Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-21
RULINGS FOR MONDAY, BY
STATE FUEL ADMINISTRA-
TION-CLIP AND SAVE

| The following Monday rulings wnlcn
we're issued Saturday by the State Fuei
Administration from it's headquarters
at Portland. are herewith given for
the information Of Augusta people:
Bakers may keep open all day.
Restaurants may keep open as usu-
al. -.
Cigar stores may remain open unit!
II noon.
Drug stores may keep open all day,
but after - noon may dispense only
drugs and medicines: they will be al
lowed to sell no candy, soda or cigars.
Theatres and all other places of
amusement, including bowling alleys,
billiard rooms and public and private
dance halls, will remain open, but
close on Tuesday.
Opticians must close all day except
in event Of emergency orders.
All retail stores must remain closeo
all day.
Fruit stores and grocery stores. meat
| and fish markets may keep open until
! IL noon.
! Bootblacks may remain open until
noon as on Sundays.
| Barber shops must close at noon.
Wholesale druggists must close at
noon.
| Newsdealers may keep open all day,
but after II noon will be allowed to
sell only newspapers and magazines.
Retail and wholesale dry goods es-
adjustments will remain closed all
day.
Florists will maintain only heat
, enough in their establishments to pro-
tect their wares. They will be per-
mitted to fill only emergency orders
such as orders for a funeral.
Cigar factories will close.
Electric and automobile repair shops
will remain open.
/ Painters, carpenters, plumbers and
masons will close their shops or main
| tain only heat enough to keep their
pipes from freezing. This ruling, how
ever, does not prevent their going out
to houses where their presence may be
required and carrying on their regular
| work.
Hairdressers, manicurists and chir-
opodists may remain open until L.
noon.
Cobblers, shoe repair shops and the
like may remain open until II.
These rulings formulated by State
Fuel Administrator James c.. Hamlen
and his assistants are based upon the
rulings issued by Federal Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield and are designed to
equalize the situation so far as posi-
BILE for, local dealers. With this idea
in mind the drug stores are prohibit
ed from selling confectionery and
wares of that sort after noon time, so
that they may not have an unfair adj
vantage over the confeotioners. The
ruling with reference to newsdealers
Is also formulated on that basis
That there may be no evasion Of the
ruling requiring that buildings shall be
heated only enough to prevent pipes
from freezing. the State Fuel Admin
istration has established 40 degrees as
a maximum temperature and will re-
quire that building owners and store
keepers maintain no higher heating
percentage. -
While the general ruling issued by
the Federal Fuel Administrator per-
mits heat in the Offices of dentist :,
physicians and the like, the State Fuel
Administration calls attention to the
fact that this pertains to only the i'm
mediate apartments Of the physicians
or dentists in question, and that any
attempt to heat an entire building on
the Plea that there are physicians and
dentists Offices within will be consid
cred an evasion Of the ruling.
Buildings Excepted
Indeed the only buildings which are ex-
copied under the fuel administrator or
ders are United States. state. county and
municipal buildings, the establishments OF
transportation compa MES, banks and trust
companies, and theatres. bowling alIeys,
billiard halls and places of amusement,
which are to close on Tuesday instead O:
Monday.
Buildings in which the temperature
must be kept down to 40 include business
or professional Offices, wholesale and re-
tail stores and manufactures and all by-
mess houses and buildings except those
which deal in food.
The latter order, with relation 70 tho
closing of the theatres, which reyokes ,e.
initial order demanding that they close or
Monday. was received at the state fuo,
administrators Office about o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. Meanwhile they have
been positively swamped with telephone
calls and visits from proprietors of all
sorts OF amusement places. to most O,
which they had been obliged to state thu,
they would adhere to the Monday rul-
ing. The receipt Of the telegram from
feoeral Administrator Garfield changed
the complexion Of affairs, however
Another ruling which was revoked Sat
urday was that with reference to tho o,o.
!is OF iaundrles on Monday. It seem.
that me closing regulation does not apply
70 them and that they may run as usua,