﻿28 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 74 



nized iron. At the same time all cracks for the entrance of wind, 

 snow, and noxious insects and animals were closed. A small building 

 was erected to house the tools and electrical appliances used for 

 charging storage batteries and other purposes, and in this was ar- 

 ranged a shower bath ingeniously contrived to give a continuous 

 shower as long as desired with only about a gallon of water. Cement 

 water reservoirs for collecting and preserving the rain and snow 

 water from the roofs have been constructed, with a total storage 



Fig. 32. — Mount TTarqua Hala Solar Observing Station, Arizona. 



capacity of about two thousand gallons. A small porch was attached 

 to the dwelling quarters and the rooms have been neatly painted and 

 curtained. A " listening in " wireless outlit has been erected, and a 

 so-called " Kelvinator " or sulphur dioxid refrigerating device for 

 keeping provisions and cooling water for drinking purposes has been 

 installed. 



The observatory owns a Ford truck which is ke]it in a small garage 

 Ijuilt at the foot of the trail, and weekly mail and stipply service is 

 maintained from Wenden to the movmtain top. /V telephone line is 

 just being erected to connect from Wenden to the observing station. 



