Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
ForecaSter Moore to Succeed. Pro-
fessor Harrington.
new HEAD OF WEATHER BUREAU
Why Maj. Dunwoody Could Not
Be Appointed.
PROMOTED FROM THE RANKS

now In charge of the fHecasting office of
| the weather bureau at Chicago, has been
| selected as chief Of the weather bureau to
| succeed Prof. Harrington, whose removal
| was Announced in The Star yesterday af-
| ternoon. The selection of Mr.. Moore, It is
| expected, Will be officially announced with
J in twenty-four hours. The appointment
| will he strictly the line of civil service,
as Mr.. Moore has been a lifelong employe
In the service. He Is republican, and was
| born forty-one years ago. He had no po-
| ht!eal backing for the office, and the an
nouncement of his appointment will pe
| the first intimation to him that his selec-
ton has been considered by the President
and Secretary Morton. He received his first
appointment to the signal service when
twenty-one years old, and has been with
1t and the weather bureau ever since. He
was educated at the signal service military
school of Fort Myer. Va. and ranked Sec
ond in a graduating class of thirty men,
bers
In 1856 he became sergeant, securing the
promotion by devising new, economical
expeditions mechanical methods of issuing
daily weather forecasts and maps. and was
Immediately assigned to the preparation Of
meteorological charts. Later ne took
charge of the forecast bureau at Minneap-
oils and was subsequently transferred to
Milwaukee, where his work Won special
mention from Secretary Rusk Last year
there was a competitive examination for
weather bureau professorship, in which
thirty scientific experts and forecasters
strcve for the office. The ten candidates
standing highest were selected for forecast
work a the bureau in Washington. Mr..
Moore ranked highest. He submitted
comprehensive essay on the best methods
for making forecasts of the weather and
the awards We're made by a committee con-
sisting of Prof. Mendenhall, late chief Of
the coast and geodetic survey; Prof. Har-
rinSton, whom Mr.. Moore now succeeds,
and Maj. Dunwoody, assistant chief of the
weather bureau. Soon afterward Mr..
Moore was sent to Chicago and placed in
charge of that station. The press of that
city has been unanimous in commencing
his work. He made a phenomenal record
last March in ordering 130 cold wave sig
nails, of which 1l5 were verified by the
waves themselves. He also accura tely pre-
dicted the severe cold wave which passed
over Florida euring last December and
ruined the orange crop. During last jan
uary. February and March his forecasts
resulted in displaying signals for thirty
severe winter storms on Lake Michigan,
and twenty-seven We're practically verified
He IS regarded here as one of the most ex-
pert men in the service and officials point
TO the record he has already made 81 proof
of qualification for the new duties
Mr. Moore is We'll known in this city,
where he served for several years in the
weather office. Fer a time he conducted a
job printing Office while working az night
in the weather bureau. Before entering
the service his home was in Binghamton,
n \. Some years ago. while in this city,
he attracted considerable attention to him.
self by stopping a runaway team al great
personal risk and saving the life of a
young woman who was in the carriage.
Wanted Mai. Dunwoody.
Secretary Morton has for a long time
wanted TO place Major Dunwoody at the
head Of the weather bureau and when
Professor Harrington's removal became a
fact he at once laid before the President
the project of detailing that officer to the
vacancy thus TO be created. The President
was favorably inclined to The project, but
suggested that it a matter that might
have legal bearing, ana insisted that the
question be laid before the Attorney Gem
eral as to whether or not an officer of the
army could be chosen to fill a civilian rest
of this description.
Judge Harmon was consulted. but con-
fessed that he could not satisfy his fear
that under the law this would not be per-
Secretary of State Olney gave il as his
opinion that Major Dunwoody could be ap-
pointed as chief of the weather bureau.
His successor n the Department of JUS
tiCe. however, could not See his way clear
to rendering an official opinion, and the
Secretary reluctantly abandoned the effort
10 appoint Maj Dunwoody. whom he be-
lievod to be the ideal chief of the bureau.
Hence 1T was that he decided TO keep the
appointment within the service, and to
choose one Of the local forecastcrs the
most eligible of whom he had been consid-
erng for some time, in view OF such an
emergency.
Between Dunn and Moore.
At first the choice lay between Forecaster
Dunn. stationed at New York. and Prof
Moore at Chicago. After some considera-
-ton the Secretary decided to recommend
Prof. Moores appointment, and his COM
mission was sent to Cray Gables late last
week for the Presidents signature. As far
known. 1t has not yet been returned al
though there is no probability that it will
not arrive in due time, with the Presidents
authorization for Prof. Moore to take
charge of the bureau
The news of Prof. Moore's selection
spread rapidly through the weather bureau
prise. Most of the older men there know
him Intimately He is really a Washing
tonau. although for half a dozen years or
more he has been in the west.
Mai Dunwoody, when asked as to Prof
Moore's qualifications for the position, said
that he a first class man, who knew
the bureau from top to bottom. progressive
and enterprising and in thorough sympathy
with the present organization. He felt
sure that the Secretary had made no mis-
take in choosing him for Prof. Harring-
tons successor.
Prof. Moore has for year or more had
charge of the weather service of fourteen
states lying west and north OF Indiana to
the Rocky mountains, his Headquarters
being at Chicago. This is a most import
ant region, covering as it does the section
OF the country that produces the greatest
amount of wheat, and being very dependent
upon the weather service for information
Of the most vital Importance to the crops.
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More Treasury Department Changes.
Additional changes in the clerical force
of the Treasury Department are announced
as follows:
Appointments-Offce of the Secretary
James A. White, 5000 Office of controller
of currency-James y. Long, $500.
Promotions-Ofice of auditor for Treas
ury Departmental. J. Davis, $500 to $1,000
Marine hospital service-W. Z. Worcester,
81 600 to 81 500. Office of controller of
treasury-J u. Terrill, sl,2oo to $1,000; r.
n Tilton. 81 200 to 81 600. Office of internal
reyenue-C w. Hancock, $1,000 to 1880;
H. y. Crutchett, $l,i00 to $1,G0o; II. p. Hud-
dIeson, 81, 400 to S1,G,D.
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