New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-14
WEATHER PROPHETS GOING SOUTH.
COMPLETE SYSTEM OF STATIONS TO BE EsTAB-
,,surn ~ TUE c.prppEAN SEA

COMPLETE SYSTEM OF STATIONS TO BE EsTAb-
LIsHEp on THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
Washington July l3-The most radical extension
OF the weather service yet made VIII De operated
Immediately by this Government by the establish
ment OF a complete system OF weather stations on
the Caribbean Sea for the benefit OF all nations
whose interests lie in that region. Between ten and
twelve new stations will be organized and the corps
10 inaugurate the new service and man the stations
will be dispatched to the field In few days The
following have been selected for these important
posts:
In charse-Professors Park Morrill, OF the
Weather Bureau. Washington. and W. T. Stock
man, OF the Cleveland office
Local offic!als-Franklin G.. Tingley. Of Indiana;
John W. Towers. OF this city: Thomas Crawford, OF
Jacksonville. Fla; Frank A. Davis, Of Philadel-
mia: Louis Dormsn OF Pttsburg. and John n.
Ryker OF Galveston.
The others have not been finally selected All are
to be trained observers and expert weather sharps
and are to be taken exclusively from the present
service While under the general supervision OF
Chief Moore OF the Weather Bureau. there Will be
a central station located probably at Kingston Ja-
maica but possibly at either Santiago or Guanta-
namo Cuba instead, which will constitute the head
quarters and Messrs. Morrill, and Stockman Will be in
direct control There three stations now IN opera
ton Havana with which weather warnings are even
now exchanged every day between the TWO couh-
tries, surprising II may seem, ana Kingston anu
St Thomas The location of the new stations IS
contemplated 70 include Barranquilla. Colombia:
St Kits (southeast OF ST. Thomas). Trinidad Cura-
Goa Martinique San Domingo and the Barbados.
There will several stations on the north coast OF
South America. II has been found tnat tornaooes,
which are especially to be looked Tor, beginning
around the equator frequently either cut slice OF
the corner OF South America in their progress nortn
or cut over past the Wndwards. In either or wnici
directions the earliest Information vii! be secured
by the new service and rushed ahead with a gam
OF many hours over the relatively slow MOVING
storms whose course of invasion IN the next
twenty-four hours could be easily dehned IN quicE
teegraphc warnings.
Reports forecasts and warnings Will be issued
regularly from all these stations through the CEN
trail station to the bureau In Washington ana
thence wired from here generally and vice versa.
Those In charge OF the central office. seeing the
premature symptoms OF a tornado about the Barba-
does or Trinidad. in such contingencies Will be en-
powered order the observers at the points IN
volved 10 send reports at intervals Of two hours or
so for the benefit OF the commercial interests. The
6btect OF this sweeping extension OF the weather
system is to gather all regular observations TO mako
weat her charts OF that region locate storms and
the United States alone but for all nations in that
quarter OF the globe the weather authorities ex-
planning that the service is aimed at the future
great commerce expected 10 be built up there. The
work will effect a complete chain OF agencies for
weather intelligence that embraces the entire Sec
ton from Central America east TO the Caribbean
islands and from the southern coast OF North
America to the north coast OF South America. 1t
will be begun the earliest practicable moment,
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson and Chief Moore
Of bureau having In view the frequency or TOT
nadoes there In August.