Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-03-26
HOW WILL LOCAL DAYLIGHT
SAVING AFFECT PUTNAM?
New City Ordinance Effective Sunday. Clocks
Need Not Be Moved Back.
Haven Railroad Decides Adopt Saving Plan Eliminating
One Feature That Might Cause Mixup
Trouble Likely, However

served by our line upon co-incident
dates, as it will not be possible for US
to change our timetables, nor to har-
monte our connections, except on a
uniform basic time basis.
| understand this subject is now be-
fore your city authorities, and | am
therefore writing you in order that
you may have before you the best in
formation we have been able to OBJ
tain on the question, and that any ac-
ton which may be taken by the city
authorities may conform, as far as it
is possible, or desirable, to the factors
that must necessarily control us in the
preparation of timetables and the
handling of traffic Hereunder.
am sending copy Of this letter to
Richard T. Higgins, Chairman, Pub
lie Utilities Commission, State of
Connecticut, and to the mayors of the
principal cities of the state of Con-
necticut
Yours very truly,
C. L. BARDO,
General Manager.
Attitude of Public Utilities Commits.
sion
The chairman of the Public Utili-
ties Commission favors the Daylight
Saving plan personally. but is some
what afraid of the confusion that may
be caused if it is adopted any way but
nationally. He has issued the follow
ing statement:
Il am personally in favor of the
Daylight Saving policy as maintained
throughout the country in 1919 under
a national law. l am apprehensive,
however. that any Daylight Saving
system other than a national system
viii work confusion.
1.-THE policy of certain municipali-
ties or states passing varying ordi-
nances or laws favorable to the Day
light Saving plan, is at best patch
work and an attempt to change stand
ard time for local communities.
81 fail to see wherein the Public
Utilities Commission has any jurisdic-
ton in the matter. excepting to the
extent of approving train schedules in
conformity with local Daylight Saying
policies established or about to be es.
tablished in New York City, Boston
Providence and other nearby points
involving train schedules through
Connecticut A change of train SEIZED
ules on the main lines undoubtedly
will necessitate similar change on
all branch and connecting lines.
1T is certain, however, that this
commission has no authority to
change or establish standard time in
conflict with the United States gov
eminent standard, or Section 6720 of
the general statutes of this state"
Other Towns May Fall In Line
With the railroad adopting the Day
light Saving plan it seems probable
that many of the smaller towns and
villages viii fall in line. The greatest
objection to Daylight Saving comes
from the farmers, who are opposed to
any change in time beign made.
Just what plan of opening stores in
Putnam is to be adopted has not been
definitely decided. OF course the
merchants will SO operate their bust
ness as to accommodate the outside
trade if necessary, keeping their stores
open the same hours as at present but
which, under the new time, would be
an hour later by the store clock.
Next week will see the solution of
the problem, or at least how the plan
works under local option can be noted.
1t will be an interesting development
to watch.