The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-16

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! geographic office in Custom House Cap
! talns are requested to call at the office.
| Reports of wrecks and deIelicts received
Tor transmission to the navy department.
| Washington, D. c., June 13.-Notice is
| given by the lighthouse board that on or
| about June 30 1900 lights as follows will
be established on the westerly part of
| Smith Island Cape Fear), and the east
| erly side of the entrance to the Cape Fear
| river:
FrontLight-A fixed red post lantern. u
Feet above the water, on a White pyramidal
wooden skeleton structure nearly a mile
| WEN from Cape Fear lighthouse The
| approximate geographical position of the
| light will be: Lat 80 So rs N; lon, IS 90 %
w
Rear Light-A fixed red post lantern
light, 10 feet above the water on a white
pyramidal wooden skeleton structure, LOO
feet ENE14E in rear OF the preceding and
| about 600 feet NNW14W from Cape Fear
lighthouse, The approximate geographical
position of the light will be: Lat 80 50 %
N; lon, II SO 81 W.
To enter Cape Fear river follow the new
channel range line to its intersection with
the Bald Head range line, then the latter
line to its intersection with the Smith
Island range line. then take the usual
course up the river.
Notice is also given that on or about
June %, 1900, light vessel No. /. moored
off Frying Pan shoals, making off 10 the
southwark and eastward from Cape Fear
and about 212 miles to the southwark
of the outer 1S-foot shoal and about II
miles from the cape, will be temporariIv
withdrawn from her station for repairs
and the station will be marked by relief
light vessel No. 90 Relief light vessel No
~ Will show two fixed white reflector
lights, but during thick or foggy weather
hnI1
stead of a l2-inch steam whistle. The YES
sci has two masts. schooner rugged. but
differs from light vessel No. / in having
white hull, with 'Relief'' i'm black on
each side and mo. 20" in black on each
quarter, and in not having a smokestack
and fog signal between the masts On or
about June Y, 1900 light vessel No. ! will
be returned to her station without change
in characteristics of lights. fog signal or
general appearance and relief light vessel
No. 20 will then be withdrawn
Notice is also given that on or about
June 30, 1900, the sixth order fixed white
light at the station on Jordan Point. Va
southerly side of the James river about
215 miles below City Point, will be changed
TO show fixed red light between ELS and
ESE5sE. The southerly edge of the red
sector will cut Eppes Island ehoal buoy
No. %, a red spar, opposite City Point,
and Its northerly edge will cut Eppes ISL
class nun, opposite the entrance to the
Appomattox river. Bailey Creek Flats
QoweO buoy, No. 80, off Jordan Point will
also lie in the red sector. Bearings are
magnetic and from a vessel
Notice Is also given that on or about
June %, 1900, light vessel No. SO will be
replaced on her station. off Port Royal
entrance, outside of Martins Industry
shoal, and about Is miles TO the eastward
of Tybee lighthouse and relief light YES
sci No. 20, temporarily marking the sta
ton. will be withdrawn. No change has
been made in light vessel No, 90 as to
characterisucs of lights, fog signal or gen.
eral appearance.
New York. June 13-The lighthouse in
spector OF the Third district gives notice
that two white spar buoys, with two red
bands around the top of each buoy. have
been placed 10 mark the race course of
the Atlantic Yacht Club, IN Gravesend bay.
N. y, on the following magnetic bearings
Buoy off Fort Hamilton, in IA feet mean
low Waterfront Tompkins lighthouse.
WskN; southeast part OF Swinburne Island
SW by S. Buoy off Locust Grove, IN IL
feet water-Fort Tompkns lighthouse.
SsW7sW
Notice is also given that three white
spar buoys. each with a blue and white
day mark. have been placed to mark the
race course OF the Larchmont Yacht Club,
IN Long Island Sound, ". r., on the fol-
lowing magnetic bearings: Parsonage
Point buoy. in seven fathoms mean low
water-Great Captain Island lighthouse.
NEAE; Execution Rocks lighthouse.
sWAE; Parsonage Point. NV by w.
Prospect Point buoy. IN 81 fathoms mean
low waterLMotfs Point, ssEME; Execu-
ton Rocks lighthouse, WNW2sw; Mattini-
cock Point. NE by E%E. Red Spring
Point buoy in five fsthoms mean low wa
ter--Execution Rocks lighthouse w by
NJ Motifs Point. SWikS west end OF
breakwater, Hampstead harhor. saw.
Notice is also given that the following
named gus huoYS In Long Inland Sound