Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-04
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Last seasons rainfall of S.72 inches
has already been surpassed by .09 of an
inch and the end is not yet.
Weatherman Franklin will descend
from his lofty government observatory
office in the Trust building and hieing
himself to some conspicuous hilltop he
will mix potions qualified to bring
about fair weather. This viii not be
for several days yet. His predictions
call for more rain during today, at
the end of which time the seasons rain
fall should be well in the van over
that of 1904, which any well respecting
weather prophet would think a suffi-
cheney
Hatfield said it would rain but the
torrents of water which descended be-
tween II o'clock Thursday night and
the same hour Friday exceeded his ex-
pectations They also exceeded every
ones views on the amount of moisture
for well regulated California climate.
Hatfeld's prediction of eighteen
inches of rain before he should finish
his work of moisture production has
almost lost it's funny side and COM
mences to have meaning, hence Wealth
erman Franklin's determination to go
into the potion mixing business himself
but for different results.
Steady Downpour
After Thursday nights rain for an
hour Friday morning the sun shone.
Then the rain god started to work
again and kept at his task with little
rest all through the day. Shower fol-
lowed shower and at $50 o'clock the
street cutters for the fifth time dur
ing the week We're running full with
water that backed up at many of the
street intersections where the condl-
tions were favorable and made pas
sage possible only with difficulty The
man with a canoe at o'clock last night
on lower South Spring street would
have been a person to be envied.
The west business streets which ARE
intersected by those leading down from
the hill received the dirt and rubbish
which the streams carried from above
and caused much complaint from prop
erty owners.
Where the construction of easements
for business buildings was under way
the rains caused much inconvenience
as in many cases the layer of sand
bags which are used as a curbing
proved of little protection from the
water of the street.
In the unpaved portions of Los An
geles the streets are in bad condition
and at Second and Fremont horses
sink in the slush up to their bodies.
On Figueroa street, also in places the
mud is up to the wagon hubs and sim
liar conditions exist in other sections.
Streets impossible
These conditions making all kinds
of trouble for Street superintendent
Hanley. All day yesterday he was be-
sleged with appeals for assistance in
opening flooded streets. Complaints of
too much water ana not enough dry
land came i'll from Twenty second
street and Grand avenue, Twenty-ninch
street and Griffith avenue, Pico and
Hope streets, and Thirty seventh and
Raymond streets.
One complaint was to the effect that
the children who attend the Griffin
avenue school have to be ferried across
East Main street and Griffin avenue
to the schoclhouse.
On GaaonI I,ot,,-oo,, 1,.-..---.
and Flgueroa a fill which supported
new storm drain washed out and buried
portion of the Interurban railway
tracks. A slide occurred on a hill near
Sycamore Grove and covered portion
Of the tracks of the Pacific Electric
company's line TO Pasadena. As fast
as the complaints came in Street Su-
rerintendent Hanley sent gangs of men
out to clear the strets.
Early in the morning it was reported
that the home OF DR.. w. Stewart at
Third and Figueroa street was threat
ened with serious damage because Cf.
injury to the foundations caused by the
cellar becoming filled with water.
Outside Of Los Angeles the down
pour was as heavy as within the city
limits and reports from the smaller
outlying towns show almost the same
conditions as existed here The streets
ran full of water ana traffic in some
cases was temporarily suspended
From La Canada the report comes
Of the heaviest rain experienced within
the past three years and that the show
ers were accompanied with thunder
and lightning.
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