The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-26
MUST CONSERVE ON
OILIhG OF ROAD 6
FOR DURATION WAR

4 the United States Fuel Admin stra ton
! must be obtained before delivery OF
! road oils. asphalt, road binders, tar
binders or dressings will be made for
use on any street or road in any
| county or municipality in the state
| of Florida. Application for such per-
| mits must be made through the State
Road Department. Tallahassee, Flor
| ida, and be endorsed by the, state
| Road Commissioner before such per
mits will be granted.
{ Offcial notices to this effect are
now being sent out from the Offices Of
| the state Road Department by the
| State Road Commissioner VIM. T..
Cooke.
This ruling will affect large num-
Der of municipalities and also several
counties where it has been planned
to use asphalt or road oils.
Official notice was received by the
State Road Department from the OIL
Division of the United States F'ue!
Administration a few days ago CON
corning this subject. The letter re-
ceived was as follows:
United states Fuel Administration
oil Division.
washington, D. c.
May Is, 1913.
Mr. VIM. T. Cooke.
state Road Commissioner.
Tallahassee, Florida.
Dear Sir
Tn order that the fuel oil require
! p,ents of our Allies. as we'll as our
own Army and Navy, and essentlai
War Industries may be fully satlshed'
| II is found necessary to limit the use
! of petroleum and coal in the manu-
facture of road products, such as az
| phalt. road binders, road oils, tar nlrlu-
ers or dressings. ,~u
The United states IS now pens
drawn upon to an ever increasing eN-
tent for netroleum products. especial
ilv fuel oil 1t will be appreciated ina
This demand must be satished. CoiiI-
I ,pencine this date we request thaI az
highway work in your state OF any
! charter. including municipal Wolh'
| involving the use of the ahoVe-ihei-
/ toned materials. be passed upon ny
1our state Highway Department. =
/ epecia1 hermit of the Fuel Admins
| tratio,1. Oil Division, viii be required
before delivery of purchases VIII ne
authorized
/ Enclosed YOU will find forms on
which all apIicpations for the above
mentioned road materials must be
made. Preference will he given 10
material for maintenance and repair
work. The supply of the above ma
tariaI for road work is so limited
that II is requested that all new CON
strIlction Involving these materials he
deferred this year except in cases
where such work Is necessary TOWARD
the winning of the war. These forms
should be filed out covering mainte-
nance. reconstruction or new con-
struction and certified to by the state
Highway Department as TO the vital
necessity of the work under existing
war conditions and the quantity of the
material involved They should then
he mailed to Mr.. L. w. Page. Director.
Bureau of Public Roads, Washing
ton, u e, Mr.. Page acting as chair
man of a committee which viii con-
slider the necessity Of the material be-
ing supplied and make their recon-
mendation to the Oil Division of the
Fuel Administration, which viii issue
permits in accordance with the recon-
mendation when the necessary ma
terial is available.
It is requested that you give this
matter full publicity. so that parties
concerned will be familiar with the
procedure necessary to procure supply
OF these materials.
Additional supply of enclosed forms
Mr. Page.
Very truly yours,
(signed) NJ. L. REoUA,
Director.
The following is a copy Of the Of
fetal notice that is being sent out by
the State Road Department to coun-
ties and municipalities:
May %. 1918.
To city Councils and
Boards of County Commissioners
of the State of Florida
Gentlemen
beg to enclose herewith a copy OF
letter recently received from the Di- |
rector of the Oil Division of the Unit |
ed states Fuel Administration, which |
is self explanatory.
You will note from the enclosed |
letter that in order to secure oil. as |
phalt or tar products for road con- |
struction and repair, application must |
be made to the United States Fuel Ad- /
for permit to purchase /
same.
You will also note that TO this De- /
partment is delegated the task of for |
warding these applications to Wash /
ington for final approval or rejec- |
ton.
Blanks for making application for |
permit to purchase bituminous ma
teriaIs will be furnished upon request |
to the State Road Department, Tai
lahassee, Florida.
Yours respectfully.
WIN. F. COOKE,
wFC-b Commissioner.