. Review of reviews and world's work. is takenduring the afternoons andearly evenings. This part oftheir lives is one of the mostimportant and is essential tothe success of their moreserious efforts. By adoptingEastern standard time these the standard time zones t^t-franc: #>^ 9?-t Viniirc l^ 1SS3, through the initiative of the railroads and primarily for theif arizens OOtainea -J-r uuuis. benefit, a system of Standard Time was formulated. The country was of additional davllght during divided into four zones, the centers being apart 15 longitudinal degrees, , t-l • u ° ^actly oc ho
. Review of reviews and world's work. is takenduring the afternoons andearly evenings. This part oftheir lives is one of the mostimportant and is essential tothe success of their moreserious efforts. By adoptingEastern standard time these the standard time zones t^t-franc: #>^ 9?-t Viniirc l^ 1SS3, through the initiative of the railroads and primarily for theif arizens OOtainea -J-r uuuis. benefit, a system of Standard Time was formulated. The country was of additional davllght during divided into four zones, the centers being apart 15 longitudinal degrees, , t-l • u ° ^actly oc hour sun time. Cleveland and Detroit have saved dav- tne year. 1 nat time nas Ught by discarding Central Time and adopting Eastern Time. To put the K«»n Ai>ir,tt>A tr. rmfrlru-ir rfr. P^ ° effect throughout the entire country would be even more simple Oeen oe^Otea to OUtaoor re«. _ieave the zones as they are, and set all clocks ahead one hour in all zones) reation; 276 days, or three-quarters of the year, were afforded day. light after 5:30 oclock in the evening. These beneficent results had their originin the report of the Committee on EasternTime appointed by the Cleveland Chamberof Commerce which resulted in the enact-ment of an ordinance simply to announcethat the standard of time throughout theCity of Cleveland shall be that of the seven-t)-fifth meridian of longitude west fromGreenwich, known as Eastern standardtime. Municipal offices and legal or officialproceedings of the City of Cleveland shallbe regulated thereby; and when by ordinance,resolution, or action of any municipal officeror body an act must be performed at orwithin a prescribed time, it shall be so per-formed according to such standard of time. Nor has the city of Cleveland hid its lightunder a bushel. The committee on Easternstandard time of the Chamber of Commerceis still in existence and is ready to give thebenefits of its to civic bodies ofother cities. The city of Detroit has alre
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