The sun., 1890-11-02
TIME Is MOyEY.

TIME rs MONEY.
The Western Union Company Sells About
S1.OOO.OOO Worth OF It Annually.
From the Indtanapo1t, Journal
worth OF. time is sold by the Western Union
Telegraph Company every year. 1t enjoys
what is Y Tpr"e tiealy monopoly in r. the market-
dressed 10 the doyernment The. kick is made
tories ali over tho country, which complain
that such busin1ss MS they would otherwise do
IN e is ~ the
KICKED nor q soul to be saved.
TO make all this clear. 4 is necessary to ex-
ington considers 1t an important part Of it's
business to determine and give away to any
70 Ga pS
the button st precisely ia O'clock, thus oom-
msnss IN shs c TSe %eseern unon Is
permitted to have It's Instruments in the room
ment to the he bas,en 50 that the new news Is flashed
directly from the observatory. without even
the aid Of an operator, Al over the United
FranSsSo Err %i.S within the space OF not more than
obliged to take ali other business oti the wires
each day Just before - o'clock. Three min
GteS ana . halt ~ pc before noon arrives operators
ceivine MESSAGES. and devote their attention
to attaching wires in such . manner as to
ineton with POINTS in every section, of the
Union to which the lines extend their rami-
bell Is to strike a lew warning ticks ks come. @
flashing along. and at the very moment when
the sun passes over the seventy fifth meridian
to Florida and from the Atlantic to the
Paciao. Informing an expectant nation
Is .hrss hoS9s wssh
Is got over by dividing the whole country into
bisects it from north 10 south Thus each strip
The east Wien % You got to Chicago o you putt put the be
hands Of your watch one hour back; having
reached 0msha; man you set them an eanother @ hour
this way the noon signals sent out from Wash
9nas nssa and saD
sSs 81 sisF Il E il
the United States who have clocks and lnd il
Of imnortnnnss nee. to keep them M right In Chs
Se sty y0 y sloas 11 Essh s,Rs efoaE
Gnsssa an 20 50 Tah rom
56s only Doubtless quite ooo
OBLIGED or the tme ,ees WncS
ntainne its nstruments at tho observstorv I s ~
and the wires connecting these instruments
mh see Ss % @ s ,ss gS Z
telegraphio operations for four minutes Ii the
busiest pa part OF each day throughout the ooun.
Indignation Of The private obssrvssories.
EnSn Tsa wssss s uai1H s@s Fssg eos
and deliver an, equally good and accurate
ally attaching 70 Government time drives their
Pro%dustt out e. the market and nd ruins the lsSal
Is e'k ~ Se whsn %ns
from the national astronomer2,
that any one Is Welcome 20 share tho same
PAM. IN the getting Of time free Of charge.
The G Postal .s @ Telegraph for example, 70 Is WELCOME
iistetb. As things stand at present the Govern. Cove j.
ment is glad to extend b1d In nny NJ fashion the cour
particularly to secure the accurate dropning OF
the noon time balls in al tho I'm mpoEtant sea-
IL Saf a s s to
the start the prime object OF the service Tho
clocks that are set every noon In thousand
button In Washington are eGu!pped with pc. @
cuiar electric oontrivance, so that the. current
passing through them springs the hands Of
each timepiece to tho point OF ~.
The observatory does not reckon it's time BY
the sun, but by the so -oaled ixed stars, which
are SO far on that their position with. relation
70 tho earth does not change appreciably with
In a few months OF. years. Star time e the only
through D big Telescope and watches for q
20 s Ss
moment t does 50 as shown By star;sIme
hs oonsults printed table that shows him
y, have crossed the meridian plane. The
ssss:t!me seiosI differs from y she he LATER !:
clock back, allowance being simply made In
covered which amounts only to u traction OF a
second In some days. NsSt NS ths corrected time
time which requires some figuring, inasmuch
year. A sun time or standard" time clock
stands close By. and. the amount that this
allowance is made for the error In sending the
noon stroke all over tho country.