The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-26
REGULATIONS FOR
Distribution OF
FUEL ANNOUNCED
Early Purchase and Storage
of Coal Recommended by
Administrator.
FULL INFORMATION
OF NEEDS REQUIRED
Purpose of Regulations Is to
Secure An Equitable
Distribution.

The general plan of retail distribu-
ton of coal and coke in Connecticut
for this year and regulations govern
ing such distribution. were given out
Friday by State Fuel Administrator
Thomas W. Russell. Early purchase
and storage of coal and coke for nee
essary domestic requirements, is urg-
ed. The order applies to all anthra-
cite coal of size larger than buck
wheat.
The application Of coal consumers
for annual requirements demands
that a true declaration be given to
fifteen questions. These include the
kind of building occupied, number of
rooms kind of heating plant, size of
coal desired, quantity desired for i'm
mediate delivery, quantity received
during year ending March 81, 1918,
quantity on hand that date and guam
tity desired for year ending March
81, 1919. A penalty of $1,000 fine or
two years imprisonment, or both has
been fixed for wilfully making a false
statement.
The United States Fuel Administra-
ton recommends and encourages the
purchase and storage of coal and coke
for necessary domestic requirements as
early as possible in order, first, to in
sure the delivery of coal and coke
for this purpose; and second, to assist
the transportation companies by eff
fecting delivery of as much coal and
coke as possible before next winter.
The following general plan has been
adopted governing retail distribution
for 1918:
Livery consumer should be urg-
ed to place at an early date with his
regular dealer his order for his rea-
sonable normal requirements for the
year ending March 81, 1919. Such or
der must be made in writing and must
state substantially the information
called for. When such orders have
been entered, the dealers shall pro-
coed to make deliveries thereon, until
each consumer, willing to accept the
same, has received two-thirds of his
normal annual requirements, provid-
ed that orders of six tons or under
may be filled in full. When ali con-
sumers, who are willing to accept de-
livery, have received two-thirds of
their normal annual requirements the
dealers may proceed to fill the balance
of such orders up to normal annual
requirements of each consumer. (The
provision for tWo-thirds delivery
should apply only to anthracite. With
respect to bituminous for domestic
use, the dealer may proceed to deliv-
er the consumers normal annual re-
quirements). If a consumer already
has a quantity on hand, he shall re-
ceive only such additional amount as
shall make up his normal annual re-
quirements.
Any consumer who finds it impos-
sible to place an order with any deal
er should communicate with the local
fuel committee, who will endeavor to
arrange for supply. Carload or barge
load lots shall not be delivered to
single domestic consumer except with
the permission of the State Fuel Ad-
ministrator. Dealers shall file with
the local fuel committee weekly
statement containing the names and
addresses of consumers to whom deliv-
cries have been made during the pre-
vious week and the quantity deliver
ed to each.
2AThe following regulations have
been established by the Fuel Admin
istrations:
(a) Until further notice no domes-
tic consumer of coal or coke shall pur-
chase, receive, or otherwise take pos
session of, more coal or coke than is
required for his actual and necessary
requirements prior to March 81,
1919. If consumer already has a
quantity on hand he shall receive only
such additional amount as shall make
up his actual and necessary require
ments prior to that date.
90 No person, firm, association or
corporation, whether acting alone or
in conjunctions with others, shall d.
rectly or indirectly provide any do
nestle consumers of coal or coke
with more coal or coke before March
81, 1919, than is necessary, with the
amount already on hand, to meet the
actual and necessary requirements of
such consumer prior to that date.
(c) No person, firm, association or
corporation shall deliver coal to do
nestle consumer who does not first
furnish to the person selling or deliv-
ering such coal, a statement which the
consumer declares in writing to be
true, and which specified (O the
amount of coal the consumer has on
hand; (2) the amount of coal he has
on order and the name of the person
from whom ordered; 90 the amount