Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-20
NEWYORk NEAR
A WATER
FAMINE
SIX WEEKS OF DR0UTH
MAKE OUTLOOK GLUM
The PitifuI Finish of the EASY
Boss; Retired to a Lonely
Cottage on Long IsIandi De-
serted by Friends and Fol-
lowers,

Especial Correspondence Mornlng JoUrnal.l
New York, July l9.-Water Of any
kind for every use is today coming
seriously near the famine point in the
heart as well as on the outskirts of
this city. Six long rainless weeks
under a torrid sun have parched
every inch of ground for miles around
and pinched to far below normal the
great water sources upon which a han
dozen millions Of souls depend, Day
BY day each square foot of dying
lawn and s~un-baked pavement has
been lavishly deluged from every main
and hydrant in Town, and foot by
foot the big reservoirs have sunk un-
der the strain. To meet the force of
the sun in this record hot spell enough
water has been tapped 10 fill the en-
tire bay. If days of steady rain do
noe soon set in, it is expected h a the
authorities win call a halt to the
threatening drain on their treasured
water resources. Already famine has
touched Staten Island and the pres
sure in the pipes at other spots has
lowered alarmingly. st. Swithin's
day has just passed clear; but no one
likes to think what a forty-day drouth
must mean.
After Athletics.
The news of Uncle Sans winnings
in the course of the olympic games
across the Atlantic has today reused
athletic interest to fever heat through
out town. In ordinary times the talk
of the track is left largely to the regis
ulars of the big athletic clubs, who
"a 40. nIuFaxr g intent on 1lNa1AninU "a /
crew of record performers. Since the
American team has gone into the
heart Of Britain to wrest athletic hon
Ors from al the world, however, every
man, woman and child here has APP
peared to pick up the furore of the
sport. Day and night every foot of
space in all the enormou club
houses of the athletic associations has
been jammed with eager r%ooters,
hanging ON every word of cable news
from the Stadium in London. No
championship baseball series, no coll
lege contest, has ever called forth an
enthusiasm greater or more general
Every branch of athletic sport has for
several years doomed steadily here,
and this meet of the nations viii do
much to advance track athletics with
the public.
Platt's Place.
For the first time in the memory
of the old guard, Tom Platt has failed
to pass his birthday on the piazza of
his favorite hotel at Manhattan
Beach, surrounded by a retinue Of old
time friends. This week the retired
veteran of the political ring was dis
in a secluded Long Island cot
tage on the eve of his s~eventy-fifth
anniversary. If any Of the hundreds
of public men who always flocked to
pay their respects ON these occasions
down TO shake the trembling
of the dethroned boss they We're
not seen. Time was when these very
begged to have their names
printed as |delighting to honor the
easy boss at these birthday celebra-
Today no one of all of them
apparently cares to be quoted as re- I
Numbering the once memorable date.
a lesson in the bitterness of politics
a look at Tom Platt's birthday solitude !
last Wednesday would have been well q
worth while to any of the younger 5
brood Of aspiring politicians. t
Chorus CIoistcr. I
As the sensation of the silly season S
about Broadway the rumor that a Z
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