The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-19
Score of Local Industries
Remained imperative
During the Day.
STORES NOT FORCED
TO CLOSE MONDAYS
Plants Contemplating Use,
of Wood for Fuel Readily
Complied With Order.

In obedience to the order of the fuel
administrator scores of business In
dustries closed I'm Pensacola and Es-
| Gambia county yesterday to remain
closed until the expiration OF the ave
day embargo on Tuesday. january
22nd
Merchants in the city will nor be
forced to close their stores on Mon
days, according TO Wilmer Hayward,
local administrator. unless they are
burning coal, wood. oil, gas. or elec-
tricity, but that if they elect to remain
open without heat they are at liberty
TO do so. Drug and grocery stores are
the only exceptions to this rule. and
the drug stores are permitted to have
heat all day, while the grocers are lin
tied to half days.
In carrying out the order yesterday
all saundries shut down, The Pensaco-
la cooperage Company, The Pensacola
Excelsior Factory. rhe Gulf Machine
Works, The Pensacola Mattress Cont
pany, Duvalrs Mill. the Stearn's T.urn-
ber and Export Company and rhv
Alger sullivan Lumber Company. all
closed their plants.
First orders received indicate that
the burning OF wood was not, pfa-
h~sted, but on suppiementary insfnnr
ions II wrs fntfuutd d in Flsc fssssE 1g,f-<'
barge, Several factories and offiee
buildings in the city, and iaundrie4
had planned to operate by using wood
as fuel, but when 1t was specifically
prohibited there was ready COM
pliance on the part of all affected
Efforts were made yesterday morn
ing by Local administrators Hayward
to have the wood burning Industries
exempted from the operation OF the
order. but Arthur williams, state adj
ministrator fuled that this could not
be done.
Copies of kilograms.
The kilograms are az follows:
Pensacola, Fla, Jan IL, 1918
Arthur Williams, Federal Fuel Ao-
ministrator for Florida, Jackaoncllle,
Fla
Your wire of Thornton received.
In view of official orders prohibiting
operation Of saw mills and other sim
liar operations which do not use coal
or other fuel which might otherwise
be utilized and In some instances ny
virtue OF their operations actually
produce fuel for public consumption
We strongly urge and recommend
that they be allowed to operate at
the discretion Of this committee and
that you endeavor TO give us such
discretion power as comes within the
scope OF your authority. Apart from
the fact that the discontinuance or
some manufacturing plants whose
operations are now suspended that in
their operations do not use fuel which
otherwise could be turned to public
use and further the suspension OF
such plants upsets government plans.
which we know to he OF vital import
ance. You must know that we are
besieged with inquiries and pressed
for immediate and positive answers
and In turn must appeal TO you for
definite instructions as to how 70 pro-
ceed in such instances as above re-
cited.
WILMER HAYWARD.
Local Chairman.
Jan. 1s, 1918.
Wilmer Hayward, Pensacola, Fla
fully realize conditions confront
ing saw mills and similar industries.
but they are not exempted from the
order and I have no authority To ex-
empt them or any other industry.
The order is plain and easily under
stood and the president expects COM
pliance Herewith. Mailed you OIL
ciaI order last night
Effects Of Order.
Effects Of the order and the COM
pliance Of local firms were Immediately
shown by the records of the Electric
supply house. The load
was much lighter than Thursday, and
Manager Thomas T. Hanlon stated
that the company would be run on
schedule on Mondays, during
the operation of the order.
Five shoe shops whose machinery
is driven by gas or electricity were
forced 10 close yesterday. and will re-
main closed until Tuesday. january
22nd-
Manager Johnny Jones OF the Isis
and Bonita theatres has been advised
by the local administration that he
viii be permitted 10 operate his two
houses, but that no heat viii be al