206 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Professor Moore. If the flood is due to a cloud-burst, we may not 
be able to give warning to those near the place where the burst occurs. 
Now, I will read some extracts from editorials in regard to the value 
of the flood service. 
The Cuaraman. I think there is no dispute as to the value of that, 
service. 
Mr. Wricut. What have you on the Delaware River, if anything? 
Professor Moorr. We have made a preliminary survey. e will 
inaugurate the service if we get the money. 
As a result of that flood in South Carolina we established a few sta- 
tions down there, but we have not money enough to go ahead with the 
work. 7 
Mr. Lever. I went out to see that flood. That river is only 20 feet 
wide, and it rose 40 feet in twenty-four hours and destroyed three mills. 
You can not predict cloud-bursts? 
Professor Moors. No, sir. 
You see why I am asking for money for this flood service. My own 
reputation in part depends on the work of the two men whom I want 
promoted; they have not asked me to plead before you. 
Mr. Havucen. You have quite a number of high-priced men? 
Professor Moors. That is true. 
Mr. Haueen. I do not know the importance of the places. 
Professor Moorg. We have a big service; we have 1,400 employees. 
We cover 3,000 miles, north, south, east, and west. 
Mr. Haucen. You spoke of the lives lost in Kansas; how does the 
number compare with those lost at East St. Louis? 
Professor Moors. At East St. Louis there was a population of prob- 
ably 20,000 people, and they were moved without the loss of one single 
life. 
Mr. Grarr. I think the population of East St. Louis must be 30,000. 
Professor Moors. That is right; J was mistaken. There was no 
loss of life; but during the flood of the Kaw River there were many 
lives lost. 
The Cuarrman. How many lives were lost on the Kaw River. 
Professor Moore. It is the Kaw River [ am speaking of. I think 
there were about 100 lives lost. 
a Cuarrman. At East St. Louis there was a scattered popula- 
tion ? 
Professor Moors. It was all city population. I am not speaking of 
the country districts. 
Mr. Scorr. We only took into consideration the lives that were lost 
in Topeka, the capital of the State, and in Kansas City, Kans. 
The Cuarrman. Now we will take up the chief of division. 
Professor Moors. I do not like to come before you with a request 
for increase of salary. This man is the chief of the climate and crop 
division. I will have to tell you about him. It will not be a long 
story. 
The chief of the climate and crop division has charge of some of the most impor- 
tant work of the Bureau, viz, the climate and crop service and the distribution of 
forecasts and special warnings. Fifty-two of the higher station officials are partially 
engaged in work under his general supervision. Paid observers at 29 stations of the 
corn and wheat, cotton, sugar and rice, and fruit services are under his exclusive 
direction, and nearly 30,000 persons serving gratuitously in the capacity of crop cor- 
respondents, forecast distributors, and voluntary observers contribute to the work 
under his charge. Approximately, one-third of the Bureau’s appropriation for tele- 
graphic purposes is expended annually in the collecting and disseminating work 
under his division. He writes the National Climate and Crop Bulletin, a work 
