Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-18
Text of the Order

l ne text Oh IIle OrucT IOliUNS.
United States Fuel Administration.
Washington, ID. g., Jan. IL, 1918.
Regulation making provision for q
more adequate supply Of fuel for rail-
roads, domestic consumers, public
utilities, and other uses necessary to
the national security.
The United States Fuel Administra-
tor, acting under tire authority of an
executive order of the President of the
United States dated August 80 1917,
appointing said administrator in fur
therance of the purposes Of the said
order and Of the purposes of the act Of
Congress therein referred to August
10. 1917. and finding it essential effect
lively to carry out the provisions Of this
ac to make provision for a more adc-
quate supply of fuel for railroads, do
mestic consumers, public utilities, and
for other uses necessary, TO the ma
.tional security in certain parts of the
United States lcrchy makes and pre-
scribes the following regulation:
Section Until further order Of the
United States Fuel Administrator, all
persons selling fuel IN whatever Capac-
ity shall in filing their contracts or
orders nov On hand, give preference &c
current requirements Of: Railroads. do
nestle consumers. hospitals. challianie
institutions. army and navy caution
ments. public utilities. by-pioduct COKE
plants supplying gas for household
use, telephone and telegraph plants
shipping for bunker purposes. the
United states for strictly government
al purposes tnot including factories OF
plants working ON contracts ior the
United States. manufacturers OF per
ishable food or of food, for necessary
immediate consumption and municipal
county or state governments for ne
ceesary public uses. Any tonnage re-
naming after the foregoing preferred
shipments have been made, may "
apnliod in filling any other contracts
or orders.
Section On the following days
,,,nely. lam. IS. 10. 20. y and 20. 1913
the state fuel administrators ana thel'
accredited representatives III the WI I
Gus communities III the t'rfltorS u
which this regulation applies are mere
Nv empowered ard directed 10 oiNe'
.:,,cb fuel as arrives il, suCh colHiiluiii'
ties in carload lots to meet NE ~
ront requirements and to provide d.
odeonatc and normal supply for suci
consumers of fuel as are specineu III
Section hereof.
Section a-On the following days
namely Ian. ~, 10. 20. y ana ~ 1910
ard also, on each ana every Moho'H
beginning Jan. Is, 1915 ana cohlllui''s
m 10 and including March -, 1918. h'
manufacturing plant shall burn fuel OF
u.a mower derived from fuel for any
,nrnose. with the following exceptions:
"fAl-plants which necessarily mus De
continuously operated seven DAYS eac"
week 10 avoid serious injury TO the piah'
itself or its contents may use onIN such
quantity of fuel as is necessary 70 pre-
..an+ such injury to the plant or its CON
tents
",B)-Manufacturers or plants manu1ac-
turing perishable foods or Iooas ioi He
,ssarv immediate consumption.
Observation-Disclosures of foods h"l per
ishahIe and not necessary Tor imme1iat e
CONSUMPTION may burn fuel to the extent
authorized by the fuel administrators OIL
d
tho state in which such plant is locatei
ar by his duly authorized representative
unon application by the United states
food adniiniStra tor
"I,-Plants necessary to the printing
and notification Of daily papers ma! purii
incl or use power derived thereirom as
usual. except that on every Monday from
Ian. q to March %. 1918, Inclusive the!
nav burn fuel or use power derived there
from only to such extent as Is necessary
to print and publish such editions as such
plants customari1y print and publish on
legal holidays other than the Sabbath
or, If such plants do not customarily print
or publish any editions on such legal
holiday. they may burn fuel or use sucn
power to such extent as is necessary to
issue one edition on the said Mondays.
''(E)-Printing establishments may burn
fuel on Jan. IS, 10, 20, q and q. 1918, to
such extent as is necessary to issue cur
rent numbers of magazines and other pub
LEGATIONS periodically issued.
Section Ion each Monday, beginning
Jan. q. 1915 and continuing up to and in
Guiding Monday. March g. 1915, no fuel
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