Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-03
LIGHT REGULATIONS.
Fuel Administ alton TO Enforce Orders
Of the Government.

The fuel administration announces tnat
the public must adhere strictly to the
following, which is issued by the govern
ment:
1T appearing to the United States
Fuel Administrator that it is essential,
IN furtherance of the national security
and defense, the successful prosecution OF
the war, and the support and maintenance
of the army and navy, to lessen and pre-
vent the waste of fuel, and to secure an
adequate supply and equitable distribu-
tlon and prevent. locally and generally
scarcity thereof, and that these ends, to
It is necessary that the use of fuel shall
be limited and restricted IN the manner
| hereinafter set forth.
The United States Fuel Admlnistra-
| tor, acting under authority of an execu-
tive order of the Prcsi dent of the United
States dated % August, 1917, appoint
| ing said Administrator, and Of subsequent
| executive orders and in turthGraDce OF the
| purpose Of said orders and of the act of
| Congress therein referred to and approved
| August 10, 1917
Hereby adJudges that in his opinion
| the use OF fuel or of light generated or
| produced ny the use or consumption of fuel
! for anv Of the purposes hereinafter des-
| cribed. except to hereinafter provided,
is wasteful. and that any person using
| fuel or light for such purposes. except as
aforesaid. Is engaging IN a wastetul
practice or device IN handling or dealing
with fuel, an that the use of fuel or
! light for such purposes except as afore
said Is preJuidcIal and injurious locally
and generally and said Cnlted States
| Fuel Administrator,
Hereby orders and directs that, until
flrvf hpr n nf |
States Fuel Administrator. and subject
TO modification hereafter from time to
! time and at any time,
IL No city. village or town and no
person, firm or corporation under any
contract with any city, village or town,
shall use or consume any coal, oil gas
or other fuel for the maintenance Of lights
in the streets, parks or other public
places Of such city, village or town, except
under the following restrictions and linn
tatlons
ga Street illumination automatic
ally lighted, maintained BY or for any
such city, village or town, IN the streets,
parks or other public places thereof. shall
rot be lighted before sunset and shall be
TUNED out not later than sunrise;
| '(b Street illumination lighted by
/ hand IL any such city, village or town
/ requirements hereinabove prescribed for
/ automatic lights;
/ "icl The amount Of public lighting IN
/ any city. village or town shall be only
/ so much as NAV be necessary for safety.
/ and the use Of lights commonly known as
| cluster lights for purposes OF display or
| decoration shall be reduced TO such por-
| ton Only of the cluster as Is necessary
for safety
49, The local fuel administration for
the territory within which any city.
| village or town Is located shall arrange
| with the proper municipal or town authorl
ties of such city village or town for the
regulation Of public lighting III accord
| ance with the provisions Of paragraph
| Number Of this order. Regulations Tor
! public lighting 50 arranged shall IN each
! case be subject 70 the approval OF the
proper State Fuel Administrator. and IN
case regulations IN accordance with SAID
| paragraph for the public lighting Of any
| CITY, village or town, satisfactory 10 the
State Fuel Administrator Of the state
/ within which the same Is located, shall
not have becn arranged between the local
Fuel Administration and the proper
| municipal or town authorities IS herein
above provided, withIu ten 10 DAYS
from and after the effective date Of thus
order. said State Fuel Administrator Is
hereby authorized and directed 20 pre-
scribe such regulations for such city
| village or town, and the same shall be
valid and binding
"3. Outdoor lights within a city.
village or town, other than those men
toned in paragraph number oi tins
order, which involve, directly or OrIndIrectly
the use or consumption Of Goa. OIL. gas
or other fuel. shall nor be lighted until
thirty minutes after sunset
a IA The Use OF hight generated
or produced by the use 0 rcOnsumptIon %
coal. gas. oil or other fuel, for Illuminating
or displaying advertisements, announce
| ments or signs. or for the external oT1la-
mentatlon OF any building shall be entirely
discontinued on Sunday, Monday, Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday Of each
week within New England and the
State Of New York Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and the
| District Of Columbia, and shall be entirely
discontinued on Monday, and Tuesday
OF each week in all the remainder OF the
| United States.
| Exception Bona fde roof gardens
where meals are served and outdoor
restaurants. also establishments devotep
| exclusively to the exhibition Of outdoor
| moving pictures at WHICH aunIssIoii 10
| charged, are exempt from this section.
| "a. (b) The use of light generated
| or produced by the use or consumption OF
fuel for Illuminating or displaying any
shop windows, store windows or any signs
! in show windows, shall be discontinued
| from sunrise TO sunset and shall also
| be discontinued on the nights specified in
| Paragraph 4 (a).
! "5. The State Fuel Administrators
within the several States are hereby
| directed and authorized to see that the
provisions Of this order are observed and
| carried out within their several States,
to report violations thereof to the United
| States Fuel Administrator, and to recon-
mend TO him action TO be taken with re-
| spect to such violations.
! This order shall be effective on and
after July "A, 1918.
III. A. Garfield,
United States Fuel Administrator