(7.9 m) over the keel blocks. It is of the floating sectional type and has a lifting capacity of 15,000 tons.

Marine hospital.-A marine hospital of the United States public Health Service is situated at Fourteenth and Judkins Streets, Seattle, on Beacon Hill, which overlooks Elliott Bay. The outpatient office is located in the Federal Office Building, at First Avenue and Madison Street.

Quarantine.-Vessels subject to quarantine are boarded at Port Townsend. Fumigation with cyanide can be arranged for in Seattle. The quarantine office is located in the Federal Office Building.

A commercial radio station is located at Seattle.

A Coast and Geodetic Survey field station is located in the Federal Office Building, First Avenue and Madison Street. Files of charts, coast pilots, and other publications are maintained for the use of mariners, who are invited to avail themselves of the facilities afforded.

Charts, coast pilots, current tables, and tide tables are kept for sale. Mariners observing any changes affecting charts or coast pilots are requested to notify the inspector in charge of the field station.

À branch hydrographic office is maintained in the Federal Office Building, Seattle. Bulletins are posted here giving information of value to mariners, who are also enabled to avail themselves of publications pertaining to navigation and to correct their charts from standards. No charge is made for this service.

Steamboat Inspection Service. The office of the Steamboat Inspection Service for this district is in the Federal Office Building. Storm warnings are displayed by the Weather Bureau from the roof of the Exchange Building, First Avenue and Marion Street, and are plainly visible from the harbor.

Customhouse.-Seattle is the headquarters of the Washington collection district. The customhouse is in the Federal Office Building, at First Avenue and Madison Street.

Immigration.-The United States Immigration Service maintains an office at First Avenue and Union Street.

Communication.-Seattle is served by three lines of transcontinental railways and is the terminus of several lines of freight and passenger steamers to the Orient. It is a port of call of many lines of intercoastal vessels, and has a good coastwise service with points south in California and Oregon, and Alaska in the north. The Harbor Radio, call letters KPE, handles ship's business at 5 cents a word, and private business at 10 cents a word. This reduction in ship's business rates is intended to facilitate shipping. There are complete telephone, telegraph, and radio facilities.

Airlines. Seattle is served by 9 commercial air lines. There are 3 airports located at Seattle and 2 terminals on the waterfront for seaplane service.

For detailed information concerning port conditions, facilities, regulations, rates, commerce, and communications consult Port Series, No. 7, part 1, prepared by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army in cooperation with the Bureau of Operations, United States Shipping Board.

Currents. As a rule, the tidal currents in the harbor have little velocity. At times, however, with a falling tide, an appreciable current will be found setting north westward along the waterfront.

Tides. The mean range of tide at Seattle is 7.6 feet (2.3 m). The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 11.3 feet (3.4 m). A range of about 1812 feet (5.6 m) may occur at the time of maximum tides. Daily tide predictions for Seattle are given in the tide tables published annually in advance by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

EAGLE HARBOR (CHART 6444)

is situated on the eastern shore of Bainbridge Island, 5 miles southward of Point Monroe and opposite Elliott Bay. It is about 1 mile long with a width of 2 mile and affords excellent anchorage in 5 to 6 fathoms (9.1 to 11 m), muddy bottom. It narrows at the head to 300 yards and winds westward for 34 mile over flats bare at low tide.

A shipbuilding plant is located on the north side 3/4 mile from the entrance. It has marine ways capable of handling vessels of 3,000 tons' displacement. The steel cradle is 325 feet long and can take a draft of 17 feet (5.2 m) forward and 21 feet (6.4 m) aft. There are ample wharf facilities. Hawley, a small community of summer homes, situated 3⁄4 mile eastward of the shipyard, has a landing wharf built out to 14 feet (4.3 m). Winslow, population 669 (1930 census), is the largest town on Eagle Harbor. It is situated on the north shore and has a landing wharf near the head with 8 feet (2.4 m) alongside. Gasoline and fresh water may be obtained from the oil wharf, adjacent to the landing wharf, and with the same depth alongside.

Creosote, a post town of 250 people (1930 census), on the south side of the harbor, at the entrance, has an extensive creosoting plant. The main wharf has depths of 14 to 33 feet (4.3 to 10.1 m) along the southern face. Fresh water is available. A long landing wharf for local traffic, built out to 11 feet (3.4 m), extends eastward from the point, and just north of it is a railway-car ferry slip. Creosote has extensive shipping to foreign and domestic ports of prepared piles and paving blocks. Eagledale, a small hamlet on the south shore, 11⁄2 mile westward from Creosote, has a landing wharf built out to 10 feet (3.0 m) at mean lower low water.

