The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-07-26
ALL TAKE HEED OF
THE FOLLOWING ORDER
Unnecessary Lighting Must be Elm
mated, Says the Fuel
Administration
u. S. Fuel Administration,
Washington, July IL, 1913.

1
| 1t appearing to the United States
/ Fuel Administration that it is essen
tan, in furtherance of the national
security and defense, the successful
prosecution of the war, and the sup
port and maintenance of the army
and navy. to lessen and prevent the
waste of fuel, and to secure an ade-
quate supply and equitable distribu-
ton and prevent, locally and general
ends, it is necessary that the use of
fuel shall be limited and restricted in
the manner hereinafter set forth.
The United States Fuel Admins
tration, acting under authority of an
executive order of the president of
the United States, dated August %,
| 1917, appointing said administrator,
and of subsequent executive orders
and in furtherance of the purpose of
|said orders and of the act of Congress
therein referred to and approved Au-
gust 10, 1917,
| Hereby adjudges that in his opinion
the use of fuel or of light generated
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
that any person using fuel or light
for such purposes, except as afore-
said, is engaging in wasteful prac-
tice or device in handling or dealing
with fuel, and that the use of fuel or
light for such purposes except as
aforesaid is prejudicial and injurious
to the national security and defense,
and cause of scarcity locally and
generally, and said United States
Fuel Administrator,
/ Hereby orders and directs that, un-
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,
oil, gas or other fuel for the mainte-
nance of lights in the streets, parks
or other public places of such city,
village or town. except under the
following restrictions and limitations:
(a) Street illumination automat-
ically lighted, maintained by or for
any such city, village or town, in the
streets, parks or other public places
thereof, shall not be lighted before
sunset and shall be turned out not
later than sunrise;
/ (b) Street illumination lighted by
hand in such city, village or town
shall conform as nearly as may be to
the requirements hereinabove pre-
scribed for automatic lights;
i (c) The amount of public lighting
in any city, village or town shall be
i only as much as may be necessary
for safety. and the use of lights COM
monty known as cluster lights for
purposes of display or decoration
| shall be reduced to such portion only
of the cluster as is necessary for
safety.
2. The local fuel administration
for the territory within which any
city, village or town is located shall
arrange with the proper municipal
or town authorities of such city, vii
i lage or town for the regulation OF
lpublic lighting in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph No. / of this
order. Regulations for public light.
ing so arranged shall in each case
be subject to the approval of the
lproper state fuel administrator, and
in case regulation in accordance with
said paragraph for the public light
ing of any city, village or town, sat
isfactory to the state fuel admins
traitor of the state within which the
same is located, shall not have beer
/ arranged between the local fuel ad-
ministrator and the proper municipal
or town authorities as hereinabove
provided, within ten (10) days from
!; and after the effective date of this
J order. said state fuel administrator
is hereby authorized and directed tt
!, prescribe such regulations for such
city, village or town, and the same
!, shall be valid and binding.
II 3. Outdoor lights within city
village or town, other than those
!. mentioned in paragraph No of thi.
order, which involve, directly or in.
directly, the use or consumption OF
. coal, oil. gas or other fuel, shall not
!, be lighted until thirty minutes after
i sunset.
/ 4. (a) The use of light general.
ed or produced by the use or con
sumption of coal. gas, oil Or othe,
fuel, for Illuminating or displaying
advertisements, announcements OF
signs, Or for the external ornamen
tation of any building shall be entire
! ly discontinued on Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday of each
, week, within New England and the
states of New York, Pennsylvania
I New Jersey, Delaware and the Dis
! trict of Columbia. and shall be en-
tirely discontinued on Monday ant
Tuesday of each week in all the re
|, mainder of the United States.
, Exception: Bona fide roof garden:
: where meals are served and outdoor
restaurants, also establishments de
. voted exclusively to the exhibition Of
. outdoor moving pictures at which