entirely avoid the use of local time in their relations
with the public. They would probably use the universal time
only in their internal service, for the rules of the road,
for the time-tables of their engineers and conductors, for
the connection of trains at frontiers, etc.; but the
time-tables for the use of the public could hardly be
expressed otherwise than in local or national time. The
depots or stations of the railroads, post-offices, and
telegraph offices, and the waiting-rooms, could exhibit
outwardly clocks showing local or national time, while
within the offices there would be, besides, clocks
indicating universal time. Telegraphic dispatches could show
in future the time of despatch and of receipt, both in local
and universal time."

Now, I think that the subject of universal time is dealt with in a
better manner in the proposition offered by Mr. RUTHERFURD than in the
proposition which emanated from the Congress at Rome. This Conference
cannot designate positively the manner in which local time may be best
reckoned. We are concerned now only with universal time. It may,
however, be proper that the resolution offered by Mr. RUTHERFURD in
regard to the employment of universal time should be supplemented by
something more specific--something, for instance, of this sort:

The Conference will not designate the system on which local
time may best be reckoned so as to conform, as far as
possible, to universal time; this should be determined by
each nation to suit its convenience.

The arrangements for adopting universal time for the use of
international telegraphs will be left for regulation by the
telegraph international congress.

This last idea was expressed, I forget now by whom, but by one of the
Delegates since the Conference met, and it appears to me that inasmuch
as there is an international congress specially appointed to regulate
all matters of international telegraphy, this subject can be left to
them with the firm belief that it will be regulated satisfactorily.

The question was then put to the vote; and upon the amendment offered
by the Delegate of Italy the following States voted in the
affirmative:

Colombia, Paraguay,
Italy, Spain,
Netherlands, Sweden.

The following in the negative:

Brazil, Liberia,
Chili,