Some pilings remain from an old gravel loading wharf at the foot of the bluff, 500 yards south from the southern entrance point, and from the low spit on the west side of Wing Point a landing wharf projects to the channel with a depth of 15 feet (4.6 m) alongside at mean lower low water. There are several small landings of little importance on the south side of the harbor.

Communication can be had with Seattle by steamers making several trips a day, by automobile via the Port Blakely-Seattle Ferry, and by telephone.

Wing Point, on the north side of the entrance, is a narrow, bluff point, 30 feet (9.1 m) high, covered with trees to the edge.

Wing Point Reef extends southeastward for 1/2 mile from Wing Point, and is generally marked by kelp. The extremity of the reef is marked by a red nun buoy.

Tyee Shoal, 5% mile southeastward of Wing Point, with a least depth of 13 feet (4.0 m), is marked by a bell buoy.

A spit, bare at low water, extends 300 yards northward from the southern point at the entrance, and is marked by a black buoy placed in 52 feet (15.8 m) off its northeast edge. The spit also extends nearly 500 yards northwestward from the point, with depths of 3 feet (0.9 m) and less, and marked by a black buoy placed in 27 feet (8.2 m) off the end of the spit.

The entrance is deep, but is only 200 yards wide between Wing Point Reef and the sunken spit on the west side of the channel, and caution is necessary in entering. The channel is marked by range lights.

Blakely Rock is prominent in approaching; it lies 3/4 mile northward of Restoration Point and at high water shows about 15 feet (4.6 m) at its highest point. It is 300 yards in extent, with shoal water, well marked by kelp, extending over 250 yards northward. It is marked by a flashing red light.

To enter give Wing Point and buoy a berth of over 1/2 mile and pass midway between Blakely Rock and Tyee Shoal bell buoy. Bring Restoration Point astern, bearing 162° true (SE. 14 S. mag.) and steer 341° true (NW. 14 N. mag.) with black can buoy No. 1 a little on the port bow. The range beacons should be made out ahead when Restoration Point is astern bearing 162° true (SE. 14 S. mag.). Pass about 75 yards eastward of black buoy No. 1 and steer 299 true (W. 12 N. mag.) to clear the northwest end of the spit on the south side, and when past the buoy marking it haul southwestward into the harbor, following the northern side at a distance of 350 yards, and anchor as desired.

RESTORATION POINT TO POINT DEFIANCE

The waters of this portion of the sound, which extend from Restoration Point a distance of 15 miles in a general south-southeasterly direction, are divided into two parts by Vashon and Maury Islands. Vashon Island is 11 miles long in a north and south direction, with an average width of about 3 miles.

Maury Island, which is really a part of Vashon Island, the two being connected by a narrow neck of land bare at high water, lies off the eastern side of Vashon Island, and is 5 miles long, with an average width of 1 mile.

On these islands the land is of moderate elevation, rolling, and in places rugged, and the country throughout is heavily wooded except for the numerous clearings where farming is in progress. The shores on all sides have numerous settlements, with wharves built out to accommodate the local traffic to Seattle or Tacoma. These are mentioned in detail under the description of the waters following. Colvos Passage, separating Vashon Island from the mainland westward, is described on page 294.

From Restoration Point the main body of the sound extends southeastward for 121⁄2 miles to Robinson Point, then bends southwestward and westward a farther distance of 9 miles to Point Defiance. The waters throughout are deep and free from dangers, which in no case extend as much as 11⁄2 mile from shore.

EASTERN SHORE

Alki Point is low with a small wooded knoll about 100 feet (30.5 m) high immediately behind it; eastward of the knoll low land extends for nearly 3 mile before rising to the high land extending southward from Duwamish Head. The Seattle Slip of the SeattleManchester automobile ferry is located 1/4 mile eastward from Alki Point.

Alki Point Lighthouse, a white octagonal tower attached to a building, is situated on the extremity of the point. The light is group flashing white (5 flashes every 10 seconds). The fog signal is a reed horn (blast 3 seconds, silent 6 seconds; blast 3 seconds, silent 18 seconds).

From Alki Point to Point Williams, 3 miles, the shores are thickly settled. This stretch is accessible to electric railways from Seattle, and passenger steamers do not call regularly. A sawmill, 2 miles from Alki Point, has a wharf for loading lumber.

Fauntleroy Cove lies between Point Williams and Brace Point, 1 miles southward, and is included in the city limits of Seattle. There is an automobile ferry from Fauntleroy to Vashon Heights and Harper.

