Descriptions of Stations 



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SOUTH AMERICA. 



Argentina continued. 



San Juan, San Juan, 1917. Two stations, designated A 

 and B, were occupied, both of which are practically 

 reoccupations of Argentine Meteorological Office sta- 

 tion D of 1913. Station A is about 300 meters north 

 of railroad, in stony ground west of Calle Tucuman, 

 and 40 meters south of wire fence. True bearings: 

 chimney on adobe house, 17740'.7; flagstaff on 

 highest point of Agricultural School buildings, 299 

 39'.5; red and white target at railway crossing, 332 

 37'.7. 



Station B is about 150 meters east of Station A, on 

 property of Agricultural School, 46 meters east of 

 wire fence east of road, and 42 meters south of fence. 

 True bearings: tall tree, 161 03'.6; flagstaff on high- 

 est point of Agricultural School, 306 59'.4; white 

 telegraph-pole at railway crossing, 353 16'.0. 



San Julian, Sanla Cruz, 1919. About 4.5 miles (7 kilo- 

 meters) northeast of main part of town, on grounds of 

 meat>freezer of Swift and Company, in open ground 

 between fence and shore-line, about 200 meters east 

 of main high chimney of freezer and 24 meters south 

 of fence; marked by peg driven flush with ground with 

 large brass tack in top. True bearings: pillar in city 

 of San Julian, 25 24'.2; beacon-pole, 2 kilometers. 

 4021'.l; high chimney of freezer, 91 20'.5; beaccn- 

 pole just visible over bank between station and shore- 

 line, 200 meters, 277 18'.4. 



San Luis, San Luis, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station C of 1914. About 

 300 meters north-northwest of old Smithsonian Obser- 

 vatory, in paddock situated at northeast corner of 

 cross-roads, 54.7 meters west of eastern fence, 68.9 

 meters east of western fence, and 54.6 meters north 

 of southern fence. True bearings: extreme right edge 

 of nearby house, 36 58'.9; extreme left edge of brick 

 house, 157 57'.8; extreme left edge of observatory, 

 347 54'.9. 



San Rafael, Mendoza, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station C of 1914. About 

 4 kilometers west of railway station, in paddock be- 

 longing to Don Saul Simonovich, on continuation 

 westward of Calle Bartolomd Mitre, near northeast 

 corner of paddock, 108.4 meters south of north fence, 

 83.5 meters west of east fence. True bearings: center 

 of windmill, 73 02'.3; left edge of chimney on adobe 

 house, 170 36'.8; gutter between double gable on 

 building, 271 42'.5. 



Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 1919. Practical reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station A of 1913. 

 In small open field forming main plaza of town, about 

 300 meters southwest of church, 46.35 meters south- 

 west of near corner of base of monument, 33 meters 

 from fence bounding southwest, and 48 meters from 

 fence bounding southeast side of field; marked by 

 wooden stake. True bearings: small chimney-pipe on 

 house 300 meters, 165 lO'.O; cross on church, 225 

 21'.0. 



Santiago del Eslero, Santiago del Estero, 1917. Practical 

 reoccupation of Argentine Meteorological Office sta- 

 tion B of 1913. Northwest of city, north of hos- 

 pital, in sandy plain at end of Calle Tucuman, 0.5 

 meter northwest of line of fronts of houses on north- 

 west side of street to slaughter-house, and 92.4 meters 

 southwest of south corner of house at northwest 

 intersection of these streets; marked by brass tack 

 in tent-stake. True bearings: extreme right edge of 

 hospital, 1621'.7; tall chimney, 290 59'.8; cathedral 

 spire, 326 03'.4; spire on Colegio Centenario, 343 

 49'.2. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Argentina continued. 



Serrezuela, Cordoba, 1917. Practical reoccupation of Ar- 

 gentine Meteorological Office station of 1913. About 

 4 squares south of railway station, on property of 

 Dr. Moyano 73.4 meters east of fence on east 

 side of road running from railway station and pass- 

 ing in front of church, at a point in line with south 

 fence of large field on west side of road opposite house 

 of Dr. Moyano's superintendent, northwest of a 

 small hut. True bearings: church steeple, 183 

 50'.8; house edge to left of signal-tower, 187 54'. 1; 

 railway signal-tower, 188 42'. 3; right edge of founda- 

 tion of railway water-tank, 201 51'.9. 



Talapampa, Salta, 1917. Practical reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station of 1913. In pad- 

 dock about 150 meters east of Hotel del Comercio, 

 49.2 meters east of fence, 69.0 meters southeast of 

 corner fence-post, and 5 meters from edge of barranca 

 going down to the river. True bearings: extreme right 

 corner of house across river, 9 54'. 1; cross on hill- 

 side beyond railway, 77 34'.7; nearby signal-tower, 

 104 12'.5; cross on distant small church, 239 38'.4. 



Tinogasta, Catamarca, 1917. Practical reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station A. In pad- 

 dock belonging to Seiior Simon Quintar, in northwest 

 intersection of streets two squares north and one 

 square east of plaza, at a point 47 meters west and 

 63.5 meters north of fences along streets on east and 

 south respectively. True bearings: cross on church, 

 visible through tree, 14 33'.9; edge of house, 40 

 00'.4; cross on large tomb at right of distant cemetery, 

 200 34'. 6; base of signal-tower at railway station, 

 277 24'.2. 



Tucuman, Tucuman, 1917. About 50 meters northeast of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1913, on 

 grounds of "Escuela Agrieultura Federal," about 75 

 meters southeast of house of superintendent, in line 

 with right edge of second fence post east of gate in 

 south fence and right edge of nearby white house to 

 south, 78 meters north of fence, 42.4 meters south of 

 southern row of big trees and 11.4 meters east of row 

 of small trees along road. True bearings: right edge 

 of white house, 14 18'. 5; chimney on school sugar 

 factory, 11922'.5; tall chimney, 294 18'.5; taller of 

 two distant chimneys, 322 44'. 7. 



Uspallata, Mendoza, 1917. Close reoccupation of Argen- 

 tine Meteorological Office station of 1914. In paddock 

 about 750 meters south-souttrwest of railway station 

 and 300 meters north of base of mountains, in the 

 southwestern of the three fields forming the paddock, 

 48.2 meters southwest of northern fence around field, 

 and 50.2 meters southeast of western fence. True 

 bearings: southwest corner of brick house, 190 49'.9; 

 extreme left edge of water-tank, 208 34'.2; extreme 

 right edge of freight house, 224 16'.6. 



Valchela, Rio Negro, 1919. Approximate reoccupation of 

 Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1913. 

 About 2 kilometers northwest of railroad station, 250 

 meters north of police station, and 171 paces south of 

 foot of embankment of railroad track, measured to- 

 ward kilometer post 114; marked by tent peg. True 

 bearings: right corner of house beyond railroad track, 

 258 22'.5; base of signal-pole, 310 41'.8; right corner 

 of square water-tank, 312 17'.6. 



Yalle Superior, Chubut, 1919. See Dolavon. 



Villa del Rosario, Cordoba, 1917. Practical reoccupation 

 of Argentine Meteorological Office station of 1913. 

 On slightly raised open ground about 90 meters north 

 and 60 meters east respectively of streets which inter- 

 sect 2 squares north and 2 squares east of northeast 



