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May 30, Igor. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LicHt-Hovusk EsTaBlisHMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT HousE INSPECTOR, TENTH DISTRICT, BUFFALO, N. Y., May 23, Ig9oI. MAIN CHANNEL ABOVE STRAWBERRY ISILAND, NIAGARA RIVER.—Notice is hereby given that on May Io, 1901, a 25- foot spar buoy painted red and numbered 4% was established to mark the lower end of the Twelve Foot Shoal in Main channel above Strawberry Island, and about 1,000 feet below Buoy No. 4 on the west side of the river and opposite Emer- ald Channel. NIAGARA RIVER —Notice is hereby given that on May 18, I90I, a 20-foot spar-buoy painted with red and black hori- zontal stripes was established to mark the shoal in Niagara river at.the lower end of Navy Island. By authority of the Light-House Board. A. DUNLAP, Commander, U.S. N., Inspector 1oth L,. H. District. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN LAKES. AND RIVERS—NEwW YORK. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23, 1901. Bic Sopus LicHT STATION—Bic Sopus OUTER LIGHT.— Notice is hereby given that, on or about June Io, rgor, the order and characteristic of the light on the outer end of the west pier, entrance to Big Sodus Bay, southerly shore of Lake Ontario will be changed to fourth order fixed white varied by a white flash every two minutes. The structure has been increased in height 15 feet. The focal plane of the light will therefore be 47% feet above mean lake level, instead of 32% feet as heretofore, and the light should be seen 14% miles in clear weather, the obser- ver’s eye 15 feet above the water. : Bic Sopus LicHt.—On the same date, this light (fixed white varied by a white flash every two-minutes) at Sodus Point, on the bluff'on the southerly shore of Lake Ontario, 3 mile westerly of the entrance to Big Sodus Bay, will be permanently discontinued. By order of the Light-House Board. : N. H. FARQUHAR, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN LAKES AND RIVERS—MICHIGAN. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFEICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE Boan, | WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27, I901. DETOUR LIGHT STATION. Notice is hereby given that, on and after June Io, Igor, whenever it is foggy on Lake Huron off the entrance to Detour Passage and the St. Mary’s river, with clear weather inside, the fog signal at this station will sound alternate blasts of 8 and 3 seconds’ duration separated by alternate silent intervals of 2 and 47 seconds, thus: Silent Silent Blast interval Blast interval 8 sec. 2 sec. 3 sec. 47 sec. When it is thick or foggy both inside and outside of De tour Passage, the signal will sound the same as heretofore, blasts of 8 seconds’ duration separated by silent intervals of 52 seconds, thus: Silent Silent Blast interval Blast interval 8 sec. 52 sec. 8 sec. 52 sec. The station is located on the westerly side of the entrance to Detour Passage and the St. Mary’s river, northerly end of Lake Huron. By order of the Light-House Board: N. H. FARQUHAR, Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. DOMINION OF CANADA—ONTARIO. SHOAL OFF BLACK ROCK, PARRY SouUND.— Information has reached this Department that the steamer Arthur Orr struck on an uncharted pinnacle, having 15 feet water on it, THE MARINE RECORD. with 10 fathoms close around on all sides, opposite Black Rock, in the entrance to Parry Sound, east shore of Georgian Bay, Ontario. The danger is practically on the alignment of the Jones Island range lights. A spar buoy will be placed on this heretofore unknown shoal at once. Until it can’ be definitely located deep draught vessels are warned to be careful in passing the locality. ! CHANGE IN SUPERSTRUCTURE OF SEGUIN BANK Gas Buoy.—The gas buoy maintained on Seguin Bank, off the . entrance to Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, was, on the open- ing of navigation this year, changed from conical to can in character by modifying the shape of the slatwork super- structure. The buoy with its cage isas heretofore painted black, and is surmounted by a red lantern, showing a white light occulted every six seconds. POSITION OF WRECK OF ST, ANDREW IN LAKE SUPER- 1OR.—Capt. N. Marin, Port Arthur, on the 4th January last reported to the United States Branch Hydrographic Office at Duluth, that the wrecked steamer St. Andrew lies stranded on a small islet of the Great Shaganash group of islands, eastward of the southeastern entrance of Black Bay, Lake Superior. This islet and the surrounding rocks awash are deseribed on the Admiralty chart as amygdaloid rocks. Approximate position, latitude 48° 24’ 50’ N., longitude 88° 28” 307 W. The largest island of the great Shaganash group is called Big Shaganash Island, and the large island immediately south of it is called Blanchard Island. The islet on which the St. Andrew was wrecked is about 500 yards southeastward from the southeast extremity of Blanchard Island. ‘f The St. Andrew lies in about 30 feet of water and is a total wreck. StTac Is_LAND SHOAL LIGHT; CARRIED AwAy.