The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-24
SAVANNAH AS A COOLER.
II Beats Some of the Summer Resorts
All Hollow.


All Hollow.
While the passenger agents of the
railroads, and the proprietors of the
summer resorts elsewhere do not wish
1t TO appear so, Savannah is really one
of the coolest places in the country at
this time. There are people who have
to do stunts under the monday sun
who may also be a little dubious about
it, but the fact is Savannahians who
are at home are having a much pleas
anter time than the unfortunates who
rushed away to escape the heated
term.
While there are moments during the
day when ii is not pleasant people in
supposedly cooler sections of the coun-
try are topping over from the heat,
and in some cases never get up again.
Such is not the case here, and there is
seldom an hour during the day when a
refreshing breeze is not blowing. The
nights, too, are cool, and even those
who live in the tenement sections of
the city find no trouble in slum boring.
Inc weather man is authority for
all of this and he has the figures to
back him up. He recalls that several
summers ago, when a member of the
sporting fraternity jumped out of town,
to escape the unpleasantness of going
to trial, and probably being forced 60
spend few days in prison, Judge Fall
ligant of the Superior Court spoke a
parable The court at that time told
counsel for the defendant that he con-
sldered Savannah a health resort of
the first water, and that no better
place could be found to spend the sum-
mer months, and that the sport should
have been so informed by the attorney
Judge Falligant is backed up in his
official opinion. by facts and figures,
despite all that the summer resort
press agent may say to the contrary.
Not only is 1t cool in Savannah. but
according to the records at the weather
bureau, it is steadily getting cooler as
the summer advances, and already 1901
is 346 degrees behind in temperature,
This is rather a remarkable deficiency.
and unless Old Sol let's up on other
sections. and devotes his entire time.
and attention to this city, Savannah
will remain in a distinct class among
the other places on the South Atlantic.
July is helping to make a name for
Savannah, and thus far the month is
80 degrees short on heat ONLY three
Gays during the month has the tenn
perature been above the normal, and
those were not hot days by any means.
Inc maximum temperature Yesterday
was only Sc degrees, and the deficien-
cy was increased one degree on the
third there was an excess in tempera-
ture OF l degree; on the 18th, de-
grees, and on the 18th 6 degrees. Thus
1t is that Savannah is envied even nv
Savannahians who are out of the city.
put who hear from the wise stay-at
MONIES, and, too, read the official fig
ures in the newspaper.
strange as 1t may seem July is also
a trife short on rainfall The exact
amount is AS of an inch, and the farm
ers are perfectly willing to let it go
at that They have about all the rain
that they care for, at the present. and
would not care if there should be a let
up for while. Showers are predicted
for to-day, and they will probably ap-
pear with dash of thunder and light
ming.
The weather men in the government
building don't attempt to predict for
more than SO hours, and think that
they are taking a long chance then.
Three days is the maximum with I'm
Gle Sans forecasters. and they think
that they are hot bones" when they
get 1t straight then. Atsugges ton that
they take a"DeVoe long, shot" and say
something about the weather three
years from now is looked upon as a
joke, and no reliance is placed on what
the long distance prophets have to say.
DeVoe predicts a storm for Savannah
during the latter part of this month,
but the weather observer doesn't know
anything about it. He does not say
that the independent weather man will
not hit it right, but surely he will not
display the hurricane signals because
of prediction so far in advance. The
government officials say thatAif storm
begins making up in the gulf and
starts in this direction the public will
be officially notified within thirty-six
hours. Three days will give the people
plenty of time to prepare to face the
elements, and they will not be need
lessly worried so far in ADVANCE