Author : Carlton Jonathan Corliss
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396503559
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Book Synopsis The Day of Two Noons (Classic Reprint) by : Carlton Jonathan Corliss
Download or read book The Day of Two Noons (Classic Reprint) written by Carlton Jonathan Corliss and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Day of Two Noons For nearly a century the American railroads, large and small, have been working together with a View to providing the public with the best possible transportation service. Their cooperative effort has included the standardization of gauge and equipment, the adoption of a uniform code of operating rules, a uniform plan for the interchange of freight cars, joint rates and fares, and numerous other arrangements without which there could be no through schedules, billings or services. The story of the adoption by the railroads of Standard Time, told in the following pages, strikingly illustrates the benefits of cooperative action on the part of the railway industry. Although the lives and habits of people everywhere are regulated by Standard Time, few persons are aware that it was through the joint efforts of the American railroads, working together to improve their services, that this orderly method of reckoning and keeping time was introduced more than two-thirds of a century ago. The work of standardization and coordination of railway operations which began many years ago is carried on today through various branches of the Association of American Railroads. Railroad men are constantly working together on scores of research and standardization projects involving equipment, materials and methods - all for the purpose of effecting economies and increasing the efficiency and safety of railway operations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
