Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-20
Daylight Saving =
Finds No Friend in
City Government.
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and Waterville will remain on stand
ard time for this year at least ~,
petition presented by the po..n.
Merchants Bureau to the Citv
eminent for consideration of the vo,.
against daylight time did mt w.,
with the coveted response by the c;.,
fathers at their special mes,,.
Thursday evening. The argumerts :.
the citizens. pro and con, were he,.s
but when the mayor asked for
ton silence prevailed. and for spoh
length of time that a motion IN "a
1ourn was made and carried In III
matter of time Waterville st.,as
alone among the cities from Ros,ss
to Bangor, according to the propon'
ents of the measure. The mavor =.
ter stating the purpose of the msa,
ing, called on citizens for their viou,.
in the matter
Samuel Freeman was first Gala,
and stated that at a meeting If a.
Retail Merchants Bureau there ~
a unanimous vote to petition ~
City government to reconsider IL.
vote. Mr.. Freeman stated that W.
tervllle was nearly the only CITY !.
Maine that does not have davl;ch,
time and he felt the new time wor,.
be better for the city. When astas
how remaining on standard time w..
a detriment to the city Mr.. Freems,
cited the fact that the way the An
gusta cars run il discommodes monr
people
w. a. Squire said that he felt ,b,.
the vast majority of the wort...
would like daylight saving. Jossns
ing.
G. j. Gustafson, a grocer. snot.
strongly against it, saying that M,
shops would close just as it was tim.
TO. close the store and if the trade i,
attended to it takes about ano,bor
hour. The store opens at and c,os.
es at and that IL hours are lon,
enough.
Fl. r. Holland said he believed
people would accommodate themseIy.
es to conditions as they had in m.
past. The dry goods stores used IA
close every evening and at last Sal.
urday evenings only, and the peons
accustomed themselves to the change.
Acting Postmaster Charles Mile,
spoke against the change and said
that it Inconvenience the employs,
at the postoffice a great deal. He ex.
planned that they were Obliged to cpt
out parcel post delivery and one
first class mail delivery in the after.
noon which congested the Office in
the forenoon. He said also that p.
*. Atwood of the Lockwood Mills
told him that the; mills remained on
standard time last year.
Hon. S. l.. Berry said that the
daylight saving first came as a war
measure and that it had been turned
down in Congress and in two state
legislatures and he knew no reason
why it should go on. That if anyone
on the street wished to close his
store an hour earlier at night he
could have his clerks come an hour
earlier in the morning. He said that
he felt that the golf and fishing
should be let go until the country
had come back to a pre-war condi.
ton.
Otto Larsen and Isaac fflilson de-
ciared themselves for daylight saw
ing. w. A. Spiller. a railroad shop
worker spoke against it and spoke
also for his shopmates
Fred Grondin city employs
spoke against it and the additional
work it makes in the home for the
housewives in regard to the meals
A man by the name of Dusty, lab
oring man also spoke against it.
Edward Estes, an employe OF the
Hoilingsworth & Whitney said that
he felt that the extra hour of out-of-
doors added to the efficiency of the
men. stephen Cunningham said
that last year, the clocks were kept
at standard time and the employees
came in an hour earlier.
Harry Green said he was surprised
when he learned that the matter was
coming up again. He said he had
heard no reason for a change. This
was the second meeting he had at
tended where the proponents had
had no reason to back up their argu-
ments. He said man could get up
at q o'clock if he wants to and he
believed that if Waterville stuck as
she had begun, it would be a boom
for Waterville. Mayor Finnimore
said that 1900 men at the railroad
shops representing about 500 faml-
lies were opposed to daylight saving
time
w. A, Squire again spoke and said
that he felt that the great majority
of the workers in the mills and stores
would be for daylight saving
Someone made a reference TO the
great number of names on the peu-
lions that were signed in favor oil
daylight savings and Hon. S. L. Ber-
ry rose and said that petitions dld
not amount to much. That anyone
could take petition and go cut
with it and get people to sign it, this
one TO oblige the one with the petition
and others for other reasons with no
more force. He laid great stress, how
ever. on the part of the railroads ana
mails, which were the very pulse oil
business. after which w. A. Squire
again arose and said that the same
trains run through every city De-
tween here and Boston and he won
dered if Waterville were so much
brighter than any of those cities.
Someone had made an objection on
account of the schools and EdWaFu
Estes pointed out the fact that II