222 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Professor Moore. Yes, sir. 8 
Mr. Havaen. In northern Iowa there is a large space without a sta- 
tion—nothing between Des Moines and St. Paul, a distance of about 
500 miles. 
Professor Moors. Yes; that is true. 
Mr. Havcen. Do you no: think that the people there are entitled to 
one? 
Professor Moore. There are not any very important cities. 
Mr. Havcen. There is Mason City, a town of about 7,000. We 
purchased a site there for a Government building. j 
Professor Moors. If there was a city of 50,000 population or of 
larger size, the local needs of the city might require a station. 
Mr. Havucen. Mason City is one of the coming cities of Iowa. 
Professor Moore. I know; yes, sir. 
Mr. Haveen. I wish you would consider that? 
Professor Moors. I will. I have not considered it; I am only 
reporting the cases I have considered. These are some of the build- 
ings that we have constructed [exhibiting a book of poems: 
We construct buildings particularly designed, by roofing and other 
appurtenances, for our work. 
Mr. Grarr. Is there any advantage in having a meteorologist do 
his work where he lives? 
Professor Moore. In many places where the man lives in the station 
we can get along with one man; otherwise we needtwo. It is because 
the apparatus works twenty-four hours, and there must be some one 
there to attend to the instruments. In that way one man will do the 
work instead of two, if he lives in the observatory. 
Mr. Grarr. Then it is not an increased cost? 
Professor Moore. It is a direct saving to the Government.. 
The Cuarrman. The next item is, ‘‘ Cables and land lines: For the 
purchase and construction of cables and land lines to connect Fort 
Canby, Wash., with Flavel, Oreg.,” etc. 
Professor Moors. I will give you the items there in a second. If 
you will turn to page 17 on my Annual Report you will find this 
language: 
The total mileage of telegraph and telephone lines controlled by this Bureau was 
increased from 367 miles, at the date of last report, to 421 miles, by the construction 
and equipment of the following new sections: . 
(1) From Pacific City (Fort Canby), Wash., to North Head, Wash., 2 miles; com- 
pleted August 1, 1902. This section connects the observation and storm-warning dis- 
play station at North Head with the general telegraph system, and its value may be 
Judged by the following extract from an editorial in the Portland (Oreg.) Oregonian 
of November 11, 1902, viz: 
‘‘With the exception of the light-house service along the Oregon and Washington 
coasts, no greater aid to shipping bound for the Colambia River has ever been ex- 
tended than by the recent establishment of a reporting station at North Head. * * * 
The work of the Weather Bureau in this direction has been of great benefit to the 
agricultural and shipping interests of this district, but no branch of the service has 
shown its value more effectively than has the reporting station at the mouth of the 
Columbia River.” 
Vessel and weather reports are now telephoned direct from North Head to Port- 
land, Oreg., for distribution. 
Then on page 46 you can get all the detailed information you desire. 
‘*For cables: South Manitou to North Manitou, Michigan, $2,000.” 
Last year we built a cable over to South Manitou from the mainland 
and connected it with the island. It is an important harbor in the 
