Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-02
STEALING A WEATHER OFFICE.

sioux Gify's Effort to Appropriate tho
Signal S.aiion-A Little Pre-
vious.
The following paragraph appears in
this mornings Sioux City Journal:
Gan. a. W. Greeley, chief signal officer,
has written to Senator Allison notifying
ham OF the making of IN oraer to estab.
ilsh q signal station at Sioux City. Ac-
cordlng TO this order the station will be
established here, SO that on aud after
July lat next reports will be regularly
made from it. These reports OF the Sioux
Olty station will replace in the regular
bulletins OF the signal service the meteor.
illogical data now scot from Yankton.
The order establishing a station at Sioux
City, OF course, includes the discontinua.
ton of the station at Yankton.
30 much for the Sioux City Journals
Information. Something additional has
been forwarded the Press and Dakota.
ian from Delegate Mathews. Here it is:
Signal Ofi.e, War Department, Wash
ington Oity, March 9th, ISS9.-Hon.
6. a. Mathews. Washington, D. O.
Dear Sir: have your letter of The 23d
instant asking that the signal service
station ct YaDkton be not removed to
Sioux City. In reply I have the honor
to say that she chief signal officer Is
averse to making changes of stations,
especially In cases like that of Yapkton
where the station is OF long date. but
unfortunately in this case the very great
Importance OF Sioux City is such that as
q matter of utility to the greatest pos
slbie number OF people. the chief signal
1 nFinpr fAa1c nhls-aI q,
place a station on July 1st OF the pres.
eat year..
In consideration OF your very urgent
appeal and with a view of allowing the
representatives and senators OF the new
state to he beard in this matter, the
chief signal officer has decided to Jon.
tlnue Yankton until January 1st. 1890.
at which time, upless some especial ap.
preparation shall have been made by
congress, it will be necessary to discos-
tinue 1T.
Appreciating your urgent recommen-
dasion in che matter and calling your
attention 80 the fact that the chief of this
bureau must administer the affairs of
his office for the benefit of the greatest
number, l am
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Ser.
want A. W. GREEDY.
Chief Signal Officer.
Upon this subject Delegate Mathews
writes, under date of March 81:
81 have seen General Greedy relative
to the signal seivice station at Yapkton
and be hes promised me that il shall be
maintained there until January l., 1890,
l am satisfied that il we can get an ep-
propristion from the next congress, there
will be q station maintained ct Yankton
and Sioux City slso.n
Upon the same subject j. w. Shannon,
Of the Huron Huronite, now in Wash
ington, writes:
I'm the matter of your signal office l
happen to know that Mr.. Mathews has
interested himseli very keenly and that
be was so earnest and Persistent in the
matter as to secure o promise OF delay
from the LIST OF July to the LIST of jan
uary."
All information on the subject asserts
that the Ysnkson signal office is here
until next January. Whistler or mot
Sioux City secures n July Let is no
concern OF ours. The people down
there went to work to secure the Yank-
ton Office. preierring that course to the
more acknowledgement to secure a signal
station without robbing their neighbors
of something. Delegate Mathews was
appealed to and promptly responded
| and as Q result Sioux City will probably