Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — Standard Time. [ARTICLE]

Standard Time.

Standard time is a uniform system of time reckoning, in the United States and Canada adopted in 1863 by the principal railways, and since then ! v rhe principal cities and towns of both countries. By (this system the continent is divided into four sections, each extending over 15 degrees of longitude (making a difference of time of exactly pne hour) the time prevailing it. each being that of its central meridian. • 'V-