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ated local standards of time. As regards sectional time, it was 

 suggested that exact hours from Greenwich would be found prac- 

 tically the most convenient. Thus instead of Philadelphia time, 

 or St. Louis time, or Denver Mint time, or San Francisco time, 

 we would have Atlantic slope time to be computed exactly five 

 hours, Mississippi Valley time exactly six hours. Rocky Mountain 

 time exactly seven hours, and Pacific slope time exactly eight 

 hours from Greenwich. This would involve no change in watches 

 or time-pieces, unless in the modification of the hour index. But 

 the minute hands would continue in every case to indicate the 

 actual time correctly, 



