Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-23


The convention held in New York on
the 10th adopted the new system =, on 4 a
motion made BY MAJOR f. II. ID.
Myers, of the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad. general
time convention OF railways which met
in Chicago on the 18th inst. also adopted
the system. and it is understood
that il will go into effect on Sunday, the
18th of November. Each standard oil
time will be in operation over a belt OF
territory extending North and South
indefinitely. and reaching seven
and half degrees east and as
many degrees west of the meridian
by which il is governed. Com
mOdore Shuieldt states that on and alter
the 18th of November the time ball at
Washington will be dropped IN accordance
with the new system, that IS 70 say at the
instant the sun crosses the seNehtS-nltn
meridian, when it will be noon at Phlla-
delphia and considered noon at all points
East as far as the eastern boundary OF
Maine and West as far as Pittsburg.
Mayor Shellman explained to the re-
porter Of the MORNING News yesterday
the advantages of the new system over
those which have been in vogue. lie
stated that the railroads west Of Atlanta
were running on a standard time 10
minutes slower or later than savannah
time, and hence the Central Railroad was
obliged to adopt the Atlanta standard in
making out its schedules, and to
conform as near as practicable with
that time in order 10 make
closer connections. On the other hand,
trains operated in some portions oil Ala-
bama ran according to another standard.
The East Tennessee, Virginia ana 0cOf-
gia, the Charleston and savannah, ana
the Savannah, Florida and Western also
ata L
O'Clock by the Central Railroad time, the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railways
time was fifteen minutes faster, ana their
time would be 4:15. Under the new Sys-
tenn, when it shall be 4 O'Clock by the
Central Railroad time, il VIII also be
O'Clock by the time of every other ROAD IN
the State. The Major then stated that
the difference of time between the merldl-
ans would be one hour: that IS TO say,
when it is II O'clock on the seyenty-tlfth
meridian at Philadelphia it is ii O'Clock
on the ninetieth meridian at New Orleans,
10 O'Clock on the 105th meridian at Dem
yer. and O'Clock on the l2Oth meridian
in California. Therefore, as Philadelphia
and all roads in the eastern section are
governed by the time on the seVenty-itth
meridian, that is, hours slower than
Greenwich time, and Savannah ana all
roads on the western section are governed
which is 6 hours slower than Greenwich
time, Savannah time Will be "A minutes
slower than Philadelphia time and 81 min
utes faster than New Orleans time. Both
differences of time added together will
amount to go minutes, or the full
hour of time difference between
the respective meridians. The following
shows the differences of time in the cities
named compared with the seVenty-hfth
meridian: Albany, n. Y, D minutes faster;
Baltimore, Md, 6 minutes slower; Bath,
Me-, 20minutes faster; Boston, l6 minutes
faster, Charleston, ;. c., 10 minutes
slower; New London, Conn, Il minutes
faster New York city, minutes faster;
Philadelphia, minute slower; Richmond,
Va, 10 minutes slower: Savannah, Ga,
"a minutes slower; Toronto, Can, II min
utes slower, and Washington, ID. c., s
minutes slower. Below are the differ
ences of time in the cities named COM
pared with the ninetieth meridian at New
Orleans: AtchisOn, Kan, time is "A min
utes slower; Atlanta, Ga, D minutes
faster: Cincinnati, O., y minutes faster /;
Detroit, Mich, IS minutes faster;
Houston, Texas, "a minutes slower;
Louisville, KY, Is minutes faster; Macon,
Ga, % minutes faster; Mobile, minutes
faster st. Louis, Mo-, l minute slower;
savannah, Ca, Sc minutes faster; Selma,
Ala, II minutes faster; Nicksburg, Miss,
3 minutes slower.
at will be a great event in the history
of raIlroading," remarked Major She'll
man, ''when the new time system shall go
into effect Then all the railroad watches
and clocks will be set ahead or back, and
the starting of all trains be made on new
schedules, not only in the South but
throughout the whole country. 1t is to
be hoped that no untOward movement OF
trains may occur to mar the inauguration
of the new standards"