Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
WEATHER FORECASTS
TO COME DAILY
ua, he Announced Over Tele-
"" nhoue to Growers Of Section
,,osssMAN cLARK's ENERGY

.u,i,o the Importance OF These Re-
art. Promptly to Growers Con-
,.,,an From the Second Got
so,y with Desirable Result
lara, DAYS ago Hon. Frank Clark,
.u,ossman from the Second Dis
we W.. took up the matter of having
W. .,s of the weather forecast for
IVY IVY section of the country delivered
rt,y and wrote Director A. j..
ri",ohen who has charge of the
thor bureau at Jacksonville. in
~, matter stating to Director Nit
IN that it was a matter of the
r-,,e>t importance that the people
:, this section, especially the grow
s-s Of vegetables, receive the fore
cast promptly,
In reply to Congressman Clark,
injector Mitchell wrote the follow
ing
Referring to the matter Of distribu-
,,,, tbe forecast from Gainesville
,,sr the phone line, / beg TO ask if
tho manager there shows any disposi.
,or n distribute the report over his
p,eo Now this is a very important
matter 70 your sec'ion-partlcIlarly
during the frost season, Owing to the
p = d service which has been
,aceptlv established, the following
- oafces no longer receive the daily
forecast because the carrier leaves
Gainesville before the forecast can
reach him. The carrier leaves at
Sa m. and we cannot get the forecast
10 Gainesville, as a rule, before 10
a H.. sometimes IL a. M, Ow.
ng to condition OF telegraph lines,
The following Offices have been
Discontinued and no longer receive
the forecast mailed from Gainesville
center Central, Clyatt, Kanapaha,
Kirkwood. Palmer, Tacoma, Waca-
hOota The list will soon increase so
soon a, the r. F. d. service is es-
iabliShed
Now, think the telephone operates
service to all those points, and II they
would DO so, or found it to their IN.
terest to do so, the Offices mentioned
could have the weather forecast sent
TO them daily-received at their
, homes II they have no phone they
could arrange to have one put in.
r F y. service results in discon.
,hutng the forecast, unless the serv.
ne i, maintained through telephone
Connection
Col Clark. still DESTROYS Of &C.
ounI,hing the effect to give the
Uo9er- 'hr advantage Of a daily re-
pr' took the matter up with the
Southern Bell Telephone Company in
savannah urking TO the management
Of ,h' southern Bell the mutual i'm
mr'noo Of both that system and the
rna'r 10 have the forecast submit.
. 10 daily His efforts have apparent.
j BORN" fruit for, under date Of DC.
m,.- - David Laird. superintendent
'. southern Bell, writes AS fol-
rs.
h.-ug 10 your letter OF recent
a.. bog 20 advise that I am issuing
"'....'".. ~ our managers AZ
% ..... and Mlcanopy, that when
seattle report is furnished them
% 'h.. viii transmit the same
.. "n. 10 the various suburban
H.....
'" .uu understand that We
..r'aEc % furnish these r..
.'n subscribers on indiyid.
INT iU case Of the rural par
nInc a general alarm ring
' ~ the subscribers to the
'mo We can furnish this
H'fhout taking up q great
orators time"
rnted from tho above l"t.
.. seen that the growers
vii now receive fore
heir homes by tele,
viii urovc big ad
n tomo instances prob
wing II thousands Of dol
-rk.rs of Alachua coun
reached by phone
-ts --7Ep IN $40 - DAYS.