New-York tribune., 1920-03-27
Daylight Saving
Will Begin in
City at ? A. M.
Virtually the Entire East
Will Follow New York's
Lead by Advancing Clocks
or Adjusting Schedules
Jersev Falls Into Line
All Railroads Here Have
Announced They Will
Operate Under New Time

way to Sclve itself. In the absence
of Federal act setting summer clocks
forward and in spite of opposition in
rural districts, the popularity of the
ceptance by the force of its own mo-
mentum.
Many and various are the methods
adopted by differen. communities to
put the scheme into effect, but they
all arrive at the same goal, and to-
morrow morning at 9 o'clock time
schedules will be advanced one hour
not only in the State of New York but
practically all over the Eastern section
of the country. Clocks will be set
forward in most cases. though not in
all, and where the hands of the clock
are not changed business schedules will
be pushed ahead to achieve the same
result.
New York Leads
The peculiar situation evidences
again the important part which New
York plays in the affairs of the coun-
try as whole Thus, in Philadelphia
where no provision has been made for
a general time change, the Stock Ex-
change and financial houses will adapt
themselves to the plan in order to keep
step with Wall Street. Other stock
exchanges throughout the country will
take similar action ror the same rea-
son.
The Erie Railroad linked it's infu-
ence with the plan yesterday in an
announcement which provides that all
but ten through trains on that road
will be operated on Sunday and after
ward on daylight saving time. The
through trains will run one hour later
than the time shown in the current
time tables, until new time tables are
issued
This adds the Erie to the daylight
saving list of roads and makes the de-
cision practically unanimous so far as
roads operating into New York are con-
cerned. On the Long Island, Central
B. R. T.. New York Railways Company,
Third Avenue and municipal ferry
lines the clocks will be advanced. The
New York Central, N. Y. N. H. & H..
Lackawanna, Rutland, d. G. II. and
Pennsylvania lines will advance all
suburban schedules an hour, while re-
tanning Eastern time.
Some Confusion Likely
1t is admitted that this will probably
cause some confusion until the public
becomes accustomed to the divergence
OF one hour in the scheduled time, as
shown oy existing time tables, but the
companies will avoid this as far as
possible by prominently displayed no.
possible moment of corrected time
schedules.
Pennsylvania Railroad schedules af-
fected will be those covering train
service between New York City and
Point Pleasant, N. j., and intermediate
stations in both directions, also local
trains originating or terminating in
the territory between New York City,
Newark, Elizabeth, Railway, Perth Am
boy, New Brunswick and East Mill
stone, N. ]. No change will be made in
the schedules of trains running to or
originating at points beyond New
Brunswick. Neither will the schedule
of trains between Philadelphia and
Long Branch and Trenton and Long
Branch be changed.
The trains of the Hudson & Manhat-
tan Railroad between Newark and New
York City, stopping at Manhattan
Transfer for passengers for downtown
New York, will be advanced one hour
Pennsylvania Railroad trains having
connections at Manhattan Transfer will
be protected where necessary by addi-
tional stops of the Hudson & Manhat-
tan electric trains.
Daylight saving time will be adopted
by the New York courts, it was an
nounced yesterday. Federal district
judges made public the necessary order
last night, while the Brooklyn Supreme
Court reached a similar decision in the
afternoon. Other public Offices will fall
in line and the new time will be in
effect at the postoffice, the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies
offices, the Federal Reserve as we'll as
the private banks and the Custom
House. In the case of the postoffice,
the public business will be transacted
on the new time, but the transconti-
mental mails will run on standard time
Steamship Offices in New York will
be operated on the daylight saving
schedule, but departing ocean liners
will adhere to standard time. The In
ternational Mercantile Marine made
public yesterday statement to this
effect, which adds that the adherence
to standard time for outgoing steam
ships is due to the necessity for avoid
ing confusion on the part of passengers
coming from distant out-of-town points
to make steamship connections here.
Jersey Falls in Line
There was a general rush yesterday
on the part of the communities adja-
cent to New York to get into line with
the prospective change in metropoli-
tan time. In Newark a committee of
the Board of Trade was appointed to
call upon the Mayor and urge him to
issue proclamation asking the public
TO make the necessary alteration in
their timepieces. Many of the large
business houses and offices, Including
the Prudential Insurance Company,
have announced their intention of max
ing the shift, and the Public Service
corporation has declared that it will
ADJUST its service according to "condi-
tions as they may be found"
Ihe Mayor of Paterson, N. j., issued
a proclamation yesterday asking citi-
zens voluntarily to observe the new
.ime' and similar proclamation was
Issued Isl by the Mayor of East Orange.
\ me Edison plant at Orange and the
panic schools of West Orange will
operate under the new plan.
Governor Edwards said Yesterday
mat he expected the various state do,
part,ments, Offices and inst;tnt;ons ttu "es
would observe his request made to the
people of New Jersey on THURSDAY ',to ~
adopt voluntarily daylight saving CO. ~
incident with the going into effect se, No of
the New York law tomorrow. VI
Marcus NJ. Marks, president ~ ~.
National Daylight Saving Association
says that next week will see the estah.
lishment of daylight saving time belt
reaching from Pittsburgh to Buffalo