The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-11
THE DROUGHT IS ENDED.
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DAYS sHOWKRS.

Mare Rsan TreaaseA WITH . Rrsspset shat
che storage Ressrvosrs Nay - KlneA
As.,n-TAe stsra 10 WiasspreaA.
local Forecast Agent Dunn says that the
danger Of water famine has passed. On the
man he Issued yesterday no displayed two big
storms both heading for the Croton water
shed. Ono had nearly got there That was
tNe one that let fall nne shower Of spray In
this city yesterday. Il was such big affair
that Il stretched clear to Mobile Il carried
n,ost OF It's water In It's tall Il dropped 304
inches In Nashville. 308 In Mobile Ito in
Jouisyille. Liz In st. Louis. and averaged an
inch at all the other places under its tail Mr..
Dunp said this tail would surely whip around
~. usnn watershed y.t this morning. Enough rain
,o,l on the shed from the head yesterday to
,set and ali the ground. 30 that when the big
csr fall comes It viii run right on into the
lakes and reservoirs.
The other storm that was pictured on tho
wan was fooline along in the Northwest with
ia nose this way and its big body pouring
dovn water on tho border StateA Mr.. Dunn
ss,d II would get its gait to-day. probably. and
would como whooping along right on top Of
tha other one These two storms would MI all
ths reservoirs and the lakes and rivers Of the
vstershed to Overlooking.
The reason for the scarcity d water. Mr..
Dunn said. Il that We are shy Just . month's
.unnly OF rain. The normal rainfall In New
yo,h IA AZ inches q month. That much will
van ali the streams In the State very full Of
s,ster. and any less will lower them consid.
stsbly.
normal At the end Of July there WAS AT
innhes over, At the end Of March 2e0. ON April
II. there was 333 over. but By the end It had
fallen to l0o over. II crept mp 10 191 ct the
and Of May. Then came the slump and IFS
been slumpins ever since At tho end Of June
II was 80 Of an inch beloy The normal at the
end end Ss 3 ae 81 e fas
IL Soysnber only :os 8 e insh q mr. isii
was A.; ovor FOR good. and that the end Of this
69"S%a%isssns. aiisoy; 9,5ase sna i shs sfse
BlrdsaiI. had not heard the cheerful prediction
when Sum reporter called on Thorn. They
mo-
the water had fallen feet inches in Twenty;
s ss4sss res 81 nie had nesss N
h sss ash R SsDs S SsR %. the
fnnt wa at Made nfSR b1spoS "
GSe dpeg q oerf eG sond II tss
sioomiiy. and remarked that the people did
not heed the warnIne Of the department to
'fsR the Eares 81 he said h.t the peo
pie use just as much water now az they did be.
fore the warning. and II 10 g fact that one-half
r. waste sas bs '1s &c
water is al mstered and they have e pay ior
aasnes., The waste is with the people in the
7 had sS1e eas
at high service as told In THE SUN yesterday.
That was all. he said. that could be done.
f. ETA L did didn't It; amount moi . drop in the
Some parts Of the city felt the scarcity Of the
people had to give mp bathing. and washing
clothes. There was no water at all above the
first floor and very insipida AZ streams below #
boiler Down town in the tall tenements on
the east side water was also scarce. In very
L absve the shrd or fourth oos
70 ct water: Il was hard work for the women
many saea e
% %sts cS%Plaipts. they were ali sent t e zee
about the possible CONSEQUENCE OF waste.
There was some speculation among the ON
and in the other offices in the Chambers street
H BUILDING abopt What would be done in case
they got to the watershed. It was almost
agreed that Uncle Jerry Rusk's rain makers
they did in the West One man remarked that
Uncle Rusk had missed q chance to earn ever
Just think" he said. HE had the iniorms-
ton and the maps before anybody else. and
he could have hustled rainmakers up to the
the credit without any trouble. But perhaps"
the man added. he had heard OF the rredic-
lions Of the Weather Bureau before. and didn't