New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Almost Every Large Struct-
ure Feels Effect of
Fuel Order
To Shut Down Monday
Superintendents, in Doubt,
Conserve Coal on General
Principles

NHSVN IdIIot SOUGHT yesterday luC CO.
operation OF every lessee Of a building
under its control in completely shut
ting up all Office and business buildings
Hcxt Monday. whether it is exempt
under the Garfield order or not. Every
large building downtown is included in
the organization.
The association passed a resolution
reading in part:
"Thc association believes that holi-
day service on Mondays Will be suf-
Gcicnt, and requests that occupants
Of buildings, whether Of the excepted
class OF otherwise, cooperate b. rc-
naming away from their Offices on
these days. so shat the full extent Of
.hc Fuel Administrators order may be
carried out" y
Although Office buildings arc dis
tinctly exempted from the Ave day
shut down order Of Fuel Administrators
Garfield, almost every one Of the large
structures here felt its effect ycstcr-
day in reduction cf neat, light and
tlt\ttOl ScINISc
Building superintendent, who were
IN doubt the day before as 10 whether
or not they should keep open during
the five days, after reading the amended
fuel order yesterday were convinced
that it was not meant to apply TO
them.
Standard Oil Cndisturbcd
In the American E<prcss Building. at
60 Broadway, which houses County
Fuel Administrator Reeve Schlcy, only
:lvc cut o. the ten elevators were run
nlng. and there was a decided cut in
The lighting. The Adams Express
Building, where Alfred H. Wiggin,
state fuel administrator. has Offices,
cut down its elevator service by eight
cars.
The Standard Oil Building. at 90
broadway, continued lighted. heated,
c!evatorcd, a usual-as if no such
thing as fuel crisis existed. The
" oolwo:th and the Emigrant Industrial
Savings Bank buildings also were oper-
atcd on schedule.
At tho Flatircn Building yesterday it
was said that light. heat and elevator
service had also been reduced. The
United States Rubber Building, at
Broadway and FIftye eighth Street was
the hardest hit Of the uptown struct-
ures. It's supply of heat was cut
down to a point just sufficient to keep
the pipes from freezing. and ovcrcoats,
REFERS and gloves were called into
service by the hundreds Of employees
there. Light was cut off almost en-
tlrely IN the Empire Building, at II
Broadway
Building Status Puzzlng
The situation with regard 20 The
buildings under the fuel order will be
complicated on Monday, when all are
to close. Those containing the Offices
Of Federal. state or city Off .lalc, or
exempt industries. however. are al
lowed enough heat, light AMI elevator
service to supply them, and banks,
physicians and dentists Offices also arc
exempted.
Almost every one Of the large down
town buildings contains tenants in the
above category. and must supply them
with the usual service. Whether action
Mlll be taken to prevent other tenants
from using this service depends on the
individual superintendents.
With the exception OF the Cotton
Exchange. the managers Of which voted
to observe the Monday closing order,
the leading financial exchanges expect
to remain open. Brokers on the Stock
Exchange have signliicd their intention
of coming down to business fully
equipped to keep warm If heat in the
big building on the corner of Wall and
Broad streets is turned off. They may
also carry a fashlight or two, since il
has been intimated that besides the
absence Of heat there may not be sui
ticient light to read orders, if the day
should happen to be cloudy.