The record-union., 1892-02-08
CALIFORNIA CLIMATIC DATA.
People Almost Cry for 1t on the At
lantic Side.
A Constantly Growing Demand for Re-
liable Data Concerning Our Gil
mate-Barwick's Grievance.

The compilations Of meteorological data
made by James A. Barwick, Weather
Observer at this point, and published un-
der the auspices of the State Board of Ag-
riculture, have attracted much attention
on the other side of the Rocky Mountains.
The demand for these publications is con-
stantly increasing, which is very crafty
ing to the Woodworking and competent
author. In a communication on the sub
ject Mr. Barwick says:
'The last Legislature had a bill laid be-
fore it asking for triiing sum yearly to
assist the State Agricultural Society in
| establishing a State Weather Service in
cooperation with the United States
Weather Bureau, for the purpose of col
lectlng climatic and other meteorological
data, for the purpose of more fully en-
tightening the people of our own State
and to furnish data almost daily inquired
for by scientific as well as other classes
OF people in this country east of the Rocky
Mountains.
'All the meteorological data that has
been collected Tor the last six or eight
years is entirely due to Edwin F. Smith,
| Secretary of the State Agricultural
Society, who came to me the first year l
took charge of the Weather Bureau Office,
in 1881, and asked me if L could furnish
him with an annual meteorological re-
| port for his society. / did the best
the climatic data of this State has been
collected and compiled annually by my
self, for, and published by, the State
Agricultural Society. Had Mr.. Smith
not been so enthusiastic in trying to pro-
mote the interests of this State in a
meteorological sense, California would
to-day be lacking in its meteorological
data.
From 1881 to 1890 there has been issued
an annual meteorological review of the
! cllmate-of this State, or as much of it as
could be collected by your humble serv-
ant with the hearty assistance of the
| RECORD UNION. / mention all these
| facts because | was heartily disguised
| with the actions OF the last Legislature in
not passing the bill I had worked
honestly and devotedly for the interest of
this State in trying to collect and dissemi-
nate throughout the United States a
knowledge of the great advantages in
climate that this State possesses over any
other portion of the United States, and,
in fact, any other portion of the habit
able globe.
The work that did, and am doing now
for this State, outside of Office hours, is
greater than that | have to do for the
United States Weather Bureau; and when
that bill did not pass the lower house, [
was the most disgusted man in the entire
State Of California. After working for
/ ten years to establish up a nucleus from
which State Service might be started,
and then to have it all come to naught,
convinced me that the average Legisla-
turenan did not care about the interest
OF his State in scientific sense.
What brings all these thoughts vividlv
/ before my mind was the following letter
| from the Chief of the United States
| II
lington, asking to be furnished with
| twenty or more copies Of my Annual
Meteorological Report of the State of Cal
| lfornla for the year 1889, which shows
! plainly and distinctly that the Annual
! W Gather Review, as issued by the State
Agricultural Society, is and has been in
! great demand. But when data for wears
back is called for, then it is doubly con-
vincing that Secretary Smith took the
proper step years ago to gather the eli
matte statistics of this State in their pres
ent form.
Il write this in the interest and on the
behalf OF the Annual Meteorological Sery-
Ice Tor 1881, now in preparation by my
self tor the State Agricultural Society.
and which must go before board of re-
view before word of it can get into
print, and truly, honestly and sincerely
hope that they will treat my complied
climatic datas for 1891 with much more
consideration than the members of the
last Legislature treated the bill for a State
Service, and that their "blue penciF' will
be laid aside while reviewing my compi-
lation. The letter from Professor HoI-
lington, Chief of the United States
Weather Bureau is as follows and ex-
plains itself:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. /, 1892.
Mr.. James Il. Ba17Oick, Weather Bureau. Sac
Taatepto, CaIyOrnia-SIR: The Chief of the
Weather Bureau requests that you please for
ward TO this Office twenty copies Of the Annual
Meteorological Review of the State of Cali
fornia for the year 1889, if practicable
one copy has been sent to Mr.. +. S. Weeder
of Chicago, who asked for three copies. and
who will doubtless apply to you for more