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42 THE MARINE RECORD. A TRUSCOTT BOAT SIMPLE, SAFE, RELIABLE, SPEEDY. It may be possible to build better. and. safer boats, but it hasn’t, been done yet. We send a completely illustrated cata’ogue and price list f ee, which-tells you all about boats and WHY TRUSCOTT BOATS EXCEL. Truscott Boat Mfg. Co., ST. JOSEPH, MICH. lighting. THE SAFETY CAR 160 Broadway, New York City. OCroBER 17; 190T. Pintsch Gas please 2M Lighted Buoys. Adopted by the English, German, French, Russian, Italian and — United States Light-House Departments for channel and harbor Over 1,000 gas buoys and gas beacons in service. Burn Continuously from 80 to 365 days and nights without attention, and can be seen a distance of six miles. .... fees os Controlled by HEATING AND LIGHTING CO. NOTICE TO MARINERS. UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN RIVERS—MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN, TREASURY, DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, WasHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9, 1901. LAKE MICHIGAN, GREEN Bay, Erc., BuovaGE.—Notice is hereby given that the work of changing the iron buoys in the Ninth Light-House District, for the winter, to spar buoys, similarly painted, will begin on the dates below: Gas-lighted buoys, entrance to Fox river, Green Bay, Wis., November 7. : : Gas-lighted, bell aud iron buoys in Green Bay, channels between Lake Michigan and Green Bay, on Wiggins Point Shoal, and in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and Michigan, No- vember 8. Gas-lighted buoys, Fox Island and Rush Shoal buoys, Lake Michigan, Michigan, November 12. 3 _ Mackinac Straits (west of Old Mackinac light station) and channels north and east of Beaver Island Group, Michigan, November 15. Off Sheboygan, Wis., November 18. Off Milwaukee and Racine, Wis., November 21. Off Chicago, Ill., November 28. By order of the Light-House Board: N. H. FARQUHAR, . Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE INSPECTOR, 9TH DISTRICT, CHICAGO, ILL., Oct II, 1901. VIENNA SHOAL Buoy.—Notice is hereby given that the red and black, horizontal, striped, second-class can buoy, marking the northwest point of Vienna Shoal, northerly end of Lake Michigan, reported adrift September 28, 1901, has been replaced. : BANK PoINnt BEACON LIGHT STATION.—Notice is hereby given that on the evening of October 14, 1901, the Bank Point Beacon Light Station, Michigan, was destroyed by fire. The light will be re-established at the earliest practi- cable date. ¢ ; By order of the Light-House Board. ; F. M. Symonps, Commander, U. S. N., Inspector 9th L. H. District. LicuHt-HovusE ESTABLISHMENT, } OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-Housk INSPECTOR, IOTH DISTRICT, : BuFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 15, Igo1. ERIE HARBOR, PA.—Notice is hereby given that on-Octo- ber 14, 1901, Outer Black Spar Buoy No. 1, which marks the south side of the entrance to the channel in Presqu’ile bay, Lake Erie, was established about 300 feet west by north from its former position. At the same time to better mark the inner end of the channel into Presqu’ile bay, Inner Black Spar Buoy No. 7 was established about 375 feet south- west 4% west from its previous location. By order of the Light-House Board. A. DuniAP, Commander, U.S. N., Inspector 1oth Light-House District. Licut-HousE ome Disrncr | DOMINION OF CANADA—ONTARIO. | I, CHANGE IN COLOR OF PorT ARTHUR LIGHT.—On the night of the r5th October, 1901, the light shown from the light-house on the breakwater at the entrance to the inner harbor of Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, will be changed in character from fixed white to fixed red, and will thereafter be maintained as a fixed red light, without further notice. The limit of visibility of the light will-be reduced by - this change from 11 to 7 miles ; in other respects the light will be unaltered. II. Port ARTHUR AND FORT WILLIAM—HYDROGRAPHIC Notrs.—The inner harbor at Port Arthur is formed by two cribwork breakwaters, extending in front of the wharves on the water front of the town. The more northerly break water is 3 600 feet long, and has a general trend of S. 25° W. true from a point outside the elevator wharf at the north end of LAKES AND ‘ the town. The light-house is on this breakwater, 31 feet | from its south.end. Between this breakwater and the more southerly one is the entrance to the inner harbor, a gap about 340 feet wide. . The more southerly breakwater is 1,500 feet long, and runs S. 2834° W. true. The statements respecting dredging under the head ‘‘Port Arthur,’ on page 72, of United States Hydrographic Office -publication, No. 108A, 1900, refer to.work done at the mouth of the Kaministiquia river, leading up to Fort William, and not to Port Arthur. 5 (Information furnished by the Chief Engineer of the - Department.) ~ - ss III. Vicror1A IshAND—POSITION OF LiIGHT-HousE.— The United States Hydrographic Office has received infor- mation that the light-house on Victoria Island, north shore of Lake Superior, is situated at the northwestern extremity of the western end of the island, and not near the middle of the island, as shown on Admiralty charts Nos. 321. and 320. The keeper’s dwelling is located in a southwesterly direction from the llght-house, and the alignment of these two. objects passes over. the rocky spot with three feet of water over it shown on the chart about one mile to the southwestward, This shoal is stated to be somewhat to the westward of the position assigned to it on the chart. - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—LAKE SUPERIOR. IV. CURRENT ON SoUTH SHORE.