*** Source: History and Business Directory of Humboldt County, Lillie E. Hamm, November 1890, Eureka, Cal. *** ---page 007--- Beacons, Buoys, Stakes and Other Day Marks IN THE HUMBOLDT BAY LIGHT-HOUSE DISTRICT NOTICE TO MARINERS OFFICE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD, WASHINGTON, D.C. Mariners and others interested in commerce and the preservation of life and property from loss by shipwreck on our coasts, are earnestly requested to give prompt information to the Inspector of the Twelfth Lighthouse District at San Francisco, Cal., of cases in which any of the buoys or day-marks described in this list are out of position, and of all cases in which the published instructions from this Board are not strictly executed, that the Board may, with as little delay as possible, apply the proper remedy, an prevent neglect of duty in matters connected with the day-marks of the United States. EXPLANATIONS OF THE LIST In conformity with Seection 4678 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the following order is observed in coloring and numbering of the buoys along the coasts, or in bays, harbors, sounds, or channels, viz: 1. In approaching the channel, &c., from seaward, RED BUOYS with EVEN NUMBERS, will be found on the STARBOARD side of the channel, and must be left on the STARBOARD hand in passing in. 2. In approaching the channel, &c., from seaward, BLACK BUOYS, with ODD NUMBERS, will be found on the PORT side of the channel, and must be left on the PORT hand in passing in. 3. BUOYS painted with RED and BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPES will be found on OBSTRUCTIONS, with channel-ways on either side of them, and may be left on either hand in passing in. 4. BUOYS painted with WHITE and BLACK PERPENDICULAR STRIPES will be found in MID-CHANNEL, and must be passed close-to to avoid danger. All other distinguishing marks to buoys will be in addition to the foregoing, and may be employed to mark particular spots, a description of which will be given in the accompanying list of buoys. Perches, with balls, cages, &c., will, when placed on buoys, be at turning-points, the color and number indicating on what side they shall be passed. Different channels, in the same bay, sound, river, or harbor, will be marked as far as practicable, by difeent [different] descriptions of bouys. Principal channels will be marked by nun buoys; secondary channels, by can buoys; and minor channels, by spar buoys. When there is but one channel, can buoys, properly colored and numbered are usually placed on the starboard side, and can buoys on the port side of it. Day-beacons, stakes, and spindles (except such as are on the sides of channels, which will be colored like buoys, are constructed and distinguished with special reference to each locality, and particularly in regard to the background upon which they are projected. Wherever practicable, the towers, beacons, buoys, spindles, and all other aids to navigation, are arranged in the List in regular order as they are passed from a vessell entering from Sea. The courses and bearings are magnetic; distances in nautical miles. ABBREVIATIONS USED ON CHARTS AND BUOY LISTS R., red buoys, Nos. 2, 4, 6, &c., starboard. B., black buoys, Nos. 1, 3, 5, &c., port. P. S., white and black perpendicular strips, without numbers, in mid-channel. H. S., red and black horizontal strips [on obstructions], without numbers. ---end---