log OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 211 Published Monthly by the American Meteorological Society. Publication Office: 66 High Street, Worcester, Mass. es d erst Vol. 5. Address all Communications to "Secretary, Am. Meteorological Soc., MARCH, 1924. WASHINGTON MEETING OF THE SOCIETY No. 3. The annual spring meeting of the Society will be held in Washington, D. C., at the Central Office of the Weather Bureau, probably on Tuesday, April 29. The date will be definitely announced in the next BULLETIN. This meeting will probably consist of two sessions, both in the daytime, instead of one in the afternoon and one in the evening as has been the case in past years. Facilities have now been provided for the holding of shi day-time sessions in which the lantern is required. Clin embe All members of the Society desiring to present papers at this meeting will kindly send titles and abstracts to the Secretary, at Clark University, ity Worcester, Mass., not later than April 5, in order that the full announcement of the program may appear in the April BULLETIN. A Secretary pro tem, Dr. C. L. Meisinger, has been appointed at the Central Office in enke Washington, and titles and abstracts may be given directly to him by those at that office. Tale MINUTES OF THE CINCINNATI MEETING At noon all those at the meeting were handed complimentary tickets and quickly transported in 12 automobiles furnished by business men of Cincinnati, to the Chamber of Commerce. Fifty-two enjoyed the excellent luncheon arranged by W. C. Culkins, Executive Vice-President, and James A. Reilly, President Coal Dealers' Association. Mr. W. C. Devereaux, as toastmaster, first introduced Mr. A. Julius Freiberg, VicePresident of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Freiberg extended the guests a most cordial welcome on behalf of the Chamber. Then after briefly remarking on his personal contacts with Meteorology at Harvard through Professor W. M. Davis, and Dr. T. A. Jaggar, Jr., of to whom the latter was present, Mr. Freiberg showed that the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce not only had been strongly interested in meteortheology for over 50 years, but had in 1869 financed the first telegraphic collection of reports for weather forecasting. Mr. Freiberg then requested Mr. W. C. Devereaux, as member of the Chamber of Commerce, the American Meteorological Society and local representative of the Weather Bureau, to act as toastmaster. Mr. Devereaux remarked that the busitness men of the "Queen City of the West" were greatly surprised to hear that river transportation had passed from the "Beautiful Ohio" with the passing of the ox-cart. He suggested that anyone desiring reliable infor mation on the subject write to the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce or the Ohio Valley Improvement Association. From annual reports of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce (1869) The Board has, upon the suggestion of Professor Cleveland Abbe, of the Cincinnati Observatory, taken the initiatory steps to have a daily weather bulletin placed in the Exchange. It is proposed to have the changes in temperature and the state of the weather telegraphed from various points in the West and Northwest, which, it is hoped, will enable an observer to predict the state of the weather for twenty-four or fortyeight hours. It is believed that these predictions can, through extended observation and experience, be made sufficiently reliable and accurate to be of great use in a commercial point of view, as well as in reference to agriculture, navigation and the science of meteorology. The position of our city is favorable for the attainment of such results, as it is situated in the center of the Ohio Valley, and in the line of storms both from the southwest and northwest. (1870) In response to the suggestion, noticed in our last annual report, the Board perfected arrangements with Professor Cleveland Abbe, of the Cincinnati Observatory, and the Western Union Telegraph Company for the publication of a daily Weather Bulletin, at the expense of the Chamber, for three months. The expenses attendant on this enterprise amounted to nearly $600. The experiment proved to be satisfactory in demonstrating the utility of well-arranged reports; so much so as to be of great influence in securing the establishment of a system of weather observations by the Government, under the direction of the Signal Corps of the army. The undertaking has resulted, also, in the arrangement, by Prof. Abbe, of a system of weather charts, which the W. U. Telegraph Company very generously corrects daily, with reports from all leading points in the country; and which is found to be interesting, as well as very useful in indicating the movement of storms and changes in the weather. Professor C. F. Marvin, Chief, U. S. Weather Bureau, on being introduced expressed his interest in being "where our beginning began." He would like to have compared our present weather map, of which copies for the day were on the table instead of place cards, with the first map constructed in Cincinnati. Continuing, Professor Marvin told how the U. S. Weather Service had to be built up without the benefit of any corresponding services abroad to copy-as they were rising at the same time. He said it was a great inspiration to realize that we were here in Cincinnati today and to enjoy the splendid hospitality. In closing, Professor Marvin spoke of the model meteorological station, the Abbe Observatory in Cincinnati, at which continuous observations of the weather were being made and would be continued for a long time with practically unchanging surroundings. He believed that through a study of long, homogeneous weather records successful forecasting for a long time in advance would become possible. Sir Frederic Stupart, Director of the Meteorological Service of Canada, was next introduced. He remarked that Cincinnati surely is a city of hospitality. He was interested in learning that Cincinnati was the “Queen City of the West," and said "we call Toronto that too." Sir Frederic was pleased to take this occasion to remark on the most amicable and friendly relations between the United States and Canadian weather services from early days. He was "deeply grateful for the magnificent way in which we have been treated." Finally, Sir Frederic felt confident that Professor Marvin was correct in expecting a longer range of forecasts. |