Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-31
Hourly Tem6sraturs of
The Coolest Day
Whir-r-r-r-r-ri
"Helloi'

Whir-r-r-r-r-r!
"Hellor'
els this the plumber"
For the love of Mike come out to my
house, The water pipes are busted all
to-Hello! 1 say come runnin there's a
food here; hustle!'
Just a correct record of Is, 462 telephone
conversations that took place in Atlanta
Thursday morning, appeals from frerziod.
flooded householders for repairs to <heiI
frozen plumbing.
Ten degrees above ZERO!
That was the depth to which the mer-
curry descended, and with one exception
It was the lowest mark ever made by
the thermometers of Atlanta in
any December. The records OF
the weather bureau show that
on December 30, 1880. the mercury regis
tered l degree above zero,
There seems to be considerable suspi-
cion in the minds of many people as to
this record, however, and the impress
sion is that the thermometer was place
In a bank where the drafts could re-
duce the regiSter.---- .-... ..s-
EFFECTS OF THE COLD.
The effects of the extreme cold were
widespread and far-reaching. Early We'd
nesday morning the mercury started on
it's downward trip, and by nightfall show
eQ out II rev SnlNeTlnR inches dDON6 Tile
bulb at the bottom of the tube. At 10
O'Clock it was only IA degrees above zero.
and the wind was bitter and cutting.
Such continued cold has never been felt
IN the city, and hardly any of the res
licences were constructed to withstand it.
People sat shivering in their steam heated
palatial apartments, wrapped and swath-
ed in rugs and furs, while the temperature
sank lower and lower. Single windows
hand of winter, and the cold crept
through to chill the marrow in the pee
pies bones.
There was suffering also in the city,
and thousands of poor people, unable to
keep their ramshackle novels warm, were
forced to their beds, where they lay
shivering beneath the scanty covers.
AUTOMOBILES IN TROUBLE.
People who owned automobiles had some
queer experiences, for the water froze in
the radiators. and stopped the, circula-
ton in the engine waterjackets. Case
line machines downtown Wednesday night
steamed like locomotives. and many a
garage owner who failed to drain the
radiators Of his machines found troublc
in store for him Thursday morning.
There was plenty of ice, and reports
from East Lake Thursday morning stated
that the ice on that body of water was
lnlCh enough 10 DedT ShdNSIS. n huihDci
of young people went thither during the
morning and found that this was true
and the unusual sight of skaters skim
ming over the smooth bosom of the lake.
BREAK is COMING.
But il will soon be over.
Forecaster Won Hermann says that the
break in the cold weather is coming
fast. All through the northwest the mer-
curry has taken a flying leap toward the
top OF the tube, and in places where
Il stood far below zero day or two ago
it is now as high as 46 above.
The two coolest places on the mar
Thursday morning were Chicago and
Davenport, Iowa, wher it was below
At Cincinnati the mercury Restored eX
actly zero.
Down in Jacksonville the people arc
shivering i'm the breath of winter, the
mercury showing 20 degrees above on
Thursday morning, a record for that
place.
1t is predicted that beginning Thurs
day night the weather will moderate, and
be many degrees warmer by Friday morn
ing. 1t will probably be clear, but the
end of the cold weather may bei attended
by some disturbance now unforeseen.