Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-29

10 be on duty during the period of
the change as may be necessary to
avoid delay 10 and protect move
ment of trains.
Seventh-Thc clocks covered by
present mountain time will be set
ahead one hour the same as in cen
trail time. superintendent of di-
visions operating under mountain
time will issue such instructions, in
addition to the above. as may be
necessary TO prevent any complica-
ton or possibility of accident or
delay in connection Herewith.
Eighth Superintendent operat-
ing divisions, the tracks or facil-
tiles of which are used by the trains
of other companies, will issue such
instructions as may be necessary
to insure the observance Of these
instructions
Ninth-Care will be taken to see
that all train and enginemen of this
company, operating over the tracks
Of other companies, fully under
! stand the hour and date of this
change and are familiar with in
structions OF the company under
which they operate.
Employees must exercise
great care during the period of this
change in standard time; take no
+ chances; in case of doubt, take the
safe course.
Eleventh - Employees receiving
this circular will detach receipts
properly fill out and promptly mail
" or personally deliver to superin-
( tendent
When the decreed hour arrives
it will be unique moment in the
history Of the United States, since
! there probably will be more people
! engaged in the same single task
/ than ever before. In order to keep
abreast of the times, it will be nee
( essary for all clocks and timepieces
I to be set ahead an hour
Without doubt there will be
! some slackers. There will be some
who will forget all about it. Per-
! haps father will start for his
usual train the next morning only
/ to find it has departed an hour
before. Brother may arrive at the
= office to find that>thinas have been
: humming along for an hour If
any Of these things happen you
may wager the old clock on the
mantel will soon be set to keep in
tune with the times
Aside from the social gains in
the matter of more daylight for
recreation, this new law is a meas
ure which will effect tremendous
war economies. It's advantages
have been recognized in Great Brit
ain, France and Germany, where j.
has been in effect for several years
during the summer months
Under the old scheme the aver
age working day was from
0 clock to ). Between sunrise Al
20 and the hour when We pre-
sented ourselves for business,
three hours and half OF daylight
were wasted TO the great majority
OF people. BY moving the clock
ahead this wasted morning time
j is reduced an hour IL other
words, we get up an hour sooner
! but psychologically it will still be
! S O'Clock when we go to work.
since our clock will be seen to read
S o'clock
We shall quit at ; o'clock as
usual. but it will actually be 4
o'clock, thus giving US an extra
hour at the end Of the day to util-
ize as We see fit for some actiyi--
adapted to daylight. For the peo-
pie who want to help OUT in food
conservation by maintaining a war
garden this extra hour gives fathp-
or brother the time TO so out AM
weld the hoe and rake in the IN
terests Of increased food supply
/ The saving in fuel for lighting
power is of highest importance TO
the nation at this time. BY retir-
ing at our usual hour actually,
however, an hour sooner-we cut
down our gas and electric bills and
at the same time save coal for the
winter months.
In the United Kingdom during
The four and a half months that
daylight saving was practiced in
1916, il is claimed that the saving
in gas alone conserved 100000 tons
Of coal. The expenses to cOnsunI-
ers were reduced by $2.375 ,000.
Electric light companies reported
reduction in output of about %
per cent