Pully Point, 734 miles southward from Alki Point, is a sharp, low spit, projecting 300 yards from the high point eastward, which in 1 mile rises to 430 feet (131 m) elevation. On the low part of the point is a grassy knoll 30 feet (9.1 m) high, with three or more trees upon it, from which it derives its local name, Three-tree Point. Pully Point is marked by an occulting white light (light 3 seconds, eclipse 3 seconds) on a white skeleton structure.

Des Moines is a town of 600 inhabitants (1930 census), 4 miles southeastward from Pully Point. It has stage connections. The landing wharf is in ruins. A submarine cable crosses to the north side of Robinson Point.

Woodmont is settlement of summer homes and a country club 214 miles southward from Des Moines. It has a private landing wharf built out to 16 feet (4.9 m).

Redondo, on Poverty Bay, 634 miles southeastward from Pully Point, is a post village of 116 inhabitants (1930 census). There is no landing wharf, communication being by highway. A wharf built out to 30 feet (9.1 m)_at_mean lower low water is located 111⁄2 miles southeastward from Redondo.

Dash Point is 1 mile northward from Brown Point. The post town of Dash Point, population 297 (1930 census), is located on the point, and on its north side is a wharf built out to 20 feet (6.1 m).

Brown Point, the north point at the entrance to Commencement Bay, is marked by a flashing white light on a white-frame tower (3 flashes every 15 seconds) 38 feet (11.6 m) above the water. The fog signal is an air horn (blast 3 seconds, silent 2 seconds, blast 3 seconds, silent 2 seconds, blast 3 seconds, silent 17 seconds). In the bight just northward of the point is Caledonia, a small settlement with its landing wharf in ruins. Several houses and a landing wharf are located around the point on the south side.

Commencement Bay and the city of Tacoma are described under a separate heading following.

WESTERN SHORE

From Restoration Point the shore of Bainbridge Island trends southwestward for 2 miles to Beans Point, the north point at the entrance to Rich Passage. Between the points the shores are thickly settled with summer cottages, which are served by South Beach Wharf, built out to 12 feet (3.7 m), 11⁄4 miles southwestward from Restoration Point.

Bainbridge Reef, with depths of 4 fathoms (7.3 m) at the outer end and deeper water inside, extends 3% mile southward from the shores between South Beach wharf and Bean Point, and constitutes the principal danger in the approach to Rich Passage. Its outer end is marked by a lighted bell buoy.

Rich Passage is described on page 293.

Orchard Point, the south point at the entrance to Rich Passage, is marked by a group occulting light (light 2 seconds, eclipse 1.5 seconds, light 10 seconds, eclipse 1.5 seconds) on a white pyramidal tower 34 feet (10.4 m) above the water. The fog signal is a reed horn (2 blasts every 20 seconds).

From Orchard Point the shores trend southward and then eastward, forming, with the south shore of Bainbridge Island, a bay, semicircular in form and about 311⁄2 miles in diameter.

Manchester, Colby, South Colby, Harper, and Southworth are small towns on the shores of this bay, between Orchard Point and Point Southworth, at the entrance to Colvos Passage. Manchester has a combination ferry slip and landing wharf built out to 14 feet (4.3 m), with fresh water piped to the end. A row of lights on the wharf is prominent at night. Only a few pilings of the Colby Wharf remain. The South Colby Wharf is in ruins. There is no wharf at Southworth. Harper has a combination ferry slip and landing wharf built out to 12 feet (3.7 m). A passenger and freight vessel calls from Seattle.

Blake Island, about 1 mile in extent, 160 feet (49 m) high, and covered with trees, lies in the southeastern part of this bay, off the northern entrance to Colvos Passage. A shoal makes out from the entire north shore of the island, attaining a maximum distance of 1/4 mile from shore. There is a dock built out to 14 feet (4.3 m) just southward of the northeastern point of the island.

Yukon Harbor, 2 miles southwestward from Blake Island, affords anchorage in 6 to 10 fathoms (11 to 18.3 m), with protection from southerly winds.

Vashon Point, the northwest point of Vashon Island, is 280 feet (85 m) high, steep, and wooded. Shoal water extends 1/4 mile northward from Vashon Point and nearly as far along the northern shore to Dolphin Point, 1 mile eastward.

Vashon Heights Landing, 21⁄2 mile eastward from Vashon Point, has a combination ferry slip and landing wharf built out to 14 feet (4.3 m) at mean lower low water. An automobile ferry runs to Harper and Fauntleroy and a freight and passenger vessel to Harper and Seattle.

Aquarium, on the eastern shore of Vashon Island, 1/2 mile southward of Dolphin Point, is a small settlement with a private landing wharf, locally known as "Cowley's Landing."