The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-13

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"what 10 the truth about Maine r
There IL no truth in IT,"
Thus spoke Mr.. W. r. Allen. the man who
brought about the new standard time. He re-
ferred MT to the absence OF veraoity in the first
State In the Union but to the lack Of foundation
for the story that that commonwealth has gone
back TO local time.
There are 648000 persons In Mains." said
Mr.. Allen. and they all use standard time sx-
cept tho 10. 800 persons In Bangor. the 1890 In.
habitants Of Bath. and the 5000 citizens Of Kills.
worth. Those cities have not abandoned stand
ard time; they never adopted Il. In Bangor
the City Hall clock IL kept at tho old time. but
the majority Of the intelligent persons use the
now time. They have TO do 80; the railroads
are run BY IL. Tho Maine Central Railroad
issued . circular on Dea Is announcing
that the Eastern standard had been adopted az
brunswick. intsrsolonis! Nova scotis, Wind
sd ana A 41sd pS With 'ssssn
miles long. the New Brunswick Railway. sdopt.
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that ncs hem done 'Ss II
sIoaSi:. q. Sny place TIE only dd,cSsy has
% 1885, ssss ssndsr sdep sS az ss
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the, az now using local time. six are in Ohio
STATE TSe rannna 70 and fr rom S'a the
WSss 'Isny s.1Sn;
other day: he noticed that tho clocks In ths
,5 aod a d Isr ,b on the new time While
handsome marked local" and the other
.,standsrd;" The amount Of Il e, IN moot q
are measure sas oSeed 70 sln inc people
other cities time alone viii show. ..
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naturally follow. in the same direction In
~ oh Mesa %na % s%
other cities in ne. VICINITY have adopted time
Ia some plsso In 10 MslsS s q Number o, mil!
FnS .t %Sff arG1 the Sf nss ms I'D
their .dayE;ht after work io over shortened By
light they want. they have petitionsd the mill
S 70 r SssS f s "a s The prsSS9
O'Clock A. M. and knocking OH at 5k O'Clock in
the evening; Then they will have ten minutes
more daylight tn thap theE ever had before ~,
sevent fifth meridian. "a minutes ana So
| seconds west Of Bangor. conflicts with the
| hours which mark the daylight period In this
section to an annoying extent, and interferes
| with tho habits OF the people. The winter days
arc very short In Maine. and when clock set
| to the new standard strikes 9 o'clock In the
and about bali an hGur more
moro than before. but begin and end later.
| That the workingmen OF Bangor prefer early
| to late time was demonstrated In a recent vote
| on the matter. Thoy DECLARED in favor OF 4 re-
| turn to local time by u large majority. Manv
places on the line OF tho railroads use tho new
adoption Boston time In common with these
same roads.
During tho regime OF standard time in Ban
| gor therc was much confusion. simply because
there was a lack OF unanlmity. Some public
clocks were set to standard and some to local
time. whio different peoplo carried different
times In the pockets, When making appoint
announcing hours Of entertainments. &C.. one
always had to explain which time was meant
| Strangers unwittingly set their watches ac-
coring to local clocks and then rushed to depOts
half an hour too early. II. was an awful bore.
| and gave the town name for dense stupidity
and contrartness al! over the country. Many
think the new standard would have worked all
| town has gone back to local" however,
whether by Intelligent votes or not. and now
when BangOrean wants to take railroad
journey he looks ut his watch and says Let's
| see she leaves at 8 standard: I want to get to
tho depot at 1925 my time"