Description of Stations. 



WESTERN PLATEAU — ALLEGHANY COUNTY. 



Station, Alfred — In Charge of Mr, Laurence La Forge at 



Alfred University. 



Established In 18S9; latitude. 42 deg. 15 min. north; longitude, 77 deg. 65 min. west; 

 elevation, 1,824 feet. 



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

 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 hills rise to the 

 heights of from 100 to 200 feet. 



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

 winter) on the second floor of a house on Park street. The maxi- 

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

 mograph, are 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-guage is 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 — ALLEGANY COUNTY. 



(Station, Angelica — Mr. Everett I, Weaver^ Observer. 



Established (by signal ser^rice), November, 1889; equipped by State service, April, 

 1890; latitude, 42 deg. 18 min. north; longitude, 78 deg. 2 min. west; elevation, 1,340 feet. 



This station is located at the Wilson academy, near the center 

 of the main street of Angelica, It is nearly surrounded by high 

 hills, which, toward the north, rise abruptly at a distance of a 



