The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-12
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eP1 Diondi Tells About the ststfos
on Puget SQUAD

F aohoi Tells About the Stations
on faget seuad.
fohr IowxsEsD. Oct. if.-FSpeciai. -
MAI. ii. c. Bate. inspector of the weather
bureau, arrived At Port Townsend Monday
on nis way down the Straits 90 inspect the
several stations along the coast. Collector
saunders rendered the use of the revenus
cutter "oleott 70 make the trip. said
Msj. Bate:
ne most important stations along this
part 81 the country are Seattle. Olympus.
rort Angeles and Tatoosh. / shall 90 d.
rect rom here to the latter place and work
back 20 this point, stopping day at each
stataons making thorough inspection of
everything and recommending TO the de-
paItmenf such Improvements and changes
as the needs of locality may require.
Capt. T. Biondi. the local observer, said
70 the Posr-IsrELLIsKscER correspondent:
- consider that We are fortunate to have
Aaj. Bate with rs, IL only for day. We
are long distance from headquarters and
the expense and time devoted for an inspec-
ton such rs the present one is considerable.
The last inspection took place in May.
1881. and was made by Gen. Greedy, chief
signal ofilcer of the army. Since that
time the signal service has been divided
by act OF congress in two separate corps,
one, the former, TO be styled the signal
corps OF the army. the other the weather
bureau, " htch was transferred July /, 1891.
20 the agricultural department, with Prof.
Mark w. Harrington as its chief on a sal
AIRY OF $500 per annum, who has charge,
under the direction of the secretary Of
agriculture. of the forecasting of weather,
the issue Of storm warnings, the display of
weather and Hood signals for the benefit of
agriculture, commerce and navigation, the
maintenance and operation of telegraph
4f~.an H. -.
OF marine intelligence. Beside regular
stations of the weather bureau. such as
those at Port Angeles and Seattle, there
are some twenty display stations In this
state under the immediate directions Of
the state weather director at Olympia.
The forecasts are sent daily from the
Portland ONCE; those issued in the morn
ing are based on the a. IA. observations.
which are taken by every observer st the
same time. The forecasts sent out at
night are based on the 3 p. m. obserya-
ton.
Owing to the expense of telegraphlng
the forecasts OF The national bureau
throughout the country and In order to
keep within the appropriations made each
year by congress. the weather kilograms
are necessarily very brief, and the wind
signals are covered and made readable by
a code, and when received by the observer
are sometimes quite ridiculous until ex-
planned by the code book.
1.-THE observers at Tatoosh. Port An
geles. Clallam and Neah bay. besides
making their daily observations. are di-
rected &c furnish for distribution TO the
press snd the maritime public the names
OF vessels passing In and out OF the Straits.
by special directions of the chief Of the
weather bureau the observer at Port An
geles is instructed to telegraph at govern
ment expense TO the Office of the weather
bureau at Port Townsend any marine dis
aster which may come to his knowledge.
and when in his opinion lite OF property
may be saved by such action"