Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-23
TO SAVE FUEL.
Text of Fuel Administrator Clos
ing Order.

4
elsewh here the order was observed to the
letter. Monday wss general holiday.
| In the evening the only places ecing bust
/ ness on Main street were the two tele-
graph offices and the two drug stores.
The text OF the order follows:
| ~Regulation making provision FOR a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail-
roads, domestic consumers, public utili-
! ties. ard other uses necessary TO the ma
/ tionai security.
ssThe United states fuel administrator,
acting under the authority OF an execu-
| tive order OF the President OF the United
States dated August %, 1917, appointing
said administrator 10 furtherance of the
purposes of the said order and OF the pur-
poses OF the act OF Congress therein re-
ferred to August TO- 1917, and finding it
essential effectively to carry out the pro-
visions OF this act to make provision for
more adequate supply OF fuel for rail-
roads, domestic consumers, public utili-
ties, and Tor other uses necessary to the
national security in certain parts OF the
! United States hereby makes and pre-
scribes the following regulation:
sSecsion I-Unth further order OF the
United States fuel administration, all
persons selling fuel in whatever capacity
shall, in filling their contracts or orders
now on hand, give preference to current
requirements OF: Railroads, domestic
consumers. hospitals, charitable insthu-
tions. army and navy environments, public
utilities, by-product coke plants supply
| ing gas for household use. telephone and
telegraph plants. shipping for bunker
purposes, the United States for strictly
governmental purposes mot including
! factories or plants working on contracts
| for the United Statesl, manufacturers OF
perlshable food or of food for necessary
immediate consumption, and municipal,
county or state governments for necessary
public uses. Any tonnage remaining at
ter the foregoing preferred shipments
have been made, may be applied in filling
any other contracts or orders.
section a-On the following DAYS,
namely, Jan. IS, 10, %. q and q, 1918, the
state fuel ADM 3istrators and their accred-
munities in the territory in hicn this
regulation applies are hereby empowered
and directed to divert such fuel as arrives
in such communities In carload lots to
meet the current require nents and to
provide an adequate and normal supply
for such consumers of fuel as are specified
in section hereof.
''section Son the following days, |
namely Jan. IS, NJ, 20, 81 and q, 1915, |
and also, on each and every Monday |
BEGINNING Jan. Is, 1918, and continuing |
up to and including March Is, 1915, no !
manufacturing plant shall burn fuel or l
use power derived from fuel for any |
purpose, with the following exceptions: |
"(A)-Piants which necessarily must |
be continuously operated seven days |
each week to avoid serious injury to the |
plant itself or it's contents may use only |
such quantity OF fuel as is necessary to
prevent such injury to the plant or
its contents.
observation-disclosures or plants manu-
turing perishabie foods or foods for
necessary immediate consumption.
&C. Manufacturers Of foods not per-
ishable and not necessary for immediate
consumption may burn fuel to the extent
authorized by the fuel administrator Of
the state in which such plant is located
or by his duly authorized representative
upon application by the United States |
food administrator.
"(D)-Plants necessary to the printing |
and publication OF daily papers may burn
fuel or use power derived therefrom as
usual, except that on every Monday from
Jan. II to March rs, 1918, inclusive, they
may burn fuel or use power derived there
from only to such extent as is necessary
to print and publish such editions as such
plants customariiy 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 holi-
day, they may burn fuel or use such power
to such extent as is necessary to issue one
edition on the said Mondays.
"(E)-Printing esta biishments may burn
fuel on Jan. IS, 10, 20, 81 and y, 1915, to
such extent as is necessary TO issue cur
rent numbers of magazines and other pub
locations periodically issued.
.'Section 4-On each Monday beginning
Jan. q, 1915, and continuing up to and in
Guiding Monday, March %, 1918, no fuel
shall be burned texcept to such extent as
is essential to prevent injury to property
from freezing) for the purpose of supply
ing hear for.
"(A)-Any business or professional Of
fees, except offices used by the United
States, state, county or municipal gov
ernments, transportation companies, pub
lie utilities companies, telephone or teie-
graph companies, banks, trust eompa-
mes, physicians or dentists.
"lBl-wholesaIe or retail stores or any
drug stores, business houses, or business
buildings whatever, except that for the
purpose of selling food only, stores may
maintain necessary heat ON any OF the
specified days until II o'clock noon, and
except that for the purpose OF selling
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