The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-22
10 HAVE STANDARD TINE
THE CITY CLOCKS 10 BE SET BACK
NEXT SUNDL y.

Gard-Savannah Falls into Line with
ether Cities-The Houses to be Re-
numbered - The River Street Inn
provement- Cobblestone Pavement
Set Down Upon-The City and
Suburban Railways New Lines.
After next Sunday Savannah will run by
standard time The City Council voted last
oight to adopt a uniform time system, and
hext Sunday at noon the city clocks will be
let back thirty-six minutes
The time question has been one of the
vexed questions that the City Council has
had to deal with When standard time
tame into general use Savannah adopted
It, but in a very short while it was aban-
aoned, and the city went back to sun time
CITY OF TWO TIMES.
Ever since there has been a mixture OF
tunes that few people could understand,
and Savannah has enjoyed the distinction
If being one of the few cities that have
failed to adopt what is now the general
time System of the entire country.
The MORNING NEWS has advocated stand
ard time all along, and two weeks ago the
Council voted TO consider at its next meet
Ing whether or not the public interests de-
mand its re-sdoption as the official time of
the city.
TO TURN THE CLoCks BACK
Alderman Duncan last night offered the
following resolution and moved its adoption:
Pursuant to a resolution adopted at the last
meeting of Council, and believing that the pub
lie interests demand the adoption of uniform
standard of time. Therefore, be il
Resolved, That the keeper of the city clocks
be and he is hereby directed to set the minute
hands of the city clocks back thirty six minutes
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that from and after that time the city will be
guided by Central Standard Time.
AGAINST THE CHANGE.
The resolution brought Aldermen Nichols
and Wells to their feet in n hurry. Alder
man Wells aud the late Alderman Hamlet
Here too of the strongest opponents of
,'andard time when it was first adopted.
They made vigorous fight against it at
the first. When Aldermen Wells and
Nichols got up last night it was to oppose
It's readoption, Alderman Nichols moved
10 lay the resolution on the table
I'VE have had enough of standard
time" he said Alderman Wells
seconded the motion, and added that he
hoped every Alderman would vote for it,
but when it come to a vote only four did
They were Messrs. Wells, Nichols, Meyers,
and Nell.
STICKING TO OLD WAYS.
upon its adoption, and Alderman Wells
jumped on it with both feet. 1.-The only peo-
Pile, he said, THAT wanted standard time are
he railroad people The city doesn't want
1t, the laboring people don't want it, and
why should we upset the whole time system
simply because the railroads want us tor
DR.. Duncan denied that his resolution was
IN the interest of the railroads. He offered
lt, he said, because he believed the public
iOfaTacfS "a IF
time.
PLENTY OF TINE.
Two weeks notice was given, he said, in
prder, if there was any opposition, to a
change from what is now known as city
time, that the Council might hear it.
Alderman Wells insisted that there is no
reason why the change should be made,
and that there is every reason why it
lhould not be made. "If the citizens do not
want standard time, why should we force
1t upon themN he asked, and be
added that eight-tenths of the population of
the city are opposed to it, and the ladies,
why, they have alw been opposed to it,
Aldermen Wells explained if Savannah
rould adopt Eastern Time, which is one
hour faster than Central Time, he would
Tot object, "but we are slow enough now
he added, without setting the clocks back
any further"
A VOTE OF TO 4.
The yeas and nays were called on the
resolution, and the vote stood to A.
Yeas-Aldermen Ellis, Mills, Reid
Ecdwarz, Duncan, Haines, McDonough and
Thomas.
Nays-Aldermen Nell, Myers, Nichols
and Wells.
The Mayor added that his vote would be
mo" That settled The matter, and next
Sunday Savannah will fall into line with
fhor IF i,a 81,
running by standard time all along.
TO REMINDER THE HOUSES.
After the time question was disposed of
Alderman Thomas offered a resolution
authorizing the Street and Lane Commit
tee to have the houses renumbered. . The
numbering of Savannah houses, where they
are numbered at all, has earned the city the
reputation of being the worst numbered
city in the country. The MORNING NEWS
few days ago showed up the necessity for
REMEMBERING of the houses, which the city
will undertake at once
THE RIVER STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The Council spent some time discussing
the ordinance providing for the regarding
and paving OF River street west of West
Broad. The ordinance, besid IS providing
for the regarding of the street, also provided
for repairing it with cobbestone and assess
Ing the property owners with the cost of the
Improvement.
Alderman Thomas being interested as a
property owner in the proposed improve
ment retired before the ordinance was taken
up for consideration.
Alderman Wells desired TO amend the
ordinance by striking out the section which
provides for the assessment of the cost of
the paving upon the property owners. He
did not think it right TO make the property
owners pay for cobblestonp pavement
OPPOSED TO CoBBLEsToNE.
Alderman Myers has had enough of cob
blestone pavement. He wanted to know
what the proposed work would cost.
Alderman Wells said that it would cost
probably $1,000 or 5000.
Alderman Myers thought that if the city,
is going to spend that amount of money it
ough to put down block pavement.
cit is time" he said, that cobblestone
paving should cloSe.n
Alderman Reid also opposed cobblestone
'The city has too much Of il now, :" he said.
The ayes and nays were called on the
ordinance, and it was passed by vote of :
TO 4, as follows:
Ayes-Aldermen Nell, Mills, Duncan.
Haines, McDonough. Nichols, Wells.
Nays-Aldermen Ellis, Reid, Schwarz,
Myers.
THE STREET CAR LINES.
The City and Suburban railway was
granted permission 10 run its Abercorn
street line solth of A ndarsou street 70 Ser