The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
Mr.. Won Herman to In
augurate Course at
Johns Hopkins.
Sent There by the Chief Of The Wealth.
er Bureau. Was in Charge Of Local
Office Fifteen Years. Splendid
Reputation as a Scientist.

Mr.. c. F. Won Hermann. who has
bureau for over fifteen years, left yes
terday for Baltimore where he was
ordered to the charge of the weather
bureau of that city, which is located
at Johns Hopkins University. Mr..
Willis l.. Moore, chief of the u. >.
Weather Bureau, in speaking OF Mr..
Won Hermann, said: He has done
such splendid work i'm lecturing before
your colleges Gnstitutions in this
State) that / wished him TO inaugu-
rate the same line of instruction IN
Baltimore"
And of Mr.. Thiessen, who succeeds
to the local office, Mr.. Moore said: I'm
Mr.. Won Herrmann's place at Raleigh
/ have sent Mr.. Alfred III. Thiessen, q
very promising young scientist, who, l
believe, has a creditable future.
know him to be a cultivated and
courteous gentleman
Mr.. Won Hermann came to Ralelgh
from Savannah, Ga, in August, 1889,
TO take charge OF the local Office or
the weather bureau which then
co-operated with the North Caro-
lima Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, and was known as the
State Weather Service. 1t was
established in 1887, but comparatively
little had been done to improve the
service and make 1t known to the pub
lie. Shortly after his arrival Mr.. Won
Herman secured daily Geographic
service. enabling him to begin the is
sue of daily weather map, which has
continued to this day, being a most
valuable and very popular feature OF
his work. The meteorological data col
lected by the observers throughout the
State were tabulated and published as
bulletins of the North Carolina Ex-
pertinent Station. the first number APP
pearing in October, 1889. These
monthly bulletins were continued I'M
interruptedly until October, 1896, after
which they We're published by the
Weather Bureau i'm their present
Quarto form
In 1891 enough Chronological data
had been accumulated to enable the
publication of a very complete and
comprehensive report on the climatic
logy of North Carolina, a volume of
1877 pages, which is now out of print
and has become very valuable. This
report was issued under the director
ship of DR.. H. b. Battle,
The annual reports published by the
Experiment Station from 1887 TO 1895
comprise a collection of meteorological
data of the greatest value for the
Chronological history of the State.
In 1896 the local office of the
Weather Bureau was moved from the
Agricultural building where it had
heretofore been to. a position. nearer
To the business of the town, and the
service was placed on an independent
basis. with the title IN. c. Section OF
the Climate and Crop Service of the
Weather Bureau" A printing outfit
was installed for the purpose of
printing the monthly and annual re-
ports and crop bulletins in a style uni
form with other sections throughout
the country.
The weekly crop bulletin, describing
during the season of growing crops the
progress of planting. growing, cult
waiting and harvesting has been a
very valuable feature of the work to
sections. Almost every crop bulletin
from 1889 to 1905 Except during his
unavoidable absence) has been written
by Mr.. Won Hermann himself. and
they were uniformly couched in ex-
cellent language.
The work of distributing the various
publications and forecasts from a
small beginning has increased so much
that the Raleigh Station now issues
$50 maps a day besides ATS postal
card bulletin forecasts. About 1900
weekly crop bulletins are distributed
not only in North Carolina but
throughout the United States, and 500
monthly reports. 1t is now necessary
TO employ four men to accomplish the
tasks at first performed by Mr.. Won
Hermann alone. Accompanying this
increase as to publication, correspon-
dence, etc. there has been correspond
ing increase in the appreciation by the
public of the service rendered by the
local Weather Bureau.
The growing interest i'm the service
in North Carolina is made manifest by