Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

ton of the North American continent hav-
ing Geographic communication.
The system for the collection of tele-
graphic reports of observations is ar
ranged that all of the principal stations in
the United States receive reports from
sufficient number of other stations to repre-
sent the general weather conditions over
considerable portion of the country.
The Men in Charge.
The men who have charge of the weather
forecasts for the District of Columbia are
Profs. Edward Bennett CARROT chief fore
caster of the bureau; Alfred Judson Henry
and Harry Crawford Frankenfeld. The
two latter are the men who do most of the
work here. Both are professors of meteor
ology and have been in the service of the
weather bureau for many years. Prof.
Henry entered the signal corps of the
army for service in the weather bu
reau attached thereto in 1873, and Prof.
Frankenfield came into the service in 1887.
Prof. CARROT has been connected with the
service for more than thirty years. Prof.
CARROT is one of the best known meteor
ologists in the country. He entered the sig
nal corps of the army as a meteorologist
so long ago that he does not like to think
about it.
He is a native of Ohio, and attended the
Washington University at ST. Louis for
part of course. His talents were turned
to the study of atmospheric conditions, and
to enable him to continue his studies he en-
listed in the signal corps Of the army when
General Myer established the weather
service. He has been in the service ever
since rising from the bottom to the top.
He is now the head of the forecast division.
Prof Henry is a native of Pennsylvania
and a graduate of Columbian University,
this city. He began life as a telegraph OPP
orator and gravitated toward the signal
corps of the army. in which he enlisted in
1878. He is one of the greatest experts on
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on his desk a set of miniature maps on
which he records the rainfall each day in
every section of the United States Prof.
Henry is. besides this, a distinguished anna
teur photographer. His pictures of clouds
have attracted attention of experts
throughout the world. and at the Paris ex-
position of 1900, when some of his work
was on exhibition, he secured several prizes
for cloud photographs.
Prof. Frankenfield is the youngest man of
the trio, and is an expert on rivers and
floods If information is wanted regarding
floods or the condition of the rivers
throughout the United States Prof Frank
enfield can furnish it at a moments notice,
and can tell the condition the water should
be in to the minute.
The Local Forecasters.
The forecasters in this section of the
country do not have the work to do that the
men In some sections of the country have
but they are kept busy enough
In the fo~ecasting division of the bureau
where Profs. Henry and Frankenfield, with
their assistants have their desks, the en-
tire work of preparing and sending out the
forecasts for this district is done. There are
six forecast districts in the country for
morning forecasts and two for night fore
casts. AS explained, the forecasts are taken
at am. and pm. The forecasts made
at each of the six stations in the morning,
but at only two of them in the evening. The
evening forecasts for every section of, the
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in Washington and the forecasts for the
Pacific coast are made in San Francisco.
The service here is considered the best
in the world Prof. Willis Moore, the chief
of the weather bureau, has, of course,
complete charge over the work and watches
it carefully. Next to him is Prof. CARROT,
and then the forecast officials proper, Profs
Henry and Frankenfieid There sew
eral forecast assistants and map makers.
In the forecast room is a rectangular desk
built for the accommodation of the map
makers There are five different kinds of
maps turned out for every forecast. Beside
the desk, occupying space about fifteen
by ten feet, is a huge weather map on
which the conditions of the atmosphere
in every section of the country are charted
twice daily.
examined by the forecasters and the fore
cast based on them is dictated to the map
makers at the rectangular desk. One of
these map makers has charge of general
and is seen in all public places: another
shows the changes in temperature through
out the country on his map and another
has the barometric pressure of each obser-
walton station to work OUT fourth draws
off the cloud areas and the fifth takes
charge of the map showing the Atlantic
ocean and European stations. The digested
reports are dictated to these men and they
work out the changes On their maps. The
maps are then turned over to printer who
fixes them up for the press. When print
Is made it Is transferred to the printing
department of the bureau, where it is litho-
graphed and printed.
The Printers Part.
The printers case in the southeast corner
of the forecast room at the weather bureau
would make an ordinary printer turn pale
with fear. In addition to the upper and
lower cases of the common variety, there
are about six other cases which contain
words and phrases in every box. The union
printer who takes sit" at the weather