The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-22

Ca.sforna-San Francisco bay entrance
Amended position of ngh, vessel and
cslved through ths lighthouse board from
The Inspector % The twelfth dssfr-c, that
SaR Francisco aaroor lsht vessel y moor
n in = Is fataouls % water i miles sW
I. w. from Fort Point light. a3c On the
line marked by Fort Point and Alcatraz
lights in range. Station buoy, back
Jrs2~ciass nun. marked 'S. r. -. in
white. is also moved 70 a position about
s n le s. by F.. from the amended peel
ton Of san Francisco haTror lgnt vessel
No. n The buoy Is INTENDED 10 marx
the position OF ,he vessel IN case /: should
* adrif5. fsee notices 70 mariners Nc 81,
par u, and No. 20, par. 80 IL II. y.
September 20 1ses.-Charis affected: $751;
go. 5spo. 500 and $500
san Franclsco-Tiu,s hall station moved
The time bal at San Francisco has been
moved from Telegraph Hin and Is nov
.0cated on the tower OF the new Ferry
building a the foot OF Market street
Position. Latitude II degrees g. minutes
y - seconds n, Longitude p degrees q
minutes J. x seconds W. III. Q. n to NJ
No Is of Isss-Char,s affected: 55si. $40
ard $685.
british Coiumhia-Fraser river entrance
Bell buoy moVed-Day beacon dtscon-
t.naed In consequence OF change in
through The sand heads at the mouth OF
the Fraser river. the bell buoy. which
marks the point where the channel reaches
deep water. has been moved 2,3so feet
North sand head black beacon has been
washed away and will not be replaced, as
I had become useless fer purposes Of
navigation. owing II the sitting M Of the
former entrance channel. I'll. Q, y. 10 Nj.
No Is Of isqs.-Chart affected; 64oo,
Fraser river entrance--Garry Point
Light established On July -, 1888 light
vas established on Garry Point az the
mouth Of the main channel OF the Fraser
river. The ligh; IL fixed red light.
elevated % feet above high water mark
~ ffgg $r,erY oil
paints % approach. II is shown from
lens lantern standing on the platform or
the tide gauge. which is supported on pile
work. Ths Illuminating apparatus Is
di0psTic OF the seventh order. This ight
is intended for the benefit OF light draft
hshing boats which can cross the sand
heads at high tide. In consequence OF the
turns in the channel Il VIII he impossible
- use il az Il guide in the main channel
through the sand heads. III. O. y. or NJ.
Nc Sc OF 1S5S.-Charts affected Goo and
70po)
Guf Of Georgia aynes sound-Yellow
island light changed. on July l6. 1855. the
Dominica government put in operation
Few fixed white range lights on Yellow
Island. haynes sound entrance. The tow
ers OF the Yellow island range lights are
enclosed wooden buildings. square in plan,
with sloping sides. surmounted by square
wooden lanterns and are painted entirely
n white. The back building is % feet in
height over all, the front one - feet high.
The rear light which - also the main
light, IS 50 feet above high water and
should he visible all around the horizon
a distance u 10 miles, The front lisht
Is situated 80 feet WSW hve-eighths W
from the rear one and is 81 feet above
oh water. 1t should be visible u miles
in and over a small arc on each side Of tha
line Of range. Tie two lights in ore mark
the fairway between Maple Spit beacon
and Reef Point In a direction WSW five
eghths f.. favoring the Denman island
or Reef buoy SIDE OF the channel in not
less than 10 fathoms Of water. ir con-
sequence or ths short distance obtainab,a
between the range lights, and the long
distance in the alignment 10 the Reef
buoy, II IS important TO keep the lights
very closely In alignment until the Reef
buoy has been passed The approximate
position Of the rear main) light is: Lat
tudc ~ degrees y minutes &c seconds y:
longitude. ia degrees - minutes 10 sec
onda w. The only chart covering this
locality published by the United States
coast and geodetic survey is on such a
small scale that no attempt is made TO
show the rar&e Nehts on it. The chart
viii lie corrected by the Insertion Of the
letters Y W" standing FOR fixed white.
~ thn man Night On Yellow island. III. O
\ o. NJ. Nos. 81 ana &c OF lS9S.-Chart
affected -t.nl