New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-03
MAY-DAY PHENOMENA.
LITTLE MOVING, PLENTY OF WEATHER..
THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE sEAsoN-THE FIRST
THUNDER SHOWER AND OLD HUMIDITY
COME TO TOWN TOGETHER.

THUNDER SuOWEN AMI JILL AAN-NADNN
COME TO TOWN TOGETHER.
MAY Day and moving day used to lie synonymes'
but language and customs are changing ana 'iey ho
[, longer exactly correspond Yesterday was not May
Day proper but It had to answer for it, Fewer people
than usual left NcwIOrk for the nelehDOrihs cucs'
The greater number of those who did went 10 New
Jersey The gaemen At the Brooklyn Bridge SAID that
| the number of going TO BROOKLYN was hiuoi
less than last year and that those bringing ioaoS "
| New-York from Brooklyn While not by any means
numerous, exceeded those going the other way a
good many small tradesmen were seen gong 10
| BROOKLYN with their shop fixtures. The movers DE-
| Ionced IN all grades in the scale OF wealth. There
| we,r small wagons with few pieces Of the Oldest
and cheapest and battered furniture ana thcfe
wore gcat covered decorated vans carrying 'ar'cu
mahogany and rosewood liberal estimate OF the
number of families moving over the Bridge DOM
ways would be 100. .
4, rulton Ferry no one seemed to know that IL
was moving day only one van had crossed the
,r.r ,hsre and that came from Brooklyn for shelter
island The uptown ferries, however, did their fair
share of the moving business At the Cortiahdts'
ferry II was said that the travel mad beeh eic"or
Than for ten years. Vans had been goinS oVor
,h river ever since April Is and In fifteen days inc
c,,sman tbough, at least 800 loads Of furniture had
rossed and that The rush would continue 'ihtii inc
middle Of tho month. Most of these movers arc Well
edo They only go away for the summer. Few
Immigrants from Ncw-Jersey were reported Many
~ those who do leave that State 60 to Brooklyn ana
Long Island for the summer. Few people moNeu 10
Jersey CITY, Tie Payona Ferry carried almost no
vans. u,.
Tho ,ruckmen made the most Of the day. What
thev would have been content to do month ago
tor 80 or 81 Yesterday they charged 81 and IS for
ono householder complained that he had to pay MO
,or the carne of n two-horsc wagon-load OF goods
ono mile in New-York. The charge for taking a
horse load across the East River varied from
S3 TO 70. The Inv allows $2 for two miles ior
a onc-horse truck load and 90 cents extra ior
every additional mile. For two-horse trucks
the rate Is 50 for two miles ana al Tor every al
dt,onal mile. The allowance for unpacklns vans is
so cents and 90 cents extra for every hoor above
the first to which the furniture Is carried.
Centa Park yesterday was In an Ideal conultloh
for Maypoles and May queens, and dances on the
green, but there were no May parties there They
will not come until next saturday.
summer came 10 town In earnest and brought TO
New-York the warmest day of the season. III WAS
degrees warmer than April a. for the thermometer
registered 81 degrees. There were other things 10
make the day remarkable. The first thunderstorm
Of the year made Its appearance, with lightning ana
heavy rains. Humidity, also the old sinner made
his entry, and exeitc all his malice to have things
unpleasant. The wiltcd collar and the gloomy Gun
bore witness TO the heat The fly screens again took
the place OF closed windows. Hats were worn well
back from glstening forcheads, and tho overcoat'
welcome enough on sunday, was thrown aside. The
shady sides OF the streets were crowded
50 were the bars and the soda water
fountains. The summer suit came forth In pride, and
open hor,e-cars followed suit. 1t was hot, indeed,
and generous tribute OF perspratOn was offered up
on summers altar.
Al 5 a. m. the thermometer in the Weather BurcNn
marked 81 degrees at IL a. IN. IL had jumped 10 't
aud Mt noon IL registered 81. But about 4 r. M IL
began fall rapidly. Then clouds obGnitd uie
dazzling SUM- the wind shifted and suddenly q pd.hd
light famed In the south. ii was the first lightning
of the season. Following II came the rumbing ana
pcaling Of the thunder and then rain began 10 pour
down in torrents. -
The humidity was SO degrees In the morning, %
degrees at and 50 degrees just before The storm
broke,