The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-09-22
q s CONJECTURE.
Diversified Time Schedules Prevailing
Here Gives Rise to Many Queries.


Here Gives Rise to Many Queries.
With the entire community either at
skies or at sevens in regard to the
time of day here, many conjectures
have arisen, some of which are deeid-
eddy knotty in their nature. Banks
observing mountain time in accordance
with the time as promulgated by the
railroad company, while the telegraph
company and many of the brokers, at
torneys and other residents of the
town are observing Pacific coast time,
the question is being asked as to which
of the two times would be considered
legal in the event of the expiration Of
an option; or the hour on which a note
would be considered as having gone to
protest. Both of theSe matters are
of more than ordinary import and un-
less some universal time schedule is
established here are sure to be rlfe
with legal entanglements and suits at
law. The opinion among the banking
men is that the hour at which a note
would 90 to protest would be in ac-
cordance with the time schedule IN
force by the banking company or other
corporation or individual in whose ia
yor such note was drawn. In those
circles the same opinion prevails IN
regard to the expiration of options, al
though they suggest that in order to
avoid controversy the time be .speci-
fed in the option as either Pacific coast
or mountain time, al the parties to the
contract elect. Such procedure would
of course, in a measure, clear the at
mosphere of legal entanglements, but
would by no means proven. controver-
sy and possibly law suits in instances
where such provision was not made
in such documents, either as the result
of carelessness or through Intentional
oversight. All the banks in the city
have established the following hours:
open from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m, mountain
time; 9 a. M. to Q p. m, Pacific coast
time. Saturdays the banks will close
at / o. M, mountain time, or IL o'clock
Pacific coast time.
At the post Office mountain time is
in vogue, but this change is not arbi-
trary and was simply ~inaugurated by
1.-THE postmaster in an effort to conform
to tbs requirements of the public. The
same change was made by the Tonopah
postmaster, but later the former
schedule was adopted at the request of
the public. The postmasters are per,
mitted to pursue whatever course in
such matters as seems to them best
adapted to the needs of the general
public and no directions from the post
al authorities are necessary to either
change from or return to a former
schedule. This being the case the local
postmaster is influenced solely by the
demand of the residents and if that de-
mand be for a return to the old Pa
cifc coast time, there is no question
UuL WHAT ne Will uO 80. Lie udiu
thing is for the people of Goldfeld to
get together and decide for themselves
which time schedule they prefer, ire
spective of the fact that such time
schedule may differ from that estab-
lished by the railroad company. 1t is
no unusual occurrence for the people
of a community to observe one time
and the railroad company another, and
by so doing Goldfeld will not be es-
tablishing a precedent. There is but
one course of procedure possible in
the premises and that is the right
course; get together, find out where
you want to be cat" and then stand
pat. The entire matter is one in which
many ridiculous features figure, and
yet it is one which unless it is rene
died may be fraught with legal entan-
clements and controversy.