The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-25

United States Fuel Administration
washington, D. c., July IS, 1918.
, II appearing to the United States
FUEL Administrator that 1t Is essential,
IN furtherance of the national security
and defense, the successful prosecu-
tion OF the war, and the support and
maintenance Of the Army and Navy,
to lessen and prevent the waste Of
} fuel, and to secure an adequate supply
and equitable distribution and pre-
vent, locally and generally, scarcity
. thereof, and that to these ends, Il Is
necessary that the use of fuel shall be
limited and restricted in the manner
hereinafter set forth.
} The United States Fuel Administra-
tor, acting under authority Of an ex.
ecutive order of the President of tho
United States, dated Aug. %. 1917.
appointing said administrator. and of
subsequent executive orders and in
furtherance Of the purpose Of said or.
} Gers and of the act Of Congress there
in referred to and approved Aug. 1c,
1917.
| Hereby adjudges that in his opinion
the use of fuel or of light generated
J or produced by the use or consump-
ton of fuel for any Of the purposes
hereinafter described, except as here
matter provided, is wasteful, and tina,
any person using fuel or light for such
purposes, except as aforesaid, is en-
gaging in wasteful practice or de-
vice in handling or dealing with fuel,
and that the use of fuel or light for
such purposes except as aforesaid, Is
Iprejudicial and injurious to the ma
tional security and defense, and a
cause of scarcity locally and general
ly, and said United States Fuel Ad-
ministrator,
Hereby orders and directs that, unr
til further or other order of the Unit
, ed States Fuel Administrator and
subject to modification hereafter from
time to time and at any time.
l. No city village or town and no
person. firm or corporation under any
contract with any city, village or
town, shall use or consume any coal,
J oil gas or other fuel for the mainten-
lance of lights in the streets, parks or
other public places Of such city, vii
. Ilage or town, except under the fol-
lowing restrictions and limitations.
(a) Street illumination automatical-
~ lighted, maintained by or for any
such city, village or town, in the
streets, parks or other public places
I thereof, shall not be lighted before
sunset and shall be turned out not la
: ter than sunrise;
/, (b) Street illumination) lighted by
| hand in any such city, village or town
shall conform as nearly as may be to
the requirements hereinabove pre-
scribed for automatic lights;
H (c) The amount Of public lighting
| in any city, village or town shall be
| only so much as may be necessary for
safety, and the use OF lights common
ly known as cluster lights for purpos
es of display or decoration shall be
' reduced to such portion only Of the
cluster as is necessary for safety.
VI g. The Local Fuel Administration
for the territory within which any
city, village or town is located shall
arrange with the proper municipal o.
lltown authorities of such city, village
- or town for the regulation of public
> lighting in accordance with the pro
visions Of paragraph Number l Of thi
I order. Regulations for public light
I ing so arranged shall in each case b
| subject to the approval of the prope
1 State Fuel Administrator, and in cas-
| regulations in accordance with sail
| Paragraph for the public lighting o
| any city, village or town, satisfactor
l to the State Fuel Administrator OF tn
State within which the same Is locat
ed, shall not have been arranged be
i tween the Local Fuel Administrator
] and the proper municipal or town au
| thorities as hereinabove provided
| within ten (10) days from and afte
i the effective date of this order, sal
State Fuel Administrator is hereb
authorized and directed to prescrib
II such regulations for such city, villag
! or town, and the same shall be vail
and binding.
i 8. Outdoor lights within city, vi
j lage or town, other than those mer
| toned in Paragraph Number l OF tn
| order. which involve, directly or ind
II rectly, the use or consumption Of Goa
| Ioil, gas or other fuel, shall not j
| lighted until Thirty minutes after SUI
i set.