New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-03
RICH DISPLAY IN THE WEST.
SUNSETS GORGEOUS TINTs coNTRAsTED
WITH THE INKY BLACkNESS
or 1>rJr,NDER-

About this time Of the year considerable money
Is annually expended by advertisers OF summer re-
sorts in adding just line about our magnincent
sunsets" In fact. sunsets are the strongest point
about many European resorts, and money Is co,hea
out Of them; but It is doubtful II any ianooro
often treats his guests TO a rarer more weird sun
set than New-yorkers saw last evening over the
Jersey hills for nothing.
This was a combination Of sunshine and shower.
of vivid lightning and rose-colored streamers OF
robins blue ether and blacklist thunder clouds. OF
Threatening TEMPEST and almost rainbow promise
The sun had evidently made up his mind to set
inst IN the ordinary way He perhaps appreciated
the fact that New Workers had had little too much
of him yesterday anyway. He was accordingly get
ting out of sight unostentatiously when suddenly
fierce wind sprang up in the west. and, rolling TO-
retter immense banks OF inky rainclouds sprinkieo
the hot city streets with grateful shower anu
d,ffused a delicious cooiness through the atnos-
phere and threatened TO obscure his race eh'iie!'
This such contrast 10 the sun ai'-oss pe
Torrance such an evident attempt to put dampe,
ON him and hurry his departure that he resented
st. and a fight began.
Putting forth all the energy ne coulu spaio W
roasting the people out West. the sun threw
broad glare OF brazen lustre at the tempest. Inc
s,oru clouds retorted with binding bolt OF chaln
lightning and closed in a little The sun orumpiea
mn the thin edges Of the advancing foe and burned
them TIL they grew red hot More storm ciouus
rushed TO their rescue from the northwest ieaVns
q clear blue patch Of Sky behind. Ihey iairiS
stormed the old mans position. He. Tor OBVIOUS
reasons could not stop TO dispel them, and. with
final discharge OF dazzling. zigzags. they rolled
over his wake and blotted him out. II was a
gorgeous storm fight while it tasted.
The rain OF last evening was not needed for the
water supply Of the city however much 1t may
have been needed for growing crops in the country
districts. Until yesterday. although there had been
no rain for q few weeks. water still ran to waste
over the Croton Dam and all the reservoirs were
full Chief Engineer Birdsall OF the Croton Aque-
duct said yesterday that there could not be
scarcity Of for this city at this season of the
year.
The day began with midsummer heat: The
highest temperature recorded by the Weather
Bureau officials So degrees, at 2 p. m, which
means about ten degrees higher in the streets
Yesterday was not. however. like Monday rec
ord-breaking day for both in 1884 and 1894 the
Weather Bureau recorded SO degrees.
About o'clock the clouds began TO gather. and
81 looked though the weather prophets thunder.
shower was coming. The wind kept shifting, and
finally at dusk brought the welcome but all TOO
brief shower from the northwest
The Weather Bureau insisted that there was
little humidity yesterday, although TO a layman
II did seem as though there must have been a
great deal more than usual. The whole trouble, II
seems, was pure heat.