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operation wifh. tlie American University. Daily measurements have 

 been maintained since early in April, the total evaporation measm-ed 

 in inches being: April, 6.48; Mav, 6; June, 6.58; July, 7.05. Another 

 station of the same general character is beiiig established at the 

 Roosevelt Reservoir in cooperation with the Reclamation Service, 

 and arrangements are being made for estabhshing a number of others. 

 Detailed instructions for the operation and conduct of stations of 

 this character will be pubhshed by the Weather Bureau in the near 

 future. 



TELEGRAPH SERVICE. 



The services performed by the several telcOTaph and telephone 

 companies in collecting and disseminating weather reports, forecasts, 

 warnings, etc., are fundamental and essential to the work of this 

 Bureau, and, on the whole, have been very satisfactory. 



Except for temporary interruptions, the several sections of the 

 coast lines owned by the Weather Bureau were in continuous opera- 

 tion during the year. 



The Block Island-Narragansett section has worked with little 

 interruption during the year. A sleet storm on February 3 caused 

 the prostration of a mile of telegraph line on the island. Commimi- 

 cation was restored February 7. 



Cape Henry-Hatteras section. — Communication was interrupted 

 on this line for a total of 43 days. During these interruptions weather 

 reports from Hatteras were missed but a few times, as they were 

 handled with shght delay by telephone and wireless tlirough the 

 cooperation of the Coast Guard Service and the commercial and Navy 

 wireless stations. 



Early in September repairs to the Manteo cable were necessary in 

 order to straighten the cable and close a break caused by the steamer 

 Trenton backing into the cable and cutting it in two. The water of 

 the sound in this region is very shallow. November 23, 1914, the 

 Manteo cable was again repaired by Lineman Smith, of the Coast 

 Guard Service, putting in 100 yards of spare cable in place of a por- 

 tion found defective. The cable, however, continues to work heavy 

 through the south conductor, and in order to work the line through 

 to Hatteras, Manteo at times must be cut off by means of a switch 

 located in the Coast Guard station at Nags Head. This arrangement 

 is not satisfactory, and action to repair or replace the cable must be 

 taken in the near future. General repairs conducted with the aid 

 and cooperation of the Coast Guard hneman were completed in April, 

 1915. Later two severe storms broke off a number of old poles and 

 left the line in impaired condition. Repairs were again made, how- 

 ever, but new poles and some new wire are stOl needed. 



The transfer office of the line was removed from Norfolk to Cape 

 Henry during July, 1914, and all commercial business in connection 

 with the radio station at Buxton, N. C, and the Western Union 

 and Postal telegraph companies in Norfolk is handled tlirough the 

 Cape Henry office. All city messages for Norfolk are handled direct 

 from Cape Henry by telephone or are telegraphed to the Western 

 Union or Postal offices, where delivery is made without charge to the 

 Government. The arrangement has worked woU and all business 

 has been handled promptly and satisfactorily, not a single complaint 

 of any kiad having come to the attention of the chief operator. 



