Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-21
Weather Bureau
Broadens Scope
of Its Work
TO RENDER GREAT SERVICE
Forecasts of Floods to Be
Made in Time to Save
Lives and Property.

Fred Fl. Brandenburg, section direc-
tor of the United States weather
bureau at Denver, who was in the city
this morning consulting Section Direc-
tor Montrose W. Hayes of the local
Weather Bureau, when seen by a rep
resentative of the New Mexican stated
he was making this trip in the interest
of the river and flood service of the
bureau for the purpose of establishing
gauging stations and new gauges along
the Arkansas river from Florence, Col
orado. to the Kansas state line. "The
Arkansas river" said Mr. Brandenburg
'is the ugliest and most dangerous
stream in the West and it is the pur-
pose of the bureau to be prepared to
warn people living along this stream in
case of any serious rise in the river
and thus save lives and prevent great
property damage.
At Trinidad, Mr.. Brandenburg in
spected the new water gauge in the
Arkansas river at that point, which
was installed there year ago. He
found it in excellent working order.
During his stop at Trinidad he made
arrangements for telegraphic reports
from there regarding river conditions.
To Keep Watch on Canadian River.
He also visited the gauging station
Of the bureau at Logan. Quay county,
and found everything there in excel
lent condition The Canadian river
which has it's source in northeastern
New Mexico, traverses the state of
Oklahoma, where it grows very dang
erous and in the past many lives have
been lost and much property destroyed
In that state as result of the annual
floods of this stream. The gauger at
Logan will keep the weather bureau
in touch regarding the condition Of the
river by daily telegraphic reports and
during rise in the river the reports
will be made hourly.
Mr.. Brandenburg also visited the Pc
cos river at Santa Rosa and made an
examination of conditions there. This
morning he left over the Denver and
Rio Grande for Espanola where he
will inspect the Rio Grande at that
point. He will return to Santa Fe this
evening and thence take tonight's San
ia Fe train for Trinidad, where he will
stop day and then proceed to his
headquarters at Denver
To Establish New Stations.
Two or three additional guaging sta
tions will be established along the
above mentioned streams, but Mr.
Brandenburg was not in a position at
this time to state where they will be
located.
Mr.. Brandenburg has been a visitor
to Santa Fe several times and when
asked how he liked the temperature
and climate in New Mexico's quaint
capital, answered: "Tip top. | have
never enjoyed visits anywhere as
much as / have those to different
points in New Mexico during the past
few days. When | was in Colorado,
in the valley Of the Arkansas river,
the heat was almost unDearable and
actually suffered from 1t. 1t was just
like getting into new world to leave
that valley and come here
Crop Conditions Re-Assurng.
Mr.. Brandenburg said that crop
conditions, considering the drouth,
were not so bad as he expected them
to be in New Mexico along the Daw-
son branch Of the Ell Paso and South
western, Colorado and Southern and
other railroads. Especially did he
comment on conditions along the Ell
Paso and Southwestern railway be-
tween Tucumcari and Torrance and
along the Santa Fe Central in the Es-
tancia valley.