The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-29
STRINGENT RULES MADE
FOR L|GHTLESS NIGHTS

The following rules for lightless nights become eff
fective tonight:
The United States Administration Hereby
and Directs that until further
States Fuel Administrator, subject to modification
hereafter from time to time at any time.
l. No city, village or town and person, firm
poration under contract with city, village town,
shall COAL OIL other fuel for
maintenance of lights in the Streets parks other public
places of such city, village town, except
lowing restrictions and limitations:
(a) Street illumination automatically lighted, main
tanned by for such city, village in
Streets parks other public places thereof shall
lighted before sunset and shall be turned later than
SUNRISE;
CO. Street illumination by hand in any city, vii
lage or town shall conform nearly Is may the
requirements prescribed automatic lights
(c) The amount of public lighting i'm any city, vii
lage town shall be only much necessary
safety and the of lights commonly known cluster
lights for of display decoration shall
duced to such portion only the cluster necessary
safety.
2 The Local Fuel Administration the territory
within which city, village town is located shall
with the municipal town authorities Of
such city, village town for the regulation of public light
ing in accordance with the provisions of paragraph Num-
Der of this order. Regulations for public lighting
ranged shall in each be subject to the approval of the
State Fuel Administrator, and in regulations
in accordance with said Paragraph for the public lighting
Of any city, village town, satisfactory to the State Fuel
Administrator of the state within which the is
ana snail nave Deen arranged between Local
Fuel Administration and the proper municipal town
thOrtes herenabOve provided, within ten 1O) days
from and after the effective date of this order said State
Fuel Administrator hereby authorized directed
prescribe such regulations for such city, village town.
and the shall be valid and binding.
3. Outdoor lights within city, village town, other
than those mentioned in Paragraph Of this ORDER which
involve, directly indirectly, the consumption of
COAL gas fuel shall be lighted until thirty
minutes after sunset.
4. (a) The of light generated or produced by
the consumption of coal gas, other fuel
Illuminating displaying advertisements
signs for the external OrnamentatiOn build
ing shall be entirely discontinued Monday Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of each week, within Eng
land and the states of New York. Pennsylvania New
Delaware Maryland and the District of Columbia and
shall be entirely discontinued Monday, Tuesday Of
each week in all the remainder of the United States.
EXCEPTION: Bona fide roof gardens where meals
served and outdoor also establishments de-
voted exclusively to the exhibition of outdoor moving
lures at which admission is charged exempt from this
section.
4. 90 The of light generated or produced by
the consumption Of fuel for Illuminating
playing any shop windows store windows any signs
show windows, shall be discontinued nights speci
fed i'm Paragraph (a).
5. The State Fuel Administrators within the several
provisions this order observed carried out with
in their several sates to report violations the
United States Fuel administrator, and to
him action to be taken with respect to such violations
This order shall be effective July a. 1915
(Signed) H. A. GARFIELD,
United States Fuel Administrator.
Yours very truly,
w. N. FITZGERALD,
Federal Fuel Administrator for Wisconsin.
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