The world: historical and actual . nd Pacific. The present system, and the first practical one ever devised,was perfected and carried through by William F. Allen,editor of the Official Railway Guide, and Secretary of theNational Railway Convention. The several meridians areplainly indicated upon the map, and the territory includedin the divisions shown by colors. The irregularity in thecolor boundaries is caused by various roads wishing toadopt as their standard the time of the meridian nearest towhich the greater portion of their lines are situated. Theunanimity with which towns and cities re
The world: historical and actual . nd Pacific. The present system, and the first practical one ever devised,was perfected and carried through by William F. Allen,editor of the Official Railway Guide, and Secretary of theNational Railway Convention. The several meridians areplainly indicated upon the map, and the territory includedin the divisions shown by colors. The irregularity in thecolor boundaries is caused by various roads wishing toadopt as their standard the time of the meridian nearest towhich the greater portion of their lines are situated. Theunanimity with which towns and cities responded to thisradical change was remarkable. At the present time thepeople have generally conformed to, and regulated theirtimepieces by, Standard Railroad Time, no matter howmuch the same may differ from Sun Time. Thisdifference between local or sun time is shown by thefollowing table of the principal cities of the United this table faster means that standard railroad time isso many minutes laster than local time, ind, Ml Nail j .&[Cp„Jngra, Chicago. ClTIPs. Albany Atchison, Kan 21 Atlanta Augusta, Me Baltimore 6 Bangor Bath, Me Boston Buffalo 16 Charleston 25 Charlottctown, 12 Chicago Cincinnati, O Cleveland. O Columbus, O , Minutes Faster, blower. 33 Minutes Cities. Faster. Slower. Danville, Va iS Denver The same. Des Moines 47 Detroit Dubuque 3 Fargo 27 Galveston Halifax Hartford, Ct Houston Indianapolis Jefferson City Kansas City, Mo,Lacrosse, Wis. ... Lincoln, Neb 27 Little Rock, , ,Memphis, , , Minn Mobile, Ala Montgomery New Haven New Orleans New York Omaha , Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland, Me Portland, Ore Providence, R. I. .. Minutes Faster. Slower,iSThe 4019 , Va. St. Min, N. B 24 St. Johns, N. F St. Louis, Mo 1 St. I aul, Minn 12 Salt Lake City 2S Santa Fe, N. 4 San Francisco 10 Topeka, Kan 23 , Minutes . Faster. Slower 32 Toronto, Can. Trenton Virgi
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