POSTAL DISTANCES AND TIME FROM NEW YORK CITY

Cities in U. S.Mls.Hrs.
Albany, N. Y.142  3 1⁄2
Atlanta, Ga.882 24 1⁄4
Baltimore, Md.138  6
Bismarck, N. Dak.1738 60 1⁄2
Boise, Idaho2736 92 1⁄2
Boston, Mass.217  6
Buffalo, N. Y.410  9 1⁄2
Cape May, N. J.172  5
Carson City, Nev.3036109 1⁄4
Charleston, S. C.804 21 1⁄4
Chattanooga, Ten.853 32
Cheyenne, Wyo.1899 54
Chicago, Ill.900 23
Cincinnati, O.744 23
Cleveland, O.568 19 1⁄2
Columbus, O.624 20
Concord, N. H.292  9 1⁄2
Deadwood, S. Dak.1957 65 1⁄2
Denver, Col.1930 61 1⁄2
Des Moines, Ia.1257 37 1⁄2
Detroit, Mich.743 21
Galveston, Tex.1789 56 1⁄2
Harrisburg, Pa.182  6
Hartford, Ct.112  4
Helena, Mont.2423 89
Hot Springs, Ark.1367 55
Indianapolis, Ind.808 23
Jacksonville, Fla.1077 30
Kansas City, Mo.1302 38 1⁄4
Louisville, Ky.854 30
Memphis, Tenn.1163 40
Milwaukee, Wis.985 29 1⁄4
Montgomery, Ala.1057 26
Montpelier, Vt.327 10 1⁄4
New Orleans, La.1344 32
Omaha, Neb.1383 43
Philadelphia, Pa.90  3
Pittsburgh, Pa.431 13
Portland, Me.325 12
Portland, Ore.3181141 1⁄2
Prescott, Ariz.2724 94
Providence, R. I.189  5
Richmond, Va.344 11 1⁄4
St. Louis, Mo.1048 29
St. Paul, Minn.1300 37
Salt Lake City, U.2452 71 1⁄2
San Francisco, Cal.3250105
Santa Fe, N. Mex.2173 82
Savannah, Ga.905 26 1⁄4
Tacoma, Wash.3209102
Topeka, Kan.1370 48
Trenton, N. J.57  2
Vicksburgh, Miss.1288 50
Vinita, Ind. Ter.1412 42
Washington, D. C.228  6
Wheeling, W. Va.496 14 1⁄4
Wilmington, Del.117  5
Wilmington, N. C.593 20
By Postal Route toMls.D’s
Adelaide, v. Frisco1284534
Alexandria, v. Lon.615013
Amsterdam, v. Lon.39859
Antwerp, v. London40009
Athens, v. Lon.565512
Bahia, Brazil587021
Bangkok, S. v. Frisco1299043
Batavia, J. v. Lon.1280034
Berlin43859
Bombay, v. London976524
Bremen42358
Buenos Ayres804529
Calcutta, v. London1112026
Cape Town, v. Lon.1124527
Const’ople, v. Lon.581011
Florence, v. London480010
Glasgow337010
Greytown, v. N. O.28157
Halifax, N. S.6452
Hamburg, direct48209
Havana13663
Hongkong, v. Fris.1059025
Honolulu, v. Frisco564513
Liverpool35408
London37408
Madrid, v. London49259
Melbourne, v. Fris.1226526
Mexico City (R.R.)37505
Panama23556
Paris40208
Rio de Janeiro620423
Rome, v. London50309
Rotterdam, v. Lon.39359
St. Ptrsburg, v. Lon.537010
Shanghai, v. Fris.992025
Stockholm, v. Lon.497510
Sydney, v. Frisco1157021
Valparaiso, v. Pan.480821
Vienna474010
Yokohama, v. Fris.734820

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APPENDIX

STANDARD TIME

BY Standard Time is meant that the hour of each 15° of longitude becomes the local mean time for the zone or belt extending 7 1⁄2° on each side of the central meridian; though in practise the zone has to be adapted to local circumstances, and so cannot conform to the exact line or meridian, but is arranged to suit boundaries of States or Provinces as may be most convenient. By way of illustration, it may be noted that in the Province of Ontario, Canada, by Act of the Legislature, the hour of 75° W. is Standard Time for the Province as far as 87° W., and that the S.W. point, 83° W., extends westerly beyond the eastern part of the State of Michigan, where the time of 90° W. is used; so at Windsor, Ontario, it is noon while in Michigan — more to the east — it is 11 A.M. The Standard Time as used in the chief cities of Canada and the United States may be noted: at Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, at Boston, New York, and Washington, the time of 75° W., five hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; at Winnipeg in Manitoba, and at Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans, the time of 90°, {143} six hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; at Regina and Denver it is the time of 105°, seven hours earlier than Greenwich; and in British Columbia and at San Francisco the time of 120° W., eight hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; and when 180° is reached another day begins in Eastern Siberia, at the Fiji Islands, and a little to the east of New Zealand.

The same rule applies to places east of Greenwich, where, of course, noon is earlier than at Greenwich according to the longitude. Spain adopted Standard — that is, Greenwich — Time early in the century. When noon at Greenwich it is 2 P.M. in Egypt and South Africa; it is 5:30 P.M. in India, 82 1⁄2° E.; in Japan and Corea, 135° E., it is 9 P.M.; and in Eastern Australia, 150° E., it is 10 P.M.

The question is often asked, “Where does a day begin?” — that is, any special day, New Year’s Day or Easter Day — and the answer is that for all peoples, nations, and languages, using maps with longitude East and West from Greenwich, each day begins at the meridian of 180°, slightly east of New Zealand in the South, and intersecting Eastern Siberia in the North, and so the last day of the nineteenth century and the first day of the twentieth were on the Earth together, not running concurrently or side by side, north and south of the Equator, as has been {144} supposed, erroneously, but the latter following the former from 180° westerly to Greenwich, and on again to 180°, where it gave place to January 2.

H. M.
Adelaide9 14 P.M.
Auckland (N.Z.)11 39 P.M.
Berlin0 54 P.M.
Berne0 30 P.M.
Bombay4 51 P.M.
Boston, U.S.7 16 A.M.
Brisbane, Qnsland10 12 P.M.
Brussels0 17 P.M.
Calcutta5 53 P.M.
Cape of Good Hope1 14 P.M.
Chicago6 10 A.M.
Constantinople1 56 P.M.
Dublin11 35 A.M.
Edinburgh11 47 A.M.
Florence0 45 P.M.
Glasgow11 43 A.M.
Hobart, Tasmania9 49 P.M.
Jerusalem2 21 P.M.
Lisbon11 23 A.M.
Madras5 21 P.M.
Madrid11 45 A.M.
Malta0 58 P.M.
Melbourne, Aus.9 40 P.M.
Moscow2 30 P.M.
Newfndland, S. Jns.8 29 A.M.
New York7  4 A.M.
Paris0  9 P.M.
Pekin7 46 P.M.
Penzance11 37 A.M.
Perth, W. Aus.7 43 P.M.
Philadelphia6 59 A.M.
Port Moresby10  4 P.M.
Prague0 58 P.M.
Quebec7 15 A.M.
Rome0 50 P.M.
Rotterdam0 18 P.M.
San Francisco, Port3 52 A.M.
St. Petersburg2  1 P.M.
Stockholm1 12 P.M.
Suez2 10 P.M.
Sydney10  5 P.M.
Toronto6 42 A.M.
Vancouver3 38 A.M.
Vienna1  5 P.M.