Latest Navigation Aid To Be in Service To-day unattended lightship will be moored in. the South Channel one trance tothe Yangtze River to-Gay for' the purpose. of facititat= ing navigation in' those waters, according to" an announcement April 9 by" Capt. He By Willman, Coast. Inspector fo! the Chinese" Maritime Customs.
'The ship, which will be, painted red with, the. inscription. "Yangtze Entrance" lettered. on. each. side, will be equipped with dioptric iliue Ininatng "apparatus of the, fourth order, having. a characteristic. of three' seconds, light and. seven. sce= ends. dark interval, "The lantern Will be situated on the top, of an iron column, emerging from the deck amidships, "and will be visible im clear weather at sea for a distance of 11 nautical miles, the contre of the light. being' 30. fect. above. the water level. At. the after end of the "vessel 'a fom bell will be me stalled on an iron trestle structure, the "clappers of the bell to. be operated by the motion of the ship in, the water, The exact position where the craft: will be moored is 9.62. miles from Gutelaft Island, which will ear 202 degrees from the vessel. As the lightship is unattended entirely, matiners.are warned that no anchor light will be shown, Chinese civelesas the last straw, Neaving intending travellers and shippers over <his route at Joss where to turn for protection. Jeusory survey of the situation, x¢~ Yeas. that a total of over. 2,
raft of ull types have been robbed travellers and " approximately 48 slong 'Soochow Greek and adjacent waterways inthe past 40 days without one arrest being made larly' effort whatsoever launched 10 apprehend the criminal
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