Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1907 — GOTHAM A-SHIVERING [ARTICLE]

GOTHAM A-SHIVERING

“Good Old Summer Time" Arrives with a Blue Nose and Bad Cold. SHAMES SHOW FROM HER 8088 Swirls Around SkyscTUpwr Roost, bat Gets Little Lower. Nover Touches the Ground, Although the Temperature There Is 4S and Weather Rainy, Windy and Cussed. New York, June 3.—Snow fell in New York yesterday, the first Sunday in the summer month of June. The flakes were not of the sort that make sleighing and snow balls, nor did they fafijas snow all the way to the pavements, but they swirled about the tops of the skyscrapers and before dissolving added a mid-winter touch to the most remarkable June 2 that New Yorkers have known. At the warmest moment of the day the temperature was officially recorded as 51 degrees. At 10:20 a. m. the mercury had dropped to 45. At 8 o’clock at night it was 47. At the local weather bureau, where a conservative view is always taken, the day was admitted to be the contest recorded here on the 2nd of June. There Was a “Refreshing” Breese. A stiff breeze, accompanied by a heavy rainfall, prevailed throughout the day, which was about as cheer-

less as could be imagined. Holiday excursions generally were abandoned and the pleasure resorts were without patrons. The day broke with a fresh gale that swept over the city wits startling effect. At an early hour the wind attained the velocity of fifty miles an hour. The-brunt of the blast was felt in the Bronx, where a twostory half completed frame house, trees and fences were blown down. One Holiday a Dead Loes.

As a holiday the Sunday was lest, and few who could remain Indoors ventured out A week ago 150,000 persons visited Coney island; yesterday the placed was deserted. The only suggestion of summer was the open trolley ears, which carried well bundled up, but shivering passengers. For the first time since the resort was established not a boat put out for Coney island.

Such Weather Is Costly, Too. The losses incident to the recent unseasonable weather, it is estimated, will amount to millions of dollars in Greater New York alone. The merging of winte£ and summer and the consequent smaller demand for spring attire,has been a serious blow to clothing merchants, while other lines have been simllary affected. Thousands of amusement promoters who pay high for concessions based on their fairweather earning values, and others whose fortunes vary with the weather, have already suffered -greatly, and in many instances it is said the effect will be financially disastrous. And the Summer Resorts—B-r-r-r. From up the state come reports of wintry weather. In the Catskills, where many New Yorkers have already taken up summer quarters, some of the mountain peaks are snowcapped. There were two heavy snowsqualls there yesterday.