Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-13
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Additional Daily Reports to be Furnished
this Station

In July last Sergeant Sickler. il
charge of the Signal Corps station at thi
place, recommended TO the head of the de
partment as Washington that changes b,
made in the telsgra phic weather reports fur
nished this station, with view to make then
more practicable, by furnishing in advance
information from stations situated upon III,
more usual storm courses leading to tn,
valley. All the reports heretofore re
ceiyed at the Sacramento Station, witt
the exception Of those from San Fran.
cisco, were from the East, along
the Central and Union Pacific Railroads
from which direction the :" oldest inhabit
ants never knew storm to approach, ano
the Signal Corps reports furnish no record d
one. The storms upon this coast invariably
come from the region of the Pacific aud the
"storn center" Of nearly all fiat strike
the coast IL Oregon or Washington Territory.
| This is concluslgely shown by the diagram OF
storms, published by the Signal Service
Bureau, as will be seen by simply referring
10 those OF last winter. The first genera
storm which occurred during the last rainy
season commenced October 1lth, with the
center near the north of Columbia river, and
passed southeasterlY. The total rainfall at
this point was 80 of an inch The next storm
first appeared on the SGn of November, the
center following down the Pacific coast frou
northward To the vicinity of San Francisco.
which place it reached on the 9th. and then
moved eastward across the State, giving
rainfall of II of an inch. 1t next
reached the coast from the west, with center
near the north line of Oregon, ON the % Of
December, and passed in an almost direct
line to Colorado. 1t produced a rainfall here
Of rs of an inch. On December 9TH an
other passed eastward over this State with
the center between San Francisco and Hum
boldt bay rainfall, 40 of an inch. The
center of the storm which produced 1.57
inches rainfall in Sacramento on the 18th
and ooh of that month, struck the coast g
little north of California and took nearly a
direct line to the far east. On the 7th of
January the next appeared from the west,
with center at Portland, and took an easterly
direction into Idaho, but gave a rainfall of
40 inches at this point.
During the month of February there were
four general storms upon the coast, giving q
total rainfall of 1.S3 inches, all of which
came from the Pacific, and the storm centers
passed from west to east through Oregon OF
| Washington Territory.
There were several storms during the month
! Of March. The storm center of all of these
| FIRST appeared as far north as Portland, and
maintained an easterly direction from their
| initial point on the coast. April was noted
Tor its heavy rains, IA 20 inches falling dutipg
/ the month. The central track of all
these storms came upon the coast
from the Pacific. and north of the
/ which commenced on the 10Th and lasted till
the 22d, during which time 9 II inches
/ of rain fell here, first appeared on the North
ern Pacific coast. the storm center being
near Portland, and moving eastward through
! Oregon and Idaho, and was central in west
eru Montana on the 22d. Thus it will be
! seen that the storm centers of all the general
storms Of last season upon the coast passed
north Of Ca ifornia, except two, and one Of
| them coasted down from the north until it
reached the break in the coast range at the
| Golden Gate, and then passed eastward
| through the State. The storms there
fore which affect this State, and especially
this valley, almost invariably first appear CEN
trally in Oregon or Washington Territory,
and hence the reports to be of value infore-
casting the weather in this valley should
come from northerly and westerly points.
Probably many who have not given thought
to the subject may remark that the above
observations cannot be correct, as rains gem
orally attend or result from south and south
east winds, which are termed the rainy quar-
bSA All40lGOts ptVfC tiNSiAi''i4
which the Signal Corps authorities assert,
namely, that the current of wind is always
towards the storm center. The storm cen.
tiers nearly always passing to the north Of
Us, the prevailing wind for rainy weather
would he from southerly direction. These
observations aud fixed laws in regard to
storms led to the above recommendation in
reference to change of Geographic reports TO
be furnished the station here, and which was
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Inspecting Officer Of the Signal Corps, who
recently visited this coast. In accordance
Herewith an order was issued from
the Signal Service headquarters at
Washington, on the 10sh instant, by
which Sergeant Sickler will hereafter
receive reports from Olympia, Portland.
Roseburg, Red Bluff, San Francisco, Visalia
aud Los Angeles. OF all these, except the
two latter, reports viii be received three
times daily-a5 $3.50 a. NJ, 1880 and $50
P. NJ. From Visalia and Los Angeles reports
will bs received each day in the morning
This change, it Is expected, viii greatly ado
to the value of the signal service IN this State
and especially in the central portion.
GA SCRAP IRON CALF Uncle Bob An
derson, whom everybody knows-or ought tc
captured reporter yesterday. and grip
ping him by the collar, ''yanked" him enc
over end into his 40 by 16O boiler shop yart
to show him "suthin." It's a calf, sale
Robert, come along here and see him, fol
that calf 3 got to be immortalized in thu
RECORD UNION, dye mind" He kept hi
grip, and danced the pencil light weight alonl
over buiging boilers, completed condensers
heavy heaters, scrap iron heaps, piles o
boiler plate, cinders toels, belts, rods and th'
} like to q bit OF barn, about big enough tt
! swing a cat in, il it is q small cat. ''Thert
he Is. Come out here, you rascal" He threw
down the bars, and out walked as fire anC
silky-ooated a calf as ever delighted stock
raiser's sight. Isn't he splendid fellow
WheTe'd | raise him? Right here in thi
six by nine How old is he2 just 10
days. He weighed 63 pounds when he frs
drew breath Now out with your pencil. anC
see how much beef he made every day since
if he weighs 415 pounds as he does now
You see, it's about three and half pounds
day. Now, what do you think Of that fo
calf-rsising in an iron yard He's a Dur
h m, he is, and Mike Bryte's thoroughbred
bull was his sire. What did | feed him on
Nothing much. He gets his rations OF mill
there's the COW out in the alley-sticks hi
nose In the bran bag, drinks water, and lay
out in the sun and swells. Oh, he's a calf
2 be Is What else does he get? Nothing, ex
eept scrap iron. Yes, scrap iron He jus
brOwEes around here on the scrap heaps, ant
gets away with lots Of It, On. he's q scraI
iron calf he is. Talk of raising calves on
farm; Why, just let any of EN- beat thi
scrap iron calf if they can" And thei
Robert permitted the reporter to depart.
CoNcERE.-The concert at the Sixth stree
I NJ E. Church last evening, for the benefit Q
the Sunday School Library, drew very
large audience and an excellent one. Th
programme was a pleasing one. Miss Amelii
BOIL presided at the piano during the even
ing. The concert opened with a quartet
1.-The Hunters Chorus" by Mrs. Hsnsbrow
Mrs. Carter, and Messrs. Crandall and D.
, Yoe. Solo. Song of the Creton." by S
Rudemacher; Violin Solo, B. L. Bull; Song
Mrs Addie Carter; Reading Poe's Bells,
! by W. A. Cheney Song, "The Old Sex
i. ton" by Mr.. De Voc; Song, by Mrs. Hans
brow Tenor Song, by Mr.. Crandall; Quar-
tet, "Good Night, by the same singers as il
, the first instance. The concert seemed to in
troduce here a new voice-the clear, swee
soprano of Mrs. Ha1sbrow, her management
of which and her method producing mos
favorable impression.
LUNCHES AND ENTERTAINMENT. = Tn
ladies of the Congregational Church, as here
tofore announced, viii, commencing mex
Tuesday, give lunches in the basement of tn
church, serving tie same from IL A, II. till
P. ~. and also from to Up. N. An enter
tainment will be given in the evening, t
begin at S o'clock