brick structure. nfIN feet high from base
~ foeal Plane. with = blaCk taGtern. ana
haS 4 WatSa roon attached 10 Is easseTiy
side. Two 81 aoUSeS stand about seventy
ave and tinety-ate tt.et respectively. ana
TWO awe ihrgG ana barn 2bo0t Loo feet
10 the eastward 81 tae tower. The al
houses and dwellings ar. cvsgaent -colored,
the roofs ~ thr al hcslSes age black and
those NJ I1v dwellings are brown The
approx mate <eoSra El1tC,tl position ~ tie
tower x, Latitude. - deg. /, min. ~ $50.
y. longitude. IA ,@g. mia. ~ SCI. w.
Ee1r.ass aai distances ~ prominent OBJ
lzols from the tower are: Capv D!sap-
pointf8enL SE by r. - f. distant ia
rrua-S. Point Adams hight, Sc. by f.. dis
tAnt ~ miles, 1S.llam0Ak Rock h'Sht. SSE.
= F.. distant Ia miles; aeu.niAa river
miles. o. il. i. :, 10 N. Ne. S Of ISss.
Charts affected: clio e.ioo. S.oSo. s.Wl
on Flattcry Racks--,'nsatlaa reef light
vessel ana fog sisnal estthl!shed-W his
Ting buoy d!Scoatinued.--on May ~, 1895,
steam light vessel No. s. was established
in twenty nve fathoms Of water, about
two and one-aaIf mites sW. - ;, from
Umaiilla reef. F9attcry rocks, making on
Cape Alava, ard about four and three
quarters miles westsouthwester'y from
the cape. The vessel shows a nxed white
lanterns encircling each masthead. In
each lens lantern there Is a iW-canaie
power incandescent electric light. mo
focal plane ~ the lights Is, hfty-nve feet
above the sea. and the lights are visible
twelve and three quarter miles IN clear
weather. the Observers eye hiteen teet
above the sea.
Note~if the electric light apparatus
should become !uoaeratiye, the lights VIII
he fixed white. but will be less brilliant
than the electric lights.
The vessel has a flush deck. two nasta.
schooner rugged. and has no oowsprit: she
has a smokestack and fog sigma between
the urasts- AT each masthead, nisaer tne
hens lanterns, there Is a white circular gal
aery The hull rs painted red, with Tina
tilia Reef In large black letters on eacn
side. aud e.'' in black on each bow and
each quarter.
During thick or foggy weather twelve.
inch steam whistle viii sound blasts oi
three seconds duration. separated by silent
intervals OF twenty-seven seconds, mus
Blast. three seconds: silent interval. TWEEN
tv.seveT seconds: blast, three seconds ST.
lent interval. twenty-seven seconds. be:,f-
of the vessel are: Destruction ISLAND ixhf.
SIC. . f.. eastet:y s@A miles: Cap Fiat
fery light ~ % w. westerly iat miles.
Uma,iila reef tFTattery rocks whis,ling
huov-~On the same date this red buoy.
marked "t'matila Reef" located about
one mile y. u w from the new hight YES
sci. was permanently discontinued IL. r..
nm. 10 NJ. No 81 Of ises-Charts affected:
6.4oo 500 ECO s.0ol and 81
Britlsh Columbia.
Dominion of Canada--British Columbia
Red Sector In Cape Beat lght-Cnder
date of February Is 1seS. the deputy min
ister OF marine ard fisheries for the Do
minson OF Canada gives notice as Follows:
The revolving white Hight shown rom
Cape Beate light station, at the entrances
to paynes Sound. Pacific coast OF Van
couver island. has heretofore been obscured
to the northward OF an east bearing. so
that vessels losing the light were warned
that they were approaching foul ground.
on MAY the light was rearranged so an
TO show revolving red into Barclay sound,
between the bearings or east and approx
lima fe.y SSt.. Vessels are warned that
within the sector Of the red light there are
numerous dangers The sector OF white
light will remain as heretofore. tCansdian
n To NJ No. 8 of lsas. Charts Affected:
& and ffp)