The sun., 1891-11-16
SOME PROMISE OF RAIN.
MIR. DUNN GERS OUT mrs UMBRELLA
AND PROPHESIES

AND PR0P8EsLES
There May Not be Mseh water. sut u vvm
be Better Thsn Nose-sunsay Crowds
" Inspect the Reservoirs IN Central Park
Private stock Water In Hath Tubs.
All the barometers In town yesterday took
big jump. and with tho jump the hearts OF the
of,cials who have charge of the water fell
high barometer under ordinary circumstances
does not mean rain. But up In the signal ser
vice ONCE where Local Forecast OGicial Dunn
makes maps. the weather sharp said that whom
the barometer made SO big jump 80 suddenly
It meant something besides clear weather.
Tho weather sharps in Washington agreed
with him. for they sent up telegram to
have storm sigrals set all along tho coast
The sharps said tho Jump might moan
wind storm only. or IL might mean wet
storm-they couldn't tell until thoy got reports
from other parts Of the country The reports
came in at 10 o'clock last night Mr.. Dunn
went to his closet and got outshis umbrella
and overshocs. The reports told him that the
rain storm he had discovered on Saturday
down in Texas had got up into the lake region
and was pouring water out there-about half
an inch or so. 1t was heading northeast, and
thore was every indication that 1t would hold
to that direction. Tho centre would pass over
tho northern part OF New York and the tall
would whip around New York city and ths
watershed. Mr.. Dunn told THE suN reporter
that the tail would do this some time this
afternoon. and that tho rain would probably
continue until Tuesday morning. He didn't
carried his umbrella home with him last night.
Tho croton reservoirs in Central Park yea-
s5aay tnlm s wae Snt 81
water. The talk about tho possibility Of
famine brought out crowd Sl persons Who VINO
Old square reservoirs s vol was dry. while in IL
deep at tSs S deepest point. right p the centre
Of the seventeen.acre basin; The walls ot
this reservoir were strenaSed. n SHOWING T alS tIs
the downward down M Hs; mo1smcnt began TIE highest
above the surface Of the water; For a foot ali
around the reservoir at this height the stones
wh es
was reached. Here and there in the basin there
S6ose htsss sss Sstsr snSns like
supply they should have been from ten to
s a1sF eSss so0
observatory for nearly an hour In tho after.
noon. and listened to the eopments M, IhGrs ere
visible sui supply: and they held ZIP their hands
The, water fully ten minutes One said. "seel
other ssid my shas mothsss hssst tOSy ye tbs shs
an filled 'em all with water. We can't get no
water up in our rooms now. but We don't use
asa. savn IN that Ia I fur III time when there sin't mono
at all Then maybe III LIE; eel any way!
One. Of the men who overheard that said to
haif H" Iad Gss Scheme M guess ri wife sbout
ars snf das ftS5s %
ion We've 60. our bath tubs full besides tSs s.r
sSSfgH fgs In q ha saee s
and sas what hat, wo have got stored will do US for
tell ghst tRs 4dsk sfasdts SsS sSs
wts1 6st d Ss
like the wb stsa by
the stone was about six feet above the surface
Of the water; That showed where the water = f r
water was 80 feet 6I inches deep. That was
the same as on SATURDAY and DIV was about y, X
resefso4 Wss teand M perns
water tSs people hS had Gp h In hand dsFS
asy ew ne 81 naa
sSs Sa Ss The pRsop Rsfs G1 IT,
could get along with. This was being done BY
manipulation OF the gates W Tue various
mains ..,. at,
"if he can fiji his pitcher In two seconds he
will fli it whether he needs pitcheriul or not;
he can get along with half pitcheriul he vii will
turn off tho water when the pitcher Is half full
Half pitcherful is not much to save but nal
a million half pitcherfuls amount to great
deal. There Is no way OF telling accurately
Ehs. " asti@atea she astiS gallons
saving Of 900 10000 gallons l think myself
that It is less than O.OOO.OOO gallons perhaps
10 OOO.OOO less"
reports OF any kind about the water since Sat
urday morning. He refused to estimate the
days it would last. It was absolutely impossLi; T.
the flow Of the Croton River. The flow had
| rain held of the less that flow would be.
The engineer talked about Rain M maker
All That can gather. he said, ,.,ia lis that ths
| very hard to make rain out OF nothing. Under
| certain conditions 1t is very easy to make rain
come Unless those conditions are. present ]
do not believe It is possible. and II the condi-
| Ing"