The Washington times., 1902-12-31
LIGHTHOUSE BOARD IN
NEED OF QUARTERS
Report Asks Special Build
ing for Its Use.
REC0MM MENDATl0NS MADE
List Of Appropriations Desired for the
Fifth, or Local
District.
REC0MM EN- NDATl0NS
MADE

The annual report OF the Lighthouse
Board for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1902. has just been issued. The
chairman Of the board is Rear Admiral
George c. Remey. OF the United States
Navy. The work Of the year was sue
cessfully pushed forward with results
encouraging to the members
At the close Of the fiscal year. there
we're under the control Of the lighthouse
establishment. the following aids TO
navigation. Lighthouses and beacon
lights, 1882; light vessels in position. 45:
light vessels for relief. 9: electric lighted
buoys in position, II: gas-Iiglted buoys
I'm position, io2; fog signals operated hy
steam. caloric. or oil engines. 1SS: foe
signals operated by cIockwork. 231: posi-
lights, 1880; day or unliahted beacons.
$50: whistling buoys in position. 81: bell
buoys in position 127: other buoys in
position, including pile buoys and stakes
in Fifth district and buoys in Alaskan
waters, 1870.
Vessels and Crews.
In the construction. care. aud main
tenance OF these aids. there were EN-.
ployed: steam tenders. 35: steam
launches. II; sailing tenders. 2; light
keepers. 1.429: officers and crews OF
light ships and tenders, I,34s; Iaborers
in charge Of post lights, i,412; other en-
ploves. 591.
The board is desirous Of having a spe-
cial building for its use. and the fol-
lowing recommendation is made to the
Secretary Of the Treasury Oh the sub
iect:
In previous years recommendation
has been made and several times re-
peated that an appropriation be grant
ed for a separate building for the Of
fees OF the board Separate buildings
have been provided for number OF bu-
reaus OF the Treasury and other de-
parments whose requirements in this
respect are certainly not greater than
those Of the lighthouse estab ishment.
Rooms Inadequate
The urgent demands for sufficient
fu51s to maintain the direct aids TO
navigation and the conditions necessi-
tating that appropriations be limited to
the lowest possible figures have result
ed in emitting the recommendations for
a new building for the past few years.
This business Of the boards Office has
however. continued to increase. and
the crowded condition and general IN
adequacy Of the rooms now occupied,
which are scattered about in various
localities in the Treasury Department
building. now require that the recon-
mendation for proper Office accommo-
dations be renewed. and in still more
urgent terms"
The board now occupies rented GUAR
ters in a private property On Thir-
teenth Street. between G and II Streets
northwest. where II has quarters occu-
pying the fourth. fifth. sixth. and sew
enth floors, which the board asserts
causes much Inconvenience and proves
a detriment 10 the work
recommendation.
The following appropriations ere
recommended for the Fifth, or local.
district for the present year: Baltimore
light and fog signal station, M2rylanI,
$50, COO Ragged Point light and fog
signal station. Virginia. $4,000; Bodie
Island light station. North Carolina,
$500: Fort Washington, Potomac Riv-
er. Maryland, $1,000; Chester River
range lights. Maryland. $1,000; Cherry
Point light station, Virginia. $1,000;
Cape Lookout light station. North Caro-