The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-21
ENLARGING THE SERVICE.
The Savannah Signal Station to Be
Made First Order Station.

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Made First Order Station.
The Savannah signal station is to be
made station OF the first order. Only
about fifteen Of the larger cities, including
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis
and CIncin aati. will De made ''first ordern
stations. Savannah. so far as known, will
De the only city south that will be included
In this list. It will certainly be the only
city on the South Atlantic coast.
The first order" stations are to be
equipped with all the first-class Instruments,
enabling the observer to obtain by cleo
trlclty all weather data during each day.
Among the instruments now in use in the
Savannah office is a triple self-register,
which is placed at only frst-class offices.
They also include barrograph and thermo-
graph
There are now no stations Of the first
order in this country, and the only one in
America is at Quebec. When the Savannah
concerning the weather may be OBJ
tanned for any minute during the
day. A sunshine recorder, an in-
strument akin to photography, upon which
the percentage of sunshine is recorded on
sheet, will also be added. At the same
time it records the cloudy part by cloudy
or cloudless weather. 1t is also expected
that an electric thermograph will be placed
in the Office at an early day. This instru-
ment is a regular Thermometer, connected
by wires with self-register in the Office,
enabling the observer to tell the tempera-
ture over the entire Savannah section. As
the arrangement now is, the thermometer
is placed upon the roof, and the observer is
required TO go out upon it in getting the
temperature
The large increase in the service will
necessitate two assistants to the observer
As it will be an office of very great import
ance, requiring experienced men, the de-
partment has concluded TO place an older
member of the corps at the head of it.
With this in view, Observer W. A Whit
ney Of Sioux CityyIa., has been ordered
here and will arrive in day or two
Observer benson, who was placed in charge
of the Savannah Office a few weeks
ago, will be made first assistant
temporarily. 1t is expected within a
short time that he will be removed to
another station and be placed at the head
of it. He has not been two years in the
service yet and is not 81 years of age,
although his promotion has been very rapid.
It is customary for the men 20 be in the
service at least three years before being
promoted to the station of observer or be-
fore they are even permitted to manage a
station temporarily.
Savannah will also be made the center of
the cotton region district, controlling
twelve stations. 1t is already a display
station, being the only one in the
state. Savannah is a repeating Office for
Tybee and Port Royal; that is, they are
directly under the observer in Savannah,
and all other reports are made to him.
This is done for the benefit of the shippers.
Brunswick was formerly in Savannah's sec
ton, but the station was abandoned last
spring in consequence of the lack OF
interest taken in the Office.
The weather map gotten out in the Savan-
nah office is the most interesting feature of
the stations work now. These maps
are only issued in the cities
where the stations are the larg-
est. There are twenty-eight maps sent
out from the Savannah Office every morn
ing, and they are posted in nearly all the
public buildings. For the benefit of the
people of Townsville a map is sent by
mail to that town every morning. Savan-
nahs rapid strides toward great city are
making impressions everywhere, and the
recognition which it has received from the
war department is an evidence of this.