Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1883 — The New Time Standard. [ARTICLE]

The New Time Standard.

At the anniial time-table convention held in Chicago last Thursday and Friday it was decided to adopt the plan of uniform time standards throughout the, county, to go into effect upon. the 18th of November. The managers of 78,000 miles of road have agreed to adopt the new time plan. The new plan has been termed the “hour” system. It provides for standards differing from each other by exactly one hour, leaving out the eastern and western extremes of the continent. There are .“eastern,’’ “central,’, and “mountain” times, the first to be employed from New Brunswick to the meridian of Detroit, the second is as far west as the boundary line between Kansas and Colorado; and the third line between Utah and Nevada. It is proposed that all roads now using Boston, New York, T’hilatlelphia, Baltimore, Toronto, Hamilton, or Washington time as the standard, shall be governed by “eastern” or seventy-fifth meridian time, four minutes slower than New < York. This includes the roads run by Portland, Providence, New London, Montreal, Albany, Richmond and Charleston time. In addition to those specified the roads now using Columbus, Sa-i vannah, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Loa:syille, /Indianapolis, Chicago, Jefferson City, St. Paul or Kansas City time shall be run by Central or ninetieth meridian time, nine minutes slower than Cliicago time. This includes the roads run by Macon. Rome, Nashville, .Selina, Mobile, St. Louis, Vicksburg, Dabuque. Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Galveston, Houston and Omaha time. West of this the roads are to be run by Mountain time, or exactly that of Denver. It is stated that the eastern district standard time has been used by all roads between Boston and Montreal sim e last Sunflay-with a possibla view of firs; testing the plan. The L. N-A. & C. road is among those which have adopt-, ed the new time. As compared with the present time, the new time Will be at Chicago nine minutes faster, at Indianapolis sixteen minutes faster, at Louisville eighteen minutes faster.