—Capt. W. A. Williams, of the steamer Spokane, reports to the U. S. Hydrographic Office that the body referred to in part IV of notice to mari- ners No. 53, of 1901, was picked up off Manitou Island, to the eastward of Eagle river, and not off Outer Island. Con- sequently the statement respecting a westerly set of current in the notice referred to should be amended. This notice affects Admiralty chart No. 320, and U. S. H. O. publications No, 108, 1896, page 3, and No. 108a, 1900, pages 9 and Io. V. SHoar oFF GULL ISLAND, APOSTLES GROouP.—The U. S. H. O. reports, under date 9th September, 1901, that the U.S. lake survey steamer Vidette reports a small shoal in the Ap stle Island bearing N. E. % N. (N. 44° E true) dis- tance 3), (3;8;) miles from the north point of Gull Island. It is about roo feet in diameter and consists of.a cluster of boulders with a least depth of 19% feet at the present stage of water in Lake Superior. This notice affects Admiralty chart No. 320 and U. S. H. O. publications No. 108, 1896, page 38, and 108a, 1900, page 43. VI.. Color oF DeviIrs ISLAND Licut-Hovse.—The United States Light-House Board gives notice that the new light-house tower on Devils jsland, Apostles group, de- scribed in part VII of notice to mariners No. 59 of 1901, has been changed in color from brown to white. VII. DuLUTH RANGE LicHT STATION.—Further, that on or about 1st September, rgor, the following described range lights and fog signal will be established on the new south pier at the entrance to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior: Front Lighf.—A fixed red light of the fourth order, 44 feet above lake level, on a buff-colored brick tower, sur- mounted by a black gallery deck and lantern, attached to a small fog signal house-with a red roof, on the outer end of the new south pier, from. which will be sounded, during ’ thick or foggy weather, a ten-inch steam whistle having the same characteristics as the temporary signal, viz., blasts of 5 seconds’ duration separated by silent intervals of 30 seconds, thus: Blast Silent Blast Silent interval interval 5 sec. 30 sec. 5 sec. 30 sec. “Rear Light.—A fixed red light varied by a red flash every 1o seconds, of the fourth order, 69 feet above lake level, on a white, square, pyramidal tower surrounding a white cylinder, surmounted by a white cylindrical watch room and black lantern, near. the inner end of the new south pier, 1,188 feet S. W. by -W. 4% W. in rear of the front light. On the same date the present temporary range lights and fog signal will-be discontinued, ie ; This notice affects admiralty chart No. 320. LONE RocK Bait, Bouy DRIFTED FROMSTATION. Notice has been received by this. Department that the bell buoy marking Lone rock, east side of Georgian Bay, district of Parry Sound, Ontario, has disappeared from its station. _ BLACK RocK BEACON BLOwN Down. The department is also advised that the beacon marking Black rock, in the en- trance to Parry sound, in the. same waters, was blown down by a recent gale. F, GOURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, 28th September, Igor. 4a All bearings, unless otherwise noted, are magnetic and are given from seaward, miles are nautical miles, heights are above high water, and all depths are at mean low water. Pilots, masters or others interested are earnestly requested to send information of dangers, changesin aids to navigation, notices of new shoals or channels, errors in publications, or any other facts affect- ing the navigation of Canadian waters to the Chief Engineer, Depart- ment of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. ———— i oa ae MARINE PATENTS. 684,311. Boat. Sato Ruji, San Francisco, Cal. 684,136. Apparatusfor hydraulically transporting sub- aqueous solids. Charles Vivan, Islip;and Harry R. Wheeler, Brooklyn, N. Y. 683 427. Fluid-pressure steering-gear. New York, N. Y. 683,516. Dredging-machines. Edward A. Stinton, Frank- fort, Ind. 683,540. Oar-lock. William C. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa. 683,540. Indicator and recorder for pitch or roll of vessels. William F. C. Nindeman, New York, N. Y. 683,776. Paddle-wheel. Henry S. Kline, McKeesport, Pa Lucas Barger, 683,808; Screw-propellor blade. Philadelphia, Pa. 683,818. Ship’s light or window. Thomas Utley, Liver- pool, England. 683,870. Dredge-bucket. Sommers N:; Smith, James O. Wright, New Orleans, a. 682,476.. Rudder. John Marolf, Tillamook, Oregon. 682,584. Means for locating course of sound. Mario R. d’Asar, Genoa, Italy. Design 35,031. Boat cleat. John F. W. Schmidt, Osh- kosh, Wis. Term of patent, 14 years. 682,376. Hank. William Wood, Banta, Cal., assignor of one-half to George John Fake, Vernalis, Cal. 682,631. Vessel or ship. Paul Manchin and Louis Bou- dreaux, Paris, France. 682,967. Oar lock. James White and John Snyder, Marshfield, Oregon. 683,063. Means for conveying power to dredges. Wil- liam O’Brien, Jr., Waipori, New Zealand. 683,219. Caisson. William H. McFadden, Pittsburg, Pa.. assignor to the Consolidated Mining and Dredging Company, same place. 683,238. Night light buoy. Conrad C. A. E. Wiese, Hamburg, Germany. 683,246. Lighter or barge for handling coal or other ma- terial. Jeremiah Campbell, Newton, Mass. 683,260. Life boat. John EK. Dysart, Cadiz, Ohio. 683,361. Diving Apparatus. John L. Watson, Los An- geles, Cal. 683,400. Submarine boat. John -P. Holland, Newark, N. J., assignor to Electric Boat Company, of New Jersey. rr a ep ConsuL-GENERAL GUENTHER reports from Frankfort, August 28, 1901: The next international navigation con- gress will be held at Dusseldorf, Germany, June 29 to July 6, 1902. There will be two sections, one for inland, the other for ocean navigation. In the former the following will be discussed : Hoisting machinery; coal transportation on canals; dams; mechanical starting of vessels; the utilization of water power of locks for generating electricity. In the section for ocean transportation, discussion wil] touch: The use of lighter ships on the seas; the construction and maintenance of dry and repair docks ; the construction and cost of dredging machinery. NOR ee ee ee ee