—The pole and shed, standing on a pile foundation, on the south end of Stag Island shoal, River St. Clair, from »which a lens light was shown, as described in Notice to Mariners No. 52 of 1900, have been carried away ' by the ice. A temporary fixed white lens lantern light will be shown from a boat, float or pole, on the site of the destroyed struc- ture as soon as possible, of which further notice will be iven. ; : The red and black horizontally striped spar buoy, prev- iously maintained on the end of the shoal in the vicinity of this light, was permanently discontinued by the United States Government in December last. WRECK OF SCHOONER FONTANA AND WRECK MARKS REMOVED.—With reference to Part XII of Notice to Mari- ners No. .90.0f 1900, the wreck of the schooner Fontana,, at the head of the River St. Clair, near Fort Gratiot light, hav- ing been removed, the buoy marking the wreck has been discontinued, and the three piles driven in Canadian waters, to mark the 18-foot curve between the wreck and the easter bank of the river, have also been removed. d PRIVATE RANGE LIGHT AT SAUGEEN RIVER. —A fixed green light has for one or two years past been maintained by the local fixHermen upon the north bank of the Saugeen river, north of the town of Southampton, east coast of Lake Huron. It is situated E. 3/ S., 700 feet from the Govern- ment light upon the pier at the entrance to the same river. The light is 45 feet above the water and is hoisted on a mast 15 feet high, surmounting a white slatwork beacon Io feet high. The two lights in line, E. 3¢ S., lead through the narrow dredged channel, in 8 feet most water, up to the end of the pier, which*vessels must leave on the port hand when entering, and gradually steer for the south bank of the river to the wharves. This private light is exhibited only during the fishing season, and the Government assumes no responsibility for its maintenance. Fraudulent Conveyance —Under Rev. St. U. S. 324170, 4192, providing that no bill of sale, mortgage, or hypothe- cation, or conveyance of any vessel, shall be valid, except as between the parties thereto, unless recorded in the office of collector of customs, an oral gift of a vessel is not suffi- cient to pass title thereto as against the creditors of the giver. Palmer vs. Smith, 85 N. W. Rep. (Mich. ) 870. SUN’S AMPLITUDES. The following approximate amplitudes of the Sun’s rising or setting will be given each week in this column “during the season of navigation. A second: bearing may be taken by compass at sunset, by reversing the east bearing given for the nearest latitude, as' the change in declination for a few hours makes but a slight difference in the true bearing of the Sun’s setting. The bearing may be taken when'ttie Sun’s center is on the horizon, rising or setting. The ele- ments which may be obtained by taking these amplitudes are, the quantities known as local attraction, variation and deviation, or the total difference between compass and true, or geographical bearings. LAKE ERIK AND S. END LAKE MICHIGAN, LAT. 42°N. Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bearing Comp. May 30.:...7.. B..30° N. = N.'54% E. =N. E. by E. & E. Jute 5.55 dae. 31° N, == N. 54) B= Ny Buby. BH. YE. LAKE ONTARIO, S. END. HURON AND CENTRAL PORTION LAKE MICHIGAN, LAT. 44° N. Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bearing Comp. May. 30 %.07 52% EK, 31° N. =N. 5% H. =N. EH. by BE. % E. UNS. Siete, BE. 32°N =N.5% E. =N.H. by E. &% E. N. END LAKES HURON AND MICHIGAN, LAT. .46° N. « Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bear.ng Comp. IMIASs 30 %eieso sss E. 32° N. =N.5%E.=N.E. by E. % E. JUNE S 5 eo os cs E. 33° N. =N. 5% E.=N.E. by E. % E. LAKE SUPERIOR, LAT. 48° N. Date. Amplitude. Beating P’ts. Bearing Comp. MAY 30000. oes 3a’ Na NT 6 ee Nee Dy eee Mune. Beek. suc. BH. 35° N. =N. 47% E. = N. EB. % E. With a compass correct magnetic, the difference between the observed and true bearing or amplitude will be the yari- ation for the locality. Should there be any deviation on the. course the vessel is heading at the time of taking the bear- ing, the difference between the observed and the true ampli- tude after the variation is applied will be the amount of de- viation on that course If the correct magnetic bearing is to the right of the compass bearing, the deviation is easterly, if to the left, the deviation is westerly. | oor THE Light-House Board has approved the plans fora steamer to be built for the use of the engineer of light-house construction with headquarters at Milwaukee, Wis. Plans for the boat call for about $115,000, and bids will be asked from the lake shipyards in about a week. Effurts will be made to have her constructed on the lakes, but if the figures de- manded are not satisfactory to the light-house officials, the coast builders will be invited to bid on the contra.t. The plans for the boat were drawn by Capt. 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