The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-25
THE TIME ISSUE.
The Railroads are rot Particularly In
terested in 1t.

The Railroads are rot Particularly In
terested in 1t.
There appears to be an impression that
the City Council adopted Standard time be-
cause the railroads wanted it. 1t has even
been said that Alderman Duncan offered
the resolution setting the city clocks by
Standard time, because he is Chief Surgeon
of the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, and that Col. Estill, the proprietor of
the MORNING NEWS. favored that time be-
cause he is director of that railway. In
order that the public may know the truth
these gentlemen were interviewed yester-
day on the time question,
Alderman Duncan was asked if the Off
Gals of the railway company with which he
is connected had asked him to use his in
fluence to have Standard time adopted by
the city
He said that no railway officials had APP
preached him with regard to the matter.
He offered the time resolution, he said,
because he believed that the public interests
required that there should be but one kind
of time, and also because the advisability
Of getting rid of the annoyances OF two
kinds Of time had been suggested to him by
prominent citizens not connected with the
railroads. As for himself, he would prefer
sun time if it were possible to have
that time for all. but as it
was not poss bic to have
that time only, he preferred to have Stand
ard time rather than two kinds of time. Dr..
Duncan also said that he had explained his
position fully when he offered his time resolu-
ton, and had also stated then that he thought
that the best interests Of the city required
that there should be only one kind of time.
As for the railroads il they were particularly
"a fnt tbn f.it IN oGn a 4 at.fl
Time, they did not make
their anxiety known They
are compelled to run their trains by that
time, because all the railroads in the coun-
try are run by it, and they will continue to
run by it whatever the course of the city
may be with respect to time. The fact is,
the railroads are not very deeply interested
in what the city does in the matt +, and if
anybody thinks that they instigated the
change from sun to STANDARD time, they
were mistaken. DR.. Duncan was very EN-
phatic in his statement that he proposed
the change for the public good, and not at
the request of the railroads.
Col. Estill was asked if any of the rail
way officials had asked him to favor Stan
dard time for the city.
In reply he said That he had not talked
with any railway Off 'ials at all about the
matter He favored Standard time because
i've WdHltu OIy OLc hItiU III btluS, anu DIS
that kind could not be sun time he favored
Standard time. He was certain, he said,
that two kinds of time we're hurtfll to the
city, because it gave the impression TO all
visitors that Savannah was an old fogv
place that was willing to put up with the
annoyances of two kinds of time rather
than make an effort to keep abreast of the
spirit of the day. He also favored
one kind of time because there
was hardly a person in the
city who was not bothered more or less by
the effort to keen track of two kinds of
time, when the two kinds were in existence.
He never went to a railway depot ne said,
that he did not have to make calculation
about time, and be generally found that he
arrived there much sooner than was neces-
| sary, and thus often lost valuable time. He
had heard other gentlemen make the same
complaint He said emplatically, however
that no railroad official had urged him tx
favor STANDARD time for the city.
Col. Estill was asked if the adoption OF
Standard time had caused him any annoy
ances with his employees in his printing anC
publishing house. He replied in the mega
tive, and said, further, that he believed the
people were becoming used to stan
time, and that if the agitation with regarc
to it were to cease they would soon be ell
tirely satisfied with it