Evening journal., 1914-02-25
KING WINTER
GIVES CITY
COLDEST DAY
Mercury in Many Places Goes
far Below the ZerO
Mark
RIVER PARTLY FROZEN
At DELAWARE CITY

The third Geld snap Of the season /
settled over this city and vicinity
last night and early this morning.
and it was the severest spell Of the
winter. The excessive Geld last
night d,ssipated sl ope foT Coed
Old Fashioned Winter" and few peo-
pie ventured ont Of their homes
Those Who had occasion 10 he ou'.
reported the mercury Oh its down
ward path as early ss o'clock. and
during the night zero was recorded.
The lowest point reached. as re
ported today. was At Holly Oas-
"a here the temperature registered
degrees below At New Castle .ha
Thermometer registered . degrees be
low. and in some sections Of the city
it ranged from zero TO three helow.
The Thermometer used by the Gov
eminent NJ the rear OF the police
station recorded > degrees above zero
during the night This Thermometer
is inclosed. however. and the keen
winds did not strike it.
with tho present cold spell. thoss
who have been waiting for an oplor
tun'ty 10 Hil thoir ice houses arc ba
gmnng to have hopes and with t1o
a. orr days and nights Of suce
weather. the Consumers Ice and
Coal Company viii start TO cut ice
from the Brsndywinc creek al Ice
dale and other points The outiooh
FOR ihe neSt few days is not vsrs
promising iO those Nhy enjoy 'bc
summer weather, as the west1e-
bureau holds out little relief The
best that tho Government department
can promise is renunuance of Joe
cold weather. with probable snoW
late tomorrow afternoon.
n this should af}isc. cOminx 20
soon on the ass TAO SNOW falls, both
az which arc adol5ing good sieighiug
those who have 'ncIinaiions ior tho
sport will hale their fail The recent
SHOWS have provided an abundance
or shedding and Rockford Park ap-
pears to DO the mecca for the owners
of sleds. laat nigh; fully two hun
dred people rosily growu-ups, on
ioyed tho spoii Psrk superintendent
Mack YESTERDAY had yocUt H. ffet Of
The psik iend on 1ocSfOra Hni
scraped and later this AZ fiociei. Pms
result was a siins course % = good
QUARTER of 4 mile and down this the
shedding parties slided Superiuten-
dent Mack had large bonfire built
and hla1inE torries lighted the course.
Those who did not care tor sleddir ?
had their heart made glad by skat-
ing OVER ine frozen surface.
River Is Frozen.
For the sccund time this winter tH
Iieiawsie R'ysr Was frozen from tht
shore At Delaware City 10 Pea Pa'cf
Island cn which trtf Delaware IS lo-
Gated. last rr1A for sAoit tir1c
the river there was frozen over. Il
eir r-ofe nossi II By an .ce isn
IA Hpm5Grg Cove. just north of pelr.
N2ve ig Al O'Clock this mornin
thor was an unbIcken sheet Of i,s
from the Delaware Cit. shore TO the
fort nt'ie middle Of TIE river. accord
ing TO some Delaware City resid en-.
who visited WilGinaton.
Tho ice wa- rot thick enough &c
bear the weight OF a man and nohod,
stterlpted 10 walk out to the fort. b,
s o'clock the ice had broken In man,
places Along the river shore from
New Castle 70 Delaware City consid
crabie ice Is packed along the shore
The Che -'peake and Delaware Cana
IS frozen with solid surface. ant
ra"'roti0n consequently is at stand
still in IT, Ten barges are tied up il
Inc anal as q result Of the freeze.
Figures furnished hv the weathel
bureau explode the prevalent fsl
lacv that the winter climate OF thii
section is growing warmer aud tina
the old-fashioned winter is "a thinl
Of the past. These figures prove tina
the present winter compares favor
ably in intensity OF cold with an.
since the weather bureau va
founded
Up TO date. the mean temperatur
for February Is 25.9 which is 4.5 be
loV normal. That is to say. tskinl
an average Of February temperature
since 1871. this winter is much cold
er than the old-fashioned ones Feb
rusrv. ISL enjoyed a mean tempeTs
lure OF BIS; February, 1880. 1868
February 1855. BIS. and February
1890. 40.4.
In January. whose mean tempers
ture was barely above normal. tw
days-the 18th and 14th--were tn
roldest since 1899 On these day
the thermometer registered degree
below zero. which is one decree {
the record low temperature.