The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-08-25
MARINE MISCELLANY.

ROckland, Aug. IL. Capt. B. +. Pascal
spindle On Roaring Bull ledge, near Isle au
Haut, to replace the wooden one destroyed
by the ice last winter The spindle, which
weighs five tons and is about 40 feet long,
IS now at the StOningtOn wharf. Isle 'au
Haut expects to see work begun next year
on the lighthouse at Robinson,s Point, the
southwestern entrance to the Isle au Haut
thOrOughfare. A petition was forwarded
to congress last year by the residents OF
+ Isle au Haut for that purpose and Col. w.
s. Stanton of the lighthouse board went to
Isle au Haut and looked over the ground.
returning favorable report on the necessi-
ty of establishing one there. The residents
Of that far away isle hope that the promises
OF building next year will be fulfilled as
this is a most dangerous point and light
would be great aid to navigation: There
was also petition presented, in which the
summer residents took an active part, for
the dredging of the channel in the thorough.
fare between Isle au Haut and Kimball's
island. At low tide bar is now visible be-
tween the two points causing great incon.
venience to vessels of all descriptions pass.
ing through. Maj. R0ssler Of the engineer.
ing board visited the locality and returned
an unfavOrable report on the ground that
Importance. The islanders hope, however
to, get the project through in the neal
future
NEW BUoYs ESTABLISHED. Following
are the local corrections made during the
month of July on the government charts:
Tibbett ROck-On June "a, 1904, second.
class nun buoy, painted red and black in
horizontal stripes, was mOored in 20 feet OF
water, 80 feet SSW. from Tibbett Rock
about 81 miles to the eastward of Petit
Manan lighthouse, on the bearings:
Nash Island lighthouse .......NE. 1916 N.
Petit Manan lighthouse. Nv. 1-16 N.
Jordans Delight Ledge spindle.N. by w.
Mount Desert Rock-Shoal to Northeast
ward.-Capt. A. V. Wadhams. .. S. Navy,
commanding the U. S. S. Prairie, reports
under date of July 2, 1904, that on that day,
discovered shoal in approximately lati-
tude AZ 0S' 05" N, longitude $50 90 co. W..
on which sounding of 81 fathoms was OBJ
tanned; bottom sand and shell. The pre-
viouS sounding, taken miles Sc. by S.
from this, was 81 fathoms, and the next
one, taken as quickly as the ship could be
stopped, was 80 fathoms.
Mount Desert Island, Bass Harbor-On
June 10, 1904, a spar buoy, painted black
and white in perpendicular stripes, was
moored in 121 feet of water to mark the
deepest water on the bar extending from
Bass Harbor Head to Great Colts Island.
The buoy is on the bearings:
baker lSldlu llSnInOuSo. T.. S ..
Bass Harbor Head lighthouse. n. by E. E.
LopauS Point. ................N w. w.
West Penobscot Bay, Lairey Narrows,
Buoy Established-O On June Is, 1904, a spar
buoy, painted red, was established in %
feet of water on the northern side of the
western end of Lairey Narrows 60 feet S.
by E. from the 3-foot lodges, on the bear
ings:
Leadbetters Island, right
tangent. ............... ESE. 3.
Green Island, left tangent. NV. W.
Dogfish Lodges spindle. IN. by w. ZIG w.
Barley Ledge-On June 10, 1904, a spar
water, 60 feet from the northwestern end Of
Barley Ledge, on the bearings:
Long Island, left tangent. NE. ! W.
Northport wharf. ...........NNW. W.
Steels Ledge monument (bea-
cOnC......... N. by W. W.
Weskeag River Entrance-On June %,
1904, the following buoys were established
at the entrance to Weskeag River, approach
to South Thomaston:
Lark Lodges buoy, a red spar, moored in
n feet of water, 100 feet southwark of
Lark Lodges, on the bearings
Otter Island beacon. ESE. 3 E.
Garden Island Ledge spindle.....S. f.
Ash Island beacon. .ENE. +.
Graces Rock buoy, black spar, No. /,
moored in p feet of water, 200 feet S. E.
of Graces Rock, on the bearings:
Otter Island beacon. .........SE. by E. E.
Garden Island Ledge spindle. S. by E. E.
Tommy Island, left tangent. S. by w. W.