New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

Son Mr.. Noyes will go to Boston, prob
ably this afternoon. He will then re-
turn to Washington, and, after a con-
ference with D,. Garfield. definite or
ders concerning the enterprises in
volved will be Issued.
Neither the local nor Federal admin
istrators here would hazard guess as
to just what industries. would be called
upon to close their doors in the event
that the suggested three-day holiday
plan went into effect.
ITS the most tremendous project
regulating business ever considered in
this or any other country. and tor
one hesitate to work out it's Details
said Harry I. Peters head of the local
fuel conservation committee. "Restau-
rants of the sort that cater to the needs
and not the amusement of the public
stores selling food and newspapers
doubtless will be exempted"
Priority Order Urged
Practically all Of the city's fuel ex-
pcrts, state county and Federal admin
lstrators and private coal dealers at
tended the early morning conference
With Mr.. Noyes> prepared to show the
spokesman for Dr. Garfield that the
city's plight was a desperate one and
that nothing short of a priority order
for a substantial amount of coal would
be of any value.
State Fuel Administrator Albert Ii.
Wiggin was armed with facts concern
ing both the ctys and the upstate in
dustries that are on the verge OF com
plete paralysis because of lack of fuel
Reeve Schley. administrator for the
County of New York; Harry I. Peters,
representing the local Fuel Conserva-
ton Committee and a. j. Johnson, City
Chamberlain. all were ready to produce
figures to back up their statements that
the city was not getting its share OF
fuel.
But Mr. Noyes and his two aids
turned the tables on the local experts
bv citing evidence TO show that the ma
tion-wide famine is far more serious
han ANYBODY imagines. The statement
made twelve hours earlier by DR.. Gar
field in Washington, in which he SAID
that the situation would not improve
for at least sixty days. was pointed to
as a reason why immediate curtailment
of the fuel consumption of the entire
Eastern states would be necessary.
The New England States. New York.
PENNSYLVANIA. Delaware. New Jersey
and Maryland were grouped together as
a territory for which uniform rules
should be made. Administrator Wig
gin. backed by all of the other New
York fuel men, protested vigorously
against any drastic rules here that did
not apply equally to cities throughout
this territory.
Who first suggested the necessity of
proclaming three days OF each week
legal holidays until the railroad con-
geStion and lack Of fuel had been
remedied was not divulged. All of the
New York fuel men agreed that the
city would submit to the most drastic
measures if they neant tangible aid in
winning the war.
In Statement given out later by the
City Chamberlain it was explained that
the administrators objected chiefly to
the imposition OF fuel RESTRICTIONS that
might be classified as "psychologlcal"
rather than actually beneficial. Clos
ing of theatres. which burn but
.trifiing percentage of the city's eAlre
daily coal supply, was placed under TINS
head by some of the men.
Approximately the same amount OF
both anthracite and btuminous coal
reached the city during the day as dur
ing the previous twonty-four hours.
The anthracite deliveries totalled about
$4,000 tons, or more than half the cltys
normal daily consumptlon bltumlnous
coal arrived in about-the same proper
lion. according 10 members of the con-
~orvation committee. r-a
/ Hospitals Short of Fuel
HOSPITALS, public service corpora
tons and small consumers still We're
Short of the minimum amount OF fuel
TO meet their daily recds. Some OF 1he
hospitals mad but scw hours supply
of fuel in their coal bins. Churches
1ycre reported to be preparing for ser
vices to-day in their chapels and sun
yay school rooms, leaving their nam
auditoriumS cold.
e. Renewed efforts to supply the small
consumers of the citys tenemenis were
made during the day in order to pre-
Fo, hat V-OnlH
from another cold wave. DR.. Nathan
Fevser. chairman of the fuel commit
ice of the Associated Neighborhood
Workers, with headquarters at the Uni
yersity Settlement, Rivington and El-
,lridge Streets, announced that force
of workers was being organized to m
spect all of the coal cellars in the city
IN order 10 keep accurate information
as to the supply.
officials Of the New York Building
Managers Association called upon
Statc Fuel Administrator Wiggin for a
decision as TO the standing Of the reg
ulations recently adopted by him as ap-
plying to Office buildings. Mr. Wiggin
said that the regulations had all the
sorce of government orders and could
not be cvaded. In exceptional cases, he
said it might be necessary to make
some Of the regulations fit individual
cases.
With the city's schools all closed for
The Saturday and Sunday holiday. re-
newed efforts were made by the city's
Purchasing department to obtain
enough fuel to keep the schools that
were open on Friday supplied with
enough coal to make reopening to-mor-
srow possible In Brooklyn the $50
schools scheduled to remain closed for
The remainder of the month were sup
piled with just enough coal to keep
pipes from freezing.
Plans to give the 225,00O pupils thus
Shut out of schools in Brooklyn tempo
,rary quarters in other structures were
rushed forward during the day. They
will gather at their regular schools to-
morrow morning and will be redistrib-
uted in small classes by the Board OF
Education workers. who are preparing
tho emergency school courses for the
month.