Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-05
Friends observatory.

| We palu our enll-occasIOnal visit I,
old Probs in his lair yesterday Som.
important additions and improvements
have been made to the observatory since
~ were there-not the least importan:
in point ri comfort being p nice CARPET
md some tasteful paper Oh the walls and
some we'll directed :.;iiIt On the wood
work and pedestal. Also We note that
the Slit in the roof through which
Charles does his star-gazing has been
provided With doors so arranged as to
! make things water proof in time OF
storms. Altogether, everything is as
neat as pin and as snug rs bug in a
rug The apparatus has been augmented
by a hySIODeter-whichi is con.riyancc
Tor measuring the force of vapors and
determining the humidity OF the air:
also TWO chronometers, one for mean and
| the other for sideriai time. I'VE digress
far enough to observe that ,be late
lamented John Phun;x discovered ard
proclaimed that mean time is the meau-
! IS! Kind OF time. john was military
and civil engineer, aud Doubtless knew .
what he was talking about Another
Improvement Is the lengthening up Of ,
his night Of stairs ami a platform so
rugged AS to enable him 10 consult hi, 4
raln-gunGe, which he has hois.ed nm
upon thu nd-" pole OF the roof. And
now. although Nr Friend has already
oy lar the comlfetest Astronomical OBJ
srrTatory on the coast. he is seriously
hSuring on an equatorial telescope
ana doubtless he viii get one ere long.
besldes his instruments h. has quite a
library q books pertaining to the var
Gus branches OF science to which he is
SO arientiy devoting himself. |: is
Simply shameful that the weather offir..
AZ Washington does no: make an allow
"hct 10 MI Friend ior his very faithful
services and accurate 0bscrv atoms. The
signal station III san Francisco isn't to
De hamed III the same day with this:
aha Tor that matter, nobody on the coast t
Is 'he posses,or Of transit instrument i;
IN Al Will AZ all compare with his. And
vet the bureau does not even d-iuu tn I
'nrn!sh tIiend with q wind cuap4-a t
sort OF cheap whlrllgIg affair the whole r
;ost ana transportation Of which don't {
amount TO nifty dollars. Our delegation [
u congress ought to look after this OBJ d
ervatory-w which is an honor to the b
'tate-and see that the Weather Bureau q
10 something substantial toward its en- Il
engagement and the remuneration of d
IS founder. q,
IHE CARSON STREET RAII. WAY.-Such
the ingenious, punstive name which
'e have devised for the new eross,alk r.
ow building by Doctor Butts from Rail. :"
orner to the Hormsby 'Ouse. The rea- Ii
IN why the name is good and valid.
we'll as fanciful and grotesque one.
that Rail, Eugene B., furnishes TN. "a,
mbers and planks, while the Doctor as WI
lie medical attendant upon the BODY ~,
'rporate. attends to the placing Of the pat
ME. The very dullest of our readers. n,
E are sure, can see the point. 1t iss al.
~ that Rail has Of keeping himself
III his customers and his frields out of
e mud and very good way at that. HHs
ii therefore Rail Way. We are quite Ter
70 that after this brief explanation to q,
yoody can see the point of the intend gin
pun: You see Rail buys the planls < g
d sllis and Butts attends to the having u
the same. and while it would be en-. Y
ely Justitiable to style this work a yir,
it's way or Rail and Butts crossing. san,
crlspy pun with which We tickle the
icy OF our lighter class of readers j
uld be lost altogether. Meantime we tory
explain further that this crossing is and
be OF the width Of three stout plank. qur
b lnterstices filled with broken rock
gravel, and is intended TO supply a ,. On
Dru.