Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-13
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theIpppy na SUI sestISn4for simplifed
TORN OF Timetable
Ihesu1baxssmsssssFssof the country
are. 1.-THE live, active men Of the day, and
areanot as rule those who carry a dead
weight because their fathers did. Yet,l
in their time cards, they all carry IN
inchinbrance that positively confuse
the nninitiated. Not one man in ffty
can take an ordinary time-card and in
the multiplicity of Il. ms and p. M
.dittsing as they do from the top and the
bottom of the card, figure out the time
frnI4 New York to ST. Louis or Chicago
without becoming confused and uncer-
tsia, and from New York TO San Fran
-cisoo it becomes a positive impossibility
with many more. Not only this, but
thesrailroad companies pay thousands
of dollars. every year for the setting up
of these letter. by the printers, and for
theIeagdhoard and PAPER Oh which they
aresprinted, besides making their time
cards large and cumbersome.
II is within the power of the COM
.papies to get rid of these letters. They
nov furnish the standard stimesto the
whole country. There is NO more rea-
son why there should be two twelve
o'elocks in one day than there is why
on u twenty foux nile RAILROAD. Prac-
tically the day Commences at midnight,
consists of twenty-four hours, and ends
the next night at midnight. By &C
knowledging that fact and dividing the
DAY into hours and minutes, numbering
cOdsecutively up to twenty four hours,
the record of time, would be greatly
.sinipli6sd Thus, & Instead, of Saying
~ 4 a. m. we would give the timeNas
fifteen minutes, written rs, showing
that it was the fifteenth minute of the
day Instead of saying 1880 a. M,
80, or in the same manner for any
number of minutes up to 1 O'Clock,
which hour would be written ! instead
of 1 a. M. The same rule would be fol=
lowed up, seniHing the a, m. and p M.
up to 1859. Whist We call o'clock p.
M. under the new system we would call
thirteenS o'clock or thirteenth hour;
1::p p. m. would be Is 80; 2
O'Clock p. M, IA, and so on up to
twentYfour.
Thesystemmightss sound . little odd
at FIRST, but the ear would soon become
accustomed to it, and it has the positive
convenience thst anyigures which may
be written can designate but one time
of day, and that is certain as soon as
you see or hear them, without searching
or mqufing whether. it means a. NOR
p. m. The only disadvantage it has is
thai all the watches and clocks are adj
.justed and figured for the twelve hour
system, but with person not absolutely
stupid at figures it would be no trouble
to make the calculations mentally, or
additional figures marked in an inner
o;rnfo Tn thosa aIroadv IN tho dio1 Rrt
it would be but little while until all the
numbers would be definitely fixed I'm
the mind. and tozsayeight O'Clock
would convey a certain meaning to the
mihd lust as much as when we now say
sixso'clock p. m.
As we said before, the railroad mana
gers of the country have the matter of
time In their own hands. / They fix it
for the country, can introduce this sys-
tenn, and Jgrea atty simplify their time
tables, sbesidesz reducing the cost. of
printing them, = and give them in more
compact form. We have suggested such
a change to number of our railroad
friends, and while. theyTall appear to
wonder that .time-caTdsl can not be
readily understood by the public, they
quickly concede fhatg the system above
described would be simpler and not liza
BILE to be misunderstood, and that the
adoption Of it by one Of the great
through fines Of the country would bring
it into general use at once. The COM
panies, too. could count upon the active
cooperation of all the printers in MAX
ing The public familiar with the change,
for these a.Snl's and p MS cause no
end of swearing every, time time card
is set UP in every office in the land.