The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-07
Acknowledge THE MISTAKE
ERRONEOUS STATEMENT REGARD
ING WEATHER CORRECTED.
Army and Navy Journal Correspond
ent Gave Wrong Impression OF
Climatic Conditions wyckon.
Burwel and Moran Bros. Reply.

A mistaken notion concerning climatic
conditions on Puget sound given publicity
through the Army and Navy Journal, has
been speedily corrected by letters OF in
terested parties, and the willingness of
the Journal to remedy the error The let
ters and editorial comment thereupon are
self-explanatory. as follows;
4ss Burke Block. Seattle, Wash.
To the Editor Of the Army and Navy
Journal: have taken YOUR paper a good
many years, and have always read Il with
great pleasure until your issue Of Septem-
Der 3. In which there Is severe attack
on the weather of this section and upon
the Puget sound naval station Your cor
respondent Is entirely In error. ! have
cannot recall a single day In which eff
Aclent work could not have been dore
for eight hours upon the outside of a yes
.sel Being built in the open air believe
that mechanic can accomplish at least
one-terth more work in this climate.
upon vessel being built In the omen
air. during the course OF year. than
he can At New York Boston or Ports
mouth. because Of the many extremely
hot days in summer and severely cold
DAYS In winter at those places.
Company. large shipbuildinE Arm At
this place. ! respectfully request. as
mere act Of Justice. that their letter
and my own may be published IN the
Amy anu Navy Journa
A. r. wYCKOFF.
Lieut. u, s N, Retired.
Accompanying this communication IL one
from Moran Bros. shipbuilders. in which
they saw: we have been In business
here now about eighteen years We are
also thoroughly familiar with the climate
IN other parts Of the United States. There
Is very seldom any weather that would
prevent outside work from being carried
on In the winter time. The climate is ex-
tremeiy mild and 10 illustrate. last win
ter we Rad practically no frost and no
snow. We laid the keel OF vessel in our
ward on Christmas day. This vessel was
punt or wood, and there was not day
lost In her construction due 10 the cll-
mate and the vessel was built outdoors
without any covering. There is never
any day here In the winter time that ship
carpenters and other mechanics cannot
work eight hours without artificial light
There Is no climate in the United States
that Is more favorable to sh'nbulding
Puget sound country. We have no ex-
IRENE heat in the summer or extreme
cold In the winter"
We have received the following letter.
forwarded to us by the secretary OF the
navy:
Puget Sound Naval Station.
Bremerton, Wash. Sept 10. 1900
Sir: ] have the honor to enclose here
with clip from the ARMY and Navy
Journal OF September g. 1900 which I
believe to be calculated 10 inture this
station,
Officers who do not know the facts are
prejudlced against the station and do not,
OF course. take the trouble 70 invesfi-
gate All the statements In the Journal
are equally Incorrect Lieut. Arnold has
not reported for dutv here, although or
dered. The working days are not shorter
than required. The greatest shipbuild-
Ing yards in the world-on the CLYDE. etc
are further north than this The winter
temperature here IL milder and more
equnhie than Washington; the summer
very much cooler. and the amour. Of rain
fall about the same. Continued freezing
weather and heavy SHOWS are almost un-
known. All this Il a matter OF record.
open air work can be done all the year
Since I reported here on the "a OF July,
20 date, the weather has been what a
workman ought 20 be pleased TO have
cool. clear and bracfng. knowing that
officers are sometimes unwilling 10 be
ordered TO DUTY acre on account of the
strangely incorrect impressions about the
climate. ask that as much publicity may
been given TO the article in the Army
and Navy Journal. Very resnectfully.
". r RURwEr.L.
Commander. y. s. Nav Commsndart.
The Secretary Of the Navy. Navy Dept,
Washington. d. c.
The following n the statement 10 which
exception il taken:
Lieut., Scion Arnold u. g. N, has re-
ported for duty al the naval station,
Hfemtrton. WASH ana mas entered upon
his duties. II Is not generally understood
that this naval station IL so far north
that for several months in the year the
working days are much shorter than are
required for the proper carrying on OF the
work on hand. and for many weeks at
tinse, In the autumn and spring. tho
weather 10 so variable and miserable that
very little progress can be made In out
of-door work"
We believe that n was DR.. Johnson who
referred to the man 80 lacking in reyer-
enos that "hs would speak dlsrespectfuliy
o. the euua.or" We regret that one OF
our correspondents should have given Of
fence by aiiu0ng In sighting terms
to the weather OF Puget sound. I, 10 not
a sheet OF water 70 be tr1ned with
Thus publicly admonlsh~i we humnly ad-
NIT our mistake and openly acknowledge
that the winter DAYS on Puget sound are
longer than IN any other section OF tho
United States and that the weather tn
that favored region Is never either va
riable" or miserable"