The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-07-27

PREVENT FUEL WASTE.


equitable distribution and prevent To-
cally and generally. scarcity thereof,
and that to these ends, II is necessary
that the use of fuel shall be limited
and restricted in the manner herein
after set forth.
In the opinion OF the fuel admins
traitor the use OF fuel or of light gem
Grated or produced by the use or
consumption OF fuel for any OF the
purposes hereinafter described, except
as hereinafter provided, is wasteful,
and that any person using fuel or
light for such purposes, except as
aforesaid, is engaging in wasteful
practice or device in handling or deal
ing with fuel, and that the use OF fuel
or light for such purposes except as
aforesaid is prejudical and injurious
to the national security and defense,
and a cause OF scarcity locally and
generally, and said United States fuel
administrator, hereby orders and di-
reefs that, until further or other or
der of the United States fuel admins
traitor and subject to modification
hereinafter from time to time and
any time
No city, village or town and no per
son, 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 mainten-
ance OF lights in the streets, parks, or
other public places Of such city. vii
lage or town, except under the follow
ing restrictions and limitations.
Street illumination automatically
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.
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 commonly known
as cluster lights for purposes OF dis
play or decoration shall be reduced to
such portion only of the cluster as /!
necessary for safety.
The local fuel administration for
the terriAry within which any city,
village or town is located shall ar
range with the proper municipal or
town authorities of such city. village
or town for the regulation of public
lighting In accordance with the pro-
visions Of paragraph No 1 OF this or
der. Regulations for public lighting
so arranged shall in each case be sub
jet TO the approval Of the proper state
fuel administrator, and In case regu-
lations in accordance with said para
graph for the public lighting OF any
city, village or town, satisfactory to
the state fuel administrator OF the
stat nNhAh NHlNl lit SAINT - loNdltu
shall not have been arranged between
the local fuel administration and tho
proper municipal authorities as above
provided, within ten (1O) days from
and after the effective date OF this or
der, said state fuel administrator is
hereby authorized and directed TO
prescribe such such regulations for
such city, village or town, and same
shall be valid and binding
Out door lights within a city. vii
lage or town, other than those men
toned In paragraph No. ! OF this or
der. which involve, directly or indi-
rectly, the use or consumption OF coal
oil. gas or other fuel, shall not be
lighted until thirty minutes after sun.
act.
The use OF light generated or pro-
duced by the use or consumption OF
fuel for Illuminating or displaying any
shop windows. store windows or any
signs in show windows, shall be or
the nights as specified.
he state fuel administrators with.
in the several states are hereby d.
rected and authorized to see that the
provisionAof this order are observed
and carried out within their severa
states to report violations thereof 4
the United States Fuel Administrator
and 70 recommend to him action to b
taken with respect 20 such violations
This order shall be effective on AM
after July "a, 1918.