The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-14
NEW WEATHER STATIONS
Experts to BE Sent to Caribbean Sen
to Give Warnings of Tornadoes.

WASHINGTON, July 13-The most radi-
cal extension of the Weather Service vet
made will be put into effect immediately by
this government by the establishment of a
complete system of weather stations on the
caribbean sea for all nations whose inter-
est lies in that region. Between ten and
twelve stations will be established and the
corps to inaugurate the new service and
man the stations will be dispatched to the
held in few days. The following have
been selected for these important posts: In
charge-Prof Charles Morrill, of the
weather Bureau of Washington, and w. B.
Stockman. of the Cleveland (O) office
Local officials-Franklin T. Tingley. of In
diana; John w. Towers. of this city:
Thomas Crawford. of Jacksonville. Fla. !:
Frank A. Davis and Louis Derman of Phil
adelphia. and John NJ. Ryker of Galveston
The others have not been finally selected
All are to be trained observers and exnert
weather sharps. and are to be taken ex-
clusively from the present service. SAINT
1ago or Guantanamo bay will be the central
station. There three stations now in
operation Havana, with which weather
warnings are even now exchanged eyerv
day between the two countries surprising
as it may seem, and Kingston and St
Thomas. The location of the new stations
is contemplated to include Barranouilla. Co.
lumba, st. kits southeast of ST. Thomas)
Trinidad, Curacao, Martinique. San Do
mingo and the Barbados. There will be
several stations on the north coast of South
America
1t has been found that tornadoes. which
are especially to be looked for, beginning
around the equator, frequently either cut a
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their progress north or cut over past the
Windwards, in either of which directions
the earliest information will be secured by
the new service and rushed ahead with a
gain or many hours over the relatively slow
movement of the storms, whose course Of
invasion In the next twenty-four hours
could be easily defined in quick telegraphic
warnings. Reports, forecasts and warnings
Will be regularly issued from all these sta
tons through the central station to the
bureau IN Washington, and thence wired
from mere generally, and vice versa. Those
IN charge of the central office seeing the
premature symptoms of tornado about the
Barbadoes or Trinidad, in such contin-
gencies will be empowered to order the OBJ
servers at the points involved to send re-
ports at intervals of two hours or so for
the benefit OF the commercial interests.
fhe object or this sweeping extension of
the weather system is to gather all regular
observations, to make weather charts of
that region, make local forecasts and
spread alarms, not only for the United
States, but for all nations in that quarter
or the globe, the weather officials explain-
ing n mat me service is aiming at the future
great commerce to be built up there The
service viii effect a complete chain of
agencies for weather intelligence that en-
braces the entire section from Central
America east to the Caribbean islands. and
from the southern coast of North America
10 the north coast of South America 1t
VIII De pesun AT the earliest practical mo-
ment: secretary OF Agriculture Wilson and
Chief Moore. of the bureau having in view
the frequency OF tornadoes there in August.