The chronicle=news., 1914-06-03

of the anishnae. II ia erected hall
Way across the isthmus near San
Pablo The name given To II. Darisn.
is the name of on. of the early eAplos-
ers of that region.
III. Mexican troubi. led % further
extension To take place of interrupted
land iines and for exchanges viii.
the shirs, isabsi. Texas. near the
mouth of the Rio Grahd.. Mas chosen
ss the central I.oint of az. rattan on
the Atlantic side. and San Dieso. on
the I'a-ifie side.
There are now fofiy-sish, naval
shore stations. those at outsid.
POINTS being thfe. along the i'ana-
ma canal. one At Guantanamo. Cubs.
ons al San Juan. Porto Rico: seven
in ALASKA ans. outlying islands. two
in the rhiiippines. one al Hawaii.
one at Guam and on- at r-kihs.
chins. snh other projected stations
ia iamoa and sis.A her. rapidly near
ins completion.
The enief work of the naval sta
'ions is la Keep the navy department
in connection with its ships al sra.
siIhsr by iir-., or reiay.d m-ssAE-s-
rhi. s-ssis. extends lo all bureaus.
offices and divisions of the navy de-
par,n-ns. these In command of nsss
yards and stations. and To officer. ot
fleets. division and ships The trans
mission Of tim. signals has also de-
seloi.ra to great Importance for ~sf
md merchant shii.s Ia avoid error Ia
the shiis shronotn@s-s. ctr. signals
frosn Arlington arr s~st cat every
aas In the year. twice a day. al nom
and al i"'p. m. s~,-nts-fith m-sid-
Ian time. Time signals arc ao~ s~al
cut ON the A,ian,i. coast oniS
through the radio stations nt AFiinE.
ton. Key West and Nee Osi~ans, On
the Pacific coast. the time SIGNALS
arr s-n, to sea thsoush the wireless
.ls,I.rs al Maro Island. Ear-ka and
San Gi-eo In California. and Al North
Head. Wash.
The daily weather REPORTS. and the
storm warnings ar- sent from Asi'
after th~ !. o'siocs time signal NJ
nishi. hut important storm ~asusnes
arc sent out Whenever necessary
Warnings af Is-h--s~ and d-sriies.
arc s~ns To s~a fs"m the Asiins'on
station following tho time signal
and weather REPORTS AZ such tlrurs
shir. arr iiss-ninr an tho LONG wave
of Arlington. :.:0o meters. aad their
r-seirtns circuits as- tuned In re-
r-iv~ the Ice nv drs-ilet scrusta In.
snsninr Shirs ss- eomi'clo-d. uad~v
the f.nnaon safety eonScntsoa. 10 s~-
,.oss Information ecn~~snins i-e and
a~r~iiess: this xp~s shsoush tho by
geographic offtc-<r In the Arisnssna
station. and then peavard ana To the
other stations.
This information heins Of an urs-
cnt characscs-icc'~res. d-s-iieis.
cyclones. and lyrhoens-ts s-1t un.
der a special signal called tho safety
signal. repeated al shoEu n'-rSais.
ten times AT full ro~Vr-tT r IT..
On receiving this all radio station.
are required to keep silent. In order
To i-, tho danger warnings so broad
east.
Morr recent Developments of tho
naval ~itci-ss WORK are the fog siR-
nal. and direction finders. by which
the dangers attending fos arc over
como. and tho location and direction
Of ships In reference In shorc sta
tons are established: ai.o a rapid
development of commercial work by
which the general public and the
prcss arc allowed to use the ~ircic~s
equipment aboard watships and a'
Ht.rc stations. on payment of 1and
and sea charges. These charges arc
regulated under tho London conscn-
tion. and tho nmounia collected by
naval coast or nhiP stations arc turn
cd into the treasury IN miscellaneous