The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03

ity. the suns ally" added Elias; hes
Tying th IN h's Level best to square himself
10 per cent. above the normal. II he
goes up any further there won't be any
stand n,Ii It II, New York AS it is. this
Eut talking of the rain is a more pleas
ing theme. Indeed, aot only did the
great drops drive away the ,caloriic that
STRENGTHENING Commissioner Andrewss
best efforts never brought about. 1t
made the streets look as clean and tidy
filth. Nor was this any wonder. as, in
the brief while that it lasted, the rain
fall was 7O-100 inches. which Weather
Gauger Elias Dunn considered quite
phenomenal.
Not being prepared for so much of the
cooling liquid many PARTS of the city
presented deluse-like appearance for
awhile.
Rain Made n Lake on West Broad
The big lot on the northwest corner of
West Broadway and Beach street, now
being eXcayated for the new Wool En-
change building, was converted into a
lake in less than half an hour this
morning by the overflow from the main
sewer on West Broadway, which could
not carry the heavy volume Of water
storm. The fourteen men and sixteen
carts employed by NJ. Larkin & Sons
were driven out of the lot by the tor
four S.inch sewer pipes which connect
not plugged up when the old buildings
9 on the lot were torn down and exca-
The lot has 25O-foot front on St.
Johns lanet which bounds it on the
west side. and $50 feet frontage re-
spectively on Beach street and West
Broadway. When the rain ceased there
was an average depth of three feet of
water over the entire lot.
Boys Disappointed.
delight by the numerous small boys Of
the neighborhood, who anticipated a
grand time navigating rats and pad
ding about in it. The foreman Of the
get hurt, barricaded the entrances OF
the lot. The boys consoled themselves
BY towing miniature Nigilants and Bri-
tannias around the edges or the lake
from the sidewalks.
There are about twenty old sewer
pipes opening on the lot from the three
sides of the excavation. but only those
In the Beach street bank carried any
water into the place.
The big seven-story brick building, &C.
ssIn 1, by F; w, Engs sons, whole WHOLE
boundary of the lot, it Was thought.
might be weakened by the water, but
The firm and the contractors say there
no danger of its being injured.
Restaurant Flooded.
Everetts restaurant at 9s Barclay
street. looked this morning like relic
from the days Of Noah. The whole place
cunning clean through to Vesey street
MAS Hooded two feet deep, and required
me constant efforts of ten men to keeI
tanleS from swimming away.
simultaneously with the first downpoul
aa 55 the tide in the North Rive
factors, cooperating with a ten-mile
per-hour wind. sent big. turgid streams
~ nv water rushing into the restauran
shouted Cashier Vessels.
Brooms? What brooms! Oars. say
exclaimed oae Of the half dozen guests sas
Sno had just settled down to break
n.Aaote ommuter from Jersey who hat
t tne man who was clamoring for oars
ooK matters very coolly.
dsaMI folks out In Jersey know how I.
ais iootgear and rolling up his trouser
ABOVE his knees.
,noIIt, kinder spons the breakfast
part Of ne 6 Saded h,i ming ms mouth W.T. wv
Had to Carry Him Out.
amall;slze man, with a treble voice
cas-. cas- Vainly trying to get somebody L
esrry him out OF the flood.
IE.Sgq a the iptlai letter Sf the cash
" name rather appropriately like
M piease get me out of this"
his plea was at last heard and two o
hre walters. stopped work with thei
Moons Moons long enough to carry the SINAI
nan al, TO place OF safety.
ye, ibese floods occur about twice
inches below high tide, and wheneve
W. %sha and rain and tide come togethe
how dose OF 1t. There is no danger
lever, and everybody who knows u
nwSiare OF this condition OF affairs
curing the rain-storm the insulatio