The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-24
CLOSE FACTORIES
TO CONSERVE COAL
TEXT OF FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
oARFiELD's ORDER TO RE
LIEvE COAL SHORTAGE.
Food Plants Arc Excepted In EdIet 10
Close Factories for Five Dayse
Munitions and ship-Makino to
suspend, at Least In Part.
Newspaper Union New. Service.

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Washington, Jan. 1.-THE text ol
Fuel Administrator Garfield's coal or
der had not been completed at late
hour last night. An abstract given out
by the Fuel Administration follows:
Until further order of the United
States fuel administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
sary requirements.
A-Of railroads;
BOZ domestic consumers, hospi-
tails, charitable institutions and army
and navy cantonments;
| Cot public utilities, telephones
and telegraph plants;
| Dor ships and vessels for bunker
purposes;
E-Of the United States for strictly
governmental purposes; not including
orders from or for factories or plants
working on contracts for the United
States;
F-Of municipal, county or state
governments for necessary public
uses;
Cor manufacturers of perishable
food or of food for necessary imme-
date consumption.
The order further provides that on
Jan. IS. 10. 20. 21 and %, 1918, no
fuel shall be delivered to any person.
firm. association or corporation for
any uses or requirements not included
In the foregoing list until the require
ments included in the list shall have
been first delivered.
2-On Jan. 18, 10, 20, 21 and %.
1918. and also on each and every Mon
day beginning Jan. %, 1918, and con-
tinuing up to and including March 25.
1918. no manufacturing plant shall
burn fuel or use power derived from
fuel for any purpose except:
A-Such plants as from their nature
must be continuously operated seven
days each week, to avoid serious In
Jury to the plant itself or its con-
tents.
B-Manufacturers Of perishable
foods.
C-Manufacturers of food not per
ishable and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as
tor Of the state in which such plant II
located or by his representative au-
thorized therefor upon application by
the United States food administrator.
D-Printers or publishers OF daily
papers may burn fuel as usual except
ing on every Monday from Jan. 21 to
March 20. 1918. inclusive. on which |
days they may burn fuel to such ex-
tent as is necessary to issue such edi- |
tions as such papers customarily is
sue on important national legal holi-
days and where such papers do not is
sue any editions on holiday. they are
permitted to issue one edition on the
said Mondays.
E|Printing establishments may
burn fuel on Jan. IS, 10. 20 and 70 to
such extent as is necessary to issue
current numbers of magazines and
other publications periodically issued.
Son each Monday beginning Jan.
81. 1918. and continuing up to and in
cluding Monday. March 25. 1918. no
fuel shall be burned except to such ex-
tent as is essential to prevent injury
to property from freezing. for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for:
Amy business or professional Of
fices, except offices used by the Unit
ed States, state. county or municipal
transportation compan-
les. or which are occupied by banks
and trust companies or by physicians
or dentists;
B-Wholesale or retail stores. or any
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lngs whatever, except that for the pur-
pose of selling food only. for which
purposes stores may maintain neces-
sary heat until IL o'clock noon; and
Tor the purpose of selling drugs and
medical supplies only, stores may
necessary heat throughout
he day and evening;
C-Theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
,r public dance halls, or any other
place of amusement.
On the above specified Mondays, no
uel shall be burned for the purpose
II heating rooms or buildings in which
liquor IL sold on those days.
No fuel shall be burned on any OF
he foregoing specified Mondays for
he purpose of supplying power for the
movement of surface, elevated, sub
way or suburban cars or trains in ex-
ess of the amount used on the Sun
.ays previous thereto.
The order provides that nothing in
his order shall be held to forbid the
urning of fuel to heat rooms or such
ortions Of buildings a. are used in
with the production or dis
Of fuel.
The state fuel administrators are
By the order to issue or
ers on special applications for relief,