The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07
THE NEW QUARTERS.


wallis with be full set Of 6aro%etsrs compossd
seess,eTf1F and
ing the standard maximum, minimum, and drv
aud wet bulb Thermometers; triple self; registers
graphs. paragraphs. and many more lengthy
named and important Instruments,
housed In an Instrument shelter situated on the
main roof Of the building and lust In the rear Of
the hemispherical dome ON the northwest corner
Of the building, This shelter win be built Of
and is placed In such position that the electrical
appliances within will be away from any innu-
encs tho steel construction of the building
Ffaniing this building tho standard rain
T Se are u
bottoms. which conduct the rain into an Interior
high and tribe over TWO 1enes Vide. In THESE these
g1rgss tho rainfall is mAgniled Just tan times.
All the electrical instruments In the shelter are
connected with recorders In the instrument
Tue Paragraphs arc recording snsroid barome-
ters TO indicate changes in atmospheric pressure.
coli within, and their expansion or contrsc-
metallic arm tipped with a pen which rests
upon q ,pApsr.eIad cylinder moving At actual
tine Tine The changes arg noted In the rising or
n1 The dome ss:it VIII be sPDroPriAtsdi Py Mr.
from the maddlng crowd and in close com
munl0n with the winds that blow and the rains
viii be able 70 Keep strict watch Of the heavens.
and get rain drops several seconds before they
can Be got BY ths ordinary mortals on the pave
Topping Sergeant Dunn's sanctum Is the bird
gs nrEsnEsTssnI. u which be vii doubles
upon the busy city from an altitude a5i feet
above BEtS. .d and hst feet above tids
signal Station that has but two equals in this
bureaus that airs situated at a greater height
nS6oys i arg those on Mount Washington and
From the circular balcony about the base OF
the cage, which will hold TWENTY-FIVE peo-
distance q over twenty VI miles on clear days,
The city, hshked ~ ns gl,tteTing rivers and md
myriad building stretcRss away S' to The North Te
The Palisades can be seen when there Is no
haIs. and sAndy Hook. twenty miles away. Is
could NOT be . more commanding position for a
cally. The sIficlency Of the bureau IS sure to
be Increased" From the circular balcony rise
ne wind vans ana the instrument Tor recording
An Innovation % be introduced in the work
crow nesI will b arr snsed a series Of red mean
descent lights Visible on AL sides and for dis
used merely % Indicate an approaching north
east storm. 5urmOunting the cage Will lie rim
b. dashed only in connection Nth The red 70 sSn-
fy westerly winds. In order that mariners and
OF the light signals. powerful electric search
light is 70 be mounted on top OF the bAlustrAde
around the cage. This light will travel cOntinu-
ously on track encircling the cage. while the
red ana white signal lights are In use, BY this
means the beam from the search light will
sweep the horizon aud attract attention 70 the
tower This scheme practically makes the Man
haitian buildink a lighthouse. The usual weather
signals viii be 1own daily from the tall haSstan.
II Is expected that tbs new quarters Nll bS
hardly be made before Jan. L. Many new in
struments will be installed and after the new
sss IA Once 'i S hs n soSn GSs OF
Dunn,s assistants ia tho work Of the Oiice are;
II. q. Hone. II. GOucher, T. Long. who i one OF
JaT0s. A. bradley, and n. X. Martha.