210 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Brooxs. Does not that have a wider application than simply 
the interests of New Mexico? 
Professor Moors. Oh, yes. 
The CuarrMan. $20,000 of the $40,000 asked is for salaries outside 
the city of Washington, and the other $20,000 is for what? 
Professor Moork. New stations. 
The Cuarrman. That is, manning new stations? 
Professor Moorr. Yes, sir. 
The Cuatrman. What is the other $20,000 for? 
Professor Moorr. We propose to go out to Madison, Wis.—that 
is midway between— 
The Crarrman. I do not think it necessary for you to tell us the 
names of the stations you propose to establish. What is the $20,000 
for? 
Professor Moors. Eight new stations. Then the other $20,000 is 
for better printing and the more thorough dissemination of weather 
maps. 
The Weather Bureau issues each morning, excepting Sundays and holidays, about 
25,000 maps that present graphically and by text and tables the weather conditions 
throughout the United States and Canada at 8 a. m., seventy-fifth meridian time. 
About 50 per cent of the maps are prepared at 23 of the larger stations of the Bureau 
by what is known as the chalk-plate process. 
That is the map here [indicating]. It is written in chalk, a plate 
cast, and printed on an ordinary printing press. 
The others are prepared at 71 of the less important stations by the 
milliograph, or wax-stencil process. That process is illustrated by this 
map here [indicating], printed at Wichita, Kans. That is the cheap 
process. It isa poor print. It is not creditable to a Government 
department. If this work is worth doing atall, it is worth doing well. 
Mr. Burieson. That is very plain. 
Professor Moors. Yes, but that is the very best print that I can get. 
This is a sample that was sent in tome. A little later, I want to show 
you why I want to fill in these maps with a full list of reports. Wich- 
ita gets but a small list of reports. 
r. Grarr. Are these maps printed by your own people? 
Professor Moore. Yes, sir. . 
All of the maps issued at stations are about 11 by 16 inches in size. The chalk- 
plate process of map making has proved satisfactory. By this process the mechanical 
part of map making can be expeditiously performed, and an unlimited number of 
maps can be issued. The milliograph process, while fairly satisfactory as regards the 
- character of the work that can be performed, admits only of a small edition of maps, 
and is therefore unsuited to the requirements of large stations. 
; Experimental work in preparing chalk-plate maps of a larger size than those now 
issued at the more important stations has been conducted with a view of meeting an 
increasing demand from all sections of the country for maps that contain more com- 
plete weather data than can be published on the small maps now issued. The result 
of this work has been a practical demonstration of the feasibility of making maps 
about 22 by 16 inches in size (corresponding in size and make-up to the map issued 
at the central office at Washington) that will contain reports from all Weather Bureau 
stations, and also present graphically, by symbols, lines, and shadings, the wind and 
weather, barometric pressure, temperature, and rainfall throughout the entire region 
of observation. 
The demand upon the Weather Bureau for maps of this character comes from 
commercial, agricultural, marine, and other interests; from educational institutions, 
and the general public. It can be met by equipping 20 of the more important stations 
of the Bureau with outfits for issuing the large chalk-plate maps and transferring the 
present chalk-plate equipments to smaller stations, there to replace the milliograph 
process. I 
