The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-09
PR0GRESSWASM MADE
Work Of the Weather Bureau Elk.
tended and Improved.
SERVICE MUCH ENLARGED.
Wireless Telegraphy Being Employed
Along The Coast Line.
USE OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY
Nearly 1900 Families Thus Supplied
With forecasts.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF MINIS
Coinage for the Year Amounted to t76,-
eee,7l5 Pieces, Valued at sts6,sAo,-
7st-coinaes Statistics.
JSE OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY
Nearly $4,000 Families Thus Supplied
With forecasts.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF MINIS

Washington. December s.-The annual
report Of Prof willis w. Moore chief of
the United states weather bureau, says
that substantial improvements have heen
made during The past year ia the weather
bureau system Of wireless telegraphy. such
progress has been made hy tue government
experiments that, with no interference BY
private systems, stations con he success
iully operated over at least LOO mics e
coast line aud arc now in operation aioaE
he Virginia aud North Carolina coasts aud
soon will be instituted between the lar.
ranon Islands and the mainland aud
1atoosh isisnd aud tho mainland Ga tue
PaCnc coast.
An Important extension OF tae forecast
WORK OF the bureau pas made auFias tho
year. whereby meteorological rOpoglS ftoM
certain poiu,s ia no briush lslss, tao eon-
duvni az EuroDe aud from tAa Azores ara
transmitted to " sahlAlCon and vita Oh,
soesauons from Nassau. bermuda aud
lulas Island axe regularly published on the
weaUaer maps, together vita forecasts OF
tao Wiud ana tae STATE Of The weather tof
,Ae nrst ,Ates days out OF steamers bound
eastward.
luu u0Utnn region service has been ex-
tunUed iuun OklAAoAna ana TG8 iuo4su Ter
utors auu attaukeurnts maze ueen mAds
Ior urkianink s,uI44Af worN 10 taItIornla,
10 he SAoWn - tne irAls aaa N4eas ser.
vice.
tiot Aoors points with pride 20 the
compete 81 stein Ot une Wuathe. e1iedd aud
iur tuc accurate aud complete coleytah
and dissemination % crop iDfol matsoD,
hHslug a laIke al4nbeg OF pald enpiSyrs AID
Nuiunlesr OusaiNVrs anh 1a,,HJO pcasons te-
puptinh NSeAiy 10 central p0lnNs on tAe
eusct OF tne weather upon eFops In thelr
| respective localities.
! Forecasts are distributed by rural free
4, delivery to noarly 1919 families.
REPORT ON WORK or MINIS,
wNshiI gton, peeemter S.--fhe report ef
George h. Roberts, director OF the mint
tsr the ns,a year enned June ~, lSul,
| shows the coinage amounted 10 ile,ysss 1872
pleces OF tna Sslae 81 SlS4.SiU.isl. OF
| nus Sv9u0o,Il5 was IN goa; S2s. Lss. so ~
| sttNsr u0uArsi SIV.oUS,oia IA IrAcdohal sh-
yer, ana s-,V,s''9oe IA n"nor eS.ns, Ans t,s
| aiao were coIneu AZ Lae eniladelphlA mint
J sZs,utst AolJ pieces "a The NNgGe " 49,
v15 ioT zoe government OF COSTA k1ca
coinage operations Neta coadueeed duT'
! lug the year lu tH0 mlpta az Philadelphia.
san trauclsco ana New orleans AOc fnii-
Augiphla mint is now 10 It's new quarters
auu tue Ola site VIII be offered tor sale -
the highest bidder On peeemner 10, leOl.
An upscl price OF S2,UNN,UUu has been placed
90 IL. The original cost ~ Tao grouad 10
ybg government was S35.Si0,
new NNiuk QNuHk EAAhkINEkAoA ~ Len
yer ass made slow progress during the
year and the supervising architect nnds an
| additional appropriation necessary before
I the anal contracts Cap be let. Tue appro~
| prlatlon for the size and building was
! S5OU.uVO ami for edaipmVut SlJu,OoO.
The original deposits az gold at tho
minis and assay QIuces announced TO SlsS,-
loi5Su, an increase Of SlD,lsl,aal over
tne preceding year.
Tho estimated production OF gold 10 the
/ Jblled States during the calendar geAe
/ 100 was OF the value ef ST9,tTi0o and
Notwithstanding the fact that this country
! led the world In productions It's imports
/ exceeded rs exports by S2,s65.OlO
The production ot Nortn America lrac-
| ticalE an o. which comes to the United
| states was SIibp1l. $40.
The worlds coinage Of sold In the calrn-
dAr year 1900 was s-s.aSt, +sI and Of silver
StTT0lt sc
| JlE industry copsnmptiaB-et gold IN tbs
| 0ired SiGtas during the Calendsr year
| 5vA Is estimated ~ Sl6A6I,laH and of no
| world approximately Sia.u00oo. Tbs
| ieCk y subsidiary cola o the country "a
| united BY law 20 SlQc.o0c,ot0 sud on No.
snlhsr i. 1901, The existing stock was
| Ss03i3,5le.
| II is suggested that aha limit OF taA
1 ccuarry's stock q subsidiary coin be RAISED
% az least si20oQo0eo No good reasos
/ IS appsrent. SAYS the report Why the coiE-
age Of dollar pieces should not be allowed
70 cease aud 81 Of the silver on hand ha
used 10 subsidiary eoinsge.