Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-19
TINE REGULATION BY ELECTRIC LIGHT

asset known as good WILL" which
means satisfaction end kindly feeling
between company and its patrons
and this would undoubtedly be stimu-
.ated by. supplying the time signal:
| Then, second. in more substantial
way. the company would be likely TO
profit by giving the signal this
would be an extra advantage Of using
electricity in the home. Houses using
gas alone would to without the signal
unless they were able to catch II from
some outside electric light
The important thing about the cleo
! trio time signal is that ia is flashed TO
the people OF = whcle city so that they
are compelled for an instant to think
about tho time. Instinctively. they
pull out their watches or look up at
the clock and note Ike variation. With
out the signal they could get the np
proximstc time dairy at number OF
more or less reliable clocks about the
streets, but that involves effort and
the effort is not impelled by an out
side influence as In the case OF the
electric light sigma.
Need for such Reform
! The need for single standard OF
correct time is apparent in our cities.
Because OF the large number OF such
| calls. telephone operators arc forbid
den to respond 10 appeals for tho
risht time please. Companions OF
1
| the chronometers in windows will
| show that scarcely two have exactly
tho same time. According to Mr.. Beal
most people would be surprised TO
know how much window chronometers
are permitted TO got in error. even tho
they may carry a card inscribed cor
| rect time" Yet. people set their
watches by these different clocks and
chronomcters daily, each feeling that
the particular ona he selects as a
| standard is the most reliable
The Western Union clocks which are
set regularly by electricity are as
| trustworthy guides rs our cities now
offer. These clocks have as their
standard the Naval Observatory time
pieces at Washington, the correct time
being wired to each city at noon every
! day. The Naval Observatory clock Ia
| one of the master clocks OF the coun-
try. There is another at the Bureau
of Standards. Such clocks vary as
twenty-four hourJ To appreciate this
| high degree Of nccuracy. compare
IL with the average Smoll watch vary
ing perhaps half n minute a day. or in
other words 5000 times as much as the
master clock.
The Western Un'on clooks offer
sufficiently felisblo time standard. but
they do not begin TO reach nm entire
| population. Other cocks are used by
many people who nave long had the
/ iihblN VI CONSUMING q Nlpth at some
| particular point passed daily.
| The time bail is another sufficiently
accurate signal. wh:ch like the West
ern Union clocas r-aches a large num-
bcr of people in city, but not the en-
tire city.
! The time bail ia \ mariners device
| and is used principally in porta. The
| need for ship to get the correct time
! was first met by IN. time ball at the
Cape of Good Hop in Africa. about
/ seventy years ago. a ball was raised
\ TO the top of a nigh pole near the
! wharf, and at noon IL was released so
that 1t slid down the pole. The cap
tain Of ship near the port could
! watch for the signal thru his spy slas
/ and determine by IL the errors of the
! ships chronometers,
This became Popular signal IN
| ports, and ia used occasionally eian-
building In this city. for instance. bail
| time" is tho standard for many OF the
government clerks The ball Is raised
| by hand and device set go that at
exactly twelve o'clock Il automatically
slides down the poie
From this bail signal, the electric
| light signal is sometimes fererred to a.
the electric tima hall" despite the
fact that there is no bail connected
with the signal given by dimmins the
lights.
The average man can lift one and