The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-16
MERCURY TAKES
WHACK AT TOWN
Jumps to % After Dropping to
so Degrees During Cold
Snap on Monday
THOUSANDS TO sEAsHoRE
Richmond Fails, However, t.
Claim Honor OF Crawling 10
Top OF Weather Map.

While the maximum temperature re-
corded by the government bureau on
Chimhorazo yesterday was % which
Mas 80 degrees higher than the top
mark on Monday last, Richmond did
not claim the usual honor or being the
hottest town on the weather map This
city divided the glory Of ~ with All
lanta. Denver. Norfolk Raleigh. Tam
i'll and Washington. the palm going 10
louisville and ST Paul both Of which
reached up to %. Chicago. Jackson
vile. Kansas CitY. MONTGOMERY. St
Louis ana savannah swoltercd around
81 When the Inhabitants OF this more
or less delightful summer resort read
IN Tho Times Dispatch yesterday morn
inc that ii was ~ on Saturday. they
figured on rise. and they got it. Scv-
oral thousand people saw a good chance
to skip TO the seashore, and they filled
every special train and every regular
train leaVinl; over the Chesapeake and
ohio and the Norfolk and Western
Railways
snapped Devil for Witch.
Those who stopped In Norfolk traded
the devil for the witch and We're sorry.
for IL was just as cool at home. and
cooler considering that a man may
make himself halfway comfortable in
his own house The parks filled up
early In the AFTERNOON and stayed filled
during the evening. a nifty little breeze
that Kicked mp as night advanced
bringing relief. for which All had
prayed Ninety degrees made yes
terday the hottest day in Richmond this
year. and somehow il always seems
hotter on sunday than on any day dur
ire tho week
Dr. Evans's figures gave the town n
top-readinr Of 81 degrees nj noon. 80
being traced ON tie chart about >
o'clock Al o'clock last night the
mercury had dropped TO s..
The rise was felt all the moro kcenly
~ reason OF the fact that the tempcra :
ture went as low rs 80 on Monday. the
coolest June for years IN these dig
pings 1t was too unreasonable then,
and il was unreasonable Yesterday. be
cause the people had not been given
proper warning. Since Willis l.. Moore,
chief OF the Weather Bureau in Wash
ingtou. was fred by President Wilson.
no active head has been put in charge
oi the department. OF course. there il;
an acting chief. hut friends Of Mr.
Moore claim that there will lie a good
deal of complaint about the weather
this season. The new, or rather the
acting chief il trying 10 qualify for
the hlg Jon hN Keeping tho tonncr9
lures down on those hot asphalt pave
mcrts IN WASHINGTON and even If tn,
figures should he iurrlcd there is NJ
way by which he can fool the people
who must walk upon them and swell
ter
Town Ready 10 Travel.
one degree makes big difference
when the weather i extremely hot or
cold You might add an inch TO u
telegraph pole and nobody would no
tice H. but add an inch 10 man's
nose and Mr. Barnum would get him
II Is that Way with the weather. Add
a degree 10 90 and YOU ilnmediatcly
look NJ railroad time table
nasmuch as the real summer is here
Nou may expect IL TO get warm AND
stay warm. especially when this hot
wave IS spreading all over the country
There Is not much satisfaction in being
told that il was only 70 4, Calcar,
>est"rday for It's n long why off. an,
not everybody can toll YOU where Gal.
gary is or how To reach h. Railroad
PEOPLE said last might that tho bir pas
senEer movement is about ready /,
start summer resort people VINO hay.
teen h!ddinE Tor YOU, know ihcv wn
t"t YOU IN Iifne.'i II tho undertaken
doesn't get You iirst, and ttoy s,nil,
Wh"n they see weather warm and tan
INC COOKS 10 round MP few mor,
chickens. II VIII be warm some NOR.
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