Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-26
STRANGE MIDDLE
OVER DAYLIGHT.
Central Railroad Adopts N. Y.
Time, While Penna. and Le-
: high Valley Make no Change
MAYOR MAKING A SURVEY
Staten Island Residents Who
Travel to This City Wonder
Where They Get Off at

Perth Amboy will do nothing as yet
with regards to adopting daylight saw
ing, Mayor Frank Dorsey stated this
afternoon, and policy of "watchful
waiting" Will be adopted until IL is
seen how other New Jersey cities act
to overcome the difficulties which arise
from having the daylight saving law
observed In New York and on some
railroads while In many of the New
Jersey cities and other railroads the
old system of time will be continued.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
has adopted the daylight saving plan
but the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Val
ley roads, which also have trains run
ming through this city, will retain the
present system of time. Jersey city
has adopted the daylight saving plan
Paterson will act on the proposition
on Monday, and. it is expected. will
adopt the plan. Although Newark has
acted against the plan it is understood
that the question has been reconsider
ed and new agreement is being made
whereby the new system will be adopt
ed.
It was announced this morning by
| the officials of the New Jersey Terra
Gotta Company that the New York
: offices and the plants In this city and
Tottenville will adopt the daylight
saving idea.
Daylight Saving that will go into
effect In New York City at A. M,
Sunday will not only cause consider
able confusion among those residing
in New York, but will have its bad
features for those residing in New
York, especially those living on Staten
Island who work in this city and other
parts of New Jersey. There is expect
ed to be a rush in the clock business.
where families have only one clock in
the house they are adding another to
keep both the New York time and the
standard time so that they can get TO
| work at the proper time.
The commuter seems to be the
| hardest hit of any by the mixup of
| the two times As every commuter
/ knows or bushes for not knowing,
| the standard time throughout the
| city of New York Is that of the sew
{ enty- fifth meridian of longitude west
| from Greenwich.
On Sunday morning at the witch
| ing hour of two. the standard time
| Of New York is going to be advanced
| one hour and will not return to the
mean astronomical time of the sew
| enty-f1fth meridian of longitude west
until the last Sunday in October.
| Therefore when the commuter in
Perth Amboy travelling on the Penn
| sylvania train who has been. in the
1 habit of arising at o'clock so as TO
| be at work In New York at 9, will
| have to alter bis schedule or else
| take another train.
| He will have to leave home at 9
| o'clock. Jersey time. and after board
| ing train, still 7 o'clock Jersey time
| and riding for nearly an hour, he
| will reach New York at o'clock.
| The same will be for those residing
| in Tottenville or any Of the towns on
| the lower part of Staten Island. They
| will have another hour in which to
catch more sleep in the morning, be-
] cause If they started for work at
| o'clock New York time to get to the
/ plant or place of business where they
| are employed in this city they will
| arrive at work at O'Clock New Jer-
sey time. If the New Jersey man In
| business in New York who reaches
| his home at s o'clock, Jersey time,
wishes to take his wife to a theatre
in New York, he will upon reaching
, his home at O'Clock have barely
time to jab diamond stud into his
| shirt front, swallow a leaf of lettuce
and soda cracker and race to the
| depot again.