Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
paYlieht Saving.

Mr. Editor: My personal esteem fer you is too great to allow me to believe that either ignorance or a desire ts blind your readers could have inspire your editorial. of March 23d, and yet :. can see in it nothing but gross misrep- resentation. 1
 You certainly Know that all railroads in the United States must be run on. the standard of time as adopted by congress whether in interstate runs or intrastate runs. You know. that the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in running trains as they did last year an hour ahead were still operating on east ern standard tirne and that all of their trains this year, whether through or To- cal, will be run on standard time. T earnestly hope that the time has not come when a few city dwellers in the common wealth of Connecticut can, without legal right, impose upon others living outside of the city legislation adopting stand ard of time to be used in the summer months so that they may enjoy '1n extra hour of leisure in the afternoon
 won't deign to call it daylight sav- ing time" for that name iy the most ludicrous camoufage that was ever thrown over any attempt at gaB-ruie. If you feel that such large percent age of Connecticut citizens were ready to adopt your so-called daylight saving time.' why didn't you go to Hartford with a bill legalizing such an attempt at an- tocratic government?
 For the good of your readers want to | call attention to the fact that Maine New Hampshiress vermont and CcSnectl- cut have already passed drastic aiftf-day. light saving laws; that New York has repealed her law of last session adopt. ing such a standard and that Massachu. setts alone now legalizes such proceed. ure. A municipality may have the right | through its mayor and council to regu, late urban affairs, but when such action becomes an imposition upon citizens out
 side of the city it is high time to call a halt. Open your stores and start youl factories at any hour you wish and clost them when you wish; that is 'your privi lege, but remember thai others have priv ileges which should have and evidently Nave had the consideration of a major
 ity of the law makers of our state.
 l. Ledyard, March 24, 1921.
 Railroads are required by law to operat
 on standard time. But operating oa standard time end running the trains al
 hour ahead of schedule means that train , run on daylight saving time. Anyone wfi , travelled on trains last year cannot fai
 to be aware of that. The New Have road is going to run it's trains to accom-
 nodate Massachusetts which has d day light saving law New York city, whic has adopted daylight saving through locs option, the large centers of Rhode Islan : which have also adopted daylight savin 5 and those cities in Connecticut whic ? want it and seem likely to get
 through common consent Certainly th
 New Haven road could not accommodat
 these communities by adhering to stand
 ard time unless it operated its trains a s hour earlier than the Schedule, or at l time to correspond with daylight savin
 time.
 Such arrangements the Connecticut lel . islature cannot upset. The effort to has s trains which run only between rt ints ea
 tirely within the state operated on stant
 ard time without any advance in u
 schedule, which it. is to be hoped wi amount to nothing. would not only co1 a fuse travellers but railroad operation
 well. After April 24th those who ket
 their timepieces on standard time mu e figure on going to the station at II C s clock to get s12 o'clock train.lEd.)s