Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-25
THE WEATHER SERVICE.
Establishment of a Territorial Weather
Bureau in New Mexico with Head
quarters at Santa Fe.
Weekly Crop Bulletins to be Issued-A
Progressive Step-RecOgnitiOn of
New Mexico's Agricultural
Growth,

ceived notice that the T. S. weather
bureau of the agricultural department has
decided to establish a territorial weather |
service in New Mexico with headquarters
in this city. He has been informed that
the necessary supply of blank forms, sta
tionery, etc, and instruments with which |
to fit out volunteer observers at principal
points throughout the territory have been
orde ed forwarded from Washington City,
and in obedience to instructions he has
now in course of preparation circular
letter to the press and people of New
Mexico embracing the object and advan-
tages of such service and calling upon
citizens where volunteers are not now
located to cooperate with the bureau in
making this new departure a success and
an important factor in the meteorological
and agricultural affairs of New Mexico.
Mr.. Hersey has been designated as direc-
tor of the territorial weather service, and
an assistant observer has been ordered to
the Santa Fe office so that the director
may have ample time for giving his new
responsibilities full attention.
THE OBJECT OF SUCH A SERVICE
is to gather weather and crop news from
every part of New Mexico, just as it is
now done in Colorado, California, the
Dakotas, Iowa and other agricultural
states, the same to be compiled into a
weekly weather and crop bulletin for dis
tribution to the press OF the territory and
the substance of which will be telegraphed
every Saturday to Washington, thence
being distributed as news all over the
land. One can see at glance what q
splendid forward step this is; it will not
only widely advertise New Mexico
throughout the nation, but it will be of in
calculable benefit to farmers and fruit
growers, merchants and business men
generally at home who are always inter
ested in knowing the status of the weather
and particularly the prospects for crops in
various sections of the territory.
GATHERING OF THIS INFORMATION
is to be done through the assistance Of
volunteer observers, and in this respect
the director solicts the aid of interested
citizens all over New Mexico. 1t is said
the class of men making the best observ-
ers as rule are physicians, druggists,
school teachers and intelligent farmers,
since the work of the bureau has special
interest to them. When observers are
appointed they will make daily observa-
tons at their respective stations and mail
the result weekly to the observer at Santa
Fe, so timing their reports that he shal
Iii ;,,lt
morning, and from the information thus
gathered the director will make up his
weekly weather and crop report for trans
mission to the chief Office at Washington
he will also issue and distribute for publ
cation by the territorial press a monthly
statement OH the same subjects.
VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS.
There are already number of citizens
acting as volunteer observers at various
points, and these will not only be called
into more active service, but others will
be appointed SO that every section of the
territory may be represented. The fol-
lowing is the list OF stations and voluntary
observers thereat:
E. Martinez, Amargo; S. D. Webster,
Olio; A. Knell, Albert; w. p. Metcalf,
(Antelope Springs via Chilli; S. Parisis,
Bernalillo; E. A. Sutherland, Chama; j.
M. Fish, Coolidge; B. V. Martinez, Cuba
M. +. Burkholder, Embudo; E. A.
Clemens, Estallna Springs (va) Magda
lena; Post Surgeon, Fort Stanton; j. E.
Whitmore, Gallinas Spring; J. L. Smith,
EIillsborough; Richard Poll, Los Lunas
r. II. Hills, (Red canon) Carthage, VIM.
l.. Mcclure, Taos past surgeons at Forts
Wingate and Bayard.
The following stations have been re-
Gently supplied with instruments and
have volunteer observers:
Albuquerque, W. S. Burke; Bloomfield,
L. r. E. Paulin Pennington (Sunnyside
orchard, VIM. Locke.
At the following stations there are gov
eminent instruments but the observers
have failed to send reports:
Cero, +. A. Willett; La Luz, f. B.
Stuart; Lookout, f. II. PETIT.
THIS IMPORTANT MOVE
1t is hoped to have it in perfect working
order by the 1st of September. As to the
credit OF bringing about this move much
is due to the progressive views of Prof.
Harrington, chief of the United States
weather bureau, and Major Eunwoody,
the assistant chief at Washington, but the
New MEXICAN is also just bit proud of
it's connection Herewith, its editor having
brought the matter to the attention of the
department and shown wherein
it would rebound to the credit of
the service as we'll as prove highly bene-
fetal to the people OF New Mexico.
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