The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-22
FLOTSAM-H OREGON
TO HAWAII
By GEORGE DAVIDSON.

have shown the principal conditions of the course velocity and
temperature of the North Pacific waters and the governing
the inshore eddy along northwest
anomalies to for the drift of hosam
from shores and reaching the Hawaiian Islands than two
thousand miles distant Vancouver found at the Hawaiian group Il
canoe Xywo feet long and SIX feet beam made from single trunk
of tree from the Oregon coast and was made aware of two smaller
an old Snanish oaIeon wrecked there These articles came mon the
northern shores the islands In years people have
great trunks of trees sailing westward just north of the islands
Other have been noted southwark of the parallel of the islands
and moving to the westward
In previous paper have shown that of coast streams
closed the mouths during long dry and burst open
when the first heavy floods of the rainy season If there he
trunks behind these bars and the outburst be
strong the hom will be driven across the moe eddy current and
carried the Pacific coast current which will bear the material
Along Hawaiian range islands that
than fifteen hundred miles, and along the whole northern side of these
fes coast and geodec survey picked p from the beach t Midway
island species peculiar the main islands Pieces
wreckage have also been found this and other e The track
the Nero that surveyed along the north side of the reef shaved
profound depths not far herefrOm
The northeast trade blow upon the
chain bring clouds weather and og the north side
Hawaii island the rainfall has reached l15 inches and even at
Honolulu the eeward side of Oahu island the rainfall averages
thirty five inches The navigator has therefore, many adverse cond
because the land visible in the
rocky Through the between the
currents have not been adequately studied
coast to the chain of the Hawaiian Islands and reefs ana the demand
will be imperative after the opening of the san canal Vessels
bound from Panama to the Philippines will need coang station in
After presentation overcome by the
navigator proper to ask whether the best aids to navigation have
been provided this
In 1850 instructions required the designation the best local.
ties for lighthouses and the determination of the geographical posi-
tons In it became evident that the lights placed
too high because there certain conditions of fog when does not
rest directly the but lies hundred feet above
The lights the highest class frequent
y the southeast Faone light Sulphur
tom at distance of XOur miles conditions became!
better known it adopt adequate signal bel
sounded the approaches to port or cape nS3 recommended
that be fired hourly Point Bonita 1t adopted The
fish promptly placed HOyhead In
fog vessel for the bar of the Columbia But
these light ships ineffective where needed Umatia
reef Cape Faery and the signal TaOOsh Island the
entrance to the Strait of Fuca uneard at two miles Canada has
placed fog signal vessel Swue bank off the southwest off
Vancouver but it has superiority
We therefore suggest effective fog signal or
horns of the powerful character and especially throw
the sound to the visible horizon They should be placed
VaOns about hundred hundred and fifty
most set of the Fattey rocks My suggestion that the signal APP
That at Umala reef should be the
aatus be placed under every Ousretchng
which should be that of parabO with the sounding apparatus
the focus thereof and the axis of which should be directed
horizon Experiments will give the best size and character the
hood 1T is the principle of the old Daba which
located Point LObOs In 1851
Der of Commerce. heard beyond the Our-aOm
south of the south channel the Golden Gate This