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and for $10 a month, paid to a displayman, we will be able to hoist 
the signals. It will bring that whole island into communication with 
the world and it will give all of those thousands of fishermen the benefit 
of the warnings. They have a good many storms down there and 
sometimes quite a number of people are drowned. 
The Cuatrman. There are a great many places in the United States 
where the same reason would apply ? 
Professor Moore. There are not many places where we own part 
of the telegraph service. Most places have telegraphic communica- 
tion through the Western Union or some other company. Here the 
Government owns the telegraph line. 
The Cuarrman. What is the nearest telegraph station? 
Professor Moorr. Kitty Hawk. 
The Cuarrman. How much do you estimate the cost of that line? 
Professor Moore. $10,000, and we asked for $3,000 or $4,000 for 
improving the line generally. 
Mr. Scorr. Where you have stretches of cables, do you do any 
commercial business ? 
Professor Moore. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Scorr. On what terms? 
Professor Moorr. My report shows that we turned in a little over 
$5,000 last year. We do not use that money and can not use it. We 
turned in a little over $5,000. 
Mr. Bowre. You will please submit an estimate next week in regard 
to weather flags for rural mail carriers. 
Professor Moors. Yes, sir. Last year you said, Mr. Chairman, 
there had been no request made on the committee in regard to that 
service. I have in this large bundle of papers [exhibiting papers] let- 
ters asking for the flag service on the rural free-delivery service. Here 
[exhibiting papers] is a list of the requests, with the namesof the places 
from which the requests have come. There are only two from Ala- 
bama, one from East Tallassee and one from Mr. Garrett, at Oxford. 
Mr. Bowiz. How many are there from Alabama? 
Professor Moorr. One from the postmaster at East Tallassee and 
one from Mr. Garrett, at Oxford. You can see from the index list of 
the letters the number of places for which this service is asked. There 
is a whole page for Illinois. These are the requests that have come 
in. Thereis a whole page for Indiana. For lowa there is half a page; 
for Kansas, about half a page; Kentucky, so many; Maine, so many; 
Massachusetts, somany; Michigan, not verymany; Missouri, Nebraska, 
New York, North Carolina, Ohio. We do more in Ohio than in any 
other State in furnishing the rural carrier with forecasts for delivery 
on their routes, and sult yon see that the requests take two full sheets 
just to index them, allowing one line to a place. 
Mr. Scorr. What are you doing now in supplying that demand ? 
Professor Moore. We are reaching about 100,000 farmers. 
Here [exhibiting papers] are requests from Senators and Members 
of Congress that the daily forecasts follow the rural free delivery. 
Mr. Scorr. By what method are you reaching those people now? 
Professor Moorr. The simple method of sending a printed slip. 
Mr. Havucen. How is the slip supplied? 
Professor Moore. It is printed at the local station. 
The Cuarrman. In a great many cases the slips are 24 hours late. 
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