The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
CHAOSFEARED
|. ASCITY NEARS
TIME CHANGE
Commissioners Are Firm
Against Avalanche
Of Protests.
CONGRESS REFUSES
TO SHIFT CLOCKS
Railroads Put Trains
Ahead-Schools to Use
New Schedule.

by others, beSet on all sldes by con-
fusion and threatened chaos. Wash
ington's voluntary daylight saving
plan will Just happen tomorrow"
Hundreds of protests from resi-
dents OF Washington have been re-
ceived and filed by the District
Commissioners since the proposal
Of the law was first made. and as
the time for the new time to be-
come effective approaches, the pro-
tests both telephone and mail. arc
increasing.
A general answer to the protects
given by the Commissioners is. We
have followed the Presidents in
structions- and are powerless to do
anything more
Not to Change Clocks.
Clocks will remain unchanged,
for the District Commissioners de-
clare that they do not have the
authority to do SO. and Congress
has practically washed it's hands Of
the matter by shelving two bills
which were introduced for the pur-
pose of providing this necessary
authority
Hence. the only plan for the op-
Grafton of the program lies within
the request order issued by Presi-
dent Harding. to all government
department executives an dthe Dis
trict Commissioners.
| Two government divisions, the
Bureau ~ Engraving and Printing
and the Government Printing ONCE,
along with small bodies of en-
pioyes in various other government
branches. have announced that
there will be no change in the
working hours. while the District
Fire Department and a large num-
! Der of other city employee will not
observe the new time.
! President Harding and the Dis
l trict Commissioners, however, will
| conduct their business according to
daylight saving plan, for both the
| White House and the District
BuildingS have indorsed the time
| shifting proposal.
Congress will proceed Just as
though nothing had happened.
and the sessions will begin and
end in the future just as they
have in the past.
There Is nothing more that we
can do" said Commissioner Oyster
| Yesterday. 1--WE have complied
with the Presidents order by
changing the working hours for
most of the District employees. but
as for the changing q! the clocks.
that Is a matter which necessitates
special legislation"
At the same time Senator Wesley
| l.. Jones, of Washington. sponsor
of the daylight saving bill which
was shelved by the Senate. asserts
that "in the absence OF the neces-
sary legislation to make the opera
| tion of the plan general IN the
city, the President should rescind
his order to the government de-
partments and the District Com
missioners."
Traction Lines on New Time.
Senator Jones states that in his
opinion chaotic conditions will eN-
| ist In the District If The Daylight
saving rlan is permitted to opei ate
| on a voluntary basis and without
| Legislation.
Officiais of the street railway
companies are preparing to operate
their lines on tentative new
time" schedule tomorrow and at
the same time observe the con-
duct of the schedule with a view
to making improvements which
might suggest themselves as
result of congestion and incon-
yenience to the great number OF
government employees who Will be
| required to go to and return from
work at practically the same hour.
Schedules Of all of the. commuta-
tion trains operated by both steam
and electric railroads into and from
the city will be revised to conform
with the new time program tomor-
row.
h, 4 O. Announces Schedule.
Col. w. V. Shipley local Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad passenger
| agent, yesterday announced the
changes in the Washington and Met
ropolitan branches. effective tomor-
row, and to continue as long as the
daylig ght- saving plan is in effect here.
| The changes are as foliows:
\ Washington Branch-Trains now ar
| riying at 1927 a. m. will arrive at
6:27; $50 trains at 7:20-both Bal
timore locals. New York Washing
ton express arriving at 1880 will take
Baltimore and Washington passen-
gers that now travel on trains ar
irving at S:e3 a. m, which has been
Cancelled. The 9:45 Baltimore local
will arrive at S:45.
The train now leaving Washing
ton for Baltimore, an express. at 4
D. m, will not be changed. II will,
however, discontinue Its stop at Lau-
rel; the sos semi-express to Balti-
more will leave at 4E05; the $40
Baltimore local at 4:10; the $3.50 Balti-
more express at 4:30; the $50 Bal
timore local at $50; present 6 o'clock
train to continue and the 1850 Bal
! timore local will be changed to 1880.
metropolitan Branch-the train ar.
irving from Boyd. Nd. at 7:10 a. m.
will arrive at $40: the one at $40
that operates from Boyd will pper-
ate from Gaithersburg, Md instead,
at 1920: the S:25 train will continue
on the same schedule.
| The train that now leaves Wash
| ington for Gaithersburg at 1:35 d.
m. has been changed to 1896; the
| Boyd local, no at Sis. will leave
at 4:05 and make all stops: the>
5:10 train, will continue. on same
| schedule; the Frederick. Md, train
leaving at y5:45, to 4:45; the $3.50
one to Boyd, unchanged, and the
1850 Bopd train will leave at 1880.
| The Pennsylvania railroad does
not handle much traffic from near
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