Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-07-20
NEWyORK NEAR
A WATER
FAMINE
SIX WEEKS OF DR0UTH
MAKE OUTLOOK 6LUM
The PitifuI Finish of the easy
Bossi Retired to a Lonely
Cottage on Long island De-
serted by Friends and Fol-
lowers,


Especial Correspondence Morning JOurnall
New York, July 19.-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 half
dozen millions of souls depend. Day
by day each square foot of dying
lawn and sun-baked pavement has
been lavlshly 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 to fill the en-
tire bay. II days of steady rain do
not soon set in, it is expected that the
authorities will call 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 reg
ulars of the big athletic clubs, who
are always intent on developing a
crew of record performers. Since the
American team has gone into the
heart of Britain to wrest athletic hon
ors from all 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 enormous club
houses of the athletic associations has
been jammed with eager rooters,
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 will dc
much to advance track athletics with
the public.
Platts 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 hotol at Manhattan
Beach, surrounded by retinue of old
time friends. This week the retired
veteran of the political ring was dis.
covered in secluded Long Island cot.
tage on the eve Of his seventy-fiftf
anniversary. If any Of the hundreds
of public men who always flooked tC
pay their respects on these occasions
came down to shake the trembling
hand of the dethroned boss they were
not seen. Time was when these yer!
men begged to have their names
printed as delghtlng to honor thu
easy boss" at these birthday celebra
tions. Today no one of all OF then
apparently cares to be quoted as re
membering the once memorable date
AS lesson in the bitterness of politics
a look at Tom Platts birthday solitude
last Wednesday would have been wei
worth while to any of the youngel
brood of aspiring politicians
Chorus ClOister.
AS the sensation of the silly seasol
about Broadway the rumor that