St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-08-24
STATE SIGNAL OFFICER KER.
KAN SHOWS his
IGNORANCE.

A signal station Of tho State
Weather Service should be estab-
lisLed in COvin9ton for tho benefit
OF the farmers OF the parish. Be-
ing the parish seat aud princi pal
trading and shipping point. there
il not . day but what there are
Numbers IN from the country, aud
they could easily warn their neigh
bors whenever the signal indicated
the approach Of . storm or frost
II 10 true. we havs an ably con-
Quoted station 1t Vaudeville. on
the Lake shore. but in order to
benefit the agricultural inter ests in
the interior Of the p.rish. We
should have : station ct Coving.
ton. ST. Tammany Farmer. Aug.
18th.
In regard to the abNvs Captain
Ksrkam states that Co,ington 10 IN
no condition 10 xet station. Hit
had telegraph Or telephone COM
munication. and was ready 70 build
an observatory. aud would propose
. suitable person - volunteer OBJ
server, there would be some sense
in the thing. AZ It 10. whenever
the citizens Of this venerable burg
sre ready to report that these con-
ditione arr fulfilled. he 10 ready t.
secure them tho .tation % xrsleutly
wished for.-Clv Item. AMJ. 20.
The above rsmarks OF Capt. Ker-
kan, Chief OF the State Weather
Bureau, chow . wSeful lsck Of IN
formation for ono oreuvving the
position that he dosa Covingt"u
has l,esn blessed With telexraphio
communication With the city too
long II talk about We are aston.
ished that the Item reporter did
not eulighten the innocent Obser-
vsr on this ,,"int. So far ~ . suit
able observatory 10 o"nosrned vs.
think the cupols IT the Handsome
passenger depot Of the Est Louie.
lana Railroad w"nld he iust the
place for IL. A for an Observer.
no moro suitable man oouli bs
found than Nj. W. B. franklin.
our efficient telegraph operator
for We assure Capt. K~rka,n that
70 also have telegraph operator
in connection with our telegraph
Office. the ssms - other venerable
burge.
Vaudeville. where q station has
been established, has neither teie-
graph nor telephone connection
With any other place. % It wOnl.l
seem that these accessories are not
absolutely n~ce~ssry in al case&
We repeat that in order to bone
Ct the farmers AMI pisntsrs. Gov
ington shouli have q Signal Sta
ton. A station on tho Like shore
is Of about a. much advantage to
our agricultural interests ~ one ct
the Jsttiss would 10 "a the farmers
Of Morehonse parish Our humble
opinion il that the State Weather
Service will never 1e If .unoh prac-
teal value - the farmers Of the
State until the Signal StstiOas ara
located in tho heart Of the agr;cul.
tursi districts. right in the midst
Of the farmers they ars istsadsd to
beusfit. and connected by tels.
graph or ts!ophons. instead at be-
ing located in towns and cities. AZ
It 10 at present. al the farmer
knows about the "xeather psoba-
bilities." ~ fer - the Signsl Ser
vice 10 concerned, 10 what ho reods
in tho papsrA. gsasrsliy two or
three days olL-s record Of whst
has been. instead Of what 10 likely
70 be. II rsachss him tOo late ~
do any good.
II ~ are not % have = Sixnsl
it might probably b Of
some benefit 70 attach . weather
sig"sl {" tho Esst Loaisians mail
aud passenger trAia. which arrives
here every evening. the same - 10
,loue in s,:ns sections al tho couu.
try. II least during cotton picking
m 4 cana xrin.1inc WoaoOuo.