Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-29

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parts of the United States, hereby
makes and prescribes the following
regulation:
Section l. Until further orders OF
the United States fuel administrator
all persons fuel whatever
all persons selling fuel in whatever
capacity shall, in filling their con-
tracts for orders now on hand, give
preference to necessary current re-
quirements of railroads, domestic con-
sumers, hospitals, charitable institu-
tions, army and navy environments,
public utilities, by-product coke plants
supplying gas for household uses, tel
ephones and telegraph plants, ship
ping for bunker purposes, the United
States for strictly governmental pur-
poses (not including factories or
plants working on contracts for the
United States), manufacturers of per-
ishable food or of food for necessary
immediate consumption and municipal,
county or state governments for nee
essary public uses. Any tonnage re.
naming after the foregoing preferred
shipments have been made, may be
applied in filling any other contracts
or orders.
Section 2. On the following days,
namely Jan. IS, 10, 20, q and %, 1918
the state fuel administrators and their
accredited representative in the vari.
GUS communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies, are here
by empowered and directed to divert
such fuel as arrives in communities in
carload lots to keep current require
ments and to provide an adequate and
normal supply for such consumers of
fuel as are specified in Section ]
hereof.
Section 8. On the following days,
namely, Jan. Is, 10, 20, q and %, 1918,
and also on each and every Monday
beginning Jan. %, 1918, and continu
ing up to and including March 25, 1918,
no manufacturer or manufacturing
plant shall burn fuel or use power de.
rived from fuel for any purpose with
the following exception:
A. Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
the plant itself or it's contents may
use only such quantity of fuel as is
necessary to prevent such injury to
the plant or it's contents.
b. Manufacturers or plants manu-
featuring perishable food, or food for
necessary immediate consumption
G. Manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not necessary for imme-
date consumption may burn fuel to
the extent authorized by the fuel ad-
of the state in which such
plant is located or by his fully author
lied representative upon application
by the United States food administra-
tor.
D. Plants necessary to the printing
and publication of daily papers may
burn fuel and use power derived
therefrom as usual, except that on ev-
cry Monday from Jan. 81, to March Is,
1918, inclusive, they may burn fuel,
or use power derived therefrom only to
such extent as is necessary to print
and publish such editions as such
plant CuStomarily prints and publishes
on legal holidays other than the Sab.
bath, or if such plants do not custom.
arily print or publish any edition on
such legal holidays. they may burn
fuel or use such power to such extent
as Is necessary to issue one edition on
the said Monday.
E. Printing establishments may
burn fuel on Jan. Is, 10, 20, 81 and %,
1918, to such extent as is necessary to
issue current numbers of magazines
and other publications, periodically is
sued.
Section 4. On each Monday begin.
ming Jan. 81, and continuing up to and
including Monday, March Is, 1918. no
fuel shall be burned Except to such
an extent as is essential to prevent in
jury to property, freezing for the pur.
pose Of supplying heat for):
A. Any business or professional Of
fees except offices used by the United
States, state, county or municipal gov.
transportation companies,
public utilities companies, telephone
and telegraph companies, banks, trust
physicians or dentists.
B. Wholesale or retail stores or any
stores, business houses or business
buildings whatever, except that for the
purpose of selling food only, stores
may maintain necessary heat on any
Of the specified days until IL o'clock
noon; and except that for the purpose
Of selling drugs and medical supplies
only, stores may maintain necessary
heat throughout the day and evening.
G. Theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private