The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-01
sun GOD KEPT
HIMSELF BUSY
WEATHER OF LAST TWO DAYS
EXCESSIVELY WARM.
Ninety-two Degrees Was the Max
imum Temperature Attained
Yesterday and on Saturday 1t Was
Even Higher, Ninety-four Being
the High-water Mark - Many
scrantonians Spent Yesterday at
Lake Lodore and Nay Aug Park.
Rapid Rise of the Thermometer.

saturday and yesterday proved
themselves scorchers and the man be-
hind the soda water counter did a
rushing business. on Saturday the
warmest temperature of the season
was attained and yesterdays register
ings did not fall far shy of the pace
set on the previous day.
Ninety-four degrees was the maxi
mum result of the blistering attempts
of Saturday, and this was just one
degree higher than the highest point
the thermometer reached in New
York city, where the day was re-
ported to be one of the warmest ex-
perienced in some moons. In weather,
as in everything else, Scranton needs
take a back seat to no city on the
broad face of the universe.
And when il comes to real hot,
sweltering weather, why we can tri-
umphantly place small chunks of
lumber on our shoulders and defy all
corners to knock off the same chips.
HEAT WAS SEVERE.
Saturday was severely felt in Scran-
ton. as was also yesterday, but never
theless the city has been remarkably
prostrations. Yesterdays maximum
neat was not as great as on Saturday,
but still the difference in climatic
conditions was not so great that any
one would have been warranted in
wearing spring overcoat. or dis
playing the padded beauties of a
Raglan.
Ninety-two degrees was the crown
ing result of the merry sun gods jo-
vial attempts yesterday and these
soothing figures were reached at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The real
pleasant sultry weather began at noon
when 81 degrees in the shade was
reached. At 10 o'clock the thermo-
meter by careful and industrious ef-
forts had climbed to SIS. With praise
worthy diligence 1t continued it's up
ward steps and at o'clock the afore-
mentioned solar deity smiled benign
antly at an SO degrees marking, in
creased the pressure and warbled
something which sounded suspiously
like the air the Rough Riders sang as
their paen when they ascended San
Juan hill.
MERCURY WENT UP.
Inc mercury whiZZed up three de-
srees in the next hour and when %
appeared on his score board, Mr.. Sun
God felt he had done a square days
work and lay back and famed him
self The temperature dropped one
degree during the next hour, and re-
manned around the 90 mark until
about s o'clock.
ON the hot city streets, thermometers
of course registered far higher mark
ings, and in some cases showed an
even hundred above at 3 and o'clock
Scrantonians were only too glad to
leave the central city for the day and
availed themselves of every oppor-
tunity. The three regular trains
which the Delaware and Hudson rail-
road company runs 10 Lake Lodore
were all crowded. both the afternoon
and two morning trains carrying a
very heavy traffic to the pleasant re-
sort
Nay Aug Park proved the popular
resort that it has always demonstrat-
ed itself and thousands of persons
availed themselves or the solace and
relief from the suns cruel rays af-
forded by the cool rocks and leafy re-
treats. The Scranton Railway COM
pany cam to the rescue in the after
noon with eight extra cars, which
gave a service of one car every four
minutes on the line. Every car was
thronged with men, women and chill
dren, who, in some cases, rode on the
roof or occupied the fender