The Pensacola journal., 1905-05-06
ROSS POLLOCK TO AGAIN
GO TO SAN DOMINGO
WILL ESTABLISH MEreoRoLooI-
CAL STATION AT PORT Az
PRINCE AND GO THENCE TO
HIS FORMER STATION.

Ross E. Pollock, who has been sery-
ing at the Savannah weather station
for several months. is again 10 90 to
Santo Domingo, where he is TO assume
charge OF the station there duringl
what is known as the hurricane pc
riod. Mr.. Pollock has been or0ered to
the central office al Washington and
from there goes to Port au Prince,
where he is to install some meteoro-
logical instruments. From there <hel
goes to Santo Domingo for the sea-
son. Speaking Of the changes in the
Office there, the Savannah News of
recent date contained the following:
Several changes will be made in
the personnel of the United States
Weather Bureau at Savannah and for
several weeks there will be unfamil-
Jar faces in the office In the govern
nent building.
"Mr. H. B. Boyer: the local forecast.
| err. will leave for months stay at
Washington. Mr.. w. F. Clark, assist
ant observer, viii soon leave to take
charge Of the Office at Admission, Ala,
and Mr.. r. e. Pollock, observer, will
be sent to Santo Domingo 20 look at
ter the weather during the hurricane
4 IL.
sors to the three officers has not been
made.
! Watching For Hurricanes.
"Mr. r. E Pollock, who will leave
during the latter part of May for Hayti
or -Santo Domingo. has been stationed
Ia the Savannah Office for several
months, but was in charge of the San
to Domingo Office last summer during
the hurricane season.
st is perhaps not generally known
that the United States government
maintains a number of weather bureau
stations in foreign countries. It has
a complete belt of stations surround
1 ing the Caribbean sea and the West
ward and Leward Islands, which fur
IRISH prompt information regarding tn,
brewing of hurricanes. The Carib
eban sea is q veritable cave of tn,
Winds" where many hurricanes ar
formed, and the system by whicl
prompt information is sent from tn
Southern stations has been of grea
service to shipping and other interests
Work During the Summer.
THE hurricane season begins L
July ana continues through October
land the stations in the southern sea
are kept in operation only durin
|. those months. The United States go'
ernment has gained permission froI
the nations controlling the islands {
maintain weather service stations |
= their territory and in exchange th
weather department furnishes the di
ferent governments information in r.
gard to the weather. The reports al
:. eabled direct to the Washington offie
and from there are disseminated to a
parts of the country and to the islam
stations under American .eontrol
"The system of stations begins ;
Curacao, a Dutch possession lyir
s. about forty miles on the coast of We
IS ezuela, and includes ST. Thomas, a
r, American possession: Barbados. 60
20 erned by the British; Bridgetown,
W Barbados station; San Juan, Por
Rico; Havanna, Santiago, Camagut
a., and Cienfuegos, Cuba.
in "a system OF interchangeable I
ports with Yucatan and Mexico prop
completes the list The Mexican 60
en- ernment maintains a weather servi
on and exchanges reports from the bur
es- cane district with the United Stat
department"