History of the Signal Service

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As one by one, yet all independently, the coast signal Observers on any day tele graph to the central office the same significant tidings of the ocean indications of an Atlantic gale - the intensity and direction of the swell - their concurrent observations often present unmistakable proofs of the presence, course, and progress1ve rate of these menacing storms. The intelligence thus afforded is indispensable to the storm-warning and weather-prediction work of the Washington authorities. But, apart from the meteorological value of such a coast Signal Service, its inci dental contributions to the life-saving stations have already proved of the greatest assistance.