The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-20
Notice to slariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of YES
sells free of charge in United States hy-
geographic Office in custom house Cap
tains are requested to call at the office
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department
Notice is hereby given that, on or about
Nov. q, 1899 the following changes will
be made in lights in Charleston harbor:
Sullivan's Island Cove pierhead light and
east side of channel beacon light, No A.
will be discontinued.
Hog Island beacon light No. 1, a fixed
white lantern light, will be moved to and
exhibited at hight of IS feet above mean
high water, from the top of triangular
pyramidal cluster of three black piles, car
rying black day mark bearing the num-
Der a." standing in feet Of water on the
southerly side of the channel, at point
5000 feet (3-5 mile) NE by E from its pres
ent position.
The approximate geographical position of
the light, as taken from Chart No. 431 of
the United States Coast and Geodetlc Sur
vey, will be: Latitude. north, 80 degrees
46 minutes (56 seconds; longitude, west, 70
degrees So minutes (40 seconds).
Bearings of prominent objects from the
light, as taken from the above named
chart, will be: Fort Sumter (main chan
mel range 'front.', lighthouse, SSE "a E:
Fort Ripley shoal (middle ground, light
house, S by w q W; ST. Philips Church
(man channel range rear, light, w "A S.
Hog Island Channel Beacon light No 2,
a fixed red lantern light, will be estab-
lished 10 feet above mean high water. on
top of a triangular cluster of three red
piles, carrying a red day mark bearing the
number o. standing in S1a feet of water
on the northerly side of the channel.
ha inn
of the light, as taken from the above nam
ed chart, will be: Latitude north 80 de-
grees 46 minutes (52 seconds; longitude,
west, 70 degrees 81 minutes @ seconds
Bearings of prominent objects from the
light, as taken from the above named
chart, will be: Fort Sumter (main chan
mel range fronO lighthouse, Sc q S; Fort
Ripley shoal (middle ground, lighthouse,
1-16 e; st. Philips Church (maln chan
mel range rear), light, w u S.
Bearings are magnetic.
Notice is hereby given that, on or about
Nov Is, 1899, the tower and light at the
Fort Carroll light station, on the westerly
front of Fort Carroll, Patapsco river, en-
trance to Baltimore harbor, will be NOV
ed about 100 feet in a southerly direction,
in order to make room, temporarily. for
improvements to the fort by the engineer
department. No other change will be
made
Until the light is replaced in its late DO
sition the red sector described in Notice to
Mariners No. 1874 Of 1899, will not be placed
in the light.
Notice is hereby given that the spar buoy
painted red and black in horizontal stripes.
which was esta blished to mark the wreck
of the Goa, barge Daisy, sunk in New
York Upper bay, will be discontinued. the
wreck having been removed.
The red and black horizontally striped
gas buoy established to mark the wreck
of three-masted schooner, name I'M
known. sunk in Swash channel, New York
Lower bay, has been discontinued the
wreck having been removed.