Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-29
ADJUSTING CITY
FOR DAYLIGHT
Some Confusion Here, But City
Takes to Change Under Dif-
ficuIties, Quite Readily.
BROWN WILL VOTE ON BILL
May be Taken Up in Senate
Tonight = Suburban Com
munitieS in Confusion

Perth Amboy Is adjusting itself to
the daylight saving system of time de-
spite the fact that there was a con-
siderable confusion yesterday. owing
to the failure on part of many to
know just what method others were
using. AS some of the churches adopt
ed the daylight saving system and
some did not, many church -goers
were either late or early for services
but announcement was made In all
cases as to what time would be OBJ
served in the future.
Some Of the neighboring towns fail
ed to adapt themselves to the change
which the larger cities in the state
made in order to have the same time
as New York and the commutation
trains running to that city.
The factories, schools, business
houses and city departments have
adopted the new system here and it
in few days. The town clock in
the Simpson NJ. e. church was moved
an hour ahead on Sunday morning as
were the large clocks in front of
Smith street jewelry stores, many of
the residents here regulating their
watches by these clocks.
Senator Thomas Brown seen today
concerning the daylight saving bill
which will probably be reported for
action in the Senate tonight said:
''The whole thing should be a Fed
eral regulation instead of separate
laws for cities, towns and states, as II
makes a lot of confusion and some
thing should be done to clarity the
situation, as business will be demoral-
lied If the condition is continued.
THE daylight saving bill which is
now in the Senate was not moved as
the majority of the members were
opposed to its passage. If 1t will clear
the present situation by having bill
passed determining standard time
for New Jersey. bill should be passed
for that purpose.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
daylight saving time) the fire alarm
rang its usual two taps. This morn
ing on the daylight saving schedule
o'clock 90 o'clock old time) that
the fire alarm sounded. The clock
In the police station had not been
set ahead as yet up until noon today
although the other clocks in city hall
had been changed.
The schools started this morning
under the new time and will continue
under the daylight saving system,
Taken as a whole the city has
adapted itself well to the unusual
conditions.
The local district court will observe
the daylight system at its sessions on
Tuesdays and Fridays it was an
nounced by Clerk John ]. Quinn this
morning.
At the Central Railroad of New
Jersey station here today, 1t was re-
ported that the trains, although some
of them are operating on standard
time and some on daylight time no
confusion has resulted All trains
from, and to Point Pleasant are operat-
ing on the day light saving schedule,
while trains from Camden over the
Pennsylvania are operating on Stand
ard time. When a person arrives at
the station and wants to know how
long they will have to walt for a
Camden train they are informed by
the agent that the train is one hour
late.
Under this state of affairs. the
Pennsylvania is giving better train
service to and from New York Via the
trains of the Camden division than
was possible before the New York and
Long Branch trains adopted the day
light schedule. AS Perth Amboy has
adopted the daylight saving time 1t
means that there is a Pennsylvania
train for New York at 1126 A. M.
3:34 P. M; 7:45 p. NJ. Hudson Termi-
nal it is now possible under the day
lightsaving plan to get train for
Perth Amboy at 700 A. M; 1:42 p
M; 6:12 p. M.