The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-01

saving began at ? a. m. Sunday in more than 500 of the nations largest cities, in about 200 smaller cities or rural communities, and in every nook or corner of several states, notably on the Atlantic seaboard.
 Railroads will operate on standard time, unless a bill now before Con- gress which would give them per- mission to use daylight saving time tables is passed. But banks and stock exchanges and business radiating out of New York and the four of five great cities along the coast will be on daylight saving time.
 New York State, after an active year of organized farm opposition, is now following in the footsteps of it's large cities. New York, Albany and Buffalo will be on daylight time, but such places as Syracuse and Rochester, agricultural as will as industrial centers, have repealed local ordinances and will continue to live by the old clock during the summer.
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mary land and New Jersey, however, will be on daylight time on a practically statewide basis. Where local ordin- ances govern conditions, action has been unanimous to "save an hour."
 In New York City, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Baltimore, Pitts burgh, Washington and Chicago the clocks went ahead an hour Saturday at midnight. And in all these cities action by the local councils was unanimous, except where state laws took care of the change.
 Connecticut last year passed law providing for daylight saving only by local ordinance. New London and New Haven alone adopted such or dinances, but this year Hartford has joined their ranks, and daylight sav- ing will become almost state wide by action in cities and rural districts all over the state.
 Rhode Island joined Massachusetts in state law for saving daylight at the last session. All of Maines large cities will save the hour, but most of New Hampshire will leave it's clocks alone.
 Chicago is the center of middle west belt which will have daylight time. The city decided last year to change its clocks by a vote of the people and the ordinance has not been attacked since. To keep pace with the largest city on the lakes, such places as Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit Racine and Milwaukee have adopted time saving ordinances. Lansing, last year on regular central time, will change this year.
 Most of the leading business cen ters of Europe have adopted day light saving permanently. Paris will continue it this year but discard it in 1923 under new law. London took to saving daylight on March 26 while all the cities of Belgium and France will join her tomorrow or already have done so. Germany, by a national law, holds aloof and will conduct all it's business and trade on it's usual time standard
 The situation in New York state is peculiar. In the first year Of Governor Miller's administration, the farm bloc" passed bill repeating the state daylight saving law but permitting it by local ordinance. All of the large cities had daylight sav- ing last year, but many have changed for the coming summer.
 Most notable among such cities are Rochester, Syracuse and Oswego.
  the city has ever known, Syracuse, on April d0 passed an ordinance against tinkering with the hands of the clock. This was followed by action in nearby, smaller cities, such as Ogdensburg, Watertown, Oneida, Ithaca, Cortland and Auburn. Bing- l hamton later agreed to remain on standard time, so that the central part of the state will be almost en- tirely served by the "winter colck."
 The principal seabord summer re- sorts will be on the new time. At 1antic City. Newport, Narragansett and Bar Harbor will save daylight.
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