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OBSERVATORY BUILDINGS. 



The new observatory building at Sand Key, Fla., which was com- 

 pleted early in December, 1911, is constructed of conQrete, and has 

 a foundation of concrete piles driven into the solid rock. It was 

 designed and constructed to withstand the hurricanes that occasion- 

 ally visit that region, the building that previously occupied the site 

 having been destroyed by one of these storms. 



The observator}'^ building at Key West. Fla., which is to replace the 

 one that was so badly damaged by the hurricane of October 11, 1910, 

 as to make a new structure necessary, is well under way and will 

 probably be ready for occupancy by December 1. This building has 

 a massive concrete foundation and a superstructure of terra-cotta tiles 

 and concrete and is designed to withstand the action of wind and 

 waves that accompany the hurricanes of that region. 



The following table shows where the buildings owned by the 

 Weather Bureau are located, the fiscal year in which they were 

 erected, and the cost of the building and ground in each case: 



Buildings owned by the Weather Bureau. 



Location. 



Abilene, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Anniston, Ala 



Atlantic City, N. J 



Bentonville, Ark , 



Birmingham, Ala 



Bismarck, N. Dak 



Block Island, R. I 



Burlington, Vt 



Canton, N. Y 



Cape Henry, Va 



Charles City, Iowa 



Columbia, S. C 



Devils Lake, N. Dak 



Dodge City, Kans 



DuUith, Minn 



East Lansing, Mich 



Hatteras, N. C 



Havre, Mont 



lola, Kans 



Jupiter, Kla 



Key West, Fla 



Kittyhawk, N. C 



La ( "rosse, Wis 



Modena, Utah 



MountWealher, Va.: 



Administration building 



Machine shoj) and balloon shed . . 



Central hcatmg and power plant. 



Absolute building 



Variation building 



Stable 



Bam 



Cottage for workmen 



Physical laboratory 



Cottage and oflice 



Nantucket, Mass 



Narragansott Pier, U. I 



Erected. 



1909 

 1903 

 1907 

 1902 

 1906 

 1907 

 I 1S99 

 1904 

 1906 

 1909 

 1902 

 1907 

 1905 

 1904 

 1909 

 1904 

 1909 

 1902 

 1904 

 1907 

 1902 

 1903 

 1902 

 1907 

 1903 



1909 

 1904 

 1909 

 1900 

 1906 

 1903 

 1905 

 1905 

 1909 

 1909 

 1905 

 1904 



Cost of 

 ground. 



$2,000.00 

 1,255.00 

 1,799.75 



(') 



500.00 



2 61.50 



0) 

 1,034.50 



2 20.00 



2 1.35 



(') 

 3,030.75 

 3,799.00 

 2,209.05 

 2,050.00 

 2,041.70 



2 11.35 

 i< 217.00 

 1,795.00 

 2,241.25 



(') 

 2,020.00 



(') 

 3,523.50 



(') 



Cost of 

 buildings. 



Total 

 cost. 



$12,841.81 

 6,503.00 



12,920.69 

 5,991.00 

 5,119.90 



15, 6.30. .36 



10,085.99 

 7,668.25 



10,043.50 



14,135.20 

 9,222.45 

 9,338.47 

 9,l(a.00 

 7,431.50 



10,837.02 

 7,430.68 



12,781.04 

 4,889.75 

 5,087.08 

 9,730.94 

 6,346.90 

 5 14,844.50 

 1,610.00 



12, 276. 24 

 4,346.00 



48,035.26 

 8,167.00 



11,964.74 

 7,(KH).0O 

 8, 904. 55 

 1,900.00 

 900.00 

 1,300.00 



37,521.51 



11,246.34 

 4,728.53 

 8,036.50 



' Govcniment reservation. 



' Donatctl; figures represent cost of title transfer. 



» Remoildod. 



< Additional ground purchased. 



i> Estimated cost of new building now in course of construction. 



« Begun in 1905. 



» Begini in 1903. 



• Begun in 1907. 



* Building and ground purchased as a whola. 



$14,841.81 



7,758.00 

 14,720.44 



6,991.00 



5,619.90 

 15,691.86 

 10,085.99 



8, 702. 75 



10, oca. 50 



14,136.55 



9,222.45 

 12,375.22 

 12,964.00 



9,640.55 

 12,887.62 



9,472.38 

 12,792.39 



6, 106. 75 



6, 882. 08 

 11,972.19 



6,346.90 

 16,864.50 



1,616.00 

 15, 799. 74 



4,346.00 



49,898.41 

 8,817.00 



11,964.74 

 7,000.00 

 8,904.55 

 1,900.00 

 !»0(). 00 

 l,3tX).00 



37,521.51 



11,246.34 

 4,728.53 



12,188.25 



