Description of Stations. 



WESTERN PLATEAU — ALLEGANY COUNTY. 



Station, Alfred — In Charge op Mr. Laurence La Forge at 



Alfred University. 



Established in 1889; latitude, 42 deg. 15 mln. north; longitude, 77 deg. 55 min. west; 

 elevation, 1,824 feet. 



The town of Alfred is situated near the upper limit of a valley 

 which opens, in a northeasterly direction, toward the Alfred sta- 

 tion of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, 2 miles 

 distant. The station is located in the town, half-way up the east- 

 ern slope of the valley, on both sides of which the hill rises to the 

 heights of from 100 to 200 feet. 



Until the latter part of 1895, the observatory was equipped as 

 follows: 



A standard Green barometer was hung in a room (heated in 

 winter) on the first floor of a house on Sayles street. The maxi- 

 mum, minimum, wet and dry thermometers, with a Draper ther- 

 mograph, were located in a louvred shelter of a pattern of the 

 United States Weather Bureau standard. The shelter is 7 feet 

 above the ground, and 35 feet from any buildings. 



The rain-gauge was 28 inches above the ground, and 30 feet from 

 buildings. 



The station has been very recently completely equipped with an 

 anemograph and anemometer, a thermograph and a sunshine 

 recorder, also soil thermometers; and systematic observations for 

 the determination of the climate of the locality are being made. 



WESTERN PLATEAU — CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. 

 Station, Humphrey — Mr. Charles E. Whitney, Observer. 



Equipped (by Signal Service) 1885-1886; latitude, 42 deg. 12 min. north; longitude, 78 deg. 

 34 min. west; elevation, 1,950 feet, as determined by aneroid readings; no date have 

 been previously obtainable, and consequently the height given in the report of 1889 Is 

 very much in error. 



The station is about 10 miles northeast of the Great Valley sta- 

 tion of the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad. It is near 



