The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-16

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Pilot Charts and all photographic in
formation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic Office, in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
Boston harbor entrance-Lightvess
temporarily withdrawn.-On or about
August l, 1902. lightvessel No. "a,
moored 1916 miles N. SO degrees e.
true &c. y S. mag) of Boston light
house, and to the eastward of the main
ship channel entrance to Boston har-
Dor, will be temporarily withdrawn
from her station for repairs, and the
station will b. marked by Relief light
vessel No. IS.
Relief Mghtvessel No. So will show.
the same as. lightvessel No. 54, a fixed
red reflector light al the head Of each
of her two masts, and during thick or
foggy weather will sound a Pinch
steam whistle with the same charac-
teristics as that on lightly vessel No. "a,
viz, blasts of seconds duration. sep
arated by silent intervals of So sec
onds.
Relief HghtvesseI No. So is a flush
deck steam vessel has two masts,
schooner rugged. no bowsprlt two
black smokestacks abreast, and the
steam whistle between the masts, and
differs from lightvessel No. 81 in hav-
ing all visible parts from the bow to
the middle of the foremost and from
the middle of the mainmast aft, paint
ed red; all visible parts between the
fore and main masts, including the
middle third of each lantern mast,
white. The daymarks al the mast
L. IL r1e
equal width, two red and one white,
and on the springstay. midway be-
tween the two masts, there is an oval
hoop iron daymark with one white and
two red vertical stripes. The number
SIS is in white on each bow and each
quarter. and in black on each side of
the springstay daymark. The word
Relief. in large black letters, is paint
ed on the bulwarks on the middle of
each side.
Lightvessel No. 81 win be returned to
her station as soon as repairs have
been completed, of which due notice
will be given, and Relief lightvesse1
No, So will then be withdrawn.
June "a, 1902, a spar buoy, painted
red, numbered S12. was established in
"a feet of water on the south side of
a ledge of rocks which has % feet of
water over it at low water. The buoy
is to be known as Kellys Rock buoy,
and is on the following bearings
Boston lighthouse, N. 66 degrees E.
true (E. by n. magD.
Point Allerton beacon, S. 20 degrees
E. true (SE. by e. Ely mag).
Nix Mate beacon. N. g. degrees w.
true (NW. q w. WHY mag).
Long Island sound-New York-Nor-
walk Island (West end or Greens
Ledge. and Cockenoe Island shoal-
Changes in buoyage.-July 2, 1902,
Norwalk Island (West end or Greens
Ledge bell buoy was discontinued and
a first-class spar buoy, painted red,
was established in % feet of water on
the following bearings:
Norton point n. 80 degrees E. true
(NE. Il n. mag).
Long Neck point, tangent, S. SO de-
grees w. true CIV. Il N. mag)
Also, on the same date, Cockenoe
Island Shoal buoy. a first-class nun
buoy. numbered 90 was discontinued.
and bell buoy painted red. was cs-
tabliShed in "a feet, mean low water,
on the following bearings
Penfield Reef lighthouse, N go de-
grees e. true (ENl1. u f. mag.).
Eatons Neck lighthouse, S 81 de-
grees w. true (SSW. y w. mag).
Delaware Bay characterization of
Refuge buoy Observation-Disclosures
to Notice to Mariners No. rs $3.50 of
1902, further notice has been given
that on June 10. 1902. the red spar
buoy established in AZ feet of water
off the southern end of the breakwater,
and known as Harbor of Refuge buoy,
has been discontinued, the completion
of the work rendering it unnecessary.