The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-08
A VERY LARGE RAINFALL
f. IL INCHES HASALRE-4DY FlLLEN
HEREYHIS MONTH.

The Rainy Area Confined to the Coast In
The East-yvashouts on Some of the
| Railroads in the Staie-Driveways
Rutted INA Enst Rock Park--ThrcntcD-
ing Weather Prevented Display OF
Easter Hats Yesterday.
There appears to be, according to re-
ports received from the weather bu-
reau last night, prospects of respite
from rain for few days at least. 1t
was stated at the local weather Office
last night that to-day would probably
be clear, cool and pleasant. There was
not very warm weather in sight, but
the indications are that the weather
for several days will be raw and chilly.
The rainfall during the first ten days
has been unprecedented at this time OF
the year for some time. For eight days
there has been rainfall every day and
on some of those days the rainfall was
heavy and continuous There has al
ready fallen this month Ala inches Of
! rain. while during the entire month OF
April, 1900, there was a rainfall Of only
1 1876 inches, while during the first seven
days of April 1900, there was only
trace of rain. In all during the last ten
days there has been rainfall of 556
inches there having been fall of LAP
|linches during the last four days of
March.
In the east the heavy rains lately
. have been confined to the coast consid-
erably more rain having fallen here
| than In Massachusetts and Vermont.
( The rain came from the southwest and
the area started In Texas. Thence 1t
moved northeast and up the Mississippi
| valley, then up the Ohio valley and
eastward 10 the coast reaching the
coast about at the mouth Of the Poto-
mac river. From that point 1t moved
northward and eastward along the
coast, embracing New Haven and
southern Connecticut In the wet area
There has been during the last two
weeks great precipitation everywhere
east Of the Rocky mountains, but in the
northwestern part OF THIS eastern sec
ton the precipitation has been much
OF It, In the form Of snow.
The rain was greatly needed in this
state, the agricultural portion of the
state having been very dry and the rain
was needed to place the ground In good
condition for the planting season. In
some parts of the state the farmers
We're beginning to worry, fearing that
the spring would be so dry as to be
harmful to sprouting crops. This
heavy rain has, however, dissipated
those fears. The heavy storms have
caused some damageto the railroads In
the state by washouts along various
branch lines, but It no instances have
heavy damage Of this Kind been report
ed. Saturday there were several small
washouts along the Northampton divi-
sion, and traffic over the line was some
what delayed In consequence.
The rain has caused the driveways
on East Rock park to become rutted
considerably. the torrents Of water
rushing down. tearing rather deep gull
lies In some of the drives. How extern
sive the damage donelin this respect is
will not be known until Superintendent
Amrhyn of the department of parks will |
have had time to investigate.
The reservoirs about the city which |
supply the city water are all we'll filled |
and at Lake Whitney yesterday great |
volumes of water were pouring over the |
dam.
The supply reservoirs of other cities |
Of the state are also well filled and in /
Hartford 1t is estimated that there are
IN tha cts, xr,t; tx.t.A a.
citys water supply, 1878, 100000 gallons
OF water.
Business In this city was greatly af-
fected by the heavy rain Saturday and
many of the merchants complained that
the day which Is generally good one
for them was poor one for trade. Tor
rents of rain fell Saturday night, but
for all that Chapel street was crowded,
while probably not with the usual large
Saturday night crowd yet with thou
sands Of people whose umbrellas COM
pletely rooted the sidewalks Umbrellas
were not of much use, however, in
keeping out the rain since the wind. k
which was quite strong, drove the rain
In under the umbrellas and few were
the pedestrians who We're not drenched
Everyone took the rain good naturedly
however, except, perhaps, an occasional
unfortunate whose eye had been jabbed
BY a passer-by's umbrella or one down
whose neck q stream of cold water !,
nay have trlcked from a point Of his i
leighbor's umbrella.
Those who went to church or who i
vent upon the streets at the close Of q
church yesterday to gaze upon Easter a
rats or upon the gorgeous apparel :
which usually accompanies the day i
we're disappointed. Not that there have {
lot been thousands Of new East hats :
purchased during the past week but the &
weather was too threatening yesterday Is
o risk the glories Of a brand new hat !,
md the feminine portion of the COM :
nunity evidently laid these apples of Il
heir eyes away to bring out and prance
orth with under fairer skies.
1t IL understood that by general con-
ent next Sunday will be the Easter hat
sunday IL the weather is pleasant I
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