The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
ZERO WEATHER STILL
TO BE IN OUR MIDST
Charitable Organizations Be
sieged by Demands for Fuel,
Food and Clothing.
TEHpERATURE TO-DAY.

TIE 1ed ba9 vent up this afternoon
bur not al the vay up There is skat-
ing. but rot or the big lakes in Branch
prool' and Weeqaahic Parks. II the
weather continues cold tonight-and tho
weather oirea ays it will there viii
he skating toDorrow in both o. the
~ critic parks.
ee rcd ball this Afternoon had refer
nee only % the la',e in West Side Park
ai'l the title pond in Irvington Park.
a. ee.ths~ OF a-hich is the ice OF good
si-f .1g qvaiiey. The Intermittent rains
a~s. snows have made rough ics.
But the Verona Lake and Park Asso-
c.stion reports that it has excellent
ska Ing there, the ice befng seven inches
thick and 4 has been planed off 10
make it smooth and even. There will
3e night skating by electric light at
Verona.
Superintendent Reynolds Of the Es-
sex County Park Commission. who is
very careful to prevent any accident,
made survey of the lakes in the vari-
GUS parks TODAY and found that there
is between five and five and half
inches of ice. but that it is snow-ice
that is. not solid black ice
If the ice were not Snow-ice the lakes
would be thrown open to the skaters
today, but being snoN-ice It IS not SO
strong and requires q much greater
thickness to hold the considerable
weight of a crowd Of skaters.
Making lee smooth.
Scrapers with teams OF horses were
put 10 work on the ice in Branch
Brook Park today. scrsplng away as
n1nesi c.f the ro1shness As possible tbs
skating win not be as good as IN
former years because Of the rains aud
SHOWS that have fallen on the first
formation of ice
Besides bringing JOY TO the skating
enthusiasts the cold wave. which came
in on schedule time Saturday night,
brought voc to the poor. This was in
dicated by a siege of the charitable in
stitutions by the cold and the destitute.
Bread and coal tickets were in enor-
nous demand at the office of the Over
seer Of the Poor. The efforts of all
charitable societies were doubled today
TO relieve the suffering.
Distress Among Poor.
The Rescue Home. the salvation
Army barracks and other places We're
cvercrowded last night and the police
stations took in many who We're freez-
ing in the cold and kert them over
night.
The prediction is that the cold will
continue tonight and tomorrow, al
though there may be perhaps a slight
moderation-but it will continue to be
very cold. 1t will be cold enough to
continue the sufferings of the poor ana
TO prolong the period Of skating. Con-
tinuinr fair tomorrow. there will be a
rising temperature in the evening ac-
cordinR to the official forecast With
light, variable winds.
Coldcst Day of Year.
II was the coolest day Of the year
today, and the prospect was that to-
morrow would be another cold day. only
not quite so cold The mercury, which
began falling Saturday night struck its
real downward gait at 5 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. after which every hour
marked d continued fall until the mini
mum was reached at O'Clock this
morning.
Tho thermometer remained at de-
grees until O'Clock. when ii then only
recorded "a rise of one degree.
OF course. It was colder than that in
some unprotected places. With the bit
ing temperature there was sharp wind
which made overcoats and furs slight
protection.