The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
THE HOTTEST DAY
OF THE YEAR.
And How 1t Changed the
Ordinary Course of
Trade.
WAS MADE A HOLIDAY.
Sent the People in Search Of
Sea Breezes and Shady
hooks.
IT WILL BE COOLER TODAY
The Weather Prophet Promises Lower
Temperature With a Possible
Fog.
IT WILL BE COOLER TODAY.

The steamer" had long, Sizing sound
yesterday. The steamer has certain no
table qualities at all times. Yesterday its
jagged edges rose UP in the heated atmos-
phere very like a rugged giant in the land.
and men took off their hats to it with
new reverence. They realized as they had
never before done, what thing had been
accomplished when California evolved the
steam beer.
Yesterday was a very warm day. Warm
days are uncommon in San Francisco, as
has often been said, and when they take
their lonely place in the calendar, unex-
pected as they are, they present curious
studies in temperature-the effect of heat
upon men in the mass; how few degrees
Fahrenheit, more or less, will divest city
full of people from their accustomed ways
of living.
For instance, the ordinary complexion
of Kearny and Montgomery, and the other
OF the busy streets running north and
south, was completely changed by the
slant rays of the afternoon sun. The east
side looked like the chosen path of desola-
ton. Scarcely an individual was to be
seen along its whole length. The blinds
were drawn over the windows and the face
of the buildings glared in the sun blank
and deserted.
Just across the street in the shade, a
difference, say of fifty feet, there was
contrast presented that, if it continued
the year around, would run up the price of
property over there enormously. The
sidewalk was crowded with people taking
life as leisurely as they could and patron
izing certain lines of trade-the long,
Jagged, Sizing steamer" for instance
in an astonishing fashion.
People are very busy, or say they are,
and yet it is remarkable how a little
ascent OF abe mercury in the tube will
bring about a holiday-will practically
suspend the course of trade. Things that
were so important that they must be done
instanter take on asvague uncertain aspect
and are finally postponed until tomorrow.
The whole City turned its attention yes
terday to getting on the shady side of the
street, so to speak. All business but that
which offered relief from the heat Ian.
guished like the people. The ferry boats
were thronged with people all day, a very
great number of whom patronized them
for the fresh air and shelter from the sun
they offered. Crowds OF people rode back
and forth between this City, Oakland,
Tiburon and Sausalito without leaving the
boat except to secure and surrender their
tickets.
With East street almost deserted the
ends of the projecting piers were crowded
with people getting as far out in the water
as possible. Streetcars did an immense
business and the Cliff House and other re-
sorts were proportiona tely alive.
| And yet it was not hot yesterday as heat
or hot days are reckoned. The highest
mark of the mercury was 81 degrees. At
Fresno it rose to 102. AT Los Angeles it
stood at SO for a time. At Yuma il
climbed to ITO.
| The forecast artist promises cooler
weather to-day in this City