New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-12
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
UNIFORM TIME STANDARDS.
ACTION OF THE RAILWAY TIMETABLE CONVENTION
ON THE "HOURn SYSTEM

ACTION OF THE RAILWAY TIMETABLE CONVENTION
ON THE HOUR" SYSTEM
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE annual Railway Time
Table Convention began here this morning In addition
to arranging the winter timetables 1t was proposed to
take action on the adoption OF plan for uniform time
standards. The new plan has been termed the Hour"
system. 1t provides for standard differing from each
other by exactly hour. Leaving out tue eastern
western extremes Of the continent there are Eastern"
Central" and "Mountain" times. The first will DO
employed from New-Brunswick to the meridian Of De-
trot the second far west the boundary between
Kansas and Colorado and the third to the line between
Utah and Nevada 1t proposed that all the roads
using Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, To-
ronto Hamilton or Washington time a standard shall
be governed by Eastern" or seyenty-6fth meridian
time, four minutes slower than NeW-York. This III
cudes the roads run by Portland Providence New
London, Montreal, Albany, Richmond and Charleston
time, in addition to those specified roads now using
Columbus. Tho roads using Savannah
Atlanta, Cincinnati Louisville, Indianapolis. Chi
cago, Jefferson City, st. Paul or Kansas City
time shall be run by Central" or ninetieth
meridian time, nine minutes slower than Chicago time.
This includes the roads by Macon Rome, Nashville,
Selma, Mobile, st. Louis, Ycksburg, Dubuque Mime
apos, St. Joseph Galveston, Houston and Omaha time.
West OF this roads are to be by Mountain" time
or exactly that OF Denver 1t stated that the eastern
district standard time has been used by all the roads
between Boston and Montreal since last Sunday with
possible view to testing the plan
The secretary announced that he had received arma-
tive replies from the managers OF 900 miles Of track
TO the proposed uniform schedule. A resolution was
adopted stating that the delegates pledged themselves
to adopt the plan, and trains by It whenever the
next schedules go into effect The only roads voting
against the proposition the Michigan Central
Detroit, Lansing and Northern, and the Detroit Grand
Haven and Milwaukee. The reason assigned by the
former that It crossed the meridian and could not
adapt its running TO the plan at
eDt without great Inconvenience IL was stated IN the
convention that tine roads in question would doubtless
soOn adopt the schedule. II was decided that the
present schedules should remain in force until NOYem
Der 10, when new the schedule would go into effect
The secretary read communication from Commodore
Shuedt IN charge of the Naval Observatory at Wash
ngtOn, In which be Congratulated the convention upon
the change contemplated. He said the Observatory
would change the time OF dropping the New York time
ball 10 the mean time OF Hty-hfth meridian and In
addition would endeaVOr secure ts adoption for local
time in the whole section In which It u be used for
railroads
j. ID. Edmunds in charge Of the Boston Observatory,
tClegraphd the convention follows The city, the
railroads and the Observatory only await the afrna-
tive vote OF the convention before fixing date Tor
changing all the pubic time in Boston"
The convention adjourned TO meet IN Cincinnati on the
second Wednesday In April, 1884.