The chronicle=news., 1913-07-29
WEATHER BUREAU TO
Be M-0RGAnIzeD

WAshington. u. G.. July az
Professor Charles =. Marvin has he.n
appointed chief OF the weather bureau
TO succeed Willis L. Moore. recently
removed. Professor Marvin is row
chief Of the instrument division. He
Was appointed TO the old signal service
In 1854 from Ohio. President VII
son VIII send hrs nomination To the
senate probably this week.
Warrington. July "a eompi.t.
reorganization OF the weather bu-
reau Is In process and Il was said
toady II would affect every station
In the country. to say nothing OF
the effect Of the change on commits
sion merchants. farmers and Others
who are In receipt Of daily weather
maps which issued from foseess,inx &
stations.
For some time Inspectors have
been visiting the various stations.
collecting data by which il Is hoped
not only to Improve the service and
cause the daily forecasts TO be- NOR.
accurate. but At the same time ,n-
tfoduec economies.
Al the same time no director has
been appoinsed to succeed willis l..
Moore. II Is the general opinion
among those In the service that non.
will b" appointed until after tn. re-
organization has been effected. Sew
crnl names have been mentioned but
IL is explained that at least one wa.
beyond the age required for entering
government employ.
One OF the importan, changes con-
tenplst.d In III. service 1. to i.su.
night map Instead OF day one.
This change from day to night. II 4.
calculated. will save money bccaus
cause IL will .iiminat. from many
stations the duty of publishing u
daily weather chart. Mca longest
in the service. however. declare that
th. niKhs map Is unlikely to be- r--
raricd us an improvement, bccau.. IL
Will roach the persons Interested
sbou, 4: hours late.
a, present the for.castinS stations
publish n weather chart In tn. morn
Ing from the data received from the
u. m. reports. These ar. chartci
and after the chart Is completed. Il
IL photographed on a chalk plate.
and the cast from this Is used to
print the map~ which 70 out to the
persons and public offices on the last
to receive them. Usually the printed
mays. nddrcascd. arc In the nails be-
fore II .. m. and thc city deliveries
arc made Immediately. 80 that In
many instances. half nm hour after
the maps nrc In the mail they are
In the possession OF the persons to
whom addressed.
With n night map. II is explained
Will. the map. would be In tho mails
by II y. M. they would not be in the
hands Of the recipients until probab-
~ : o'clock tho following morning
In addition to this delay. due to OBJ
yious causes. the night maps. as u
rule. arc not 80 satisfactory from n
meteorological viewpoint rs the day
maps. Night conditions. or those re-
ported at y. m.. have been found
t.eacherous by forecastcrs. and II is
notorious that the night forecasts
fall below the percentage of accur-
acy that is found In the day fore
casts.
The use OF the night maps. how
ever. II is considered would allow
for the reduction of force. because
instead Of being issued from each
local forccasting Office as at present
many OF these for the purpose could
be eliminated.
Thus. II the scheme Is adopted.
either Philadelphia or New York. for
insance would stop publishing maps.
and the maps for the enlarged sec
tion would be made at either one or
the other of these offices. In. the
south. 1t is suggested, many Of the
maps could be abandoned and map
Issued from the bureau In this city.
In the west and southwest, where
the distances from one station to
another are rather greater than ir
the east. the changes would be less
and in many instances there
would be no change.