Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
SUSPENDS ORDER
FOR IDLE MONDAYS
Garfield Announces Action Follows
Reports of "Vast Improve
ment" in Conditions.
WASHINGTON. Feb. II.

WASHINGTON, req, IL
Fuel Administrator Garfield issued an
order last night to all State administrations
revoking the hcatless Monday order,
which, as originally issued, called Tor
holidays on all Mondays until March 70.
All the State fuel officials except those IN
New England favor the suspension OF the
order
The State administrators have tho
power to order heatless Monday when
ever they deem such action necessary,
and it is the belief Of the Fuel Admins
tration that the New England adrninls-
traitors will order q continuance OF the
original Federal order.
In announcing the recall order today
DR. Garfield said:
Il had hoped to be able to give the
figures showing the amount Of fuel saved
by the country in the five day industrIa-
suspension and the three heatless Mon
days. but much fuel was saved through
the operation Of the railroad embargo
order of the Director-General Of Rail-
roads, and there is no means Of showing
the exact part played by each order in
fuel conservation.
a'The movements Of cars and the better
condition of the shipping schedules show
that the plan has brought about condi-
tions which justify the Fuel Admins
tration in withdrawing the order at this
time. On January % the number OF
cars above normal eastbound on four Of
| the great eastern railroads was 2G,953.
| Yesterday this number had been reduced
to l3.76g This shows that the conditions
of congestion have been greatly relieved.
| The embargo order issued by Mr.. Nc
| Adoo had much to do in bringing this
| about no doubt, but the order for IN
| dustrial cllrtailment also played strong
part
| WHAT REroRTs INDICATE.
Reports considered by Fuel Admins
traitor lar ield Yesterday afternoon before
announcing the suspension of the order
| indicated that for the most part the
eastern part Of tho country IS assured
of sufficient coal for normal needs iron
now on In some quarters the greates'
| suffering Of the winter will be felt during
the coming three weeks.
Reports from New England never gave
| such a black outlook as those received
Yesterday. Several weeks ago DR. Garneld
| ordered that special trains totalling JOl
| carloads Of coal should be sent into New
England daily. Only on n few days has
this order been carried out, the average
shipments being much nearer $50 cars
| a Jay than 500 Special arrangements
were also made for shipping more coal
by water, but these plans have been dis
rupted by the needs of the Navy Do
| partment.
AS affairs stand about half the cities
Of Massachusetts are stripped OF anthra-
| cite coal. No coal has been delivered for
two DAYS TO office buildings aud factories
| In Boston and little coal is in sight for the
city. Many more mills are shutting down
| and James Storrow, the New England
Fuel Administrator, fears that his district
/ will suffer great privations In the next two
weeks If the weather does not moderate
| to marked degree.
Railroad officials report that the MAN
/ line of the Boston and Maine Railroad
| between Boston and Mechanicsvllle, n.
| T., will be forced To stop operations to-
morrow morning. Coal for locomotives
is believed TO be In transit, but II Is not
| believed that it viii reach the road II
time to prevent general ueup.
The Maine Central Railroad is also
hard pressed for fuel. This general con-
dition OF want throughout New England
has been told and retold to the Fedora
fuel officials for several weeks. No dras-
tic orders which would help the sltua-
ton, however, have been forthcoming.