The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-22
MESSENGERS WILL
BE HIRED TO CARRY
WEATHER REPORTS
Postal Service i'm st. Paui-ls SO.
Slow That Cards Mailed in
Minneapolis at II a. m. Do
Not Reach Business District
Here Until a d. m.


The postal service in st. Paul is so
slow that even Uncle Sam fretS I'M
der the delay
Tired of the delay in the delivery Of
the daily weather reports that en-
anate from the local weather bureau,
the United States agricultural depart
ment will shortly inaugurate special
messenger service of it's own in st. Paul
for the delivery of the cards that are
mailed from Minneapolis each day.
Maj. H. B. Hersey, a government in
spector of Uncle Sans weather bu-
reaus, in what is known as the central
district, is in st. Paul looking over the
local office and his presence is respon-
sible for the innovation that the Cap
ital City and possibly Minneapolis will
shortly enjoy.
81 find" said Major Hersey, in speak
ing to T h e Gil b e last night, that
the weather cards which are printed in
Minneapolis each day are put on board
a car for ST. Paul at II o'clock each
morning, yet I was surprised to learn
that the business district did not re-
ceive them much before A o'clock in
the afternoon. With two cities so close
together as ST, Paul and Minneapolis,
this would seem impossible, but it is a
fact
May Employ Messengers.
eff I can induce the department to
incur the expense 1 will try and have
the delay remedied by the employment
of several bicycle messengers, who will,
on receipt of the cards. hurry them to
the business men and buildings for
which they are intended. The average
person does not realize it, but the daily
reports of the local weather bureau
have come to be- necessity with the
average business man and he watches
them as CLOSELY as a trader does the
ticker. Matters of Importance are oft
en- based on what the little weather
cards tell.
81 cannot account. for the delay in
the mail service" continued Maj.
Hersey, Dualess. it is, as some say, due
to the multitude of sub-postal stations
with which every city of importance
is now being~equipped. Capitalization,
they say, has been destroyed by their
presence, and roundabout system
substituted, but of that l am unable to
say"
The possibility of the bureaus in the
two cities being supplanted by one big
bureau to be located in the Midway
district, presumably at the state ex-
perimental farm, Maj. Hersey says is
decidedly remote. 1t was talked OF
once, but the suggestion did not re-
ceive the approval of the department.
Il do not think the two cities would
permit it" said Maj. Hersey last
night '"The two bureaus are great
convenience to St Paul and Minneap-
oils, and to merge them might be pro-
ductive of considerable irritation, both
to the cities and the department. I
do not think there is. in the entire de-
partment, such a thing as two cities
so close together as St. Paul and Min
neapolis. Why, Greater New York is
served by one bureau, and here you
require two. sis@
Minneapolis Not on the Map.
'To the agricultural department the
ST. Paul bureau is+of much greater i'm
portance than the Minneapolis, for
from here are obtained the observa-
tons from which forecasts for the en-
tire Northwest are made. The bureau
in Minneapolis is simply local sta
ton. If you will observe a weather
map closely you will not find Mime
apolis on it. ST. Paul is. the only city
shown on it in this section,
The bureau has been located so long
in the Chamber of Commerce building
that it has come to be looked upon
as fixture there, but Maj. Jersey
says he hopes to see it located in the
new federal building before another
year. When the change is made new
Instruments will be installed and the
Office made one of the finest in the
United States.
at is necessary that the ST. Paul
bureau be kept up to the standard
said Mai Hersey, @as 1T is one of the
most important in the central division.
Twice a day observations are taken,
and they are wired each time to Chi
cago, where the forecasts for the sec
ton are made. Many special observa-
tons. besides, are taken on demand by
the Chicago Office
Maj. Hersey does not think there is
anything unusual in the extraordinary
climatic conditions that have prevailed
of late.
1.-The impression that prevails among
some" said Mr.. Hersey. that the
country is undergoing a gradual
change in respect to climate is an err
roneous one. Averaged through, we
are not having any different weather
than we had thirty years ago. There
are such things. as extremes, and we
have been having them for the past
century,
Once every year the st. Paul and
Minnea polls bureau is visited by an
inspector. and this is, Maj. Hersey's
first visit to st. Paul in several years.
He has much to say of the local bu-
reau, and predicts, with the growth of
the Northwest, that it's Importance will
be enhanced.
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