Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-28
T0RRIDFALL WEATHER
Still Keeps Pittsburg People in a
Ninety-Degree Stew.
NOT UNUSUAL, BUT DISAGREEABLE.
Crowds of People Pour Into the Parks and
Other Cool Places.
RAINMAKERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE

days past, The weather man has prophe-
sled relief to no effect SO far.
He has scanned the whole coun-
try and canght glimpses of numerous
cool waves and rain clouds, but for some
reason they have all steered clear of Pitts
burg. 1t has been reported that the West
ern rainmakers have had largely to do with
this state of affairs, forminga q corner on
GOODNESS and appropriating it all to their
own own use.
Scientists and rainmakers deny the
assertion and produce score
of theoretical explanations Astronomers
which the blame can be placed. Some sages
have found relations between the recent
earthquakes in the West and the unusual
heat here,
THE MOON ACCUSED OF IT.
Even the moon has been accused of hav-
ing hand in the matter, and thirsty dogs are
thus given an additional excuse for direct
ing their nocturnal remarks towards that
fair orb. A thousand learned minds put
forth as many unanswerable solutions to
the question. On the other hand, the mass
of humanity simply swears.
A hot Sunday in Pittsburg, such as yes
terday, is decidedly disagreeable affair.
Numerous students of human health have
declared that under the stimulating infu-
ence of active occupation the depressing
as when mind and body are both unoccu-
pied. The great portion of the city's popu-
lace, utilizing Sunday as time
for rest and recreation, found
the high temperature much more disagree
able yesterday than the day before, though
the heat was no greater Parks and shady
streets had their ole summertime crowds
and everybody was hunting cool place.
Police hearings yesterday morning produced
good evidence that the cause of temperance
had not been aided by the recent hot
spell. Out of 90 cases at Central
station 1S were in for drunkenness. In
almost every case they accounted for their
condition BY claiming they resorted to
little cool lager to counteract the effect of
the heat Magistrate Gripp, sitting behind
from his face, was filled with extraordinary
sympathy, and administered unusually light
sentences.
LITTLE ABOVE THE AVERAGE.
In spite of the universal complaint there
is apparently very little out of the ordinary
in the present heat. 1t is above the average,
but not so much so as to cause any excite
ment in the Weather Bureau. The principal
cause of discomfort is the fact that the
regular stage of the midsummer mercury
was interrupted by an unprecedented cool
spell few weeks ago. The sudden change
from cold to warm makes the latter so
noticeable The highest temperature of
September in 1889 was 900 on the first day
of the month. Last year the highest point
reached during the month was $50 on the
9th. So far the highest for the
present month was 90.1O on
the 21st. These figures show
that within three years the warmest DAYS of
September have been within little over 90
the same. Yesterdays temperature was
about the same as Saturday. At 8 A. NJ. it
marked go; shortly after noon the 900
mark was reached, and at 8 P. NJ. it was
800. Reports from other points on or east
of the Mississippi show a similar state of
affairs. In Columbus and St. Louis 900
was the top mark, while in Indianapolis
800 were registered.
VAIN ATTEMPTS TO KEEP COOL
The desideratum with everybody yester-
day was to get into the shade, and if in the
of a breeze, so much the
better The various rapid transit lines
were well patronized, and a certain amount
of relief from the monotonously heavy
weight of heat which hung over the cities
was secured by the aid of the artificial breeze
due to the speed of the cars. The conductors
on the Fifth avenue line said they hauled
more people out to Schenley than on any
Sunday in midsummer, and certainly the
vacant aspects presented by the
houses in the residence quarters went to
show that the occupants were seeking refuge
from the heat somewhere remote from their
usual habitats Schenley's vet leafy trees,
browning here and there by touch from
autumns hand, afforded shelter from the suns
rays without lessening the cooling in
huences of what little breeze blew over the
and up along the ravines. High
land Park, in part well shaded, had its
coteries of citizens, young and old, grave
and gay, bent on the one purpose of dis
counting the temperature as much as pos
sible. Heron Hill and Central Park also
residents who lived adjacent
SEARCHING FOR SOME SHADE.
AS if by common consent, the hotel guests
vacated the corridors and Joined the resi-
dents in ''excursioning" in quest of shade
and cool spot. Travellers who made time
to write letters or read papers, took off
their coats to the task, and even in the
proper Hotel Duquesne might be
found a guest with his coat off. Around the
hotels, too; could be heard the usual anath-
ematizing of Pittsburg Sunday. The CON-
plants took the usual pitch, and the
songs sung were not as hotel clerks
and reporters have been hearing for
the last three years. There was an
art exposition; why could it not be opened
on Sunday for the amusement of the people
and as means of killing time? The the
aters were all closed; could net a sacred
concert be given in any one or two of them?
Where can one drive to with the street cars
owning the town? And so on ad infinitum.
The hotel proprietors are not complain
ing, though. They are all doing the busi-
ness they can handle. The Anderson has
200 applications for rooms for this
week alone. Another aspect of the hot !
weather is that drummers handling winter
goods cannot get storekeepers to give them |
a thought Many men in different lines |
have left for other cities with the intention |
of returning here when the weather gets
Seasonable Travellers at the hotels say this |
continued hot weather beats anything in |
their experience. They never before re-
member such phenomenally hot weather at
this time of the wear.
NoRTHSIDERs AMONG THE SUFFERERS
Allegheny's parks, hilltops and other
breathing spots were crowded yesterday,
from sweltering morn till smmering eve,
with perspiring, uncomfortable throng.
They were searching for cool spots, but found
them not, and grew hotter and hotter as
they pursued their quest. The park with
scared and blistered grass, dead leaves and
half denuded trees was not the cool, breezy,
shady place that 1t is generally represented
to be, and the heat which beat down upon
the ground hung about under the trees, and,
while the people on the streets perspired,
those on mark benches simDly and nfainly