The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-26
NO BRANCH OF
WEATHER BUREAU
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
IOWtR PART OF The
Congressmen Informed That Steps
"0sio se Taken TO Improve
River Forecast Service.
BY CHARLES BROOKS smIru

-, lSS,r,,NNLCo ohOOkS SMITH.
W ASHlNGTON. ID. c. Nov. 25-
The business organizations represent
ine charleston. Huntington aud Poiu
fleasant have been engaged in ,
i,lehuly rivalry TO have a branch o
ne weather service established II
SsnelI respective city. which seems I,
nave been praiseWorthy but waste,
effort. The chief OF the Weather ~,
reau declines to establish an add
uonal station in that locality and ha,
80 informed Congressman Sutherland
anu AVIS. who have been very mucl
interested IN securing the grant foI
soIle one or these three cities Avis. o
Tbn, boosting hard for Charleston
Iuty nave had several conference.
win the chief OF the bureau. but n,
Is sun persistent in HIS position thal
tne service does not require the ad
dltion; that that locality is sufficient
~ looked after by the stations al par
kersburS and Elkins and al Cincin
hdtl ana pittsburgh. that il would 70
quire the expenditure of $4,000 ne,
ahhuin 10 maintain. and IL would Do
useless extravaganza. for AZ is no
hteuel. lie took great pains to for
uiy his position with officials facI,
anu an, statistics. and IL is up TO the two
peuuoning congressman to show
otherwise. That is what they bsy,
been trying 10 do and expect TO con
unue To do SO long as there e. "A hon,
Ictt IN this matter. The CHIEF how
ever, dld assure the congressman that
me bureau was willing 10 take inme
ulae steps 10 supplement and i'm
prove the river forecast service no
yond what II now Is in the Ohio val
Iey section. This improvement will d.
suaue AT once, so that the Agitation
Los new weather station cannot h.
ssld 10 have been wholly FUN. ever
~ tne station isn't established. and
a HaNHH
that II will not be. '''
Large Consignment Of Trout.
iCHIoW McClintic, who belongs .,
sndt famous band OF fishermen In anc
5Iouhd Marlinton. OF which Hon An
ureW Price is the poet and historian
S,NeTclsed his prerogative To appeai I,
.ls representative in Congress- 10 So
-. from the government fisheries Z
70 X consignment OF young mouutair
trout Tor stocking the Grcenbrier rive,
III iocahontas county. Representatiy,
AVIS VINO Is himself a Disciple OF Iz.al
Nalton, received the appeal and forfh
WIN took up the matter with the fsI
commissioner. with the result that ,
~ se Shipment OF trout and othai
classy varieties will be dispatched ~
once TO Mr.. McClintic and his friend,
10 TURN INTO the Greenbrier with cara
monies bcitting an occasion of ,ucl
importance 10 the POcahontas dcyotsp,
OF the rod and reel
Bids Excessive.
Eisht times has the PostONice he
raI 'ment advertised for bids To carr
me mails from Walton. in Roane conn
~ 10 Clendcnnin. In Kanawha. Nv,
IN portant interior towns in q ragior
W uere there BIS larger mail bushes,
man misht otherwise exist n thes,
places were not iu the midst OF a bys,
~ anu gas development. The loves
blc received was AZ the rate o
=, 90 year. which the government
authorities considered excessive. anC
hrhce informally abandoned that stall
route. This very much Inconvenience
many people. especially the bushes,
men IN Charleston. as we'll as al Wal
Ton and Cleudenuin. which are thru,
ing little places. 4 storm OF protpS
resulted at this end OF the line. ans
congressman Sutherland and Ayi.
nave been hard at work trying 70 hav,
something done 10 afford the people
affected immediate relief In an inter
view with M" Fourth Assistant Post
master General plans wore sucr,.fc,
ana discussed how this could ba done
Another advertisement will be- oNere,
on 'h" basis of @ change in the r0ut'
winch VIII curttil tine size of Do iu IN.
ccp'ahlo
SIX New PostoEioes.
rW1rtS uf two months ago fnro.f.i
fh' efforts nf C"rressarsu sufhrrI,f.
row -i.ss Wen. ordered ssfsnI.en
ID roo efv 'iH.rv t- ru..r. Mercer .r.
M"IFnfs.I counties lHf vHtr. fNr ur.r
nor opened nn Protests fr1m tu. us,
r.' fH.. iur.rNa.I.r..I fr OBJ. r.I
..f' t..'r- .. rho department. .tu-..
p. rf'e.'r '.fr. Sg'r.-.4rf f' m.ke
u|...rt N.-.' f1 OBJ. department. v.t.-.
Deere wac gather 3D. -.'.|t.I Interview
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