Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-04
UNIFORM RAILROAD TINE.

Every man that travels over any extent OF
our Country, by rail- will be surprised to find
the greater part of his inconvenience arising
from the fact that our diffe rent railroads run
their trains by entirely different standards OF
time. lie may be in good time to connect
with some train on another road, according
to the timetable OF the road on which he is
travelling, but when he reaches the desired
point, he may either find his train gone, or
mol yet duc-happy if 1t lie the latter. Ii
appears that there are in use, by the various
railroads in this country, no fewer than fifty
SIX different standards of time; and every
traveller, who makes a trip oil any length
viii he sure to find himself confused, and
perhaps seriously inconvenicnced, BY This
unfortunate disparity Of timetables.
Such being the condition Of affairs ut the
prrscn, time. We are glad to learn that u
General Time Convention was recently held
in st. Louis, by representatives of the lead.
Ing roads in the country, with view to de-
wise some remedy for the defect. Mr.. w. Il.
Allen, secretary of the convention, presented
Il plan which was unanimously adopted both
by the st. Louis convention aud by the
southern Railway Time Convention which
m,l few days later.
Nlr. Aliens plan provides for five regular
standards of time, IL be known as the Pro-
yiLCial, the Eastern, the Central, the Noun
tain AID the Pacific aud between each OF
these standards there IL to he difference OF
CNiclly one hour. When it is one O'Clock on
the Provincial division /! will be twelve
oc ocli in the Eastern division, eleven O'Clock
in Inc Central division, ten O'Clock on the
Mountain section and niue O'Clock on the
Pacific section. In This way every traveller
and railroad employe who has once obtained
The Standard time, aud who knows the divi
Sion over which he is passing, can readily
obtain the true time for that section.
The Provincial standard is to govern the
ro his in the Dominion of Canada, cast OF
Quebec, and in the other British provinces
Our New England roads, and the road:
in the Middle States, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina
will be governed by the Eastern standard
The Central standard will govern roads in
the remainder Of the Southern Atlantic and
G IlI States, and the Western States to a line
drawn from north and south, west OF tho
Missouri river, and crossing it only to touch
terminal points of roads or divisions at Fort
Pierre, Dakota Fort Nlobrara, North Platte
and Culbertson, Ncb,, and Fort Wallace an'
Sugent. Kan,, Mustang Spring, Texas, auc
point at the junction of the Rio Pccos ant
Rio Grande rivers the Mountain standard
roads ending at Missola, Montana, Salt Lake
aud Frisco, Utah. and Fort Yuma, Arizona
the Pacific standard, all roads west of tn
imaginary line on which these points ar,
located, and all other territory west of tn
Rocky Mountains.
The subjec. Of uaform railroad lmt
is one which the public has long been dc
sirous to bring to the consideration .
railroad managers, and we are glad to Sc
that it has been 50 promptly and ably man
aged ut the meeting of the Time COnven
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