Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-12
Committee FdUOrs
Saving of Daylight
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spoke briefly declaring their Endorsement
of the ordinance.
Richard Wcglcin, President Of Coun-
| Gil. said. 81 am not opposed to day
light saving. The legislators at Har-
risburg were stampedcd against the
Statewide Daylight Saving Bill by the
| farmers.
Now is the time to start campaign
of education for a Nation wide bill for
daylight Saving."
a letter also wos read from the Re.
publican Womcn's Committee ndorsing
the ordinance.
Loweilgr,md Gives Plan
Assistant City Solicitor l.owengrund
addressed the committee and prominent
citizens attending the meeting. stating
he had drafted substitute ordinance.
which he felt would be more suitable
than that originally drafted by Coun-
Gilman Roper.
Everybody wants daylight saving"
said Mr.. Lowengrund. "bnt the only
difficulty is to have IL in the legal and
proper way. The City of philadclphin
can fix its own time for city business
and there seems TO be no objection to
the community at large, acting through
Council, TO conform to this scheme
Daylight saving should not be lin
tied TO one year, but the provisions
should be carried out from year to year.
| feel that the request for daylight
saving should be more than rccOmmcnd-
ed and less than commanded. II can.
not be commanded because It is in
opposition to an act Of Assembly. but
1t can be commanded for municipal
purposes. In order to promote uni.
formity we can designate that it be
L,.a A. ~. at
this we avoid the pitfalls OF command
ing.
at occurs 70 me that this would be
satisfactory as practirnl. workable
scheme. There are crankS in every
community. and If such an ordinance
were made mandatory some one would
have recourse TO the law
Roper Yields Gladly
On hearing Mr.. Lowengrund's ordi.
nance read Councilman Roper agreed
to withdraw his, and moved that the
Loweugrund draft he reported. \ fa-
vorGhlc vote was then taken.
The ordinqncc prepared By Mr.. Low
cnCrund follows:
Section l Council NJ the city Of
Philadelphia orda;ns. that the stand
ard time throughout the city Of
Philadelphia is hereby fixed at that
Of the mean solar time Of the seventy
fifth degree Of longitude west Of
Greenwich, known as eastern stand
ard time, except that from . o'clock
ante meridian, on the last day Of
May of each year, until o'clock
ante meridian Of the last day Of
September OF each year. the standard
time for all municipal purposes shall
be advanced one hour; that all clocks
and tin.cpieCcs within the said city
and under the control thereof, shall
be- accordingly in each year advanced
one hour al o'clock ante meridian
on the last sunday of May and re-
tardod or turned back one hour at
. o'clock antc-meridian on the last
Sunday in September; and that all
municipal business, functions and
activities shall be governed, regulated
and controlled by the standard OF
time hereby provided.
Section =. That in order to pro-
mote uniformity and TO secure 10 th"
citizens and inhabitants Of tho City
Of Philadelphia the benefits OF day
light Naving in the said months, in
accordance with universal doeirc
therefor. such standard Of time (,
hereby Designated TO be COnfOrncd 10
BY the said ritiZenS and inhabitants
by setting forward and retardlng
their Watches clocks and timcplCC"N
az the times and in tn" manner pro
vided for in tie first section thereof,
and by guvol ming them elYeg IN their
daily business and affairs in a"curd .
am" with thc .tandard Of time fixed /
by This ordinance.
4 'or,rr from Governor Sproul wus
road in which the executive said II might +.
b. % good thing for Philadelphia, even
.toIg. ~" Legislature would not pass
a S'atr.WId Idle bill.