Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-14
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE NEW TIME STANDARD.
The Revolution in Time that will be
Effected OH sunday Noon.


PREP,K,T1oxs At THE NAVAL Observation-Disclosures
METHOD EyPIOyEp N SENDING THE TIvr-,S
BNTIRE CHANGE IN Orr LOCAL TINE WITH THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE pFP.Rr,rrxr crorrs.
Ar - O'Clock noon ON SIM lay NOV. +,,r c,,3,r- 70
uniform system of zine VIII .ro mt arr,.r r-
Naval Observatory which b,. ~, e,ri1,,.- -
Washington time thrn.l-h tho rnedr, ~ IN. We
ern tn.o1 Teie.-ranh co7nnanv I'm tnl ers,fer ,,rs
OF thf country east OF the Mississippi viii ~ that
dlt" sd instead the time Of the ~ u meridian
This ti,,a i minute. IN, -, ,,I ,.far t,,c,
rhn yy,-I.i,.,,re,,, -. m .,-.,o.,.. ,,,-,.-
3 81, -. -. -
ii VII i"ip di"' proper III 'i-urtt'.ic OF tila I'M
i9'ftdlt change are few and simple. and nave al
really been made by The observatory autbori-
rIas Waan srnI.v noon ,o,oa- Tho ,o,t.
-, to '~'''
~ H. vi, ~ =! o. ~. ~ ct
80. '' ~ LII T." ne tl.7-l7-ip.I an
Ter - ~ t.nn ,1i,,IIta. -, 80 -, n,i,I ~,
-, 81 49, '-i"ultH ptiht Twelve noon
In or,,i To We ta ,ytrt.s a. ' f5 no ,l4 ~
Dispatch from the Navel Observatory IhrT,. viii
iEt.S''. % no chiir In In. method ~ distribute
a. fI - III. -. III NJ n! 'i--Ic ~ ice
e.;ted viii b. rhane,ej IN =. 10 Nv. H. 81
the 18th meridian instead Of tie o., time. ',er iU
D. ACCOMPLISHED by -iarly moving h" minute 'ad
80 ~ an ''', III 5ii'.ii'tiI!" t IN, ci''k
hi Tho - "t va" -, .i,,i'h VIZ ~ t':ti,
win an 49,. H. "a. -" = - !t'tu
vrrra Th.. Is 81 ih ,@n,i,r,"T ~ ~, 80 , epi
nitfa1 sftl,,,tr.,,,e,,,i- - :: " - ' ~
hi ~ -. M va ~ ~, Pm VI, .'ii 'iia
1nfr. are, ~ ,i,,,r' ''i eiii'''''Fo 'i3 III
- -
HOW THE TINE Is SENT
This general statement OF the method @ nlovcd
In tr'illSnittfngt the tim" may seem rather mark
able to those unfamiliar with tclrr,nhfa ,t-ars
a'i the question naturally arises: How is posi-
bic to obt tin unohstrurted wires reaching , every
part of this iinIeer AREA Of country NJ one time,
The answer is 4 sa!c one in tie LIGHT Of the de-
cnry.,ti,.,i a. " NTH Il ~, pte-i III SUCCESSFUL
The siX Wirt., which are connected with tho oh
scryt.rv clok ara 1tst as friI, ~ ,'' ., 1h
ar. Western Union wins, which hoy,, feen uscf IN
tine pas: for ttt transmission Of Washjnrtnn zine.
another piir have irISt been Ur in by lie P,Iit
more and ,,:ja T,;...rraph CGranIItr WHEN mo
poses. that TIN. Baltimore and ohio PaiIrnad
tUmIanv has afanted The new .f,t1i,Ilri to frri IN
the nr,v time To iii ther stations and niafcs aImna
their road; thu nth wire j, tISaI liz tha pi,S.ryi
tory occasionally for correcting ,,Servarinns of
lOGgitHe. and the sixth is rhe fire alarm wire Of
the iJf<l rit which rfli.,s The fire bells AT roo, aud
rI,rKIgI-rIx, TIE TINE
I-,f,,.e .,,a w., - -. - ,,,.
~ ~ ~ iIi'' WITS as an hid-'ft-
u'h' I'VE piit> ol the observatory clock II noon
arr transmitted over lis wire directly to BIlti-
more Phil .IaIrlt, Ea,r W. ..f,[t,-,,.t G.
,-,,,', ~, -, -. - I'M 'H. ut
'''Hi'' H'i"Nf"i.'i 'Iit'tailF}Ea- From these
points Is trlhuttr To the surrounding country,
and sent Ogrf all the wires For inst ,ncs from
Cincinnati il il distributed 10 Louisville Nasi,yr
Memphis. New orleans Indfan:r0'ts. 81. LoIis. and
r0in.> Ia il3ntGcky. Bos on takes The time from
the Harvard Observatory. ittsl,urtc tr,In Ale
1%ton time tn count its local time I'm the sect ion
west OF TIE Mississippi tic correct time j, furnished
fron different points where observers OF the stars
happen To- u. stationed
Uo!y ,c.,I-p,Cv Il crc,-pr,
r,. " ~ nv
-' ~ i'1t '"ei'e tioth, anu zen secohiS
''I'i' N"'i't ti:rrt Il Il pause. When the neon
E'iir i aniidrcdi by singh. click OF the uStrII-
NET Ia this int .rv! H.. ,.,a- tor 1t.,-a tho ~,
nnrt,,asrr ., ....,f.,,,r,, -. -,
~ 9"i'' MS " 'iiiiS pai'9-
Cohtl"i 60 X &c II some times happens that
pIi'i','a 'Nt'l!H 'tfSi-9li,-~> or erroneous time
- Ia % u the fi!il dispatch. but il i thought
.h;l no" win 1t uniform tEIc such accidents Will
W i'3o frequent
HoTR BELT SYSTEM
While tho time SEPT ;rof, t.. f,,., orr nil, no
=, = " - LII 'ilie VII l'' pr
VII 90 'i'- cititt country IN" system OF which
TINS : 4 Firt diy.3fS the c0uGtrT into four hour
belts and .Ii VIII Ia GOVERNED nv rno rt, n. tho
,pc,f.s,-.. ,...-f,,,. or -, = -,
- vi 'i1S - IiI'o''-'i iii.s'ii'l-
PM - I+"tN, Denver dnI carson city. So that
~ tiiT -iiio from washington are r"rriVtf! at
PHI7 Nii! 'ir Time ul the NJ Louis meridian is
arsd III ' WIFI ii4''tRll O'Clock Instead OF -
GENERAL. tpgf1rIcS or TUE NEW TINE
From r,...rt 81 80. ,tfs,u nj ,,o,,. ti Ill, IN,
e,,.,orl,. ,I,. =, IN ~, ~ " nm VIZ. NC
81 up" '!i'''!-I'u' tle country HE
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