Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-27
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
ACTION IN CONNECTICUT

ANL1 AN NON 1T
 After a practically unanimous vote in favor of the daylight saving time among the employees of the connec;icJt EnSi- neering and Contracting company tre new schedule was adopsed On Tuesday. The men report for work at I a. m. anI have one-haf hour for lunch and quit work at 3.30 o'clock. L. N. Young, the head of the eomDsng. is the flrs. con- tractor in the city to adopt the new time.
 The Crescent Firearms Go. and the United Metal Manufacturing Co. are two | Norwich industries .h1t arc on the day ! light saving schedule ard The Bulietln Co. Is on the daylight saying plan in all departments.
 Manager Charles F. Taylor of the Austin Nichols and Company Inc, wholesale. grocers. has announced that his place of business will operate on theN daylight saving time. Employes of 1 the concern report for work an hour earlier and closing time is set an hour ahead.
 The Federal Paper Beard Company of Versailles is operating on daylight time beginning today CWednesday).
 Throughout Connecticut the sentiment Iregarding daylight saving time Is di- : vided, some towns having adopted 1t and set their clocks ahead. other towns have only advanced the working sched- ules an hour and left the clocks on ! standard time. while others have stuck
 to the standard time. The following is the way some of the larger cities in the
 state stand on the question. . Hartford-Has adopted daylight time ' and voted to move the clocks ahead. Waterbury-Has adopted the daylight time but the clocks remain on standard time.
 . New Haven-Is on standard time bu | the majority of manufacturing plants stores. schools and other places are op erating on the daylight time. BIdgeport-Busines placeS and
 nearly alf1sctories are operating on th' ' daylight saving time which has beer , generally accepted.
 : New Britain-Has adootel the day I. light saving time.
 MiddIetown-Is divided on the ques
 ton. The official time is staadarl tim = with many factories and business place ' operating on daylight schedule.
 Wnlimantic-Stanolrd time. s Norwich-Standard time.
 New London-Daylight timA East Hartford-Divided. |, Windsor-Daylight time '' Windsor Locks-Daylicht tiHae.
 Torrington-Daylight time. "a Milford-Daylight tlre. a !. Thoma maston-Daylight time.
 t augatuck-Daylight time. s Ellington-Standard .Inl".
 Baltic-Standard time .. Jewett City-Milis on daylight time $. In Waterbury Tuesday orders ve- 10 issued putting all city 'srArTneats c a daylight saving scnajulc starting Il - next day. Clocks will not be change ~ but. work will start an hour earlier - the morning. This same plan Is now ,,, operation in the public schools. Facto ies and business houses ave behen .. -. the daylight schedule siacs Sunday, a z vancing the clocks in most instances. ,L One manufacturing company. on al .. vice of counsel did not advance q a iclocks. but changed tEe schedule
 working hours.
 !. Other small towns n the state ha' ,t, not taken any definite action on q ,i % matter but are doing what the neare
 city is doing. Along the Shore Lsi Q the towns have practically all adcpt' 'i9 the daylight time t0 correspond vii the railroads. Little confusion Is T
 ported in the cities except where the
 are two times used, an3 where one tra
 els from a daylight Zoas to standa o+ zone or vice versa.