Rock Island Argus., 1915-04-23
NAVIGATION AIDS
MARKED ON RIVER
Ll<atheuss weFk started and Boat in
Gkarss wni Arrits Here NeXt
wesE.
sosE ARR now BLING CHANGED
Day Marker and NiEht Pests Located
ia New Flacrs a. shifting q
Channel Warrants

ThF ssaEbost David TtPfou. % tar
Uatsd states government feet used
o. ere Improvement % TIRE upper
,f.rslss.ppl river. EM arrive 10 Rock
isiari soair tle ts~ latter part o.
arxt seek oa ilE trip 40 stream iu the
repaiaflnE ard ia some eases chang
iaE % the location of navigation aids
The TiptDn arrived ia Quiney This
afternoon aad W.iu proceed up the
river 90 SO. Paul lts progress north
win b. SLOW because of the numerous
ss6ps if wiIi b@ forced t1 make in ths
FsBziaillE or ch4ag4aE Of d4y-1aFks
aEl uiEHt-p1sts.
Ordinarily the Goidruroi. the light
Eagse tender. would have made the
Journey and cared for thr work. but
as EET is not i1 repair the Upton
aas pressed into r~rste- bIf 10 is al
s1 tasrE care ot Geo. sraE boat duties
stE.ulfarr1gaiv
NE rrv bars are located and che
eEnnr@f shifts. tr- markers have f1
b. changed fH Elli~ pilots oE che
river -f.e err.as there hos been
come srirIrE rf tfF channel UEirh
rerTE1 .fsrrr O. rrU location Tor the
posts Cap'alr Ruby. au experienced
pilot. is .H ere the cabin ~ feN Tip
con arf detects the required changes.
~end List 10 Ouiuey.
VE-r an changes have been made.
f.ss .s complied ar the local govern
u=aE engineers. once and sent rp the
asreFs af vessels ublet navigate ca
che upF~s river
a day marker has no tEtt It &c.
easily ElFsi~su.sErt iE che tsV time
srf ss EsEEf also. aE t has massive
r-9ss srras. vtter are used sE are
esess.rs signs along railroad iir~F.
Tt- HlsEf- post tE equipped ElfH r.i
.s=Fs sT HFsF cases art these E.sF
particular e9mf1-f fp rfr pilots on
vessels .H fFr H.srf. rsr'tra' wt~u
reFFr .s "a Cos The search uEHf ut'I
roc p=rrFrssz EEr r.sFs % fEsf OBJ
=eFs rsF t= se=T ls frF distance. tlt
rt- HEefr aH tsr posts are easily dis
F.rEslsFaH.T
rrF HEsf tFssT keepers are given
rsrF sps'r ar a# ffr fer season ON
rF6s tF.H On most cases fFr 's=rE are
r..Fs era lighted daily Trerr orc
5000 F.se-s. E1urrrr. where r.EEr-
-sF lsrEs arc Esef. These arr .r
places t~H..F EH reach. 0r HE.eF
H1a.f r-sr tsssFt1as errs l~
sFeFH ssf Fsrs~ fr~ref1rr need aftra-
Har eH.- a HF-a
fiImiuair Laks ban<rrs.
Tls T=sr tsr daeErrs slDHE Lake
Cooper aar f= rea1rr5 aise "a r=s
IseF rg t= used rr fsr riErf posts
Esrr- Otter Gre glare fr8r ff+ e.'-
6f usFlEss1r aEt krrElE.
aelea are F-rV aFI uEEt=a. has de-
er5sFs pilots. fsFF believing that ts~y
urr- or Flzsf r1sfs
raF a-t 1f iamrs have been chang
rg aEf Fash aerfFt~g~ light has
1rTr provided UEi-t car tr easily dis .
s5aEssFEet from che rify glare. Tas .
rrH FgEipwFrts Fash certain r1m-
Bee Gf F.-es 81 mt~gFr end a supply
Tr sac fT .sst s.N 0r eight months is .
r9essir=l ia ts~ tanks usieh feed .
sErm
Rs s1e~ az ere steamship ov-err .
-af.fr ttr e1rrrrmrrf oHer here that .
FsFF are F8 START ere river season. fh- .
sf f-1gis CO. HsmhgrE. thr season has .
already started and that further u6rth .
Vt't open ~sF'F .- Wav
tr ere 6'f days the pilots had no
ssvisaFi1r aids 20 guide them az
etErt. h1f fHrv w~rT experienced and .
sau5f trjf whru o4f Of the charuei by .
ne labor % th~ boat Or shallow va f.
'rF vessel cannot snake thr speed
ss iH deep
Egs oftTs Trey wTrr forced 20 pro
srsf siovir az rjEht. whiis uow 85
pr cent ~ ere time vessels ear pro
s~rd f4ii steam aheaa. vith iittis dan
Err as a result - the navigation aids
~ THE government
10 Word on Projects.
There has becn bur ttfIe work or
~ improvement % the river This
iprinr Word on the approval % the
projects ts waited from Washington
Nhsa this 10 received the labor on the