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Show STANDARD TIME. IN this Almanac the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon are given in local mean time, as heretofore. The Tides are giver in STANDARD TIME. To change to STANDARD TIME add or subtract the minutes as given below, according as they are marked plus or minus. Standard Time Divisions as adopted by the Railroads. EASTERN STANDARD75th Meridian. Canada, between Quebec and Detroit,U. S. east of Buffalo, N. Y.; Pittsburg, Pa.; Wheeling and Huntington, W. Va. Bristol, Tenn.; Charlotte, N. C., and Augusta, Ga. CENTRAL STANDARD 90th Meridian. West from " Eastern" limits, as above, to Broadview, Canada; to the Missouri River in Dakota; North Platte and McColm, Nebraska; Wallace and Dodge City, Kansas; Toyah and Sanderson, Texas. MOUNTAIN STANDARD105th Meridian. West from "Central" limits to Heron, Montana; Ogden, Utah; Needles and Yuma, Arizona. PACIFIC STANDARD120th Meridian. West from " Mountain " limits to coast. Correction for the following Cities. Eastern Standard. 75 Longitude. Minutes. Bangor, Me 25 Augusta, Me 21 Portland, Me 19 Boston, Mass 16 Newport, R. I 15 Providence, R. I 14 Concord, N. H 14 New London, Conn. 11 Springfield, Mass. ... 10 Montpelier, Vt 10 Hartford, Conn 9 Montreal, Que 6 Albany, N. Y 5 New York, N. Y ... 4 Utica, N. Y +1 Philadelphia, Pa + 1 Syracuse, N. Y + 5 Baltimore, Md + 6 Washington, D. C. .. + 8 Rochester, N. Y + 11 Buffalo, N. Y + 16 Pittsburg, Pa + 20 Mountain Standard. 105 Longitude. Denver, Col. 0 Salt Lake City, Utah, + 28 Central Standard. 900 Longitude. Minutes Cleveland, Ohio 33 Columbus, Ohio 28 Detroit, Mich 28 Toledo, Ohio 26 Dayton, Ohio 23 Cincinnati, Ohio 22 Louisville, Ky 18 Indianapolis, Ind..... 16 Chicago, Ill 10 Milwaukee, Wis 8 Springfield, Ill 3 Memphis, Tenn...... 0 New Orleans, La. .. 0 St. Louis, Mo. ...... +1 Rock Island, Ill + 3 Dubuque, Iowa + 3 Burlington, Iowa....+ 5 St. Paul, Minn + 12 Des Moines, Iowa...+ 14 Kansas City, Mo + 18 Galveston, Texas ....+ 19 Omaha, Neb + 24 Pacific Standard. 120 Longitude. Sacramento, Cal +6 San Francisco, Cal... +10 HIGH TIDE. (STANDARD TIME.) THE SIZE OF THE SEAS. MILES LONG. Mediterranean 2,000 Caribbean.... 1,800 Red 1,400 Black 932 Baltic 600 |