Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-22
NEW zoNING SYSTEM PERMITS
SHIPMENTS FROM ILLINOIS
ONLY.
STATE MINES MUST DIG
MORE FUEL THIS YEAR
Production Must Be Increased 100000
Tons, One fourth of Which Must Be
Sent to Eastern Nebraska-State
Divided Into Several Zones and Ship
ments Thereto Restricted.

| Washington, March 22.-Completion
Of its zone system of coal distribution
| designed to bring about economies Of
+, transportation and increased produc-
| ton was announced last night by the
| fuel administration. Railroad en-
| ton Of the plan.
| Anthracite and coke are not affected,
neither is coal used by railroads nor
| particular kinds used for specific pur-
poses such as for production of GER
tain byproducts and gas. Coal moved
| on inland waterways and that exported
to Canada is not included in the regu-
lations.
With the annual production Of btu
minous coal approximately 300,0OO,OOO
tons, or so per cent Of the country's
| output, it is expected that the saving
resulting from the plan will amount
to 1SO,OOO,O00 car miles.
This means that the same number OF
cars would make almost 100000 addi-
tional trips from the mines, which
would be equivalent to an increase Of
production of 5 per cent. Coal oper-
ators last winter complained that pro-
duction was reduced because they
could not get cars to load the output
and few had storage facilities.
The idea of the plan is to have coal
consumed as near as possible, where
it is mined which is not the general
practice now. Products Of different
sections are sent long distances in
many instances, largely because peo-
pie Of one section have become accus-
toned to using a particular product.
Roughly outlined the middle west
and far west zones are:
Mines in Missouri, Arkansas, Kan
sas. Oklahoma and Iowa will supply
the Pecos river and Louisiana west Of
the Mississippi.
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
coal docks will supply the Dakotas.
Minnesota, the upper peninsula OF
Michigan, northern Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
Illinois will supply. from April 1 to
Sept. 80. Illinois. Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, South Dakota, Iowa Missouri,
Arkansas. Louisiana, Tennessee. Ken
lucky, Indiana. Michigan, and from
Oct. to March 81. Wisconsin, Iowa.
Missouri. Arkansas. Louisiana, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan. rr%
Western Kentucky fields will supply
Kentucky, Tennessee. Mississippi, Ar
kansas. Louisiana, Illinois. Texas. Wis
consin. Indiana. ,a
Montana, Wyoming Colorado. New
Mexico, Utah. Washington and Oregon
win supply the Rocky mountain and
Pacific coast states. except that the
mines east of the Rockies may ship
also to Missouri valley points to sup.
ply the summer demand
Control in Iowa.
The complete order as to Iowa fol-
lows:
The total receipts Of coal in Iowa
for the year 1917 were S,s36,OO0 net
tons including coal for special pur-
poses The plan prohibits the move
ment into the whole of Iowa from the
producing districts in Missouri. Ar
| kansas, Indiana, western Kentucky,
| Tennessee, Ohio, Kanawha, kenova,
| Thacker eastern Kentucky, Wyoming,
Colorado, into eastern Iowa from pro-
| ducing districts in Iowa, into south
! ern Iowa from the lake docks, and
into southeastern Iowa from producing
I
districts in Illinois.
Eastern Iowa, as mentioned herein.
is defined as that portion Of the state
| located on and east Of line from
Mason City, thence via the c., NJ. &
| ST. P. railway to Nora Junction,
thence via the c., R. I. & P. railway
thru Waterloo to Cedar Rapids, thence
via the c., NJ. & ST. P. railway to OF
tumwa, thence via the c., R. I. & P.
railway to Keokrk.
Southern Iowa District.
Southern Iowa, as mentioned here
In, is defined as that portion of the
state located on and south Of the c..
NJ. & st. P. railway thru MoG-egor.
Mason City, and Rock Valley, to Sioux
| City.
Southwestern Iowa, as mentioned
| herein, is defined as that portion Of
the state located on and west Of line
from Sioux Witty via the c., NJ. & ST.
P. railway thru Manila and Adel to
Des Mones, thence via the c., B. &
/ q. railway to Abba, thence Via the
Wabash to Moravia, thence via the
| c., NJ. & st. P. railway on the line to
Chillicothe, Mo.
The tonnage from these producing
! districts mentioned above amounted
approximately to 4,116,000 net tons, Of
which 1,119,0O tons moved from the
Iowa producing districts to eastern
Iowa, $4,000 tons from the lake docks
to southern Iowa, and 1,974,000 tons